Year : 
2006
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 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-

81.

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

A. plans

B. arrangements

C. projects

D. concepts

C

82.

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

A. effort

B. officers

C. labourers

D. workers

D

83.

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

A. increment

B. interest

C. credit

D. surplus

B

84.

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

A. objective

B. goal

C. policy

D. solution

C

85.

In question numbered 80 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.salary

A. salary

B. tariff

C. insurance

D. family

A

86.

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

A. poor

B. infant`

C. competing

D. complementary

B

87.

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

A. citizens

B. townsmen

C. occupants

D. squatters

A

88.

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

A. harvesting

B. agriculture

C. gardening

D. ranching

B

89.

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

A. urban

B. city

C. rural

D. cultivated

C

90.

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

A. manufacture

B. output

C. production

D. distribution

C

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-

81.

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

A. plans

B. arrangements

C. projects

D. concepts

C

82.

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

A. effort

B. officers

C. labourers

D. workers

D

83.

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

A. increment

B. interest

C. credit

D. surplus

B

84.

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

A. objective

B. goal

C. policy

D. solution

C

85.

In question numbered 80 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.salary

A. salary

B. tariff

C. insurance

D. family

A

86.

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

A. poor

B. infant`

C. competing

D. complementary

B

87.

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

A. citizens

B. townsmen

C. occupants

D. squatters

A

88.

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

A. harvesting

B. agriculture

C. gardening

D. ranching

B

89.

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

A. urban

B. city

C. rural

D. cultivated

C

90.

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

A. manufacture

B. output

C. production

D. distribution

C