Mr. Faugel was convinced that students’ nervousness had affected their scores; to reduce the anxiety of these students who had already been tested, he gave 22 of them a beta blocker before readministration of the test. Their scores improved significantly. The other 8 students (who did not receive the beta blockers) improved only slightly. Second-time test-takers nationwide had average improvements which were similar to those in Faugel's non-beta blocker group.

Beta blockers are prescription drugs which have been around for 25 years. These medications, which interfere with the effects of adrenalin, have been used for heart conditions and for minor stress such as stage fright. Now they are used for test anxiety. These drugs seem to help test-takers who have low scores because of test fright, but not those who do not know the material. Since there can be side effects from these beta blockers, physicians are not ready to prescribe them routinely for all test-takers.

Beta blockers work on some physical and emotional symptoms because they ...........

What does the phrase “you have got it out of your system” in passage mean?

The first songs of the Beatles were ............

The word "They" in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

What form of street lighting was used in London when link boys used to work there?

The passage supports which of the following conclusions?

The highlight word “it” in the passage refers to ................

Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?

Co-education was negatively responded to in _______.

The writer's father retired early because ..................

What is the setting of Tolkien's trilogy?

The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___________.

What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” (lines 2-3) ?

The word "astonished" in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by ........

The word “intermittently” in line 4 is closest in meaning to .........

The passage compares sound to_________.

When we apologize, ..............

It can be inferred from the passage that limestone deposits serve as the basis of .................

The word "representative" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ...............

Why did the teachers ask each band to play two songs?

The passage is mainly about __________