English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 91:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap(s):

  Owing to the constant harassment of the populace by armed robbers, all night guards have been instructed to shoot _____ every moving things

  Options:
  A) at sight
  B) by sight
  C) in sight
  D) off sight
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 92:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  You don't like Mathematics, _____ you?

  Options:
  A) do
  B) don't
  C) can't
  D) can
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 93:

  This questions is base on Jerry Agada's The successes:

  The departure of Ibo competitors to the East had favoured

  Options:
  A) Mama Okoh's business
  B) Torkwase at Otukpo
  C) Sgt Onyilo in the war front
  D) Okoh's marriage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 94:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

  He _____ during the whole of last month

  Options:
  A) was sick
  B) has been sick
  C) had been sick
  D) had sicken
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 95:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  You cannot have a vague idea of the content of this comprehension text unless you first _____ the whole passage for few minutes, said the teacher to his pupils

  Options:
  A) digest
  B) decipher
  C) skim through
  D) chew through
  E) master
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 96:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in underlined:

  We all have both good and bad characteristics. Either is, however, easily manifested in times of crisis

  Options:
  A) demanded
  B) highlighted
  C) submerged
  D) determined
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 97:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  To most people last Christmas was an austere period

  Options:
  A) prosperous
  B) harsh
  C) severe
  D) sour
  E) stern
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 98:

  Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

  America is the Mecca of the world

  Options:
  A) America is the commercial garden of the world
  B) America is a beautiful place in the world
  C) America is a place where people like to visit
  D) America accepts assorted races throughout the world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 99:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...11...] above. Options:
  A) agitators
  B) witnesses
  C) congregations
  D) spectators
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 100:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  We found it difficult to identify him as the crowd was ______ around him?

  Options:
  A) head to head
  B) head above head
  C) shoulder from shoulder
  D) shoulder to shoulder
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  The correct answer is D .