All 15 questions from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2007 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation for each. Free, no signup needed.
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[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] The term 'hotspot' is used in the passage
'Hot spot' is used as a specific technical geological term throughout the passage.
[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] The author regards the theory that the plates making up the earth's surface move as
The passage frames plate motion and its interpretation with careful, hedged language ('it appears', 'cannot readily be...'), indicating a tentative rather than settled theory.
[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] Which of the following statements indicate that Africa and South America once adjoined one another? I. They share certain common topographical traits II. Their shore lines are physical counterparts III. The African plate has been stable for 30 million years
Statements I and II describe direct physical evidence of a former joined coastline; statement III is a separate observation about plate stability, not direct evidence of the original joining.
[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] The underlined word 'constructed' most nearly means
'Constructed in detail' here means built up/pieced together in detail.
[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] According to the passage, the hot spot theory eventually may prove useful in interpreting
The passage states hot spots 'provide the measuring instruments needed to resolve the question' of relative plate motion.
Okili was the fly in the ointment in the family. (nearest in meaning to the idiom)
'A fly in the ointment' is an idiom for a small but significant flaw/troublesome element in an otherwise good situation.
The war was long, there were reverses on both sides; at last Kikuyu gained a pyrrhic victory. (nearest in meaning to the idiom)
A 'pyrrhic victory' is a victory won at such great cost that it is almost equivalent to defeat.
The wet clothes ___ outside to dry
'Hung' (not 'hanged', which is reserved for executions) is the correct past participle for clothes.
You can have ___ of the set work
'Any' fits the open, unrestricted offer implied by the sentence.
My attempts to see the Principal were futile (nearest in meaning to 'futile')
'Futile' means having no useful result, i.e. unsuccessful.
American journalists often make disparaging remarks about Africa (nearest in meaning to 'disparaging')
'Disparaging' means expressing a low/critical opinion, i.e. derogatory.
We must maintain the obsolete equipment in our laboratory (opposite in meaning to 'obsolete')
'Obsolete' means outdated/no longer in use; the opposite is 'up-to-date'.
The loan enabled him to procure new supplies (nearest in meaning to 'procure')
'Procure' means to obtain/acquire, i.e. purchase.
The sky is very lonely, and even more so after midnight. By this, we understand that
The statement implies the sky's loneliness is constant but becomes especially noticeable after midnight.
The more I looked at the chart, the more puzzled I became. This means that the speaker
Increasing puzzlement with continued looking suggests the chart was never understood.
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