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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

English Language (Use of English) Questions

Question 486:
Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questions<br/>Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.<br/> <br/><br/><br/>Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.<br/>
  • A Outskirts
  • B Suburbs
  • C Interior
  • D Outside
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Question 487:
Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questions<br/>Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.<br/> <br/><br/><br/>When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.
  • A Sufferings
  • B Happenings
  • C Rounds
  • D Bouts
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Question 488:
<b>Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in the meaning to the underlined word or group of words that will fill in the sentence.</b><br><br><br/>At first we found life in the town very exciting but soon it became rather _______
  • A Tiring
  • B Disturbing
  • C Burdensome
  • D Boring
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Question 489:
Suleiman's reason for becoming a Muslim in the novel is because Islam brings sense of ______?
  • A Radicalism and aggression
  • B Boldness and awareness
  • C Kindness and truthfulness
  • D Purpose and discipline
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Question 490:
<b>Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in the meaning to the underlined word or group of words that will fill in the sentence.</b><br/>At first we found life in the town very exciting but soon it became rather _______
  • A Tiring
  • B Disturbing
  • C Burdensome
  • D Boring
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