Question

Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow:
Conversation is a fine art. It is the art of exchanging thought. It is an art which anybody can
cultivate or master. Not everybody can paint or play music, but almost everyone can talk. Thus it
affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. "To talk”, says R.L. Sleversan, "is our chief
business in the world. And talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in
money, it is all profit. It completes our education, makes friends and can be enjoyed at any age.
Conversation is indeed the most teachable of all the arts. All you need to do is to find a subject
that interests you and your listeners.
Hobbies are, for example, numberless hobbies to talk about. But the important thing is that you
must talk about the other fellow's hobby rather than your own. Therein lies the secret of your
popularity. There is nothing that pleases people so much as your interest in their interest.
It is just as important to know what subjects to avoid and what subjects to select for good
conversation. If you don't want to be set down as a bore, avoid certain unpleasant topics. Avoid
talking about yourself unless you are asked to do so. Sickness or death bores everybody. The only
one who willingly listens to such talk is the doctor, but he gets sad for it. You must also know not
only what to say but also how to say it.
1. Answer the following questions briefly:
(a) How does the author define and explain the art of conversation?
(b) How is talking easier to learn than other fine arts?
(c) What are the subjects one can easily talk about?
(d) Which topics usually bore the listener?
(e) What should be avoided unless you are asked to do so?
2. Find out words from the above passage similar in meaning to the follower
(a) acquire or develop (b) within reach (c) make happy.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. As per the author conversation is an inherited art of human beings. We can exchange our thoughts, emotions, joy through the conversation. No one is perfect in all sectors but he or she can talk to each other to express their feelings.

2. One can become master in fine art but one cannot it because of their interest. But everyone can talk easily with other through which she or he can express thoughts.

3. There is no specific subjects but one can easily talk with their intresting subject.

4.Listeners having less interest in subjects may bore them.

5. Talking about yourself is avoidable if you are not asked to do so.

Acquire: Cultivate

Within reach:

Make happy: Pleasure