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 - 2002 (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.
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 94 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
Answer Details
In question 94, the best option to complete the gap is "airborne" because it means that the plane is in flight or has taken off, which makes sense in the context of the passage where the flight's departure time was announced, passengers boarded the plane, and the aircraft began to move for takeoff. Option A, "floating," does not make sense because planes do not float in the air, and option B, "coasting," does not accurately describe the takeoff process of a plane. Option D, "air-lifted," suggests that the plane was lifted by another aircraft, which is not the case in the passage. Therefore, option C, "airborne," is the best choice.

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