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Question 11
waec 2001

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

Read the passage below

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the passage below, 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.


Jide bought his car last year and now there is the need to renew the -76-. The first time he went to Mr. Olumide, the -77-, he was advised to -78- a -79- rather than a -80- cover. Mr Olumide had carefully explained the merits and demerits of both types, which included the fact that one was far more -81- than the other.
Now Jide has cause to smile because of his entitlement to a no-claim -82- Being a careful owner-driver, he had not been involved in any -83- during the period. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for his friend, Jackson, whose car was a total -84- after a -85- with a truck. He could not even make any claim for -86-, because he was not -87- at all

Jackson's experience clearly points to the need for insurance -88- to educate prospective -89- on the benefits of insurance.

 


The persistent fuel -90- in the country paralysed all aspects of life, especially in the cities. The streets were often -91- of the usual hustle and -92- that characterized city life. A visitor might erroneously think it was a public holiday until he came near a -93-. There he would find long -94- of haphazardly parked vehicles waiting to buy the non-existent fuel from the idle -95-.

Another look at the bus stops would reveal groups of people anxiously trying to get to their places of work. Even car owners used the few -96- buses, the drivers of which had increased the -97- by anything from 100 to 500 percent.

Though this could be very annoying, -98- should not blame the drivers for the -99- rates because the drivers had to pay through the nose to procure fuel at the -100-.

Ayearly licence
Byearly premium
Ccheaper deal
Dcomprehensive policy
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Question 12
waec 2001

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

Read the passage below

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the passage below, 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.


Jide bought his car last year and now there is the need to renew the -76-. The first time he went to Mr. Olumide, the -77-, he was advised to -78- a -79- rather than a -80- cover. Mr Olumide had carefully explained the merits and demerits of both types, which included the fact that one was far more -81- than the other.
Now Jide has cause to smile because of his entitlement to a no-claim -82- Being a careful owner-driver, he had not been involved in any -83- during the period. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for his friend, Jackson, whose car was a total -84- after a -85- with a truck. He could not even make any claim for -86-, because he was not -87- at all

Jackson's experience clearly points to the need for insurance -88- to educate prospective -89- on the benefits of insurance.

 


The persistent fuel -90- in the country paralysed all aspects of life, especially in the cities. The streets were often -91- of the usual hustle and -92- that characterized city life. A visitor might erroneously think it was a public holiday until he came near a -93-. There he would find long -94- of haphazardly parked vehicles waiting to buy the non-existent fuel from the idle -95-.

Another look at the bus stops would reveal groups of people anxiously trying to get to their places of work. Even car owners used the few -96- buses, the drivers of which had increased the -97- by anything from 100 to 500 percent.

Though this could be very annoying, -98- should not blame the drivers for the -99- rates because the drivers had to pay through the nose to procure fuel at the -100-.

Atake out
Btake up
Ctake on
Dtake in
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Question 13
waec 2001

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

Read the passage below

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the passage below, 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.


Jide bought his car last year and now there is the need to renew the -76-. The first time he went to Mr. Olumide, the -77-, he was advised to -78- a -79- rather than a -80- cover. Mr Olumide had carefully explained the merits and demerits of both types, which included the fact that one was far more -81- than the other.
Now Jide has cause to smile because of his entitlement to a no-claim -82- Being a careful owner-driver, he had not been involved in any -83- during the period. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for his friend, Jackson, whose car was a total -84- after a -85- with a truck. He could not even make any claim for -86-, because he was not -87- at all

Jackson's experience clearly points to the need for insurance -88- to educate prospective -89- on the benefits of insurance.

 


The persistent fuel -90- in the country paralysed all aspects of life, especially in the cities. The streets were often -91- of the usual hustle and -92- that characterized city life. A visitor might erroneously think it was a public holiday until he came near a -93-. There he would find long -94- of haphazardly parked vehicles waiting to buy the non-existent fuel from the idle -95-.

Another look at the bus stops would reveal groups of people anxiously trying to get to their places of work. Even car owners used the few -96- buses, the drivers of which had increased the -97- by anything from 100 to 500 percent.

