Utme 2017 English Question 13

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. In truth, realistic planning efforts go with infrastructural ... 6 ... [A. development B. projected C. arrangement D. tenet]. It makes the planning ... 7 ... [A. holistic B. partial C. abnormal D. curative]. When ... 8 ... [A. planning B. budgetary C. projected D. national] provisions are made, infrastructural ... 9 ... [A. estimates B. prompt C. prompt D. processes] should be embedded. Where these are glaringly ... 10 ... [A. shortened B. cleared C. omitted D. altered], then national development and integration can be greatly ... 11 ... [A. impaired B. degraded C. reduced D. denied]. However, the case with most developing countries is to place other ... 12 ... [A. sectional B. sectorial C. selectional D. palliative] interests far above the development of infrastructure. A nation inclined to this erroneous position may continue to experience ... 13 ... [A. economic stagnation B. recession C. social decay D. mismanagement]. This implies that infrastructural development should be made to take ... 14 ... [A antecedent B. procedure C. control D. advantage] over other sectors. This is because of the immense importance of infrastructure to national ... 15 ... [A. awareness B. orientation C. policy D. growth]