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

Paper 1 | Objectives

81 - 90 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.

81.

In question numbered 83 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. digging

B. mowing

C. pruning

D. ploughing

E. cultivation

E

82.

In question numbered 84 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. husbandary

B. economy

C. manuring

D. ranching

E. flowering

A

83.

In question numbered 85 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. purchase

B. holden

C. proxy

D. tenure

E. tendering

D

84.

In question numbered 86 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. labour

B. capital

C. debenture

D. resources

E. profits

B

85.

In question numbered 87 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. credit

B. loan

C. investment

D. premium

E. interest

E

86.

In question numbered 88 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. lust

B. attraction

C. fancy

D. passion

E. desire

E

87.

In question numbered 89 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. fraternal

B. domestic

C. matrimonial

D. polygamous

E. bigamous

C

88.

In question numbered 90 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. minding

B. procreation

C. conception

D. tenering

E. moulding

B

89.

In question numbered 91 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. homely

B. voluntary

C. ancient

D. necessary

E. important

E

90.

In question numbered 92 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. congregation

B. community

C. guild

D. race

E. sect

B

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.

81.

In question numbered 83 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. digging

B. mowing

C. pruning

D. ploughing

E. cultivation

E

82.

In question numbered 84 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. husbandary

B. economy

C. manuring

D. ranching

E. flowering

A

83.

In question numbered 85 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. purchase

B. holden

C. proxy

D. tenure

E. tendering

D

84.

In question numbered 86 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. labour

B. capital

C. debenture

D. resources

E. profits

B

85.

In question numbered 87 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. credit

B. loan

C. investment

D. premium

E. interest

E

86.

In question numbered 88 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. lust

B. attraction

C. fancy

D. passion

E. desire

E

87.

In question numbered 89 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. fraternal

B. domestic

C. matrimonial

D. polygamous

E. bigamous

C

88.

In question numbered 90 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. minding

B. procreation

C. conception

D. tenering

E. moulding

B

89.

In question numbered 91 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. homely

B. voluntary

C. ancient

D. necessary

E. important

E

90.

In question numbered 92 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. congregation

B. community

C. guild

D. race

E. sect

B