Midterm exam paper for assessing

This task is worth 5 points.
TASK 2. READING.
Answer the questions and do the tasks below the text. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. The total score is 5.

From my early age my parents taught me to keep motivated and develop my natural abilities. They recommended to set concrete goals, plans and do my best to achieve them. You know what I have achieved in my life up to now done thanks to my inspiration and motivation. I was always interested in a number of things: environment, space, planets, stars, the moon, hiking, oceans, computer technology, innovative medical equipment, sport; nearly everything drew my attention. My motivation burst out of me, I still have got many goals to reach, some of them appear to be too complicated, but anyway I am going to go closer to them, to fulfill them. Sometimes I am surprised looking at the young students who are sometimes so passive, unmotivated, unwilling. I want to shout to them: hey, men, life is a gift; you cannot return the past time after you waste it. Do, make, create, discover. I always keep words of Anthony Robbins in my mind: “Make it so today is not like yesterday and tomorrow will be different forever.” Each of us has inspiration, motivation inside us; we must get them out and keep them afterwards. Motivation is motive in action that demands acts; inspiration is inspiring of our spirit, feel it. What can you do to enhance your motivation, and to awaken the inner power that can push you toward accomplishing your dreams, small and big? This is a global question for everyone. Firstly, set goals. You should have one major and several minor goals; those small ones should lead you to the great one. This will keep you motivated after you accomplish each small goal of yours. Secondly, finish what you start, never quit it in the middle of the way. Thirdly, you should never procrastinate the thing you have started; it may lead you to laziness. Fourthly, convince yourself that you are able to achieve anything. And finally, the fifth step is visualizing. Visualize your dreams as fulfilled ones that will keep you motivated and happy.

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