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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 secure when 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)
Answers
Answer:
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Answer:
- The answers of the multiple choice questions are-
a) What do the psychologists, educators and parents want to teach the children?
ans - To teach them about the values of life like hard work, contentment, honesty and compassion.
b) What is essential to become a successful adult?
ans - Learn how to overcome challenges.
c) Why do children need limits on their behaviour when they live within a secure structure?
ans. They feel more secure and better.
d) What is the drawback of giving children too much too soon?
ans - They fail to cope with life’s disappointments when they grow up.
Explanation:
- The answers of the given questions are -
e) What values do parents and teachers want children to learn?
ans - The parents and teachers want children to learn the values of life like hard work, contentment, honesty and compassion.
f) What are the results of giving their children too much too soon?
ans - If parents give their children too mush too soon, then they will fail to cope up with life's disappointments when they grow up. They will not be able to bear failure and they will become frustrated.
g) Why do today’s children want more?
ans - As today's parents can't say no to their children and continuously satisfy their each and every needs, today's children have become greedy and they want more and more. It has become difficult to satisfy today's children.
h) What is the balance which the parents need to have in today’s world?ans - In today's world, the parents need go have 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.
- The answers of the finding word meanings are -
a) A feeling of satisfaction(para1) - Contentment
b) Valuable (para 3) - Precious