Unit 7
Reprint 2025-26
You have read about Santosh Yadav, the youngest woman in the world to have conquered Mount Everest in 1992. You must have heard or read about Poorna, who at the age of 13 years 11 months, became the youngest girl in the world to have scaled the Mount Everest in 2014, with sheer determination and willpower.
You would have also read about Maria Sharapova who bagged the Women's Singles crown at Wimbledon in 2004. She was determined, tough, competitive, hard-working with unwavering desire. Both of them had big dreams from the very young age.
You have read about Santosh Yadav, the youngest woman in the world to have conquered Mount Everest in 1992. You must have heard or read about Poorna, who at the age of 13 years 11 months, became the youngest girl in the world to have scaled the Mount Everest in 2014, with sheer determination and willpower.
You would have also read about Maria Sharapova who bagged the Women's Singles crown at Wimbledon in 2004. She was determined, tough, competitive, hard-working with unwavering desire. Both of them had big dreams from the very young age.
1. Do you have the passion to do something other than your studies like these two icons have? (Be it music, dance, theatre, trekking, watersport, painting, football, cricket, etc.)
2. Do you find any difficulty in pursuing your passion?
3. Who gives you support and encouragement to go ahead with your passion?
1. Suggest a word for each sentence/phrase correctly. Refer to the chapter 'Reach for the Top, Part I' given in your textbook, Beehive.
A state of happiness and satisfaction.
An action or way of behaving that is usual in tradition.
A word or statement that expresses agreement or confirmation.
The ability to withstand hardship or adversity.
Final stage of something you've been working towards.
An idiomatic expression is a group of words with a special meaning. The individual words in the expression do not mean what they otherwise stand for.
Example: Maria Sharapova cannot be 'pigeon-holed' or categorised. Her talent, unwavering desire to succeed and readiness to sacrifice have lifted her to the top of the world.
Choose the correct meaning for each idiomatic expression.
What does "eager beaver" mean?
What does "cash cow" mean?
What does "kangaroo court" mean?
What does "bull in a china shop" mean?
What does "hold your horses" mean?
In the chapter 'Reach for the Top' in Beehive, you have read that two clauses in a sentence have their own subject and verb or verb phrase. One part of the sentence (or one clause) tells us why or when something happened.
Choose the correct clause to complete each sentence.
He was found guilty of driving
I get a pain in my knee
The boy started to cry
Rainy was walking along the footpath
When the lights went out,
In each of the following sentences you have to remove or add a word or a phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. Write the correct sentences in the space given below.
1. Maria Sharapova likes to be dancing, singing and fashion.
2. She has love for pancakes with chocolate spread and fizzy orange drinks.
3. Maria had to be leave her mother behind in Siberia at age of nine.
4. She put with insults and humiliation in order to realise dream of becoming a tennis star.
5. Her dream was to be number one world tennis.
Listen to the excerpt about Hugh Herr, a Harvard-MIT researcher who overcame great challenges. Take notes and write a narrative account about his experience.
Write a short motivational article for your school magazine using information about Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza. The article should aim towards encouraging girls to take up sports.
In January 2018, the President of India awarded 112 amazing "First Ladies" for being first in their respective fields. Find out the achievements of some of them.
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.
but
Faith will move mountains.
Great starts make great finishes.
but
It isn't over till it's over.
Wise men think alike.
but
Fools seldom differ.