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1)     3 x (6 + 7)                                       2)     5 × 3 × 2
3)     72 ÷ 9 + 7                                       4)     2 + 7 × 5
5)     9 + 8 − 7                                         6)     9 − 32 ÷ 4
7)     5 x (10 − 1)                                     8)      48 ÷ (4 + 4)
9)     (6 + 25 − 7) ÷ 6                              10)    (6 − 4) × 49 ÷ 7



  
















A Sad Song About Greenwich Village

She lives in a garret
Up a haunted stair,
And even when she’s frightened
There’s nobody to care.

She cooks so small a dinner
She dines on the smell,
And even if she’s hungry
There’s nobody to tell.

She sweeps her musty lodging
As the dawn steals near,
And even when she’s crying
There’s nobody to hear.

I haven’t seen my neighbor
Since a long time ago,
And even if she’s dead
There’s nobody to know.

Questions

1. What word would you use to describe the old woman?

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2. Give one reason why no one would know if she is dead?

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3. What two details in the poem indicate that the woman was poor?

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4. Do you think that the title of the poem is suitable? Give one reason to support your

answer.


Summarize - 150 words


Most psychologists have said that children's behaviour is largely influenced by genes and parent's upbringing. Freud the psychologist placed parents at the centre of the child's universe.

Genes are responsible for 50% of our behaviour. This conclusion was the result of years of study by behavioural scientists. People are nervous, friendly, unsociable and so on because of their genes. Therefore the other half of a person's character must be due to the home environment shaped by the parents. `That was how I was raised!' is a common response.


Yet researchers have not been able to find conclusive evidence of this parental influence. Nervous parents do not always have nervous children, and confident parents do not necessarily have confident children. In other words, it is not always true that children turn out according to the way they are raised.


There is a new theory that gives a different view of how a child's personality is shaped. It is shaped more by the child's peers than his parents. Growing children try to distance themselves from the adults in their home environment. They are more interested in keeping up with other children than copying their parents. They want to be like others in their age group. They are influenced by their peers where food, clothes, language and other aspects are concerned. A child who refuses to eat his spinach would often do so if he sees another child accepting the spinach. Mothers who try to set an example by eating spinach heartily often fail to persuade their children to eat the hated vegetable.


Sometimes growing children are not accepted by their peers. They become miserable when this happens. A survey showed that 9% of the adolescents questioned blamed their parents for their unhappiness. More than 33% blamed their peers. If this observation is true, then parental influence is less important than what it was thought to be.


Children learn a lot about growing up from their peers. What children pick up from other children is as important if not more important than what they pick up at home. What is the evidence for this?


There are several examples of children being different from expectations. Surveys of children of immigrants show that the majority of them do not speak with their parents' accents. Other surveys show that children of deaf mute parents learn how to speak as well as children whose parents speak to them from the day they were born. Adopted children develop few traits similar to their adoptive parents and in different directions from their natural born siblings in spite of being raised in the same way.


Other observations stress on how children behave differently when they are at home from when they are in school. Negative behaviour at home does not mean negative behaviour at school. Children who refuse to do the smallest chores at home could bring home school reports praising them for being helpful in school The ones who are timid at home are quite capable of being in control or even aggressive among friends.


Children are not as delicate as many believe them to be. They are not easily damaged, by their parents' mistakes. Furthermore, children can be cruel to one another. The world out there is tough for children. But they find ways to adapt themselves to it.


Vocabulary


1.

  Dark clouds loomed overhead, indicating that a storm ________.

   

  (A) had passed  

                (B) was approaching

  (C) had dissipated  

  (D) was approached  

   

2. The situation had become dire, with limited resources and a sense of ________ prevailing among the survivors.

   

  (A) hopelessness  

                (B) optimism

  (C) abundance  

  (D) indifference  

   

3. The professor used various examples throughout the lecture, underscoring the importance of critical thinking and ________ alternative viewpoints.

   

  (A) downplaying  

                (B) emphasizing

  (C) ignoring  

  (D) dismissing  

   

4. The students were filled with dreaded anticipation as they waited for the results of their final exams, feeling ________.

   

  (A) excited  

                (B) relieved

  (C) anxious  

  (D) indifferent  

   

5. The movie depicted the harrowing experiences of war, leaving the audience ________.

   

  (A) indifferent  

                (B) amused

  (C) intrigued  

  (D) shaken  

   

6. The brave activist took to the podium to denounce the corrupt practices of the government, ________ their actions

   

  (A) praising  

  (B) supporting

  (C) condemning  

  (D) endorsing

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