26. Reading Skills Comprehension: Curse Poverty

Curse Poverty

Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each :

People often curse poverty as a great evil, and it seems to be an accepted belief that if people only had plenty of money, they would be happy and useful and get more out of life. But the reality is that while palaces give a comfortable life, peace and contentment dwell in cottages. I always pity the sons and daughters of rich parents who are attended by servants and governesses. It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is and how loving and united the members of poor families are in common interests. It is for these reasons that so many strong, eminent and self-reliant men have always sprung from poor families.

Questions :

(a) Why do people want to have plenty of money?

 (b) Why have so many strong, eminent and self-reliant men sprung from poor families?

 (c) How do people curse poverty?

(d) The front where have most of the famous men come?

(e) Find the words from the passage having the same meanings as (i) live (ii) satisfaction.

Answers :

(a) They think that if they had plenty of money, they would live happily.

(b) The cottages of the poor people have honesty peace and contentment. Their members love each other. So strong and self-reliant men have sprung from these cottages.

 (c) People curse poverty as a great evil.

(d) They have come from the cottages of the poor.

 (e) (i) dwell   

(ii) contentment.

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