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JAMB and WAEC English Language questions: Cloze passages

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  1. Question 41· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Every year, as the rainy season approaches, residents of low-lying parts of the city ...1... for the worst. Drains that should carry away the water are often ...2... with refuse, and a single heavy downpour can turn streets into rivers. The government has ...3... several campaigns urging people not to dump waste in gutters, but old habits die ...4... . Experts argue that awareness alone is not ...5... ; there must also be regular refuse collection, so that people are not ...6... to dispose of waste wherever they can. In some communities, youth groups now ...7... the drains every Saturday, and the results have been ...8... : streets that once flooded after every storm now remain ...9... . Such efforts show that when citizens take ...10... of their environment, much can be achieved.

    Choose the option that best fills gap 4 in the flood passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  2. Question 42· Cloze passages· JAMB

    The harmattan arrived early that year. By November, a fine ...1... of dust covered every surface in the house, and Mother ...2... us to keep the windows shut. The dry wind cracked our lips and made our skin ...3... . Grandfather, however, welcomed the season. He said the cold mornings ...4... him of his youth, when he and his friends would gather around a fire ...5... dawn and tell stories until the sun grew warm. He ...6... that the harmattan also brought good health, because the dry air killed many of the insects that ...7... disease during the rainy season. We listened politely, but secretly we longed for the ...8... of the first rains. Even so, when the dust finally ...9... and the sky turned blue again, we found that we missed the cosy evenings around Grandfather's fire, and the stories that had made the long nights seem ...10... .

    Choose the option that best fills gap 7 in the passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  3. Question 43· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. A student who reads widely ...1... new words without effort, simply by meeting them again and again in different ...2... . Such a student also learns how good sentences are ...3... , and this knowledge quietly improves his or her own writing. Unfortunately, many young people ...4... reading as a punishment rather than a pleasure. Part of the problem is that they are often given books that are too ...5... for them, and they give up in frustration. The ...6... is to begin with books that are interesting and easy, and then move gradually to more ...7... ones. Libraries, both physical and online, can make this ...8... cheaper. A habit formed in youth often ...9... for a lifetime, and the reader who enjoys books at fifteen is likely to ...10... them at fifty.

    Choose the option that best fills gap 9 in the reading passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  4. Question 44· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Market day in our village is more than an occasion for buying and selling. From early morning, traders ...1... from neighbouring towns, their goods balanced on heads, bicycles and the backs of overloaded vehicles. By mid-morning the square is so ...2... that one can hardly move. Prices are never fixed; every purchase begins a friendly ...3... in which buyer and seller pretend to be offended before they finally ...4... on a price. Old friends meet and exchange news, and many a marriage has been ...5... after a chance meeting beside the yam sellers. For the children, the greatest ...6... is the man who sells roasted groundnuts and tells stories while he works. As the sun begins to ...7... , the traders pack their remaining goods and the crowd slowly ...8... . By nightfall the square is ...9... again, and only the litter on the ground shows that it was ever ...10... .

    Choose the option that best fills gap 10 in the market-day passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  5. Question 45· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. A student who reads widely ...1... new words without effort, simply by meeting them again and again in different ...2... . Such a student also learns how good sentences are ...3... , and this knowledge quietly improves his or her own writing. Unfortunately, many young people ...4... reading as a punishment rather than a pleasure. Part of the problem is that they are often given books that are too ...5... for them, and they give up in frustration. The ...6... is to begin with books that are interesting and easy, and then move gradually to more ...7... ones. Libraries, both physical and online, can make this ...8... cheaper. A habit formed in youth often ...9... for a lifetime, and the reader who enjoys books at fifteen is likely to ...10... them at fifty.

    Choose the option that best fills gap 2 in the reading passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  6. Question 46· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Every year, as the rainy season approaches, residents of low-lying parts of the city ...1... for the worst. Drains that should carry away the water are often ...2... with refuse, and a single heavy downpour can turn streets into rivers. The government has ...3... several campaigns urging people not to dump waste in gutters, but old habits die ...4... . Experts argue that awareness alone is not ...5... ; there must also be regular refuse collection, so that people are not ...6... to dispose of waste wherever they can. In some communities, youth groups now ...7... the drains every Saturday, and the results have been ...8... : streets that once flooded after every storm now remain ...9... . Such efforts show that when citizens take ...10... of their environment, much can be achieved.

    Choose the option that best fills gap 7 in the flood passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  7. Question 47· Cloze passages· JAMB

    The harmattan arrived early that year. By November, a fine ...1... of dust covered every surface in the house, and Mother ...2... us to keep the windows shut. The dry wind cracked our lips and made our skin ...3... . Grandfather, however, welcomed the season. He said the cold mornings ...4... him of his youth, when he and his friends would gather around a fire ...5... dawn and tell stories until the sun grew warm. He ...6... that the harmattan also brought good health, because the dry air killed many of the insects that ...7... disease during the rainy season. We listened politely, but secretly we longed for the ...8... of the first rains. Even so, when the dust finally ...9... and the sky turned blue again, we found that we missed the cosy evenings around Grandfather's fire, and the stories that had made the long nights seem ...10... .

    Choose the option that best fills gap 10 in the passage.

    Explanation and discussion

  8. Question 48· Cloze passages· JAMB

    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 10: choose the best option.

    Explanation and discussion

  9. Question 49· Cloze passages· JAMB

    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 4: choose the best option.

    Explanation and discussion

  10. Question 50· Cloze passages· JAMB

    Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. A student who reads widely ...1... new words without effort, simply by meeting them again and again in different ...2... . Such a student also learns how good sentences are ...3... , and this knowledge quietly improves his or her own writing. Unfortunately, many young people ...4... reading as a punishment rather than a pleasure. Part of the problem is that they are often given books that are too ...5... for them, and they give up in frustration. The ...6... is to begin with books that are interesting and easy, and then move gradually to more ...7... ones. Libraries, both physical and online, can make this ...8... cheaper. A habit formed in youth often ...9... for a lifetime, and the reader who enjoys books at fifteen is likely to ...10... them at fifty.

    Choose the option that best fills gap 8 in the reading passage.

    Explanation and discussion

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