Little Maria had not yet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed
off to train in the United States. That trip to Florida with her father Yuri
launched her on the path to success and stardom. But it also required a
heart-wrenching two-year separation from her mother Yelena. The latter
was compelled to stay back in Siberia because of visa restrictions. The
nine-year-old girl had already learnt an important lesson in life—that
tennis excellence would only come at a price.
“I used to be so lonely,” Maria Sharapova recalls. “I missed my mother
terribly. My father was working as much as he could to keep my tennis-
training going. So, he couldn’t see me either.”
‘Because I was so young, I used to go to bed at 8pm. The other tennis
pupils would come in at 11pm. and wake me up and order me to tidy up
the room and clean it.
a. Pick the option in which the meaning of ‘packed off’ is the same as it is in
the passage.
i. She packed her bag to go to the United States
ii. She was packaged to the United States
iii. She went to the United States
iv. She was sent away for a long time to the United States
b. The ‘latter’ in this passage is
i. Yelena
ii. Yuri
iii. Maria
iv. Maria’s coach
c. Another textual meaning of ‘launched’ in this extract is…….
i. To throw forward
ii. To set a boat afloat
iii. To get off to a good start
iv. None of the above.
d. ‘heart wrenching’ refers to the pain because of
i. Separation from her parents
ii. bullying
iii. separation from her mother
iv. option (i) and (ii)
e. What lesson did she learn, at such an early age?
i. Tennis excellence would only come at a price.
Answers
The correct answers to the given questions are as follows:-
a. Pick the option in which the meaning of ‘packed off’ is the same as it is in
the passage.
iv. She was sent away for a long time to the United States
(Training required a long time, and since she was young she had to spend more time away from home. Therefore "packed off" means she was sent off to the United States with all her belongings.)
b. The ‘latter’ in this passage is
i. Yelena
(Yelena is the 'latter' here who could not go with her daughter Maria due to Visa restrictions.)
c. Another textual meaning of ‘launched’ in this extract is…….
iii. To get off to a good start
('launched' here means that Maria had set out to a new beginning which would lead her to a successful career)
d. ‘heart wrenching’ refers to the pain because of
iii. separation from her mother
('heart-wrenching' has been mentioned when she had to stay away from her mother for two years. She was a young girl so it was very difficult for her.)
e. What lesson did she learn, at such an early age?
i. Tennis excellence would only come at a price.
(The price was all the hardships she had to face - separation from her mother, not being able to see her father who was working to support her training, the bullying from the older players.)
I explain this statement that Maria had a train of to the Florida of her tennis training that's why she was not celebrated her 10th birthday
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