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In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Even blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C) and (D). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (E) as your answer if the work given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e “No change required

IN AMERICA in 1970 one child in 14,000 was (1)  (grudged) to be autistic. The current estimate is one in 68—or one in 42 among boys. Similarly high numbers can be found in other rich countries: a study in South Korea found that one in 38 children was (2)  (effected). Autism is a brain condition associated with poor social skills. It has a wide (3)  (dynamics) of symptoms, from obsessive behaviour to hypersensitivity to sound, light or other sensory stimulation, the severity of which ranges from mild to life-blighting. The range of (4)  (consequences) is also wide. At one end, the autism of a computer scientist may be barely noticeable; at the other, a quarter of autistic children do not speak.

Autism is a condition that defies simple generalisations. Except one: the potential of far too many autistic people is being (5)  (utilized). Although around half of those with autism are of average intelligence or above, they do far worse than they should at school and at work. In France, almost 90% of autistic children attend primary school, but only 1% make it to high school. Figures from America, which works harder to include autistic pupils, suggest that less than half graduate from high school. In Britain, only 12% of higher-functioning autistic adults work full time. Globally, the United Nations reckons that 80% of those with autism are not in the workforce.

These numbers represent a tragic human toll, as millions of people live idle and (6)  (abnormal) outside the world of work. Loving parents and siblings (7)  (imprint) to know how to help. Autism imposes hefty economic costs, reducing economic growth and swelling disability rolls. One American study suggests those costs could be as high as 2% of GDP. Fortunately, this need not be the case. Evidence, particularly from advanced economies, suggests there are plenty of things, from earlier screening to greater assistance with finding jobs, that could (8)  (convert) the lives of many autistic people

Early screening is essential. There is no definitive test for autism. It can be diagnosed only by observing behaviour. Most babies learn by watching their parents smile, hug, eat and bicker; autistic children often (9)  (haunt) on inanimate objects or play with their toys in an oddly repetitive way. Relying on diagnosis by observation makes the statistics around autism slippery: one reason the condition’s incidence has risen in recent decades is that doctors have changed the way they detect it. Yet there is little doubt that early diagnosis and intervention can help autistic children’s brains develop better. If parents fill in a detailed questionnaire about what their children can and can’t do, doctors can usually spot the symptoms by the age of two. Speech therapy and other intensive treatments can help an autistic toddler cope and encourage learning and interaction at an age when the brain is at its most (10)  (plastic). A study in 2013 in Washington state found that, though costly, such early coaching paid for itself within eight years by reducing the need for extra help in school. Alas, the average age of diagnosis in the rich world is three and a half.

1. A) foment
   B) credited
   C) reckoned
   D) designed
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: reckoned – establish by calculation.
2. A) affected
   B) injured
   C) derived
   D) influenced
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: affected by the disease
3. A) feature
   B) spectrum
   C) definition
   D) review
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: spectrum – a wide range
4. A) residue
   B) importance
   C) causes
   D) burden
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option E
   Explanation: The next sentence tells the result of autism. Hence consequence fits here.
5. A) developed
   B) squandered
   C) accumulated
   D) eradicated
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: squandered – wasted. The next few statements gives us a meaning that the potential of autistics is not being utilized properly even after half of them have are of average intelligence or above. Hence their potential is being wasted
6. A) cherished
   B) isolated
   C) independent
   D) divided
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option B
7. A) loft
   B) modish
   C) offend
   D) struggle
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: struggle
8. A) stagnate
   B) transform
   C) relate
   D) disturb
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option B
   
9. A) apply
   B) rule
   C) park
   D) fixate
   E) No Change Required
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: fixate- cause (someone) to develop an obsessive attachment to someone or something.
10. A) profile
    B) laze
    C) corny
    D) enjoin
    E) No Change Required
    
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    Option E
    Explanation: plastic- offering scope for creativity (means the time when it can adapt to most creative things)

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