Guided practice activity 9
Read the passage and answer the multiple-choice question.
After years of focusing on the bad-and there are still legitimate concerns, for
instance, about the psychological effects of certain violent games-scientists are
increasingly examining the potential benefits of video games. Their studies are revealing
that a wide variety of games can boost mental function, improving everything from vision
to memory. Still unclear is whether these gains are long-lasting and can be applied to
non-game tasks. But video games, it seems, might actually be good for the brain.
- What, according to the writer, are scientists not sure about in relation to video games?
- If games can improve mental abilities. Does the text say they can?
- If violent games have negative effects on the brain. Does the text say they can?
- If there will still be benefits when you are doing other activities. Are there benefits?
- If memory and vision are improved. Are they?
- Now reread the question. Which of these are scientists not sure about?
Read the passage below and answer the multiple-choice questions
Ifs payday or, more accurately, pocket money day, and Julia Spargo-Ryan, 15, is
cashed up. Like clockwork, $50 is transferred every Wednesday from her parents·
account to hers. The Wesley College student also earns around $150 per week from
a part-time job. Her parents pay for her mobile phone and occasionally give her extra
money. Julia spends her money on clothes, movie tickets and snacks. She has to help
out around the house, but does no specific tasks.
- What is the best way to describe how Julia gets her money?
Now read the passages below and answer the True/False/Not Given questions.
Han-Seok Seo, study leader of the Seoul National University in South Korea, and his
colleagues conducted their tests on four groups of adult male Wistar rats stressed
from sleep deprivation. The aim of the study was to demonstrate influences of roasted
coffee aroma on rat brain functions and evaluate the impact. After testing, the impact
was conclusive; roasted coffee bean aroma changes the mRNA and protein levels of the
rat brain. This showed for the first time that valuable proteins with healthy antioxidant
properties, which are important in protecting cells from stress, were found in the
brains of the coffee-sniffing rats.
- The laboratory rats drank coffee. What was given to the rats? Does the passage say
whether they drank coffee or not?
- The rats were stressed from being tested. Why were the rats stressed?
- The smell of coffee improved healthy proteins in the laboratory rats' brains. What
improved in the rats· brains? What caused the improvement?
Driven to distraction
Distracted driving may not get the publicity given to alcohol, drugs and speed, but it
is thought to play a role in one third of fatal and serious injury crashes on roads. And
while there is strong community opposition to drink drivers or people who speed, our
attitude towards making phone calls or reading text messages is much more relaxed.
Surveys for the Office of Road Safety have found that while 96 per cent of people believe
reading and sending text messages is distracting, 54 per cent admit reading texts and
35 per cent have sent them while driving. About 85 per cent of people think mobile
phone use is distracting but 46 per cent said they take calls on the road and 36 per cent
concede making them.
- Alcohol, drugs and speed cause more crashes on the road than distracted driving.
How many crashes are caused by these factors? Is it more or less than distracted
driving?
- People are more tolerant of drivers who speed. What does 'tolerant' mean, and how is
this expressed in the passage? How do we feel about people who speed? Which drivers
are we more tolerant of?
- People like to use their mobile while driving because it is relaxing. Does the passage
mention relaxing? Does the passage say that using a mobile phone is relaxing or not?
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