Fun 101 (aka How to Escape Boredom)” (NYSE 2016)

Which words from the article provide the best clue to the meaning of the word "tedious" in line 3?

• "confession time" (line 1)

• "head flat on desk" (lines 1 and 2)

• "take an eternity to trik by" (line 4)

• "You begin to wish you had your cell phone" (lines 4 and 5)

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Read this sentence from line 6 of the article. "Boredom is the enemy of fun." Which quotation best helps the reader understand this sentence?

• "If fun is the big drop of a roller coster, boredom is waiting in line." (line 7)

• "If we want to figure out the future of fun, we have to first figure out how to end boredom." (line 8)

• "Imagine that: a world where each second is interesting and nothing is dull." (line 9)

• "That sounds like science fiction, but new psychological research hints that being bored - even in class- may one day be a thing of the past." (lines 9 - 11)

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Lines 19 through 26 connect modern entertainment to boredom by suggesting that it causes us to

• want more challenging games to play

• misunderstand the role of fun in our lives

• develop expectations for high levels of excitement

• avoid adapting to new technological innovations

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How does Professor Eastwood's work differ from previous research?

• by attempting to create a new definition for boredom

• by failing to look into a connection to brain activity

• by focusing on the human attention system

• by using data from earlier studies on boredom

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Read lines 9 through 11 of the article. "That sounds like science fiction, but new psychological research hints that being bored - even in class -may one day be a thing of the past." Which quotation provides the best evidence to support this claim?

• "... less than one in 20 adults were bored at work." (lines 15 and 16)

• "... our brains adapt really quickly to certain levels of stimulation ..." (lines 23 and 24)

• "...anything the attention system in your brain locks onto will be automatically sucked up into your conscious awareness..." (lines 43 and 44)

• "Each of us has the ability to make every situation interesting; all we need to do is change the way we look at it ..." (lines 61 and 62)

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The final sentence in lines 68 and 69 best contributes to the article by

• suggesting that the author often fell asleep in class

• connecting the information to the incident described at the beginning

• encouraging students to stay awake and avoid boredom in class

• emphasizing that teenagers are often more bored than other groups

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Which sentence states a central idea that is supported throughout the article?

• Modern entertainment decreases boredom

• Boredom is present in teenagers more than in adults.

• Everyone experiences boredom occasionally

• People have the ability to control their boredom.

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