UNN English Language 2005/2006 DAY 2 Past Questions

```Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record-keeping in the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people's minds. It depended very much on the retentive power of the human memory.
This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Intermediate arguments were this the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely true from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true records either willing or inadvertently. With the Advent of the electronic memory, however, these dangers now show not only what happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when.```
The author believes that electronic recording is

```Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record-keeping in the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people's minds. It depended very much on the retentive power of the human memory.
This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Intermediate arguments were this the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely true from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true records either willing or inadvertently. With the Advent of the electronic memory, however, these dangers now show not only what happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when.```
The writer believes that the art of record-keeping keeping has

```Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record-keeping in the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people's minds. It depended very much on the retentive power of the human memory.
This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Intermediate arguments were this the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely true from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true records either willing or inadvertently. With the Advent of the electronic memory, however, these dangers now show not only what happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when.```
How many stages of development did the writer mention while discussing the art of record-keeping?

```Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record-keeping in the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people's minds. It depended very much on the retentive power of the human memory.
This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Intermediate arguments were this the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely true from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true records either willing or inadvertently. With the Advent of the electronic memory, however, these dangers now show not only what happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when.```
According to the author, human memory is unreliable because people

```Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record-keeping in the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people's minds. It depended very much on the retentive power of the human memory.
This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Intermediate arguments were this the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely true from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true records either willing or inadvertently. With the Advent of the electronic memory, however, these dangers now show not only what happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when.```
From the passage, we gather that writing is almost

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
You are driving too fast for safety.

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
For all I care, the man may be dead.

```Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the words in italics```.
The priest was invited to consecrate the new building.

```Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the words in italics.```
A majority of those who sat for the last JAMB examination are sanguine of success.

```Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the words in italics.```
When we woke up this morning, the sky was overcast

```Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the words in italics.```
Enemies of progress covertly strife to undermine the efforts of this administration

```Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.```
The boy is constantly under some .......... that he is the best student in the class.

```Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.```
Her parents did not approve of her marriage two years ago because she has not reached her .............

```Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.```
Our teacher ............. the importance of reading over our work before submission.

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Young men should not get mixed ......... politics.