JAMB Use of English 1980

Question 1

The great herald of things to come was Ezekiel, not only in the sense that he predicted the future, but also because in the manner and content of his prophetic ministry, he foreshadowed many of the important religious developments, which were characteristics of the age after the Exile. He, rather than Ezra, was the founder of Judaism. He not only pointed forward; but as we shall see, he represented some of the great elements in Israel’s religious past. The book which bears his name is outwardly impressive in its orderliness and symmetry and in the careful chronological arrangement of its contents. It purports to present the record of prophecies uttered in the Babylonian Exile between 593 and 571 B.C and for long this was not seriously questioned. Even when other prophetic books have been dissected and assigned to sundry authors and editors, this book continued to be regarded by most scholars as having come into its entirety from Ezekiel. Then came a period in which many extreme theories were advanced, assigning much of it to other hands or presupposing complicated processes of editorial revision, or dating the book to a period much later than the Babylonian Exile, or maintaining that Ezekiel’s ministry was not exercised in Babylonia but in Palestine, or at least was begun there. Such theories have been subjected to damaging criticism and are now somewhat discredited. The account of Ezekiel’s ministry and teaching is based on the view that he lived and worked among the exile in Babylonia, at the period indicated, and the bulk of the material in the book comes from him, though, like other prophetic collections, it owes much in its compilation, arrangement and transmission to prophetic disciples

Ezekiel was a great herald of things to come because

1. he was a prophet
2. he preached about events which were to characterize the period after the Exile
3. God showed him what was going to happen after exile
4. he ran a prophetic ministry
5. God was with him

Question 2

The great herald of things to come was Ezekiel, not only in the sense that he predicted the future, but also because in the manner and content of his prophetic ministry, he foreshadowed many of the important religious developments, which were characteristics of the age after the Exile. He, rather than Ezra, was the founder of Judaism. He not only pointed forward; but as we shall see, he represented some of the great elements in Israel’s religious past. The book which bears his name is outwardly impressive in its orderliness and symmetry and in the careful chronological arrangement of its contents. It purports to present the record of prophecies uttered in the Babylonian Exile between 593 and 571 B.C and for long this was not seriously questioned. Even when other prophetic books have been dissected and assigned to sundry authors and editors, this book continued to be regarded by most scholars as having come into its entirety from Ezekiel. Then came a period in which many extreme theories were advanced, assigning much of it to other hands or presupposing complicated processes of editorial revision, or dating the book to a period much later than the Babylonian Exile, or maintaining that Ezekiel’s ministry was not exercised in Babylonia but in Palestine, or at least was begun there. Such theories have been subjected to damaging criticism and are now somewhat discredited. The account of Ezekiel’s ministry and teaching is based on the view that he lived and worked among the exile in Babylonia, at the period indicated, and the bulk of the material in the book comes from him, though, like other prophetic collections, it owes much in its compilation, arrangement and transmission to prophetic disciples

in his work, Ezekiel

1. was friendly with Ezra
2. founded Judaism in conjunction with Ezra
3. had a large religious following
4. forged a link between the past and the future
5. demonstrated that he was a man of God

Question 3

The great herald of things to come was Ezekiel, not only in the sense that he predicted the future, but also because in the manner and content of his prophetic ministry, he foreshadowed many of the important religious developments, which were characteristics of the age after the Exile. He, rather than Ezra, was the founder of Judaism. He not only pointed forward; but as we shall see, he represented some of the great elements in Israel’s religious past. The book which bears his name is outwardly impressive in its orderliness and symmetry and in the careful chronological arrangement of its contents. It purports to present the record of prophecies uttered in the Babylonian Exile between 593 and 571 B.C and for long this was not seriously questioned. Even when other prophetic books have been dissected and assigned to sundry authors and editors, this book continued to be regarded by most scholars as having come into its entirety from Ezekiel. Then came a period in which many extreme theories were advanced, assigning much of it to other hands or presupposing complicated processes of editorial revision, or dating the book to a period much later than the Babylonian Exile, or maintaining that Ezekiel’s ministry was not exercised in Babylonia but in Palestine, or at least was begun there. Such theories have been subjected to damaging criticism and are now somewhat discredited. The account of Ezekiel’s ministry and teaching is based on the view that he lived and worked among the exile in Babylonia, at the period indicated, and the bulk of the material in the book comes from him, though, like other prophetic collections, it owes much in its compilation, arrangement and transmission to prophetic disciples

