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

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• Question 2111:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  Mary is jealous of her sister’s success.

  Options:
  A) Suspicious
  B) Bitter
  C) Careful
  D) Mindful
  E) Envious
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2112:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  The plan to merge the two local government areas has met with much apathy?

  Options:
  A) hospitality
  B) criticism
  C) consideration
  D) enthusiasm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2113:

  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

  Which ONE of the following was NOT a reason for using oxygen? Options:
  A) it gave them psychologicl encouragement
  B) it fortified them to live above the limit of natural acclimatization
  C) it protects them against the unexpected changes of the weather
  D) it quickens their journey to the summit
  E) it helps them to survive the worst effects of the weather
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2114:

  It may be argued that museums as an institution and an agency for transmitting cultural heritage are an artificial creature, so far as objects are removed from their natural or proper environments and put into museums which are a different environment altogether. However, it seems that museums themselves have come to be accepted and recognized as the best equipped institutions devised by man for the assemblage of cultural objects and their presentation and preservation for the present and future generations.

  The artificial character of museums is however being gradually transformed into a cultural reality. Thus, just as one goes to the theatre for plays and other performing arts; the mosque, the church or the shrine for worship; the library for the printed word; today, it is to the museums one goes to see evidence of man’s material outfit. For, no other institution or place so readily comes to mind as museums do when evidence of material culture is sought. Herein lies the importance of museums as cultural institutions and an agency for transmitting culture.

  Which of the following phrases in the passage does NOT express the artificial character of museums? Options:
  A) Removed from
  B) For transmitting
  C) put into
  D) Devised by
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2115:

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

  I shuddered in revulsion as i watched the snake slowly swallow the struggling rat?

  Options:
  A) was fascinated
  B) was repelled
  C) was interested
  D) was distressed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2116:

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

  Many a man _____ done without milk in _____ tea these days

  Options:
  A) had/their
  B) has/his
  C) have/their
  D) had/his
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2117:

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

  Don't _____the teacher that he _____ that?

  Options:
  A) tell, said
  B) say, tells
  C) talk, spoke
  D) speak, talked
  E) tell, told
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2118: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The lamp shades were translucent. Options:
  A) Transparent.
  B) Opaque.
  C) Intersected.
  D) Luminous.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2119: The exercise must be done _____ possible Options:
  A) as quick as
  B) as quicker as
  C) as quickly as
  D) as most quick as
  E) as most quickly as
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2120:

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

  Unless we see the evils clearly, contending against them is like fighting the air

  Options:
  A) avoiding
  B) strugglling with
  C) combating
  D) repelling
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  The correct answer is A .