Through the U.S. prides itself on behing a leader in the
world community, a recent report shows that it lags far behind other industrialized
countries in meeting the needs of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens.
The U.S. has a higher infant mortality rate, a higher proportion of low birth
weight babies, a smaller proportion of babies immunized against childhood
diseases and a much higher rate adolescent pregnancies. These findings,
described as a quiet crisis requiring immediate and far-reaching action,
appeared in a report prepared by a task force of educators, doctors,
politicians and business people. According to the report, a fourth of the
nation’s 12 infants and toddlers live in poverty. As many as half confront risk
factors that could harm their ability to develop intellectually, physically and
socially. Child immunizations are too low, more children are born into poverty,
more are in substandard care while their parents work and more are being raised
by single parents When taken together, these and other risk factor can lead to
educational and health problems that are much harder and more costly to
reverse.
The crisis beings in the womb with unplanned parenthood.
Women with unplanned pregnancies are less likely to seek pre-natal care. In the
U.S. 80% of teenage pregnancies and 56% of all pregnancies are unplanned. The
problems continue after birth where unplanned pregnancies and unstable
partnerships often go hand in hand. Since 1950, the number of single parent
families had nearly tripled. More than 25 percent of all births today are to unmarried
mothers. As the number of single parent families grows and more women enter the
work force, infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people other
than their parents.
Most disturbingly, recent statistics show that American
parents are increasingly neglecting or abusing their children. In only four
years from 1987-1991, the number of children in foster care increased by over
50 percent. Babies under the age of one are the fastest growing category of
children entering foster care. The crisis affects children under the age of
three most severely the report says. Yet, it is this period-from infancy
through preschool years- that sets the stage for a child’s future.
Children born out of unplanned pregnancies are highly vulnerable because
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CONFIDANT
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Where are my spectacles?
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EAGLE : AMERICA::
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SOOTHE
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PLAINTIVE
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PORTLY
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AVIARY
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If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience you cannot do so by being understated, tentative for______
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I shall not be late for dinner_____
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LISTLESS
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Conservative historians who represent a traditional account as --------- because of its age, may be guilty of taking on trust what they should have ------ in a conscientious fashion.
Question # 14
At the inception of Pakistan the portfolio of the governor of Sindh was given to.
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Educational planning should aim at meeting the educational needs of the entire population of all age groups. While the traditional structure of education as a three layer hierarchy from the primary stage to the university represents the core, we should not overlook the periphery which is equally important. Under modern conditions, workers need to rewind, or renew their professor. The retired and the aged have their needs as well. Educational planning, in their words, should take care of the needs of everyone.
Our structures of education have been built up on the assumption that there is a terminal point to education. This basic defect has become all the more harmful today. A UNESCO report, titled “Learning to be” prepared by Edgar Faure and others in 1973 asserts that the education of children must prepare the future adult for various forms of self-learning. A viable education system of the future should consist of modules with different kinds of functions serving a diversity of constituents. And performance, not the period of study, should be the basis for credentials. The writing is already on the wall.
In view of the fact that the significance of a commitment of lifelong learning and lifetime education is being discussed only in recent years even in educationally advanced countries, the possibility of the idea becoming an integral part of educational thinking seems to be a far cry. For, to move in that direction means much more than some simple rearrangement of the present organization of education. But a good beginning can be made by developing Open University programs for older learners of different categories and introducing extension services in the conventional colleges and schools. Also, these institutions should learn to cooperate with numerous community organizations such as libraries, museums, municipal recreational programs, health services etc.
Q: According to the author, what should be the basis for awarding credentials?
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Deluge :
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VALID
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Who was behind the formation of azad pakistan party?
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CAPRICIOUS
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The green supernova is still ------------- cosmetologists, as it had never been seen clearly, making it impossible to study its nature.
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NAT-II
Verbal
Chapter 0
Important MCQ's
Sr.#
Question
Answer
1
SLICE : SCALPEL::
A. Knit : Gloves
B. Signal : Flare
C. Yarn : Fiber
D. Air : Tube
2
HORRIBLE
A. Sabotage
B. Agreeable
C. Dogmatic
D. Repulsive
3
Every person must learn_____
A. That his time needs a wise use
B. Wise ways in his time's use
C. That how wisely his time can be used
D. To make wise use of his time
4
PILFER : ROB::
A. Doctor : Treatment
B. Taste : Eat
C. Affirm : Intimate
D. Innuendo : Desperado
5
If you persist in telling lies to me I shall sue you _____ slander.
A. For
B. On
C. With
D. To
6
With the current wave of crime, travelers on Lahore route are ---------- to make sure their wallet is secure.
A. Banned
B. Irreverent
C. Illiterate
D. Urged
7
How much did it ______ to reach Bombay by car?
A. Cost
B. Estimate
C. Charge
D. Price
8
Some of the sculptures formerly ---------- the Hindu artist are now thought to have been created by one of his Muslim students.
A. Denied by
B. Attributed to
C. Adapted from
D. Submitted to
9
Who was the first Muslim Governor of Punjab.
A. I.I. Chandrigar
B. A.R.Nishtar
C. Mushtaq gormani
D. Mian abdul bari
10
The Romans – for centuries is the masters of war and
polities across Europe, Northern Africa and Asia Minor – have often been criticized
for producing few original thinker outside the realm of positive. This
criticism, while in many ways true, is not without its problems. It was, after
all the conquest of Greece that provided Rome with its greatest influx of
educated subjects. Two of the great disasters intellectual history – the murder
of Archimedes and the burning the Alexandria’s library – both occurred under
Rome’s watch. Nevertheless, a city that was able to conquer so much of the
known world could not have been devoid of the creativity that characterizes so
many other ancient emprises.
Engineering is one endeavor in which the Romans showed
themselves capable. Their aqueducts carried water hundreds of miles along the
tops of vast arcades. Roman roads built for the rapid deployment of troops,
criss-cross Europe and still form the basis of numerous modern highways that
provide quick access prominence to Rome’s economic and political influence.
Many of these major cities lie for beyond Rome’s original
province, and Latin-derived languages are spoken in most Southern European
nations. Again a result of military influence the popularity of Latin and its
off spring is difficult to overestimate. During the centuries of ignorance and
violence that followed Rome’s decline, the Latin language was the glue that
held together the identity of an entire continent. While seldom spoken today,
it is still studied widely, if only so that such master or rhetoric as Cicero
can be read in the original.
It is Cicero and his like who are perhaps the most
overlooked legacy of Rome. While far from being a democracy, Rome did leave
behind useful political tool that serve the American republic today. “Republic”
itself is Latin for “the people’s business,” a notion cherished in democracies
worldwide. Senators owe their name to Rome’s class of elders; Representatives
owe theirs to the Tributes who seized popular prerogatives from the Senatorial
class. The veto was a Roman notion adopted by the historically aware framers of
the Constitution, who often assumed pen names from the lexicon of Latin life.
These accomplishments, as monumental as any highway or coliseum, remain
prominent features of the Western landscape.
Which of the following is Not described in the passage as a part of ancient Roman life that left a lasting legacy?
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