Question

Read the passage carefully:
1. The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could
compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in
and year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each
morning, eat less, find more time to play with children, do a thousand and one
jobs about the house.
be nice to people don't like, drive carefully and take the
dog for a walk every day. Past experience
has taught us that certain
accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain deep-rooted liars, it is only
because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
2. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too
ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the
fundamental error of announcing our resolution to everybody so that we look even
more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this
year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. I limited myself to two modest
ambitions to do physical exercise e every morning and to read more every evening.
An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not
carrying out either of these resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the
second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
3. The daily exercise lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in
the morning before anyone had got up. The self-discipline to drag myself out of
bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless, I managed
to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out. After
jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable
positions, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. It was this
that betrayed me. The next morning, the whole family trooped in to watch the
performance. That was really upsetting but I tended off the taunts and jibes of the
family laughingly and soon everybody got used to the idea. However, my
enthusiasm waned, the time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Little by
little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By 10 January, I was back to where I had
started from. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the
morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work
Resisting the hypnotizing effect to television, I sat in my room for a few evenings
with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went
downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read. That proved to be
my undoing, for I soon got back to the old bad habit of dozing off in front of the
screen. I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just
bought a book entitled 'How to read a Thousand Words a Minute'. Perhaps it will
solve my problem, but I just haven't had time to read it.
(a) Head
Answer any 10 of the following 11 questions by choosing the most appropriate
option:
(1 x 10 = 10)
1.1 According to the writer, past experience of resolutions has taught us
(a) Frustration results from failure.
(b) Certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
(c) New year is a time for resolutions
(d) Failures are a part of life
1.2 Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because
(a) Our schemes are too ambitious
(b) We never have time to carry them out.
() We announce our resolution to everybody
(d) All of these
1.3 It is a basic mistake to announce our resolution because
(a) We have no excuse to revert back to our earlier life.
(b) We can't be nice to people we don't like.
(c) We look more foolish when we slip back to our old ways.
(d) None of these
1.4 The writer did not carry out his resolutions on New Year's Day because
He had attended an all night party.
(6) He was glued to the TV
(c) The exercise was only for eleven minutes.
(d) Everyone was awake and watching him.
1.5 The writer thought of keeping his mind fresh by
(a) Watching TV.
(b) Exercising for eleven minutes.
(c) Reading
(d) Finding that more time to play with children.
1.6 The word which is similar in meaning to decrease is
(a) Formidable
(b) Monotonous
(c) Attainment
(d) Diminish
1.7 What did the writer's family do the morning next to his exercise regime?
(a) They went back to sleep.
(b) They made fun of him.
(c) They came down to watch him exercise.
(d) They encouraged him to continue his performance.
1.8 What is the meaning of the words 'That proved to be my undoing in context with
the passage?
(a) The action of sitting in front of the TV ended the writer's regimen to read at
night.​

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