BECE English Language 2025 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 to E. Fill each numbered gap with the most appropriate of the options (Nos. 26-35). Malaria is one of the commonest -26- in the world. It occurs mostly in tropical Africa, including Nigeria. -27- breed in dirty pools of water and on wet bushes and grass. The malaria -28- is usually -29- from an -30- person to another by the female anopheles mosquito. Symptoms of malaria include fever, headache, pains and weakness in the limbs and joints. There may be loss of -31- too. At this stage, the person is down and should seek medical -32-. Prevention is better than cure. To -33- the spread of -34-, all dirty and stagnant water in the gutters and around our houses should be drained. Grass and bushes around our environment should be cut low. Drainage should be properly sealed to reduce -35- places for mosquitoes. We should sleep under the net. Fill the gap marked -26-.

• A. afflictions
• B. banes
• C. conditions
• D. diseasesCorrect