Question

02 Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(12 M)
1 Sport has rapidly become an established part of entertainment Industry and the
smallest details of sportsmen's private lives are exposed by the media to public
scrutiny. Top professionals are often described as 'stars' and large business interests
exploit their skills. Considerable profits are made out of selling sports gear which is a
replica of the gear used by the professionals, newspapers sell more copies if their
sports coverage is good, and substantial gains can be made out of the spectators
willingness to gamble on results. The increasing demand for new talented sportsmen
serves to strengthen the popular image of professional sport as a highly glamorous
occupation. Even those who reach the heights maintain their supremacy for only a
relatively short period and then desperately need help to establish themselves in a
new career.
2. It is always attractive to do something interesting and to do it as well as possible, but
serious injury or an unaccountable loss of form quickly halts the progress of many
young sportsmen. Outdoor life can be delightful except when the prevalent weather
conditions are rain, wind, snow, fog or ice. It's flattering to hear one's name chanted
with acclaim by thousands on the terraces but crowds are fickle and soon forget, once
time takes its toll on muscle and mind.
3. Sportsmen at the height of their professional life travel all around the world - a cricket
team may spend its winter in Australian summers and the Wimbledon women
champions may spend the year bathed in sunshine, but their own social lives are
disrupted and leisure hours have to be sacrificed to hard, exhausting practice. All
professional sportsmen must adhere to strict training schedules to maintain their
physical fitness; their lives are devoted to keep the body in peak condition by
exhausting exercise combined with a strict regimen of self-discipline and moderation
in food and drink.
4. Retirement comes at an early age and the financial rewards gained will probably not
provide enough to live on for the rest of life and the early-retired sportsman has to
seek a new career. He/she enters the new career fifteen years later than his/her
contemporaries and often with not enough reputation in his/her sport to persuade an
employer to pay him/her a high salary. Perhaps, after all, it is better to remain a keen
amateur.
A. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions in 30-40
words each,
(2x4=8)
i) Which issue does the passage discuss?
(ii) How have sports become a part of the entertainment industry?
(ill) What kind of life does a sportsman live?
) Why is it better to remain a keen amateur?
(1x4=4)
B. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following.
(An antonym of 'insignificant in para 1 is.........
(1) A synonym of 'procedure in para 3 is...........
(ii) The word meaning 'appealing' in para 1 Is.......
lo) supremacy (b) glamorous (c) replica (d) substantial
(iv) The word meaning opposite of 'loyal' in para 2 is...........
(0) flattering (b) unaccountable (c) prevalent(d) fickle​

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