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Instruction
In questions 71 to 85, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3501. He says he .... find me a job, but will accommodate me
A could not
B was not able to
C is not able to
D cannot be able to
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Q3502. I .... to pursue my education
A did not chance
B did not have the opportunity
C was not chanced
D was not opportuned
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Q3503. Making a phone call instead of paying a visit represents a .... trend
A sudden new major social
B new social sudden major
C new sudden major social
D sudden social new major
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3504. .... went to the stadium to watch a football match
A Amadi and me
B Amadi and I
C Me and Amadi
D Amadi and myself
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3505. Didn't .... draw your attention to the entry requirements?
A anyone
B everyone
C everybody
D nobody
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3506. There was .... any traffic as he drove home
A hardly
B normally
C usually
D no
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Q3507. Government should invest more in .... training
A teacher's
B teacher
C teachers
D teachers'
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3508. When they examined his body, they found that he ....
A had been dead
B had been dying
C died
D was dead
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3509. There was .... any traffic as he drove home
A usually
B hardly
C no
D normally
Instruction
In questions 86 to 91, choose the option that has the same vowel or consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3510. potable
A paw
B pot
C port
D post
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3511. pear
A dear
B year
C there
D near
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3512. blue
A book
B root
C foot
D look
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Q3513. clothe
A Thomas
B three
C they
D mouth
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Q3514. English
A end
B thin
C think
D edge
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3515. shoes
A horse
B house
C loss
D reason
Instruction
In questions 98 to 100, choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3516. association
A aSSociation
B associaTION
C associAtion
D Association
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2007
Q3517. capitalism
A capiTAlism
B capitaLIsm
C caPItalism
D CApitalism
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Q3518. advertisement
A adVERtisement
B advertiseMENT
C adverTISEment
D ADvertisement
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. The reason for the popularity and acceptance of the leaves of fluted pumpkin in various parts of the country is largely well understood. Consumers of the leaves have grown owing to the claim that the leaf is a blood-boosting vegetable and a delicacy in the preparation of various dishes including local Nigerian soups. That is the much that many consumers know of this vegetable. The growing consumption has also meant that growers of the vegetable have been under increased pressure to keep up the supply. This has translated into more income for vegetable garden owners. Beyond the leaves lies the giant pod with scores of seeds that have proved to be a rich source of several nutrients required by the body. It is a sweet, nutty, flat, cream-coloured seed with a chewy texture. At the tender stage, the pod can be broken open to clean the seed before boiling in water till cooked. Another option is to roast the seed that produces a pleasant flavor. The use of pumpkin seed has increased since it has been found effective in treating prostate enlargement in men. The fact that pumpkin seeds serve as a good source of zinc makes them doubly well-suited for this role as a prostate protector, since zinc is a mineral also used by healthcare workers to help reduce prostate size. The healing properties of pumpkin seeds have also been recently investigated with respect to arthritis. Studies have shown that the addition of pumpkin seeds to diet compares favourably with conventional drugs in reducing inflammatory symptoms. Apart from enhancing prostate health, another reason for older men to make zinc-rich food such as pumpkin seeds a regular part of their diet is maintaining bone mineral density.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3519. Which type of this paper are you answering?
A Type A
B Type B
C Type E
D Type K
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3520. From the passage, it can be inferred that
A possessions inherited are fraudulent wealth.
B true success will be known to all men in due time.
C the writer believes that success is symbolic.
D none of the above
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3521. The expression 'success is a relative term' suggests that it
A has one meaning
B has different meanings
C is not comprehensible
D can be defined materially.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3522. From the passage, a successful person is described as one who
A believes in divine intervention
B enjoys life after retirement
C has a good family
D is contented with life.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3523. The word 'squandered' as used in the passage means
A frugal
B spendthrift
C a glutton
D a teetotaller.
