2009/2010 USE OF ENGLISH UNN POST-UTME

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence, and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. We must consciously try to establish equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again.

The author observes that?

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence, and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. We must consciously try to establish equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again.

Which of these statements does not express the opinion of the author?

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence, and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. We must consciously try to establish equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again.

“Humane” as used in the passage means?

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence, and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. We must consciously try to establish equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again.

“We must consciously try to establish equilibrium” in the passage implies that mankind must?

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence, and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. We must consciously try to establish equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again.

The main idea of this passage is that?

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With the screening test around the corner, I have got the jitters already

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The teacher warned her students against resting on their laurels

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The door handle was shaky because the screws had _____ 

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Something is being done to detect the person who ________ the crime

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The lawyer pleaded with the judge to _______ justice with mercy

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Obi bought five novels last week and has gone through all but he is totally a _______ reader

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He lost his voice momentarily

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In some parts of India, people are ostracized simply because of their ancestry

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_____________ him in the crowd, would have told you at once

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He had insufficient qualifications,____ he was denied admission