Answer Key
What do the following phrases mean?
- “To prefer myths to truths” means [to feel that a story is better than the truth]
- “Common age for something” is [the age when it's usual for most people]
- “One in six parents REFUSE to give their children an answer” means [they do not want to]
- “The questions that parents STRUGGLE to answer” means [the questions are difficult to answer]
- “UNABLE to give a correct answer” means [the person can't answer correctly]
Are the following statements about the text correct?
1. Babies are delivered by storks.That is incorrect. Correct is: They aren't, are they?
2. When asked what happens if you die, most parents tell their children that you go either to heaven or hell.That is correct.
3. Parents usually tell their children the truth about reproduction when they are 10 years old.That is correct.
4. No parents tell their children that dead people are buried or cremated.That is incorrect. Correct is: One in six parents do tell their children this.
5. Questions about God and religion are quite easy.That is incorrect. Correct is: They are very hard.