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

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• Question 111:

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

  Roli failed because the examination was _____ difficult for her

  Options:
  A) so
  B) very
  C) highy
  D) too
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 112:

  Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow:

  Everyone is tired or fatigued at some time. The major cycle in your life is work, fatigue and rest in that order. Fatigue ischaracteristic of your body. It does not occur in a man-made machine which operates as long as its parts are intact and it has fuel. But your body, a living machine, has a definite limitation - its work continues, it gradually loses its responsiveness, becomes less irritable, turns out less work and finally may not respond at all. The feeling of fatigue usually expresses itself inthree ways: first, there is a feeling of tiredness and a marked desire for rest. Second, efficiency is greatly reduced. Third,there may be definite physiological changes in your body, low blood pressure, loss of muscle tone, tremors, and poor muscular coordination, and in other ways. Fatigue, however, may express itself in many ways for there are many different forms of it. The fatigue of a student. for example, who has worked all evening on a difficult lesson, is different from that of a labourer who has worked all day at a back-breaking task, or that of a business executive who worries with the stress and strain of organisation.

  A suitable title for the passage is

  Options:
  A) Knowing fatigue
  B) Fatigue
  C) Tiredness and fatigue
  D) Body machine
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 113:

  From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

  I gave the book to the library attendant _____ I think works in the evenings

  Options:
  A) whom
  B) whose
  C) which
  D) who
  E) of whom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 114:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  I was advised to stay away from cities that are ravaged by crime?

  Options:
  A) spoilt by
  B) free from
  C) suffering from
  D) haven of
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 115: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).Agbo says he is not afraid of _____? Options:
  A) anybody
  B) nothing
  C) nobody
  D) no one
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 116: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The views of the plateau are in a shark contrast to the workaday cottages below? Options:
  A) ordinary and uninteresting
  B) beautiful and interesting
  C) comfortable and facsinating
  D) ugly and unfascinating
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 117:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  This professor of_______medicine has_______ the mystery of bird flu.

  Options:
  A) vetinary/unraveled
  B) vertrinary/unravelled
  C) veterinaty/unravelved
  D) veterinary/unraveled
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 118: Efua was not in the good books of teachers at Forcados High School because Options:
  A) the students of Forcados did not like her
  B) she was expelled from her previous school
  C) she bribed the principal before she was admitted
  D) her admission into senior class was unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 119:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Salma and her roommates were _________

  Options:
  A) A students
  B) Outstanding students
  C) B students
  D) Average students
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 120:

  In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:

  When kerosine was poured on the fire, the effect was instantaneous

  Options:
  A) momentary
  B) momentous
  C) amazing
  D) terrifying
  E) immediate
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  The correct answer is E .