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

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• Question 3831:

  CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

  Every human being is [vulnerable] to communicable disease

  Options:
  A) liable
  B) lifted
  C) immune
  D) closed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3832:

  Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:

  I can walk that distance and have done so many times

  Options:
  A) I am used to walk that distance
  B) I used to walk that distance
  C) I used to walking that distance
  D) I am used to walking that distance
  E) I will walk that distance
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3833: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:He works long hour collecting trash to make out a livelihood Options:
  A) try a living
  B) struggle for a living
  C) make a living
  D) carve out a living
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3834:

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

  I can’t mind the light. I don't know _____ about electricity.

  Options:
  A) Something
  B) Nothing
  C) Anything
  D) Nobody
  E) Anybody
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3835:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  The secretary has no right to _____ my affairs?

  Options:
  A) spy from
  B) meddle in
  C) toy at
  D) complain into
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3836: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:The chief will launch the fund-raising appeal Options:
  A) make a speech at
  B) eat his afternoon meal during
  C) travel by boat
  D) start off
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3837:

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

  I think she takes her guardian's support for granted?

  Options:
  A) Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, and she is very grateful to him
  B) She wants her guardian to grant her more support
  C) She thinks her guardian will nom longer support her as he has been doing
  D) Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, but she does not show enough gratitude
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3838:

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

  Shall i make the cheque _____ you or to your firm?

  Options:
  A) in for
  B) up with
  C) in with
  D) up for
  E) out to
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3839:

  The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  PASSAGE IV

  With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.
  Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.

  ...9...

  Options:
  A) modified
  B) regulated
  C) standardized
  D) ordered
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3840:

  The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty-four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty per cent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of those feature ...16... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...17... is vaginal bleeding, which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...18... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...19... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms of miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage only ...20... in a routine scan . About half all early miscarriages happen because of a problem in the way the genetic material from the egg and sperm have combined during ...21... it can be difficult to find out why this has ...22... , but it is more likely to be due to random chance than to any underlying problem with either parent. Imbalances in pregnancy hormones, problems in the immune...23... ,and some serious infections are also thought to make miscarriages more likely. The risk of miscarriage ...24... with age because the quality of eggs deteriorates . If a woman drinks too much alcohol or smokes heavily, the risk of miscarriage is higher. It is also increased with ...25... pregnancies such as twins.

  Adapted from Saturday punch, 13 October 2007

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 19 Options:
  A) painfully
  B) frequently
  C) gradually
  D) commonly
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  The correct answer is B .