1 Comprehensin afer speed reading A Write the time it took you to read the text in mintes o fractions of a minte on Line a, (e.g. 72 mintes) Divide the nmber of words by the nmber of mintes and write te answer on Line c This is yor words per minte reading speed for this reading time to read in mintes b. nmber of words wpm (b/a) nmber correct percent correct (dx10 a.
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B Now test yor nderstanding of this text by answering these mltipe-choice comprehension qestions withot looking back at the text Choose the best answer from the choices isted Have yor teacher check yor answers and then fill in Lines d and e above If yo are reading at speed a good goal is to get 70 percent of yor answers correct If yo get 100 percent correct yo are either a genis or yo are reading too careflly! good tite for this tet wold be _ a Old ge Is Not So ad fter ll b. The Misery of Old ge The Joys of Old ge The proportion of eldery peope in the poplation is increasing becase peope are living longer b coples are having fewer children both and b 3 The level of happiness and satisfaction in od age a is abot the same as yonger people's b is significantly higher than yonger peoples is significantly lowe than yonger peoples 4 The brain of an older erson tends to a notce negatve events arond them rater than pstive ones b. more qickly forget the negative things that happen and emember the positive ones more qickly forget the positive things that happe and remember the negative ones 5 When older people ok back on their lives _ a they generally think that their lives have been good b. they don't really reember too many details they have many regets and wish that they had lived life differently Sensoy capacities in ld age _ stay abot the same decline significantly decline slightly
