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Pakistani Education
pledge to
aid Pakistani girls' education
By Associated Press, adapted by Newsela staff on 10.27.15
Word Count 495
U.S. rst lady Michelle Obama (right) stands with Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Pakistani Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif, as she speaks during an event in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington,
D.C., on Oct. 22, 2015. Obama announced a U.S. pledge of $70 million to support girls' education in
Pakistan. Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. rst lady Michelle Obama promised that the United
States will help send 200,000 Pakistani girls to school.
Obama made her announcement at the White House on Thursday. She
welcomed her guests by saying the Muslim greeting "asalaam alaikum." It
means "peace be with you" in Arabic.
She said the U.S. will give $70 million for educating girls in Pakistan, a country
next to India. The money will help build more than a dozen schools and repair
hundreds more. It will also give girls job training and money to go to college.
The hope is that someday they will become the next generation of doctors,
teachers and businesswomen.
Quiz
1
(B)
(C)
(D)
Pakistan asked the United States for help because they needed
more money for education.
Which paragraph in the section "First Lady Believes In Education For All Girls"
explains that the leader of Pakistan supports the new program?
Read the sentence from the section "First Lady Believes In Education For All Girls."
She praised the rst lady's effort to educate girls around the
world.
Which of the following words BEST replaces "praised" in the sentence without
changing the meaning of the sentence?
(A)
complimented
(B)
predicted
(C)
welcomed
(D)
questioned
Read the sentence from the section "Pakistan To Double Education Spending."
join
(B)
repeat
(C)
discover
(D)
complete
Answer Key
1
(B)
(C)
(D)
Pakistan asked the United States for help because they needed
more money for education.
Which paragraph in the section "First Lady Believes In Education For All Girls"
explains that the leader of Pakistan supports the new program?
Paragraph 4:
Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, the wife of the Pakistani prime minister, was at
the announcement. Her husband leads the government of Pakistan.
Their daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, was there too. She praised the
first lady's effort to educate girls around the world.
Read the sentence from the section "First Lady Believes In Education For All Girls."
She praised the rst lady's effort to educate girls around the
world.
Which of the following words BEST replaces "praised" in the sentence without
changing the meaning of the sentence?
(A)
complimented
(B)
predicted
(C)
welcomed
(D)
questioned
Read the sentence from the section "Pakistan To Double Education Spending."
join
(B)
repeat
(C)
discover
(D)
complete