QUESTION
Tension was ______________in various parts of the country when rumours went round that phone users would die after receiving calls from ______________ telephone numbers. Many telephone users avoided calls ______________ their mobile phones after information spread that calls coming in red digits could cause death _________________ because high frequency waves would cause excessive bleeding in the brain. Some subscribers _______________ switched off their phones. The rumours started ____________ in the morning when several people received ______________ messages warning them against receiving calls from some listed numbers _____________, it was later established, belonged to a company in Pakistan “I have switched off my phone because the news are ________________,” One person said. However, it was later discovered that the rumours were only a _____________ to cause panic.
(10 marks)
ANSWERS
- high
- some
- to
- allegedly
- even
- spreading
- text
- which
- shocking
- hoax