BUK English Language 2017/2018 Past Questions

```READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWERVTHE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

It is said that experience is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even be a better and more convenient way. To learn by experience is to learn from mistakes. It means you have burnt your fingers and now 'your eyes are open'. This is a tough, costly and inconvenient way to learn. Rather than leaving our learning to experience,why do we not learn consciously through wisdom? We can learn by consciously going out of our own way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our learning to chance. Surely, we can learn from mistakes but why wait till when we make mistakes before we learn? We should give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.

This will involve one making up one's mind to be decisive in learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily from negative experiences. The first step is to realize that life is simplify the outcome and outplay of decision. Our life now is the sum total of our decision and our future will be determined by our decisions of today. If we decide to learn today we are not likely to make mistakes and when we do not make mistakes, experiences need not be our best teacher.

To avoid making experience our best teacher will take more han a decision. We must couple our decision with a complete and wholehearted devotion. We must be resolved, resolute and resilient in our bid to learn by wisdom and not necessarily by experience. This is crucial because situations and circumstances will want us to make a detour and leave our earning and life to chance. We must therefore be disciplined to remain with our resolve to make a clean break with experience as our best teacher. Discipline in this regard means learning something new every day by wisdom rather than experience. It means consciously getting better by the day in your chosen field. Discipline will demand taking advantage of every learning opportunity that comes our way. It will mean we must pay the price for learning by wisdom -invest in books, magazines, seminars and other means by which we may become wiser.

It is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to learn by experience. When we learn by experience the deed is done and we are just picking up pieces -learning in regret how to avoid such predicament next time. Consider the child who grasps a burning coal, he has learned the hard way through painful experience, but his fingers will remain burnt. Thus, the saying that experience is the best teacher, may not be justifiable after all.```
The attitude of the writer of the passage can best be described as

```READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWERVTHE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

It is said that experience is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even be a better and more convenient way. To learn by experience is to learn from mistakes. It means you have burnt your fingers and now 'your eyes are open'. This is a tough, costly and inconvenient way to learn. Rather than leaving our learning to experience,why do we not learn consciously through wisdom? We can learn by consciously going out of our own way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our learning to chance. Surely, we can learn from mistakes but why wait till when we make mistakes before we learn? We should give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.

This will involve one making up one's mind to be decisive in learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily from negative experiences. The first step is to realize that life is simplify the outcome and outplay of decision. Our life now is the sum total of our decision and our future will be determined by our decisions of today. If we decide to learn today we are not likely to make mistakes and when we do not make mistakes, experiences need not be our best teacher.

To avoid making experience our best teacher will take more han a decision. We must couple our decision with a complete and wholehearted devotion. We must be resolved, resolute and resilient in our bid to learn by wisdom and not necessarily by experience. This is crucial because situations and circumstances will want us to make a detour and leave our earning and life to chance. We must therefore be disciplined to remain with our resolve to make a clean break with experience as our best teacher. Discipline in this regard means learning something new every day by wisdom rather than experience. It means consciously getting better by the day in your chosen field. Discipline will demand taking advantage of every learning opportunity that comes our way. It will mean we must pay the price for learning by wisdom -invest in books, magazines, seminars and other means by which we may become wiser.

It is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to learn by experience. When we learn by experience the deed is done and we are just picking up pieces -learning in regret how to avoid such predicament next time. Consider the child who grasps a burning coal, he has learned the hard way through painful experience, but his fingers will remain burnt. Thus, the saying that experience is the best teacher, may not be justifiable after all.```
It can be deduced from the passage that

```READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWERVTHE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

It is said that experience is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even be a better and more convenient way. To learn by experience is to learn from mistakes. It means you have burnt your fingers and now 'your eyes are open'. This is a tough, costly and inconvenient way to learn. Rather than leaving our learning to experience,why do we not learn consciously through wisdom? We can learn by consciously going out of our own way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our learning to chance. Surely, we can learn from mistakes but why wait till when we make mistakes before we learn? We should give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.

This will involve one making up one's mind to be decisive in learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily from negative experiences. The first step is to realize that life is simplify the outcome and outplay of decision. Our life now is the sum total of our decision and our future will be determined by our decisions of today. If we decide to learn today we are not likely to make mistakes and when we do not make mistakes, experiences need not be our best teacher.

To avoid making experience our best teacher will take more han a decision. We must couple our decision with a complete and wholehearted devotion. We must be resolved, resolute and resilient in our bid to learn by wisdom and not necessarily by experience. This is crucial because situations and circumstances will want us to make a detour and leave our earning and life to chance. We must therefore be disciplined to remain with our resolve to make a clean break with experience as our best teacher. Discipline in this regard means learning something new every day by wisdom rather than experience. It means consciously getting better by the day in your chosen field. Discipline will demand taking advantage of every learning opportunity that comes our way. It will mean we must pay the price for learning by wisdom -invest in books, magazines, seminars and other means by which we may become wiser.

It is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to learn by experience. When we learn by experience the deed is done and we are just picking up pieces -learning in regret how to avoid such predicament next time. Consider the child who grasps a burning coal, he has learned the hard way through painful experience, but his fingers will remain burnt. Thus, the saying that experience is the best teacher, may not be justifiable after all.```
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

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It is said that experience is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even be a better and more convenient way. To learn by experience is to learn from mistakes. It means you have burnt your fingers and now 'your eyes are open'. This is a tough, costly and inconvenient way to learn. Rather than leaving our learning to experience,why do we not learn consciously through wisdom? We can learn by consciously going out of our own way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our learning to chance. Surely, we can learn from mistakes but why wait till when we make mistakes before we learn? We should give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.

This will involve one making up one's mind to be decisive in learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily from negative experiences. The first step is to realize that life is simplify the outcome and outplay of decision. Our life now is the sum total of our decision and our future will be determined by our decisions of today. If we decide to learn today we are not likely to make mistakes and when we do not make mistakes, experiences need not be our best teacher.

To avoid making experience our best teacher will take more han a decision. We must couple our decision with a complete and wholehearted devotion. We must be resolved, resolute and resilient in our bid to learn by wisdom and not necessarily by experience. This is crucial because situations and circumstances will want us to make a detour and leave our earning and life to chance. We must therefore be disciplined to remain with our resolve to make a clean break with experience as our best teacher. Discipline in this regard means learning something new every day by wisdom rather than experience. It means consciously getting better by the day in your chosen field. Discipline will demand taking advantage of every learning opportunity that comes our way. It will mean we must pay the price for learning by wisdom -invest in books, magazines, seminars and other means by which we may become wiser.

It is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to learn by experience. When we learn by experience the deed is done and we are just picking up pieces -learning in regret how to avoid such predicament next time. Consider the child who grasps a burning coal, he has learned the hard way through painful experience, but his fingers will remain burnt. Thus, the saying that experience is the best teacher, may not be justifiable after all.```
According to the passage, we must be disciplined to

```READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWERVTHE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

It is said that experience is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even be a better and more convenient way. To learn by experience is to learn from mistakes. It means you have burnt your fingers and now 'your eyes are open'. This is a tough, costly and inconvenient way to learn. Rather than leaving our learning to experience,why do we not learn consciously through wisdom? We can learn by consciously going out of our own way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our learning to chance. Surely, we can learn from mistakes but why wait till when we make mistakes before we learn? We should give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.

This will involve one making up one's mind to be decisive in learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily from negative experiences. The first step is to realize that life is simplify the outcome and outplay of decision. Our life now is the sum total of our decision and our future will be determined by our decisions of today. If we decide to learn today we are not likely to make mistakes and when we do not make mistakes, experiences need not be our best teacher.

To avoid making experience our best teacher will take more han a decision. We must couple our decision with a complete and wholehearted devotion. We must be resolved, resolute and resilient in our bid to learn by wisdom and not necessarily by experience. This is crucial because situations and circumstances will want us to make a detour and leave our earning and life to chance. We must therefore be disciplined to remain with our resolve to make a clean break with experience as our best teacher. Discipline in this regard means learning something new every day by wisdom rather than experience. It means consciously getting better by the day in your chosen field. Discipline will demand taking advantage of every learning opportunity that comes our way. It will mean we must pay the price for learning by wisdom -invest in books, magazines, seminars and other means by which we may become wiser.

It is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to learn by experience. When we learn by experience the deed is done and we are just picking up pieces -learning in regret how to avoid such predicament next time. Consider the child who grasps a burning coal, he has learned the hard way through painful experience, but his fingers will remain burnt. Thus, the saying that experience is the best teacher, may not be justifiable after all.```
The phrase a complete and wholehearted devotion as used in the passage means

```THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS GAPS NUMBERED 6 TO 10CHOOSE THE MOST APPRIOPRIATE OPTION FOR EACH GAP FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED. ```
The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty percent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of these feature ...6... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...7... is vaginal bleeding which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...8... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...9... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms continue, and the miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage is only ...10...

```THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS GAPS NUMBERED 6 TO 10CHOOSE THE MOST APPRIOPRIATE OPTION FOR EACH GAP FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED. ```
The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty percent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of these feature ...6... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...7... is vaginal bleeding which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...8... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...9... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms continue, and the miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage is only ...10...

```THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS GAPS NUMBERED 6 TO 10CHOOSE THE MOST APPRIOPRIATE OPTION FOR EACH GAP FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED. ```
The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty percent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of these feature ...6... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...7... is vaginal bleeding which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...8... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...9... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms continue, and the miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage is only ...10...

```THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS GAPS NUMBERED 6 TO 10CHOOSE THE MOST APPRIOPRIATE OPTION FOR EACH GAP FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED. ```
The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty percent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of these feature ...6... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...7... is vaginal bleeding which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...8... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...9... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms continue, and the miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage is only ...10...

```THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS GAPS NUMBERED 6 TO 10CHOOSE THE MOST APPRIOPRIATE OPTION FOR EACH GAP FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED. ```
The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty percent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of these feature ...6... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...7... is vaginal bleeding which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...8... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...10... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms continue, and the miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage is only ...10...

```IN EACH OF QUESTIONS 11 TO 15, SELECT THE OPTION THAT BEST EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION CONVEYED IN THE SENTENCE```
Hard working students should not have a finger in every pie at school

```IN EACH OF QUESTIONS 11 TO 15, SELECT THE OPTION THAT BEST EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION CONVEYED IN THE SENTENCE```
The vice chancellor is riding the crest of the last quarter of his administration

```IN EACH OF QUESTIONS 11 TO 15, SELECT THE OPTION THAT BEST EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION CONVEYED IN THE SENTENCE```
She was absolved by the court from the charge

```IN EACH OF QUESTIONS 11 TO 15, SELECT THE OPTION THAT BEST EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION CONVEYED IN THE SENTENCE```
The landlord is fond of throwing his weight. about

```IN EACH OF QUESTIONS 11 TO 15, SELECT THE OPTION THAT BEST EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION CONVEYED IN THE SENTENCE```
The company ought to have issued a warrant arrest for one billion shares.