Year : 
1994
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

91 - 98 of 98 Questions

# Question Ans

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, five choices are offered A to E. For each question, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.

A nation that wants to -76- her citizens cannot rely on traditional methods of -77- but a large scale -78- Rather than depend on simple -79- like the hoe and the cutlass, it is high time we thought in terms of -80- . Large areas of -81- land must be open up, and aid must be given to young farmers to acquire their own -82-. The effort must start from schools, where students need to be taught both -83- of crops as well as animal -84-. To make land available to more people, the land -85- practices in most parts of the nation need to be revised. Above all, -86- should be generated through loans with reasonable -87- rates.
The -88- to have children is deep rooted in the hearts of both men and women, and on entering into -89- union they regard the -90- of children as the first and most -91- duty. A childless marriage in an African -92- is practically a failure, for children bring joy not only to their parents but also to the -93- as a whole. The -94- of a family brings with it a rise in social -95-. The social position of a -96- who has children is of greater importance and dignity than that of a bachelor or -97-. After the -98- of the first child, the married -99- becomes the object of higher -100- among their fellows than they were before.

91.

In question numbered 93 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. kingdom

B. establishment

C. company

D. region

E. society

E

92.

In question numbered 94 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. rearing

B. nursing

C. grooming

D. governing

E. reviving

C

93.

In question numbered 95 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. value

B. rank

C. cadre

D. status

E. promotion

D

94.

In question numbered 96 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. people

B. duet

C. couple

D. team

E. stock

C

95.

In question numbered 97 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. spinster

B. girl

C. virgin

D. nun

E. maiden

A

96.

In question numbered 98 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. launching

B. ceremony

C. celebration

D. dawn

E. birth

E

97.

In question numbered 99 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. twain

B. pair

C. twin

D. company

E. syndicate

B

98.

In question numbered 100 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. adulation

B. influence

C. affluence

D. regard

E. position

D

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, five choices are offered A to E. For each question, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.

A nation that wants to -76- her citizens cannot rely on traditional methods of -77- but a large scale -78- Rather than depend on simple -79- like the hoe and the cutlass, it is high time we thought in terms of -80- . Large areas of -81- land must be open up, and aid must be given to young farmers to acquire their own -82-. The effort must start from schools, where students need to be taught both -83- of crops as well as animal -84-. To make land available to more people, the land -85- practices in most parts of the nation need to be revised. Above all, -86- should be generated through loans with reasonable -87- rates.
The -88- to have children is deep rooted in the hearts of both men and women, and on entering into -89- union they regard the -90- of children as the first and most -91- duty. A childless marriage in an African -92- is practically a failure, for children bring joy not only to their parents but also to the -93- as a whole. The -94- of a family brings with it a rise in social -95-. The social position of a -96- who has children is of greater importance and dignity than that of a bachelor or -97-. After the -98- of the first child, the married -99- becomes the object of higher -100- among their fellows than they were before.

91.

In question numbered 93 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. kingdom

B. establishment

C. company

D. region

E. society

E

92.

In question numbered 94 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. rearing

B. nursing

C. grooming

D. governing

E. reviving

C

93.

In question numbered 95 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. value

B. rank

C. cadre

D. status

E. promotion

D

94.

In question numbered 96 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. people

B. duet

C. couple

D. team

E. stock

C

95.

In question numbered 97 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. spinster

B. girl

C. virgin

D. nun

E. maiden

A

96.

In question numbered 98 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. launching

B. ceremony

C. celebration

D. dawn

E. birth

E

97.

In question numbered 99 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. twain

B. pair

C. twin

D. company

E. syndicate

B

98.

In question numbered 100 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. adulation

B. influence

C. affluence

D. regard

E. position

D