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

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• Question 1141:

  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.

   

  However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.

  Options:
  A) Facilitates
  B) Amenities
  C) Condition
  D) Provisions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1142: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).Th principal was filled with scorn when we gave our reason for coming late? Options:
  A) contempt
  B) sympathy
  C) anger
  D) pity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1143: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The men were lardy in offering help? Options:
  A) brave
  B) generous
  C) slow
  D) quick
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1144:

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

  The judge came down heavily on the accused person in his judgement

  Options:
  A) crashed heavily
  B) fell down headlong
  C) descended upon heavily
  D) impose a stiff penalty
  E) crash-landed on
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1145:

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

  Many young men of nowadays do not know how to properly _____ their cloths.

  Options:
  A) press
  B) iron
  C) smoothen
  D) stretch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1146:

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

  Emeka hardly ever holds with my view on good governance?

  Options:
  A) Emeka sometimes opposes my idea of good governance
  B) My view on what good governance is conforms with that of Emeka
  C) Emeka never really supports my opinon of good governance
  D) Emeka may never hold a view which conflicts with mine on good governance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1147:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.

  The French classes were always funny because we considered French a strange tongue.

  Options:
  A) Awkward
  B) Foreign
  C) Funny
  D) Uninteresting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1148:

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

  The austerity of the times has made people to be more _____ in their spending

  Options:
  A) watchful
  B) circumspect
  C) misely
  D) hesitant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1149: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.A university teacher is an _____ ? Options:
  A) academic
  B) academics
  C) academician
  D) academia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1150:

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

  Ndeni gave a flawless speech at the party.

  Options:
  A) a wonferful
  B) a careless
  C) an interesting
  D) an imperfect
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  The correct answer is D .