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Instruction
In questions 71 to 100, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2551. By January 1999, I .... ten years in the service of this institution
A should have been
B would be
C can be
D must be
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2552. The accused is optimistic of regaining his freedom because there is no witness to .... his story
A correct
B challenge
C corroborate
D contradict
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2553. 'Don't ....', said the leader, 'I want a decision now'
A prevaricate
B predicate
C precipitate
D be pejoratives
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2554. Most of the missing jewelry were .... by the police
A found
B taken
C kept
D recovered
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2555. All the cattle on Lamidi's farm ....
A is tick-free
B are tick-free
C is ticks-free
D are ticks-free
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2556. He saw the play and so ....
A was she
B had she
C should she
D did she
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2557. The .... of what she was cooking filled the whole compound
A fragrance
B scent
C aroma
D smell
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2558. I hope I have not .... too much on your time
A invaded
B encroached
C intruded
D trespassed
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1997
Q2559. The exercise presented us with a lot of problems but later it was all .... sailing
A plain
B smooth
C rough
D tough
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. Those who have visited the city of Jos in Nigeria attest to its uniqueness. The first striking thing to notice, perhaps, is the benevolence of the climate. It will be no exaggeration to say that in no other Nigerian city does one feel so much at peace, so relaxed, with the climate as in Jos. When people say that Jos is cold, the remark is always a compliment, referring to the cool, serene feeling of being at peace with nature, which one experiences in the city. This feeling is topographically symbolized by the surrounding rocky hills, which adorn the horizon from every angle of the city. These hills remind you of castles, except that whereas castles are man-made, the hills of Jos are natural edifices in which the master mason who had delicately laid those stones one upon another is no other than God Himself. The sun of Jos shines without malice, and even in February and March, when it is scorching hot in most parts of Nigeria, the heat of Jos dances caressingly on the surface of the skin, as if afraid of hurting the organs beneath. It is as if from above, a soft protective layer of blanket intercedes between the heat of the sun and the inhabitants of the city. Compared to what obtains in most other Nigerian cities, the inhabitants of Jos are openly warm. They are relaxed, and there is the absence of that suffocating feeling, with which a place like Lagos is associated, of a people madly rushing to their graves. The groceries operating at all nooks and crannies of the city give the impression of a great abundance of a variety of food items. It is almost as if some unseen hands are responsible for the presence of these varieties of edible items. The truth of course is that, in Jos, people - civil servants, farmers and traders - are socially well-disposed to the influx of new settlers and novel ideas, and this ensures an apparent high degree of self-sufficiency. You may be hungry in Jos, but you need not be angry. If other parts of Nigeria had been like Jos, surely the colonialists would never have left the country without a good fight. Many monuments abound in the city which tell tales of the whiteman's love for this city of solid minerals.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2560. The presence of a wide variety of edible items in Jos suggests that
A the inhabitants are great farmers and innovators
B the soil is extremely fertile and receptive
C there is a high influx of traders and farmers from other places
D it rains all the year round in the city and its environs
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2561. The benevolence of Jos climate is reflected in the
A feeling of peace and harmony with nature which the city evokes
B cold climate of the city which makes people always dress warmly
C fact that the inhabitants of Jos do not need to work hard
D average life-span of the inhabitants of Jos, which is high
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2562. One distinctive ecological feature symbolizing the close intimacy between Jos and nature, is the
A bright horizon adorning the city from every angle
B rocky hills standing at various points of the city like castles
C sun which shines over Jos with benevolence
D cloud which spread a blanket of protection between the sun and the earth
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2563. The last paragraph of the passage suggests that
A the colonialists left Jos only after a fight
B the colonialists left Jos reluctantly
C Jos could not contain the many colonialists
D Nigeria's independence forced many colonialists out of Jos
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2564. 'The heat of Jos dances caressingly on the surface of the skin, as if afraid to hurt the organs beneath'. This means in Jos it is
A never hot
B always cold
C never uncomfortable
D always warm
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. Population has at last made the grade and emerged as a world problem. Unfortunately, most of those who speak or write about it persists in thinking of it in terms of a race between human numbers and world resources, especially of food - a kind of competition between production and reproduction. Certainly, the statistics churned out are important, revealing that indeed, there is a population explosion. But the real explosion is a twentieth century phenomenon, due primarily to the spectacular developments in medicine and hygiene. This has drastically cut down death rates without any corresponding reduction in birth rates; death control without birth control. World population, we are told, has more than doubled since 1900 and will certainly reach well over 5.2 billion and possibly 7 billion by the magical year 2000. The population explosion has brought us up against a number of tough ecological facts. Man is at last pressing hard on his spatial environment - there is little leeway left for his colonization of new areas of the world's surface. What are people for? Surely people do not exist just to provide 'bomb-fodder' for an atomic bonfire, or 'religious-fodder' for rival religious sects, or 'cannon-fodder' for rival national armies, or rival political parties, or even 'consumer-fodder' for profit-making systems. It cannot be their aim just to eat, drink and be merry, and to hell with posterity, nor live out their undernourished lives in some squalid Asian or African village. Man's dominant aim must be to increase in quality - quality of human personality, of achievement, of inner experience, quality of life and of living in general. 'Fulfilment' is probably the embracing word; more fulfilment, more satisfaction and less frustration for more homo sapiens. Man wants more varied and fuller achievement in the society as opposed to drabness and shrinkages. We want more knowledge and more interest as against ignorance and apathy. Then, would we know that the spatial environment is not small as we think.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2565. The theme of the passage is
