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

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• Question 2201:

  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 20. Options:
  A) salesmen
  B) readers
  C) distributors
  D) pressmen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2202: Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) bachelor
  B) condemn
  C) afternoon
  D) intact
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2203:

  Answer the following question, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The athlete is proud to be in the vanguard of sports development.

  Options:
  A) leading position
  B) destructive position
  C) emerging position
  D) unforgettable position
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2204:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Bint was encouraged to take French at the primary level because _____

  Options:
  A) Her parents believed that language acquisition at an early age is relatively easy
  B) she would want to be a French mistress when she grows up
  C) all of the above
  D) it will be useful for her when she travels to France
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2205: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.We had a dull evening because _____ ? Options:
  A) hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
  B) hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
  C) the talk had hardly begun when the lights had gone out
  D) the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2206:

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

  The council chairman _____ the tension between the villagers and the tax collectors

  Options:
  A) dispersed
  B) defused
  C) difused
  D) disputed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2207:

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

  The patient disregarded the advice of the doctor

  Options:
  A) ignored
  B) disobeyed
  C) questioned
  D) respected
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2208:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:

  He won most of his fight because of his unorthodox style

  Options:
  A) crude
  B) dishonest
  C) aggressive
  D) unconventional
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2209: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word Underlined: The fact that Ruth has inherited her late husband's house is cold comfort to her Options:
  A) appropriate comfort
  B) inadequate comfort
  C) no comfort at all
  D) wet comfort
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2210:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  How much did Tomiwa give her roommates?

  Options:
  A) Five thousand naira
  B) Ten thousand Naira
  C) Fifteen thousand Naira
  D) Twenty thousand naira
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  The correct answer is B .