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• Question 611:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

  The noise across the road downed the sound of the keyboard in my room?

  Options:
  A) neutralized
  B) overshadowed
  C) balanced
  D) equalized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 612:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  Accountability is certainly a desirable quality in a politician.

  Options:
  A) Respectability
  B) Courage
  C) Responsibility
  D) Diligence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 613: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Talle works as a ______?

  Options:
  A) driver
  B) gateman
  C) cleaner
  D) government officer
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 614:

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

  You had to stand in the corridor all the way? Poor you! I don't suppose you enjoyed the journey _____ ?

  Options:
  A) don't you
  B) did you
  C) didn't you
  D) don't i
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 615:

  The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oil fields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the rapid deployment of forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean and the tensions in the south Atlantic and the Caribbean.

  According to the author, current world development points to Options:
  A) an exclusive destruction of the developing countries
  B) a likely spread of nuclear calamity to the third world countries
  C) nuclear excxhange taking place in africa, asia and latin america
  D) a confrontation between the industrialized and the developing countries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 616: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  At what age did Tallelost his father and stepmother ?

  Options:
  A) 21
  B) 20
  C) 19
  D) 18
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 617:

  This passage sums up the problems peculiar to the book trade make it different from any other trade-the problem of selection and the problem of sticking. How is the bookseller to tell what, in an enormous output, will prove sale-able before the full weight of unsold items affects the balance of his business and how is he at the same time to hold a stock large enough to enable the public to choose freely? He may seek to escape from this dilemma by becoming the passive sales representative of large publishing houses or distribution networks but he is then no longer a book seller. He may take refuge in the sale of items to a restricted circle of customers but he thereby cuts himself of from all that is vital in his trade and dooms himself to mediocrity and stagnation. On the other hand, he may protect his business from the danger of idle stock by speculating on the latest publication but this is a dangerous game in that it implies a constantly changing clientele: readers remain faithful to their own discoveries and failure to follow up a book an author or a type of literature means dismissing the public responsible for their success.

  This brings us back to the fact that books are indefinable. The story is told of a certain country with a great many generals where it was decided to present a rare and valuable edition of an old book to a general about to retire. The old soldier looked at the volume and remarked, ‘A book? What’s the point? I’ve already got one!’

  Of the solutions proposed for the bookseller's problems, how many are actually positive? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) none
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 618: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided. _____ any problems, I shall travel to London tomorrow on a business trip? Options:
  A) in spite
  B) given
  C) in case of
  D) barring
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 619:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  Why does a flamingo stand on one leg? Because if it lifted the other one, it would _____

  Options:
  A) go down
  B) let down
  C) fall down
  D) come down
  E) get down
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 620: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The high cost of living these days calls for a lot of frugality? Options:
  A) extravagance
  B) economy
  C) recklessness
  D) prudence
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  The correct answer is A .