READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT ," ATTITUDE IS ALTITUDE".

' When I was 13 I read a newspaper article about a disabled man who had managed to achieve grear things and help others,' said Nick.

' I realised why God had made us like this - to give hope to others. It was so inspirational to me that I decided to use my life to encourage other people and give them the courage that the article had given me.

' I decided to be thankful for what I do have, not get angry about what I do not have.'

' I looked at myself in the mirror and said : ' You know what the world is right that I have no arms or legs, but they'll never take away the beauty of my eyes.' I wanted to concentrate on somethibg good that I had.'

" The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. There are not there to run us over," said Nick. In 1990 Nick won the Australian Ypung Citizen of the Year award for his bravery and perseverance.

' And once I was in a car and a girl at traffic lights was giving me the eye. She could only see my head so I decided to do a 360 in the car seat to freak her out. Her face was like woooooah what is going on? She sped off really quickly.'

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTIONS GIVEN AND WRITE IN YOUR ANSWER SCRIPT. ( 5 Marks )

1. What happened when he was 13? A. Read an article B. Realised why God made us like this

B. He read an inspirational article D. All of the above.

2. Why did he decided not to be angry?

A. He had everything B. He decided to think positively

C. He could not get angry D. None of the above

3. What did he like most about himself?

A. His eyes B. His one leg C. His torso D. All the above

4. What did he win from Australia?

A. perseverance B. Nobel Prize

C. Australian young citizen of the year D. Bravary Award.

5. What did happened to his surfing master?

6. What does the term ," Giving me the eye", mean?

7. What did he do within forty eight hours?

8. What is the antonym to the word " STRENGTHEN"

9. What is the synonym to the word " CONVICTIONS"

10. Change the sentence - " The girl is giving me the eye" into Passive Voice.

READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT FROM " EVERY SUCCESS STORY IS ALSO A STORY OF GREAT FAILURES".

Failure is the high way to success. Tom Watson Sr. said, " If you want to succeed, double your failure rate."

If you study history, will find that all stories of success are also stories of great failures. But people don't see the failures. They only see one side of the picture and they say that person got lucky. " He must have been at the right place at the right time."

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTIONS GIVEN AND WRITE IN YOUR ANSWER SCRIPT ( 5Marks )

1. Failure is ....

a. High way to success. b. the only high way c. The road to success d. None of these

2. What is general perception about success?

a. Success is filled with failures b. People only see success

c. That person got lucky d. People see only one side of the picture

3. Who was Abraham Lincoln?

a. The president of America b. Failed in business at 21

b. Had a nervous break down at 27 c. The President of USA.

4. Why didn't Lincoln quit?

a. Defeat was a detour b. Defeat is a high way to success

b. Defeat was not a dead end d. All the above

5. Why is Abraham Lincoln a role madel?

6. Why are so many failures in Lincoln's life cited?

7. Who was Lee De Forest?

8. " People do not see the failures." Change the sentence into passive voice.

9. At what age he lost the congressional race second time?

10. Who charged against Lee De Forest ?

III. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given ( 2. 5 Marks )

He has visited different countries all over the world. The football fan is now a motivational speaker and he travelled to over......."

1. Where does Nick live now?

2. Where is the Middle East?

3. How many countries did he visit all over the world?

4. What's Nick's profession now?

5. What can the human spirit handle?

IV. Read the following carefully.. ( 2.5 Marks )

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck ................

1. What is the secret to success?

2. What does a small fire do?

3. What is small desire compared to?

4. What is the starting point of success?

5. Which cannot produce great results?

V.THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CONTAINS SOME ERRORS IN THE SENTENCES THAT ARE NUMBERED. EDIT THE PASSAGE AND WRITE THE CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE IN YOUR ANSWER SHEET. ( 2.5 Marks )

Water sports aren't Nick's only thing - (1) he also play golf with a club tucked under his chin, and is a huge fan of the English Premier League. (2) His parents deciding not to send him to a special school- a decision he said was very hard for him - but which may have been the best decision they could have made for him. (3) His distraught mother couldn't bring himself to hold him until he was four months old.- (4 ) a rarely occurrence called Phocomelia and Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them. (5) ' My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnency but she till blamed herself," he said .

V.THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CONTAINS SOME ERRORS IN THE SENTENCES THAT ARE NUMBERED. EDIT THE PASSAGE AND WRITE THE CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE IN YOUR ANSWER SHEET. (2.5 Marks)(1) A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humble . (2) In grief you will find courage and faith to overcome the setback. (3) We need to learn to become victors, not victory. (4) Fear and doubt short-circuit a mind. (5) The motivation to succeed comes of the burning desire to achieve a purpose. Napoleon Hill wrote , " Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe the mind can achieve."

IN THE PASSAGE GIVEN BELOW, SOME WORDS ARE MISSING. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD FROM THE GIVEN OPTIONS AND WRITE THEM IN YOUR ANSWER SHEET. (2.5 Marks )

' It was so hard for them but right from the start they (1) ___________ their best to make me independent. ' My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave the courage to learn how to (2) _________ . ' I also got really into foitball and (3) ____________. I totally love the English Premier League.' Despite the risk of bullying, his parents insisted on (4) ____________ mainstream school. ' It was the best decision they could have made for me,' adds Nick, who later achieved a degree in Financial Planning and Real (5) __________ . ' It was very hard but it gave me independence.'

1. a. did b. do c. does d. doing

2. a. swimming b. swam c. swim d. swum

3. a. skate b. skateboarding c. boarding d. board

4. a. attend b. attended c. attends d. attending

5. a. Estates b. Estate c. State d. Stated

V.THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CONTAINS SOME ERRORS IN THE SENTENCES THAT ARE NUMBERED. EDIT THE PASSAGE AND WRITE THE CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE IN YOUR ANSWER SHEET. (2.5 Marks )It was worth of a few million dollars (1) _________ fire. It had very little insurance. No (2) __________ had a young man , Edision watched his life time effort go up in smoke. All our mistakes are (3) __________ up. Thank God we can start (4) __________. Henry Ford was (5) ___________ at the age of 40.

1. a. to b. by c. with d. on

2. a. longer b. long c. longed d. longing

3. a. burn b. burnt c. burned d. burning

4. a. new b. newer c. anew d. newest

5. a. break b. broken c. brake d. broke