Utme 2017 English Question 8

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]