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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 2018
Q4601. He .... his car for a new one.
A changed
B exchanged
C replaced
D swapped
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Q4602. She .... the book from the library.
A borrowed
B lent
C hired
D took
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 2018
Q4603. many
A man
B pen
C pan
D men
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Q4604. women
A woman
B win
C won
D when
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Q4605. chaos
A chair
B chaos
C school
D chapter
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Q4606. beautiful
A blue
B you
C food
D view
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Q4607. sure
A sun
B sit
C shop
D sand
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Q4608. eye
A eat
B yet
C eight
D may
Instruction
In questions 92 to 94, choose the option that rhymes with the given word.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2018
Q4609. Could
A load
B food
C wood
D road
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Q4610. Low
A now
B how
C cow
D go
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Q4611. Bread
A bead
B said
C seed
D feed
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 2018
Q4612. Photography
A PHOtography
B phoTOgraphy
C photogRAphy
D photograPHY
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Q4613. Developmental
A DEvelopmental
B deVELopmental
C developMENtal
D developmenTAL
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Q4614. Recommendation
A REcommendation
B reCOMMendation
C recomMENdation
D recommendAtion
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 2018
Q4615. She WROTE the letter yesterday.
A Did she read the letter yesterday?
B Who wrote the letter yesterday?
C Did she write the letter today?
D What did she do yesterday?
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Q4616. The boy ate RICE for lunch.
A Did the boy eat rice for breakfast?
B What did the boy eat for lunch?
C Who ate rice for lunch?
D Did the boy eat beans for lunch?
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Q4617. We went to LONDON last year.
A Where did you go last year?
B When did you go to London?
C Did you go to Paris last year?
D Who went to London last year?
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. The young are not listening to their elders, and perhaps they never have. But now it happens that, with many of them, the reason may be medical. The young aren't listening because they can't hear. Just as nagging parents have long suspected, otologists (hearing specialists) now report that youngsters are going deaf as a result of blasting their eardrums with electronically amplified rock 'n' roll. The hearing specialist used to worry about loud noise as a cause of deafness only in industrial and military situations. They knew that eight hours of daily exposure, year in and year out, to the din of the proverbial boiler factory, would eventually result in permanent hearing loss. Riveters were particularly susceptible. Then they learned that the same thing happened to aviators. After the advent of jets, the hazard applied to ground crews at airports and flight-deck personnel aboard aircraft carriers - hence the introduction of insulated, noise-absorbing plastic earmuffs. In discotheques and rock 'n' roll joints, the trouble is not so much in the instruments themselves, or the close quarters. The blame goes to the electronic amplifiers. An old-fashioned military band, playing a march in Ramat Park, generated as much sound. But the sound was not amplified and was dissipated in the open air. A trombonist sitting in front of a tuba player might be a bit deaf for an hour or so after a concert; then his hearing returned to normal. What did was multiple microphones and speakers, and the installation of internal microphones in such instruments as guitars and bouzoukis.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4618. The young are not listening to their elders because
A they never have
B their parents nag constantly
C they are permanently deaf
D they appear to be going deaf.
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Q4619. 'Just as nagging parents have long suspected' implies that the parents suspected that
A their children did not listen to them
B children could not hear properly after listening to amplified music
C otologists were always right
D children were disobedient because they did not listen to their parents
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Q4620. What is the result of being subjected to the din of the proverbial boiler factory for a prolonged length of time?
A A loss of hearing which will never improve
B Total deafness eight hours a day
C Temporary deafness
D Hearing loss which can be corrected by medical treatment
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Q4621. 'The same thing happened to aviators' — This excerpt, according to the passage, means
A the riveters were particularly susceptible
B industrial and military deafness
C that continued loud noise resulted in deafness
D that working in a boiler factory affected one's hearing
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Q4622. What is the difference between an old-fashioned military band on the one hand and discotheques and rock 'n' roll joints on the other?
