Year : 
1997
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

91 - 99 of 99 Questions

# Question Ans

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

''Now speaking seriously, ladies and -71-'' continued the speaker, ''it has -72- a tradition for us to welcome new -73- into the administrative -74- of our civil service. This is because of the role which -75- plays in society. It is not only in the civil service that administrators are -76-. Administrative works is going on constantly in the business -77- in the army, the church and in every organization, where human -78- decide to organize themselves for a -79- purpose. Even among doctors, engineers and other -80- much administration is going on, and infact you cannot be a -81- doctor lawyer, engineer or teacher -82- being a good administrator. And now to my young -83- who have newly joined ranks of administrators in our service. I say the sky is the -84- for those who are -85-.
When he had finished sweeping the sitting -86-, she took up the slightly moist -87- and used it to wipe off the -88- from the surfaces of the table, chairs, stools and window -89-. After that she adjusted the -90- on the windows and doors and -91- the few books and other items on the table and stools. She then moved to the -92- where the dishes from the previous evenings -93- remained piled up, unwashed. She turned on the -94- and started washing it took her thirty minutes to turn the dirty plates and -95- into gleaming pieces. She lit the -96-, filled up the -97- from the running tap and put it on the fire. That was for tea. She took a tuber of -98- peeled it clean, and cut it into neat -99-. Then, she commenced the process for making omelette. She cracked open four -100- on to a plate and mixed them thoroughly.

91.

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

A. breakfast

B. supper

C. lunch

D. food

E. snacks

B

92.

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

A. tap

B. switch

C. knob

D. handle

E. key

A

93.

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

A. instruments

B. implements

C. cultery

D. furniture

E. utensils

E

94.

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

A. fire

B. heater

C. lantern

D. lamp

E. stove

E

95.

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

A. plate

B. kettle

C. saucepan

D. frying-pan

E. warmer

B

96.

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

A. banana

B. corn

C. lettuce

D. yam

E. cabbage

D

97.

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

A. slices

B. cubes

C. morsels

D. portions

E. fragments

A

98.

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

A. coconuts

B. tomatoes

C. eggs

D. onions

E. palm nuts

C

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

99.

I was impressed by the man's eagerness but was rather put off by his wife's........

A. anxiety

B. impatience

C. indifference

D. negligence

E. calmness

C

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

''Now speaking seriously, ladies and -71-'' continued the speaker, ''it has -72- a tradition for us to welcome new -73- into the administrative -74- of our civil service. This is because of the role which -75- plays in society. It is not only in the civil service that administrators are -76-. Administrative works is going on constantly in the business -77- in the army, the church and in every organization, where human -78- decide to organize themselves for a -79- purpose. Even among doctors, engineers and other -80- much administration is going on, and infact you cannot be a -81- doctor lawyer, engineer or teacher -82- being a good administrator. And now to my young -83- who have newly joined ranks of administrators in our service. I say the sky is the -84- for those who are -85-.
When he had finished sweeping the sitting -86-, she took up the slightly moist -87- and used it to wipe off the -88- from the surfaces of the table, chairs, stools and window -89-. After that she adjusted the -90- on the windows and doors and -91- the few books and other items on the table and stools. She then moved to the -92- where the dishes from the previous evenings -93- remained piled up, unwashed. She turned on the -94- and started washing it took her thirty minutes to turn the dirty plates and -95- into gleaming pieces. She lit the -96-, filled up the -97- from the running tap and put it on the fire. That was for tea. She took a tuber of -98- peeled it clean, and cut it into neat -99-. Then, she commenced the process for making omelette. She cracked open four -100- on to a plate and mixed them thoroughly.

91.

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

A. breakfast

B. supper

C. lunch

D. food

E. snacks

B

92.

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

A. tap

B. switch

C. knob

D. handle

E. key

A

93.

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

A. instruments

B. implements

C. cultery

D. furniture

E. utensils

E

94.

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

A. fire

B. heater

C. lantern

D. lamp

E. stove

E

95.

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

A. plate

B. kettle

C. saucepan

D. frying-pan

E. warmer

B

96.

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

A. banana

B. corn

C. lettuce

D. yam

E. cabbage

D

97.

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

A. slices

B. cubes

C. morsels

D. portions

E. fragments

A

98.

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

A. coconuts

B. tomatoes

C. eggs

D. onions

E. palm nuts

C

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

99.

I was impressed by the man's eagerness but was rather put off by his wife's........

A. anxiety

B. impatience

C. indifference

D. negligence

E. calmness

C