FSC English: Comprehension, questions with answers

That night the north wind began to blow again strongly and the rain kept beating against the windows — weather severe enough that everyone expected the fragile last leaf, already battered by earlier storms, to finally be torn from its branch.

The writer explains that smoking a cigarette causes the heart to beat faster and blood pressure to rise within seconds, and that nicotine causes blood vessels to narrow, which in turn forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Similarly, tar damages the cilia lining the breathing tubes, causing them to stop clearing mucus properly, which leads to chronic bronchitis.

That night a strong north wind blew again and rain beat hard against the windows, conditions severe enough that Johnsy and Sue expected the last leaf — which had survived so much already — to finally be torn away and fall.

The narrator got his chance when the telephone rang and the house parent went inside to answer it, leaving the pinned, still-moving butterfly unattended on the cardboard. He was not successful — when he tried to free it, its wing tore off and the butterfly fell to the ground and died.

Despite forming more than half the world's population, women in Pakistan and across the globe continue to face significant discrimination — they are badly neglected in education, health, economic opportunity and political participation, which hampers both their own advancement and the broader socio-economic progress of society.

Since he had a few hours to spare while his father was away, the writer decided to get the car serviced at the garage and, having time left over, went to watch a couple of movies at a nearby theatre.

In rural areas, poverty forces many families to prioritise immediate household needs over education, cultural norms discourage girls from travelling far to school, and the family's own household duties or early marriage often mean girls are withdrawn from school at the primary level.

Children who grow up with alcoholic or abusive parents associate family with injury, captivity, disappointment and abuse rather than love and safety. This childhood experience makes them fearful of marriage and family life as adults, since they expect it to repeat the pain they knew.