BECE English Language 2023 Objective — Question 26

In the passage below, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. 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 (Nos. 26 - 35). A sick person goes to a hospital for - 26 -. On arrival there, he goes to the out-patient department to obtain a card, and from there, he is ushered into a doctor’s study or - 27 - room. After listening to his complaints and examining him, which may involve listening to sounds in his heart and lungs using a - 28 -, checking his body - 29 - using a clinical - 30 -, checking his - 31 - and blood - 32 -, the doctor may be able to - 33 - what he is suffering from based on the - 34 - and the doctor’s findings. If, however, he is not very sure of this, he may send the patient to the - 35 - department to have his specimens tested. Gap - 26 -

• A. advice
• B. analysis
• C. diagnosis
• D. treatmentCorrect
• E. visitation