Nonfiction Reading Test Reading
Nonfiction Reading Test Reading
Nonfiction Reading Test Reading
Nonfiction Reading
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Refer to
the text to check your answers when appropriate.
Reading stimulates your mind. It is like a Do not just discount a text because it is
workout for your brain. When people get old, unfamiliar to you. Each time you read, you are
their muscles begin to deteriorate. They get exposed to new ideas and perspectives.
weaker and their strength leaves them. Reading can change the way that you
Exercise can prevent this loss. The same thing understand the world. It can give you a broader
happens to people's brains when they get older. perspective on things. It can make you
Brain power and speed decline with age. worldlier. You can learn how people live in far
Reading strengthens your brain and prevents away places. You can learn about cultures
these declines. different from your own.
You can benefit from reading in the near-term Reading is good for your state of mind. It has a
too. Reading provides knowledge. Knowledge calming effect. It can lower your stress levels
is power. Therefore, reading can make you a and help you relax. You can escape from your
more powerful person. You can learn to do troubles for a moment when you read, and it's
new things by reading. Do you want to make a positive escape. The benefits of reading far
video games? Do you want to design clothing? outweigh those of acting like a doofus. So do
Reading can teach you all this and more. But yourself a favor: the next time you get a
you have to get good at reading, and the only reading assignment, take as much as you can
way to get good at something is to practice. from it. Squeeze it for every drop of
knowledge that it contains. Then move on to
Read everything that you can at school, the next one.
regardless of whether you find it interesting.
Reading expands your vocabulary. Even a
"boring" text can teach you new words.
Having a larger vocabulary will help you
better express yourself. You will be able to
speak, write, and think more intelligently.
What's boring about that?
2. Why does the author believe that reading boring or unfamiliar books can be helpful for
readers? Use the text in your response.
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3. Why does the author describe reading as a "positive escape"? In what ways is reading
positive? Use evidence from the text to support your response.
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