English Past Questions And Answers
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence: Our Literature Master said that he would show us a film on Macbeth. The film will ....
- A. worth seeing
- B. worth seeing it
- C. be worth to see
- D. be worth seeing
If ............. one day we would talk about it for weeks.
- A. lion would be coming into this room
- B. a lion was coming into this room
- C. a lion came into this room
- D. a lion is coming into this room
Text 1 Ecologists have long wondered how thousands of microscopic phytoplankton species can live together near ocean surfaces competing for the same resources. According to conventional wisdom, one species should emerge after outcompeting the rest. So why do so many species remain? Ecologists’ many efforts to explain this phenomenon still haven’t uncovered a satisfactory explanation.
Text 2 Ecologist Michael Behrenfeld and colleagues have connected phytoplankton’s diversity to their microscopic size. Because these organisms are so tiny, they are spaced relatively far apart from each other in ocean water and, moreover, experience that water as a relatively dense substance. This in turn makes it hard for them to move around and interact with one another. Therefore, says Behrenfeld’s team, direct competition among phytoplankton probably happens much less than previously thought. Based on the texts, how would Behrenfeld and colleagues (Text 2) most likely respond to the “conventional wisdom” discussed in Text 1?
- A) By arguing that it is based on a misconception about phytoplankton species competing with one another
- B) By asserting that it fails to recognize that routine replenishment of ocean nutrients prevents competition between phytoplankton species
- C) By suggesting that their own findings help clarify how phytoplankton species are able to compete with larger organisms
- D) By recommending that more ecologists focus their research on how competition among phytoplankton species is increased with water density
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The evidence the leader gave wasincontrovertible?
- A. indulbitable
- B. contestable
- C. practicable
- D. logical
Shall we go to the Union meeting? No, thank you, I do not feel like ............... anywhere
- A. go
- B. going
- C. to go
- D. went
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
His father is an............driver but he is only anovice
- A. enlightened
- B. aged
- C. excellent
- D. experienced
From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
Theplaintiff was dissatisfied with the decision of the court
- A. solicitor
- B. accused
- C. complainant
- D. respondent
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined. Done
- A. don
- B. sun
- C. clown
- D. dawn
From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence. Alhaji Musa owns fifty....
- A. herd of cattles
- B. head of cattle
- C. herds of cattles
- D. herds of cattle
It is difficult these days to get a seat ..................... the plane in spite of a confirmed booking
- A. inside
- B. in
- C. On
- D. upon

