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

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• Question 4151:

  Choose from the options the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined?

  Thought?

  Options:
  A) theatre
  B) taught
  C) weather
  D) fate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4152:

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

  I shall never be so tired _____ to write to you?

  Options:
  A) as not to be able
  B) that i shan't be able
  C) and so be unable
  D) such that i will be unable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4153:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  The _____ engineer was unhappy with the shoddy work done by the contractors?

  Options:
  A) cite
  B) sight
  C) site
  D) side
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4154:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 14 Options:
  A) pressure volume
  B) pressure air
  C) pressure gugae
  D) pressure waves
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4155: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.The string was taut? Options:
  A) loose
  B) firm
  C) stretched
  D) tight
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4156:

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

  Two ministers found it very difficult to get _____

  Options:
  A) through with each other in the cabinet
  B) by with one another
  C) through with one another
  D) off from each other
  E) on with each other
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 4157:

  Like a clock with the pendulum in full swing, the mind moves as fast as time. But we ought to mind our thoughts, for if they turn to be our enemies. They will too many for us and will drag us down to ruin.

  But some people may say that they cannot help having bad thought even though they sting like vipers. That may be son, but the question is do they hate them or not? We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but if we open our doors to them and receive them joyfully, we are bad as they. We cannot help the birds flying over our heads; but we may keep form building their nests in our hair. Vain thoughts will knock at the door but we must not open to them.

  Though bad and evil thoughts rise in our hearts, they must not be allowed to reign. He who turns a morsel over and over in his mouth does so because he likes flavours, and he who meditates upon evil, loves it, and is ripe to commit it. think of the devil, and he will appear, turn your thoughts towards will and your hands will soon follow. Snails leave their slime behind them, and so do vain thoughts. An arrow may fly through the air, and level no trace, but an evil though always leaves a trail like serpent.

  Where are is much traffic of bad thinking, there will be much mire and dirty. Every wave of wicked thought adds something to the corruption which rots upon the shore of life. It is dreadful to think that a vile imagination. Once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and an get in again very easily, whether or not we let it in, and what may follow, no one knows,. Nurse evil on the laps of thought, and it will grow into a giant.

  Therefore, there is wisdom in watching every day, the thoughts and imaginations of our hearts. Good thoughts are blessed guests and should be welcomed, well fed, and much sought after, but bad thoughts must fly out as swiftly as they moved in.

  Which of the following represents the writer's view in the passage? Options:
  A) Evil thoughts may come but there is virtue in keeping them out
  B) Evil thoughts will continue to stings us likes vipers as long as there are enemies who cause offence
  C) Like the pendulum, evil thoughts will always come to our minds no matter what we do
  D) Like most birds, evil thoughts fly swiftly in our minds without perching
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4158:

  In the question below, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Here is Mr Pam the tailor

  Options:
  A) He is the only person known as Mr Pam, and he is a tailor
  B) He is one of those known as Mr Pam, and he is a tailor
  C) He is the only tailor, and he is Mr Pam
  D) He is one of many tailors, and he is Mr Pam
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4159:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  He received a pat _____ the back for his brilliant success in the examination

  Options:
  A) by
  B) at
  C) in
  D) on
  E) for
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4160:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  All his plans fell through

  Options:
  A) failed
  B) were accomplished
  C) had to be reviewed
  D) were rejected
  E) fell
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  The correct answer is A .