2019 JAMB Use of English Past Questions CBT

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PASSAGE I

The root of the problems which bedevil rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to the sad fact that work opportunities are so restricted that they cannot work their way out of poverty and misery. Though a great number of Nigerians still live in the villages and small towns, work opportunities exist mainly in the big cities where development efforts are concentrated. The reason usually given for this obvious lapse is that it is easier to establish industries and to find finance and markets to keep them going in the big cities and towns than in the rural areas where productivity is low because of mass illiteracy and poverty.

As capital is the product of human work, rural dwellers who are desperate enough to overcome poverty often leave the villages in search of some kind of existence in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural unemployment in Nigeria produces mass migration into the cities, leading to a rate of urban growth which seriously taxes the resources of even the biggest cities like Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the sad experience of these cities, it is easy to see how rural unemployment can become urban unemployment with the attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding and the growth of shanties or slums.

Such problems cannot be wished away but will remain with us until deliberate efforts are made to bring health to economic life outside the big cities in order to check the migration of destitute rural dwellers into towns and cities that cannot absorb them.

It is necessary, therefore, that at least an important part of the development effort should bypass the big cities and be concerned with the provision of viable infrastructure in the small towns and villages. In this connection, it is necessary to emphasize that the primary need is workplaces. The task should be to bring into existence thousands or millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns in order to maximize work opportunities for rural dwellers.

For this proposition to make sense, first, the work opportunities should be created in the rural areas where the majority of the people live, not where they tend to migrate for lack of opportunities. Second, the production methods employed must be relatively simple, so that the demand for high skills is minimized, not only in the production process itself but also in matters of organization, raw material supply, financing, marketing and so forth. Third, production should be mainly from local materials and for local use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be cheap enough so that they can be created in large numbers. These four requirements together meet the description of what is usually called ‘cottage industry’. Millions of them are needed for rural transformation in Nigeria and to check the dangerous process of mutual poisoning between urban and rural areas in the country.

The expression  As capital is the product of human work seems to support the argument that;

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PASSAGE I

The root of the problems which bedevil rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to the sad fact that work opportunities are so restricted that they cannot work their way out of poverty and misery. Though a great number of Nigerians still live in the villages and small towns, work opportunities exist mainly in the big cities where development efforts are concentrated. The reason usually given for this obvious lapse is that it is easier to establish industries and to find finance and markets to keep them going in the big cities and towns than in the rural areas where productivity is low because of mass illiteracy and poverty.

As capital is the product of human work, rural dwellers who are desperate enough to overcome poverty often leave the villages in search of some kind of existence in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural unemployment in Nigeria produces mass migration into the cities, leading to a rate of urban growth which seriously taxes the resources of even the biggest cities like Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the sad experience of these cities, it is easy to see how rural unemployment can become urban unemployment with the attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding and the growth of shanties or slums.

Such problems cannot be wished away but will remain with us until deliberate efforts are made to bring health to economic life outside the big cities in order to check the migration of destitute rural dwellers into towns and cities that cannot absorb them.

It is necessary, therefore, that at least an important part of the development effort should bypass the big cities and be concerned with the provision of viable infrastructure in the small towns and villages. In this connection, it is necessary to emphasize that the primary need is workplaces. The task should be to bring into existence thousands or millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns in order to maximize work opportunities for rural dwellers.

For this proposition to make sense, first, the work opportunities should be created in the rural areas where the majority of the people live, not where they tend to migrate for lack of opportunities. Second, the production methods employed must be relatively simple, so that the demand for high skills is minimized, not only in the production process itself but also in matters of organization, raw material supply, financing, marketing and so forth. Third, production should be mainly from local materials and for local use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be cheap enough so that they can be created in large numbers. These four requirements together meet the description of what is usually called ‘cottage industry’. Millions of them are needed for rural transformation in Nigeria and to check the dangerous process of mutual poisoning between urban and rural areas in the country.

The expression mutual poisoning as used in the passage, suggests that;

Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows.

PASSAGE I

The root of the problems which bedevil rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to the sad fact that work opportunities are so restricted that they cannot work their way out of poverty and misery. Though a great number of Nigerians still live in the villages and small towns, work opportunities exist mainly in the big cities where development efforts are concentrated. The reason usually given for this obvious lapse is that it is easier to establish industries and to find finance and markets to keep them going in the big cities and towns than in the rural areas where productivity is low because of mass illiteracy and poverty.

