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

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• Question 1641:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:

  David can only become more mature through _____ to life outside his home

  Options:
  A) posting
  B) exposure
  C) exposition
  D) exposing
  E) positioning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1642:

  Music plays a vital role in human society. Good music provides entertainment and emotional release, and it accompanies activities ranging from dances to religious ceremonies. Music is heard everywhere; in auditoriums, homes, elevators, schools, sports arenas and on the streets. Recorded performance is a sensational innovation elevation of the twentieth century. Thanks to modern technology like compact disc (CD) digital video disc (DVD) and the MP 3 player, music can now be heard in divers places. Such places include living rooms and cars, jogging paths can also function as new kinds of concert halls where we can hear what we want as often as we want.

  Live performances provide a special excitement. In a live performance artistes put themselves on the line. To avoid embarrassment, the artiste must train before hand and ensure that technical difficulties are avoided and that the listeners are actively involved. What is performed, how it sounds to the excitement of such a moment and feelings are exchanged between stage and hall.

  Our response to a musical performance or an artiste is subjective and rooted in deep feelings. Even professional critics can differ strongly in their evaluations of a performance. There is no one ''Truth'' about what we hear and feel. Does the performed project a concept, an overall idea, or an emotion? Do some sections of a piece, but not others, communicate something to you? Can you figure out why? It is up to us as listeners to evaluate performances of music so that we can fully enjoy it. People listen to music in many different ways. For instance, music can be a barely perceived background as in a film or a totally absorbing experience as in a concert.

  Adapted from Roger, K. (1990) An Appreciation Music: Fourth Brief Edition, McGrow-Hill Higher Education.

  According to the writer, live performance provide a special excitement because they are Options:
  A) interactive
  B) error-free and original
  C) educative
  D) stage-managed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1643:

  In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

  At the end of the month we _____ each other for five years

  Options:
  A) would know
  B) should have known
  C) should be knowing
  D) would have been
  E) used to know
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1644: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I was often angry _____ Oche since he differed _____ me often? Options:
  A) with / to
  B) about / with
  C) against / from
  D) with / with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1645:

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

  The labour leader's recalcitrant stance was applauded?

  Options:
  A) flexible
  B) uncompromising
  C) well-informed
  D) stubborn
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1646:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

  The chairman advised the participants to follow convention in stating their points?

  Options:
  A) eloquence
  B) advice
  C) prudence
  D) tradition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1647:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  A society _____ individuals each of whom has his attributes and distinct characteristics

  Options:
  A) is constituted of
  B) comprises of
  C) consists of
  D) contains of
  E) is made from
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1648:

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

  His poetry is said to be inscrutable.

  Options:
  A) ludicrous
  B) unlearnable
  C) inseparable
  D) mysterious
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1649:

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

  _______a good leader must have two characteristics.

  Options:
  A) first and formost
  B) first and formust
  C) first and farmost
  D) first and foremost
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1650:

  Fill in the gap with the appropriate option:
  Children are not allowed in the park ...... dark.

  Options:
  A) at
  B) over
  C) after
  D) in
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  The correct answer is C .