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

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• Question 2271:

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

  A sterile range of mountains, broken at intervals by deep ravines _____ almost the whole of this small state?

  Options:
  A) enclose
  B) encloses
  C) cover
  D) covers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2272:

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

  You surely want _____ in your tea don't you?

  Options:
  A) all milk
  B) a milk
  C) some milk
  D) every milk
  E) any milk
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2273:

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

  After the accused was found guilty by the court, his counsel _____ before sentence was passed.

  Options:
  A) begged for mercy
  B) made a plea for mitigation
  C) made anovation
  D) made a plea for litigation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2274:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  The clubs were not _____ on a solid ethical base?

  Options:
  A) funded
  B) found
  C) created
  D) founded
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2275:

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

  As it holds true that, unless you train your body you cannot be an athlete, so also unless you train your _____ you cannot be a _____

  Options:
  A) kicking - footballer
  B) voice - choirmaster
  C) mind - scholar
  D) courage - hero
  E) arms - swimmer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2276:

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

  As the wedding day approached, the bride began to develop cold feet

  Options:
  A) fall sick
  B) feel cold
  C) be reluctant
  D) become aggressive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2277: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.We did not understand what the magistrate said about _____. and battery? Options:
  A) acid
  B) insult
  C) assault
  D) touching
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2278:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  The company paid some money to Abu to _____him for losses he suffered during the accident.

  Options:
  A) indemnity
  B) condole with
  C) settle
  D) recompense
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2279:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  Deprived of means Options:
  A) spared
  B) prevented from getting
  C) robbed of
  D) unable to take
  E) snatched from
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2280:

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

  The lecture was merely obfuscating the issue with his endless examples

  Options:
  A) complicating
  B) clarifying
  C) confusing
  D) summarizing
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  The correct answer is B .