In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The meeting was cancelled because of the convocation
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(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
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(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?
Trả lời
(A)
account for
4
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
be careful!. We are approaching the crossroads
Trả lời
(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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.
Trả lời
(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.
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(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.
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(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
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(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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 .....
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(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 ....
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(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
Trả lời
(D)
for
19
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The man has atoned .... his sins
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(A)
for
22
In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I am looking .... seeing your family.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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 ....
Trả lời
(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 ....
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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?
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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 ....
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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?
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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 ....
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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 ....
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(A)
course
71
On the train Jim was
Trả lời
(C)
pretending to read
72
He wanted to see the girl again because
Trả lời
(B)
she was attractive
73
He hoped to arrange a date with her by
Trả lời
(D)
handing in a short note in a hurry
74
That evening he had a telephone call from
Trả lời
(A)
his colleague, Umaru
75
The manufactured crystals have to be pure
Trả lời
(D)
to satisfy the exact requirements of science
76
According to the passage, quartz is used
Trả lời
(B)
in a lot of devices
77
Artificial quartz as compared with natural is
Trả lời
(A)
superior
78
Transistors have
Trả lời
(C)
made transmitters and receivers smaller and lighter
79
Artificial quartz is produced
Trả lời
(E)
from natural crystals within steel cylinders
80
Most artists are strongly influenced by the
Trả lời
(C)
tastes and wishes of the society
81
A social anthropologist is someone who
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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?
Trả lời
(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?
Trả lời
(E)
it fell off the hook
85
The picnickers were
Trả lời
(D)
people from city
86
Where was Alan looking for his fish? He was looking for the fish
Trả lời
(A)
in the grass
87
Alan made the picnickers believe that fish jump out of the river to look for flies by
Trả lời
(B)
finding his trout and showing it to them
88
'He laughs best who laughs last'(proverb). it is true for this story because
Trả lời
(C)
Alan played a good trick on the picnickers
89
Sericulture is
Trả lời
(B)
the breeding of silkworms for the production of silk
90
It is implied in the passage that silk was discovered
Trả lời
(B)
by accident
91
According to sericulturist, silkworms
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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
Trả lời
(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.
Trả lời
(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.
