JAMB - English Language (1982)

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    Monisola is sure to pass in September. She .... hard since the beginning of this term.
    Risposta
    (E)
    has been working
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    The old shoemaker at the corner of our street is .... so i hope you will patronize him
    Risposta
    (E)
    a close friend
  • 3
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    The students in my junior class seem to have performed .... they did last year
    Risposta
    (B)
    more brilliant than
  • 4
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    After the 1980 Ogunpa floods, our association received many letters from those adversely affected and we resolved to ....
    Risposta
    (A)
    Assist them
  • 5
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    Jane and Jarawa love …. Very much.
    Risposta
    (B)
    Each other
  • 6
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    I shall travel to Lagos by …. Next week.
    Risposta
    (D)
    Air or by road
  • 7
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    You can never get …. With stealing the presidential jet. You will be caught.
    Risposta
    (B)
    Away
  • 8
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    She got into trouble because she refused to listen to the …. given by her friends and relatives.
    Risposta
    (D)
    Advice
  • 9

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    The armed robbers stabbed the driver …. the back

    Risposta
    (A)
    In
  • 10
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    I ….. him before he came into the room.
    Risposta
    (E)
    Had seen
  • 11
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    I am disappointed …. the ways you conducted yourself at the party.
    Risposta
    (D)
    At
  • 12
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    You can go on; I …. what you are saying.
    Risposta
    (E)
    Understand
  • 13
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    When we were coming back from the picnic last Friday, there …. on EKO bridge.
    Risposta
    (B)
    Was much traffic
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    I have refused to give him my pen because I don’t want him to ….. it again.
    Risposta
    (C)
    Lose
  • 15
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    We were all delighted when the beautiful lady in our house ….. a bouncing baby boy.
    Risposta
    (D)
    Gave birth to
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    Always remember to ….. the lights before leaving the room.
    Risposta
    (E)
    Switch off
  • 17
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    I’m sorry I can’t go to the theatre with you as I have …. to do.
    Risposta
    (D)
    Much work
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    The wicked boy threw a stone at the bird smashing …. two legs.
    Risposta
    (A)
    Its
  • 19
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    When the policemen received …. about the hideout of the armed robbers, they went there in full force to arrest them.
    Risposta
    (E)
    Full information
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    On such an important ….all the guests were expected to be at their best.
    Risposta
    (B)
    Occasion
  • 21
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    Chike, who plays in the first eleven, is an expert …. dribbling
    Risposta
    (C)
    At
  • 22

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    Musa asked Asmau what she …. Since, he last saw her.

    Risposta
    (B)
    had been doing
  • 23
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    The violent storm that occurred on Easter Monday destroyed many houses and caused …. in Lagos generally.
    Risposta
    (B)
    Much damage
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    Would you mind …. the door, please?
    Risposta
    (C)
    Shutting
  • 25
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    The angry woman shouted and cursed in language .... shocking for words
    Risposta
    (E)
    too
  • 26
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    The evidence of all the accused persons .... by the judge sitting at No 2 Assizes last week.
    Risposta
    (B)
    was disbelieved
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    There are puddles in the road. It ....
    Risposta
    (E)
    must have been raining
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    By next June he .... four novels
    Risposta
    (C)
    will have written
  • 29
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    Do come tonight, but don't expect me to speak to you because i .... an interesting programme on television when you arrive
    Risposta
    (D)
    shall be watching
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    .... any good films lately?
    Risposta
    (B)
    Have you seen
  • 31
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    His hair needs ....
    Risposta
    (E)
    cutting
  • 32
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    .... fewer strikes since the profit-sharing schemes were introduced.
    Risposta
    (A)
    There have been
  • 33
    Everybody hates .... kept waiting
    Risposta
    (B)
    being
  • 34
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    I am not used to .... on the left
    Risposta
    (C)
    driving
  • 35
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    What made you ... that?
    Risposta
    (E)
    say
  • 36
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    Radium .... Maria Sklodowska Curie.
    Risposta
    (D)
    was discovered by
  • 37
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    His English was so good that he .... for an Englishman
    Risposta
    (C)
    was taken
  • 38
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    If you .... me that you had run out of petrol, i would have given you some.
    Risposta
    (E)
    had told
  • 39

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    X: How do you want to be paid? In cash or by cheque?

