SEE Partial Revision Test 2078

(Reading and Writing)

 

1. Read the following text carefully and do the activities that follow.                   [10]

We are all born to lead successful lives, but our conditioning leads us to failure. We are born to win but are conditioned to lose. We often hear comments like “This person is just lucky, he touches dirt, and it turns into gold” or “He is unlucky; no matter what he touches, it turns to the dirt”. These comments are not true of anyone.

If you were to analyze the lives of lucky and unlucky individuals being commented on, you’d find that the successful person is doing something right in each transaction, and the failure is repeating the same mistake time and again. Practice merely does not make a man perfect--only perfect practice makes a man perfect. Practice makes whatever you do repeatedly permanent. Some people keep practicing their mistakes and they become perfect in them. Their mistakes become perfect and automatic.

Cultivating a good habit is like plowing a field. It takes time. One good habit generates many other good habits. Inspiration is to start, motivation is to keep us on track, and habit is what makes our actions automatic.

The ability to show courage in the face of adversity: show self-restraint in the face of temptation; choose happiness in the face of hurt; show character in the face of despair; and see opportunity in the face of obstacles are all valuable traits to possess. But these traits do not just appear; they are the results of constant and consistent training—mental and physical. In the face of adversity, our behaviour whether positive or negative can only be what we have practised. When we practise negative traits such as cowardice or dishonesty in small events, but hope to handle the major events in a positive way, it won’t happen because that isn’t what we have practised. (Credit: You Can Win by Shiv Khera)

A.  Answer the following questions in short.                                                               [5]

i.     Why most of us cannot achieve our goals?

ii.    What are the traits of a successful person?

iii.   How can we automatize our actions?

iv.   Write what prompts our actions and what else drives us on track.

v.    What prevents us from handling major events positively?

B.   Decide whether the following statements are true or false.                               [5]

i. Our conditioning perfectly conforms to our goals.

ii. Luck plays an important role in our success or failure.

iii. Only perfect practice can make a man perfect.

iv. The greatest trait of a person is the courage to face problems.

v. Adversity is the product of cowardice and dishonesty.

 

2. Write a beautiful story that justifies the moral, “It is easier said than done”.   [5]

 

3. Draft an invitation card using the given outlines.                                                 [5]

Bride: Mandakini

Parents: Mr. Prabhakar Tandon and Mrs. Lajawati Sharma

Bridegroom: Himalaya

Parents: Mr. Rmjulum Divedi and Mrs. Gitanjali   Atreya

 

Date: December 10, 2018

Place: Royal Banquet Tinkune, Kathmandu

Hotel: Maharaja, Gaushala, Kathmandu

Time: 5:30 pm onwards

 

4. Complete the given story choosing the correct options from the brackets.  [5]

Long ago, there was ……1….. (the/ a /an) cunning fox in a forest. There also lived an honest and friendly crane. They……2 …….. (were/was/are) good friends. Oftentimes they visited each other and enquired about their health and well-being.

One day, the fox invited the crane…….. 3……(on/in/at) dinner. He ….. 4…… (has put/had put/puts) the soup in a flat dish. To his utter dismay, the crane couldn’t have any of the soup as it had a long beak. The fox finished licking his soup and asked the crane …..5…..(how was the food/how the food was/how is the food). The crane said, “It …….6………” (is very good/was very good/had been good).It was indeed very embarrassing for the crane…….7…… (wasn’t it/was it/didn’t it)? The crane was deeply hurt. Out and out disappointed and disgraced by the fox’s behaviour, the crane thought of teaching a hard lesson to the fox.

Not many days after that incident, the crane also ……….. 8……..(was invited/invited/will invite) the fox to dinner. There the crane served boiled oats settling almost at the bottom in a jug…….. 9……..(because/so that/in order that) the fox couldn’t reach the food however hard he tried. The fox could only smell the pleasant aroma of his best dish and look at the crane eat it with great relish. The fox was shocked and speechless with deep feelings of regret: if he had respectfully treated the fox then, now the crane ….. 10…..(wouldn’t be so indifferent/won’t be so indifferent/wouldn’t have been so indifferent).                                  

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