Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The mills of God grind slowly, but the grind exceedingly small?

• A. God has a mill where every material in life is thoroughly ground
• B. God may seem slow in action, but he adequately rewards every bit of injustice
• C. The world is like a food factory where God take his time in grinding all raw materials properly
• D. Even though God is never in a hurry, He achieves al things

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

The arrival of the police at the scene...........rather thanmitigatedtension

• A. provoked
• B. heightened
• C. created
• D. prolonged

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

tailor

• A. torn
• B. partake
• C. dent
• D. orchard

After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for the sentence.

She slogged her guts out for the examinations. This means that she

• A. failed the examination despite working hard for it
• B. passed the examination despite not working hard for it
• C. used unfair means to face the examination
• D. really worked very hard for the examination

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s). Some drugs have adeleterious effect on a child's development?

• A. debilitating
• B. helpful
• C. harmful
• D. healing

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option: How can we believe this witness when no one will .... his story?

• A. collate
• B. correlate
• C. collaborate
• D. corroborate

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?>br> They were all behaving like a bunch of ..... children?

• A. querulous
• B. querrulous
• C. querrullous
• D. quarrelous

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

It was quite impossible for him not to have noticed that Lola had arrived. This means that he

• A. should have known that Lola had arrived
• B. found it impossible to say that Lola had arrived
• C. said that Lola had not arrived
• D. pretended not to know that Lola had arrived

In the following passage, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the is below the passage, our options are given in columns lettered A to D. Choose the word that is most suitable to fill the numbered gaps in the passage.

Jim had his first -71- in professional boxing when he was seventeen and that match has remained indelible in his memory. Before the match, he had gone for a weigh-in along with other boxers. On the D-day, he came into the -72-- amidst loud cheers from the spectators after he had ten called by the -73 -. He was wearing customized trunks and - 74- to prevent damage to his hands.

Jim and his - 75- - moved round throwing punches at each other. Jim threw a right -76-, left himself open and got cut by a strong counter punch. After this attack from his rival, Jim raised his arms and held his -77-- in front of his face to protect himself by -78 - the punches as they came.

During the second --79-, Jim delivered a sucker punch which got his opponent in the ribs lading to loss of consciousness. Consequently, Jim won the game by - 80-

• A. kick
• B. hook
• C. knock
• D. smack

From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

The life of man appearslong but, in reality, it is_________

• A. brief
• B. quick
• C. shortened
• D. stunted