Read through the register and choose the correct option out of the provided options.

Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questions

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.

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.
A. Outskirts
B. Suburbs
C. Interior
D. Outside

Correct Answer: Option A. (Explanation: Outskirts is often used to refer to the outer parts of a town or city).
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

Correct Answer: Option D. (Explanation: Bouts indicate short periods of intense activity of a specified kind).
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.
A. Attracted
B. Visited
C. Noticed
D. Alerted

Correct Answer: Option D. (Explanation: A neighbor who saw and observed (noticed) Alice decided to come to her aid).
They convinced her to start taking proper ..4…….
A. Cure
B. Medication
C. Measures
D. Precautions

Correct Answer: Option B. (Explanation: Medication refers to treatment using drugs or other form medicine to improve a particular condition or illness)
After three months of ….5…. treatment, she regained her will to live.
A. Intensive
B. Healthy
C. Safe
D. Heavy

Correct Answer: Option A. (Explanation: Intensive means thorough and is usually used to describe a situation involving a lot of effort or activity).
The AIDS time bomb …..6… on relentlessly.
A. Strikes
B. Burns
C. Ticks
D. Drops

Correct Answer: Option A. (Explanation: Strikes as in this context means to occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects)
The World Health Organization ….7…. that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.
A. Judges
B. Supposes
C. proposes
D. Estimates

Correct Answer: Option D. (Explanation: To estimate is to approximately calculate or form a judgment of the value, number, extent or quantity of something)
The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8…… the spread of the disease.
A. Limits
B. Anticipates
C. Monitors
D. Increases

Correct Answer: Option C. (Explanation: The Ugandan AIDS Commission seeks to check and curb the spread of the disease)
However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and …9….. makes it impossible to establish exact figures.
A. Facilitates
B. Amenities
C. Condition
D. Provisions

Correct Answer: Option A. (Explanation: The most suitable and all-embracing answer here is facilities)
No one ….10…. that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
A. Denies
B. Claims
C. Rejects
D. Imagines

Correct Answer: Option A. (Explanation: Denies is the best answer. It is unarguably true that AIDS in Ugandan is a disaster worse off than the tragedies of their Civil War)