Question

I.

Read the passage and answer the following questions. (10marks)

1) Too many parents these days can't say no. As a result, they find themselves raising ‘children’ who

respond greedily to the advertisements aimed right at them. Even getting what they want doesn’t

satisfy some kids; they only want more. Now, a growing number of psychologists, educators and

parents think it’s time to stop the madness and start teaching kids about what’s really important:

values like hard work, contentment, honesty, and compassion.

2) The struggle to set limits has never been tougher-and the stakes have never been higher. One recent

study of adults who were overindulged as children, paints a discouraging picture is so much more to

want. The oldest members of this generation were born in the late 1980s, just as PCs and video games

were making their assault on the family room. They think of MP3 players and flat screen TV as essential

utilities, and they have developed strategies to get them. One survey of teenagers found that when

they crave for something new, the most expect to ask nine times before their parents give in. By every

measure, parents are shelling out record amounts in the heat of this buying blitz, even parents who

desperately need to say no find themselves reaching for their credit cards.

3) Today’s parents are not equipped to deal with the problem. Many of them raised in the 1960s and 70s,

swore they’d act differently from their parents and have closer relationships with their own children.

Many even wear the same designer clothes as their kids and listen to the same music. And they work

more hours; at the end of a long week, it’s tempting to buy peace with yes and not mar precious family

time with conflict. Anxiety about the future is an factor. How do well intentioned parents say no to all

the sports gear and arts and language lessons they believe will help their kids thrive in an increasingly

competitive world? Expert agree: too much love won’t spoil a child. Too few limits will.

4) What parents need to find, is a balance between the advantages of an affluent society and the critical

life lessons that come from waiting, saving and working hard to achieve goals. That search for balance

has to start early. Children need limits on their behaviour because they feel better and more securewhen they live within a secured structure. Older children learn self control by watching how others,

especially parents act. Learning how to overcome challenges is essential to becoming a successful

adult. Few parents ask kids to do chores. They think their kids are already overburdened by social and

academic pressures. Every individual can be of service to others, and life has meaning beyond one’s

own immediate happiness. That means parents eager to teach values have to take a long hard look at

their own.

❖ Choose the most appropriate option.( 4×1=4)

a) What do the psychologists, educators and parents want to teach the children?

• To teach them about treachery.

• To teach them about indiscipline.

• To teach them about the values of life like hard work, contentment, honesty and compassion.

• None of these.

b) What is essential to become a successful adult?

• Learn not to overcome challenges.

• Learn how to overcome challenges.

• Nothing is essential.

• None of these.

c) Why do children need limits on their behaviour when they live within a secure structure?

• They feel more secure and better.

• They feel insecure.

• They feel bored.

• None of these.

d) What is the drawback of giving children too much too soon?

• They fail to cope with life’s disappointments when they grow up.

• They do not study seriously.

• They become quarrelsome when they grow up.

• None of these.

❖ Answer the following questions briefly.(4×1=4)

e) What values do parents and teachers want children to learn?

f) What are the results of giving their children too much too soon?

g) Why do today’s children want more?

h) What is the balance which the parents need to have in today’s world?

❖ Find words in the passage similar in meaning as.(2×1=2)

a) A feeling of satisfaction(para1).

b) Valuable (para 3)

III.

Read the extract and answer the following questions.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

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