Control Your Fate?
Which sentence from the passage best describes the main idea?
The main idea is how you think can change your fate.
What is this passage mostly about?
A. Why being happy is good for people.
B. How to learn what to do to be happy.
C. Why happy people have more friends.
D. How to study people who are happy.
Why being happy is good for people.
What is this passage mostly about?
Children like to visit their friends.
Dogs can be good friends to people.
Friends of any kind make life better.
Friends talk and send each other notes.
Friends of any kind make life better.
Which sentence from the passage best describes the main idea?
If you have the same experience more than once, the brain forms a pattern.
A new experience also gives your brain a chance to make new links.
Researchers say doing things that are fun boosts your brain.
The brain is like a high-powered computer.
Researchers say doing things that are fun boosts your brain power.
Which shows that the mind has power?
The mind controls the body.
Which shows that happiness is good for health?
A. Happy people do better at work.
B. Happy people are sick less often.
C. Happy people have more friends.
D. Happy people tend to stay married.
Happy people are sick less often.
Which helped Mr. King feel happier?
He received a note.
He looked at some Web sites.
He decided to make more friends.
He brought a dog home to live with him.
He brought a dog home to live with him.
What happens if a person takes the same route every day?
A pattern forms in the brain.
The brain makes more links.
The brain becomes like a computer.
The brain gets new information.
A pattern forms in the brain.
What can the reader infer about where the student is?
In a classroom at school
Who was the person wearing a white coat?
A. A teacher.
B. A lawyer.
C. A student.
D. A scientist.
A scientist.
What does Dawn use to stay in touch with her friends?
A telephone
A computer
Pen and paper
A fax machine
A computer
This passage refers to researchers. What do these researchers study?
These researchers study the brain.
These researchers study computers.
These researchers study the best ways to get from one place to another.
These researchers study how to have fun.
These researchers study the brain.
What time of day does the conversation between Mrs. Martinez and the student probably occur?
In the afternoon at the end of the school day.
What can you infer that the people who walked down the aisle were doing?
A. looking for something they lost.
B. searching for a job.
C. getting married.
D. moving to a new home.
getting married
What sport does Lee like to play?
Lee likes to play football.
Lee likes to play baseball.
Lee likes to swim.
Lee likes to play tennis.
Lee likes to play tennis.
According to this passage, what do you use to give your brain information?
You use a computer to give your brain information.
You use all five senses to give your brain information.
You use paper and pencil to give your brain information.
You use an automobile to give your brain information.
You use all five senses to give your brain information.
What can the reader infer about Mrs. Martinez?
Mrs. Martinez is a teacher.
In the last paragraph, what can you infer from the words "when the lights go out"?
A. The electricity went out because of a storm.
B. It's night time.
C. Someone forgot to pay the light bill.
D. Someone turned off the lights.
It's night time.
Where does Mr. King live?
On a farm
In the city
In the country
In a nursing home
In a city
In this passage, what action can the reader infer from the phrase "your hands and feet move automatically"?
Your hands are folding a map.
Your feet are walking.
Your hands are turning the steering wheel of your car, and your feet are pressing the accelerator and brake pedals.
Your hands are waving at the friend who is going with you to the movie.
Your hands are turning the steering wheel of your car, and your feet are pressing the accelerator and brake pedals.