A population explosion and development in medicine
B man in a deprived world
C development in medicine and hygiene
D population and the need for qualitative development
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2566. Population explosion is as a result of
A cut down in death rates and birth rates
B lack of birth control and child welfare
C development and the need for qualitative development
D imbalance between death control and birth control
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2567. According to the passage, population explosion has brought man up against the ecological facts of
A man's inhumanity to man, hunger and deprivation
B pressing hard on the little available space
C little leeway of man's colonization of people
D squalid African villages
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2568. According to the passage, the main purpose of human existence is
A for procreation
B to provide cannon-fodder
C to live perpetually in penury
D to live a life of fulfilment
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2569. 'Little leeway' can be replaced with
A not much extra space
B no extra space
C plenty of space
D scarcely any space
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. There is another interesting fact about eye movement. If you record the eye movements of someone who is reading, you will notice that, from time to time, the reader goes back and looks again at something he has read before; in other words, he regresses to an earlier part of the text, probably because he realizes he does not understand the passage properly. Then he comes back to where he left off and continues reading. At one time, it was thought that regression was a fault, but it is in fact a very necessary activity in efficient reading. There are several different kinds of faults in reading, which are usually more exaggerated with foreign learners. The most common one is that most people read more slowly than they should. There is no rate at which people ought to read, of course; it depends on your purpose in reading, how difficult the language is, how unfamiliar the material and so on. But most people read everything at the same slow speed, and do not seem to realize that they can read faster or slower as required. Other people say the words to themselves, or move their lips - these habits slow the reader down to something near speaking speed, which is, of course, much slower than reading speed. Another habit which can slow you down is following the line with your finger, or with a pen. If you want to be able to read faster, the secret is simply to practice under timed conditions. This means that you should give yourself a certain amount of time to read with understanding, then check your time when you have finished. Students who have practiced fast reading even for only an hour a week, have shown average improvements of over 50% over a term of ten week's duration. Reading fast does not necessarily mean reading with less comprehension - students usually show a small increase in comprehension as well as a dramatic increase in speed.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2570. The expression 'There is no rate at which people ought to read, of course' is used to
A justify regression in reading
B condemn slow reading habits
C justify a variety of reading speeds
D recommend regression in reading
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2571. According to the passage, the reader regresses so that he can
A look again at what he has read before
B appreciate what he is reading
C make sense of what he is reading
D remember what he is reading
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2572. For effective reading, the writer implies that speaking speed is
A normal
B inadequate
C necessary
D significant
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2573. The word 'exaggerated', as used in the passage, means
A pronounced
B problematic
C falsified
D compounded
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2574. The writer implies that when you read unfamiliar material, your reading speed will be
A faster
B regular
C irregular
D slower
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 most appropriate option for each gap. On the 21st of June, 1994, the Director-General received in his office a visitor, the first of its kind in his life. Even though he really could not make any meaning out of his name, the visitor's second statement that he was a court .... (16) readily gave the Director-General a clear picture of the man's purpose. He immediately gave to the Director-General two sets of papers. The first was a .... (17) which was to notify the Director-General that he and the agency he represented were being sued for .... (18) and that he should seek the services of a lawyer who would appear for him on the 6th of July when the case was for mention. The second paper was on a motion of .... (19) which, if granted by the court restrains the Director-General or the .... (20) from publishing further anything on the staff of the ministry or the .... (21). The motion was also slated for 6th July. On the day of the mention and the motion, the court became alive as early as 8.30 a.m. as the .... (22) was known for his punctuality. He would sit at exactly 9 a.m. The plaintiffs and their counsel were the first to come into the court room, then came the defence counsel. At the dot of the hour, three bangs were heard, immediately after which the court clerk announced the presence of the judge. In no time the court clerk read out the case and both counsels announced their .... (23). The counsel to the plaintiffs moved his motion relying on a six-paragraph .... (24) which contained the facts of the case. In response, the defence counsel argued on the premise of an eight-paragraph .... (25). The motion was granted according to the merit of the argument of the first lawyer.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2575. he was a court ....
