Question

Read the following passage and do the activities:

B1. Fill in the blanks: (2)

1. The speaker met with a ______child soldier. 
2. Don't kill your children because of ______.
3. The child labourer was very ______.
4. All the great religions teach us to ______ for our children.

Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny child labourer. He asked me; "Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a gun or a tool?"          I met with a Sudanese child-soldier. He was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training lesson, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me; "What is my fault?"          Friends, all the great religions teach us to care for om children. Jesus said; "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to them." The Holy Quran says; "Kill not your children because of poverty."          Friends! There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children. Therefore ........ I refuse to accept that all the temples and mosques and churches and prayer houses have no place for the dreams of our children.

B2. According to the narrator, what is violence and what does he refuse to accept? (2) 

B3. Write the describing words used for the following nouns: (2)

1. ______ militia
2. ______ religions
3. ______ training
4. ______ violence

B4. Do as Directed: (2)

1. The world is very poor. (Make it exclamatory) 
2. He was kidnapped by an extremist militia. (Choose the correct 'Active Voice' of it)
   1. An extremist militia kidnapped him.
   2. An extremist militia kidnaps him.
   3. An extremist militia was kidnapped him.
   4. An extremist militia is kidnapped him. 

B5. Personal Response: (2)

What is your opinion about child labour?

Answer 1

B1.

1. The speaker met with a Sudanese child-solider.
2. Don't kill your children because of poverty.
3. The child labourer was very small and skinny.
4. All the great religious teach us to care for our children.

B2. The greatest act of aggression, according to the nal1'ator, is to deny children their dreams. He rejects the idea that children's dreams have no place in any temple, mosque, church, or site of worship.

B3. 

1. Extremist militia
2. Great religions
3. First training
4. Greater violence

B4. 

1. How poor the world is!
2. An extremist militia kidnapped him.

B5. Child labor is wrong. It robs children of their youth and their hopes. Every child wants to play, learn, and develop in a secure setting. For children to have a bright future, we must safeguard and assist them.