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Question 2821
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

..... told of his impending arrival, I worked hard to make his short stay very comfortable.

AHave being
BHave been
CHave I been
DHaving been
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Question 2822
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

The police came early enough to...... the bomb planted by the rioters.

Adiffuse
Binsulate
Cdetonate
Ddefuse
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Question 2823
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

The meeting was called to ...... divergent views on the subject of a national conference.

Areconcile
Brecommend
Cre-present
Dreconstitute
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Question 2824
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

The weather is probably ..... appealing for people who live in Jos ..... for foreigners.

Aas / much as
Bmore / as
Cless / than
Dat least as / but
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Question 2825
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

Ade tried to ...... all memory of his dead father.

Arecall
Bobstruct
Cobliterate
Deulogize
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Question 2826
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

These villagers ....... to grow rice.

Aused
Bare used
Cwere used
Duse
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Question 2827
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

He does not seem to know how to solve the problem ...... ?

Adoes not he
Bdoes he not
Cdoes he
Ddoesn't he
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Question 2828
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

Some scientists are trying to ...... human beings in their laboratories.

Aimitate
Breplicate
Cimplicate
Dfabricate
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Question 2829
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

They let him go in ....... to his age.

Arespect
Bregard
Cdisregard
Dconsideration
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Question 2830
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

This imposing edifice ....... a fortune to build.

Ahad costed
Bhave cost
Ccosted
Dcost
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Question 2831
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

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

AWhile
BBy chance
CShould
DShould in case
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Question 2832
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

The company Director showed the contractor a ....... of the proposed office complex.

Aprototype
Bphotograph
Cmicrofilm
Dphotocopy
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Question 2833
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

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

Apreconceived
Bpremature
Cingenuous
Dprecocious
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Question 2834
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

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

Aapproached
Bapproching
Capproach
Dapproches
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Question 2835
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

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

Aare / its
Bwas / its
Cis / their
Dwere / their
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Question 2836
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

Had he considered his public image carefully, he ..... from his office in the election.

Amight have stood aside
Bwould have stepped down
Cshould have stepped down
Dwould have stood down
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Question 2837
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

Modern dancing has become rather scientific and so requires .......

Abizzarre costuming
Bsome choreographic skill
Cimmmense instrumentation
Da rapping voice
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Question 2838
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

Neither Agbo nor his parents ...... the meetings now.

Aattended
Battend
Chas attended
Dattends
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Question 2839
jamb 2001

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. 

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

Arational
Bcomposed
Csecret
Dcruel
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Question 2840
jamb 2001

The word in capital letters has an emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

They FLEW to Abuja.

ADid they go to Abuja by road?
BDid they fly to jos?
CHow will they get to Abuja?
DWhere did they fly to?
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