Waec English language 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 66:

• WAEC 1997

From the words or group of words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or group of words.
This problem may prove rather tricky for the government

A. Deceitful
B. Trivial
C. Mischievous
D. Unexpected
E. Difficult

Question 67:

• WAEC 1997

From the words or group of words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or group of words.
The long war ended when an armistice was agreed upon

A. A truce
B. A recess
C. A surrender
D. An intermission
E. A declaration

Question 68:

• WAEC 1997

From the words or group of words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or group of words.
The assassination of the statesman threw the country into a state of turmoil

A. Inactivity
B. Mourning
C. Confusion
D. Revolution
E. Anxiety

Question 69:

• WAEC 1997

From the words or group of words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or group of words.
To become an artisan one has to undergo a period of apprenticeship

A. Directorship
B. Teasting
C. Tutirship
D. Practice
E. Training

Question 70:

• WAEC 1997

Instruction: In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the below each passage, five choices are offered in columns labelled A to E. For each question choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.
''Now speaking seriously, ladies and -71-'' continued the speaker, ''it has -72- a tradition for us to welcome new -73- into the administrative -74- of our civil service. This is because of the role which -75- plays in society. It is not only in the civil service that administrators are -76-. Administrative works is going on constantly in the business -77- in the army, the church and in every organization, where human -78- decide to organize themselves for a -79- purpose. Even among doctors, engineers and other -80- much administration is going on, and infact you cannot be a -81- doctor lawyer, engineer or teacher -82- being a good administrator. And now to my young -83- who have newly joined ranks of administrators in our service. I say the sky is the -84- for those who are -85-.
When he had finished sweeping the sitting -86-, she took up the slightly moist -87- and used it to wipe off the -88- from the surfaces of the table, chairs, stools and window -89-. After that she adjusted the -90- on the windows and doors and -91- the few books and other items on the table and stools. She then moved to the -92- where the dishes from the previous evenings -93- remained piled up, unwashed. She turned on the -94- and started washing it took her thirty minutes to turn the dirty plates and -95- into gleaming pieces. She lit the -96-, filled up the -97- from the running tap and put it on the fire. That was for tea. She took a tuber of -98- peeled it clean, and cut it into neat -99-. Then, she commenced the process for making omelette. She cracked open four -100- on to a plate and mixed them thoroughly.


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

A. Contemporaries
B. Gentlemen
C. Friends
D. Comrades
E. Well-wishers