JSS1: English Language 3rd Term Examination Questions – Comprehension B

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Doyin warned her daughter when she showed her a gift from a customer. Sola was 13, her mother continued in a serious voice ‘Men always deceive young girls with gifts. At the end of the day, they destroy the girls’ futures by making them pregnant before the girls are ready for marriage. Face your studies. Read well, pass your exam and go to university. After that, you will get a good and nice husband. Sola thanked her mother and promised not to accept gifts from men again.

Doyin told her daughter the story of her life. Sola’s father, Okocha, used to drink in a beer palour Doyin worked and always kept his change for Doyin and gave her different types of gifts. They became friends until she realized that she was pregnant. Okocha abandoned her because her education stopped at the junior secondary level so she was not good enough for him, since then she has struggled with life as a single parent.

Having heard this, Sola made up her mind that she would not make her mother’s mistake. She faced her studies and did not allow men to deceive her. She did well in school, graduated, and became a medical doctor.

The first paragraph shows that Sola was _______

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Doyin warned her daughter when she showed her a gift from a customer. Sola was 13, her mother continued in a serious voice ‘Men always deceive young girls with gifts. At the end of the day, they destroy the girls’ futures by making them pregnant before the girls are ready for marriage. Face your studies. Read well, pass your exam and go to university. After that, you will get a good and nice husband. Sola thanked her mother and promised not to accept gifts from men again.

Doyin told her daughter the story of her life. Sola’s father, Okocha, used to drink in a beer palour Doyin worked and always kept his change for Doyin and gave her different types of gifts. They became friends until she realized that she was pregnant. Okocha abandoned her because her education stopped at the junior secondary level so she was not good enough for him, since then she has struggled with life as a single parent.

Having heard this, Sola made up her mind that she would not make her mother’s mistake. She faced her studies and did not allow men to deceive her. She did well in school, graduated, and became a medical doctor.

Sola’s mother believes that the benefits of a good education are:

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Doyin warned her daughter when she showed her a gift from a customer. Sola was 13, her mother continued in a serious voice ‘Men always deceive young girls with gifts. At the end of the day, they destroy the girls’ futures by making them pregnant before the girls are ready for marriage. Face your studies. Read well, pass your exam and go to university. After that, you will get a good and nice husband. Sola thanked her mother and promised not to accept gifts from men again.

Doyin told her daughter the story of her life. Sola’s father, Okocha, used to drink in a beer palour Doyin worked and always kept his change for Doyin and gave her different types of gifts. They became friends until she realized that she was pregnant. Okocha abandoned her because her education stopped at the junior secondary level so she was not good enough for him, since then she has struggled with life as a single parent.

Having heard this, Sola made up her mind that she would not make her mother’s mistake. She faced her studies and did not allow men to deceive her. She did well in school, graduated, and became a medical doctor.

Doyin said she was a single parent because

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Doyin warned her daughter when she showed her a gift from a customer. Sola was 13, her mother continued in a serious voice ‘Men always deceive young girls with gifts. At the end of the day, they destroy the girls’ futures by making them pregnant before the girls are ready for marriage. Face your studies. Read well, pass your exam and go to university. After that, you will get a good and nice husband. Sola thanked her mother and promised not to accept gifts from men again.

Doyin told her daughter the story of her life. Sola’s father, Okocha, used to drink in a beer palour Doyin worked and always kept his change for Doyin and gave her different types of gifts. They became friends until she realized that she was pregnant. Okocha abandoned her because her education stopped at the junior secondary level so she was not good enough for him, since then she has struggled with life as a single parent.

Having heard this, Sola made up her mind that she would not make her mother’s mistake. She faced her studies and did not allow men to deceive her. She did well in school, graduated, and became a medical doctor.

Shola became successful because ___

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Doyin warned her daughter when she showed her a gift from a customer. Sola was 13, her mother continued in a serious voice ‘Men always deceive young girls with gifts. At the end of the day, they destroy the girls’ futures by making them pregnant before the girls are ready for marriage. Face your studies. Read well, pass your exam and go to university. After that, you will get a good and nice husband. Sola thanked her mother and promised not to accept gifts from men again.

Doyin told her daughter the story of her life. Sola’s father, Okocha, used to drink in a beer palour Doyin worked and always kept his change for Doyin and gave her different types of gifts. They became friends until she realized that she was pregnant. Okocha abandoned her because her education stopped at the junior secondary level so she was not good enough for him, since then she has struggled with life as a single parent.

Having heard this, Sola made up her mind that she would not make her mother’s mistake. She faced her studies and did not allow men to deceive her. She did well in school, graduated, and became a medical doctor.

From the passage, the world ‘Abandoned’ means ________