Question

2. Read the following passage carefully:
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We sometimes think that it would be very nice to have no work to do. How do we envy
have not to work for their living but can do just what they please all the year ro
no work to do. How do we envy rich people who
8 but can do just what they please all the year round. Yet when we feel
this, we make a mistake. Sometimes rich people are not as happy as we think, because
having nothing to do. Most of us are happy when we have regular work to do our living, op
not as happy as we think, because they are tired of
work is what we like to do. The first thing work does for us is to give us happiness. The
we have regular work to do our living, especially if the
ve us happiness. The work gives us
self-respect. The idler, however, rich he is, lives on the work of others. But the honest workers
himself. Lastly, regular work helps to build up character. It teaches us such good habits as pess
carefulness, thoroughness and faithfulness in work. It is the man who works, not the idler that as a
develops the best character.
On the basis of the reading of the passage, answer the following questions in brief:
1. Why do we sometimes envy rich people?
Ans.
2. Why are rich people not happy sometimes?
Ans. .......
3. What brings happiness to us?
Ans. ................................
4. What type of people feel ashamed of themselves?
Ans. ............
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5. Who develops the best character?
Ans. ....​

Answer 1

Answer:

a.we envy rich people because they eat but can do just what they please year round.

b.because they have nothing to do.

c.regular work give us happiness.

d.the people who do not work.

e.the man who works not idler develops the best character

Answer 2

Answer:

All answers are given in the passage below.

Explanation:

Ans1) Sometimes we envy rich people because they don't do anything or they do as they please and we think that they stay happy.

Ans2) Sometimes rich people are not as happy as they seem because they do not have any regular work to do. They live on the work of others and they are mostly sitting idle. They do as they please and we think that they stay happy.

Ans3) Doing work regularly makes us happy. The work gives us self-respect. Honest workers do all their work themselves and they build up their character by doing so.

Ans4) The people who sit idle most of the time feel ashamed of themselves.

Ans5) The man who works and not the idler is the one that develops the best character.