In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The meeting was cancelled because of the convocation
Risposta
(B)
called off
2
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Our town is so small that we are always meeting our schoolmates accidentally
Risposta
(E)
running into
3
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?
Risposta
(A)
account for
4
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
be careful!. We are approaching the crossroads
Risposta
(B)
watch out
5
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass
Risposta
(D)
enter for
6
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
He went through fire before he qualified as a doctor
Risposta
(C)
suffered a lot
7
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Osyaku started playing football because he thought it would develop him physically
Risposta
(A)
took up football
8
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Once i have finished all my homework, i am permitted to watch television
Risposta
(B)
I can only watch television after doing my homework
9
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
For all he cared, the game was as good as lost.
Risposta
(B)
He could not care less if the game was lost
10
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined: A basic objective in this respect is the attainment of self sufficiency in food in about a decade.
Risposta
(E)
Our aims is to provide enough food for our needs in ten years
11
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
In their desire to impress their friends and relatives, many young workers bite off more than they can chew in terms of financial obligations.
Risposta
(E)
take on more responsibility than they can afford
12
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
All the efforts made to settle the quarrel were futile
Risposta
(E)
fruitless
13
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The new Inspector decide that the culprits should be brought to book
Risposta
(E)
should be made to answer for their conduct
14
In the question below select the word opposite in meaning to the underlined:
The long straight trunk of the tree is ideal for roundwood used like railway sleepers, refters and fence posts
Risposta
(C)
most unsuitable
15
In the question below select the word opposite in meaning to the underlined:
A book on style without abundant example seems to me as ineffectual as a book on biology without abundant illustration
Risposta
(D)
satisfactory
16
In the question below choose the expression which best complete the sentence:
My uncle told me, 'I have a large house and you are welcome to the protection it offers'. O my uncle told me that .....
Risposta
(D)
he had a large house , and i was welcome to the protection it offered
17
In the question below choose the expression which best complete the sentence:
The manager said that unless the employes worked harder the factory would have to be closed. The manager said that ....
Risposta
(D)
the factory would be shut if the employees did not increase their output
18
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The student who went home without an exit has apologised .... his misconduct
Risposta
(D)
for
19
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The man has atoned .... his sins
Risposta
(C)
for
20
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The Headmaster was interviewed in connection .... the expansion project
Risposta
(B)
with
21
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
What do you want me to do now? I'm .... withdrawing and keeping quiet
Risposta
(A)
for
22
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I am looking .... seeing your family.
Risposta
(B)
forward to
23
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
These folktales have been handed ..... from generation to generation
Risposta
(C)
down
24
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
John arrived at the airport on time but he could not get .... the plane
Risposta
(B)
on
25
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The young lovers first met .... the university of Ibadan havana Night dance
Risposta
(B)
at
26
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I have not seen my housemaster .... the beginning of this session
Risposta
(E)
since
27
In the question below choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The chairman of the state school board has advised students to desist ..... blackmailing college authorities
Risposta
(A)
from
28
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The most stupid boy in the class passed the examination contrary .... the expectation of others
Risposta
(D)
to
29
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The principal remarked that it was the high standard of discipline that was instrumental .... the high percentage of passes in the school
Risposta
(B)
to
30
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
She wounded the man ... the back with her knitting needle
Risposta
(B)
in
31
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
It took the father many days to get .... the untimely death if his son
Risposta
(B)
over
32
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made .... the collection
Risposta
(B)
away
33
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
There is not doubt that every lady takes great pride .... her appearance.
Risposta
(B)
in
34
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get ....
Risposta
(A)
loose
35
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
'Have you given the patient his medicine?' The doctor asked the nurse ....
Risposta
(D)
if she had given the patient his medicine
36
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
I was seriously disappointed when the .... between the two teams ended in a goalless draw.
Risposta
(C)
match
37
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Children's clothes have to be strong to stand .... rough use
Risposta
(D)
up to
38
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Shall i make the cheque .... you or to your firm?
Risposta
(E)
out to
39
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The hotel .... is at Wurno Road.
Risposta
(D)
at which i am staying
40
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
.... the main points of the lectures given by the Director of the institute
Risposta
(A)
Those were
41
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
I am sure that my mother will not find out. She is so .... that she will accept anything i tell her
Risposta
(B)
credulous
42
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 ....
Risposta
(A)
haven't they?
43
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
If only i ..... insured! But i wasn't. Now i have to pay a lot of money
Risposta
(C)
had been
44
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Do you mind if i wait for the reply? I'd rather you ..... again tomorrow
Risposta
(A)
called
45
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Olu: How do you want the money in cash or in traveller's cheques? Ali: Beg your pardon? Olu: I was asking you how .... the money?
Risposta
(C)
you wanted
46
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make .... what it meant.
