English LanguageCloze passagesJAMB

In the passage below, each numbered gap has four options. Choose the option that best fills the gap. Many students complain that they have no time to read. Yet a ___1___ look at their day shows hours spent on social media. Reading, unlike scrolling, ___2___ concentration, and concentration is like a muscle: it grows ___3___ when it is exercised. A student who reads for only twenty minutes a day will, by the end of a term, have ___4___ several books. More importantly, he will have ___5___ his vocabulary and learnt to follow an argument from beginning to ___6___. Teachers can help by ___7___ a short reading period into the timetable, and parents can set an example by reading ___8___ front of their children. Libraries, too, must open at hours that ___9___ working students. If these steps are taken, the complaint about having no time may soon ___10___. (An original passage written for AdmitMe practice.)

Reading-habit passage, gap 6: choose the best option.

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.