Year : 
1991
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

61 - 70 of 92 Questions

# Question Ans

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

61.

Don't believe all.............he had told you.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. there

A

62.

He succeeded ....the odds he faced.

A. after

B. despite

C. even

D. in addition to

B

63.

Please let me have.........salt in my soup.

A. a little

B. few

C. small

D. a few

A

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

Not all insects are -66- and amongst those which are, the honey bees. Besides the honey they -67- they perform an even move important service by -68- flowers. The -69- method of obtaining honey in African countries is to allow wild bees to enter a -70- and then later to smoke out the bees with -71-. The food value of honey is -72- high; it is derived from -73-, which is merely a sugary solution in water. In honey most of this sugar has been changed into another -74- which, when eaten, is very easily -75- into the blood -76-. An -77- is the name of the place where the beehieves are kept. Bees require water, and this should be provided if not -78- available. A honey -79- is the place where the honey is stored and it is very important that the bees are not destroyed when the honey is -80-.

64.

In question numbered 66 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. necessary

B. useful

C. important

D. harmless

E. harmful

E

65.

In question numbered 67 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. produce

B. invent

C. deliver

D. forge

E. create

A

66.

In question numbered 68 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. dispersing

B. beautifying

C. flavouring

D. colouring

E. pollinating

E

67.

In question numbered 69 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. scientific

B. mechanical

C. traditional

D. modern

E. technical

C

68.

In question numbered 70 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. shell

B. cell

C. hive

D. hut

E. tree

C

69.

In question numbered 71 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. rays

B. heat

C. torch

D. fire

E. light

D

70.

In question numbered 72 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. exceptionally

B. simultaneously

C. alternately

D. constructively

E. imaginatively

A

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

61.

Don't believe all.............he had told you.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. there

A

62.

He succeeded ....the odds he faced.

A. after

B. despite

C. even

D. in addition to

B

63.

Please let me have.........salt in my soup.

A. a little

B. few

C. small

D. a few

A

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

Not all insects are -66- and amongst those which are, the honey bees. Besides the honey they -67- they perform an even move important service by -68- flowers. The -69- method of obtaining honey in African countries is to allow wild bees to enter a -70- and then later to smoke out the bees with -71-. The food value of honey is -72- high; it is derived from -73-, which is merely a sugary solution in water. In honey most of this sugar has been changed into another -74- which, when eaten, is very easily -75- into the blood -76-. An -77- is the name of the place where the beehieves are kept. Bees require water, and this should be provided if not -78- available. A honey -79- is the place where the honey is stored and it is very important that the bees are not destroyed when the honey is -80-.

64.

In question numbered 66 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. necessary

B. useful

C. important

D. harmless

E. harmful

E

65.

In question numbered 67 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. produce

B. invent

C. deliver

D. forge

E. create

A

66.

In question numbered 68 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. dispersing

B. beautifying

C. flavouring

D. colouring

E. pollinating

E

67.

In question numbered 69 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. scientific

B. mechanical

C. traditional

D. modern

E. technical

C

68.

In question numbered 70 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. shell

B. cell

C. hive

D. hut

E. tree

C

69.

In question numbered 71 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. rays

B. heat

C. torch

D. fire

E. light

D

70.

In question numbered 72 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. exceptionally

B. simultaneously

C. alternately

D. constructively

E. imaginatively

A