OAU English Language 2009/2010 Past Questions

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it
Why should an artist attempt to concentrate his experiment of life in a unique work of art? No final answer can be given, but two possible reasons suggest themselves. man seems always to have preferred order to disorder. His whole progress on earth has been a struggle to this end. Everything he has done, from the creation of vast empires to the growing of small gardens, has been a triumph, in greater or lesser degree, of order over chaos. To help control his own thought. The sudden surprises of his limitless mind, he has had to invent language. As each new thing appears, whether it be an idea or an object, he gives it a name and thus bring it into line with the things he already understands. And he has invented for himself more than one kind of language. There is a language of painting, a language of architecture, or mathematics — to name but three. Each has its own special symbols, its own form of logic; and each enables him to express some of the myriad thoughts that crowd his mind. High among the languages of man is the language of music.

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it
Why should an artist attempt to concentrate his experiment of life in a unique work of art? No final answer can be given, but two possible reasons suggest themselves. man seems always to have preferred order to disorder. His whole progress on earth has been a struggle to this end. Everything he has done, from the creation of vast empires to the growing of small gardens, has been a triumph, in greater or lesser degree, of order over chaos. To help control his own thought. The sudden surprises of his limitless mind, he has had to invent language. As each new thing appears, whether it be an idea or an object, he gives it a name and thus bring it into line with the things he already understands. And he has invented for himself more than one kind of language. There is a language of painting, a language of architecture, or mathematics — to name but three. Each has its own special symbols, its own form of logic; and each enables him to express some of the myriad thoughts that crowd his mind. High among the languages of man is the language of music.

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it
Why should an artist attempt to concentrate his experiment of life in a unique work of art? No final answer can be given, but two possible reasons suggest themselves. man seems always to have preferred order to disorder. His whole progress on earth has been a struggle to this end. Everything he has done, from the creation of vast empires to the growing of small gardens, has been a triumph, in greater or lesser degree, of order over chaos. To help control his own thought. The sudden surprises of his limitless mind, he has had to invent language. As each new thing appears, whether it be an idea or an object, he gives it a name and thus bring it into line with the things he already understands. And he has invented for himself more than one kind of language. There is a language of painting, a language of architecture, or mathematics — to name but three. Each has its own special symbols, its own form of logic; and each enables him to express some of the myriad thoughts that crowd his mind. High among the languages of man is the language of music.

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it
Why should an artist attempt to concentrate his experiment of life in a unique work of art? No final answer can be given, but two possible reasons suggest themselves. man seems always to have preferred order to disorder. His whole progress on earth has been a struggle to this end. Everything he has done, from the creation of vast empires to the growing of small gardens, has been a triumph, in greater or lesser degree, of order over chaos. To help control his own thought. The sudden surprises of his limitless mind, he has had to invent language. As each new thing appears, whether it be an idea or an object, he gives it a name and thus bring it into line with the things he already understands. And he has invented for himself more than one kind of language. There is a language of painting, a language of architecture, or mathematics — to name but three. Each has its own special symbols, its own form of logic; and each enables him to express some of the myriad thoughts that crowd his mind. High among the languages of man is the language of music.

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it
Why should an artist attempt to concentrate his experiment of life in a unique work of art? No final answer can be given, but two possible reasons suggest themselves. man seems always to have preferred order to disorder. His whole progress on earth has been a struggle to this end. Everything he has done, from the creation of vast empires to the growing of small gardens, has been a triumph, in greater or lesser degree, of order over chaos. To help control his own thought. The sudden surprises of his limitless mind, he has had to invent language. As each new thing appears, whether it be an idea or an object, he gives it a name and thus bring it into line with the things he already understands. And he has invented for himself more than one kind of language. There is a language of painting, a language of architecture, or mathematics — to name but three. Each has its own special symbols, its own form of logic; and each enables him to express some of the myriad thoughts that crowd his mind. High among the languages of man is the language of music.

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In each of question 6-10, there is a gap. Complete the gaps with appropriate item from the option A — D under each sentence

In each of question 6-10, there is a gap. Complete the gaps with appropriate item from the option A — D under each sentence

In each of question 6-10, there is a gap. Complete the gaps with appropriate item from the option A — D under each sentence

In each of question 6-10, there is a gap. Complete the gaps with appropriate item from the option A — D under each sentence

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