By and large critics of Ezekiel and his work were

1. successful
2. ungodly
3. unsuccessful
4. jealous
5. angered by his acceptance

Question 4

The great herald of things to come was Ezekiel, not only in the sense that he predicted the future, but also because in the manner and content of his prophetic ministry, he foreshadowed many of the important religious developments, which were characteristics of the age after the Exile. He, rather than Ezra, was the founder of Judaism. He not only pointed forward; but as we shall see, he represented some of the great elements in Israel’s religious past. The book which bears his name is outwardly impressive in its orderliness and symmetry and in the careful chronological arrangement of its contents. It purports to present the record of prophecies uttered in the Babylonian Exile between 593 and 571 B.C and for long this was not seriously questioned. Even when other prophetic books have been dissected and assigned to sundry authors and editors, this book continued to be regarded by most scholars as having come into its entirety from Ezekiel. Then came a period in which many extreme theories were advanced, assigning much of it to other hands or presupposing complicated processes of editorial revision, or dating the book to a period much later than the Babylonian Exile, or maintaining that Ezekiel’s ministry was not exercised in Babylonia but in Palestine, or at least was begun there. Such theories have been subjected to damaging criticism and are now somewhat discredited. The account of Ezekiel’s ministry and teaching is based on the view that he lived and worked among the exile in Babylonia, at the period indicated, and the bulk of the material in the book comes from him, though, like other prophetic collections, it owes much in its compilation, arrangement and transmission to prophetic disciples

when other prophetic book where discredited, Ezekiel's book was accepted because

1. the people loved him
2. the other prophetic writers were not an original
3. the critics were biased in their judgement
4. he was a great prophet
5. his work was convincingly documented

Question 6

Although our aim is to nurture healthy children, Nigerian children are still subjected to severe physical and mental stress as they develop. So far, our interest and activities have been to ensure their physical well-being through the reduction of high mortality and morbidity rates, still inadequate as this may be. But we need to examine from time to time the other needs of the Nigerian child which will ensure a totally healthy development. We are split between two cultures – our traditional and the Western, a relic of our colonial past. This also affects our child-rearing practices. Therefore, these practices must have a very important bearing on how the child is prepared for our world of today so that he fits into our disturbed cultural milieu. Different styles of child-rearing and education can produce different personalities in terms of motivation, aggressiveness, achievement and integration of the individual into the community socially and culturally. It is important that, while we struggle with the visible organic disease, we fix our gaze on the other important measures to attain this end – a healthy child. The process of social adjustment begins from the moment of birth. Many of our traditional birth practices ensure that the mother either carries or suckles her child immediately after birth. The baby therefore comes into close contact with the mother at this critical time. Moreover she is forced to stay indoors with the baby for varying periods of time. By this means, the attachment of the baby to the mother, so essential for the child’s ability to relate to her in future is secured. This crucial moment in the baby’s life is now being recognized in the Western countries, whilst birth practices in some hospital and maternity homes separate mother and child immediately after birth to the extent that their ability to develop a close relationship may be jeopardized. Our Nigerian child of today may, therefore, be worse off than that of yesterday. As we move towards the training of our traditional birth attendants with a view to incorporating them into our health services, healthy practices such as the one described above must be maintained and encouraged

According to the passage, ensuring a totally healthy child requires that

1. it is necessary to concentrate on the child's physical well-being alone
2. it is essential to reduce the high child mortality and morbidity rate
3. it is necessary to take care of other things in addition to the child's physical well-being
4. it is important to keep to the rules of hygiene
5. it is necessary to copy foreign ways of bringing up children