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. Every human language may be described as a system at each of the four levels of linguistic description, namely morphology, phonology, syntax and semantics. At each of these levels, a linguistic system comprises a number of sub-systems which make up its structure. Thus, a language may also be described as a system of systems. At the level of phonetics and phonology, a language selects, from a general pool of speech sounds, a finite number of vocal sounds which are combined and used for its communicative and other purposes. Looking at the human vocal organs, it appears that their primary functions are biological. Even though they are also used for breathing, chewing, cutting, swallowing and smelling, they have been adapted for the production of the speech sounds of any human language. But human languages are different in terms of their sound inventories. The point is, each language has its own number of sounds which are combined in a number of indefinite patterns according to its own phonological rules. This is what makes each language unique as systematic patterns of structure, and perhaps why English uses forty-four sound segments, French forty, Italian twenty-seven, Yoruba twenty-seven and Hawaiian only thirteen. There are four basic approaches to the study of speech sounds. These are articulatory, acoustic, auditory and forensic. Articulatory phonetics studies how speech sounds are made or articulated. Acoustic phonetics studies the physical properties of speech as sound waves in air. Auditory or perceptual phonetics studies the perception of speech sounds via the ears. The forensic phonetics studies speech sounds in the form of recorded utterances used for identifying a particular speaker, especially in a legal case. The articulatory approach helps the user of English as a second language to understand how the sounds of English are articulated as well as their basic characteristics. This knowledge may help to improve their pronunciation competence or fluency in the actual use of the language. It may also improve the degree of intelligibility of their utterances and therefore their communicative competence. According to Yule in his book Introduction to Language, phonology is concerned with the abstract or theoretical aspect of speech sounds while phonetics is concerned with their actual physical articulation. Thus, by studying the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language, we are actually studying phonology. It is phonology that explains the underlying design, the blueprint of the sound type, which provides the basis for all the variations in different physical articulations of that sound type in different contexts.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3524. According to the passage, which of the following describes the perception of speech sound?
A Acoustic
B Auditory
C Articulatory
D Forensic
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3525. From the passage, the purpose of describing a language as a system is to show that
A all human languages are the same in every sense.
B human languages are different at the phonological level
C every human language has its own separate patterns of structure at all levels
D human languages are too complex to understand at any level
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3526. What distinguishes a language from another, according to the passage, is
A its finite number of sounds
B the indefinite nature of its patterns
C its communicative and other purposes
D its linguistic description at all levels
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3527. The style of the passage could best be described as
A expository
B descriptive
C narrative
D argumentative
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3528. The expression 'systematic patterns of structure' as used in the passage means that language
A is an interconnecting network of structures
B is made up of organized phonetics and phonology
C is a network of morphology, syntax and semantics
D comprises similar phonetics, phonology, morphology and semantics
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately one per cent of the population develop the disease during their lifetime. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. People with the disorder often suffer terrifying symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts or plotting to harm them. These symptoms may leave them fearful and withdrawn. Children over the age of five can develop the disease, but it is very rare before adolescence. People with schizophrenia may have perceptions of reality that are strikingly different from the reality seen and shared by others around them. Living in a world distorted by hallucinations and delusions, individuals with the disease may feel frightened, anxious and confused. Hallucinations are perceptions that occur without connection to an appropriate source. Delusions are false personal beliefs that are not subject to reason or contradictory evidence. Substance abuse is a common concern of the family and friends of people with schizophrenia as it can reduce the effectiveness of treatment of the disease. Stimulants such as cocaine and marijuana may cause major problems for patients with schizophrenia. In fact, some people experience a worsening of the symptoms when they take such drugs. Substance abuse also reduces the likelihood that patients will follow the treatment plans recommended by their doctors. The most common form of substance use disorder in people with schizophrenia is nicotine dependence due to smoking. Quitting smoking may be especially difficult for people with schizophrenia because the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal may cause a temporary worsening of the disorder symptoms. However, smoking cessation strategies that include nicotine replacement methods may be effective. Doctors should carefully monitor medication dosage and response when patients with the disease either start or stop smoking. The large majority of people with the disease show substantial improvement when treated with antipsychotic drugs. Some patients, however, are not helped very much by the medications and a few do not seem to need them. It is difficult to predict which patients will fall into these two groups. Antipsychotic drugs, like virtually all medications, have unwanted effects along with other symptoms. During the early phases of drug treatment, patients may be troubled by side effects such as drowsiness, restlessness, tremor, dry mouth or blurring of vision. Most of these can be corrected by lowering the dosage or controlled by other medications.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3529. One conclusion that can be drawn from the first paragraph is that
A only children suffer schizophrenic disorder.
B the time of occurrence in men and women differs.
C women suffer the disorder in their early twenties.
D men suffer the disorder in their early thirties.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3530. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A Schizophrenic disorder affects only the menfolk.
