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

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• Question 2391:

  In many places in the world today, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer and the programmes of development planning and foreign aid appear to be unable to reverse this trade. Nearly all the developing countries have a modern sector, where the pattern of living and working are similar to those in developed countries. But they also have a non-modern sector where the patterns of living and working are not only unsatisfactory but in many cases are even getting worse.

  What is the typical condition of the poor in developing countries? Their work opportunities are so limited that they cannot work their way out of their situation. They are underemployed or totally unemployed. When they do find occasional works, their productivity is extremely low. Some of them have land but often too little land. Many have no land and no prospect of ever getting any. There is no hope for them in the rural areas and so, they drift into the big cities. But there is no work for them in the big cities either-and of course no housing. All the same, they flock into cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater there than in the village, where they are nil. Rural unemployment then produces mass migration into cities, rural unemployment becomes urban unemployment.

  The problem can be stated quite simply: what can be done to promote economic growth outside the big cities, in the small towns and villages which still contain 80 to 90% of the total population? The primary need is workplace, literally millions of workplaces.

  Where are the rich getting richer and the poor poorer? Options:
  A) in nearly all developing countries
  B) in a majority of countries in the world
  C) in developing countries with modern sectors
  D) in countries with non-modern sectors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2392:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  The angry woman shouted and cursed in language _____ shocking for words

  Options:
  A) very
  B) far
  C) so
  D) quite
  E) too
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2393:

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

  Be careful not to _____ this money?

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) lose
  C) lost
  D) loss
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2394:

  Jimi and Efua, there's something fishy going on there ...

  From the exercept above, the expression ... something fishy refers to

  Options:
  A) Nene's fear that Efua and Jimi were no longer going out
  B) Nene's fear that Jimi was not determined to jilt Efua
  C) Nene's annoyance that Efua might snatch Jimi from her
  D) Nen's suspicion that Jimi and Efua were having a relationship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2395: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are _____ to turn to God? Options:
  A) concerned
  B) inclined
  C) disposed
  D) propensed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2396:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Ngozi has always considered her father to be an impassioned man?

  Options:
  A) Her father is a very strict man
  B) Her father is a very lively man
  C) Her father is an emotional man
  D) Her father is a disciplined man
  E) Her father is a disciplinarian
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2397:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  I was seriously disappointed when the __________ between the two teams ended in a goalless draw.

  Options:
  A) march
  B) marsh
  C) match
  D) martch
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2398:

  Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.

  IfJames fails his examination, his teachers, his parents, his friends, or I ______ to be blame.

  Options:
  A) are
  B) is
  C) am
  D) not
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2399: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the principal and the Vic-Principal? Options:
  A) They like each other
  B) They work independently
  C) They cannot part company
  D) They dislike each other
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2400:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a _______ of him.

  Options:
  A) Glimpse
  B) Look
  C) View
  D) Picture
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  The correct answer is A .