Question 7

Although our aim is to nurture healthy children, Nigerian children are still subjected to severe physical and mental stress as they develop. So far, our interest and activities have been to ensure their physical well-being through the reduction of high mortality and morbidity rates, still inadequate as this may be. But we need to examine from time to time the other needs of the Nigerian child which will ensure a totally healthy development. We are split between two cultures – our traditional and the Western, a relic of our colonial past. This also affects our child-rearing practices. Therefore, these practices must have a very important bearing on how the child is prepared for our world of today so that he fits into our disturbed cultural milieu. Different styles of child-rearing and education can produce different personalities in terms of motivation, aggressiveness, achievement and integration of the individual into the community socially and culturally. It is important that, while we struggle with the visible organic disease, we fix our gaze on the other important measures to attain this end – a healthy child. The process of social adjustment begins from the moment of birth. Many of our traditional birth practices ensure that the mother either carries or suckles her child immediately after birth. The baby therefore comes into close contact with the mother at this critical time. Moreover she is forced to stay indoors with the baby for varying periods of time. By this means, the attachment of the baby to the mother, so essential for the child’s ability to relate to her in future is secured. This crucial moment in the baby’s life is now being recognized in the Western countries, whilst birth practices in some hospital and maternity homes separate mother and child immediately after birth to the extent that their ability to develop a close relationship may be jeopardized. Our Nigerian child of today may, therefore, be worse off than that of yesterday. As we move towards the training of our traditional birth attendants with a view to incorporating them into our health services, healthy practices such as the one described above must be maintained and encouraged

it is said that differences in ways of bringing up children and educating them

1. achieve the same results
2. are reflected in the personalities, attitudes and achievements of the individual
3. make people aggressive
4. have nothing to do with educational attainments
5. are a matter of the cultural background of the people

Question 8

Although our aim is to nurture healthy children, Nigerian children are still subjected to severe physical and mental stress as they develop. So far, our interest and activities have been to ensure their physical well-being through the reduction of high mortality and morbidity rates, still inadequate as this may be. But we need to examine from time to time the other needs of the Nigerian child which will ensure a totally healthy development. We are split between two cultures – our traditional and the Western, a relic of our colonial past. This also affects our child-rearing practices. Therefore, these practices must have a very important bearing on how the child is prepared for our world of today so that he fits into our disturbed cultural milieu. Different styles of child-rearing and education can produce different personalities in terms of motivation, aggressiveness, achievement and integration of the individual into the community socially and culturally. It is important that, while we struggle with the visible organic disease, we fix our gaze on the other important measures to attain this end – a healthy child. The process of social adjustment begins from the moment of birth. Many of our traditional birth practices ensure that the mother either carries or suckles her child immediately after birth. The baby therefore comes into close contact with the mother at this critical time. Moreover she is forced to stay indoors with the baby for varying periods of time. By this means, the attachment of the baby to the mother, so essential for the child’s ability to relate to her in future is secured. This crucial moment in the baby’s life is now being recognized in the Western countries, whilst birth practices in some hospital and maternity homes separate mother and child immediately after birth to the extent that their ability to develop a close relationship may be jeopardized. Our Nigerian child of today may, therefore, be worse off than that of yesterday. As we move towards the training of our traditional birth attendants with a view to incorporating them into our health services, healthy practices such as the one described above must be maintained and encouraged

According to the author, the traditional practices described are

1. are too uncivilized to be helpful to the child
2. need to be modernized
3. are very helpful to the proper growth of the child
4. make the child a stranger to modern civilization
5. are the cause of underdevelopment

Question 12

Over the years there has been this hue and cry by government and the public policy advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspects of this phenomenon which have resulted in the identification of the various causes and consequences of drift. In addition, prescriptions have been given for controlling the rural-urban drift. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farm lands; increase in school enrollment and the resultant rise in education levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural centers and the rather naïve one of the ‘bright lights’ in the cities so much touted by early foreign sociologists. The most often mentioned consequences of this rural-urban migration include depopulation of the rural area leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problems; decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities, and increasing urban unemployment. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative Measures to control the rural-urban drift include the establishment of essential amenities like water, electricity, hospitals, colleges, and cinema houses; the location of employment generating establishment and the building of good interconnecting roads. The sum total of these prescriptions in essence, unwittingly or paradoxically, is for the rural areas to be transformed into urban centers. This is so because to industrialize the rural areas would draw many more people out of agriculture than if industries were restricted to urban centers When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job, than is involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban center. Therefore, rural industrialization holds a higher potential for the de-agriculturalization of the rural population than when industries are concentrated in urban areas. The phenomenon of rural-urban migration has been intensively and extensively researched and studied, but it would seem that it has largely been misinterpreted and misunderstood. Consequently, public policies on the subject have been misdirected.

