Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
The telephone .... in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world
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(B)
was invented
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
By the end of the next semester he .... his University education
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(A)
would have completed
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he .... to work by bicycles
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(D)
goes
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The students .... so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class
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(C)
were making
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
Olukayode .... as a mechanic when he was young, but now he is a driver
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(B)
used to work
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
...., it might not look such a rosy proposition.
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(D)
From his point of view
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If we went to any European country .... Britain, we should need a substantial amount of money to pay our way
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(A)
like
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The horse is a winner, ....
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(C)
you can take my word for it
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If he had entered the room, i .... him
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(C)
would have seen
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
You should show some consideration .... the feelings of others
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(E)
for
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Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The old car .... several times this year
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(B)
has been repaired
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Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger
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(C)
poverty
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Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
The bible's prodigal son became quite wealth eventually
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(E)
extravagant
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Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around
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(B)
harmless
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Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Colossal means
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(B)
gigantic
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
The prices .... are too high for us
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(B)
you quoted
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
The method .... does not give the expected results.
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(A)
you recommended
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was .... a century ago
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(C)
discovered
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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 ....
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(C)
fall down
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am travelling by the 6:30 train tomorrow morning. Will you .... me ....?
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(A)
see/off
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am a student and .... Musa. I left for the university, and .... Musa
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(B)
so is, so did
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
You have been absent from classes for four months. How can you .... for the lost time
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(B)
make up
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am afraid you cannot use this telephone; it is ....
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(A)
out of order
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Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
You should make an ..... to improve the situation
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(D)
effort
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From the options lettered A-D, select the option that best fills the gap(s) in the sentence below:
Must you always .... lies? Why don't you .... the truth for once
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(D)
tell
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
.... listening to the news when i came in
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(E)
They were
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
They said that ....about 20 candidates for the job of a shorthand typist
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(C)
there were
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
He told me to go on .... till seven
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(D)
working
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Many goods .... tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country
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(C)
such as
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
He acts .... he were a general manager
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(C)
as if
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Could i ring him up? I'd rather you ....
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(B)
visited him
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Don't study on the examination day? What did he tell you? He told me .... on the examination day
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(D)
not to study
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
I .... to gain admission to the college for the past three years
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(A)
have been trying
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complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
.... a lot of arguments for and against car loans in the press recently
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(C)
There have been
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Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
He reported to his manager that he .... overseas
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(A)
had never been
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Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Shall we go to the union meeting? No thank you, i do not feel like .... anywhere
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(B)
going
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Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Will they sign any contracts at the Fair? They will not only sign the contracts but a lot of goods .... as well
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(E)
will be bought
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Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
I started writing this test at 8 : 00 a.m It is 10 : 00 a.m now. By 11 : 00 a.m. I .... it for three hours
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(C)
shall have been writing
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist
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(C)
an unattached
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
He has never been a good mediator, even in minor family disputes, because in most cases his views are always jaundiced
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(E)
prejudiced
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions, the poor husband accused her point blank of adultery
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(A)
bluntly
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The vote of thanks which was elaborately moved by the social secretary did not ring true particularly as the fund raising had been a big failure
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(D)
was not genuine
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
I listened with rapt attention as he never suspected that i knew he was telling me a cock and bull story
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(C)
an incredible story
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
When a man is immune to an illness, he is
إجابة
(D)
protected against it
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The two boxers were neck and neck up till the sixth round but in the seventh and final round, the bigger one lost ground
إجابة
(B)
failed to maintain his position
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
While the mother and father were arguing furiously their small-boy sat patiently taking in everything they said
إجابة
(E)
noting
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
For a priest to be successful, he should, from time to time review his actions
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(B)
examine
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
In some parts of our society, people are ostracized purely on the basis of their parentage
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(C)
shut off form others
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
Sitting majestically on his throne is the Oba of Benin flanked by some of his wives
إجابة
(A)
surrounded
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
In civilized society, it is unseemly to emit a loud belch at the end of a meal
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(E)
impolite
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Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
As a result of the injury sustained on the football field, Segun was .... with a broken leg for months
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(D)
laid up
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Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
the principal was able to establish a functional language laboratory for school because he acted .... the advice of experts on the subject
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(D)
on
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Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Dume .... in Abraka for three years when i met her
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(B)
had lived
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Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
If i were the Head of the English Department in my school, i .... make oral English a compulsory subject
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(A)
would
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
If Remi perform poorly in her forthcoming examination,then either her mother or i .... to blame
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(E)
am
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
I was able to .... Olu my book because he promised to return it the following day
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(C)
lend
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
You cannot have a vague idea of the content of this comprehension text unless you first .... the whole passage for few minutes, said the teacher to his pupils
إجابة
(C)
skim through
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
The prefect came to the class five minutes after the lesson ....
