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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. When people conduct a stressful task they experience less stress when
who is with them?
a. their supportive friends

b. their pets
c. nobody
d. their spouse

2. Which of these about pets is mentioned last?
a. Pets come with additional responsibilities.
b. Men with AIDS who own pets are less likely to suffer from depression.

c. Nursing home residents reported less loneliness when visited by dogs.
d. Exercise is good for stress management and essential to overall health.

3. What happened when hypertensive New York stockbrokers got dogs or
cats?

a. They had higher blood pressure, but lower heart rates.
b. They had lower blood pressure and lower heart rates.
c. They had lower blood pressure, but higher heart rates.
d. They had higher blood pressure and higher heart rates.

4. How are pets compared to prescription drugs in the passage?
a. They are equally effective at stabilizing blood pressure.
b. They are less effective at stabilizing blood pressure.

c. They are more effective at stabilizing blood pressure.
d. They are not compared in the passage

5. Predict who might have the least amount of stress.

a. an executive in New York who lives alone
b. a salesman who rarely exercises
c. a doctor who takes prescription drugs for his blood pressure

d. a school teacher who walks his dog everyday

6. In the passage the word burdens means
a. troubles

b. to pile on
c. obligations
d. cargos

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