English Language JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

43

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

Cooking has never been Jumoke’s _____.

  • A. Forte.
  • B. Recital.
  • C. Conduct
  • D. Style.
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44

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

Those _____ are very beautiful.

  • A. Flowers of ours.
  • B. Flowers of her.
  • C. Flowers of her's.
  • D. Our flowers.
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45

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The words _____ divided between the end of one line.

  • A. Has being.
  • B. Have been.
  • C. Have being.
  • D. Has been.
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46

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A bike must have found the very interesting movies quite _____.

  • A. Perverting.
  • B. Absolving.
  • C. Absorbing.
  • D. Nauseating.
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47

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The woman refused to testify ______ her husband.

  • A. From.
  • B. In.
  • C. At.
  • D. Against.
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48

Choose the option that best complete the gap. The guard spent all the night pacing _____.

  • A. To and fro.
  • B. From and to.
  • C. Fro and to.
  • D. To and from.
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49

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The invigilator _____ to know how long the examination _____ going on.

  • A. Wanted/ had been.
  • B. Wanted/ has been.
  • C. Want/had been.
  • D. Wanted/have been.
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50

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

He went to the restaurant to enjoy the special _____.

  • A. Chef.
  • B. Suite.
  • C. Cuisine.
  • D. A la carte.
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51

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The president said that the country was not out of the _____ yet.

  • A. Wood.
  • B. Forest.
  • C. Fog.
  • D. Water.
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52

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

You may have the pencil, but you can’t have the ballpoint ________.

  • A. As well.
  • B. Either.
  • C. Futhermore.
  • D. Also.
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53

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At the _________ of the century, many ways of doing things were introduced.

  • A. Sight.
  • B. Turn.
  • C. Event.
  • D. Birth.
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54

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The house and the senate will at noon next Wednesday, _________ to hear a special address by the president.

  • A. Collude.
  • B. Convene.
  • C. Adjourn.
  • D. Rise.
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55

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

The dispute between the two countries has resulted in the severing of diplomatic relations.

  • A. Strenghtening.
  • B. Breaking.
  • C. Securing.
  • D. Swapping.
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56

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

All the researchers were asked to gather information on the new viral infection.

  • A. Give.
  • B. Collect.
  • C. Disseminate.
  • D. Distort.
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57

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.

  • A. Discover.
  • B. Invent.
  • C. Accumulate.
  • D. Allow.
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58

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

They accused him of fomenting political unrest.

  • A. Guiding.
  • B. Inciting.
  • C. Discouraging.
  • D. Preventing.
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59

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

The lazy man cast a lustful glance at his neighbour’s wife.

  • A. Envious.
  • B. Hateful.
  • C. Quick.
  • D. Covetous.
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60

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

The first round of the tournament was a doddle.

  • A. Exasperating.
  • B. Easy.
  • C. Balanced.
  • D. Dodgy.
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61

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

Joke gave Muhammad a jaunty smile.

  • A. A cheerful.
  • B. A discouraging.
  • C. An inviting.
  • D. A frightful.
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62

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

All the candidates looked aghast at the reading of the questions.

  • A. Relaxed.
  • B. Fulfilled.
  • C. Dismayed.
  • D. Satisfied.
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63

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

Today’s weather is favourable for a game of tennis.

  • A. Disapproving.
  • B. Impartial.
  • C. Abnormal.
  • D. Encouraging.
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