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JAMB UTME - Use of English - 2014

Question 1 Report

Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 12.
Answer Details
The most appropriate option for the gap labelled 12 is "reporters". The sentence is describing the various roles involved in producing a newspaper, and the word that fits best in the gap is a job that involves going out and collecting news stories. This is the job of a reporter. Cartographers make maps, editors check the articles for errors and clarity, typesetters arrange the text in a visually appealing way, and readers are the people who read the newspaper. Analysts are not typically involved in the process of producing a newspaper, so this option is less appropriate. Therefore, "reporters" is the best option to complete the sentence because it fits with the job description provided in the sentence.