Risposta
(B)
out
47
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Give me a minute to think i can't remember the answer ....
Risposta
(C)
off hand
48
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The government suffered a .... when they lost two by-elections.
Risposta
(B)
set-back
49
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Our Literature Master said that he would show us a film on Macbeth. The film will ....
Risposta
(D)
be worth seeing
50
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The driver of that lorry .... lost his life during the collision
Risposta
(C)
nearly
51
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a .... of him
Risposta
(C)
glimpse
52
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
I meant ... a pencil but there was no one .... there.
Risposta
(B)
to buy/to sell
53
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Mrs. Okoro .... in this school since 1975.
Risposta
(E)
has been teaching
54
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The Governor has .... to the people on many occasions
Risposta
(A)
broadcast
55
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Paulina arrived late, she ..... the right route
Risposta
(E)
could not have taken
56
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
.... the medicine, he asked his daughter to take it according to the doctor's prescription.
Risposta
(B)
Having bought
57
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
By the end of this year i ..... twenty books
Risposta
(B)
would have read
58
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00.
Geoffrey: You .... a very good dinner if you paid N1.00
Risposta
(C)
couldn't have had
59
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Evelyn: I've submitted eight copies. Joseph: You .... eight. Three would have been enough
Risposta
(D)
needn't have submitted
60
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The present wanton display of riches .... morality of our society
Risposta
(C)
is affecting
61
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
The market women ... profit ranges from thirty fifty percent are making .... difficult for the ordinary people
Risposta
(D)
whose/ life
62
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
Town authorities have put up a railing in front of the exit .... people .... out of the stadium and straight across the road
Risposta
(B)
preventing/ rushing to dash
63
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
Someone .... the radio cassette since 6 p.m. I wish he .... turn it off
Risposta
(A)
has been playing/ would
64
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
If the armed robbers ... caught, they would have been lynched.
Risposta
(E)
had been
65
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
Had he known that it would rain, he .... his umbrella with him.
Risposta
(D)
would have taken
66
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
Omeime was taking his dog for a walk when the dog suddenly .... from its chain and escaped
Risposta
(D)
broke loose
67
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
I was still sleeping when the national news ... this morning
Risposta
(C)
was broadcast
68
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
Each of the contestants .... a chance to win
Risposta
(A)
has
69
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
I gave the book to the library attendant ... I think works in the evenings
Risposta
(A)
whom
70
From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
The politicians are responsible for the .... events have taken in this country
Risposta
(A)
course
71
On the train Jim was
Risposta
(C)
pretending to read
72
He wanted to see the girl again because
Risposta
(B)
she was attractive
73
He hoped to arrange a date with her by
Risposta
(D)
handing in a short note in a hurry
74
That evening he had a telephone call from
Risposta
(A)
his colleague, Umaru
75
The manufactured crystals have to be pure
Risposta
(D)
to satisfy the exact requirements of science
76
According to the passage, quartz is used
Risposta
(B)
in a lot of devices
77
Artificial quartz as compared with natural is
Risposta
(A)
superior
78
Transistors have
Risposta
(C)
made transmitters and receivers smaller and lighter
79
Artificial quartz is produced
Risposta
(E)
from natural crystals within steel cylinders
80
Most artists are strongly influenced by the
Risposta
(C)
tastes and wishes of the society
81
A social anthropologist is someone who
Risposta
(C)
studies social conditions and other things
82
The work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist' means that
Risposta
(A)
the artist is influenced both by the society and by own creative imagination
83
which of the following represents the writer''s view about African art in relation to European art?
Risposta
(B)
In both African and European art there is a blend of tradition and indivitual creativity
84
Why did the fish land in the field?
Risposta
(E)
it fell off the hook
85
The picnickers were
Risposta
(D)
people from city
86
Where was Alan looking for his fish? He was looking for the fish
Risposta
(A)
in the grass
87
Alan made the picnickers believe that fish jump out of the river to look for flies by
Risposta
(B)
finding his trout and showing it to them
88
'He laughs best who laughs last'(proverb). it is true for this story because
Risposta
(C)
Alan played a good trick on the picnickers
89
Sericulture is
Risposta
(B)
the breeding of silkworms for the production of silk
90
It is implied in the passage that silk was discovered
Risposta
(B)
by accident
91
According to sericulturist, silkworms
Risposta
(C)
do well in areas with a warm climate
92
The work carried out at the Agricultural Research Station in Malawi on the silkworm eggs was to
Risposta
(C)
find out the most suitable areas and conditions for rearing silkworms
93
Choose the meaning which best fits the underlined phrase from the passage. Closely guarded secret
Risposta
(A)
Carefully hidden from the knowledge of others
94
From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The principal went to buy some ..... for the physics laboratory.
Risposta
(A)
equipment
95
From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The ..... should make .... for them as soon as possible.
