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Instruction
In questions 71 to 85, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3401. You are to write a report and give it to the security office
A After writing your report, give it to the security office.
B You are writing a report, as the security office directed
C You have been ordered to write a report, which you will give to security office.
D The report you are writing should be given to the security office.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3402. The dispute over land acquisition has now come to a head
A The problem has now been referred to the headquarters.
B Because of the dispute, land acquisition has now been halted
C The problem has now been solved
D The problem has reached crisis proportions.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3403. In our college, the regulations concerning dress are a grey area
A The regulations have often been ignored
B The regulations are not very clear
C The regulations have just been revised
D The regulations are perfectly clear
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3404. The prefect reeled off names of all the students who broke the library law
A The prefect gave an accurate list of the students who broke into the school library
B The prefect omitted the names of the students who broke into the library
C The prefect submitted a complete list of the students who stole library books.
D The prefect gave a disjointed list of the students in the law library
Instruction
In questions 81 to 100, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3405. The brave hunter killed the .... in the forest
A big spitting black cobra
B big black spitting cobra
C black big spitting cobra
D big spitting black cobra
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Q3406. The .... robber showed no mercy during the attack
A benevolent
B loquacious
C senseless
D ruthless
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Q3407. Despite all preparations, the wedding did not ....
A come by
B come off
C come along
D come on
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Q3408. Olu brought his clothes and those of his ....
A elder brothers
B senior brother's
C senior brother
D elder brother's
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Q3409. His family hardly misses the news because he goes about with his .... radio
A pottable
B pointable
C portable
D potable
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3410. Did you have .... when you went to visit the medical doctor?
A diarrhae
B diarhoea
C diahrea
D diarrhoea
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3411. If he .... for admission, I am sure he would succeed
A had applied
B will apply
C has applied
D applied
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Q3412. The investigation Commission has treated all the .... submitted to it by the warring factions
A protests
B applications
C petitions
D enquiries
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Q3413. The police claim that a number of stolen cars .... recovered
A has been
B have been
C have being
D has being
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Q3414. Everybody is allowed to .... his view on state matters
A show
B air
C hear
D share
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Q3415. For beating .... his course mate, Agbaji was .... from the university
A away/sent out
B on/expelled
C at/removed
D up/rusticated
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3416. The old man was rushed to hospital when his blood pressure dropped to a .... level
A dangerous low
B dangerous lowly
C dangerously low
D dangerously lowly
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3417. Until he lost the election, Agbo .... to be the Student Union President
A would have hoped
B had been hoping
C has been hoping
D has hoped
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Q3418. .... been there to look for her several times without success
A He'll
B He's
C Is he
D He is
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Q3419. He wrote to you, ....?
A hadn't he
B wouldn't he
C hasn't he
D didn't he
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2006
Q3420. Our neighbour was attracted by the .... from my mother's cooking
A scent
B flavour
C aroma
D stench
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Q3421. The clubs were not .... on a solid ethical base
A founded
B funded
C created
D found
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Q3422. We have been living peacefully here but .... hear rumours of war
A again
B occasionally
C eventually
D slowly
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Q3423. I watched him as he .... the hole
A is digging
B dugged
C dug
D digs
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Q3424. Your performance will improve if you .... hard
A practise
B would practise
C practised
D are practising
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. In time past in Nigeria, being a secretary was perceived with utter disdain by many people. Other professionals such as teachers, lawyers, engineers, surveyors, estate officers and architects were revered. Many issues readily come to mind concerning the old perspective of secretaries as professionals. One, they were regarded as people with little or no education. Indeed, many of them were said to be mere typists who learnt how to punch keys on the typewriter. They hardly had any formal education but obtained doubtful certificates. This was made possible because anyone could easily learn to be a typist under the shade of a tree or in a personal office of a retired secretary or a chief typist from any business organization. As long as a short piece of work could be typed almost accurately and in record time, one then became a secretary. This unrealistic practice – to call an unqualified person a secretary – might have been introduced and sustained by people who did not know who a secretary was. The educated secretaries obtained a minimum of the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) or its equivalent from institutions in and outside Nigeria, particularly Great Britain, Canada or the United States of America. Two, they were mostly women and very few male secretaries, who suffered more humiliation than their female counterparts. They were regarded as men who did not succeed in life and did the work that normally women were supposed to do. Three, and deriving from the second reason, secretaries were, as a matter of fact, very close to their bosses. Most people, including husbands of secretaries, regarded such a mode of interaction as tempting – a kind of constant closeness which might engender a deliberation or unintentional amorous relationship between superior and subordinate officer. Quite often, such a situation could not be ruled out when body contact was established inadvertently or deliberately between two people of opposite sex especially when either one or both people were attractive and attracted to each other. Moreover, we often talk of the devil and the havoc he is capable of causing in the lives of people, particularly the unguarded ones. In today's world, these points of view concerning secretaries are fading fast. Now, there is a clear distinction between a typist and a secretary. Modern secretaries are trained in polytechnics and universities. Gone are the days when secretaries were taught only the art of punching the typewriters and various filling systems. They are also encouraged to take training courses other than secretarial duty. Many secretaries have had their training in faculties of business administration, law, art and mass communications of universities. They take relevant courses in administration and other social science departments that enhance their personality, carriage, interpersonal relations and office management. Obviously, secretaries, including the male ones, are more important and well respected today than in the past.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3425. The expression 'utter disdain' as used in the passage means
A professional misconduct
B undue criticism
C deserved respect
D complete contempt
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3426. Which of the following statements can be deduced from the passage concerning the old perspective of secretaries?
