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 ...........

Why does the author mention spaghetti?

Why do people say women produce more than half of the food in Africa?

The article is mainly about .............

The word “principle” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ........

The phrase "All in all "in the passage  is closest in meaning to .............

The word “plight” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ..............

The word “lies” in the first paragraph could be best be replaced by ______.

According to the writer, why is the choice of your second job important?

What is the main topic of the passage?

The word “feasibility” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ...............

It can be inferred from the passage that the eye ___.

According to decision-worksheet theory, an optimal decision is defined as one that ............

When the concept of universal primary education was introduced, education _______.

The phrase ‘as well as’ in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ___.

The phrase "the wee hours" in paragraph 3 probably refers to the period of time _____.

The main idea of the passage is that in America's frontier days ..............

What does the passage mainly discuss?

The word "discrete" in line 16 is closest in meaning to .....

The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cell phone too often, ...........

Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?