READING COMPREHENSION (CLASS 9 AND 10)SOLVED WORKSHEET 7

 Solved Worksheet 7 

Honesty and Well-Being
March 31, 2021 From The Economic Times in The Speaking Tree

-T K MISHRA

1. Honesty can enhance your happiness and well-being. This belief is well exemplified in a racing event of 2012. Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few metres from the finish line, but got confused with the signs and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. A Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realising what was going on, started shouting to the Kenyan to keep running.

2. Mutai did not know Spanish and did not understand. Realising what was going on, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory. When a reporter asked Fernandez why he did that, his reply was, ‘My dream is that one day, we can have some sort of community life where we push ourselves and help each other win.’ The reporter insisted, ‘But why did you let the Kenyan win?’

3. Fernandez replied, ‘I didn’t let him win, he was going to win. The race was his.’ The reporter insisted and asked again, ‘But you could have won!’ Fernandez said, ‘But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honour of this medal? What would my mother think?’ He taught us one of the biggest life lessons that no victory is more valuable than being honest. True strength lies in helping honestly.

 

4. ‘Goodness is about character — integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people,’ says American writer Dennis Prager. Most of us want to attain greater happiness but we don’t believe in honesty. The more meaning and purpose we find in life, and the happier we feel, the more we feel encouraged to pursue even greater meaning and purpose.

 

Answer the following questions based on the passage above.

1. What did the Spanish runner do to help a Kenyan runner Abel Mutai?
He shouted and pushed the Spanish runner to win because the Spanish runner stopped running because he got confused with signs and though that he had finished the race.

2. What did Ivan Fernandez dream of?
Ivan Fernandez dreamt of having a community life where people help each other to win.

3. Why did Ivan Fernandez help the Kenyan runner?
Ivan Fernandez felt that true strength lies in helping honestly. There is no victory more valuable than honesty.

4. How does the writer TK Mishra explain goodness.
He says goodness is all about how we treat people.

5. How does honesty help in well-being according to the writer?
Happiness cannot be attained without being honest. The more meaning and purpose we find in life, and the happier we feel, happiness enhances the well-being of a person.

6. Pick up words from the passage that means –
a) To illustrate with an example (para1)
exemplify
b) To state positively and assertively (para3)
Insist
c) To continue or proceed along a path (para4)
Pursue