UNIPORT English Language 2009/2010 Past Questions

```One day Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life was fishing in rivers where he caught a trout. He tried to pull the fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him. Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people obviously from the city were having a penile in the field. One of the men shouted. "What on earth are you doing?" thinking that it was a stupid question because they could see how he was dressed. Alan replied 'fishing'.
Don't be silly, the fish are down in the river answered the man, fish don't live in fields' he turned to his friends, laughing thinking he had made a good joke. 'Oh, but they do, said Alan. They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He hunts for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field. ```
Why did the fish land in the field?

```One day Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life was fishing in rivers where he caught a trout. He tried to pull the fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him. Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people obviously from the city were having a penile in the field. One of the men shouted. "What on earth are you doing?" thinking that it was a stupid question because they could see how he was dressed. Alan replied 'fishing'.
Don't be silly, the fish are down in the river answered the man, fish don't live in fields' he turned to his friends, laughing thinking he had made a good joke. 'Oh, but they do, said Alan. They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He hunts for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field. ```
The picnickers were

```One day Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life was fishing in rivers where he caught a trout. He tried to pull the fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him. Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people obviously from the city were having a penile in the field. One of the men shouted. "What on earth are you doing?" thinking that it was a stupid question because they could see how he was dressed. Alan replied 'fishing'.
Don't be silly, the fish are down in the river answered the man, fish don't live in fields' he turned to his friends, laughing thinking he had made a good joke. 'Oh, but they do, said Alan. They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He hunts for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field. ```
where was Alan looking for his fish? He was looking for the fish

```One day Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life was fishing in rivers where he caught a trout. He tried to pull the fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him. Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people obviously from the city were having a penile in the field. One of the men shouted. "What on earth are you doing?" thinking that it was a stupid question because they could see how he was dressed. Alan replied 'fishing'.
Don't be silly, the fish are down in the river answered the man, fish don't live in fields' he turned to his friends, laughing thinking he had made a good joke. 'Oh, but they do, said Alan. They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He hunts for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field. ```
Alan made the picnickers believe that fish jump out of the river to look for flies by

```One day Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life was fishing in rivers where he caught a trout. He tried to pull the fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him. Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people obviously from the city were having a penile in the field. One of the men shouted. "What on earth are you doing?" thinking that it was a stupid question because they could see how he was dressed. Alan replied 'fishing'.
Don't be silly, the fish are down in the river answered the man, fish don't live in fields' he turned to his friends, laughing thinking he had made a good joke. 'Oh, but they do, said Alan. They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He hunts for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field. ```
He who laugh best laughs last (proverb). It is true of this story because

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We consider the recent silver jubilee celebration in the state a very historic event

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Ngozi was offered a permanent job

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Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

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Osyaku started playing football because he thought it would develop him physically

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In their desire to impress their friends and relatives, many young workers bite off more than they can chew in terms of financial obligations

People strongly feel that Henry won at the election because he is silver-tongued

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A book on style without abundant example seems to me as ineffectual as a book on biology without abundant illustration

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The hefty warder came in and all the prisoners snuffed out their cigarettes

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The senior prefect had to carry the can because he refused to identify the culprit

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the news of his performance in the session examination has made Okechukwu crestfallen

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The builders taste reflected superfluous grandeur