one of the reasons why people drift for the rural areas to the urban areas is

1. hunger resulting from drought
2. laziness and ignorant
3. better rural education and possession of qualifications which make better jobs available in urban areas
4. the easy life and comfort in the city
5. the freedom from traditional control and pagan practices

Question 14

Over the years there has been this hue and cry by government and the public policy advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspects of this phenomenon which have resulted in the identification of the various causes and consequences of drift. In addition, prescriptions have been given for controlling the rural-urban drift. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farm lands; increase in school enrollment and the resultant rise in education levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural centers and the rather naïve one of the ‘bright lights’ in the cities so much touted by early foreign sociologists. The most often mentioned consequences of this rural-urban migration include depopulation of the rural area leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problems; decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities, and increasing urban unemployment. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative Measures to control the rural-urban drift include the establishment of essential amenities like water, electricity, hospitals, colleges, and cinema houses; the location of employment generating establishment and the building of good interconnecting roads. The sum total of these prescriptions in essence, unwittingly or paradoxically, is for the rural areas to be transformed into urban centers. This is so because to industrialize the rural areas would draw many more people out of agriculture than if industries were restricted to urban centers When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job, than is involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban center. Therefore, rural industrialization holds a higher potential for the de-agriculturalization of the rural population than when industries are concentrated in urban areas. The phenomenon of rural-urban migration has been intensively and extensively researched and studied, but it would seem that it has largely been misinterpreted and misunderstood. Consequently, public policies on the subject have been misdirected.

one suggested solution to the problem is to

1. provide social amenities and create employment opportunities in rural areas
2. encourage mechanized agriculture in order to raise income
3. force the young rural people to stay by warning them about the problems in the cities
4. mount road blocks
5. lower the level of education in rural areas and increase qualification for employment in the cities

Question 18

I began work at the smithy on the Monday morning. My wages were half a crown a week. My hours were from six in the morning till six in the night, with an hour break for lunch. My boss, Boeta Dick, was a tall, bent, reedy consumptive. He had a parched yellow skin, drawn tight over his jutting bones. His cheeks were so sunken it was as though he were permanently sucking them in. his eyes were far back in his head. He coughed violently, and beside his seat was a bucket of sand into which he spat. Changing the sand daily was the only part of my job I hated. The smithy was divided into two parts. At one end were the machines that cut, shaped, and put the tins together. The men who worked on the machines were on a regular weekly wage. At the other end, was a row of small furnaces, each with its own bellows and piles of fuel. Here, at each furnace a man sat soldering the seams of the tins as they came from machines. The solderers were on piece work. To average two or three pounds a week they had to do a mountainous amount of soldering. Each solderer had a boy to cart the tins from the machines to him, then to smear the seams of each tin with Sulphur powder so that the lead took easily and, after checking, to cart the tins to the yard where the Lorries collected them.

Without the solderers in the smithy

1. no work can be done
2. the boss will go into debt
3. the products cannot be completed
4. the boss will be unhappy
5. the other workers will not like their job

Question 19

I began work at the smithy on the Monday morning. My wages were half a crown a week. My hours were from six in the morning till six in the night, with an hour break for lunch. My boss, Boeta Dick, was a tall, bent, reedy consumptive. He had a parched yellow skin, drawn tight over his jutting bones. His cheeks were so sunken it was as though he were permanently sucking them in. his eyes were far back in his head. He coughed violently, and beside his seat was a bucket of sand into which he spat. Changing the sand daily was the only part of my job I hated. The smithy was divided into two parts. At one end were the machines that cut, shaped, and put the tins together. The men who worked on the machines were on a regular weekly wage. At the other end, was a row of small furnaces, each with its own bellows and piles of fuel. Here, at each furnace a man sat soldering the seams of the tins as they came from machines. The solderers were on piece work. To average two or three pounds a week they had to do a mountainous amount of soldering. Each solderer had a boy to cart the tins from the machines to him, then to smear the seams of each tin with Sulphur powder so that the lead took easily and, after checking, to cart the tins to the yard where the Lorries collected them.

