English LanguageCloze passagesJAMB

Market day in our village is more than an occasion for buying and selling. From early morning, traders ...1... from neighbouring towns, their goods balanced on heads, bicycles and the backs of overloaded vehicles. By mid-morning the square is so ...2... that one can hardly move. Prices are never fixed; every purchase begins a friendly ...3... in which buyer and seller pretend to be offended before they finally ...4... on a price. Old friends meet and exchange news, and many a marriage has been ...5... after a chance meeting beside the yam sellers. For the children, the greatest ...6... is the man who sells roasted groundnuts and tells stories while he works. As the sun begins to ...7... , the traders pack their remaining goods and the crowd slowly ...8... . By nightfall the square is ...9... again, and only the litter on the ground shows that it was ever ...10... .

Choose the option that best fills gap 7 in the market-day passage.

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.