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Passage

Unemployment is a key index of economic slack and lost output. But it is not distributed in proportion to people’s ability to face it. It affects painfully the young, women, the unskilled as well as semiskilled, the black person, the older people, and underemployed people in rural areas. The unemployment among specific groups means greater costs to society that can be calculated easily in hours of idleness or dollars of income lost. The other costs include disturbance of the careers and increased juvenile delinquency. There is another cost of unemployment. For labors, continuous unemployment results in “share-the-work” pressures for shorter hours and escalate resistance to technological advances. On business side, the shortcomings of markets results in attempts to raise prices to cover increased costs and to pressures for protection against buying products from abroad.

Question 1: Unemployment is an index of (A) the employment rate (B) economic slack and lost output (C) diminished resources (D) over utilization of capacity Question 2: According to the passage, the unemployment falls most heavily upon all except the (A) unskilled worker (B) semiskilled worker (C) black people (D) white middle class Question 3: The cost to society of unemployment can be measured by all except (A) disruption of careers (B) idleness (C) the death rate (D) lost incomes

Question 4: Serious unemployment results in labor groups to demand

(A) more jobs with shorter hours

(B) “no fire” policies

(C) higher wages to those employed

(D) cost-cutting solutions

Question 5: A normal business reaction to a recession is to press for

(A) restrictive business practices

(B) protection against imports

(C) government action

(D) higher unemployment insurance

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The expression "I have a bone to pick with you" means that someone wants to discuss or address an issue or grievance with another person.

It implies that there is a problem or disagreement that needs to be resolved or clarified.

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T o break a lance with :To engage in a competition, battle, or confrontation, usually with someone or something.

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"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen.

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میرے حریف نے میری غیر حاضری کا فائدہ اٹھایا۔
My rival took advantage of my absence.

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اغوا شدہ خواتین کو بازیاب کرانے کی مکمل کوشش کی جا رہی ہے۔
Efforts are being made to recover the abducted women.

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تم نے میری آنکھوں میں دھول پھینکی ہے
Translation: You have thrown dust in my eyes. 

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I shall have finished my work before sunset.

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He clung to it as though his life depended on it.

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My brother likes pop music, but I don't.

The subject "I" pairs with "do not" (or "don't" for the contraction).

"Don't" is the correct negative form for "do" when the subject is "I" in the present tense.