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31

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

Although the officer wanted a ..... reported on the matter, he got ....... account?

A
truthful / an uninteresting
B
factual / an unpleasant
C
genuinea / a ridiculous
D
painstaking / a half-hearted
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32

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

My friend's car has ..... to a halt?

A
grinded
B
grounded
C
ground
D
grind
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33

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

He boasts so much about his high scores and he ...... at the efforts of others?

A
scorns
B
sneers
C
grins
D
smilies
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34

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

He is so credulous ...... my story about the ghost?

A
to believe
B
that he believes
C
in order to believe
D
since he believes
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35

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

My friend and I have been quarrelling since yesterday and we haven't ....... yet?

A
made it out
B
made out
C
made it
D
made it up
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36

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

It was late when we decided to get ...... the train?

A
off
B
down
C
out of
D
out from
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37

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

My father's advice to me was quite invaluable?

A
useless
B
useful
C
helpful
D
unsolicited
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38

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Musa hates Hadiza for her constant bellicose behaviour?

A
voilent
B
gentle
C
meek
D
troblesome
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39

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The officer asked for a more temperate assessment of the matter?

A
extreme
B
moderate
C
radical
D
humane
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40

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

There is much indifference in his behaviour?

A
concern
B
nonchalance
C
willingness
D
inconsistency
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