B Schizophrenic disorder develops only in the womenfolk.
C Patients with schizophrenia like to keep to themselves than stay with others.
D Children develop the schizophrenic disorder after adolescence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3531. Which of the following statements is true of the concept of delusions in the second paragraph?
A The belief in distorted claims.
B The expressions of personal beliefs.
C The evidence of reasoning and contradictions.
D The belief in unsubstantiated claims.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3532. From the passage, it can be inferred that
A family members and friends avoid schizophrenic patients.
B cocaine and marijuana are good stimulants for patients.
C substance abuse may assist a patient's healing process.
D Some drugs slow down a patient's healing process.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3533. The expression 'Living in a world distorted by hallucinations' means
A the world of sound and intellectual thought
B the expression of ideas that do not have bases
C a patient's expression of connected ideas
D the world is very unfair to schizophrenic patients.
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. The economic miracle of the so called Asian Tigers was subject to much debate and analyses in the early 1990s among economists. There were basically two Schools of .... (16). One, that the Asian Tigers' economic miracle was a case of 'miracles beyond the free market' and so to repeat such miracles or something near it, do not leave the .... (17) to the invisible hands of the free market with its sometimes profoundly anti-social overtones. There was a place for, and indeed a great virtue in state .... (18). The other group .... (19) that it was not so much a miracle that was either beyond the free market or, for that matter, one induced by the equally unpredictable, even if visible, hands of politicians and policy .... (20). The Asian .... (21) was rather one of a cultural phenomenon blending with good policies to produce a delightfully desirable spectacle of progress and .... (22). The concern of the economists was how to safely .... (23) and then apply the Asian prescription to replicate such man-made miracles in many other countries of the world enduring the .... (24) of unrelenting and .... (25) poverty.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3534. There were basically two Schools of ....
A reasoning
B Ideas
C practice
D thought
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3535. do not leave the .... to the invisible hands of the free market
A economy
B structure
C miracle
D analyses
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Q3536. There was a place for, and indeed a great virtue in state ....
A makers
B intervention
C persuasion
D enforcement
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3537. The other group ....
A synthesized
B analysed
C believed
D recommended
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Q3538. the equally unpredictable, even if visible, hands of politicians and policy ....
A deciders
B masters
C executors
D makers
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3539. The Asian .... was rather one of a cultural phenomenon
A experience
B practice
C logic
D method
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3540. to produce a delightfully desirable spectacle of progress and ....
A purpose
B affluence
C prospect
D prosperity
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3541. The concern of the economists was how to safely ....
A prescribe
B gauge
C stimulate
D re-orientate
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3542. enduring the .... of unrelenting poverty
A anger
B risk
C throes
D punishment
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3543. of unrelenting and .... poverty
A momentous
B compelling
C scorching
D aggravating
Instruction
In questions 26 to 35, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3544. The court brought out the fact that the elections were not free and fair
A The court said that the elections were not rigged
B The court explained that the elections were not marred
C The court made it clear that the elections were not flawless
D The court saw that the elections were properly conducted
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3545. The computer operator was sacked for incompetence
A The computer operator was sacked for his foolishness
B The computer operator was sacked for his laziness
C The computer operator was sacked for lack of skill
D The computer operator was sacked for lateness
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3546. He was a member of the think tank of the previous administration
A As an expert, he criticized government
B He was an expert who gave advice to government
C He was an expert that government did not listen to
D As an expert government must have taken to his advice
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3547. In spite of various criticisms, Bala sticks to his guns
A Bala always goes out with his guns, ready to kill.
B People do not like Bala because he is violent
C Bala is criticized because of his bad behaviour towards people
D Bala adheres to his beliefs even when others do not agree with him.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3548. Chike plays to the gallery whenever he meets a group of people
A Chike plays well with people at the gallery
B Chike likes to play with people
C Chike seeks cheap popularity
D Chike shows distrust and hatred to people
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3549. He kept a stiff upper lip over the accident.
A He sustained injury on his upper lip.
B He endured the misfortune with courage.
C He could not talk because of the accident.
D His friends deserted him because of the accident.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2008
Q3550. He had travelled the length and breadth of Africa.
A He must have travelled to some big cities of Africa
B He had travelled to many parts of Africa.
C He had travelled to all parts of Africa.
D He had travelled to all the villages and towns of Africa.