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Question 1801

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 1802

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 1803

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 1804

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 1805

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 1806

jamb 1988

In the passage 'manic pleasure' means

Awicked pleasure

Bchildish pleasure

Cunlimited pleasure

Dhuman pleasure

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Question 1807

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 1808

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 1809

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 1810

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 1811

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 1812

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 1813

jamb 1988

The tone of the passage is

Asermonizing

Bpleading

Canalytical

Dargumentative

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Question 1814

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 1815

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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Question 1816

jamb 1988

The passage says that

Athere are many skils of communication of which listening is one

Bthe art of listening is the toughest of all communication skills

Cgood listening depends on perfect function of the auditory organs

Dgood listening needs formal training

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Question 1817

jamb 1988

The writer remembered his first day in the university for a long time because he

Ahad felt very happy at being admitted into the university

Bcould not get anybody to help him on his first day in the university

Chad learnt the hard way how to keep informed about happenings in the university

Deventually discover the notice board by chance

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Question 1818

jamb 1988

According to the passage, the writer's predicament was caused by

Athe writer himself

Bthose who displayed the notice and perhaps the writer

Cthe nature of the notice board and where it was placed

Dthose who displayed the notice

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Question 1819

jamb 1988

In the passage,'the darkness of ignorance' refers to the

Astate of the writer before he found the notice board

Bignorance of illiterates

Cignorance of those who have not been to university

Dfact that he was a freshman

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Question 1820

jamb 1988

The writer says that the prospect was not cheerful because

Ano one could tell him how to get to Grant Hall

Bhe had felt too elated when he gained admission into the university

Cthere was no hope of getting out of his predicament

Dthe other students were hostile

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