Though this could be very annoying, -98- should not blame the drivers for the -99- rates because the drivers had to pay through the nose to procure fuel at the -100-.

Aroad superintendent
Binsurance broker
Cdrawing instructor
Dlicensing officer
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Question 14
waec 2001

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

Read the passage below

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the passage below, 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.


Jide bought his car last year and now there is the need to renew the -76-. The first time he went to Mr. Olumide, the -77-, he was advised to -78- a -79- rather than a -80- cover. Mr Olumide had carefully explained the merits and demerits of both types, which included the fact that one was far more -81- than the other.
Now Jide has cause to smile because of his entitlement to a no-claim -82- Being a careful owner-driver, he had not been involved in any -83- during the period. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for his friend, Jackson, whose car was a total -84- after a -85- with a truck. He could not even make any claim for -86-, because he was not -87- at all

Jackson's experience clearly points to the need for insurance -88- to educate prospective -89- on the benefits of insurance.

 


The persistent fuel -90- in the country paralysed all aspects of life, especially in the cities. The streets were often -91- of the usual hustle and -92- that characterized city life. A visitor might erroneously think it was a public holiday until he came near a -93-. There he would find long -94- of haphazardly parked vehicles waiting to buy the non-existent fuel from the idle -95-.

Another look at the bus stops would reveal groups of people anxiously trying to get to their places of work. Even car owners used the few -96- buses, the drivers of which had increased the -97- by anything from 100 to 500 percent.

Though this could be very annoying, -98- should not blame the drivers for the -99- rates because the drivers had to pay through the nose to procure fuel at the -100-.

Aroad worthiness
Bchassis
Cinsurance policy
Dvehicle dues
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Question 15
waec 2001

This is Bisi's handwriting; there......be no argument about it.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Awill
Bmay
Cmight
Dcan
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Question 16
waec 2001

He is a dare-devil; I really....be surprised that he has escaped.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Aought to
Boughtn't
Ccould
Dcouldn't
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Question 17
waec 2001

The officer.............that he was not supposed to talk to the press on the matter.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Awill know
Bshall know
Ccould have known
Dshould have known
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Question 18
waec 2001

The judge says that no one is ..........the law.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Aover
Babove
Cafter
Dacross
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Question 19
waec 2001

Olumide initially disliked Mathematics, but.........time he began to like it.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Aby
Bon
Cwith
Dat
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Question 20
waec 2001

The lecturer arrived exactly...........time to give the talk.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Aon
Bwith
Cby
Din
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Question 21
waec 2001

The principal hoped that he..........to help the students.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Acan be able
Bis able
Cwould be able
Dmust be able
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Question 22
waec 2001

....................a new teacher, she does not know much about the behaviour of the students.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

ABeing
BHaving been
CBeen
DHaving being
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Question 23
waec 2001

Many people do not .......their religious professions.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Alive by
Blive to
Clive with
Dlive on
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Question 24
waec 2001

Nigerians will have ............ to blame for withdrawing from the competition at the last minute.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Athemselves
Bone another
Ceach other
Dourselves
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Question 25
waec 2001

Since we were not given all the things we requested, we should.......with what we have.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Amake up
Bmake out
Cmake do
Dmake over
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Question 26
waec 2001

The manager is leaving the company to ......a new appointment elsewhere.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Atake over
Btake on
Ctake up
Dtake off
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Question 27
waec 2001

.............is not good for children.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

ATo have skipped breakfast
BSkip breakfast
CTo have been skipping breafast
DSkipping breakfast
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Question 28
waec 2001

You are......for having that painful experience.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Anone the best
Bnone the worst
Cnone the worse
Dnone the less
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Question 29
waec 2001

I expect everybody to respect..........

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Aitself
Bourselves
Chimself
Doneself
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Question 30
waec 2001

..........we waited, Ayo read the letter over again.

Instructions for this question

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.
 

Awhile
Bwhen
Cwhere
Dwhy
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