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Instruction
In questions 66 to 85, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) that best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2017
Q4501. The suspect .... to the crime.
A confessed
B admitted
C accepted
D agreed
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Q4502. The magistrate .... the case to the High Court.
A transferred
B moved
C shifted
D referred
Instruction
In questions 86 to 91, choose the option that has the same vowel or consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2017
Q4503. phone
A cough
B rough
C fan
D tough
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Q4504. them
A thought
B thick
C this
D thumb
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Q4505. sugar
A sit
B sure
C sun
D see
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Q4506. quick
A kiss
B cheese
C chose
D quilt
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Q4507. listen
A love
B slow
C silent
D sleeve
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Q4508. girl
A give
B gentle
C gone
D gem
Instruction
In questions 92 to 94, choose the option that rhymes with the given word.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2017
Q4509. Weight
A great
B height
C eight
D bright
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Q4510. Shoe
A toe
B blue
C cow
D joy
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Q4511. Chair
A here
B care
C fire
D hire
Instruction
In questions 95 to 97, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2017
Q4512. Photographer
A PHOtographer
B phoTOgrapher
C photogRApher
D photograPHER
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Q4513. Examination
A EXamination
B exAMination
C examiNAtion
D examinaTION
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Q4514. Revolution
A REvolution
B reVOlution
C revoLUtion
D revoluTION
Instruction
In questions 98 to 100, the word in capital letters has an Emphatic Stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2017
Q4515. Kemi bought a new PHONE
A Who bought a new phone?
B What did Kemi buy?
C Did Kemi buy a new phone?
D Did Kemi buy a new car?
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Q4516. He went to Lagos by TRAIN
A Who went to Lagos by train?
B How did he go to Lagos?
C Where did he go by train?
D When did he go by train?
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Q4517. The RED car is mine
A Which car is mine?
B Is the red car yours?
C Is the blue car yours?
D Whose car is red?
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. The approach to the University is being restructured to ease the flow of traffic, give better security and provide an appropriate introduction to a seat of higher learning. The Works and Services Complex is also under construction, and we intend to move into the completed (major) part of it within the next few weeks. All these projects are being executed with an eye to aesthetics for we recognize the important influence of a beautiful and healthy environment on its inhabitants and feel that a cluster of buildings on a small space such as we have should be so well designed as to have a beneficial psychological and sociological effect on all members of the community. I have gone to these lengths to itemize these examples of current development for two main reasons. Firstly, to advise you that the road diversions and other physical inconveniences currently being experienced will be on the increase because of intense development activity. We therefore appeal to you to bear with us in full knowledge and consolation that such inconveniences are temporary and will soon yield final tangible results. Secondly, to demonstrate our capacity for executing approved projects with dispatch, and to assure Government that we are up to the task. Indeed, I can assure Government that its ability to disburse funds to us will be more than matched by our capacity to collect and expend them on executing various worthy projects in record time.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4518. From the passage we can gather that
A there is not much consideration for the health of the inhabitants
B there is deliberate effort to inconvenience the people
C buildings are put up anyhow
D projects are carried out without approval
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Q4519. Unless it can be shown that the money voted for projects can be spent on them in good time
A the development activity will not be intense
B it will not be easy to convince the Government of our executive ability
C it will not be difficult to ask Government for funds
D our final results will be unreliable
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Q4520. An eye for aesthetics in this passage means
A regard for space word
B beneficial psychological effects
C regard for health
D consideration for beauty
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Q4521. In this passage the author tries to explain why
A it is necessary to establish the Works and Services Complex in the University
B beauty should not be taken into consideration when building on such a small space as we have
C the gateway to the University is being rebuilt
D a major part of the project should be completed in the next few weeks
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Q4522. Which of these is NOT among the reasons given by the author for enumerating the examples of the current development?
A To show that we are capable of executing approved projects
B To convince the Government that we can be trusted with the task
C The inconvenience currently being experienced will go on indefinitely
D We are fully aware of the inconveniences being caused but we do not want to complain
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. By the time a child has reached the age of two years, the psychologist says that he is 'self-conscious'. This is not the same as the lay use of term. Although there is a connection. The psychologist means that the child is aware that he is a self and not an extension of his mother. This awareness is shown in such behavioural acts as disobedience and the use of the word 'no' with emphasis, because the child is aware that he does not have to obey parental commands. Parental commands (moral imperatives) are given throughout these two years first for the child's own safety e.g. Don't touch the fire' and secondly, so that he begins to develop some sense of right and wrong. An adult is able to weigh the consequences of his actions partly because he has developed a concept or idea of time. The young child lacks this concept and is governed by immediate desires which must be fulfilled. Thus, in some situations, he can be excused for not behaving morally, i.e making the choice which is 'good' for himself and others. In other situations, he knows what is right and chooses not to do it. Immature adults can also behave in this self centred way.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4523. The immature adult is like the child because
A he has just become self-conscious.
B he has learnt to use the word 'no'
C he has no concept of time
D some of his actions are deliberately irrational
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Q4524. What main difference is mentioned between the child and the adult?
A Age difference
B Weight difference
C Time Difference
D Developmental Difference
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Q4525. What right has the mother to give orders to the Child?
