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Instruction
In questions 92 to 94, the word in capital letters has an emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1999
Q2751. The electricity in OUR premises comes from a generator
A Is the electricity in your compound supplied by a generator?
B Is the electricity in your neighbour's premises supplied by a generator?
C Does the electricity in your premises come from NEPA?
D Does everybody in your street receive electricity from generators?
Instruction
In questions 95 to 97, choose from the options the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1999
Q2752. Rust
A loud
B touch
C bought
D marsh
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1999
Q2753. Research
A disturb
B comfort
C affair
D carrò
JAMB (UTME) English Language 1999
Q2754. Plateau
A wanted
B below
C holiday
D haunted
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. You would think that common cold should be easy enough to study, but it is not as easy as it looks. Colds often seem to spread from one person to another, so it is often assumed that the cold must be infectious but there are some puzzling observations which do not fit with this theory. An investigator in Holland examined some eight thousand volunteers from different areas and came to the conclusion that in each group the colds all appeared at the same time - transfer of infection from case to case not account for that. Yet at the common cold research unit in Salisbury the infection theory has been tested out, two series of about two hundred people each were inoculated, one with salt water and the other with secretion from known cold victims. Only one of the salt-water group got a cold compared with seventy-three in the other group. In the British Medical Journal the other day, there was a report of a meeting: 'The common cold - fact and fancy', at which one of the speakers reported a study of colds made in Cirencester over the last five years. Three hundred and fifty volunteers had kept diary records of their colds and on an average each had seven every year with an annual morbidity of seventy days. So nearly one-fifth of our lives are spent in more or less misery, coughing and sneezing. Some widely held beliefs about the common cold have turned out to be true. It seems that old people are just as liable to cold as the young. Sailors in isolated weather ships have just as many colds while on board and not in contact with the outside world as when on shore. It is truism that common illnesses pose more problems than the rare. The rare disease is by comparison much easier to handle. There are not so many cases and all of them have been intensively studied. Someone has read up all the literature about the disease and published a digest of it. There will be more facts and fewer fancies.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2755. From the information in the passage, there is evidence
A against the theory that the common cold is indeed infectious
B for the theory that the common cold is indeed infectious
C that old people are immune against the common cold
D that medical reports are silent on facts about common colds
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2756. According to the writer, some widely held beliefs about the common colds are
A inevitable
B irreconcilable
C fallacious
D societal
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2757. The Cirencester volunteers kept record of their colds through
A the British medical journal
B mobility rates
C temperature recordings
D personal diaries
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2758. A rare disease can be more easily dealt with than the common cold because
A medical experts are fed up with the rampant cases of common colds
B people easily develop resistance to the common colds
C adequate research exists to uncover facts about such rare diseases
D common colds are easily not the province of the orthodox medical experts
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2759. Which of the following statements can be implied from the passage?
A people catch more colds in winter
B the origin of colds is inconclusive
C people catch more colds in warm weather
D people catch colds equally in warm and cold weather
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. Young men have strong passions, and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most swayed and in which they show absence of self-control. They are changeable and fickle in their desires, which are violent while they last but quickly over; their impulses are keen but not deep-rooted and are like sick people's attacks of hunger and thirst. They are hot-tempered and quick-tempered and apt to give way to their anger; bad temper often gets the better of them, for owing to their love of honour they cannot bear being slighted and are indignant if they imagine themselves unfairly treated. While they love honour, they love victory still more, for youth is eager for superiority over others and victory is one form of this. They love both more than they love money which indeed they love very little not having yet learnt what it means to be without it. They look at the good side rather than the bad, not having yet witnessed many instances of wickedness. They trust others readily because they have not yet been cheated. They are sanguine; nature warms their blood as though with excess of wine and besides that, they have as yet met with few disappointments. Their lives are mainly spent not in memory but in expectation for youth has a long future before it and a short past behind it: on the first day of one's life, one has nothing at all to remember and can only look forward. They are easily cheated owing to the sanguine disposition just mentioned. Their hot tempers and hopeful dispositions make them more courageous than older men are; the hot temper prevents fear and the hopeful disposition creates confidence. We cannot feel fear so long as we are feeling angry and any expectation of good makes us confident.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2760. The writer says that young people are optimistic in their dealings with people because they are
A steadfast
B courageous
C discreet
D reckless
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2761. The expression 'not in memory but in expectation' as used in the passage implies
A innocence, not experience
B future not present
C past not present
D hopelessness not hopefulness
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2762. According to the passage, young men are
A violent when they have sexual desires
B active and restive until they satisfy their sexual desires
C indignant and fickle in satisfying their sexual desires
D hot-tempered when they are hungry or thirsty
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2763. The analogy between young men and sick people is that
A they are easily swayed by emotions
B they are easily controlled by hunger and thirst
C their emotions are active but short-lived
D they are apt to give way to anger
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2764. The statement 'nature warms their blood as though with excess of wine', as used in the text means
A act with considerable confidence
B respond with suspicion and alertness
C behave shamelessly like a drunkard
D move with care and self-control
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say 'Bang'. Now, they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by firearms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the ages of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males, according to the National Centre for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human Services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced these statistics 'frightening and intolerable'? In the shameful light of this 'waste of young lives' in Ms. Shalala's words, an often-asked question seems urgently due to be raised again: Would less violence on television - the surrounding environment for most children and young adults - make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer of fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted - that good models can influence the young - then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. This is the reasonable hypothesis held, by 80 per cent of the respondents to a recent Times Mirror poll who think that violent entertainment is 'harmful' to society. Witness enough mimed shootouts; see enough 'corpses' fall across the screen, and the taking of a human life seems no big deal. Even if a simple causal relationship cannot be established between watching violence and acting it out, is not this numbed sensitivity reason enough for cutting back on the overkill in films and TV?
