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

Paper 1 | Objectives

81 - 90 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.

81.

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

A. companions

B. collaborators

C. classmates

D. colleagues

E. contemporaries

D

82.

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

A. terminal

B. end

C. limit

D. boundary

E. frontier

C

83.

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

A. indolent

B. aggressive

C. laborious

D. busy

E. industrious

E

84.

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

A. room

B. apartment

C. corridor

D. chamber

E. parlour

A

85.

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

A. sweeper

B. wipe

C. cleaner

D. mop

E. duster

E

86.

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

A. mould

B. mist

C. dust

D. sands

E. powder

C

87.

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

A. frames

B. bars

C. glasses

D. sheets

E. panes

E

88.

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

A. clothes

B. curtains

C. dresses

D. coverlets

E. covering

B

89.

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

A. read

B. wrote

C. rearranged

D. compiled

E. remade

C

90.

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

A. toilet

B. bedroom

C. store

D. pantry

E. kitchen

E

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.

81.

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

A. companions

B. collaborators

C. classmates

D. colleagues

E. contemporaries

D

82.

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

A. terminal

B. end

C. limit

D. boundary

E. frontier

C

83.

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

A. indolent

B. aggressive

C. laborious

D. busy

E. industrious

E

84.

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

A. room

B. apartment

C. corridor

D. chamber

E. parlour

A

85.

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

A. sweeper

B. wipe

C. cleaner

D. mop

E. duster

E

86.

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

A. mould

B. mist

C. dust

D. sands

E. powder

C

87.

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

A. frames

B. bars

C. glasses

D. sheets

E. panes

E

88.

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

A. clothes

B. curtains

C. dresses

D. coverlets

E. covering

B

89.

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

A. read

B. wrote

C. rearranged

D. compiled

E. remade

C

90.

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

A. toilet

B. bedroom

C. store

D. pantry

E. kitchen

E