Unilorin Post-UTME Use of English 2019 (Model questions) past questions and answers

2019/2020 Passage I: adapted from Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men

Based on the first paragraph, it is most reasonable to conclude that while in college, the author:

1. A.decided to become a professor of anthropology
2. B.decided that she did not want to live permanently in Eatonville, Florida
3. C.felt that her teachers prevented her from studying what she wanted
4. D.became disenchanted with anthropology
5. E.understood her own culture in new and different ways.

Based on the information in the third paragraph, which of the following statements about the interactions on the porch can be most reasonably inferred?

1. A.The adults encouraged the author (as a child) to stay and tell stories
2. B.Men were more frequent participants than were women
3. C.Most of the storytellers had not grown up in Eatonville
4. D.The author's parents sent her to the porch to hear the stories
5. E.One man in particular told most of the stories.

In the last paragraph, the author writes that folklore collecting:

1. A.is less difficult than it appears
2. B.is easiest to accomplish in isolated places because people there freely reveal their innermost thoughts
3. C.can be difficult in isolated places, even though the people there are the best sources
4. D.is more difficult than publishing what has been collected
5. E.is the best way to reveal what is important to people.

Which of the following is NOT among the reasons the author gives for her decision to collect folklore in Eatonville?

1. A.The people of Eatonville would be grateful that she published their stories
2. B.The people of Eatonville would have many stories for her collection
3. C.Eatonville and its people are familiar to her
4. D.She believes that she can collect stories without doing harm
5. E.She believes that the people of Eatonville will help her in her project.

The expression "which the soul lives by" as used in the passage is …………….

1. A.Nominal Clause
2. B.Adjectival phrase
3. C.Relative clause
4. D.Adverbial clause

Choose the option that is similar to the word or expression underlined: Victor broke his mallet ostensibly trying to the maintain order, although he was actually enjoying the commotion.

1. A.apparently
2. B.carelessly
3. C.accidentally
4. D.angrily

Choose the option that is similar to the word or expression underlined: Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways.

1. A.beggarly
2. B.sordidly
3. C.miserly
4. D.pompously

Choose the option that is similar to the word or expression underlined: Many candidates now apply to read medicine and surgery because it is a lucrative profession.

1. A.brings high prestige
2. B.bring plenty of profit
3. C.bring quick money
4. D.brings plenty of knowledge

Choose the option that is similar to the word or expression underlined: The task was herculean.

1. A.irregular
2. B.related to Hercules
3. C.stimulating
4. D.demanding

Choose the option that is similar to the word or expression underlined: Her attempts were nipped in the bud.

1. A.unsuccessful
2. B.cut short
3. C.frustrated
4. D.disqualified

Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence: The commissioner for Education with his secretary …….. expected yesterday.

1. A.are
2. B.was
3. C.were
4. D.is

Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence: The principal has already summoned all the ……… on the matter.

1. A.heads of departments
2. B.head of department
3. C.heads of department
4. D.head of department

Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence: ………… Science and Technology, many African countries have not made significant progress since their independence.

1. A.with regards to
2. B.in respect to
3. C.as far as
4. D.with regard to

Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence: If I …….. your father, I would call the police.

1. A.have been
2. B.am
3. C.will be
4. D.were

Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence: One of the victims ………. rushed to the nearest hospital.

1. A.was
2. B.have been
3. C.were
4. D.were being

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Burn

1. A.sum
2. B.cousin
3. C.skirt
4. D.port

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as represented by the letter(s) underlined: Pizza

1. A.boys
2. B.reaped
3. C.scissors
4. D.freeze

Some words are misspelled. Choose the appropriate option to correct the spelling: Ade was diagnosed to have had ……….. when he went to visit the medical doctor.

1. A.diarheoa
2. B.diarrhoea
3. C.diarhoea
4. D.diarrhea

Some words are misspelled. Choose the appropriate option to correct the spelling: The president was suspended on the premise that he committed constitutional …………

1. A.Abberation
2. B.Abberration
3. C.Aberration
4. D.Abberetion