Jamb Use Of English Online CBT Practice (2021 Prep)

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He has a cogent reason for quitting the relationship

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My hometown is situated in a valley that is completely encircled by hills. Old people say that in the past, lions used to roam around outside the town. I am glad they have been killed before I was born. It is a large town in which many people live. You need to climb the hills on which the new hotel has been built so that you can see how large it is. You will be able to see how many schools, hospitals, churches, and mosques we have. But I am sure you will not be able to count the thousands of mud bricks, corrugated iron-roofed house in which most of the town's people live and by which the big modern buildings are surrounded. Of course, nowadays, many houses are built of cement blocks and have asbestos roofs. I do not know if the new style of building looks better than the old. It certainly last much longer.

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The decision will have no adverse effect on us

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The island becomes more enchanting at night

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The smell is obnoxious

Many people have raised the issued about the need for an equitable distribution of our wealth

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The cleaner resigned from his job which he said had become a trivial round.

Some travellers unwittingly render themselves open
prey to questionable character.

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The grave danger that alcohol abuses pose to human health and well-being has been highlighted by the world health organisation (WHO) which recently disclosed that abuse of the substance causes nearly 4% more deaths than the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS) and tuberculosis worldwide.

The global body that put the number of deaths from alcohol abuse, every year, at 2.5 million. Rising incomes were identified to have triggered more drinking in Africa and Asia while binge drinkingis a problem in many developed countries.

The organisation decried the failure of most governments to institute strong alcohol policies in spite of its heavy toll on society from road accidents, violence, disease, child neglect and absenteeism at work. The WHO alert on alcohol abuse is timely. The organisation's call for privatisation of alcohol control policies as come at a time when government all over the world need information and support to reduce alcohol consumption.

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The grave danger that alcohol abuses pose to human health and well-being has been highlighted by the world health organisation (WHO) which recently disclosed that abuse of the substance causes nearly 4% more deaths than the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS) and tuberculosis worldwide.

The global body that put the number of deaths from alcohol abuse, every year, at 2.5 million. Rising incomes were identified to have triggered more drinking in Africa and Asia while binge drinkingis a problem in many developed countries.

The organisation decried the failure of most governments to institute strong alcohol policies in spite of its heavy toll on society from road accidents, violence, disease, child neglect and absenteeism at work. The WHO alert on alcohol abuse is timely. The organisation's call for privatisation of alcohol control policies as come at a time when government all over the world need information and support to reduce alcohol consumption.

COMPREHENSION

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follow.

Chike must have passed the house five times. And 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 wassituated between
two-storeyed building: this one too was so situated. But in spite
of this 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 moments€™ 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 to
call her bywhat 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 thisjustice-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 as she did so the surplusflesh on her pudgy 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 not notice at first
that the object of her venom was the girl he had seen earlier. It
was this girl that was now surrounded by the crowd, with many
people groaning. Sighing and hissing in unison.
Chike relaxed, and prepared towatch the drama unfolding
before him.

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The manager of the team is often maligned by the supporters

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Told broke her leg because of her restive nature

Theatre in the recent past used to be a very popular art
in traditional African society. It used to be a point ofintersection where members of the community not only come to entertain themselves, but join heads together. In the traditional context African drama therefore, Theatre was a popular and respectable institution, which preserved the people's culture and tradition.

Theatre was popular with the people because it emphasized community participation, peace and progress. The presentations focused on the people's lives, their aspirations, fears and hopes.

But today, the situation is different. Theatre is becoming very unpopular. Africa of the present age is pre-occupied with many problems yearning for immediate solutions. The continent is facing hydra-headed challenges --- challenges on the political, social and economic scenes. In a world where science and
technology are seen as the solutions to these problems, little attention is paid to the arts. Literature generally, and drama in particular, is often rated very low on the utility scale.

Many in Africa today look at drama and theatre as a mere thing of fun, a
joke so to say. Elitism is another barrier that militates against the appreciation of theatre as a communal art. Folk theatre is appreciated by a negligible number of people. Contemporary
focusis on literary theatre. Unfortunately. Literary theatre only
pretendsto serve the interest of its societywhile in reality it has
a foreign audience in mind. The use of Europeans and American
theatrical conventions by our academic playwrights can bear
witness to this anomaly.

The popularity of the literary African theatre is further
marred bythe medium of communication as most literarydramas
in Africa are written in foreign languages, which are not
understood by many Africans. The question often asked is
whether the artist should climb down to the level of his
community or stay at his exalted height and wait for the
community to gradually move up to him.

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The sales were lively; the upset price in each case was fair.

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Abiola is a very feeble man