Read the following text and do the tasks that follow. Everyone wants to climb up the ladder of success and be happy and completely satisfied with…
SEE Class 10 English · 2080 · Solved Question with Answer
Read the following text and do the tasks that follow.
Everyone wants to climb up the ladder of success and be happy and completely satisfied with their lives. This is the greatest desire of human beings. We struggle throughout our lives to fulfill these desires in whatever way possible. But everyone cannot achieve success, and only a few people will be completely successful in fulfilling their desires for happiness, luxury and satisfaction. Success cannot be achieved in a day. It doesn't happen by accident either. It is the sweet result of investing our valuable time with lots of hard work and determination. We should not give up hope while coming up against difficulties, and we have to show great perseverance in the face of each difficulty until our ultimate goal is achieved. Success is never ending and failure is not final.
Success begins with our imagination. Without imagination, we can do nothing towards our success because imagination creates the shape of success which helps us to act upon it. In this sense, we can say that imagination is the engine of life to achieve success. Goals can be achieved only through imagination. So, we must dare to dream bigger if we want to be successful. It is easy to have a big dream, but it is equally difficult to turn it into reality. So, having confidence and working hard at every step of the way towards our dream is much more important than anything else. This is because having a big dream won't make any sense if we do not work hard with good plans to achieve it.
In my opinion, there are three bold steps which are the key to success and the way to be the person we want to be. They are imagination, confidence and hard work with plans. First of all, we have to see our future goal from our current state, and we have to paint it beautifully with different colours through our imagination. Then we have to believe that we can change it into reality with great confidence. Finally, we have to try to reach our goal and fulfill it through hard work with good plans.
4.1 Match the meanings in Column 'A' with the words in Column 'B'. One word does not have a match. (5×1=5)
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| I. in the end | A. struggle |
| II. fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs | B. ladder |
| III. something we want to achieve | C. imagination |
| IV. make an effort | D. finally |
| V. a series of steps to climb | E. goal |
| F. satisfaction |
4.2 Write 'TRUE' for true statements and 'FALSE' for the false ones. (5×1=5)
I. Getting success is the greatest human desire.
II. One has to be hopeful in a difficult time to achieve success.
III. An imaginative person cannot be successful.
IV. Dream can easily be turned into a reality.
V. The writer mentions three key steps of success.
4.3 Answer the following questions. (5×1=5)
I. What does success start with?
II. How does imagination help to get success?
III. Why is it essential to work hard to achieve our dream?
IV. How can we change our future goals into reality?
V. What will help us to fulfill our goal?