A She is the 'owner' of the child
B She is stronger than the child
C She understands the environment better than the child
D She is more self-conscious than the child
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Q4526. The two-year old child begins to refuse orders
A in order to annoy his parents
B because he does not understand them
C to assert his independence
D because he has just learnt the new word 'no'
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Q4527. What kind of awareness does the child demonstrate at two?
A That he does not love his mothers
B Consciousness of all things around him
C That he should think of himself alone
D That he is different and separate from others.
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 2018
Q4528. From the passage, it can be inferred that since 1985
A more black males between the ages of 15 and 19 have been getting killed by guns
B more white than black males have been getting killed by guns
C more black males between the ages of 15 and 19 have been killing one another with guns
D more black than white males have been killing one another with guns.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4529. In Secretary Donna Shalala's view, the situation depicted by the statistics is
A disturbing and conducive
B topical and intimidating
C tense and reassuring
D alarming and unbearable.
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Q4530. The writer says 'the firearms figures are rising' because
A more teenagers are now getting killed by firearms than by motor vehicle accidents
B more teenagers now carry firearms than used to be the case
C more teenagers are now getting killed by firearms than used to be the case
D firearms now have figures that are terribly high
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4531. What will actually be proved 'if the premise of education is granted'?
A Violence on television encourages violence in the real life.
B Good models can influence the young
C Entertainment on television is harmful to society
D The viewer of fantasized violence is the criminal who acts out violence
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4532. The writer uses 'numbed sensitivity' to refer to
A heartlessness on the part of actors
B deadening of the capacity to feel
C objectionable behaviour
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. Drought is a word that invokes strong emotions. This is not surprising as the .... (16) is usually accompanied by a number of unpleasant developments. These developments have .... (17) for all citizens, starting from the peasant farmers to the state and federal governments which may be plunged into emergency and crisis situation which, if not successfully .... (18) could result in social unrest. The timeliness of the onset of the rains in various regions of the country and their adequate distribution thereafter have become .... (19) of considerable anxiety to all people. The fact, however, is that periodic reduction in the normal .... (20) of rainfall in the country is not new. Since large areas of the country are drought prone, the consequences are .... (21). Dry spells could be very severe. There are two aspects of coping with drought. One has to do with emergency measures and the other with .... (22) measures. An immediate consequence of any drought would be famine. In addition, where whole populations are forced to abandon their lands or pastures in search of food, there are bound to be other lasting and .... (23) consequences such as distress, sales of cattle by livestock owners in order to buy food. Government should provide farmers with agricultural inputs and ensure that they have easy access to these inputs under the relief .... (24). Emergency measures will be much more .... (25) if a mechanism is established to ensure adequate preparedness and defence against the occurrence of drought.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4533. This is not surprising as the .... is usually accompanied by a number of unpleasant developments
A ideology
B phenomenon
C idea
D component
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Q4534. These developments have .... for all citizens
A feedback
B results
C implications
D outcomes
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Q4535. if not successfully .... could result in social unrest
A managed
B manipulated
C examined
D studied
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Q4536. have become .... of considerable anxiety to all people
A object
B subjects
C issues
D topics
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Q4537. periodic reduction in the normal .... of rainfall
A amount
B supply
C size
D flood
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Q4538. the consequences are ....
A effective
B disastrous
C evident
D inevitable
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Q4539. the other with .... measures
A routine
B organized
C urgent
D delayed
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Q4540. there are bound to be other lasting and .... consequences
A longitudinal
B objective
C simultaneous
D parallel
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Q4541. under the relief ....
A action
B process
C scheme
D plan
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Q4542. Emergency measures will be much more .... if a mechanism is established
A normal
B correct
C idealistic
D effective
Instruction
In questions 26 to 35, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4543. In spite of his humble beginning, Audu now throws his weight around.
A Audu is arrogant despite his simple upbringing
B Despite his obvious poverty, Audu is a proud man.
C His noble birth notwithstanding, Audu is a proud man
D From his poor background, Audu is now a rich man
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Q4544. Ngozi has always considered her father to be an impassioned man.
A Her father is a very lively man
B Her father is an emotional man
C Her father is a disciplined man
D Her father is a very strict man
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Q4545. The elders rebuked Olu for taking issue with his principal.
A Olu was cautioned for shouting at his principal
B Olu was scolded for acting in collusion with his principal
C Olu was reprimanded for arguing with his principal
D Olu was blamed for issuing a statement denying his principal
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Q4546. The manager paid us in hard currency.
A We were paid in new notes
B We were paid in foreign currency
C We were paid in dollars and pound sterling
D We were paid in a strong and stable currency
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Q4547. If he went to London, he would see the Queen.
A When he goes to London, he will see the Queen
B He did not go to London and did not see the Queen
C He did not see the Queen when he went to London
D He would like to see the Queen when he goes to London
Instruction
In questions 31 to 50, choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4548. Good students can easily identify spurious arguments.
A genuine
B interesting
C false
D illogical
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Q4549. Eze's skin now looks flabby as a result of his changed circumstances.
A neat
B firm
C weak
D oily
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Q4550. He and his lieutenants have been accused of remaining intransigent.
A rigid
B stubborn
C compromising
D popular