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(B)
had started
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Bimbo sings beautifully .... ?
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(B)
doesn't she
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
we couldn't find the official who was to act as our guide ...., he has left before we arrived
إجابة
(B)
Actually
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
No sooner had the examination ended .... the students started vacating the halls of residence
إجابة
(C)
than
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Ogedengbe kept goal for his club team because there wasn't .... to do it
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(E)
anybody else
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Grace must be allergic .... smoke because any time she sits by someone who is smoking, she sneezes
إجابة
(A)
to
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Now that i realize the full extent of your ... i am afraid it will be impossible for me to ever trust you again
إجابة
(D)
duplicity
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Legislators must be trained to .... the truth
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(B)
discern
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
He must be a good student because he is a .... reader
إجابة
(C)
voracious
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
It is very difficult to capture the subtle ..... of words when translated from one language to another
إجابة
(C)
connotations
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Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
As it holds true that, unless you train your body you cannot be an athlete, so also unless you train your .... you cannot be a ....
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(C)
mind - scholar
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
The meeting starts .... two o'clock. Please be punctual
إجابة
(D)
at
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
Every time you pay a bill you must insist .... being given a receipt
إجابة
(C)
on
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
The elections .... the Senate were held in July
إجابة
(A)
into
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
There is a filling station .... the corner, to your right
إجابة
(B)
by
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
It is difficult these days to get a seat .... the plane in spite of a confirmed booking
إجابة
(C)
on
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Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
He travelled to Jos .... train when he came last
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(A)
by
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Ezekiel was a great herald of thing to come because
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(B)
he preached about events which were to characterized the period after the exile
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in his work, Ezekiel
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(D)
forged a link between the past and the future
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By and large critics of Ezekiel and his work were
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(C)
unsuccessful
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when other prophetic book where discredited, Ezekiel's book was accepted because
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(B)
the other prohpetic writers were not a original
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in the passage, there is an attempt to explain that to ensure a totally healthy child
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(C)
it is necessary to take care of other things in addition to the child's physical well-being
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it is said that differences in ways of bringing up children and educating them
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(B)
are reflected in the personalities , attitudes and achievements of thye individual
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since the training for social adjustment begins from the moment of birth, our traditional practices
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(C)
are very helpful to the proper growth of the child
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in spite of the fact that the Western country now recognize the importance of the early period of childhood in forming a relationship, Nigerian hospital and maternity home.
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(A)
copy the wrong Western practise noe being criticized in Western countriesd
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unless the training of our traditional birth attendants is based on healthy practices
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(B)
our children will be worse off thanthose brough up in the traditional way
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the author explains that researches conducted on various aspect of rural-urban drift have
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(E)
not only provided solutions but also brought out the causes and effects of this drift
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one of the reasons why people drift fro the rural areas to the urban ares is
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(C)
better rural eduaction and possession of qualifications which make better jobs available in urban ares
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migration in large number is said to result in
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(B)
a fall in the production of food, accomodation and health in the cities
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one suggested solution to the problem is to
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(A)
provode social amenities and create employment opportunities in rural areas
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the consequences of the rural-urban drift are shown in the above passages as being
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(D)
negative
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the boss Boeta Dick, can be described as being
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(A)
skinny
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Boeta Dick spat in the bucket because
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(C)
he coughed
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without the solderers in the smithy
إجابة
(C)
the products can not be completed
92
the solderers received
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(E)
not so much as their work demanded
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sulphur powder was added to
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(B)
complete the manufacture
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Rufus Okeke was very popular with people because he
