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

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• Question 1281:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  The meeting was cancelled because of the convocation.

  Options:
  A) brought up
  B) called off
  C) broke off
  D) phased out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1282: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The greatness of the creator of the universe is always inexpressible to many adherents of certain faiths? Options:
  A) inevitable
  B) wonderful
  C) unbearable
  D) ineffable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1283:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make _____ what it meant.

  Options:
  A) up
  B) out
  C) off
  D) through
  E) do
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1284: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) ability
  B) quadruplicate
  C) registration
  D) revivalist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1285:

  These two factors the altitude and the weather, tend separately and together to defeat the climber. The height weakens, slows him down; it forces him to spend days and nights in the courses of his assault on the summit; the weather, besides adding to the demand of his energy and moral fortitude, conspires to deny him the time he needs to complete his mission. Whereas in lower mountains and on easy ground the weather may be no more than a handicap, in the high Himalayas it is decisive, regardless of terrain.

  The deduction to be drawn from these two factors is was clear enough. We must either so fortify ourselves that we could continue, without detriment, to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization, or, better still, we must solve the problem of speed. It was desirable; in fact, that we must meet both these requirements and thus give to those chosen to attempt the summit and to their supporting teams some measures of insurance against the vagaries of the weather, for safety in mountain climbing is as much a matter of swiftness as of sureness of foot. Either or both could be achieved only by the administration of oxygen in sufficient quantities to make up for the deficiency in the air, and for the duration of the upward journey above the limit of successful acclimatization

  'to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization' (line 7)means Options:
  A) to be protected from the effect of the weather
  B) to expect no protection from the bad weather
  C) to survive under unnatural weather conditions
  D) limit our natural desires to get acclimatized to the weather
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1286:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The mistake brought the show to an ignominious end.

  Options:
  A) a good
  B) a palatable
  C) a disgraceful
  D) a satisfactory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1287:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  After my husband's popular election, we had to keep open house throughout the weekend?

  Options:
  A) entertain every caller
  B) keep all doors open
  C) relax security
  D) give a party
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1288:

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

  We couldn't find the official who was to act as our guide _____ , he has left before we arrived

  Options:
  A) Moreover
  B) Actually
  C) Nevertheless
  D) However
  E) Even
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1289:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  The weather condition now prevailing in town is unbearable?

  Options:
  A) widespread
  B) dominant
  C) uncommon
  D) unconttrollable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1290:

  Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

  Colossal means

  Options:
  A) a greek column
  B) gigantic
  C) something which has lost too much fluid
  D) a calamity
  E) the sale of colos
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  The correct answer is B .