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

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• Question 571:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  We have every need to preserve some of our national monuments for posterity.

  Options:
  A) prosperity
  B) future
  C) national pride
  D) collective gain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 572: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Practicing medicine is not as lucrative as many people think? Options:
  A) know
  B) understand
  C) consider
  D) assume
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 573:

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

  Mohammed does his work with so much ardour

  Options:
  A) discouragement
  B) knowledge
  C) indifference
  D) enthusiasm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 574:

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

  The pressman said that his interview with the Presidents was off the record.

  Options:
  A) not written on government record books
  B) not intended for publication
  C) not taped
  D) written elsewhere other than the government records
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 575:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  Many countries no longer have _______ punishment as the penalty for murder

  Options:
  A) mortal
  B) corporal
  C) capital
  D) fatal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 576:

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

  Many of the workers hired for firing the furnace had themselves fired as a result of the unfortunate accident

  Options:
  A) got themselves burned accidentally
  B) jumped into the fire themselves
  C) got themselves sacked from their jobs
  D) were sacked from there jobs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 577:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  My eldest brother is now faced with the vicissitudes of married life?

  Options:
  A) amazement
  B) sweetness
  C) amiability
  D) stability
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 578:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.

  Options:
  A) Strikes
  B) Burns
  C) Ticks
  D) Drops
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 579: fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options: Shakespearian ...are generally the victims of circumstances. Options:
  A) heros
  B) heres
  C) he roses
  D) hero
  E) heroes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 580:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  My _____ is for you to refuse the _____ of the wicked.

  Options:
  A) advise/advice
  B) advice/advice
  C) advice/advise
  D) advise/advise
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  The correct answer is B .