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

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• Question 1781:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  They tried to cash in _____ the people's ignorance

  Options:
  A) under
  B) against
  C) about
  D) with
  E) on
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1782:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  Why does a flamingo stand on one leg? Because if it lifted the other one, it would _____

  Options:
  A) go down
  B) let down
  C) fall down
  D) come down
  E) get down
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1783:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The _____ discouraged me from reading it

  Options:
  A) story's lengths
  B) length of the story
  C) story length
  D) stories length
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1784:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  By January 1999, I _____ ten years in the service of this institution?

  Options:
  A) should have been
  B) would be
  C) can be
  D) must be
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1785:

  In 1973 a Japanese sericulturist arrives in Malawi with a batch of 40,000 silkworm eggs. They were taken to the Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station in Thyolo District. In this station, work is being done to determine favourable silkworm rearing conditions and areas where mulberry trees, leaves the worms feed on, could grow well. According to researchers, the silkworms- which eventually develop into cocoons from which raw silk is produced – do well with warm climatic conditions.

  Silk is one of the strongest of fibers. Infect, for thousands of years, silk fabrics have been regarded as the most beautiful and durable materials woven by man. Many people call silk the cloth of kings and queens’.

  The weaving of silk originated in china. An old Chinese book believed to be written by Confucius, tells us that the wife of Emperor Huang ti was the first person fabrics of silk. Around 2640 B.C Emperor Huang ti asked his wife His Ling-shih to study the worms that were destroying the mulberry trees in his garden. The Empress took some of the cocoons into the palace to see what they were made of. She dropped one of the cocoons into a bowl of boiling water and was amazed to see a cobweb-like tangle separate itself from the cocoon. She picked up the gauzy mass and found that one of the threads could be unwound almost without end from the cocoon. His Ling-shih had discovered silk. She was delighted with the discovery and even wove a ceremonial robe for the Emperor out of the cocoon threads. After that, the officials in the Emperor’s court wore brightly dyed silk robes on important occasions.

  People in other countries regarded the new fibers as something rare and beautiful. A few traders went to China to learn about making cloth from silk, but the Chines kept their silkworm a closely guarded secret.

  According to sericulturist, silkworms Options:
  A) cannot survive in a warm climate
  B) may be reared on any tree
  C) do well in areas with a warm climate
  D) produce the longest threads when they are fed leaves from the top of the mulberry tree
  E) are destroyed by heat
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1786: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.This imposing edifice, _____ a fortune to build? Options:
  A) had costed
  B) have cost
  C) costed
  D) cost
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1787: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.Civil engineering is predominantly a male profession? Options:
  A) absolutely
  B) essentially
  C) generally
  D) seldom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1788:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  Yesterday in the hall, Ola said that _____ his watch?

  Options:
  A) he had mislaid
  B) he had forgot
  C) he has misplaced
  D) he have lost
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1789: Shakespearian _____ are generally the victims of circumstance. Options:
  A) heros
  B) heroses
  C) hero
  D) heroes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1790: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''Just call yourself Omar Esquire"

  Who makes this statement?

  Options:
  A) Teemah
  B) Bint
  C) Jamila
  D) Ummi
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  The correct answer is A .