What A Yawn

What does the word coordinate most likely mean?

• A. To put off or postpone

• B. To arrange or organize

• C. To be in the same order

• D. To be equal or balanced

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What does the phrase take it personally suggest about the authors of the passage?

• A. It suggests that the authors do not expect the reader to yawn while reading the passage.

• B. It suggests that the authors will be upset if the reader yawns while reading the passage.

• C. It suggests that the authors will not care if the reader yawns while reading the passage.

• D. It suggests that the authors think the reader needs to take a break from reading the passage.

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The author used cause and effect in this passage.

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the passage this way?

• A. To demonstrate how a yawn can change how a person feels.

• B. To show that being in school has nothing to do with yawning.

• C. To prove that scientists now know what makes living things yawn.

• D. To describe how a yawn often signals that a change in activity is needed.

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Question 4 Part A

Click on the statment that best describes what the information in the paragraph shows about the author's point of view.

• A. The author believes that a monkey or ape leader is fierce.

• B. The author believes that even monkeys yawn when they are bored.

• C. The author believes that apes use their pointed teeth to frighten each other.

• D. The author believes that monkeys and apes use yawning as a way to communicate.

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Select the sentence from the passage that best supports your answer in part A.

• In apes and monkeys, yawning by the leader of the group may signal that it's time for a change in the groups activity.

• Once the leader yawns, everyone else in the pack yawns back, signaling that they understand.

• A big yawn also gives the leader a chance to show off his long, sharp teeth and remind young upstarts not to bother him while he is sleeping.

• “YAWN … It’s time for us all to go to sleep,” or YAWN … It’s time to hunt.”

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Pick the three sentences from the passage that best support the conclusion that scientists believe a yawn can be a sign that it is time to do something different.

• A, B, and E

• B, C, and D

• A, B, and C

• B, C, and E

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