A They did not deserve to be addressed as secretaries.
B One could see that they were well educated.
C They were highly respected by other professionals.
D The training they received from retired professionals was sufficient.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3427. The writer seems to suggest that
A secretaries were best trained by retired chief typists
B there was nothing wrong in having males as secretaries
C the Ordinary National Diploma was sufficient for secretaries
D only graduates who studied abroad were secretaries
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3428. The expression 'unguarded ones' as used in the passage refers to
A the devil and all his cohorts
B husbands of female secretaries
C two people who may be attracted to each other
D the female secretaries and their bosses
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3429. Modern secretaries are different from the old ones because they
A are able to become graduates of different universities
B may become teachers in polytechnics and universities
C are more educated and better exposed to professional training
D can use modern gadgets such as computers and other machines
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. While trying desperately to cope with the scourge of the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus, the human race was once again beset with the problem of grappling with fast-spreading and lethal pandemic called bird flu. Also called avian influenza, bird flu's vicious strain, H5N1, was spread from birds to humans and could be as deadly as HIV/AIDS. The pandemic had ravaged many countries in Europe, Asia and Middle East resulting in a high death toll in livestock, but as yet with a few human casualties. As the pandemic made its steady spread, there was the fear that if it ever gets to Africa, the consequences would be devastating in view of the continent's lack of infrastructure and money to keep it in control. This fear was consequent upon African countries' unenviable response to emergencies in the past, like drought in some sahelian countries or flooding along the coast. It was against this frightening background that many Nigerians were thrown into panic following the announcement on Wednesday the 8th of February, 2006, that the bird flu had indeed entered Nigeria. The announcement itself was a sequel to the death of a large number of birds in a farm in Kaduna State whose samples were diagnosed at the National Veterinary Institute, Vom, Plateau State, and confirmed at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Diagnostic Centre in Rome, Italy. Several follow-up actions had been taken to try and halt the spread of the virus in the country, such as the immediate quarantine of the affected farms, the killing and disposal of all infested and surviving birds in affected farms and the restriction of movement of people in and outside such farms. Commendable as these measures were, many Nigerians still dreaded the chicken and had already excluded its meat from their menu. As a result, poultry farmers in Nigeria were counting their losses instead of producing more protein and smiling to the bank with good sales. To return to the status quo ante and restore the confidence of Nigerians in poultry products, additional measures were suggested, namely the close monitoring of migratory birds which flock into the country at different times of the year, the proper caging of all free-range birds and appropriate sanctioning of defaulting owners, not restricting the monitoring of poultry farms in the country to the urban centres only, the upward review of the compensation paid to farmers whose birds had been destroyed to cushion the effects of their loss, the strict enforcement of the restriction on the importation of poultry products and, lastly the leadership demonstrating, by example, that it was safe to eat poultry products by serving them at dinners and banquets during state functions.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3430. The expression 'To return to the status quo ante' refers to the
A killing of birds as a result of bird flu and its effects on poultry farmers
B bird flu pandemic that had ravaged many countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
C condition of things prior to the incidence of bird flu
D state of affairs following the bird flu pandemic in Nigeria
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3431. Which of the following statements can be deduced from the passage concerning the old perspective of secretaries? [This is a duplication in the original paper; answer follows the same pattern as Q2.]
A They did not deserve to be addressed as secretaries.
B One could see that they were well educated.
C They were highly respected by other professionals.
