Question

Section A: Reading - [20 marks
L. Read the following passage carefully.
(12 marks)
1. New Year is the time for resolution. Mentally, at least most of us could compile
formidable lists of 'dos and don'ts'. The same old favourites recur year in and
year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up early each morning,
eat healthy food, exercise, be nice to people whom we we don't like and find more
time for our parents. 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 every morning and to read more in the evening.
An overnight party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not
carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the
second, I applied myself diligently 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 required 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 in 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 unsettling, but I fended off the taunts
and jibes of the whole family good-humouredly 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 January 10, 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
1 got
home from work. Resisting the hypnotising effect of 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 have not had time to
read it.
Answer /question
(i) according to the write, what has past experience of New Year resolution tought us
(ii) according to the write, why do much most of us in our reports for self improvement ?
(íii) why is it a big mistake to announce our resolution to everybody ?
(iv) why did the right not carry out his resolution on New Year's day ?
(v)" I fended off the taunt and jibes....".whose taunt and jibes is the write taking about? why was he being taunted ?
(vi)find a word from the passage (para 1 ) which mean 'not change changing and their for boring'?
(vii) find a word from the passage( para 3 )which mean'not changing and therefor boring'.​

Answer 1

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