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1. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence; In the match against the uplanders team, the sub mariners turned out to be the dark horse

2 points

A. played most brilliantly

B. played below their usual form

C. won unexpectedly

D. lost as expected

Clear selection

2. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
Only the small fry get punished for such social misdemeanours

2 points

A. small boys

B. unimportant people

C. frightened people

D. frivolous people

Clear selection

3. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
He spoke with his heart in his mouth

2 points

A. with fright and agitation

B. with such unusual cowardice

C. with a lot of confusion in his speech

D. without being able to make up his mind

Clear selection

4. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The leader in today's issue of our popular newspaper focuses on inflation

2 points

A. president

B. headline

C. editorial

D. columnist

Clear selection

5. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
From the ways my friend talks, you can see he is such a bore

2 points

A. rude

B. brilliant

C. uninteresting

D. overbearing

Clear selection

6. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence; His jail terms were to run concurrently

2 points

• A. simultaneously

• B. uniformly

• C. laboriously

• D. consecutively

Clear selection

7. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence; There is some obvious symmetry in the whole presentation

2 points

• A. confusion

• B. hesitation

• C. excitement

• D. orderliness

Clear selection

8. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The bill has to wait as we are now insolvent

2 points

• A. overworked

• B. bankrupt

• C. unsettled

• D. insoluble

Clear selection

9. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence; All his plans fell through

2 points

• A. failed

• B. were accomplished

• C. had to be reviewed

• D. were rejected

Clear selection

10. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The balance sheet at the end of the business year shows that we broke even

2 points

• A. lost heavily

• B. made profit

• C. neither lost nor gained

• D. had no money to continue business

Clear selection

11. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
He was appointed specifically to put the recruits through

2 points

• A. assign them to work

• B. train them

• C. discipline them

• D. assist them at work

Clear selection

12. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The result of his experiment represents a break through in medical science

2 points

• A. an outstanding success

• B. catastrophe

• C. an end to such experiments

• D. breaking point

Clear selection

13. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
Being an optimist, our professor always sees the bright side of most things

2 points

• A. cheerful

• B. illumined

• C. brilliant

• D. pleasing

Clear selection

14. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The state government appointed a commission of inquiry to go into the community's complaints carefully and without prejudice

2 points

• A. investigate

• B. search

• C. look for

• D. account for

Clear selection

15. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The traffic situation in Lagos can lead to disastrous consequences; a man lost a very lucrative job because he was held up by it

2 points

• A. confused

• B. delayed

• C. annoyed

• D. intrigued

Clear selection

16. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
Mrs. Dada has been deserted by her husband because he feels she has a heart of stone

2 points

• A. she has a heavy heart

• B. she has little warmth of feeling

• C. she has a hard heart

• D. she is hard hearted

Clear selection

17. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
Mr. Jack could be a successful businessman if he paid more attention to the more intricate aspects of his account

2 points

• A. Mr Jack will undoubtedly succeed

• B. Mr Jack cannot succeed

• C. Jack will have a very good chance of succeeding

• D. Mr. Jack will find it difficult to succeed

Clear selection

18. If my father had not arrived, I would have starved. This sentence means

2 points

• A. My father did arrive and I didn't starve

• B. I had to starve because my father didn't come

• C. my father didn't arrive and I didn't starve

• D. I should have starved but I didn't

Clear selection

19. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The two sprinters were running neck and neck

2 points

• A. exactly level

• B. very slowly

• C. very fast

• D. with their necks together

Clear selection

20. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
He stared at her

2 points

• A. glanced

• B. peeped

• C. looked

• D. gazed

Clear selection

21. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
When the man was caught by police he presented a bold front

2 points

• A. he attacked the policemen boldly

• B. he walked up to the policemen

• C. he faced the situation with apparent boldness

• D. he bravely attempted to give them a present

Clear selection

22. Choose the option that best convey the meaning of the underlined portion in each of the following sentence;
I have been able to observe him at close quarters

2 points

• A. in government house nearby

• B. within a short space of time

• C. in a small family house

• D. at close range

Clear selection

23. Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in each of the following sentence;
At the site of the ghastly accident the poor woman's hair stood on end

2 points

• A. the woman was frightened

• B. the wind blew her hair upwards

• C. the woman was unmoved

• D. the woman disarranged her hair

Clear selection

24. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
When the beggar was tired he ..... down by the roadside

2 points

• A. lied

• B. laid

• C. layed

• D. lay

Clear selection

25. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
He did not like .... leaving the class early

2 points

• A. we

• B. us

• C. our

• D. ourselves

Clear selection

26. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Before the operation, the dentist found that his patient's teeth....

2 points

• A. have long decayed

• B. have long been decayed

• C. have long being decayed

• D. had long decayed

Clear selection

27. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The employer, not the salesman and his representative .... responsible for the loss

2 points

• A. is

• B. are being

• C. are never

• D. have been

Clear selection

28. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The boy was born before his parents actually got married and so the court has declared him ....

2 points

• A. illegal

• B. illegitimate

• C. illicit

• D. unlawful

Clear selection

29. As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to .... him any more money

2 points

• A. lend

• B. loan

• C. borrow

• D. extend

Clear selection

30. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Last week the .... at the theater was the longest i had ever seen

2 points

• A. assembly

• B. congregation

• C. convention

• D. audience

Clear selection

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