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

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• Question 1041:

  At the time of trouble in Ireland, a priest said, ‘Man is half beast’, A diplomat replied, ‘Yes. And the beast is the half I like the best’. The priest meant that beasts behave as badly as man when man makes up his mind to behave badly. If you look at the folly and cruelty of today’s world, it is hard to disagree with the diplomat or the priest. But human nature can be changed. Anybody, if that is what they most want to do, can change the most difficult person they know. The art of changing people has been lost in the modern world. That is why the modern world has lost its way.

  There are two ways of looking at human nature. One is to make the best of it and it is assume that it is the raw material of life which cannot be altered. That is what most people in the free world to today. In these circumstances, if you expect the worst, you are seldom disappointed. Faith today has become irrelevant to the everyday needs, of so many people in positions of responsibility because they do not expect faith to change men.

  Another way of dealing with human nature is to exploit it. All materialistic s, whether of the right or the left, do this. All over the world vanity, fear, ambition, lust and greed are used to control the life of men; and if the control breaks down, man does not hesitate to use force, or to destroy life. The end, he says, justifies the means and men are only of value in so far as they are a means towards the achievement of his ambition. If they cannot be bribed or forced to play their part, then they must be liquidated.

  The priest meant that Options:
  A) man is both beast and human
  B) man could be worst than a beast if he wants to
  C) he liked beast more than man
  D) he liked both man and beast
  E) really, a man cannot be a beast
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1042:

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

  What appellation was given to Talle for all his amazing show of personality.

  Options:
  A) The cool and calm one
  B) the moody ones
  C) the simple and delicate one
  D) the quiet one
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1043:

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

  One thing I will not be complaining about in my new job is a lack of excitement.

  Options:
  A) The job is bad.
  B) The job is exciting.
  C) The job is not too exciting.
  D) The job has been previously done.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1044:

  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 1045:

  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.

   

  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.

  Options:
  A) sufferings
  B) Happenings
  C) Rounds
  D) Bouts
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1046:

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

  By the end of the next semester he _____ his University education

  Options:
  A) would have completed
  B) will be completing
  C) shall have completed
  D) was completing
  E) must complete
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1047:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  The culprit unwittingly subjected himself to great humiliation?

  Options:
  A) cunningly
  B) curiously
  C) foolishly
  D) subtly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1048:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The lotion recommended by the doctor soothed Okon's aching tooth

  Options:
  A) calmed
  B) extracted
  C) excited
  D) worsened
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1049:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

  The best of the boys admire Olu's verve

  Options:
  A) intelligence
  B) handsomeness
  C) work
  D) energy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1050: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Oche's chief idiosyncrasy is a passion for pounded yam? Options:
  A) Oche's chief hates pounded yam
  B) Oche pounded yam
  C) Oche has a penchant for pounded yam
  D) Oche's chief likes pounded yam
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  The correct answer is C .