As capital is the product of human work, rural dwellers who are desperate enough to overcome poverty often leave the villages in search of some kind of existence in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural unemployment in Nigeria produces mass migration into the cities, leading to a rate of urban growth which seriously taxes the resources of even the biggest cities like Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the sad experience of these cities, it is easy to see how rural unemployment can become urban unemployment with the attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding and the growth of shanties or slums.

Such problems cannot be wished away but will remain with us until deliberate efforts are made to bring health to economic life outside the big cities in order to check the migration of destitute rural dwellers into towns and cities that cannot absorb them.

It is necessary, therefore, that at least an important part of the development effort should bypass the big cities and be concerned with the provision of viable infrastructure in the small towns and villages. In this connection, it is necessary to emphasize that the primary need is workplaces. The task should be to bring into existence thousands or millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns in order to maximize work opportunities for rural dwellers.

For this proposition to make sense, first, the work opportunities should be created in the rural areas where the majority of the people live, not where they tend to migrate for lack of opportunities. Second, the production methods employed must be relatively simple, so that the demand for high skills is minimized, not only in the production process itself but also in matters of organization, raw material supply, financing, marketing and so forth. Third, production should be mainly from local materials and for local use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be cheap enough so that they can be created in large numbers. These four requirements together meet the description of what is usually called ‘cottage industry’. Millions of them are needed for rural transformation in Nigeria and to check the dangerous process of mutual poisoning between urban and rural areas in the country.

The writer describes the features of a “cottage industry” as;

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PASSAGE I

The root of the problems which bedevil rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to the sad fact that work opportunities are so restricted that they cannot work their way out of poverty and misery. Though a great number of Nigerians still live in the villages and small towns, work opportunities exist mainly in the big cities where development efforts are concentrated. The reason usually given for this obvious lapse is that it is easier to establish industries and to find finance and markets to keep them going in the big cities and towns than in the rural areas where productivity is low because of mass illiteracy and poverty.

As capital is the product of human work, rural dwellers who are desperate enough to overcome poverty often leave the villages in search of some kind of existence in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural unemployment in Nigeria produces mass migration into the cities, leading to a rate of urban growth which seriously taxes the resources of even the biggest cities like Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the sad experience of these cities, it is easy to see how rural unemployment can become urban unemployment with the attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding and the growth of shanties or slums.

Such problems cannot be wished away but will remain with us until deliberate efforts are made to bring health to economic life outside the big cities in order to check the migration of destitute rural dwellers into towns and cities that cannot absorb them.

It is necessary, therefore, that at least an important part of the development effort should bypass the big cities and be concerned with the provision of viable infrastructure in the small towns and villages. In this connection, it is necessary to emphasize that the primary need is workplaces. The task should be to bring into existence thousands or millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns in order to maximize work opportunities for rural dwellers.

For this proposition to make sense, first, the work opportunities should be created in the rural areas where the majority of the people live, not where they tend to migrate for lack of opportunities. Second, the production methods employed must be relatively simple, so that the demand for high skills is minimized, not only in the production process itself but also in matters of organization, raw material supply, financing, marketing and so forth. Third, production should be mainly from local materials and for local use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be cheap enough so that they can be created in large numbers. These four requirements together meet the description of what is usually called ‘cottage industry’. Millions of them are needed for rural transformation in Nigeria and to check the dangerous process of mutual poisoning between urban and rural areas in the country.

Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

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PASSAGE I

The root of the problems which bedevil rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to the sad fact that work opportunities are so restricted that they cannot work their way out of poverty and misery. Though a great number of Nigerians still live in the villages and small towns, work opportunities exist mainly in the big cities where development efforts are concentrated. The reason usually given for this obvious lapse is that it is easier to establish industries and to find finance and markets to keep them going in the big cities and towns than in the rural areas where productivity is low because of mass illiteracy and poverty.

As capital is the product of human work, rural dwellers who are desperate enough to overcome poverty often leave the villages in search of some kind of existence in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural unemployment in Nigeria produces mass migration into the cities, leading to a rate of urban growth which seriously taxes the resources of even the biggest cities like Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the sad experience of these cities, it is easy to see how rural unemployment can become urban unemployment with the attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding and the growth of shanties or slums.

Such problems cannot be wished away but will remain with us until deliberate efforts are made to bring health to economic life outside the big cities in order to check the migration of destitute rural dwellers into towns and cities that cannot absorb them.

It is necessary, therefore, that at least an important part of the development effort should bypass the big cities and be concerned with the provision of viable infrastructure in the small towns and villages. In this connection, it is necessary to emphasize that the primary need is workplaces. The task should be to bring into existence thousands or millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns in order to maximize work opportunities for rural dwellers.

