Yawning Together

What is the purpose of this article?

• To summarize research on contagious yawning

• To explain why yawning is healthful for people and animals

• To describe how human yawning differs from dog yawning

• To suggest that scientists will never fully understand why people yawn

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In Paragraph 3, which word means "passed" or "slipped by"

• observed

• elapsed

• allotted

• subtly

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Which line suggests that seeing someone else yawn is not the only way to experience continuous yawning?

• As I did the research for this column, I noticed that nearly every article about yawning pointed out that just reading the article itself could make you yawn

• Goldman points out that yawning has be observed in many species of vertebrates,including dogs, chimpanzees, and birds

• At extremely high temperatures, yawning again decreased, perhaps because yawns don't help when temperatures is too warm.

• Humans who are likely to be more empathetic also exhibit more contagious yawning, so maybe yawning is contagious between humans and dogs for similar reasons.

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The author uses an aside in paragraph 3 to -

• supply additional information

• provide some humor

• criticize public speakers

• give an example

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Why does the author say that yawning "isn't a very big problem"

• To explain why there has been little research done on yawning

• To suggest that studying yawning would be a waste of resources

• To argue the importance of studying the causes of yawning

• To demonstrate that all studies of yawning have reached the same conclusion

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the objective of the boxed information about yawning?

• To provide possible explanations for why people yawn

• To amuse the reader with common myths about yawning

• To provide facts about yawning to supplement information given in the article

• To suggest that scientists are close to understanding the cause of yawning

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