Year : 
2006
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 below each passage, four options are offered in columns lettered A to D. choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passages.

The problem of unemployment is very great in many African countries. The -79- of labour is always far greater than the number of -80 provided. Consequently, there are armies of job seekers roaming the streets. It is the responsibility of the government to create jobs and organize -81- programmes in order to achieve greater employment. -82- can be sunk into these -83- which can absorb more -84-. A man with a regular job will be able to feed himself and save a little in the bank which will earn him some -85-. The government could raise money through a rational economic -86-, whereby under consumption of luxury and foreign goods is discouraged. The country's -87- structure can also be planned so that nationals are encouraged to work harder for adequate incentives. The government can also protect -88-.
My country is considered to be an industrialized nation. Out of its 25 million -89- only about a million are employed in -90-. Avery large portion of its surface consists of -91- areas. The rest of the land is used for the -92- of food. In the north there is wide open land to which owners of -93- have grazing -94-. The . The greater part of this area consists of -95- land ploughed up for crops of grain, roots or just grass fields used for permanent -96-. Our agriculture does not follow any uniform pattern. There are different types of -97-. About a third of them -98- the farms which they occupy. The rest are tenant farmers who have -99- their farms from big-100-

91.

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

A. hatcheries

B. poultry

C. tractors

D. livestock

D

92.

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

A. capacity

B. rights

C. authority

D. possibilities

B

93.

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

A. fertilized

B. arable

C. rocky

D. waterlogged

B

94.

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

A. lawns

B. plots

C. pasture

D. patches

C

95.

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

A. farmers

B. growers

C. breeders

D. grazers

A

96.

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

A. monopolize

B. keep

C. reserve

D. own

D

97.

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

A. taken

B. hired

C. leased

D. borrowed

B

98.

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

A. landlords

B. landowners

C. plot holders

D. house owners

B

In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the below each passage, four options are offered in columns lettered A to D. choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passages.

The problem of unemployment is very great in many African countries. The -79- of labour is always far greater than the number of -80 provided. Consequently, there are armies of job seekers roaming the streets. It is the responsibility of the government to create jobs and organize -81- programmes in order to achieve greater employment. -82- can be sunk into these -83- which can absorb more -84-. A man with a regular job will be able to feed himself and save a little in the bank which will earn him some -85-. The government could raise money through a rational economic -86-, whereby under consumption of luxury and foreign goods is discouraged. The country's -87- structure can also be planned so that nationals are encouraged to work harder for adequate incentives. The government can also protect -88-.
My country is considered to be an industrialized nation. Out of its 25 million -89- only about a million are employed in -90-. Avery large portion of its surface consists of -91- areas. The rest of the land is used for the -92- of food. In the north there is wide open land to which owners of -93- have grazing -94-. The . The greater part of this area consists of -95- land ploughed up for crops of grain, roots or just grass fields used for permanent -96-. Our agriculture does not follow any uniform pattern. There are different types of -97-. About a third of them -98- the farms which they occupy. The rest are tenant farmers who have -99- their farms from big-100-

91.

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

A. hatcheries

B. poultry

C. tractors

D. livestock

D

92.

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

A. capacity

B. rights

C. authority

D. possibilities

B

93.

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

A. fertilized

B. arable

C. rocky

D. waterlogged

B

94.

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

A. lawns

B. plots

C. pasture

D. patches

C

95.

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

A. farmers

B. growers

C. breeders

D. grazers

A

96.

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

A. monopolize

B. keep

C. reserve

D. own

D

97.

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

A. taken

B. hired

C. leased

D. borrowed

B

98.

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

A. landlords

B. landowners

C. plot holders

D. house owners

B