Practice Test Reading Comprehension - 9 | English Language for JAMB PDF Download

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

After school hours, the boys from the neighboring school gathered together, eagerly awaiting their results. Some of them managed to secure teaching positions at St Alban's College, one of the newly established post-war secondary schools in the city. These schools emerged due to the recognition of the country's educational needs and the desire to profit from the demand.

For boys from rural areas who were eager to learn but couldn't gain admission to renowned institutions like Achimota and Mfantisipim in Cape Coast, these new schools provided an opportunity. They would seek lodging with distant relatives in the city and pay a relatively affordable fee for some form of education.

Sammy, a former student, became the history teacher for students in grades one to five. Additionally, he was entrusted with overseeing sports activities, in the hope that the school would eventually have its own playing field near the mental hospital.

The school accommodated six hundred day students, and classes were held in a house owned by Dr. Dodu. Originally built by a wealthy man with a large family, the eight bedrooms were converted into classrooms. To accommodate the growing student population, toilets were transformed into additional classrooms by knocking down walls.

The school was owned by Mr. Anokye, a retired pharmacist who had a strong inclination towards science. He sported a small pair of rimmed glasses that made him resemble one of those black cats depicted on Christmas cards. He had a soft voice tainted by the scent of strong local liquor, akpeteshie, and breath that resembled the smell of gunpowder. During his time at Korle Bu Hospital, he had consumed the methylated spirit intended for laboratory assistants.

Mr. Anokye was devoted to learning and considered himself a scholar. He had a thorough understanding of Archimedes' principle. Whenever he shouted his battle cry of "Eureka! Eureka!" during exams, it meant he had caught a student cheating by looking at someone else's answer sheet.

He hailed from a lineage of scholars and claimed that his grandfather had accompanied Reverend T.A. Barnes, D.D., the Anglican Bishop of Cape Coast, to England. Mr. Anokye was committed to his work. He personally interviewed Sammy, inquiring about his family background and religious affiliation. After careful consideration, he offered Sammy a monthly salary of six units, contingent upon the results of his Cambridge Certificate Examination. During the interview, he focused on Sammy's knowledge of history, particularly the Glorious Revolution and Oliver Cromwell.