Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 1 to 9) by selecting the most appropriate option.
1 If you are living in a house with a child on the cusp of becoming a teenager, congratulations. I’m not being sarcastic; you are about to embark on an amazing voyage. It may be a bumpy ride, but on the journey your child will grow, change and blossom into the adult she will one day become. If you are living with an older teenager, I won’t try to sugar coat it : you will meet challenges. The raging hormones; the pressures of exams; the angst of relationships with friends and eventually lovers — modern teenagers are under so much pressure, it’s no wonder they get moody !
2. your child is in the process of great change. Gone is the baby who adored you without question; only shadows remain of the child who hung on your every word of wisdom. Your teenager is becoming a young adult, trying to find his way in the world. He is now programmed to reject your values and kick against your authority. Some days, when arguments are raging, music is blaring, dishes pile up in the sink and your daughter misses her curfew again, you may feel that you just can’t bear it any longer.
3. But if you take a backwords , breathly deeply for a moment, you will be able to see that most of the problems and irritations we have parenting teens are small ones. It’s only because we are so close to them that they look so big. It’s all about perspective. Your baby is metamorphosing into the adult he or she will be, and it’s hard to watch. You want to save them from making your mistakes, and make their lives easier. News flash : you can’t. What you can—and must— do is always be there to listen. There will be times when you are the last person she wants to talk to, but you must make sure the opportunity is always there. Be available.
Question :- 1. According to the author, living with a teenager is like an ‘amazing voyage’ because
- (1) during this voyage the parent will see the teenager blossoming into an adult
- (2) the voyage will be very bumpy and dangerous
- (3) both the teenager and the parent will get to see many amazing sights
- (4) the vogage will take them to different wonderful places on the earth
Question :- 2. ‘I won’t try to sugar coat it’ — By this what the author wants to convey is that ?
- (1) she does not want to hide the fact that parenting a teenager is full of challenges
- (2) parenting is very challenging and parents must be prepared for it in a gentle manner
- (3) parenting teenagers is like taking an unpleasant cure for an ailment
- (4) she does not want to flatter the parents into believing that they are capable of managing teenagers
Question :- 3. Modern teenagers easily become annoyed or unhappy for no reason because of
- (1) the hormonal imbalance that is characteristic of this period of development
- (2) the failed relationships with friends and lovers
- (3) failing in examinations
- (4) the enormous stress they experience at this age
Question :- 4 . ‘Only shadows remain of the child ...’. The word ‘shadows’ here refers to
- (1) faint traces of the adoring child
- (2) old memories of the teenager
- (3) old memories of the parents
- (4) the darker aspect of the growing teenager
Question :- 5. ‘Kick against your authority’ is a manifestation of a teenager’s
- (1) innate tendency to become physically violent
- (2) natural rebellious tendency
- (3) excessive sentimentality
- (4) need for identification with family values
Question :- 6. ‘He is now programmed to reject your values’ implies that the teenager
- (1) behaves in such a way because of biological factors
- (2) derives much pleasure in going against the family
- (3) is capable of programming his behaviour carefully
- (4) rejects parents’ values out of sheer spite
Question :- 7. The author says that parents cannot prevent their teenage children from making mistakes. What is his advice to the parents ?
- (1) Be available for consultations and listen to the teenagers
- (2) Don’t try to save the teenagers or make their lives easier
- (3) Be the last person to approach the teenagers with advice
- (4) Do not watch the children growing up at this stage because it can be painful
Question :- 8. Pick out a word from the first paragraph of the above passage that means ‘strong feelings of anxiety and unhappiness.’
- (1) angst
- (2) raging
- (3) sarcastic
- (4) cusp
Question :- 9. Living with teens can be difficult because your child is in the process of great change. The underlined part of this sentence is a/an ?
- (1) adverb clause
- (2) adjective clause
- (3) prepositional phrase
- (4) noun clause