A bailiff
B messenger
C litigant
D clerk
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2576. The first was a ....
A writ of summons
B subpoena
C call notice
D letter
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2577. the agency he represented were being sued for ....
A battery
B slander
C libel
D contempt
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2578. The second paper was on a motion of ....
A summons
B order
C decision
D interlocutory injunction
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2579. restrains the Director-General or the ....
A defender
B defendant
C litigant
D prosecution
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2580. publishing further anything on the staff of the ministry or the ....
A witness
B exhibits
C plaintiffs
D perjurer
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2581. the court became alive as early as 8.30 a.m. as the .... was known for his punctuality
A presiding judge
B court clerk
C justice
D prosecutor
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2582. both counsels announced their ....
A presence
B appearances
C arrivals
D interests
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2583. relying on a six-paragraph ....
A oath
B affidavit
C presentation
D arguments
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2584. argued on the premise of an eight-paragraph ....
A counter
B declaration
C submission
D summons
Instruction
In questions 26 to 35, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2585. If I left the country, I would arrange for my family to join me.
A He left the country and his family joined him
B In the event of his leaving the country, his family would join him
C He did not leave the country and his family did not join him
D He may not leave the country.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2586. A state of mutual hatred existed for years between the two villages of Umuna and Ogboma.
A Umuna hated Ogboma
B Ogboma hated Umuna
C Ogboma and Umuna hated themselves
D Umuna and Ogboma hated each other
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2587. The painting in the museum was beautifully faked.
A The painting was a good deceptive replica
B The painting was well-framed and displayed
C The painting was deceptively decorated in the museum
D The painting was carefully hung in the museum
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2588. Ade: Do you mind if I sit down here? Bola: Well, yes, I do actually
A Bola is reluctantly granting the request
B Bola is willingly accepting the request
C Bola is certainly rejecting the request
D Bola is objecting to the request
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2589. The President held forth for several minutes on the need for patriotism.
A The president was silent for some minutes when patriotism was being discussed
B The President whispered a few things about patriotism
C The President spent time saying a few things about patriots
D The President gave a rather long speech on the importance of patriotism
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2590. The slide in the price of gold in the world market has left the industry reeling.
A The gradual fall in gold price is making the industry unstable
B The stability in gold price is making the industry stagnant
C The decline in gold price is making the industry redundant
D The increase in gold price is making the industry to boom
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2591. Fabricated statements published as truths amount to an abuse of press freedom.
A To make known what is not true is aggressive to press freedom
B Publishing formulated untruths is misuse of press freedom
C Unplanned publicized untruths are a misuse of the freedom of the press
D Press freedom is based on published untruths
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2592. The expected guests arrived at the eleventh hour
A The guests arrived at the last minute
B The guests arrived at 11 o'clock
C The guests arrived at the expected time
D The guests arrived eleven hours behind schedule
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2593. After addressing the court for two hours, the defence counsel rested her case.
A The defence counsel was tired after speaking for two hours, so she took a break.
B The judge adjourned the defence counsel's case after listening for two hours
C The defence counsel concluded her defence after speaking for two hours
D The judge advised the defence counsel to rest after two hours of address
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2594. Benjamin exclaimed, 'if it is Napoleon who said it, it must be right.'
A Benjamin never believes what Napoleon says
B Benjamin does not know what is right unless Napoleon says it
C Napoleon always says what Benjamin believes to be right
D Benjamin thinks that Napoleon always says the right thing
Instruction
In questions 36 to 53, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2595. The chairman's verdict redressed injustice meted out by the secretary.
A corrected
B restored
C aggravated
D addressed
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2596. Uche could not travel last December because of the severity of the harmattan.
A cold
B mildness
C warmth
D moderation
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2597. Travelling in the night can be an ordeal
A a great exercise
B a great fear
C a great endurance
D a great pleasure
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2598. Mrs. Kofi is very provocative in her style of dressing.
A modest
B happy
C angry
D beautiful
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2599. Akoso thought that her father was very callous
A indifferent
B Compassionate
C wicked
D careless
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1998
Q2600. 'The Lions' of Cameroun is really an indomitable team
A a powerful
B a prominent
C a weak
D a cowardly