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Instruction
In questions 92 to 94, choose the option that rhymes with the given word.
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Q1951. sheer
A dear
B shirt
C spare
D shade
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Q1952. great
A creek
B crate
C knit
D treat
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Q1953. own
A brown
B frown
C gown
D phone
Instruction
In questions 95 to 97, choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
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Q1954. ceremoniously
A CEremoniously
B CeREmoniously
C CereMOniously
D CeremoNIously
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Q1955. understandable
A UnDERstandable
B UnderstandABLE
C UNderstandable
D UnderSTANDable
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Q1956. management
A MAnagement
B MANagement
C manAGEment
D manageMENT
Instruction
In questions 98 to 100, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
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Q1957. Lam called Uche a PILOT
A What did Lam call Uche?
B Did Okoro call Uche a pilot?
C Did Lam call Uche a driver?
D Did Lam wish Uche to be a pilot?
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Q1958. The girl DANCED in the village square.
A Who danced in the village square?
B Is this the village square where the girl dance?
C Did the girl dance in the village square?
D Did the girl sing in the village square?
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Q1959. My father READ the newspaper.
A Did my father steal the newspaper?
B Who read the newspaper?
C What did my father read?
D Whose father read the newspaper?
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. Our planet is at risk. Our environment is under threat. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the seas we fish in, the soils we farm, the forests, animals and plants which surround us are in danger. New terms and words describe these problems - acid rain, the greenhouse effect, global warming, holes in the ozone layer, desertification and industrial pollution. We are changing our environment. More and more gases and wastes escape from our factories. Rubbish, oil spillages and detergents damage our rivers and seas. Forests give us timber and paper, but their loss results in soil erosion and also endangers wildlife. The richer countries of the world are mainly responsible for industrial pollution. This is where most of all the commercial energy is produced. In developing countries, poverty causes people to change their environment - to overgraze grasslands, to cut down trees for new land and firewood, to farm poor soil for food. The United Nations Environment Protection Agency says that an area of forest the size of Sierra Leone disappears every year. Trees are cut down for timber which is used for building, furniture, paper and fuel. They are also destroyed to provide land on which to graze animals and build new villages and towns. But trees have many other important uses. Trees protect the land from heavy downpour of rain and their roots help to hold the soil together. Forests are also the home of many living things. The Amazon forest contains one fifth of all the species of birds in the world. In our forest, there may be plants and animals which could help in the discovery of new medicines or crops. To rescue and conserve our beautiful world, we must act cooperatively. Individuals, communities, nations and international associations, all have a responsibility. By learning to protect the natural environment, we can manage the earth's resources for generations to come.
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Q1960. The risk referred to in the passage is
A environmentally induced
B industrially produced
C man made
D Sociologically produced
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Q1961. From the passage, it can be deduced that the inhabitants of developing countries
A take more care of their environment than those in developed countries
B generate more harmful industrial by products
C degrade the environment to eke out a livelihood
D cut down trees only for farmlands and fuel
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Q1962. According to the passage, the size of forest depleted annually is
A minimal
B colossal
C infinitesimal
D infinite
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Q1963. The writer holds the richer countries responsible for industrial pollution because of their
A technological innovations
B energy requirements
C industrial revolution
D lack of interest in environment protection.
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Q1964. The message of the writer is the
A need for the developed countries to assist the poorer ones
B grave dangers of global warming
C urgent need to protect the natural environment
D need to research into other uses of the trees in our forest
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. If economists were a bit more modest, they would admit that no one knows exactly how many Nigerians there are. The National Population Bureau estimated that there would be 116 million in 1986, but this figure was derived from projections based on the much-disputed figures of the 1963 census, using an annual population growth rate that was at best guess work. Notwithstanding that the margin of error could be as large as a plus 20 million; economists have still felt confident to speak of Nigeria's per capita income, birth and mortality rates, literacy rate and so on, as if they were quoting precise figures. So much in Nigeria is determined on the basis of the population that the lack of accurate figures has a significantly adverse effect on policies. One obviously affected area is development planning, which for the lack of reliable data, frequently looks like an exercise in futility. An example of what happens is the country's Universal Primary Education (UPE) scheme launched in 1976. Policy makers had expected, on the basis of the 1975/76 primary school enrolment of just fewer than 5 million, that they would not have to cope with much more than 6 million school children in the first year. But the enrolment in 1976/77 turned out to be 8.4 million rising to 10.1 million the following year. The unanticipated cost of catering for the large number was the main cause of the collapse of that worthy scheme after only four years. Population also plays an important role in revenue allocation, specifically in the sharing of the states' portion of the Federation Account, some percentage of which is based on population or population-related factors. Because of the contentious nature of the subject, the compromise has been to estimate based on the 1963 census figures, even when such a move produces ridiculous situations. It is for all these reasons that the Babangida Administration's effort to ascertain the nation's population is such a worthwhile venture.
