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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2002 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

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.
Last month our school marked her diamond jubilee with a double celebration: an inter house sports competition in the morning and football match later in the afternoon. The former was exciting as many -74- were broken and several new ones were set. The most exciting were the -75- events, especially the 100 metres -76-, the 200 metres hurdles and the -77- races. The -78- did not seem particularly interested in the -79-events.
Expectedly, the football match drew a very large crowd because of the reputation of the two contesting teams. The -80- was taken by the State Administrator who was the special -81-. Our team played excellent soccer; the -82- were accurate and our players displayed such -83- that the spectators were not surprised when, by the end of the -84- they had scored three goals to nil. In the second half, one of our players was shown a -85- for a rough -86-. Although our opponents were awarded a -87-, our -88- was so smart that he did not concede a goal.
The airport had a big tarmac and a wide -89- Departure time of our flight was announced and all the passengers -90- to -91- the plane. Soon the aircraft began to -92- for -93- and in a few moments, we were -94- in no time,we were lost in the -95-. A beautiful young -96- was meanwhile standing in the -97-, close to the cockpit demonstrating security -98- in the event of an emergency. All along, the engines of the plane -99- and provided a background of sinister -100-.


In question numbered 80 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
Answer Details
The best option to fill the gap numbered 80 is "kick-off". The passage mentions a football match in which two teams were competing, and the sentence in question is referring to this match. The phrase "the match was taken by the State Administrator who was the special-" suggests that the State Administrator was present at the match, possibly as a special guest or VIP. Therefore, the best option to complete the gap is "kick-off", which refers to the starting moment of a football match when the ball is first kicked by one of the teams. The other options, "short" and "pass", do not fit the context of the sentence as they do not relate to a football match or the presence of a VIP. The option "kick-ou" is misspelled and does not make sense in this context.