2014 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 13

121
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The dispute between the two countries has resulted in the severing of diplomatic relations.
A
Strenghtening.
B
Breaking.
C
Securing.
D
Swapping.
correct option: b
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122
Choose the option that best complete the gap. The house and the senate will at noon next Wednesday, _________ to hear a special address by the president.
A
Collude.
B
Convene.
C
Adjourn.
D
Rise.
correct option: b
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123
Choose the option that best complete the gap. At the _________ of the century, many ways of doing things were introduced.
A
Sight.
B
Turn.
C
Event.
D
Birth.
correct option: b
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124
Choose the option that best complete the gap. You may have the pencil, but you can't have the ballpoint ________.
A
As well.
B
Either.
C
Futhermore.
D
Also.
correct option: a
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125
Choose the option that best complete the gap. The president said that the country was not out of the _____ yet.
A
Wood.
B
Forest.
C
Fog.
D
Water.
correct option: a
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126
Choose the option that best complete the gap. He went to the restaurant to enjoy the special _____.
A
Chef.
B
Suite.
C
Cuisine.
D
A la carte.
correct option: c
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127
Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The invigilator _____ to know how long the examination _____ going on.
A
Wanted/ had been.
B
Wanted/ has been.
C
Want/had been.
D
Wanted/have been.
correct option: a
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128
Choose the option that best complete the gap. The guard spent all the night pacing _____.
A
To and fro.
B
From and to.
C
Fro and to.
D
To and from.
correct option: a
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129
Choose the option that best complete the gap. The woman refused to testify ______ her husband.
A
From.
B
In.
C
At.
D
Against.
correct option: d
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130
Choose the option that best complete the gap. A bike must have found the very interesting movies quite _____.
A
Perverting.
B
Absolving.
C
Absorbing.
D
Nauseating.
correct option: d
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