Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is not true in the context of the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage & answer the question. 
Though the U.S. prides itself on being a leader in the world community, a recent report shows that it lags far behind other industrialized countries in meeting the needs of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The U.S. has a higher infant mortality rate, a higher proportion of low birth weight babies, a smaller proportion of babies immunized against childhood diseases and a much higher rate of adolescent pregnancies. These findings, described as a “quiet crisis requiring immediate and far-reaching action, appeared in a report prepared by a task force of educators, doctors, politicians and business people. According to the report, a fourth of the nation’s 12 million infants and toddlers live in poverty. As many as half confront risk factors that could harm their ability to develop intellectually, physically and socially. Child immunization is too low, more children are born into poverty, more are in substandard care while their parents work and more being raised raised by single parents. When taken together these and other risk factors can lead to education and health problems that are much harder and more costly to reverse.
>            The crisis begins in the womb with unplanned parenthood. Women with unplanned pregnancies are less likely to seek pre-natal care. In the U.S. 80% of teenage pregnancies and 56% of all pregnancies are unplanned. The problems continue after birth where unplanned pregnancies and unstable partnerships often go hand in hand. Since 1950, the number of single parent families has nearly tripled. More then 25 percent of all births today are to unmarried mothers. As the number of single parent families grow and more women enter the work force, infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people other than their parents.
            Most disturbingly, recent statistics show that American parent are increasingly neglecting or abusing their children, in only four years from 1987-1971 the number of children in foster care increased by over 50 percent. Babies under the age of one are the fastest growing category of children entering foster care. The crisis affects children under the age of three most severely, the report says. Yet, it is this period from infancy through preschool years that sets the stage for a child’s future.

 

  1. The number of single-parent families today is approximately four times than before.

  2. The number of children in the U.S.entering foster care has decreased in the decade up to 1991.

  3. In the U.S. the number of infants living in poverty is about 3 million.

  4. Only a little above 40 percent of all the pregnancies in the U.S. are planned

  5. About 6 million infants in the U.S. are likely to develop educational and health problems

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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the right answer as it is directly contradicted by the lines infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people other than their parents and in only four years from 1987-1971, the number of children in foster care increased by over 50 percent.