Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 394. a. See the second and third paragraphs for reference to heart problems with anorexia, the fourth and fifth paragraphs for discussion of heart problems with bulimia, and the last paragraph, where heart disease is mentioned, as a risk in obese people who suffer from binge-eating disorder. c. Near the end of the last paragraph, the passage indicates that binge-eating disorder patients experience high blood pressure. d. It is the other way around 50% of people with anorexia develop bulimia, as stated near the end of the fifth paragraph. b. The first sentence of the fifth paragraph tells us that bulimia sufferers are often able to keep their problem a secret, partly because they maintain a normal or above-normal weight. c. In the second paragraph, the thyroid gland function is mentioned as slowing down—one effort on the part of the body to protect itself. a. According to the second paragraph, dehydration contributes to constipation. b. As stated in the opening sentence of the fourth paragraph, bulimia patients may exercise obsessively. d. See the second sentence of the sixth paragraph. If as many as one-third of the binge-eating disorder population are men, it stands to reason that up to two-thirds are younger women, given that we have learned that about 90% of all eating disorder sufferers are adolescent and young adult women. c. The tone of the passage is enthusiastic in its recommendation of the greyhound as pet and, thereby, encourages people to adopt one. It does not give advice on transforming a greyhound choice a). Except to say that they love to run, the passage does not spend equal time on describing the greyhound as racer choice b). The author’s tone is not objective (choice d), but rather enthusiastic. d. See the last paragraph. The passage does not mention b orb cb. Choice a is clearly wrong the passage states the opposite. a. See the first paragraph. Choices b, c, and d are not touched on in the passage. d. See the last paragraph. Choices a, b, and c are contradicted in the passage. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 229 3/18/10 1:35:00 PM |