JAMB - English Language (1998 - No. 63)
Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.
The hospital was closed ...... because there were no beds to put patients ..... ?
The hospital was closed ...... because there were no beds to put patients ..... ?
again / upon
off / on
down / at
up / in
설명
close off. : to not allow (something) to be used for a period of time,
''On'' is the correct preposition. In this context it means physically in contact with and supported by (a surface).
Example; "on the table was a water jug"