The solderers received

1. occasional money for their work
2. too much for their work
3. just enough for their work
4. a fair wage
5. not so much as their work demanded

Question 21

Rufus Okeke – Roof, for short – was a very popular man in his village. Although the villagers did not explain it in so many words, Roof’s popularity was a measure of their gratitude to an energetic young man who unlike most of his fellows nowadays, had not abandoned the village in order to seek work, any work, in the towns. Roof was not a village tout either. Everyone knew how he had spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in Port-Harcourt and had given up of his own free will a bright future to return to his people and guide them in these political times. Not that Umuofia needed a lot of guidance. The village already belonged en masse to the People’s Alliance Party, and its most illustrious son, Chief the Honorable Marcus Ibe, was Minister of Culture in the outgoing government (which was pretty certain to be the incoming one as well). Nobody doubted that the Honorable Minister would be elected in his constituency. Opposition to him was like the proverbial fly trying to move a dung-hill. It would have been ridiculous enough without coming, as it did now, from a complete nonentity. As was to be expected, Roof was in the service of the Honorable Minister for the coming elections. He had become a real expert in election campaigning at all levels – villages, local government or national. He could tell the mood and temper of the electorate at any given time. For instance, he had warned the Minister months ago about the radical change that had come into the thinking of Umuofia since the last national election

Rufus Okeke was very popular with people because he

1. was energetic
2. has decided to pitch his tent with the villagers
3. did not like town life
4. could not live without his parents
5. made more money for the villagers

Question 25

Rufus Okeke – Roof, for short – was a very popular man in his village. Although the villagers did not explain it in so many words, Roof’s popularity was a measure of their gratitude to an energetic young man who unlike most of his fellows nowadays, had not abandoned the village in order to seek work, any work, in the towns. Roof was not a village tout either. Everyone knew how he had spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in Port-Harcourt and had given up of his own free will a bright future to return to his people and guide them in these political times. Not that Umuofia needed a lot of guidance. The village already belonged en masse to the People’s Alliance Party, and its most illustrious son, Chief the Honorable Marcus Ibe, was Minister of Culture in the outgoing government (which was pretty certain to be the incoming one as well). Nobody doubted that the Honorable Minister would be elected in his constituency. Opposition to him was like the proverbial fly trying to move a dung-hill. It would have been ridiculous enough without coming, as it did now, from a complete nonentity. As was to be expected, Roof was in the service of the Honorable Minister for the coming elections. He had become a real expert in election campaigning at all levels – villages, local government or national. He could tell the mood and temper of the electorate at any given time. For instance, he had warned the Minister months ago about the radical change that had come into the thinking of Umuofia since the last national election

which of the following statement would you consider correct with reference to Okeke as an election expert?

1. it is true that he was an expert
2. it is doubtful that he was an expert
3. it is most likely to be true that he was an expert
4. there are no election experts
5. he was not an election expert at all

Question 34

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If he had entered the room, I _____ him

1. saw
2. had seen
3. would have seen
4. may see
5. will see

Question 37

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “penury”: His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger

1. avariciousness
2. affluence
3. poverty
4. penny pinching
5. greed

Question 39

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “innocuous”: Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

1. harmful
2. harmless
3. innocent
4. immunized
5. conspicuous

Question 40

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “Colossal”: Colossal means

1. a Greek column
2. gigantic
3. something which has lost too much fluid
4. a calamity
5. the sale of colos

Question 45

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I am travelling by the 6:30 train tomorrow morning. Will you _____ me _____ ?

