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1
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The stadium had a capacity crowd in spite of the weather?
  • A. The weather favoured the crowd at the stadium
  • B. The crowd defied the weather to fill the stadium
  • C. The stadium was not filled because of the weather
  • D. The crowd loved the weather at the stadium
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2

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

The conference is biennial?

  • A. The conference is held twice every year
  • B. The conference is held twice in two years
  • C. The conference is held once every other year
  • D. The conference lasts for two years
View Answer & Discuss (22) JAMB 1997
3

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

Only two ministers survived the recent cabinet reshuffle?

  • A. In the recent changes in government, only two ministers were sacked
  • B. In the recent changes in government, all but two ministers remained alive
  • C. In recent changes in government, all but two ministers retained their posts
  • D. In recent changes in government, all but two ministers were sacked
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Bassey is as hard as nails?
  • A. Bassey is very strong
  • B. Bassey is very brave
  • C. Bassey is determined
  • D. Bassey is unsympathetic
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5
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

He gave a painstaking account of his encounter with the ghost of his father?
  • A. sordid
  • B. fearful
  • C. half-hearted
  • D. tender-hearted
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