The Benefits of Reading Part 2

To what does the word “their”(paragraph 3; sentence 3) refer?

• parents

• children

• Susan Greenfield

• stories

To what does the word "she" refer in paragraph 3 sentence 4?

• parents

• stories

• children

• Susan Greenfield

What is the topic sentence of paragraph 4?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

Who participated in Dr. Robert Friedland’s study?

• Young people who read books

• Young people who don’t read books.

• Old people who have Alzheimer’s disease and don’t read books

• Old people who have read books from the time they were children.

5. Choose the correct word. Dr. Robert Friedland’s study found that people who don’t read books have a (lower / higher) chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease than people who read books.

• lower

• higher

6. Choose the correct word. According to Dr. Robert Friedland, reading is (different than / similar to) sports.

• different than

• similar to

8. The word “He” paragraph 4 (sentence 3) refers to :

• readers

• Dr. Alzheimer

• Dr. Friedland

• elderly people

9. The word "they" paragraph 4 (sentence 3) refers to

• elderly people who read to the young

• young readers who read to the elderly

• elderly people who have been readers since their youth

• elderly people who don't read

10. "...the ____you use your brain, the _________ it is."

(a)  

11. The word “Therefore” (in paragraph 5, line 1) means

• לכן

• בנוסף

• למרות זאת

• אבל