UNIPORT English Language 2012/2013 Past Questions

```Wives maximize their singleness and do not fret over whom they would be found by, how and when they would be found. They trust God always and strive to please him, knowing assuredly that all good and perfect gifts come from him. Wives cherish their period of preparation and are not in a hurry to get over with it, which makes them not to compromise in their standards, principles and virtues according to God's word. In fact, they are not in a hurry to jump out of their preparatory period for any man because they would only become incomplete and unfulfilled if they stopped half-way through their preparatory class. A woman may try to 'impress' in order to seek the approval of some men, while wives are just impressive in all things. Not to get it wrong, wives may not be all that some men would want them to be, but most times they turn out to be. A woman may prefer you if your parents were dead, but a wife groomed to handle the complicated patterns of relating with her in-laws. Wives are not rigid, rather they are malleable, trust worthy, loving and lovable, forgiving and forgiveable, submissive and respected. They are almost always prepared for your ministry and are willing to stand by you at both good and bad times. Remember friends, except the woman is prepared she cannot be a wife. The period of sightedness is not just a period of preparation and training for her man. If she's not just women, for it is only when a man finds a wife (and not a mere woman) that he finds a good thing and obtain favour from the Lord. MARRIAGE IS ABOUT WIVES AND NOT WOMEN! ..but most times they turn out to be what God wants of them to the man so that he also can become what God wants him to be' means that```
According to the passage

```Wives maximize their singleness and do not fret over whom they would be found by, how and when they would be found. They trust God always and strive to please him, knowing assuredly that all good and perfect gifts come from him. Wives cherish their period of preparation and are not in a hurry to get over with it, which makes them not to compromise in their standards, principles and virtues according to God's word. In fact, they are not in a hurry to jump out of their preparatory period for any man because they would only become incomplete and unfulfilled if they stopped half-way through their preparatory class. A woman may try to 'impress' in order to seek the approval of some men, while wives are just impressive in all things. Not to get it wrong, wives may not be all that some men would want them to be, but most times they turn out to be. A woman may prefer you if your parents were dead, but a wife groomed to handle the complicated patterns of relating with her in-laws. Wives are not rigid, rather they are malleable, trust worthy, loving and lovable, forgiving and forgiveable, submissive and respected. They are almost always prepared for your ministry and are willing to stand by you at both good and bad times. Remember friends, except the woman is prepared she cannot be a wife. The period of sightedness is not just a period of preparation and training for her man. If she's not just women, for it is only when a man finds a wife (and not a mere woman) that he finds a good thing and obtain favour from the Lord. MARRIAGE IS ABOUT WIVES AND NOT WOMEN! ..but most times they turn out to be what God wants of them to the man so that he also can become what God wants him to be' means that```
From the passage, when does a man find a good thing and obtain favour from the Lord?

```Chike must have passed the house five times yet, he was still not sure. Was this the house he had visited so often in the past? The house he used to visit was a bungalow; This house too, was a bungalow. The old house was situated between two storied buildings; this one too, was situated. But in spite of feeling of certainty, Chike had a vague suspicion that the house he had passed so often that day might be the wrong house after all. Could an absence of two years have blurred his memory so badly? After a few months' hesitation. Chike began to move towards the house and then stopped, as if held back by an invisible hand. His attention had been attracted by a girl of about twenty-four, who was tripping along the pavement to his right. He turned and advanced towards her, and was about too call her by what he felt was her name when he discovered that he had made a mistake in respect of her identity. Just as Chike turned from the girl to continue his quest, he heard voices shouting,'thief! thief and saw a crowd materialize in seconds. at the head of this justice-impelled rabble, was a ludicrously fat woman who, in spite of her size, bounced along with the agility of a prize athlete. This barrel bellowed loudest and clapped her hands vigorously to punctuate her outburst. And s she did so, the surplus flesh on her podgy arms quivered they are all the same,' this woman screamed, addressing nobody in particular. They dress gorgeously, but underneath they are rogues.'
Again, she clapped her hands and again, there was a quivering of loose flesh. Chike was so busily occupied with watching the antics of this woman that he did notice at first that the object of her venom is the girl that he had seen earlier. It was this girl that now surrounded by the crowd, with many people groaning, sighing and hissing in unison. Chike released and prepared to watch the drama unfolding before him.```
The expression 'justice-impelled' in the passage refers to the desire of the crowd to ..........

Standard English refers to the authoritative and correct usage of the language, the medium of expression for government and education. Its opposite is a dialectal variant of the language, that is, accepted and recognized words, expression and structures peculiar to a smaller group of language users who are generally set apart from standard usage by cultural group or geographical region. For example, Nigerian, American, Irish and British English differ from one another in many respects and classification known as international English. As one moves towards informally and away from the observance of strict rules, emphasis falls on the the differences between dialects. In addition to American English being distinguishable from British English, it is also true that British English is not uniform within the United Kingdom. The level of formality is determined by education and aspiration, while dialects vary from region(Jamb 1995) One characteristic of a dialect as mentioned in the passage is

Identify the sentence with the wrong punctuation mark

One fact we have to comprehend is that in our unconscious mind, we cannot distinguish, between wish and a deed. we are all aware of some of our illogical dreams in which two completely opposite statements can exist side by side - very acceptable in our dreams but unthinkable and illogical in our waking sate. just as our unconscious mind cannot differentiate between the wish to kill somebody in anger and the act of having done so, the young child is unable to make this distinction. The child who angrily wishes his mother to drop dead for not having gratified his need will be traumatized greatly by the actual death of his mother - even if this event is not linked loosely in time with his destructive wishes. He will always take part of or the whole of the blame for the loss of his mother. He will say to himself, rarely to others, 'I did it. A am responsible. I was bad, therefore mummy left me'. It is well to remember that the child will react in the same manner if he loses a parent by divorce, separation or desertion. Death is often seen by the child as an impeachment and therefore has little distinction from a divorce in which he may have an opportunity to see a parent again.
The passage emphasizes.

........ is the owner of this pair of scissors?

This ....... be Asawo's handwriting. I know his handwriting well enough.

Amina used to be hand-in-glove with her boyfriend

This masquerade appears once in a blue moon. This means that the masquerade appears

In the sentence 'John considered himself a successful', the italicized word is correctly classified as ...........

In the sentence 'My father, who is standing over there by the wall is a very good dancer', the italicized word is an example of ..........

The sentence 'the students didn't know the rules until they were explained to him', contains ........