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प्रश्न
Read the following statements. Now, listen to the talk on the importance of humour and laughter for good physical and mental health. You may listen to the text again if required, to help you choose the correct option
Humour and laughter are used in a variety of therapeutic situations. Therapeutic humour has the power to motivate and lessen stress and pain. Laughter improves one’s sense of well being. The benefits of a good “belly laugh” are being discovered by empirical research. You can feel relaxed and good after laughing at a funny movie, television program, or humorous event.
It seems generally accepted that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh. It is reported that laughter, like exercise, can reduce stress, improve tolerance to pain, and alter bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, muscle activity, and stomach acidity. In business, managers are learning the advantages of using humour. Happier, healthier employees work better. Humour improves employee creativity, so employees are sometimes trained how to introduce humour into their personal/professional life.
A number of hospitals and related institutions have created humour rooms. The humour room is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos. Humour is a therapeutic tool that demands energy for its creation, yet its rich rewards include a closer therapeutic bond through shared laughter. The best humour comes from what is going on “at the moment.” Therefore one can plan to use humour yet rely on spontaneous opportunities to employ it. Humour is something positive that should bring mutually shared enjoyment and pleasure. Above all, humour is called a way of living not a part of living.
i) Humour has the power to motivate and ______stress and pain.
- improve
- intensify
- intensify
- increase
ii) It seems generally ______that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh.
- accepted
- denied
- improved
- confused
iii) The _________ is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos.
- waiting room
- humour room
- ICU
- reception
iv) One can plan to use humour yet rely on __________ opportunities to employ it.
- late
- better
- future
- spontaneous
v) Humour is called a way of _________, not a part of living.
- living
- playing
- nourishing
- developing
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उत्तर
i) Humour has the power to motivate and reduce stress and pain.
ii) It seems generally accepted that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh.
iii) The humour room is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos.
iv) One can plan to use humour yet rely on spontaneous opportunities to employ it.
v) Humour is called a way of living, not a part of living.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Learn and recite the poem.
The Paralympic games usually happen ______.
Listen to the passage about Nammazhwar, an environmental crusader from Tamil Nadu. As you listen, answer the following question. The listening act can be repeated if required.
In 1963 he worked for ___________ as ___________.
Complete the table with suitable responses.
| Sr.No. | CAUSE | ACTION | EFFECT |
| 1. | Krishna Deva Raya wants all the best things in the world. | He pays 1000 gold coins for the red peacock. | |
| 2. | Chatur Pandit is greedy and wants to get rich. | The king banishes him from the court for a month. | |
| 3. | He hires a painter and paints four peacocks red. | He proves that the king spends money needlessly. |
Where did Chatur Pandit find the red peacock?
What sort of a person was Chatur Pandit?
At the age of seventeen, she captained the Indian Women’s cricket team.
When the sea was ______ they would skim stones.
You can make the payment either by __________ or __________.
Madhubani paintings were originally done on ______.
This painting has international recognition.
Announcement 1
When will the regular boarding begin?
Announcement 3
What are things that should be turned off?
Listen to the passage carefully and write the answer.
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Why was the speaker invited to speak on road safety?
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Centuries ago Udagamandalam was called______.
Udagamandalam is located in the Western Ghats zone at an altitude of______.
A mobile phone is like a world in our pockets as ______.
Excessive use of mobile phones can be hazardous to one’s health as ______.
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Here is a humorous story. But there are some words missing. Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks to complete the story. Then give a title and a moral to the story.
Once there lived______ friends Vani, Kavi and Sumi. They always played pranks on one another. One day Vani bought some delicious______ and she decided to share them with her______.
Kavi and Sumi were______ to see the berries. The three of them sat and started eating the berries. Suddenly Sumi decided to play a______ on Kavi. When she looked under her chair she saw a small heap______ of. She stealthily pushed the heap of seeds under______chair.
Then Sumi said, “What is this Kavi? You are so______ ! You alone have eaten so many berries.” Kavi felt______ and didn’t know what to say.
Vani looked here and there. When she looked under Sumi’s chair there were______ seeds. So, she replied “Sumi, Kavi was at least greedy, but see ______. You have eaten all the berries including its seeds.” Then Kavi understood that her friend had just played a trick on her and then all three of them ______heartily.
Listen to the conversation and answer the following.
What type of coffee did the customer order?
- instant
- black
- filter
Listen to the advertisement and answer the question given.
When does the deposit mature?
- Both
- 21 years
- 14 years
Listen to the audio and choose true or false.
It is a breakable pencil.
Listen to the audio and respond to the following question.
It is ______ in Canada.
Where is Manipur on the map of India?
Listen to your favourite advertisement on the radio or T.V. Repeat it with stress on the words. Act, draw and write the advertisement.
Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. Fill in the missing phrases on listening to the reading or the audio played by the teacher. You may listen again, if required
The Soldier
If I should die, ______
That there’s some corner______
That is ______ There shall be
In that rich earth a richer ______
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, _____ roam;
A body ______ air,
Washed ______ suns of home.
And think, ______ away,
A pulse in the ______, no less
Gives somewhere back ______ given;
Her______; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter,______ and gentleness,
In hearts .______ English heaven.
Rupert Brooke
First, read the following statements. Then, listen to the passage read aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder and complete the statements. You may listen to it again, if required.
There are many answers to this question. Firstly, 1 would say that we owed much to the work of previous climbers on Everest: to the experience and know ledge they passed on, and to the fact that they had gone on trying and had never given up hope.
Next, I w ould place the careful and thorough planning done before the climb began. On the Everest, a large number of people have to do different things in different places at the same time. Unless every detail had been worked out in advance, things would quickly have gone wrong.
The third reason was the excellence of our equipment. In particular, our oxygen apparatus was very important, and it worked well. Without it. we could not have reached the summit.
Our own fitness played a big part in the climb, and this was due to our periods of training, in which we got used gradually to great heights: and to our food; and to the care and attention we received from our doctors.
Above all else, I should like to mention how well we worked together. That was the biggest single reason why we got to the top. In the four months we were together we lived and worked as a team. Not everyone could climb to the top. Some of the members had jobs to do on other parts of the mountain; jobs that were less exciting than climbing to the summit, but just as dangerous and uncomfortable. But everyone played his part to the full. That was the biggest thing of all.
In the same way, our Sherpas were magnificent. Without our tents, our oxygen, our food, our climbing gear, the summit could not have been reached. And without the Sherpas, we could
not have lifted all this equipment, which weighed 750 lb., up to 26,000 feet, ready for the assaults. No praise is too high for these cheerful and
gallant men.
Finally, there was the weather. For five weeks we had bad weather; then, after the middle of May, we were lucky. It no longer snowed, and even the wind sometimes dropped.
Complete the following.
a) List any three aspects which contributed to the success of the ascent of the summit.
- ______
- ______
- ______
b) Without the help of ______nothing would have been possible.
c) The main idea of the passage is ______.
d) The biggest thing of all is ______.
e) ______were cheerful and gallant men.