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Q1965. It would be more realistic of economists to
A Accept the unreliability of Nigeria's census figures
B Ascertain how many Nigerians there are
C Discard the disputed 1963 census figures
D Accept marginal errors in the census figures
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Q1966. Precise national population figures are required in order to
A Know the number of people to cater for in the Universal Primary Education programme
B Be able to undertake proper implementation of governmental policies
C Avert unanticipated expenditure
D Be able to speak of population statistics with confidence
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Q1967. 'The contentious nature of the subject' refers to the
A The population
B The disputed 1963 census figures
C Development planning
D Revenue allocation
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Q1968. The reference to 'Universal Primary Education' in this passage is significant because it shows
A Why the census figures were disputed
B The failure and collapse of the programme
C The misleading effect of unreliable information
D How a worthy scheme could be made worthless by poor planning strategies
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Q1969. As far as the solution to the population problem of Nigeria is concerned, the writer of this passage is
A Optimistic
B Pessimistic
C Indifferent
D Disturbed
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. Let's begin with a picture. He must not have been more than thirty years old. The oval face, devoid of those wrinkles of age, the well-turfed and black hair, and his still complete though brown set of teeth supported this assessment. All he had for clothing was a piece of cloth with some words written on it. It must have been one of those cloth-posters used but now abandoned by 'show-biz' promoters. Across his neck was yet another cloth which bore our national colors of green and white. His feet were naked - just as they came from their creator. In one hand he had an empty tin. He talked ceaselessly and in a disordered fashion. The other free hand emphasized his spoken words and gesture. As he talked, he gazed at you as if you were responsible for his pathetic condition. He looked redeemable, though. There are many of his type in various urban centers. Beggars! They are in every conceivable place. At the bank, the supermarket, the church, the mosque, the post office - there you will meet them. Before you know it, the more healthy ones besiege you for alms almost to the point of assault. Surely, there is no rationale in giving alms to someone who is physically stronger than you are and who, from all indication, can and should work and fend for himself. Some others are feeble and unfortunately handicapped. Women and young girls constitute a sizeable number of these healthy beggars. Some are nursing mothers and one wonders who their husbands are. Conception by Mr. Nobody, perhaps. The young girls in this category are the mother-beggars of tomorrow. But tell me; can't the society be spared the human waste?
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Q1970. The writer is describing a
A Picture
B Man
C Picture of man
D Man and a picture
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Q1971. 'This assessment' refers to the man's
A Face
B Hair
C Age
D Naked
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Q1972. 'Beggars' in the context of the first line of the third paragraph is a
A phrase
B sentence
C noun
D modifier
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Q1973. The human waste referred by the writer is brought about by
A Over feeding
B The irresponsible men who put female beggars in the family way
C The mother beggars of tomorrow
D The society
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Q1974. An appropriate title for the passage is
A A picture, the young man and the female beggars
B Mad men and mendicants
C The problem of mad people in the society
D Young men and female beggars
Instruction
Use the passage below to answer questions 16 to 25. The passage has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the appropriate option for each gap. In addition to further reading as a vital arm of referencing, the use of the dictionary in language learning should be emphasized. It cannot be denied that dictionaries do supply facts about a language which may be difficult to find anywhere else .... (16) about grammar, usage, status, derivation and so on necessary for comprehension are contained in the dictionary. While context, word analysis and synonym search contribute immensely to the .... (17) of meaning, an efficient use of the dictionary to enrich the experiential conceptual background to create a meaning context cannot be denied. The .... (18) of both the specialist and general dictionaries should be encouraged as the case may be. Not that students should jeopardize reading fluency by .... (19) every word that they do not understand, rather in their bid to read chunks or groups of words in a text, lexical items that .... (20) obstruct meaning may be quickly checked up in the dictionary. Glossing over a word or lexical guessing through context may not be sufficient .... (21) to encourage the use of the dictionary as an aid to reading and a tool for checking words used in writing must be built .... (22) the reading text. This skill can be easily transferred to the student's context areas as well. A barrage of criticism, like students' excessive reliance on the dictionary instead of contextual .... (23), reduction in the speed of reading, time wastage and so on abound against students' use of the dictionary when reading. It may however be argued that .... (24) students to guess the meaning of words from context and then compare this with the dictionary entry for such words is a discovery .... (25) for enlarging the conceptual environment and vision of students on the various interpretations that may be given to a word.