1. see/off
2. look/up
3. take/down
4. see/to
5. put/up

Question 46

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I am a student and _____ Musa. I left for the university, and _____ Musa

1. was, does
2. so is, so did
3. so was, so does
4. he is, he did
5. so he is, so he went

Question 47

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: You have been absent from classes for four months. How can you _____ for the lost time

1. make in
2. make up
3. make off
4. make out
5. make over

Question 48

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I am afraid you cannot use this telephone; it is _____

1. out of order
2. in order
3. for order
4. at order
5. with order

Question 49

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: You should make an _____ to improve the situation

1. effect
2. efficiency
3. effectiveness
4. effort
5. effectualness

Question 55

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He acts _____ he were a general manager

1. as
2. if
3. as if
4. so as
5. that

Question 56

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Must you say ‘Good morning’ to everybody in the street? No, _____

1. I needn’t
2. I mustn’t
3. I can’t
4. I do not need
5. I’ll have to

Question 59

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I _____ to gain admission to the college for the past three years

1. have been trying
2. tried
3. am trying
4. was trying
5. try

Question 60

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: _____ a lot of arguments for and against car loans in the press recently

1. There are
2. There has been
3. There have been
4. There is
5. There was

Question 63

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Will they sign any contracts at the Fair? They will not only sign the contracts but a lot of goods _____ as well

1. will buy
2. to buy
3. they buy
4. they bought
5. will be bought

Question 64

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I started writing this test at 8: 00 a.m. It is 10: 00 a.m. now. By 11: 00 a.m. I _____ it for three hours

1. shall be writing
2. have been writing
3. shall have been writing
4. am writing
5. was writing

Question 65

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “a freelance”: Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist

1. a forthright
2. an eloquent
3. an unattached
4. a political
5. a convincing

Question 67

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “point blank”: After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions, the poor husband accused her point blank of adultery

1. bluntly
2. pointedly
3. emphatically
4. unreservedly
5. mistakenly

Question 69

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “a cock and bull story”: I listened with rapt attention as he never suspected that I knew he was telling me a cock and bull story

1. a story about a cock
2. a story about bull
3. an incredible story
4. an interesting
5. an eye witness story

Question 70

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “immune”: When a man is immune to an illness, he is

1. opposed to it
2. attached to it
3. hated by it
4. protected against it
5. addicted to it

Question 71

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “lost ground”: The two boxers were neck and neck up till the sixth round but in the seventh and final round, the bigger one lost ground

1. could no longer stand on his feet
2. failed to maintain his position
3. was beaten
4. became dizzy
5. became a punching bag

Question 72

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “taking in”: While the mother and father were arguing furiously their small-boy sat patiently taking in everything they said

1. absorbing
2. accommodating
3. embracing
4. accepting
5. noting

Question 74

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “ostracized”: In some parts of our society, people are ostracized purely on the basis of their parentage

1. hated
2. disrespected
3. shut off from others
4. locked up
5. abandoned

Question 75

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “flanked”: Sitting majestically on his throne is the Oba of Benin flanked by some of his wives

1. surrounded
2. supported
3. guarded
4. protected
5. neglected

Question 76

Choose the option nearest in meaning to “unseemly”: In civilized society, it is unseemly to emit a loud belch at the end of a meal

1. noisy
2. annoying
3. stupid
4. outrageous
5. impolite

Question 77

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: As a result of the injury sustained on the football field, Segun was _____ with a broken leg for months

1. laid down
2. laid out
3. laid on
4. laid up
5. laid off

Question 78

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: the principal was able to establish a functional language laboratory for school because he acted _____ the advice of experts on the subject

1. through
2. at
3. from
4. on
5. by

Question 83

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: You cannot have a vague idea of the content of this comprehension text unless you first _____ the whole passage for a few minutes, said the teacher to his pupils.

1. digest
2. decipher
3. skim through
4. chew through
5. master

Question 84

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The prefect came to the class five minutes after the lesson _____

1. has started
2. had started
3. have started
4. is started
5. has been started

Question 85

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Bimbo sings beautifully _____ ?

1. isn't it
2. doesn't she
3. isn't she
4. does she
5. is she

Question 87

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: No sooner had the examination ended _____ the students started vacating the halls of residence

1. when
2. that
3. than
4. before
5. and

Question 92

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He must be a good student because he is a _____ reader

1. Romanesque
2. veracious
3. voracious
4. mendacious
5. sarcastic

Question 93

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: It is very difficult to capture the subtle _____ of words when translated from one language to another

1. essence
2. denotations
3. connotations
4. inflexions
5. insults

Question 96

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Every time you pay a bill you must insist _____ being given a receipt

1. in
2. from
3. on
4. by
5. onto