Direction: You have brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the BEST answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Modern living has PROGRAMMED our lives to a hectic, monotonous schedule that we have forgotten the gentle smile that once fleeted across the human face. Smile has the power to dissolve all worries. It has the all pervasive ability to lift us from the abysmal depth of gloominess. We should not be cowed down by work pressure that a constant frown imprisons our face. In built confidence and POSITIVE attitude help a smile to blossom. A face bereft of smile makes us UNARMED, for it is the smile that is a pleasant weapon which resists all hurdles and problems that depress us. If we learn to smile in a crisis, it shows that we have the forbearance and courage to face the crisis. A smile, after all, helps us preserve our perfect, present unmindful of our past or future.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
pervasive : existing in all parts of a place or thing.
cowed down : frightened
frown :to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows close together so that lines may appear on your forehead.
abysmal : extremely bad or of a low standard; terrible
bereft : completely lacking something
forbearance : the quantity of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially when they have done something wrong
Effects of CHEERFUL living