Mid Term Test on English Language JSS 3

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct options

1. Our English teacher is ------ clever to be deceived

2. Many students came to school ----- foot

3. Do you think papa ------ be happy to see us at this time of the day

4. The trader deals ----- spare parts

5. No sooner had the thieves dispersed ------ the police arrived

6. The teacher ----- the class a lot of new words

7. You ----- attend your friend's party if you promise to return by 5 o'clock

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters

7. Tell Chike something that is CONFIDENTIAL and he makes it ------- the next minute.

8. The crowd ASSEMBLED rapidly when the news of the shooting spread.

9. Many people in developing countries are INDIGENT but in the countries that are more highly developed technologically, there are more ------ people

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letters

10. I CONCEDE that I am wrong on this issue

11. With great determination, the man SURMOUNTED all the problems

12. He worked hard all his life but he died in PENURY

Choose the word that contains the sounds given

13. /ɜː/

14. |dʒ|

15. /i:/

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows.

Peer pressure is social pressure exerted by members of one's peer group to take a specific action, adopt particular values or otherwise conform in order to be accepted. Almost every youth has experienced peer pressure at one time or the other in their life. Peer pressure can either be negative or positive. Positive peer pressure comprises doing physical exercises, playing football or other sports, joining a vocational club or a charity organisation to help the needy. There are three different kinds of peer pressure: direct, indirect and individual. Direct pressure occurs when a teenager or a group of teenagers tells another teenager what to do. Indirect pressure is optical peer pressure. This happens when a teenager hangs out with a group of friends who drink liquor or smoke marijuana. Having been exposed to this kind of negative practice, the teenager may think it is okay. Individual peer pressure occurs when a teenager struggles hard to do some things because others are doing them. For instance, it may be in vogue for girls to wear dresses that expose parts of their body which are usually kept covered. A teenager may see this practice as the norm and choose to dress in a nasty way. This teenager may feel insecure if she does not follow the latest fashion trend. Many youths get involved in smoking, drinking and doing drugs as a consequence of negative peer pressure. Smoking is an addictive act leading to lung cancer. Drugs can destroy brain cells. Along with these are alcoholism which is also addictive. Alcoholism changes the lives of drinkers and affect many organs of the body including the liver. Another terrible consequence of negative peer pressure is premarital sex. Many girl feel insecure and rejected, among peers when they declare that they are virgins. Pressure from corrupt peers often lead to teenager sex. When this becomes a normal way of life, some graduate to prostitution, thereby shattering their academic and moral aspirations. Greed also sets in because of the desire for more money. Sexually transmitted disease follow; as many girls and boys are affected by HIV/AIDS or syphilis. Sometimes, unwanted pregnancy punctuate the schooling of many girls thereby cutting short their academic ambition. Boy teenagers drop out of school if they happen to rusticated for being members of secret cults

QUESTIONS

1. In your own words, describe peer pressure

2. According to the passage, why do many youths fall victim of negative peer pressure?

3. Give two examples of positive peer pressure

4. How does negative peer pressure affect boys?

5. Give one consequence of negative peer pressure on girls