english Past Questions And Answers

English Past Questions And Answers

901

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

How I wish she ______ the books before Tunde arrived.

A. sees
B. had seen
C. has seen
D. saw

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902

Use the passage to answer questions below Read the pasage carefully and answer the questions that follows:

The victory of the small Greek democracy of Athens over the mighty Persian Empire was furious because Athens had interceded for the other Greek city - states in revolt against Persian domination. In anger the king sent an enormous army to defeat Athens. He thought it would take drastic steps to pacify the rebellious part of the empire.

Persia was ruled by one man. In Athens, however all citiens helped to rule. Emboldened by this participation, Athenians were prepared to die for their city-state. Perhaps this was the secret of the remarkeable victory at the marathon,the Persian tried to fool some Greek city states by claiming to have come in peace. The frightened city of Delos refused to believe this. Not wanting to abet the conquest of Greece, they fled from their city and did not return until the Persians had left. They were wise, for the president next conquered the city of Eritrea and captured its people.

Tint Athens stood alone against Persia. The Anthenian people to their sanctuaries. There they prayed for deliverance. They asked their gods to expedite their victory. The Anthenians refurbished their weapons and moved to the plan of Marathon where their little band would meet the Persians. At the last moment, soldiers from Plataea reinforced the Anthenian troops.

The Anthenian army attacked and Greek citizens fought bravely. The power of the mighty Persians was offset by the love that the Anthenians had for their city. Athenians defeated the Persians in both archery and combat. Greek soldiers seized Persians sheep and burned them and the Persians fled in terror. Herodotus, a famous historian, reports 6400 persians died, compared to only 192 Athenians.

The Athenians were__________ by some soldiers who arrived at Plataea

A. held
B. strengthened
C. welcomed
D. captured

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903

Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for each sentence.

The game was tough but our team lost by a whisker. This means that our team lost by

A. default
B. a wide margin
C. not preparing well
D. a narrow margin

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904

When the eagle sights its prey, it swoops briefly to the ground and strikes with its outstretched falcons

A. compound sentence
B. complex sentence
C. compound-complex sentence
D. multiple sentence

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905

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; Last week the .... at the theater was the longest i had ever seen

A. assembly
B. congregation
C. convention
D. audience

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906

She got into trouble because she refused to listen to the............ given by her friends and relatives

A. many of the advice
B. series of advices
C. pieces of advices
D. advice

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907

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

bask

A. slacks
B. basque
C. lacks
D. axed

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908

You were among a group of students from your school who went on an excursion to places of interest in your country. Narrate to your classmates who did not go what you saw in at least two of the places visited and how you have benefited from the experience.

Explanation

PRESS CLUB'S EXCURSION TO O.B.M AND ATLANTIC PRINTERS.

Last week, twenty members of our club, the Press Club paid a visit to 0. B. M Advertising and the Atlantic Printers. a B. M is an advertising company while the Atlantic Printers are book printers. What motivated the excursion was that, as members of the Press Club, we wanted to be familiar with the process of producing advertisement, art works, jingles and the workings of a press.

On the day of the visit, we left the school by bus at exactly 9am. On arrival at 0. B. M Advertising company, we found that the General Manager. Mr. Martins Nwachukwu, was already waiting for us. He welcomed us very warmly and introduced us to the company's Client Services Director who later conducted us round the various departments of the agency. We visited the Client Service Department where we were shown the accounts of the various companies O.B.M serves. Later, we were introduced to the Copywriter's office. The Copywriter showed us a copy of an advertisement and how to write an advert copy. After writing the advert copy, it is sent to the Artist's office where an artwork will be produced for the advertisement.

The second place we visited was the Atlantic Printers. The company has three main sections: the Lithographic section, the printing section and the binding and packaging section. The lithographic section is a two-room air-conditioned apartment. The first room is a dark-room where typeset pages of books are filmed. We were shown the camera used for shooting the films and the machine for developing them. In the second room, there is a plate-making machine which is used for making metal plates from films. The metal plates are the ones mounted on the printing machines at shown to us in the printing section. At the printing section, Mr. Olorunnisola, who was conducting us round the company, showed us two types of printing machines These were a Kord 64 offset printer and a Heidelberg Letter-press printer. According to Mr. Olorunnisola, the offset printer prints words on paper using the metal plates made from the lithographic section while the letter press printer uses cases containing metal type faces instead of plates.

Our tour of the binding and packaging section was no less educating and exciting. We saw workers mg papers by hand and binding books using a stitching machine.

The excursion really opened our eyes to how advertisements on radio and television are produced by advertisino companies and how books are printed. The visit has actually exposed us to the career opportunities existing in the advertising and printing industries. At the two places, we were given good talks on career prospects in the media and the allied professions. There is no doubt that the excursion has been able to boost our morale and enthusiasm as members of the Press Club.

Abiola Adetunji,

SSIIC.

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909

-------------------------------decides what should be included or left out in a newspaper.

A. Publisher
B. Printer
C. Editor
D. Journalist

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910

Write an article suitable for publication in a national newspaper on the topic: The importance of national sports festivals.

Explanation

The Importance of National Sports Festival

The National Sports Festival began in 1973 with the sole aim of promoting unity amongst the ethnic groups in the country after the civil war as well as to discover hidden talents that can be harnessed and groomed for the future.

The importance of National Sports Festival will be buttressed in the following paragraphs:

Talented young men and women have been discovered and sponsored to the United States where they grew into world champions. Some of these athletes do not only represent this country in the All Africa Games, they went further to participate in the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Championship Competitions with their scintillating performances.

Furthermore, we have consistently witnessed in National, continental and global competitions the power of sport to unite people from different backgrounds and culture, as it settles disputes between states, towns and countries.

Moreover, we cannot see that sports is more than winning and losing but that in our circumstances it can be used as a catalyst for national integration and development. With careful planning, sport can help to focus the.attention of a country on its goals, and no other part of the world is in such dire need of a facilitator as Africa which has continued to be and extreme case of ethnicity; poverty and under-development. The UN, the EU and FIFA has long recognized that sport can be used to reduce poverty, boost development and achieve the Millennium Development goals set out in 2000.

Another point worth mentioning is the fact that sport goes beyond recreation, fitness and the pursuit of medals and trophies so the festival encourages participating of all people within a given society; including the disabled, children, men, women, professionals, amateurs. It contributes to personal development in the sense that professional athletics benefit from the opportunity to communicate with each other and international friends and exchange experience. For disabled athletes, it provides opportunity return to increase self esteem and set new goals. For children, it is a tool which helps them to develop within values related to respect, peace and co-operation. For women, it is a venue of encouragement and most importantly the possibility to get away from fears and difficulties women face during the conflict.

In conclusion, the importance of National Sports Festivsl to Nigeria and Nigerians cannot be over-emphasized, as the benefit out-weighs any detrimental it may have. I am strongly convinced that the Government will be able to push Nigeria foward to be a better country using the National Sport Festival.

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