Question 1
In each of the questions 1-3 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in italics(underlined)
Some students mimic their teachers
Objective
DELSU English Language 2010/2011 Past Questions
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Question 2
In each of the questions 1-3 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in italics(underlined)
The company has gone under
Objective
Question 3
In each of the questions 1-3 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in italics(underlined)
The decision we have taken is irrevocable
Objective
Question 4
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
Before embarking on his current research the professor carried out a feasibility study of the area
Objective
Question 5
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
Adamu woke up with a start and took to his heels claiming that something was on his trail
Objective
Question 6
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
The admission officer insisted that I show him my credentials before I can be registered
Objective
Question 7
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
They have tried to circumvent the restriction on the importation of the commodities
Objective
Question 8
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
One significant characteristic of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut corners
Objective
Question 9
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
The Lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
Objective
Question 10
In question 4-10 choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s)in italics (underline)
Nkem said boxing is in fact her pet aversion
Objective
Question 11
In each of the questions 11-14 fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
The thief we caught yesterday was
Objective
Question 12
In each of the questions 11-14 fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
The trader complained that he ----- robbed
Objective
Question 13
In each of the questions 11-14 fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
The Journalist’s unpopular views made him the subject of much ----
Objective
Question 14
In each of the questions 11-14 fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
Do you think all ---- not enough to help the investigator
Objective
Question 15
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
In Secretary Donna Shalala’s view, the situation depicted by the statistics is
Objective
Question 16
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
The writer says the firearms figures are rising because
Objective
Question 17
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
From the passage, it can be inferred that since 1985
Objective
Question 18
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
What will usually be proved if the premise of education is granted?
Objective
Question 19
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
Time was when boys used to point toy guns and say “bang”. Now they aim real guns and shoot one another. Nearly 4,200 teenagers were killed by fire arms in 1990. Only motor vehicle accidents kill more teenagers than firearms and the firearms figures are rising. The chance that a black male between the age of 15 and 19 will be killed by a gun has almost tripled since 1985 and almost doubled for white males according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Who could disagree with Health and Human services secretary, Donna Shalala, when she pronounced this statistics ‘frightening and intolerable? In the shameful light of this ‘waste of young lives ’ often asked questions seems urgently due to be raised again. Would less violence on television- the surrounding environment for most children and young adults-make violence in actual life less normal, less accepted, less horrifying? It may be difficult to prove an exact correlation between the viewer and the fantasized violence and the criminal who acts out violence after turning off the set. But if the premise of education is granted that good models can influence the young-then it follows that bad models can have an equivalent harmful effect. So, violent entertainment is harmful to society.
The phrase ‘frightening and intolerable’ as used in the passage means
Objective
Question 20
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
Though his parent’s poverty place many obstacles in his path as a young man, Ese succeeded at last.
Objective
Question 21
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
The plans are still up in the air
Objective
Question 22
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
The Professor’s thesis was the precursor of nuclear studies
Objective
Question 23
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
Eguono is a credulous girl
Objective
Question 24
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
Her identification with the king is publicly known
Objective
Question 25
In each of the questions 20-25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in italics(underlined)
Language teachers believe that grammar exercise stretch the mind
Objective