Reading Comprehension 2

Reading Comprehension3
Reading Comprehension3

Reading Comprehension3

From James E. Haney, ‘Health and Motor Behaviour: Measuring Energy Expenditures,’ Research News 22, no. 5 (November 1971):

Fifty volunteers were alphabetically divided into two equal groups, Group A to participate in a 7 week exercise program, and Group B to avoid deliberate exercise of any sort during those 7 weeks. On the day before the exercise program began, all 50 men participated in a step-test. This consisted of stepping up and down on a 16-inch bench at 30 steps a minute for 5 minutes. One minute after completion of the step-test, the pulse rate of each subject was taken and recorded. This served as the pretest for the experiment.
For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experimental group (Group A) rode an Exercycle (a motor-driven bicycle-type exercise machine) for 15 minutes each day. The exercise schedule called for riders to ride relaxed during the first day’s ride, merely holding on to the handle bars and foot pedals as the machine moved. Then, for the next 3 day, they rode relaxed for 50 seconds of each minute, and pushed, pulled, and pedalled actively for 10 seconds of each minute. The ratio of active riding was increased every few days, so that by the seventh week the riders were performing 15 solid minutes of active riding.
At the end of the 7 weeks, the step-test was again given to both groups of subjects, and their pulses taken. The post-exercise pulse rates of subjects in the experimental group were found to have decreased an average of 30 heart beats per minute, with the lowest decrease 28 and the highest decrease 46. The pulse rates of subjects in the control group remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats, with an average difference between the initial and final tests of zero.


Odpowiedz na pytania (odpowiedzi znajdziesz na końcu)

1. How many people were in each group?
a) 100
b) 50
c) 25
d) 15

2. The step-test was given…
a) after each exercise period.
b) at the beginning and at the end of the seven week period.
c) only once, at the beginning of the seven week period.
d) twice to the men in Group A and once to the men in Group B.

3. When were pulse rates taken?
a) After every exercise period.
b) Every day.
c) After the step-test.
d) Every time the ratio of active riding was increased.


4. The exercise schedule was planned so that the amount of active riding…
a) increased every few days.
b) varied from day to day.
c) increased until the third week and then was kept constant.
d) increased every exercise period.

5. What did Group A do in their program?
a) They stepped up and down on a bench each day.
b) They pushed and pulled on exercise handles every day.
c) They rode on an Exercycle every day.
d) They refrained from any exercise.

6. The post-exercise pulse rates of Group B were found on the average to have…
a) not changed.
b) gone down 28 beats per minute.
c) gone down 30 beats per minute.
d) gone down 4 beats per minute.

7. This paragraph implies that…
a) most people do not get enough exercise.
b) a high pulse rate is desirable.
c) regular exercise can strengthen your heart.
d) everyone should exercise 15 minutes a day.
























Odpowiedzi i komentarz

1. c (Fifty volunteers were alphabetically divided into two equal groups...) divide - podzielić, equal - równy,

2. b (On the day before the exercise program began, all 50 men participated in a step-test [...]At the end of the 7 weeks, the step-test was again given...)

3. c (One minute after completion of the step-test, the pulse rate of each subject was taken and recorded.) completion - ukończenie

4. a ( The ratio of active riding was increased every few days...) ratio - ilość, increase - wzrastać,

5. c (For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experimental group (Group A) rode an Exercycle (a motor-driven bicycle-type exercise machine) for 15 minutes each day.)

6. a (The pulse rates of subjects in the control group remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats, with an average difference between the initial and final tests of zero.) average - średni, przeciętny, średnia różnica między początkowym a końcowym testem wynosiła w Grupie B zero,


1. c (W tekście nie ma bezpośredniej odpowiedzi na to pytanie. Wymaga ono zrozumienia i umiejętności dokładnego określenia o czym jest tekst. Autor nie mówi, że ludzie za mało ćwiczą, ani, że powinni ćwiczyć codziennie. Pisze o eksperymencie, w którym udowodniono, że ćwiczenia fizyczne wzmacniają serce.)

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