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Boost Your Brainpower: Reading Comprehension
Boost Your Brainpower: Reading Comprehension
Brainpower
Reading Comprehension
Read the story and answer the questions.
2. Some people fight stress by imagining a beautiful box and filling it with
things that stress them. What do they do to that box?
3. An example of how the environment affects how the brain works would
be ________________ .
4. Stress ________________ .
5. According to this article, what should you not do if you have difficulty
concentrating?
a) take a rest
b) drink six to eight glasses of a fizzy drink
c) eat strawberries or blueberries
Read the story and answer the questions.
6. An example of a sweet fizzy drink which does not help our brains is
________________ .
a) Pure apple juice.
b) Coffee with cream.
c) Orange soda pop.
Read the story and answer the questions.
a) calories
b) Research
c) Fuel
d) Control
Now practice using vocabulary from the reading.
5. A distraction when you are trying to study for an important exam would
be ________________ .
a) kind
b) Soft
c) Polite rather than impolite or rude
d) Peaceful or relaxing
Now practice using vocabulary from the reading.
a) Beer
b) Coke
c) Pepsi
d) Water
Now practice using vocabulary from the reading.
a) Exercise
b) taking deep breaths and stretching
c) oxygen