Year : 
2008
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

91 - 96 of 96 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.

One of the indicators of -76- under development in this country is the backward state of the transport sector. This is typified by the poor state of the railway -77-. In advanced countries, commuter trains carry passengers from city and within suburbs. The -78- train goes a lot faster connecting major cities and even states; such trains have -79 only.
In the intra- city trains, it is only shelter and seats that are provided. There are no -80-. In some cases, and because of the long hours of service of inter-city or inter-state trains, -81- and -82- are available in addition to coaches.
Apart from the very fast electric trains, there are passenger trains that are -83- powered. There are others that use coal or steam as -84-. Some trains offer -85- services, transporting goods. Such trains stop at specific -86- to deliver goods or to refuel. Most trains have -87- to push or pull them to prevent them from turning around.
It is interesting to watch a modern-88- spring up and get completed in a matter of months. A few months ago, a building company brought some -89- to the virgin forest next to our school. The trees were -99-, the ground was cleared and -91-, and the workers brought out various -92- with which they measured a marked the -93-. Then the -94- was dug and the -95- were brought from somewhere else -96- was made from a mixture of sand cement and water, and the walls grew before our very eyes. Before the end of the second month, we realized it was not going to be a -97- but a storeyed building. The -98- was cast in only one day by the workers who -99- for the whole day. Thereafter things moved even faster. By the end of the third month, the whole -100- was in place.

91.

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

A. boreholes

B. lintels

C. fences

D. blocks

D

92.

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

A. concoction

B. gravel

C. mortar

D. compound

C

93.

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

A. basement

B. mansion

C. bungalow

D. sky-scraper

C

94.

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

A. roofing

B. decking

C. floor

D. beam

B

95.

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

A. struggled

B. grumbled

C. suffered

D. toiled

D

96.

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

A. roof

B. structure

C. wall

D. apartment

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.

One of the indicators of -76- under development in this country is the backward state of the transport sector. This is typified by the poor state of the railway -77-. In advanced countries, commuter trains carry passengers from city and within suburbs. The -78- train goes a lot faster connecting major cities and even states; such trains have -79 only.
In the intra- city trains, it is only shelter and seats that are provided. There are no -80-. In some cases, and because of the long hours of service of inter-city or inter-state trains, -81- and -82- are available in addition to coaches.
Apart from the very fast electric trains, there are passenger trains that are -83- powered. There are others that use coal or steam as -84-. Some trains offer -85- services, transporting goods. Such trains stop at specific -86- to deliver goods or to refuel. Most trains have -87- to push or pull them to prevent them from turning around.
It is interesting to watch a modern-88- spring up and get completed in a matter of months. A few months ago, a building company brought some -89- to the virgin forest next to our school. The trees were -99-, the ground was cleared and -91-, and the workers brought out various -92- with which they measured a marked the -93-. Then the -94- was dug and the -95- were brought from somewhere else -96- was made from a mixture of sand cement and water, and the walls grew before our very eyes. Before the end of the second month, we realized it was not going to be a -97- but a storeyed building. The -98- was cast in only one day by the workers who -99- for the whole day. Thereafter things moved even faster. By the end of the third month, the whole -100- was in place.

91.

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

A. boreholes

B. lintels

C. fences

D. blocks

D

92.

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

A. concoction

B. gravel

C. mortar

D. compound

C

93.

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

A. basement

B. mansion

C. bungalow

D. sky-scraper

C

94.

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

A. roofing

B. decking

C. floor

D. beam

B

95.

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

A. struggled

B. grumbled

C. suffered

D. toiled

D

96.

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

A. roof

B. structure

C. wall

D. apartment

B