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

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• Question 1141: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The proprietor accused Uche of silently acquiescing to the students' demands? Options:
  A) submitting to
  B) adjusting
  C) compromising on
  D) resisting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1142:

  Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket;

  Lo[s]e

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) sue
  C) refuse
  D) phones
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1143:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  He stared at her

  Options:
  A) glanced
  B) peeped
  C) looked
  D) gazed
  E) fixed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1144:

  Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

  The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 18. Options:
  A) a gazetteer
  B) an article
  C) a column
  D) a magazine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1145: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?When I visited James I only gave him a congratulatory card on account of his promotion? Options:
  A) The only person I visited was James and nobody else
  B) It was only James that I gave a congratulatory card to
  C) All I gave James when I visited him was a congratulatory card
  D) All I did when I visited James was given him a congratulatory card
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1146:

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

  He is loved for his ALTRUISM.

  Options:
  A) benevolence
  B) sincerity
  C) selfishness
  D) selflessness
  E) kindness
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1147:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I told you, you would miss the bus. You _____ left home earlier

  Options:
  A) can't have
  B) must have
  C) will have
  D) should have
  E) had to have
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1148:

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

  The man insisted on giving unsolicited _____

  Options:
  A) advice
  B) advices
  C) advise
  D) advises
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1149:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

  The man's health has deteriorated in the hospital

  Options:
  A) collapsed
  B) improved
  C) worsened
  D) revived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1150:

  In this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  If he were here, it could be more fun.

  Options:
  A) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun
  B) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion
  C) There was no fun because he was not present
  D) He was being expected to supply more fun
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  The correct answer is A .