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• Question 51:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  Only the small fry get punished for such social misdemeanours

  Options:
  A) small boys
  B) unimportant people
  C) frightened people
  D) frivolous people
  E) inexperienced people
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  Language teachers believe that grammar exercise stretch the mind

  Options:
  A) expand
  B) ruin
  C) enrich
  D) restrict
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 53: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The lamp shades were translucent. Options:
  A) Transparent.
  B) Opaque.
  C) Intersected.
  D) Luminous.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 54:

  The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  PASSAGE IV

  With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.
  Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.

  ...9...

  Options:
  A) modified
  B) regulated
  C) standardized
  D) ordered
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 55:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  The _____ engineer was unhappy with the shoddy work done by the contractors?

  Options:
  A) cite
  B) sight
  C) site
  D) side
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The man described his son a a wilful character?

  Options:
  A) wicked
  B) obstinate
  C) wild
  D) tricky
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 57:

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

  After the team had concede two goals, their enthusiasm _____

  Options:
  A) was beginning to wane
  B) was waning
  C) began to wane
  D) had begun to wane
  E) had ben waning
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 58:

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

  The boys are very naughty. They have started fighting again _____

  Options:
  A) haven't they?
  B) isn't it?
  C) not so?
  D) have they?
  E) is it?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 59: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The teacher's apparent nonchalant attitude was misconstrued by his students? Options:
  A) condoned
  B) misrepresented
  C) misquoted
  D) misinterpreted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 60:

  From the list of words in A to D, choose one that best describes the sentence.
  James and Henry were at daggers drawn when I knew them. This means that they

  Options:
  A) were always angry with each other
  B) always wore daggers
  C) were good at drawing daggers
  D) were fighting everybody
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  The correct answer is A .