BECE English Language 2012 Paper 1 Past Questions

PASSAGE
Argungu Town in Kebbi state is located on the North western border of Nigeria. As expected, Argungu is home to the popular Argungu fishing festval which starts in February and spills over into March. The fishing festival takes place on the River Rima. Other events that make the Argungu cultural festival spectacular are the cultural displays, exhibitions of handicraft, archery and camel and donkey racing.
But it is the fishing competition that is the icing on the cake and it takes place on the very last day. Once a signal is given, all the participants make a dash for the river armed with their fishing equipments- a net scoop and a large gourd amidst cheering, singing and dancing until one of them emerges from the river with a catch bigger than that of anybody else. Once the angler emerges with a catch he feels big enough to win the price, the fish is taken to the scales and it is weighed and the biggest is ascertained.
The lucky fisherman wins a price then it is celebrations all through. No fishing is allowed at the festival spot until the grand show around the following year.
Adapted from: Tell MagazineArgungu Cultural Festival takes placebetween February and March

PASSAGE
Argungu Town in Kebbi state is located on the North western border of Nigeria. As expected, Argungu is home to the popular Argungu fishing festval which starts in February and spills over into March. The fishing festival takes place on the River Rima. Other events that make the Argungu cultural festival spectacular are the cultural displays, exhibitions of handicraft, archery and camel and donkey racing.
But it is the fishing competition that is the icing on the cake and it takes place on the very last day. Once a signal is given, all the participants make a dash for the river armed with their fishing equipments- a net scoop and a large gourd amidst cheering, singing and dancing until one of them emerges from the river with a catch bigger than that of anybody else. Once the angler emerges with a catch he feels big enough to win the price, the fish is taken to the scales and it is weighed and the biggest is ascertained.
The lucky fisherman wins a price then it is celebrations all through. No fishing is allowed at the festival spot until the grand show around the following year.
Adapted from: Tell MagazineAccording to the passage, other events that make the Argungu Cultural Festival spectacular are the following EXCEPT

PASSAGE
Argungu Town in Kebbi state is located on the North western border of Nigeria. As expected, Argungu is home to the popular Argungu fishing festval which starts in February and spills over into March. The fishing festival takes place on the River Rima. Other events that make the Argungu cultural festival spectacular are the cultural displays, exhibitions of handicraft, archery and camel and donkey racing.
But it is the fishing competition that is the icing on the cake and it takes place on the very last day. Once a signal is given, all the participants make a dash for the river armed with their fishing equipments- a net scoop and a large gourd amidst cheering, singing and dancing until one of them emerges from the river with a catch bigger than that of anybody else. Once the angler emerges with a catch he feels big enough to win the price, the fish is taken to the scales and it is weighed and the biggest is ascertained.
The lucky fisherman wins a price then it is celebrations all through. No fishing is allowed at the festival spot until the grand show around the following year.
Adapted from: Tell MagazineEach fisher man is equipped with a

PASSAGE
Argungu Town in Kebbi state is located on the North western border of Nigeria. As expected, Argungu is home to the popular Argungu fishing festval which starts in February and spills over into March. The fishing festival takes place on the River Rima. Other events that make the Argungu cultural festival spectacular are the cultural displays, exhibitions of handicraft, archery and camel and donkey racing.
But it is the fishing competition that is the icing on the cake and it takes place on the very last day. Once a signal is given, all the participants make a dash for the river armed with their fishing equipments- a net scoop and a large gourd amidst cheering, singing and dancing until one of them emerges from the river with a catch bigger than that of anybody else. Once the angler emerges with a catch he feels big enough to win the price, the fish is taken to the scales and it is weighed and the biggest is ascertained.
The lucky fisherman wins a price then it is celebrations all through. No fishing is allowed at the festival spot until the grand show around the following year.
Adapted from: Tell MagazineWhich of the following statement is true according to the passage?

The passage is mainly about

The entire world was starving. There was hardly a morsel of food left anywhere. Only the mosquito had a little calabash bowl of flour hidden away. Each day the mosquito mixed a bit of porridge and carefully hid the remainder under a stone in the corner of his hut.
The ear was starving and in desperation came to seek for food at the mosquito's house. He was so thin he could hardly walk. As he approached the mosquito's house he saw him hide something under a stone. When the mosquito had gone to bathe in the river, the ear stole the bowl of flour and made a big dish of porridge and shared it with hundreds of hungry children.
The mosquito returned from his bath and was hungry, so he looked under the stone to get some flour and found that it was gone. He quickly flew to his nearest neighbour, the ear and demanded for his food.
'If you do not give me back my flour, I shall never leave you. I will bother you when you hunt or fish or sleep', whined the mosquito. So, when a mosquito comes to bite a man, the chief of all living things, it first goes to the ear and whines, 'Give me my flour'.
If a man hears this and does not give it, the mosquito takes his food where he can find it.According to the passage what was the condition of the entire world? The entire world was

The entire world was starving. There was hardly a morsel of food left anywhere. Only the mosquito had a little calabash bowl of flour hidden away. Each day the mosquito mixed a bit of porridge and carefully hid the remainder under a stone in the corner of his hut.
The ear was starving and in desperation came to seek for food at the mosquito's house. He was so thin he could hardly walk. As he approached the mosquito's house he saw him hide something under a stone. When the mosquito had gone to bathe in the river, the ear stole the bowl of flour and made a big dish of porridge and shared it with hundreds of hungry children.
The mosquito returned from his bath and was hungry, so he looked under the stone to get some flour and found that it was gone. He quickly flew to his nearest neighbour, the ear and demanded for his food.
'If you do not give me back my flour, I shall never leave you. I will bother you when you hunt or fish or sleep', whined the mosquito. So, when a mosquito comes to bite a man, the chief of all living things, it first goes to the ear and whines, 'Give me my flour'.
If a man hears this and does not give it, the mosquito takes his food where he can find it.The mission of the ear to the mosquitos house was to

