Test Of English For Higher Degree Admissions Sample Questions With Answer Key - University Of Ibadan, Abel Olorunnisola, 2013 Page 27
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34SECTION F: VOCABULARY CHOICES, COLLOCATIONS,
SENSE RELATIONS AND TENSES
Instruction 1:
Choose from options A-D to fill the gaps in passages 1-2 below:
Passage I
Writing Today
In my former life, I often taught first-year composition: a course that
supposedly taught students the writing…126…. they needed for
college. The main focus of the course was the college essay. Now,
freshmen usually had no…127… with the form of the essay; they just
struggled with the…128…. Grammar issues aside — these would
usually work themselves out during the term — the main focus
would be…129.... an argument in a logical way. This fact usually
separates the high-school essay from the college one: the amount of
analysis…130…to an argument.
By Gerald Lucas:
126. A. skills
B. prowess
C. power
D. system
127. A. hasles
B. trouble
C. difficulty
D. palaver
128. A. style
B. theme
C. content
D. subject matter
129. A. pushing
B. producing
C. composing
D. creating
130. A. pushed
B. dictated
C. alloted
D. devoted
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