    Y: They asked him .... in cash or by cheque

    Risposta
    (B)
    whether he wanted to be paid
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    Can you buy African souvenirs in any other shops? OR .... can you buy African souvenirs?
    Risposta
    (D)
    Where else
  • 41
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    Put .... your watch, it is half an hour fast.
    Risposta
    (E)
    back
  • 42
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    You look very tired, a cup of tea will .... you some good!
    Risposta
    (B)
    do
  • 43
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    when he was knocked on the head, he fell to the ground ....
    Risposta
    (C)
    unconscious
  • 44
    There was a loud bang .... we thought it was the television, but it wasn't
    Risposta
    (B)
    at first
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    Plans for a rise in production .... through when a strike started
    Risposta
    (E)
    fell
  • 46
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    She used to be very untidy but she has grown ... it now
    Risposta
    (A)
    out of
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    In the past 20 years, many patients .... by the doctors in the specialist hospital.
    Risposta
    (C)
    have been treated
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    The catering manageress saw to it that the morning meal .... by 07.00 hours everyday
    Risposta
    (D)
    was prepared
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    It .... so hard that all the cars have stopped moving.
    Risposta
    (C)
    is raining
  • 50
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    When next i come to see you, you ... in your new home.
    Risposta
    (B)
    will already be living
  • 51
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    .... to your birthday party in September?
    Risposta
    (A)
    May i come
  • 52
    Choose the word or phrase from the option A-E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    The minister hit on a plan to retain his post after many months of lobbying
    Risposta
    (C)
    discovered a plan
  • 53
    Choose the word or phrase from the options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    The students decided to go without breakfast in order to save money for the needy. They decided to
    Risposta
    (D)
    forgo breakfast
  • 54
    Choose the word or phrase from the options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    Ekwensi's account with the Naira bank is in the red. His account
    Risposta
    (B)
    is overdrawn
  • 55
    Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    He is traveling tomorrow.
    Risposta
    (B)
    He will travel tomorrow
  • 56
    Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    He should be able to do it alone.
    Risposta
    (B)
    He ought to be able to do it alone
  • 57
    Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    He will smoke continuously when he is depressed
    Risposta
    (A)
    He smokes continuously whenever he is depressed
  • 58
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    Shade is to come home tomorrow
    Risposta
    (D)
    Shade is expected to come home tomorrow
  • 59
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    John must be happy today
    Risposta
    (A)
    I am sure John is happy today
  • 60
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    You can talk to her.
    Risposta
    (E)
    A & D
  • 61
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    The general promised the soldier would go back to the barracks
    Risposta
    (D)
    soldiers' quarters
  • 62
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    My mother has refused to come to live in Lagos because she prefers the tranquil life in the village to the hurly burly of the city.
    Risposta
    (C)
    peaceful
  • 63
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    Most of the time my Boss tells cock and bull stories
    Risposta
    (D)
    untrue
  • 64
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need
    Risposta
    (A)
    Abandoned him
  • 65
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    When you go to a foreign country to study, you will discover that life is not always a bed of roses.
    Risposta
    (A)
    as pleasant as one thought
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    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    A lorry larger than an elephant was stuck on the bridge.
    Risposta
    (E)
    of enormous proportions
  • 67
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    There is an end - of - session party tonight but Sola hasn't finished her term paper.She's unlikely to come
    Risposta
    (A)
    I doubt whether she will come
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    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
    Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.
    Risposta
    (E)
    Very little was owed by anyone to anybody
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    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    While most of our recently elected legislators are living a life of affluence and ostentation the vast majority of those who elected them into office are unhappy
    Risposta
    (C)
    poverty
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    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    It is generally believed that misers are not loved by many
    Risposta
    (A)
    spendthrifts
  • 71
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    My brother's primary school foundation was solid and this affected his secondary education
    Risposta
    (D)
    weak
  • 72
    Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
    Politicians and holders of political appointments are generally assumed to be cunning:
    Risposta
    (B)
    straightforward
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    Olumba wore amulet because he
    Risposta
    (E)
    believe in thier power of protection
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    Olumba looked upwards because
    Risposta
    (B)
    this was his usual practice
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    'Poaching'means
    Risposta
    (A)
    stealing
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    The chief called meeting because
    Risposta
    (D)
    the elders had devised a plan to prevent the poaching
  • 77
    According to the passage Nigeria used to be the be the world's biggest producer of
    Risposta
    (D)
    groundnuts and columbites
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    select the statement supported by the passage
    Risposta
    (A)
    Ghana produced more cocoa than Nigeria
  • 79
    Timber can be made into
    Risposta
    (B)
    plywood sheets
  • 80
    The narrator is a farmer
    Risposta
    (B)
    tapper
  • 81
    the soldiers had come to
    Risposta
    (D)
    force him into the army
  • 82
    The army was short of personnel because the soldiers
    Risposta
    (D)
    could not find people willing to sign on
  • 83
    from the man's concluding statement, you can infer that
    Risposta
    (A)
    the war had to be brought to an end
  • 84
    what was the first insult to the princess' dignity?
    Risposta
    (B)
    being ordered to wait amongst a crowd of people
  • 85
    who did Nzinga want to see?
    Risposta
    (D)
    Joao de Souza
  • 86
    why did Nzinga became very impatient? because
    Risposta
    (A)
    she was made to wait to see the governor
  • 87
    Why were the courtiers amazed?
    Risposta
    (A)
    none of them would have dared to speak to the Governor like the she did
  • 88
    This story shows that
    Risposta
    (C)
    Nzinga was a proud and fearless woman
  • 89
    from this passage it is clear that professor Ikin
    Risposta
    (B)
    doesn't value what his wife says
  • 90
    Dr. Okon cannot be seen as a threat to professor Ikin because
    Risposta
    (A)
    he is very junior to professor Ikin in the university hierarchy