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Question 21

jamb 2002

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

The members elected Baba ....... of the committee?

Achairman

Btheir chairman

Cto become chairman

Dto be a chairman

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Question 22

jamb 2002

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

These ........ must have ........ the World Bank officials.

Aanalyses / attract

Banalyses / attracted

Canalysis / attract

Danalysis / attracted

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Question 23

jamb 2002

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

The match gave the team a chance to show their ........?

Aworth

Bposition

Cprowess

Dmettle

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Question 24

jamb 2002

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

Whenever we have ....... we feel better?

Aa long good talk together

Ba good long talk together

Ctogether a long good talk

Dtogether a good long talk

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Question 25

jamb 2002

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

The members of the team agree ........ all the members of the contract?

Aby

Bto

Con

Dwith

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Question 26

jamb 2002

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

The operations of the bank ........ not ...... cottage and small-scale industries?

Adoes /covered

Bdoes / cover

Cdid / covered

Ddo /cover

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Question 27

jamb 2002

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

Ali has been cured of his amnesia, he no longer suffers from ...... ?

Arounds of anxeity

Bloss of memory

Cpains in his arms

Dbouts of malaria

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Question 28

jamb 2002

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

By this time next year, I ...... twenty years old?

Awould have been

Bwill be

Ccould have been

Dwill have been

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Question 29

jamb 2002

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

The future of the company is ...... though many seem .....about it?

Aokay / optimistic

Bpromising / nostalgic

Crosy / pessimistic

Ddicy / unsatisfied

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Question 30

jamb 2002

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

....... a motor cycle can be harmful ..... your health.

Ariding / for

Briding / to

Cto ride / for

Dto ride / with

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Question 31

jamb 2002

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

As election day draws near, the party looks ...... because many of its members have....... other parties?

Asuccessful / decleared for

Bvulnerable / defected to

Ccheerful / moved to

Dcheerless / cross-carpeted from

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Question 32

jamb 2002

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

Musa has lived here for five years but he does not seem able to get over the enormously........ and elaborate rules that govern the society?

Aadsurd

Bbizarre

Cfantastic

Dintricate

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Question 33

jamb 2002

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

If one perseveres ....... will surely succeed?

Ashe

Bone

Che

Dthey

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Question 34

jamb 2002

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

The army officer said that more ...... would be needed to prosecute the war?

Aguerrilas

Bguerrillas

Cgeurrilas

Dgeurrillas

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Question 35

jamb 2002

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

My uncle retired from the POLICE?

ADid your brother resign from the police?

BDid your sister resign from the police?

CDid your uncle retire from the army?

DDid your brother retire from the police?

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Question 36

jamb 2002

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

The university has been TEMPORARILY closed.

AHas the campus been permanantly closed?

BHas the university been permanantly open?

CHas the university been permanantly closed?

DHas the college been temporarily closed?

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Question 37

jamb 2002

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

The man BOUGHT the newspaper.

AIs this the newspaper which the man bought?

BDid the man read the newspaper?

CWho bought the newspaper?

DWhat did the man buy?

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Question 38

jamb 2002

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

The king RAN to the palace?

AWhere did the king run to?

BDid the king walk to the palace?

CDid the queen run to the palace?

DWho ran to the palace?

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Question 39

jamb 2002

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

He travelled ONLY 20 kilometres before his car stopped.

ADid he travel only 20 kilometres after his car stopped?

BDid he travel exactly 20 kilometres before his car stopped?

CDid you walk only 20 kilometres before the vehicle stopped?

DDid he travel more than 20 kilometres before his car stopped?

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Question 40

jamb 2002

Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?

Atear (verb)

Bhear

Cweird

Dmere

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