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• Question 561:

  In order to approach the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the activity of building and destroying a tower. Many a mother thinks that her son is in a ‘destructive stage’ or even has a ‘destructive personality’ because after building a big, big tower, the boy cannot follow her advice to leave the tower for Daddy to see, but instead must kick it and make it collapse. The almost manic pleasure with which children watch the collapse in a second of the product of long play-labor has puzzles many, especially since the child does not appreciate it at all if his tower falls by accident or by a helpful uncle’s hand. He, the builder must destroy it himself. This game, I should think arises from the not so distant experience of sudden falls at the very time when standing upright on wobbly legs afforded a new and fascinating perspective on existence. The child who consequently learns to make a tower ‘stand up’ enjoys causing the same tower to waver and collapse; in addition to the active mastery over a previous passive event, it makes one feel stronger to know that there is somebody weaker-and towers, unlike little sister, can’t cry and call ‘mummy’

  The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means Options:
  A) is forced to kick it and demolish
  B) is obliged to kick it and demolish it
  C) cannot resist the urgue to demolish it
  D) ought to kick it and make it collapse
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 562:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Own?

  Options:
  A) brown
  B) frown
  C) gown
  D) phone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 563:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

  Bankole was a man given to much wine

  Options:
  A) pushed to
  B) taken over by
  C) addicted to
  D) forced to
  E) afflicted by
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 564:

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

  Note that only senior members of staff have the _____ of using the toilet upstairs

  Options:
  A) permission
  B) occasion
  C) privilege
  D) habit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 565:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The circular supersedes all previous correspondence on the matter.

  Options:
  A) supports
  B) displaces
  C) eliminates
  D) circumvents
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 566:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  He likes to call attention to unimportant matters

  Options:
  A) dubious
  B) incidental
  C) trivial
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 567:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Do you mind if i wait for the reply? I'd rather you _____ again tomorrow

  Options:
  A) called
  B) will call
  C) can call
  D) call
  E) were calling
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 568: Efua was not in the good books of teachers at Forcados High School because Options:
  A) the students of Forcados did not like her
  B) she was expelled from her previous school
  C) she bribed the principal before she was admitted
  D) her admission into senior class was unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 569:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The chief said he would use the power inherent in his office to stop the celebration.

  Options:
  A) unrelated to
  B) common to
  C) allotted to
  D) impervious to
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 570:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  The president of club said that he would cross the bridge on getting there

  Options:
  A) He was waiting for an opportunity to take a decision
  B) When he got to the river he would build a bridge across it
  C) He would take a decision at the appropriate time
  D) When he got to the river he would cross at the bridge
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  The correct answer is C .