ENGLISH - (OAU) POST UTME 2020
ENGLISH - (OAU) POST UTME 2020
Read the passage and use it to answer question 1-4
As we both fed our eyes wistfully at the used under-wear section, Vivian noticed a heap of women’s underwear, a mixture of braziers of various sizes and designs, panties, G-strings and tongs, underskirts, lingerie of different colours, all heaped and scattered on a big bedspread like a pile of rubbish. Some were quite ancient and threadbare, while a few appeared not to have suffered much oppression in the hands and private parts of their previous owners. It was apparent that the international businessman who imported such inglorious assortment had agent with prongs, long enough to dip deep into deepest and farthermost refuse bins and dumps of Europe to be able meet the demand back home.
Question:
*We can infer from the passage above that
“…all heaped and scattered on a big bedspread like a pile of rubbish” The figure of speech used in that quotation is
It was apparent that the international businessman who imported such inglorious assortment had agents with prongs, long enough to dig deep into the deepest and farthermost refuse bins and dumps of Europe to be able to meet the demand back home. From the quotation above, it is apparent that the writer is being
Another word that means the same as the word ‘threadbare’ as it is used in the passage is ….
Choose the most appropriate option from a-d to complete the gaps in the following sentences.
While the host community was condemned roundly by their hostility, the visiting contingent was applauded for their
While the host community was condemned roundly by their hostility, the visiting contingent was applauded for their
The high-profile witness has been discredited having been accused of being ___ with the truth in his testimony
The jailed businessman has left his family in ___ due to the confiscation of his property by the government
The Federal Government has expressed the fear that the violent activity of the insurgents may ___ if powerful foreign assistance is not received soon.
I am sure that if you probe further, the accused person will reveal where the ___ money is kept
I was waving frantically but you drove ___ me
The driver was reckless, the road was slippery due to the early morning downpour, and ___ there was a crash that claimed two lives
Did you know we were very fortunate to run __ for the newly elected president of the country when he was campaigning for the office?
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italic words in the sentences below
“You need to go and study the etymology of the underlined words in the returned essay,” the lecturer told the student.
The man told him point blank that his argument was bereft __ sound reasoning.
The workers expressed their heartfelt thanks ___ the management for the notable improvement to their conditions of service
He won the elections but many people were killed by his thugs, and thus many said his was a ___
The aspirant for the highest office in the coming elections has started distributing live cows to each electorate in his ward; but some rejected it because they considered it a ___
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.
Fill out the gap in the passage below with the correct option from the list provided in brackets in front of the gaps
20 . is specialized language, that appears in a non-specialized context, thus giving a 21_ flavour to statements that would be better _22_ in everyday words. When you are writing _23_ in, say, economics, anthropology, or psychology, you can and should use terms that are meaningful within the _24 cash flow, kinship structure, paranoid, and so forth. But those same terms become jargon when used out of _25 _.