JAMB UTME - Use of English - 1978

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The balance sheet at the end of the business year shows that we broke even

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Our plane was scheduled to .... at 10.00 hrs but it was delayed because of the bad weather

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Many lives are lost on Nigerian roads .... lack of consideration for other road users by many crazy drivers

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature, that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But, when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death-rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again

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He had just entered the office .... the telephone rang

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The result of his experiment represents a break through in medical science

If my father had not arrived, I would have starved. This sentence means

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The plaintiff made very cogent submissions to the trail judge

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The two sprinters were running neck and neck

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.... mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

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He was appointed specifically to put the recruits through

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The dog was limping. It appeared that one of its legs might have been injured

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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature, that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But, when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death-rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again

'humane' as used in the passage means

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He went abroad with a view .... a business partner

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When the beggar was tired he ..... down by the roadside

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The boy was born before his parents actually got married and so the court has declared him ....

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Before we left the airport, each passenger was made to .... certain form

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My little boy is hyper-active and he is therefore prone .... accidents

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Mrs. Dada has been deserted by her husband because he feels she has a heart of stone

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Before the operation, the dentist found that his patient's teeth....

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When the man was caught by police he presented a bold front

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In West Africa the .... of sickle cell is about 25 percent

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By the time the rainy season ended, all the young cocoa trees .... in size

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If you travel by air you will be given an allowance to cover ....

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For all he cared, his parent might have been dead for years

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There were so many children ....

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At the site of the ghastly accident the poor woman's hair stood on end

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His suggestion are completely .... the point and cannot be accepted

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In the match against the uplanders team, the sub mariners turned out to be the dark horse

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I can walk that distance and have done so many times

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Being an optimist, our professor always sees the bright side of most things

As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to .... him any more money

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Isn't it high time you .... your office?

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Last week the .... at the theater was the longest i had ever seen

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From the ways my friend talks, you can see he is such a bore

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His jail terms were to run concurrently

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The leader in today's issue of our popular newspaper focuses on inflation

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My father cannot bear the .... of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot

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In order to carry out necessary examination the dead body was ....

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;The boxer was highly rated .... his doggedness and ability to absorb heavy punches

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We got to the hall after the play ....

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He spoke with his heart in his mouth

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The managing director did not pay his staff last month ....?

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I have been able to observe him at close quarters

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The traffic situation in Lagos can lead to disastrous consequences; a man lost a very lucrative job because he was held up by it

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If i went to the cinema i .... early

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He went up quickly and returned ....

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All his plans fell through

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Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his .... of french

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The train rattled along .... full speed

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For .... he is a secretary we shall not have correct minutes

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Mr. Jack could be a successful businessman if he paid more attention to the more intricate aspects of his account

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I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened .... traffic regulation

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What a relief that the strike .... when it did!

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If this had happened to you, what .....?

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The bill has to wait as we are now insolvent

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His horrible high-pitched laugh .... on my nerves

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Only the small fry get punished for such social misdemeanors

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Tennyson and Browning lived about the same time and therefore .... poets

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The state government appointed a commission of inquiry to go into the community's complaints carefully and without prejudice

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There is some obvious symmetry  in the whole presentation

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He did not like .... leaving the class early

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The man no longer feared his opponent after their spokesman had assured him that they were well disposed .... him

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The employer, not the salesman and his representative .... responsible for the loss

Choose the options which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions. We visited the home of one boy. That's the boy i mean.

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As luck would have it, the weather brightened almost immediately and after six hours flight we .... at Heathrow Airport

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He stared at her

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Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot .... me around as if i were your servant

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The green snake which lives in the green grass is using a perfect ....

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Remember this matter is strictly .....

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Invariably, he ends his letters .... amicably

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They .... receive visitor on short notice

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the frightening explosion in the factory .... whole wing

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Because the referee was partial and his opponent rough, the loser of the wrestling match received .... cheers than the winner

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We should take care .... the robbers come back