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• Question 421:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  His wife was badly injured in the fracas, but I think she will pull _____ .

  Options:
  A) up
  B) over
  C) through
  D) back
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 422:

  Answer the following question below , the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children

  Options:
  A) the children heard the story from the traditional chief
  B) who narrated the story to the children?
  C) the children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
  D) did the chief hide the story from the children?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 423:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  Whilst the thief was _____ the passengers, he kept apologizing for the inconvenience he was causing them

  Options:
  A) robbing
  B) rubbing
  C) robing
  D) rubing
  E) robbed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 424:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 13 Options:
  A) skate
  B) snow
  C) scale
  D) scanner
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 425:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The vermin on his body _____ hideous

  Options:
  A) makes the lunatic look
  B) make the lunatic look
  C) makes the lunatic to look
  D) make the lunatic to look
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 426:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The very moment she _____ her folly, she will come back to apologize

  Options:
  A) realized
  B) is realizing
  C) will realize
  D) has realized
  E) realizes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 427:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

  Tenderly

  Options:
  A) actually
  B) slenderly
  C) faithfully
  D) constantly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 428:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):

  On getting to the seashore, _____

  Options:
  A) it was empty
  B) nobody was there
  C) people had deserted the place
  D) he found nobody there
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 429:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  Had he come that day, the problem would still not have been solved

  Options:
  A) He came that day, but the problem was not solved
  B) He did not come that day, but the problem was solved
  C) He did not come that day, and the problem was not solved
  D) He did not come that day, but his presence would not have solved the problem
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 430: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The school's badge is the insignia? of office for all the perfects in the school Options:
  A) power
  B) symbol
  C) seal
  D) recognition
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  The correct answer is B .