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Question 1

jamb 1988

Which of the following groups of items may be found foe sale in the market?

Amotor-car tyres, eggs and gold trinkets

Beggs, sandals and gold trinkles

Ccountry cloth, gold trinkets and sandals

Dcountry cloth, copper trinkles and eggs

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Question 2

jamb 1988

Which of the following statements BEST illustrates the impression the writer has created about the market?

Aan old, timeless and scantily populated place

Ba place people come to for business or pleasure

Can old, crowed and discarded place

Da place for all types of wares and laughter

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Question 3

jamb 1988

Which of the following titles BEST reflects the content of the passage?

Aa market scene

Btrading in the market

Can African market scene

Dan African shopping centre

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Question 4

jamb 1988

'An old goldsmith worked on his dying art' means that the

Agoldsmith's trade was no longer popular

Bgoldsmiyh was old and might soon die

Cgoldsmith knew well the art of dying

Dgoldsmith now used copper filings

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Question 5

jamb 1988

According to the passage, the woman with half a dozen of egg in the market

Ais doing earnest business

Bcomes purposely to enjoy herself

Cis like other traders in the market

Ddoes not like her husband at home

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Question 6

jamb 1988

What other feeling does the child derive from the fall of his tower apart from pleasure?

Astrength

Banxiety

Cpity

Ddepression

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Question 7

jamb 1988

How does the author try to explain this 'destructive stage'?

Ait is the last stage in child development

Bthe child wants to displease his parents

Cit grows out of the child's recent experience of sudden falls

Dthe child is just going through a destructive stage

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Question 8

jamb 1988

How does the author try to explain this 'destructive stage'?

Ait is the last stage in child development

Bthe child wants to displease his parents

Cit grows out of the child's recent experience of sudden falls

Dthe child is just going through a destructive stage

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Question 9

jamb 1988

According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure

Afor daddy to see the tower he has built

Bto destroy the tower himself

Cto see his tower accidentally destroyed

Dto be helped to destroy the tower

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Question 10

jamb 1988

The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means

Ais forced to kick it and demolish

Bis obliged to kick it and demolish it

Ccannot resist the urgue to demolish it

Dought to kick it and make it collapse

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Question 11

jamb 1988

In the passage 'manic pleasure' means

Awicked pleasure

Bchildish pleasure

Cunlimited pleasure

Dhuman pleasure

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Question 12

jamb 1988

The most likely source of difficulty for the student working with English as a medium of instruction is

Athe newness of the subject matter in the texts being read

Bunknown items of grammar and vocabulary in the texts

Cthe student's slow reading rate in his own subject

Dthe tiring nature of working in a foriegn language

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Question 13

jamb 1988

The statement 'instead of the student being in control of the language,the language seems now to be in control of the student' implies that the

Awriter is not serious;he is only being humorous

Blanguages can make the student behave like an Englishman

Clanguage can make the student behave rather badly

Dstudent should stop using the language so as not to be controlled by it

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Question 14

jamb 1988

The expression 'his language often betrays him into dullness,coldness,or worst of all, rudeness' means that

Ahis English language lets him down and he becomes dull,cold and rude

Bthe way he uses the language gives one the impression that he is dull,cold or rude

Che betrays his bad manners by using English badly

Dhis dullness,coldness or rudeness

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Question 15

jamb 1988

The student begins experiencing difficulties with English when

Alearning English with other subjects

Blearning English as a separate subject

Chis comprehension becomes less secure

Dusing English as a meduim of instruction

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Question 16

jamb 1988

Select the most appropriate title for this passage

Aproblem of learning a new language

Bproblems of learning English as a separate subject

Cproblems of working in English as a foreign language

Ddifficulties withy interacting in English

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Question 17

jamb 1988

A most suitable title for the passage is

Acommunicative skills

Bhow to listen attentively

Clistening in communication

Dlistening argument and understanding

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Question 18

jamb 1988

The tone of the passage is

Asermonizing

Bpleading

Canalytical

Dargumentative

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Question 19

jamb 1988

Creative listening implies all EXCEPT

Aa critical enterprise

Ban uncompromising rejection of the speaker's argument

Csome argument with the speaker

Da great deal of discipline

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Question 20

jamb 1988

Creative listening involves all the following EXCEPT

Aefficient concentration

Bmaking sure that what the speaker is saying is audible

Cthat the listener must be able to think fast

Dthat there must be a co-ordination of all the objective faculties

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