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2765. From the passage, it can be inferred that since 1985
A more black males between the ages of 15 and 19 have been killing one another with guns
B more black males between the ages 15 and 19 have been getting killed by guns
C more white than black males have been getting killed by guns
D more black than white males have been killing one another with guns
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2766. In secretary Donna Shalala's view, the situation depicted by the statistics is
A tense and reassuring
B topical and intimidating
C alarming and unbearable
D disturbing and conductive
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2767. The writer says 'the firearms figures are rising' because
A more teenagers are now getting killed by firearms than by motor vehicle accidents
B firearms now have figures that are terribly high
C more teenagers now carry firearms than used to be the case
D more teenagers are now getting killed by firearms than used to be the case
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2768. What will actually be proved 'if the premise of education is granted'?
A entertainment on television is harmful to society
B violence on television encourages violence in real life
C good models can influence the young
D the viewer of fantasized violence is the criminal who acts out violence
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2769. The writer uses 'numbed sensitivity' to refer to
A deadening of the capacity to feel
B objectionable behaviour
C heartlessness on the part of actors
D unreasonable violence
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. With the most profound respect to the members of the senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that .... (16) body to pass a motion to .... (17) the executive action of the president. The senate is .... (18) 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 .... (19) were to take a view dramatically 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 .... (20) as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the president. The function of the senate is to .... (21) laws. But the senate has no authority or .... (22) to control the President in the exercise of his .... (23) powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any direction to the president regarding the exercise of his powers or 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 .... (24) is by .... (25) of the National Assembly.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2770. it is not within the competence of that .... body
A executive
B judicial
C administrative
D legislative
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2771. to pass a motion to .... the executive action of the president
A enforce
B nullify
C modify
D order
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2772. The senate is .... of the National Assembly
A a wing
B a portion
C an anchor
D an arm
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2773. confusion which would be created if the .... were to take a view
A House of Representative
B Judiciary
C National Assembly
D Executive council
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2774. it constituted itself the .... as well as the judge
A litigant
B defendant
C plaintiff
D attorney
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2775. The function of the senate is to .... laws
A enact
B create
C compose
D annul
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2776. But the senate has no authority or .... to control the President
A might
B power
C dynamism
D strength
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2777. in the exercise of his .... powers
A official
B authoritative
C judicial
D executive
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2778. the exercise of the powers of the president can be ....
A modified
B standardized
C regulated
D ordered
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2779. is by .... of the National Assembly
A an act
B a decree
C a motion
D a bill
Instruction
In questions 26 to 30, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2780. The man declared his intention from the ....
A outset
B inset
C onset
D offset
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2781. The loquacious young lad reeled off all the names of the players ....
A off head
B at hand
C of hand
D at heart
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2782. Without our relentless campaigns, we might .... sure of victory in the race for the National Assembly
A never had been
B Never have been
C have never
D be never
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2783. The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his ....
A access
B accent
C assent
D ascent
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2784. The new school is not provided with .... for science practical
A an equipment
B enough equipment
C equipments
D enough equipments
Instruction
In questions 31 to 47, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2785. We are all hungry; we .... anything to eat since morning.
A didn't have
B haven't had
C never had
D hadn't had
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2786. Audu fought with his .... brother
A elder
B older
C senior
D bigger
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2787. Ilesa witnessed the largest ....
A turn out
B turnover
C turnout
D turn up
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2788. Our culture does not allow one to .... when an elderly person is speaking
A cut off
B cut in
C cut of
D cut on
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2789. I like the character that played the role of a political .... at the last convention of our party.
A turned coat
B turn
C thorn coat
D turn cost
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2790. The Dark Continent was an .... for Africa.
A abuse
B enigma
C eclectic
D epithet
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2791. There are several .... in the farmyard
A lamb
B sheep
C goat
D deer
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2792. The Team Manager told us that the race could only be won by the ....
A flat-footed
B fore-footed
C bare-footed
D swift-footed
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2793. You can travel on your own, ....
A can't you
B isn't it
C wouldn't you
D shouldn't you
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2794. He arrived .... to see his family leave for the countryside
A timely
B late
C at time
D with time
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2795. The politicians were .... by the press.
A eclipsed
B marooned
C ridiculed
D ostracized
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2796. Much as I would love to visit him, I'm afraid ....
A I can't
B I can't be able
C I won't
D of visiting him
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2797. Raffle draws like gambling often end in a .... for me.
A lost
B lose
C loss
D loose
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2798. To check desertification in the arid zones .... trees should be planted.
A drought-effective
B drought-resisting
C drought-resistant
D drought-proof
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2799. All the traders in the market saw the woman buy .... the imported suits.
A off
B out
C over
D up
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2000
Q2800. The warring factions need words of ....
A advise
B advises
C advice
D adverse