A One is old-fashioned while the other is modern
B One produces sounds for marching, the other for disco
C One has drums, the other has guitars
D One produces amplified sounds, the other does not
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 10. The preparation which a study of the humanities can provide stems from three observations about education in our world of accelerating social and technological change. First, with the rate of change, we cannot hope to train our students for specific technologies. That kind of vocational education is obsolescent. By the time the specific training will have been completed, the world will have moved on. If our education consists of narrow training, we will not be prepared to change. Second, and paradoxically, what our students desire from their education is preparation for specific careers - business, engineering, medicine, computer programming and the like, but we will not be able to train them for a life-long career. Their confronting the depressed job market gives our students a certain anxiety, but the solution they seek in vocational training is not sufficient. Third, we sense in our students a narrowing materialism, with the good life defined in terms of material comforts. Education then means learning to do a job which will make money. I see in this definition a limiting sense of what the humanities responds to these three related problems. In our changing, yet narrowing world, the teaching of the humanities finds one powerful justification - it teaches students how to think.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4623. 'Our world of accelerating social and technological change' means that
A our world is moving too fast socially and technologically
B our world is going through more rapid, social and technological change.
C the social and technological change is more exhilarating than before.
D the social and technological change is accelerating our
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Q4624. What is the major weakness of training students for specific technologies
A it trains students for only one type of career
B It helps students to acquire money later when they are employed
C It makes them anxious for a job in the market
D It cannot help students to cope with the rapid changes in the world
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Q4625. 'We sense in our students a narrowing materialism' means that our students' concept of education is one that
A prepares them for money joy and meaning
B makes them ready to confront the depressed job market
C only prepares them to acquire material comforts.
D trains them for a life-long career.
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Q4626. According to the writer, a study of the humanities
A is accepted by present day students as essential
B prepares students for specific careers
C provides a missing link in the technological education of our students
D is the best solution to the problem of unemployment
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Q4627. What type of education does the writer advocate for our students?
A Vocational as well as technological education
B Business, engineering, medicine and computer programming
C Technological education plus the humanities
D Technological education only.
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. Though assumption is the lowest level of knowledge; it is still a form of knowledge, and knowledge is key. Assumptions are the foundation upon which interpretations and conclusions are built. Everything in life operates under certain assumptions. We make management decisions based on the assumptions we hold about how management ought to function and how people ought to be governed. For some of us, we consciously imbibe assumptions and principles about life and consciously decide based on them; for others, it is unconsciously but potent all the same. Our assumptions will either drown us or help us soar through life. We have always seen life as an immense mansion with many rooms. Some rooms lead to wealth; others to the opposite. Ultimately, we decide where we end up; and life, thus far, has proved that not everyone of us decided well. We all behave differently where we have different levels of understanding, and behave the same way where our understanding is the same. We eat because we all understand the consequences of not eating. We all wear clothes because each of us comprehends lunacy. The list goes on and on. It is inevitable that some of us will make choices that get and keep us on the lower rung of the ladder by reason of exposure, training or some other variables. Life is about role playing. We choose our roles wisely or foolishly, consciously or unconsciously. Some of us get wiser to new levels of self-awareness enough to redefine our roles, others make no effort to build further capacity and therefore remain where they are. It is based on these realities that we draw the conclusion that not everyone will be wealthy in life. We lead, inspire and motivate people to strive and succeed. It is also important that we paint the full and true picture of life so that we can discourage vain pursuits. Balance must be enthroned as a critical component of truth, and people know, for instance, that the top' is not a place that all must ascend. Our greatest consolation lies in our deep conviction that true prosperity is in fulfilment through hard work than in intangible acquisitions. There are set roles that some of us have been wired up to play in life but which we are not content enough to play because society esteems such roles to be inferior. Take the almost sacred office of a teacher for instance, there are people who have the natural gifts and inclinations to be school teachers. But the teaching profession, as it is, does not appear to be lucrative. So we have people who would have been more fulfilled and effective working as school teachers serving in banks.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4628. According to the writer, people lead and motivate others because they want to
A project individual contribution
B encourage selfless service
C make the world a home
D prevent empty search.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4629. According to the passage, balance must be enthroned because it is
A a critical interdependent function
B an amazing help for consciences
C a critical part of fidelity
D a serious way of ensuring success.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4630. The word inclinations, as used in the passage, means
A creeds
B tendencies
C inhibitions
D power
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Q4631. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A Greatness in life emerges when square pegs are put in round holes.
