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

Paper 1 | Objectives

71 - 80 of 96 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.

................. opportunity we now have to rid the nation of corruption!

A. What excellent

B. What an excellent

C. How excellent

D. So excellent an

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.

72.

In question numbered 76 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. structural

B. infrastructural

C. fiscal

D. systematic

B

73.

In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. system

B. framework

C. industry

D. business

A

74.

In question numbered 78 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. intra-city

B. in-city

C. inter-city

D. sub-city

C

75.

In question numbered 79 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. wagons

B. coaches

C. cabins

D. decks

B

76.

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

A. bookshops and libraries

B. gyms and clubs

C. meals and refreahments

D. parks and salons

C

77.

In question numbered 81 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. dining cars

B. lunch tables

C. refectories

D. bars

C

78.

In question numbered 82 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. closets

B. engine

C. cloackrooms

D. control suites

C

79.

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

A. battery

B. engine

C. diesel

D. solar

D

80.

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

A. petrol

B. alternative

C. converter

D. fuel

D

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.

................. opportunity we now have to rid the nation of corruption!

A. What excellent

B. What an excellent

C. How excellent

D. So excellent an

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.

72.

In question numbered 76 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. structural

B. infrastructural

C. fiscal

D. systematic

B

73.

In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. system

B. framework

C. industry

D. business

A

74.

In question numbered 78 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. intra-city

B. in-city

C. inter-city

D. sub-city

C

75.

In question numbered 79 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. wagons

B. coaches

C. cabins

D. decks

B

76.

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

A. bookshops and libraries

B. gyms and clubs

C. meals and refreahments

D. parks and salons

C

77.

In question numbered 81 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. dining cars

B. lunch tables

C. refectories

D. bars

C

78.

In question numbered 82 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. closets

B. engine

C. cloackrooms

D. control suites

C

79.

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

A. battery

B. engine

C. diesel

D. solar

D

80.

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

A. petrol

B. alternative

C. converter

D. fuel

D