D The training they received from retired professionals was sufficient.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3432. A suitable title for this passage is
A Livestock and Human Casualties of the Bird Flu Pandemic in Nigeria
B Controlling the Bird Flu Pandemic in Nigeria
C HIV/AIDS and the Bird Flu Pandemic in Nigeria
D The Ravaging Effects of Epidemics in Nigeria
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3433. From the third paragraph the steps taken to check the spread of bird flu in Nigeria were
A monitoring all poultry farms, quarantining affected farms and killing and disposing affected birds
B restricting movements, paying compensation and caging free-range birds
C isolating ravaged farms, destroying and disposing of affected birds and restricting movements
D public enlightenment, controlling migratory birds and killing infested birds
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3434. From the passage, it can be inferred that
A Nigerians no longer consumed poultry as a result of bird flu
B bird flu had already resulted in a high human and livestock death toll
C bird flu in Nigeria was first discovered by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Diagnostic Centre
D the Kaduna poultry farmer who lost many birds was not adequately compensated by government
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. It is of no more use to give advice to the idle than to pour water into a sieve, but it strikes me that lazy people ought to have a large looking glass hung up where they are bound to see themselves in it. For sure, if their eyes are at all like mine, they will never bear to look at themselves long or often. The ugliest sight in the world is one of those thorough-bred loafers, who would hardly hold up his basin if it were to rain with porridge: and for certain, would never hold up a bigger pot than he wanted to fill for himself. Perhaps, if the shower should turn to beer, he might wake himself up a bit; but he will make up for it afterwards, since as a slothful man, he folds his hands in sleep and hates to get up even for his meals. Men like him ought to be treated like the drone which the bees drive out of their hives for inactivity and overdependence. Every man ought to have patience and pity for poverty; but for laziness, a long whip might be better. This would be a healthy treatment for all sluggards, but there is no chance of some of them getting their full dose of this medicine, for they were born with silver spoons in their mouths, and like spoons will scarce stir their own tea unless somebody lends them a hand. They are like the proverbial dog that leaned his head against the wall to bark and, like lazy sheep, it is too much trouble for them to carry their own wool. If they could see themselves, it might by chance do them a world of good; but perhaps it would be too much trouble for them to open their eyes even if the glass were hung for them. If I seem to hit hard at the sluggards, it is because I know they can bear it, for if they were seed on the threshing floor, you will thresh many days to get them out of the straw, for laziness is in their bones, and will show itself in their idle flesh, no matter what you do with them.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3435. One conclusion that can be drawn from the opening paragraph is that
A it is a waste of time to advise lazy men because he will always use a sieve to sift the advice
B lazy people are thorough-bred loafers who cannot even eat their porridge
C though lazy people have ugly faces, they like to see themselves in the mirror
D lazy people work only to satisfy their own immediate needs
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3436. Which of the following explains the point being made in the second paragraph?
A the drone and the slothful often look themselves up in the mirror
B the drone and the slothful are idle so they depend on others for their needs
C the drones and the sluggards are lazy people who sleep a lot
D the drone and the slothful hover around beehives because of their independence on honey
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3437. From the argument in the last paragraph, it can be concluded that the sluggards are
A phlegmatic when advised
B weary of sound advice
C impervious to advice
D intolerant of good advice
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3438. Which of the following represents the author's view in the passage?
A the slothful will not get out of bed unless someone wakes them
B laziness leads to poverty so both should be rejected with equal vehemence
C idle and unproductive people should have no place in society
D loafers carry their basins about looking for who will fill them with food
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3439. The expression 'if the shower should turn to beer, he might wake himself up a bit' suggests that lazy people
A are gourmets
B are pleasure-loving
C have beer showers
D are inconsiderate
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. Ofala is a festival that is celebrated in virtually every Igbo community in Nigeria. It is the king's own festival during which he shows himself to his people, many of whom have probably not .... (16) eyes on him for a long time. The morning of the Ofala sees large crowds .... (17) in the palace arena. Suddenly a cannon .... (18) repeatedly. Rich .... (19) from the royal musicians fills the air. The Igwe emerges like the rising sun .... (20) in white-bordered gold and black robes. The Igwe then begins the .... (21) dance with his wife. Followed by his entourage, he dances round the arena .... (22) and praises of the crowd. Finally, the Igwe takes his seat and his person begins to .... (23). 'Igweee! You will live long .... (24)', they declare, bowing respectfully before him. The Igwe .... (25) their homage by touching their backs with the royal fly whisk. Exhausted, the Igwe rises. 'Igweeee,' the crowd hails. He waves his fly whisk for the last time and heads straight back to the palace with his entourage.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3440. many of whom have probably not .... eyes on him for a long time
A lied
B lay
C lain
D laid
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Q3441. sees large crowds .... in the palace arena
A were gathered
B gather
C to be gathering
D gathers
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Q3442. Suddenly a cannon .... repeatedly
A booms
B shoots
C knocks
D bangs
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Q3443. Rich .... from the royal musicians fills the air
A vibration
B gyration
C explosion
D percussion
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Q3444. The Igwe emerges like the rising sun .... in white-bordered gold and black robes
A royally
B resplendent
C dazzled
D surrounded
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Q3445. The Igwe then begins the .... dance with his wife
A traditional
B social
C royal
D cultural
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Q3446. he dances round the arena .... and praises of the crowd
A from the cheers
B at the cheer
C with the cheers
D to the cheers
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Q3447. his person begins to ....
A pay their respects
B Spray him with gifts
C observe his steps
D pay their tolls
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Q3448. 'Igweee! You will live long ....'
A at the throne
B on the throne
C by the throne
D in the throne
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Q3449. The Igwe .... their homage
A answers
B responds
C acknowledges
D replies
Instruction
In questions 26 to 35, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3450. The official had allegedly been bribed
A Some people accused the official of taking bribes
B The official had been taking bribes without feeling any guilt
C It was proved that the official had been taking bribes
D The official accused some people of taking bribes