GST101

1. The_______ needs high concentration and particular attention to specific details.

2. Using your dictionary to
look for meanings of words
while you are reading,
actually__________your reading speed.

3.  From the option provided, select the correct register that will correctly complete the sentence: The captain announced that there was a ship _______ off the Atlantic coast.

4. Listening is said to be
useless if there is
no______

5. Which of the following statements may not be true concerning scientific texts?

6. _________is when you read a text and
go back to read the same
text again.

7. When reading a book in the
library

8.  From the option provided, select the correct register that will correctly complete the sentence: The plane taxied down the ______ before it finally stopped.

9.  ______ passages can be difficult if you are not familiar with the words used in the passage.

10. In listening, your ability to
relate or connect what was
said before with what the
speaker is saying now is
called________

11. Choose the alternative that gives the meaning of the indicated word: His staff has been 'assiduous' at providing constituent services.

12. _______in reading is paramount to
effective reading.

13.  In most cases narratives are_______ in terms of style

14. Sometimes, your world___________of the idea that is discussed
in a passage can suggest
the meaning of new words
in the passage.

15.  In listening comprehension, the most important thing a listener should determine is the _______

16. The most intense or
exciting part of a story is
the ______

17. If your purpose is to study a
course material thoroughly,
then your reading speed
will be________

18.  Listening is disabled when one _______

19. _________means screening a given
passage very rapidly to
locate important information
within a large chunk of
reading materials.

20. _______ is the term that refers to words that are similar, related or familiar to the words whose meaning you are trying to determine.

21. To increase your word
power in English you must
cultivate the habit of
reading__________

22. One important way of increasing your vocabulary is to ____________

23. The type of listening skills that can enable you to master what the speaker is saying is _______

24. Expository text sometimes follow a particular storyline and could be vivid and imaginative.' This statement is ______

25. ______ includes figures,
formulae and tables that
are read in a
comprehension passage

26. Which of the following statements may not be true concerning scientific texts?

27. Choose the alternative you
think best gives the
meaning of the capitalized
word and fits into the
context: The argument
ended in RECRIMINATION

28. During study time, the activity of jotting down notes from textbooks, journals or study text is called _______

29. For active listening ability,
you need functioning ears,
ability to anticipate and
think along with the
speaker, noting important
signposts and________

30. To increase your word
power in English is to
be______ in the language

31. Complete the slogan; 'A critical mind is _______

32. As an interactive process, listening comprehension will involve the interpretative and the_______ of the listener.

33. You cannot listen, speak, read or write English effectively without _________

34. In effective reading, you
must always decide not
only what to read but also
the_________of reading

35. Choose the option that gives the meaning of the capitalized word: Dr. Galadima is a gentleman and URBANE host of elegant dinner parties.

36.  The art of receiving information from stored information in the multi-media system is called _______

37. Choose the alternative that gives the meaning of the indicated word: The use of seatbelt is 'compulsory' in Lagos.

38.  ______ does not form the major past of a narrative text.

39. When we listen to lectures or speeches and jot down important points, we are performing _______

40. Not being able to read is to
be______of the happenings,
events, situations and
development around you.

41. _________reading speed is the ideal
speed for reading materials
that are important and
require intensive reading
and comprehension.

42. You read to gain knowledge of what is around you. Indeed, books enlighten you and make you______

43. ______ includes figures,
formulae and tables that
are read in a
comprehension passage

44. Which of these tasks may not help you read and comprehend passages with tables easily?

45. When reading, always look
for expressions that call
attention to an important
point in the passage. They
make_______ less difficult

46. Unlike note taking from
lectures,________from books can be
revisited.

47. _________is usually at different
levels during the art of
listening.

48. You need a good knowledge of ____________to understand information from your course materials

49.  Choose the alternative that gives the meaning of the indicated word: Instead of being 'benevolent' stewards of creation, we have been relentless destroyers of it.

50. The experiences portrayed
in narrative texts often help
us understand the______
of the novel.