OAU English Language 2020/2021 - Model Past Questions

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Question 1
Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow.
I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what ngozi and I were required to 'go through during the next week must remain so.
I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over but I was absolutely satisfied with my mother's choice. Ngozi was indeed as African queen and she had the teeth and smile of goddess.
The maiden tutors had done their job well; she was completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife.
My anti-western revolt was gaining momentum.
it would appear that marriage had turned him into
  • A.a faithful husband
  • B.a good man
  • C.a proud husband
  • D.an incurable debtor
Objective
Question 2
Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow.
I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what ngozi and I were required to 'go through during the next week must remain so.
I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over but I was absolutely satisfied with my mother's choice. Ngozi was indeed as African queen and she had the teeth and smile of goddess.
The maiden tutors had done their job well; she was completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife.
My anti-western revolt was gaining momentum.
which of the following is not true of the passage?
  • A.the marriage was according to native law and customs
  • B.ngozi never had an issue
  • C.the author wanted another wife
  • D.the marriage cost a lot of money
Objective
Question 3
Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow.
I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what ngozi and I were required to 'go through during the next week must remain so.
I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over but I was absolutely satisfied with my mother's choice. Ngozi was indeed as African queen and she had the teeth and smile of goddess.
The maiden tutors had done their job well; she was completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife.
My anti-western revolt was gaining momentum.
the evidence would-seem to indicate that
  • A.the author thinks his wife is extravagant
  • B.she had not been properly brought up
  • C.he adores his wife
  • D.the author regrets the cause of his debt
Objective
Question 4
Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow.
I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what ngozi and I were required to 'go through during the next week must remain so.
I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over but I was absolutely satisfied with my mother's choice. Ngozi was indeed as African queen and she had the teeth and smile of goddess.
The maiden tutors had done their job well; she was completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife.
My anti-western revolt was gaining momentum.
what was the author referring to when he said 'my anti-western revolt was gaining momentum' in this passage
  • A.he dislikes Europeans
  • B.he did not want not marry another wife
  • C.he admires everything about his wife
  • D.he revolted against European values
Objective
Question 5
Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow.
I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what ngozi and I were required to 'go through during the next week must remain so.
I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over but I was absolutely satisfied with my mother's choice. Ngozi was indeed as African queen and she had the teeth and smile of goddess.
The maiden tutors had done their job well; she was completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife.
My anti-western revolt was gaining momentum.
'swelling' in the passage means
  • A.happy
  • B.remarkable
  • C.growing
  • D.great
Objective
Question 6
PASSAGE II
With the advent of projection in 1895 - 1986, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption, the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private, as a the earlier peep-show devices, such as kinetoscope and mutoscope, which was a similar machine that reproduced motion by means of successive images on individual photographic cards, instead of on strips of celluloid. it suddenly became public an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores and even hundred of others. at the same time, the image that the spectator looked at expanded from minuscule peep-show dimensions of one or two inches (in height) to the life-size proportions of six or nine feet.

which of the following is mentioned in the passage as one of the ways the mutoscope differed from the kinetoscope?
  • A.a different type of material was used to produce the images in the mutoscope
  • B.the mutoscope was a less sophisticated earlier prototype of kinetoscope
  • C.sound and motion were simultaneously produced in the mutoscope
  • D.more than one person could view the images at the same time with the mutoscope
Objective
Question 7
PASSAGE II
With the advent of projection in 1895 - 1986, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption, the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private, as a the earlier peep-show devices, such as kinetoscope and mutoscope, which was a similar machine that reproduced motion by means of successive images on individual photographic cards, instead of on strips of celluloid. it suddenly became public an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores and even hundred of others. at the same time, the image that the spectator looked at expanded from minuscule peep-show dimensions of one or two inches (in height) to the life-size proportions of six or nine feet.

according to the passage, the images seen by viewers in the earlier peep-shows, compared with the images projected on the screen were relatively
  • A.unfocused
  • B.small in size
  • C.limited in subject matter
  • D.inexpensive to create
Objective
Question 8
PASSAGE II
With the advent of projection in 1895 - 1986, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption, the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private, as a the earlier peep-show devices, such as kinetoscope and mutoscope, which was a similar machine that reproduced motion by means of successive images on individual photographic cards, instead of on strips of celluloid. it suddenly became public an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores and even hundred of others. at the same time, the image that the spectator looked at expanded from minuscule peep-show dimensions of one or two inches (in height) to the life-size proportions of six or nine feet.

the word 'expanded' in the passage is closest in meaning to
  • A.was vared
  • B.was rejected
  • C.was enlarge
  • D.was cahnged
Objective
Question 9
PASSAGE II
With the advent of projection in 1895 - 1986, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption, the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private, as a the earlier peep-show devices, such as kinetoscope and mutoscope, which was a similar machine that reproduced motion by means of successive images on individual photographic cards, instead of on strips of celluloid. it suddenly became public an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores and even hundred of others. at the same time, the image that the spectator looked at expanded from minuscule peep-show dimensions of one or two inches (in height) to the life-size proportions of six or nine feet.

according to the picture, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption because
  • A.the advent of production
  • B.the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private
  • C.the viewers were timed of other peep-show devices
  • D.none of the above
Objective
Question 10
PASSAGE II
With the advent of projection in 1895 - 1986, motion picture became the ultimate form of mass consumption, the viewer's relationship with the image was no longer private, as a the earlier peep-show devices, such as kinetoscope and mutoscope, which was a similar machine that reproduced motion by means of successive images on individual photographic cards, instead of on strips of celluloid. it suddenly became public an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores and even hundred of others. at the same time, the image that the spectator looked at expanded from minuscule peep-show dimensions of one or two inches (in height) to the life-size proportions of six or nine feet.

the word 'it' in the passage refers to
  • A.the advent of projection
  • B.the viewer's relationship with the image
  • C.celluloid
  • D.a similar machine
Objective