It is important to keep a level head at all times.However, there are two occasions when keeping a
level head is absolutely necessary- when we achieve a big success and when we fail miserably. An
exceptional success usually inflates our ego and makes us boastful; a miserable failure fills us with
dejection and makes life meaningless. Both these experiences are common in student life. A
brilliant performance in one examination turns one’s head while a dismal result in another makes
one feel as if this were the end of the world. Both these reactions are equally flawed. Superiority
complex is as deplorable as inferiority complex.
To be successful in life, one should be in total control of oneself, one should remain unmoved both
by the ups and the downs of life. For, he who gets broken by a stroke of bad luck is equally likely to
get broken by a run of good luck too. No progress is possible in either case.
How can one keep a level head? If our value system is correct, we will not get easily strayed in life.
If a businessman gives greater importance to health, character, a happy family and friendship than
money , he will not lose his head if he suddenly turns rich or if there is a slump in business and his
income goes down. Similarly if a student’s focus is on acquiring knowledge , or on personality
development, one performance, whether exceptionally good or bad, will not destroy his or her
balance.
We should also remember that nothing is permanent in this world. Neither good fortune will keep
smiling at us nor bad luck keep hounding us all the time. Both prosperity and adversity are bound to
pass, to be swallowed by a shadowy past. Why then rejoice in one and grieve at the other?
Q1.Find words from the passage which mean the following:
i) poor,hopeless ii) a sudden fall in sales,prices iii) wrong,containing mistakes
iv) to obtain v) to make something larger
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Why is an atom electrically neutral?. An atom is electrically neutral because the overall charge of an atom is zero. The atoms are made of three subatomic particles called protons, electrons and neutrons. Protons are positively charged particles, electrons are negatively charged and neutrons are neutral.
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1. Dejection 2. Slump 3. Flawed 4. Acquiring 5. Inflate
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