The author says that one reasons for writing the book was the fact that¾

1.Identify the proper meaning of the underlined $idiom^{\prime}-$ 'Please be as brief as you can, I have other fish $\to$ fry.'

2.Choose the correct spelling —

3.SEDATIVE : DROWSINESS::–?

4.I decided $\to write this book because I was dissatisfied with parenting-advice$ literature, oversimplified and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Furthermore, frequent requests by frustrated parents convinced me that parents needed a consistent way of thinking $\to guide them in making worthy$ decisions. Contemporary parentings exceedingly difficult. Parents engaged in workforce often lament the lack of practical advice on their roles. Pressured and preoccupied parents have added $\to the grave concern for the well-being of$ youth. The fact that, at the moment, the younger generation is achieving less only manifests a deep rooted social problem affecting even the youth having the best of $life^{\prime}$ privileges. Deprivation of childhood, growing up too fast, or a sense of materialism in young people abound in the media. There is a growing sense of 'youth $alienation^{\prime}. But agreement on what parents can and should do remains in a$ flux. While the goal of character and moral development has stood firm, the approach $\to accomplishing this has varied$ widely. Some authors advise a 'parent -$power^{\prime} stance requiring \to train and instruct as early as possible \to$ 'maximise brain $growth^{\prime}.$ Others, the 'child-$power^{\prime}$ advocates, however, attribute many of today's social problems $\to the excessive pressure put on children by$ parents. Children, for them, have built-in timetables for maturing and learning. The reality is that there are no hard and fast rules. The current predominant trend on child-rearing literature denies parents of any notable contribution $\to their$ children's development. This revelation of parental weakness comes at a time when many busy parents are poised $\to retreat from family$ obligations, and, indeed, it grants them license $\to do$ so. What criticism of contemporary thinking on child-rearing does the author make?

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6.Mulaqat Ali's passion for poetry was not just a hobby separate from his work as a hakim. He believed that poetry could cure, or at least go a long way towards curing, almost every ailment. He would prescribe poems to his patients the way other hakims prescribed medicine. This habit of his made life around him seem more profound and at the same time less distinctive than it really was. Identify the most logical conclusion-

7.The meaning implied by practicing attention management is fighting back against the distractions and creating opportunities throughout the day and supporting one's priorities.

8.Over the next two years they- P. turning the recording studio into Q. made their most groundbreaking work R. of its own S. a magical instrument

9.Look at the poll-result-do they inspire hope?

10.If only he — more skillful, he would make a good football player.

11.When you have to do a research paper for Biology, for instance, you have to — all the specialized books your teacher suggests.

12.I took the old card ¾ the computer and put ¾ the new.