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Question 3811

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Now, i am used .... bread without butter.

Ato eat

Bin eating

Cof eating

Dto eating

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Question 3812

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The pastor said 'lay .... your hearts to God'

Abier

Bbear

Cbare

Dbar

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Question 3813

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
I have the .... of meeting him

Aprevilege

Bprivilege

Cpreviledge

Dpriviledge

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Question 3814

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
We are not surprised he was not elected; every one of his constituents .... that he is unreliable

Aknow

Bknows

Cwill know

Ddo know

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Question 3815

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Ladies and gentlemen, our guest speaker, Dr. Oni .... also a resident doctor at the teaching hospital.

Awho is

Bwhich is

Cwho was

Dis

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Question 3816

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
He .... during the whole of last month

Awas sick

Bhas been sick

Chad been sick

Dhad sicken

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Question 3817

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The chemistry teacher seized the girl's comic .... during the laboratory work

Awhich she had been reading

Bwhich she has been reading

Cwhich she had read

Dwhich she is reading

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Question 3818

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
I could have agreed with your action if i .... not .... you promised to increase the worker's salaries

Ahave/heard

Bhad/heard

Cwere/hearing

Dwas/hearing

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Question 3819

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
If you want a successful marriage , you .... pray for it

Ahave better

Bbetter

Chad better

Dwould better

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Question 3820

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The lecturer said that we .... be able to finish the next chapter this evening

Amust

Bcan

Cshall

Dshould

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Question 3821

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
I would have been off to see Biola at Festac Town by the time you ... tomorrow

Areturned

Breturn

Care returning

Dwould return

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Question 3822

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The buildings damaged by the rainstorm .....schools, hospitals and private houses

Aincluded

Binclude

Cwere included

Dwas including

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Question 3823

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Knowledge of figures of speech as well as idioms and lexical items .... in this section

Ais tested

Bhave been tested

Care tested

Dwere tested

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Question 3824

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
After Jerry had made the bed, he .... on it

Alayed

Blaid

Clied

Dlay

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Question 3825

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
After months of tedious climbing, the team reached the .... of the mountain

Aend

Bsummit

Cheight

Dterminal

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Question 3826

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Animals in .... behave differently from animals living in the natural habitat

Aprison

Bbondage

Ccaptivity

Dslavery

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Question 3827

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
This section of the test will .... questions on set passages

Aconsist

Bcomprise of

Ccontain

Dcarry

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Question 3828

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
It was difficult to .... a man walking on the moon two centuries

Acontrive

Bpercieve

Cconcieve

Dimagine

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Question 3829

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Why do you worry about such .... matters?

Ainsignificant

Bsignificant

Cnon-significant

Dunsignificant

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Question 3830

jamb 1990

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:The professor's thesis was the precursor of nuclear studies

Apreliminary

Bclimax

Cdeveloper

Dforerunner

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