Question 25
Cloze PassageJAMB 2005 Passage IV: Democracy (cloze, gaps 16–25)
The superiority of democracy over other forms of government has long been established. From its Greek origins the term 'democracy' has been defined as a political .....16..... based on fair representation and liberty for the individual. The .....17..... of liberty and equitable representation are rooted in the definition given by Aristotle of Greece about 2500 years ago. In the words of Aristotle, 'The basis of a democratic .....18..... is liberty.' Aristotle also emphasised the democratic .....19..... of 'freedom based on equality'. More than 2000 years after Aristotle, the tenets of liberty, justice and equitable representation continue to .....20......
From the time of the Greek city - states to the emergence of the modern nation-states, the fundamentals of democratic rule have remained universal .....21...... In the western hemisphere, revolutionary struggles were waged to enthrone democracy over .....22..... rule. Among these were the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Haitian Revolution of 1804, the first of such projects to be .....23..... by a black nation.
The American President, Abraham Lincoln, in the famous Gettysburg Address, .....24..... the essential features of democratic .....25..... when he defined democracy as a 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'.
Adapted from The Guardian, Oct. 10, 2003. p.54
From the time of the Greek city - states to the emergence of the modern nation-states, the fundamentals of democratic rule have remained universal .....21...... In the western hemisphere, revolutionary struggles were waged to enthrone democracy over .....22..... rule. Among these were the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Haitian Revolution of 1804, the first of such projects to be .....23..... by a black nation.
The American President, Abraham Lincoln, in the famous Gettysburg Address, .....24..... the essential features of democratic .....25..... when he defined democracy as a 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'.
Adapted from The Guardian, Oct. 10, 2003. p.54
Passage IV, gap 25: …the essential features of democratic ________ (25) when he defined democracy as a 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'.
- A.governance
- B.government
- C.nation
- D.motion
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Answer: A (governance)
Explanation
Lincoln was defining democracy as a way of governing, so the features are those of democratic governance.