Lesson 3: Good character

Questions: Tick the best answer.
1 Which is the correct statement according to the information in the listening
text?
a Good character does not mean special qualities.
b Good citizens must have good character with other things.
c Character means a tool to curve wood.
d Character traits are distinctive marks always seen on a person’s face.
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2 The red crest of a rooster
a is a symbol of power and strength.
b enables it to crow in the morning.
c makes the bird tall and beautiful.
d shows how it is different from a hen.
3 The expression ‘distinctive qualities’ means those qualities of a person, which
a are the same as others’.
b emphasise honesty in him/ her.
c make him / her different from others.
d he / she gets from their parents.
Listening text 1
10 English For Today

4 Character traits are
a naturally gifted.
b personally learned.
c God given.
d physically visible.
C Fill in the blanks in the following passage with appropriate words from
the box.
Citizens having good character live a life of virtue. They may belong to any social
1)_____________, upper or lower. Their thoughts and 2)_______________ show
high moral values. That is, they have a strong 3)____________ of right and wrong.
So what they do is 4)_____________ for themselves as well as for others in the
5)____________ and in the society. In fact, they cannot even think of
6)____________ any wrong to others. One of the most positive 7) _____________
of these people is tolerance towards 8)___________. Suppose a group of people in
your community 9)_____________ or practice in something which you do not like
10) _____________. But as a good citizen you should 11) ____________ them to
perform their activities. Thus tolerance can generate 12) _______ for people of other
cultures. Tolerance and respect together can make life 13) _____________ and
peaceful in society.