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Q1975. In addition to further reading as a vital arm of referencing, the use of the dictionary in language learning should be emphasized. It cannot be denied that dictionaries do supply facts about a language which may be difficult to find anywhere else ....
A information
B Words
C Details
D Knowledge
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Q1976. While context, word analysis and synonym search contribute immensely to the .... of meaning
A forming
B getting
C knowing
D creation
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Q1977. The .... of both the specialist and general dictionaries should be encouraged
A possession
B fact
C use
D employment
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Q1978. Not that students should jeopardize reading fluency by .... every word that they do not understand
A considering
B pondering
C meditating
D looking up
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Q1979. lexical items that .... obstruct meaning may be quickly checked up in the dictionary
A may
B will
C can
D shall
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Q1980. Glossing over a word or lexical guessing through context may not be sufficient .... to encourage the use of the dictionary
A Practice
B Exercises
C Notes
D Passages
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Q1981. a tool for checking words used in writing must be built .... the reading text
A on to
B in
C into
D unto
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Q1982. A barrage of criticism, like students' excessive reliance on the dictionary instead of contextual ....
A reading
B meaning
C decoding
D guessing
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Q1983. It may however be argued that .... students to guess the meaning of words from context
A asking
B teaching
C making
D allowing
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Q1984. and then compare this with the dictionary entry for such words is a discovery .... for enlarging the conceptual environment
A procedure
B method
C means
D strategy
Instruction
In questions 26 to 36, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
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Q1985. Ojo's response infuriated his wife
A annoyed
B pleased
C surprised
D confused
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Q1986. He accepted a mundane task without hesitation
A great
B lowly
C menial
D moderate
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Q1987. It is a unique opportunity for her to demonstrate the reality of her faith
A strange
B usual
C golden
D unusual
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Q1988. Her identification with the king is publicly known
A hatred
B disassociation
C relationship
D intimacy
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Q1989. The economic situation in the country is obviously gloomy
A encouraging
B moody
C unknown
D regrettable
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Q1990. One wonders if the situation will improve
A brighten
B diminish
C disintegrate
D worsen
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Q1991. Language teachers believe that grammar exercise stretch the mind
A expand
B ruin
C enrich
D restrict
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Q1992. These two books are identical
A alike
B similar
C different
D equal
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Q1993. The doctor tried to alleviate his patient's pain
A relieve
B worsen
C kill
D cure
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Q1994. The instructions on the examination paper are explicit
A simple
B ambiguous
C detailed
D definite
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Q1995. Okoro is an amateur wrestler
A skillful
B good
C professional
D strong
Instruction
In questions 37 to 54, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in italics.
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Q1996. If your life is in turmoil, always take courage
A devastation
B crisis
C trial
D tragedy
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Q1997. Do you know one of the most astounding events of my life?
A special
B amazing
C serious
D outstanding
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Q1998. Adeniji is suffering from the consequences of alienation
A confinement
B isolation
C enclosure
D imprisonment
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Q1999. The terms of the contract stuck in my throat
A were beyond me
B were not clear
C were ambiguous
D became obsolete
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Q2000. He was asked to give copious examples to appear convincing
A concrete
B rigid
C cogent
D many