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🦅 Poem: Believe in Yourself • Critical Reflection

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Q1

I Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

1. It starts with a passion for a particular interest, then comes the conviction that it is imperative to realise it. Count the cost in years of effort, financial investments and sacrifice. Then if it is still burning in your blood and you are ready to commit yourself to the task, plunge. It could be in any field—sports, science, arts, business, or design. The road may be uphill most of the way and often you are buoyed up only by the knowledge that you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing. When stamina is running out, the prospect of success will keep you on track.

  • (i) Complete the analogy with a suitable word from the extract.
    enthusiasm: passion:: belief: ________________
  • (ii) Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence appropriately.
    The author says that a realistic assessment of effort, investment and sacrifice is crucial for preventing ________________.
    A. the need for external support network
    B. an early abandonment of the dream
    C. initial excitement from fading over time
    D. others from questioning one's commitment
  • (iii) Complete the following with the correct option from those given in the brackets.
    The word 'plunge' as used in the extract indicates a ________________ (complete/gradual) involvement in a task.
  • (iv) Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.
    The author's emphasis on 'when you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing' works as a form of intrinsic motivation because ________________.
  • (v) Mention one motivating factor besides 'prospect of success', that might keep a person on track, despite running out of stamina.
  • (i) Answer: conviction
  • (ii) Answer: B. an early abandonment of the dream
  • (iii) Answer: complete
  • (iv) Answer: pursuing something out of genuine love generates internal satisfaction and purpose, providing an enduring emotional anchor that does not rely on external validation or immediate rewards.
  • (v) Answer: The inner knowledge and reassurance that you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing.
Q2

2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

From my own experience, life itself may change a person's dreams. These hopes and aspirations are no less than the original dream of younger days. To fulfil them you will need to negotiate a path through a maze of hurdles. The dream will take a much longer time to realise, and the people who are participants in your dreamscape would be many more.

  • (i) Complete the sentence appropriately.
    The phrase 'life itself may change a person's dreams' suggests that dreams are not static but rather ________________ (evolving/dynamic).
  • (ii) What does the author mean by, 'hopes and aspirations are no less than the original dream of younger days'?
  • (iii) Identify the phrase from the extract that indicates a complex and challenging journey.
  • (iv) Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.
    The author says, 'people who are participants in your dreamscape would be many more' because ________________.
  • (v) What is the tone of the author in this extract?
    A. appreciative and celebratory
    B. excited and cheerful
    C. optimistic and encouraging
    D. eager and inquisitive
  • (i) Answer: evolving
  • (ii) Answer: The author means that the modified aspirations people adopt later in life carry the exact same dignity, worth, and emotional depth as the ambitions of their youth.
  • (iii) Answer: 'a maze of hurdles'
  • (iv) Answer: as goals mature and life progresses, realizing an ambition requires broader collaboration, social connections, and community support.
  • (v) Answer: C. optimistic and encouraging