“Of course, money is a motivation. Tennis is a business and a sport”, says Maria Sharapova.
Based on what Maria Sharapova says write a paragraph on the topic:Today’s Sports are More About Making Money Than Entertainment’.
Today’s Sports are More About Making Money Than Entertainment
In ancient times, Athens games were started as a means to entertain as well as celebrate human excellence. Sports persons or the athletes enjoyed a position of high eminence in the society. They did not play to win; but they participated in true spirit of a sportsman. Today all sports activities have been commercialized and sports persons are among then highly paid people in the world. At the time of any sports-event, they make crores of rupees by advertising products. Today, all sports activities are organized as a means to make money. There is much less to celebrate about victory, but more about making money.
(i) Why was Santosh not satisfied with the kind of education she received in village?
(ii) How did she decide to fight the system?
(iii) Find words from the passage which have meaning similar to that of the given words :
(a) rich, prosperous, (b) in accordance with.
(a) Why was the girl often discontented?
(b) How did she dress herself differently from other girls?
(c) Write down the opposite of the following words:
(i) correct,
(ii) rational.
‘Also a fervent environmentalist, Santosh collected and brought down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas’.
Taking inspiration from Santosh Yadav, write a paragraph to be published in your school magazine as to what steps the students must take to maintain the school campus clean.
(a) Why did she leave home?
(b) What condition did she put before her parents?
(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘in danger’.