The entire world was starving. There was hardly a morsel of food left anywhere. Only the mosquito had a little calabash bowl of flour hidden away. Each day the mosquito mixed a bit of porridge and carefully hid the remainder under a stone in the corner of his hut.
The ear was starving and in desperation came to seek for food at the mosquito's house. He was so thin he could hardly walk. As he approached the mosquito's house he saw him hide something under a stone. When the mosquito had gone to bathe in the river, the ear stole the bowl of flour and made a big dish of porridge and shared it with hundreds of hungry children.
The mosquito returned from his bath and was hungry, so he looked under the stone to get some flour and found that it was gone. He quickly flew to his nearest neighbour, the ear and demanded for his food.
'If you do not give me back my flour, I shall never leave you. I will bother you when you hunt or fish or sleep', whined the mosquito. So, when a mosquito comes to bite a man, the chief of all living things, it first goes to the ear and whines, 'Give me my flour'.
If a man hears this and does not give it, the mosquito takes his food where he can find it.According to the passage, who is the chief of all living things?

The entire world was starving. There was hardly a morsel of food left anywhere. Only the mosquito had a little calabash bowl of flour hidden away. Each day the mosquito mixed a bit of porridge and carefully hid the remainder under a stone in the corner of his hut.
The ear was starving and in desperation came to seek for food at the mosquito's house. He was so thin he could hardly walk. As he approached the mosquito's house he saw him hide something under a stone. When the mosquito had gone to bathe in the river, the ear stole the bowl of flour and made a big dish of porridge and shared it with hundreds of hungry children.
The mosquito returned from his bath and was hungry, so he looked under the stone to get some flour and found that it was gone. He quickly flew to his nearest neighbour, the ear and demanded for his food.
'If you do not give me back my flour, I shall never leave you. I will bother you when you hunt or fish or sleep', whined the mosquito. So, when a mosquito comes to bite a man, the chief of all living things, it first goes to the ear and whines, 'Give me my flour'.
If a man hears this and does not give it, the mosquito takes his food where he can find it.Where was the mosquito when the ear stole his flour? The mosquito went

The entire world was starving. There was hardly a morsel of food left anywhere. Only the mosquito had a little calabash bowl of flour hidden away. Each day the mosquito mixed a bit of porridge and carefully hid the remainder under a stone in the corner of his hut.
The ear was starving and in desperation came to seek for food at the mosquito's house. He was so thin he could hardly walk. As he approached the mosquito's house he saw him hide something under a stone. When the mosquito had gone to bathe in the river, the ear stole the bowl of flour and made a big dish of porridge and shared it with hundreds of hungry children.
The mosquito returned from his bath and was hungry, so he looked under the stone to get some flour and found that it was gone. He quickly flew to his nearest neighbour, the ear and demanded for his food.
'If you do not give me back my flour, I shall never leave you. I will bother you when you hunt or fish or sleep', whined the mosquito. So, when a mosquito comes to bite a man, the chief of all living things, it first goes to the ear and whines, 'Give me my flour'.
If a man hears this and does not give it, the mosquito takes his food where he can find it.The passage can be titled the

The football match started immediately the Governor entered the

The accident ____ had just been wheeled into the emergency ward

The girl was ___ for losing her school fees

The president ...... a London bound plane at the Aminu Kano International Airport.

Cynthia organized a dinner to formally introduce her ______ to the family

Determination is the key to ........ in life.

The youth of nowadays need a lot of

Success at the secondary school level is the ...... of movement into the tertiary institution

It is in the organization's _______ that all employees work hard.

He works in the abattoir, therefore he is a

I was not expecting a _____ carpet treatment.

A meal that is eaten very late in the morning and close to afternoon is called

The skin is for feeling as the tongue is for

The judge restrained the landlord from ____ the tenant

______ often robs people of the energy needed to resist diseases.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last__26__,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|__27__on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a___28___to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | __29__,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there __35__ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my __30__ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings __31__ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag __32__ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we __33__ early, we ____ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we __34__ there ____ in the evening.

Against each number in the list below the passage, five options are offered in columns lettered A - E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options.
Last____,|____on a______to Oregun in Lagos State. Before | ____,I had all my ____ belongings ____ into my travelling bag ____ night. Though we ____ early, we ____ there __35__ in the evening.

Peter came to the meeting ...... his serious illness.

The woman accused the boy ___ stealing her money

Simon is not as old ..... we thought

The sentence, He said he might see you the following day, re-written in the direct form will become

The boy could go home by ____ route.

We met ____ boy who had caught some fish.

_____ our point of view, the decision is regrettable.

Neither the borrower _____ the lender was there.

_______ passengers are to be responsible for their own luggage.

The controversy has been finally ____ to rest.

The ceremony was rounded ____ with a sumptuous dinner.

A lot of students ______ invited to the Literary Day

A basket of oranges _____ presented to the visitor.

The pepper has been ___ by my sister.

'Does ...... of you know the answer'? asked the teacher.