For this proposition to make sense, first, the work opportunities should be created in the rural areas where the majority of the people live, not where they tend to migrate for lack of opportunities. Second, the production methods employed must be relatively simple, so that the demand for high skills is minimized, not only in the production process itself but also in matters of organization, raw material supply, financing, marketing and so forth. Third, production should be mainly from local materials and for local use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be cheap enough so that they can be created in large numbers. These four requirements together meet the description of what is usually called ‘cottage industry’. Millions of them are needed for rural transformation in Nigeria and to check the dangerous process of mutual poisoning between urban and rural areas in the country.

In the first sentence of the passage, the word work used differently, can be explained as;

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PASSAGE II

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must, however, ask of what real value political and legal equality are to a man who has no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, and no chance to earn a livelihood. What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizens a minimum status protection against deprivation, losses and fears.

In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidized housing, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustices and inequalities of the coloured citizens of the USA, and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

A suitable title for this passage is;

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PASSAGE II

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must, however, ask of what real value political and legal equality are to a man who has no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, and no chance to earn a livelihood. What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizens a minimum status protection against deprivation, losses and fears.

In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidized housing, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustices and inequalities of the coloured citizens of the USA, and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

One of the social services provided by democratic nations is;

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PASSAGE II

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must, however, ask of what real value political and legal equality are to a man who has no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, and no chance to earn a livelihood. What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizens a minimum status protection against deprivation, losses and fears.

In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidized housing, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustices and inequalities of the coloured citizens of the USA, and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

According to the passage, a democratic nation is one which;

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PASSAGE II

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must, however, ask of what real value political and legal equality are to a man who has no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, and no chance to earn a livelihood. What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizens a minimum status protection against deprivation, losses and fears.

In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidized housing, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustices and inequalities of the coloured citizens of the USA, and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

It could be deduced from the passage that;

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PASSAGE II

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must, however, ask of what real value political and legal equality are to a man who has no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, and no chance to earn a livelihood. What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizens a minimum status protection against deprivation, losses and fears.

In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidized housing, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustices and inequalities of the coloured citizens of the USA, and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

From the passage, it is obvious that;

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The paper carries many humorous cartoons on Saturdays.

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All through his years in public office, he found his father’s advice invaluable.

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The lecturer was merely obfuscating the issue with his endless examples.

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Such measures end up exacerbating the pain.

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In a sentence, there must always be concord between a subject and its verb.

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As soon as the headmaster appeared, the chanting resumed.

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In the course of the debate, the speakers were advised to summarize their points.

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The elderly often fulminate against the apparent indolence of the young generation.

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We shall discourage further investment in existing factories.

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Nigeria is gradually experiencing economic recession.

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Mr. Okon has been described as an eagle eyed editor.

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The man was able to persuade his willful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her.

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That punch by the young boxer proved to be fatal.

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The governor told the chief that he was only on a routine tour.

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The boy was told that he would need several more pints of blood if he was to survive.

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In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor’s pleasantries.

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The presence of the security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents.

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Though David’s condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

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The essay topic is nebulous.

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I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman.

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I do not think any person would have acted in such a _____ manner.

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Neither Agbo nor his parents __________ the meetings now.

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Modern dancing has become rather specific and so requires ________

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Had he considered his public image carefully, he ________ for his opponent in the election.

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The government which _________ recruiting ________ workers suddenly stopped doing so.

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Of course, we all saw the culprit ___________ and hit the man on the head.

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A child that shows mature characteristics at an early age may be described as __________

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The company director showed the contractor a __________ of the proposed office complex.

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_________ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat.

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This imposing edifice _________ a fortune to build.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 41.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 42.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 43.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 44.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 45.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 46.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 47.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 48.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 49.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for gap 50.

It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common –41– which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses, when he can, the method of the controlled –42–. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stands in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other –43– (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables –44– and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This –45– of using “controls” can be applied to a variety of situations and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as “must moisture be present if –46– is to rust?” and “which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one –47–?”

In the course of his –48–, the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts. The explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called –49–. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a –50–.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Ever

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Permit

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Mail

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Bore

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Head

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Sky

In the question below, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentence relates.

Adamu is leaving a CAR behind.

In the question below, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentence relates.

Lambusa TOOK OFF the wig.

In the question below, choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The symbols are written in capital letters. 

Comfortable

In the question below, choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The symbols are written in capital letters. 

Incapacitate