B People do certain things in life because they know the repercussion.
C People agree on all issues and behave the same way for the same reason.
D Understanding life at different levels gives no accounts of visible acquisition.
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Q4632. From the passage, it can be inferred that
A people insincerely discuss facts that govern their behaviour.
B all managerial decisions are based on assumptions.
C people make conscious efforts to acquire hidden knowledge.
D all things in life exist on some beliefs
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. Believe it or not, change is to human existence what the blood is to the human body. We live in an era of amazing .... (16) change spawned by advancing technology and industrialization. However, man's .... (17) promoting and defending change in a deliberate effort to establish .... (18) that stimulates advancement for man's concern is proving unfavourable to the climate with threatening .... (19). Human-induced climate change has awakened widespread concern across the globe. As a matter of fact, climate change is now .... (20) global issue. It is a major test of Africa's .... (21)! The fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that human actions are changing the earth's climate and creating major disturbances in human .... (22) and ecosystems. The IPCC reports that the world has warmed by an average of 0.76°C since pre-industrial times. The rising global .... (23) for energy and the adverse changes in the climate put the earth and its inhabitants in a catch-22 situation. Again, if the effects of climate change on each were commensurate with the level of greenhouse .... (24) it spews out, perhaps Africa would have been spared and would probably be just an amused spectator. But as it is, this is not the case. Here again, we see well-meaning global citizens appealing for the rest of the world to take responsibility for the problems of Africa, a strategy that cannot, thus far, be termed .... (25).
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Q4633. We live in an era of amazing .... change
A well-defined
B fast-paced
C favourable
D social
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Q4634. man's .... promoting and defending change
A knowledge of
B attitude to
C commitment to
D opinion of
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Q4635. to establish .... that stimulate advancement
A customs
B companies
C trade-zones
D variations
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Q4636. with threatening ....
A repercussions
B clouds
C pressure
D implication
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Q4637. climate change is now .... global issue
A an acceptable
B a foremost
C the only
D the last
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Q4638. It is a major test of Africa's ....
A popularity
B energy
C ingenuity
D incapability
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Q4639. creating major disturbances in human .... and ecosystems
A geography
B societies
C systems
D life
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Q4640. The rising global .... for energy
A command
B demand
C warming
D supply
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Q4641. commensurate with the level of greenhouse .... it spews out
A structure
B paints
C emulsion
D emissions
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Q4642. a strategy that cannot, thus far, be termed ....
A notable
B liable
C credible
D flexible
Instruction
In questions 26 to 30, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
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Q4643. Hardworking students must not have a finger in every pie at school.
A Hardworking students must have a role to play in most activities in the school.
B Only hardworking students must participate in all activities in the school.
C Hardworking students do not participate in all activities in the school.
D Hardworking students must ask others to participate in school activities.
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Q4644. The vice chancellor is riding the crest of the last quarter of his administration.
A The vice chancellor enjoys the acknowledgement of the success of his administration.
B The vice chancellor does not enjoy the people's criticism of his administration.
C The vice chancellor hopes to overcome soon the poor comments on his administration.
D The vice chancellor does not talk of his success in office.
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Q4645. She was absolved by the court from the charge.
A She was convicted for the charge
B She was blamed and charged to court
C Her case was resolved by the court.
D She was declared free from the charge.
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Q4646. The landlord is fond of throwing his weight about.
A The landlord likes healthy exercise
B The landlord is overweight
C The landlord gives orders to people
D The landlord is respected by the tenants
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Q4647. The company ought to have issued warrants for one billion shares.
A The company has issued one billion shares.
B The management expected the company to issue more than one billion shares.
C Members of the company bought less than one billion shares.
D The company did not issue one billion shares.
Instruction
In questions 31 to 50, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4648. Good students can easily identify spurious arguments.
A genuine
B interesting
C false
D illogical
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Q4649. 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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Q4650. He and his lieutenants have been accused of remaining intransigent.
A rigid
B stubborn
C compromising
D popular