English Language, 2000, WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE, Exam, Paper 1 | Objectives

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Year :

2000

Title :

English Language

Exam :

WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

71 - 80 of 102 Questions

#	Question	Ans
	From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
71.	The Students Week was rounded...with a dance A. off B. up C. out D. through	A
72.	After a while, we noticed that the unconscious accident victim was coming......... A. around B. on C. up D. through	A
73.	The factory workers refused to take the matter of their sacked colleagues lying........... A. about B. low C. down D. idle	B
74.	Seun accepted the conditions we gave him........for my liking A. quickly too much B. too much quickly C. much too quickly D. much quickly too	C
75.	The careless manager has caused his bank to .....millions of naira A. loosed B. losing C. lose D. lost	C
76.	Both questions are alternatives; you answer......one.......the other. A. neither, nor B. both, and C. neither, or D. either, or	D
77.	The sick man.........in bed for three months. A. lay B. lain C. lied D. lie	A
78.	Ogugua has always.........me as a good mannered child. A. strike B. struck C. stricken D. striking	B
	In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, four options are given in columns lettered A to D. choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage. For thousands of years, man lived in a very primitive way. Before the recent -77- in agriculture, medicine and industry, life was difficult. It was hard to -78- a living from -79- without modern farming -80-, and a single year of crop -81- could mean famine and therefore death illnesses as -82- and as -83- as influenza could kill a Stone Age man weakened by hunger appendicitis was always -84- before the days of modern -85- Even childbirth was a hazardous process. Under these conditions, the human race needed to -86- at a high -87- just to keep in existence. However, with a sharp fall in the -88- rate relative to the -89- the world's population is now increasing very rapidly. This increase needs to be put in -90-to avoid the looming consequence of population -91-. When my elder brother decided to -92- a current account with United Bank for Africa, he walked into one of its -93- and obtained the necessary -94- which he completed and returned to the -95-. He was then given paying in -96-. Soon, he started issuing -97- to people with whom he transacted business. Whenever his signature was irregular, his cheque was not -98- Once. he wanted to obtain a -99- and the bank insisted on -100-
79.	In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. A. development B. growths C. adventures D. experiments	A
80.	In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. A. development B. growths C. adventures D. experiments	A

	From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
71.	The Students Week was rounded...with a dance A. off B. up C. out D. through	A
72.	After a while, we noticed that the unconscious accident victim was coming......... A. around B. on C. up D. through	A
73.	The factory workers refused to take the matter of their sacked colleagues lying........... A. about B. low C. down D. idle	B
74.	Seun accepted the conditions we gave him........for my liking A. quickly too much B. too much quickly C. much too quickly D. much quickly too	C
75.	The careless manager has caused his bank to .....millions of naira A. loosed B. losing C. lose D. lost	C

76.	Both questions are alternatives; you answer......one.......the other. A. neither, nor B. both, and C. neither, or D. either, or	D
77.	The sick man.........in bed for three months. A. lay B. lain C. lied D. lie	A
78.	Ogugua has always.........me as a good mannered child. A. strike B. struck C. stricken D. striking	B
	In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, four options are given in columns lettered A to D. choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage. For thousands of years, man lived in a very primitive way. Before the recent -77- in agriculture, medicine and industry, life was difficult. It was hard to -78- a living from -79- without modern farming -80-, and a single year of crop -81- could mean famine and therefore death illnesses as -82- and as -83- as influenza could kill a Stone Age man weakened by hunger appendicitis was always -84- before the days of modern -85- Even childbirth was a hazardous process. Under these conditions, the human race needed to -86- at a high -87- just to keep in existence. However, with a sharp fall in the -88- rate relative to the -89- the world's population is now increasing very rapidly. This increase needs to be put in -90-to avoid the looming consequence of population -91-. When my elder brother decided to -92- a current account with United Bank for Africa, he walked into one of its -93- and obtained the necessary -94- which he completed and returned to the -95-. He was then given paying in -96-. Soon, he started issuing -97- to people with whom he transacted business. Whenever his signature was irregular, his cheque was not -98- Once. he wanted to obtain a -99- and the bank insisted on -100-
79.	In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. A. development B. growths C. adventures D. experiments	A
80.	In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. A. development B. growths C. adventures D. experiments	A

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