Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket Okibe was rusticated for his [derogatory] remark about the principal

• A. complimentary
• B. unwarranted
• C. lack luster
• D. unsavory

Read the passage carefully and answer this question.

May your road be rough. I am not cursing you: I am wishing you what I wish myself every year, I therefore repeat, may you have a hard time this year. May there be troubles for you this year. If you are not sure of what to say back, why not just say "same to you" – I ask for no more.

Our successes are conditioned by the amount of risk we are about to take. Earlier today, I visited a local farmer about five kilometers from where I live. He could not have been 55, but he said he was already too old to farm vigorously. He still suffered, he said, from the energy he displayed as a farmer in his younger days. Around his hut were two pepperbushes. There were cocoyam growing around him. There were snail shells which had given him meat. There must have been more snails around the banana trees than I saw. He hardly ever went to town to buy things. He was self-sufficient. The car, the television or radio and the newspaper were things he could live without. He had no ambition whatsoever, he told me.

I am not sure if you are already envious of him, but were we all to revert to such a life, we would be driven back like aimless sheep to cave dwelling. On the other hand, try to put yourself in the shoes of the Russian or American astronauts. Any moment you are shot into space, you have to be mentally alert, else, if you forget what to do, one of the things that might happen to you is that you could forever become a satellite going round until you die of starvation, and even then, your dead body would continue the gyration.

Naturally, they may have some slight foreboding on the contingency of their non-return. However, it is their courage for going in spite of these apprehensions that makes the world hail them so loudly today.

(Akinyemi, A., Olupe, F., & Adetutu, S. (2012): Rubrics of English Language for Schools and Colleges. Divine Glory Printers, Abeokuta.)

• A. life without risks
• B. life without science and technology
• C. life without ambition
• D. life without hope

Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap. The sea wave continue to ____________ the cliff on the west coast constantly

• A. impair
• B. rub
• C. knock
• D. erode

Choose a word opposite in meaning to the first word Dissent:

• A. Dissent
• B. Undissent
• C. Assent
• D.Indissent

In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence: I .... a lot when i was a student

• A. used travelling
• B. was used to travel
• C. used to travel
• D. used travel

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.

His chances of passing are very slim. This means that he

• A. will pass
• B. will not pass
• C. may not pass
• D. ought to pass

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

The power failure ........normal services for days

• A. activated
• B. energized
• C. paralyzed
• D. deadened

The first part of the test was on biology, the second on physics, and the third on literature

• (a) on physics; and the third on literature
• (b) on physics: and the third on literature
• (c) on physics and the third on literature
• (d) on physics, and the third on literature

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?Beads of sweat ran down Ngozi's armpit?

• A. Pools
• B. Spring
• C. Ponds
• D. Rivulets

n 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 Council ratified the controversial recommendation which we thought would be...........

• A. reviewed
• B. corroborated
• C. authenticated
• D. rejected