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Monisola is sure to pass in September. She .... hard since the beginning of this term.
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(E)
has been working
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The old shoemaker at the corner of our street is .... so i hope you will patronize him
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(E)
a close friend
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The students in my junior class seem to have performed .... they did last year
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(B)
more brilliant than
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After the 1980 Ogunpa floods, our association received many letters from those adversely affected and we resolved to ....
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(A)
Assist them
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Jane and Jarawa love …. Very much.
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(B)
Each other
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I shall travel to Lagos by …. Next week.
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(D)
Air or by road
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You can never get …. With stealing the presidential jet. You will be caught.
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(B)
Away
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She got into trouble because she refused to listen to the …. given by her friends and relatives.
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(D)
Advice
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The armed robbers stabbed the driver …. the back
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(A)
In
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I ….. him before he came into the room.
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(E)
Had seen
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I am disappointed …. the ways you conducted yourself at the party.
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(D)
At
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You can go on; I …. what you are saying.
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(E)
Understand
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When we were coming back from the picnic last Friday, there …. on EKO bridge.
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(B)
Was much traffic
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I have refused to give him my pen because I don’t want him to ….. it again.
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(C)
Lose
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We were all delighted when the beautiful lady in our house ….. a bouncing baby boy.
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(D)
Gave birth to
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Always remember to ….. the lights before leaving the room.
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(E)
Switch off
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I’m sorry I can’t go to the theatre with you as I have …. to do.
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(D)
Much work
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The wicked boy threw a stone at the bird smashing …. two legs.
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(A)
Its
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When the policemen received …. about the hideout of the armed robbers, they went there in full force to arrest them.
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(E)
Full information
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On such an important ….all the guests were expected to be at their best.
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(B)
Occasion
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Chike, who plays in the first eleven, is an expert …. dribbling
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(C)
At
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Musa asked Asmau what she …. Since, he last saw her.
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(B)
had been doing
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The violent storm that occurred on Easter Monday destroyed many houses and caused …. in Lagos generally.
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(B)
Much damage
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Would you mind …. the door, please?
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(C)
Shutting
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The angry woman shouted and cursed in language .... shocking for words
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(E)
too
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The evidence of all the accused persons .... by the judge sitting at No 2 Assizes last week.
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(B)
was disbelieved
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There are puddles in the road. It ....
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(E)
must have been raining
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By next June he .... four novels
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(C)
will have written
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Do come tonight, but don't expect me to speak to you because i .... an interesting programme on television when you arrive
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(D)
shall be watching
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.... any good films lately?
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(B)
Have you seen
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His hair needs ....
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(E)
cutting
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.... fewer strikes since the profit-sharing schemes were introduced.
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(A)
There have been
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Everybody hates .... kept waiting
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(B)
being
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I am not used to .... on the left
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(C)
driving
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What made you ... that?
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(E)
say
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Radium .... Maria Sklodowska Curie.
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(D)
was discovered by
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His English was so good that he .... for an Englishman
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(C)
was taken
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If you .... me that you had run out of petrol, i would have given you some.
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(E)
had told
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X: How do you want to be paid? In cash or by cheque?
Y: They asked him .... in cash or by cheque
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(B)
whether he wanted to be paid
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Can you buy African souvenirs in any other shops? OR .... can you buy African souvenirs?
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(D)
Where else
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Put .... your watch, it is half an hour fast.
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(E)
back
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You look very tired, a cup of tea will .... you some good!
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(B)
do
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when he was knocked on the head, he fell to the ground ....
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(C)
unconscious
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There was a loud bang .... we thought it was the television, but it wasn't
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(B)
at first
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Plans for a rise in production .... through when a strike started
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(E)
fell
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She used to be very untidy but she has grown ... it now
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(A)
out of
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In the past 20 years, many patients .... by the doctors in the specialist hospital.
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(C)
have been treated
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The catering manageress saw to it that the morning meal .... by 07.00 hours everyday
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(D)
was prepared
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It .... so hard that all the cars have stopped moving.
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(C)
is raining
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When next i come to see you, you ... in your new home.
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(B)
will already be living
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.... to your birthday party in September?
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(A)
May i come
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Choose the word or phrase from the option A-E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The minister hit on a plan to retain his post after many months of lobbying
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(C)
discovered a plan
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Choose the word or phrase from the options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The students decided to go without breakfast in order to save money for the needy. They decided to
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(D)
forgo breakfast
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Choose the word or phrase from the options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence: Ekwensi's account with the Naira bank is in the red. His account
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(B)
is overdrawn
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Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence: He is traveling tomorrow.
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(B)
He will travel tomorrow
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Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence: He should be able to do it alone.
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(B)
He ought to be able to do it alone
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Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence: He will smoke continuously when he is depressed
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(A)
He smokes continuously whenever he is depressed
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: Shade is to come home tomorrow
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(D)
Shade is expected to come home tomorrow
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: John must be happy today
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(A)
I am sure John is happy today
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: You can talk to her.
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(E)
A & D
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
The general promised the soldier would go back to the barracks
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(D)
soldiers' quarters
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My mother has refused to come to live in Lagos because she prefers the tranquil life in the village to the hurly burly of the city.
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(C)
peaceful
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
Most of the time my Boss tells cock and bull stories
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(D)
untrue
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My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need
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(A)
Abandoned him
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When you go to a foreign country to study, you will discover that life is not always a bed of roses.
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(A)
as pleasant as one thought
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
A lorry larger than an elephant was stuck on the bridge.
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(E)
of enormous proportions
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
There is an end - of - session party tonight but Sola hasn't finished her term paper.She's unlikely to come
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(A)
I doubt whether she will come
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.
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(E)
Very little was owed by anyone to anybody
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
While most of our recently elected legislators are living a life of affluence and ostentation the vast majority of those who elected them into office are unhappy
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(C)
poverty
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
It is generally believed that misers are not loved by many
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(A)
spendthrifts
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Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
My brother's primary school foundation was solid and this affected his secondary education
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(D)
weak
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Politicians and holders of political appointments are generally assumed to be cunning:
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(B)
straightforward
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Olumba wore amulet because he
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(E)
believe in thier power of protection
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Olumba looked upwards because
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(B)
this was his usual practice
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'Poaching'means
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(A)
stealing
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The chief called meeting because
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(D)
the elders had devised a plan to prevent the poaching
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According to the passage Nigeria used to be the be the world's biggest producer of
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(D)
groundnuts and columbites
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select the statement supported by the passage
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(A)
Ghana produced more cocoa than Nigeria
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Timber can be made into
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(B)
plywood sheets
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The narrator is a farmer
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(B)
tapper
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the soldiers had come to
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(D)
force him into the army
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The army was short of personnel because the soldiers
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(D)
could not find people willing to sign on
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from the man's concluding statement, you can infer that
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(A)
the war had to be brought to an end
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what was the first insult to the princess' dignity?
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(B)
being ordered to wait amongst a crowd of people
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who did Nzinga want to see?
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(D)
Joao de Souza
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why did Nzinga became very impatient? because
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(A)
she was made to wait to see the governor
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Why were the courtiers amazed?
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(A)
none of them would have dared to speak to the Governor like the she did
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This story shows that
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(C)
Nzinga was a proud and fearless woman
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from this passage it is clear that professor Ikin
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(B)
doesn't value what his wife says
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Dr. Okon cannot be seen as a threat to professor Ikin because
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(A)
he is very junior to professor Ikin in the university hierarchy
