The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. PASSAGE IV With the ...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Use of English - 2023 Subject: English Language

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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.



PASSAGE IV

With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.
Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.

...10...

Answer Details
The correct answer for the missing word is "an Act." In this passage, the author is discussing the authority of the Senate to pass a motion to oppose the actions of the President. The author argues that it is not within the Senate's competence to do so because the Senate is a part of the National Assembly but not the National Assembly itself. The author explains that if the National Assembly were to have a different view from the Senate, it would create confusion. The strongest objection to the Senate's resolution is that it assumes the role of both the judge and the constitutionality of the President's actions. The Senate's function is to make laws, not to control the President's exercise of powers. Therefore, a mere resolution or motion from the Senate cannot give any directive to the President or undo what he has done. The only way to restrict the exercise of the President's powers is through an Act of the National Assembly. An Act is a legislative proposal that becomes law once it is passed by both houses of the legislature and receives the President's assent. It carries more weight and authority than a motion or resolution from the Senate. So, the missing word is "an Act."
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