In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the below each passage, four options are offered in columns lette...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2001 (Objective) Subject: English Language

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.
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-.


In question numbered 85 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
Answer Details
The best option to complete the gap numbered 85 in the passage is A) collision. The sentence states that Jide's friend Jackson was involved in a(n) -85- with a truck, and the word that would best fit the context of the sentence is "collision". A collision refers to an accident where two or more objects or vehicles collide with each other. Option A) collision is the most appropriate word to fill the gap in the sentence, as it conveys the idea of a serious accident that resulted in damage to Jackson's car. Option B) collusion, on the other hand, refers to secret or illegal cooperation between two parties, which is not relevant to the context of the sentence. Option C) contact, while it could refer to an accident between two vehicles, does not convey the severity of the accident that occurred. Option D) confrontation is also not appropriate, as it refers to a conflict or disagreement between two parties, which is not the case in the sentence. Therefore, the best option to complete the gap numbered 85 is A) collision.

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