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• Question 61:

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

  If I visited England, I might go to Manchester City.

  Options:
  A) When I go to England, I could go to Manchester City.
  B) Whenever I visit England, I must go to Manchester City.
  C) I did not go to England and could not go to Manchester City.
  D) I could not visit Manchester City because I did not want to go to England.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 62: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).I wonder what will be left of his essay when the extraneous material is deleted? Options:
  A) superfluous
  B) erroneous
  C) relevant
  D) main
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 63:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  In the novel , the people of Umuchkuwu likened Samuel to

  Options:
  A) An ancestral spirit
  B) A chief priest
  C) A fisherman
  D) A swimmer
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 64: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The public library has stopped _____. books to readers? Options:
  A) borrowing
  B) lending
  C) renting
  D) loaning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 65: As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to _____ him any more money Options:
  A) lend
  B) loan
  C) borrow
  D) extend
  E) credit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 66:

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

  Very few students have satisfactory _____ these days because the student population has increased tremedously

  Options:
  A) acommondation
  B) accomodation
  C) accommodation
  D) acommoddation
  E) acommodation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 67: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The dramatist provided a satisfactory denouement to the play? Options:
  A) audition
  B) climax
  C) lavish
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 68:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  Samuel Mpetechula was able to graduate fro Chancellor because Options:
  A) of the finacial assistance given to him by his sponsors
  B) his uncle paid his education fees
  C) he was able to win a scholarship to the university
  D) the SCF subsidized his education expenses
  E) of the assistance given to him by the Australian Government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 69:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  She stopped her education as her uncle left her in the lurch.

  Options:
  A) Her uncle deceived her
  B) Her uncle disinherited her
  C) Her uncle refused to help her
  D) Her uncle disrespected her
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 70:

  The brave officer _____ the time bomb.

  Options:
  A) diffused
  B) druse
  C) defused
  D) difused
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  The correct answer is C .