Question

A reader’s best friend
A month ago, eight-year-old Connor Schultz could
read forty-five words a minute. Today he’s up to ninetythree.
The reason? A four-year-old longhaired dachshund
named Ruby who, once a week, visits Connor’s school
in Schenectady, New York, and sits with him while he
reads aloud. She doesn’t judge or correct him, and Connor
has an audience he feels comfortable reading to.
Ruby is one of sixteen thousand certified therapy
dogs participating in reading-assistance programs at
10 schools and libraries across America, as educators have
begun exploring the calming effect dogs have on us. “As
words spread and test scores improve, requests for visits
from therapy dogs have been pouring in. “We get calls
every day,” says Ursula Kemp, president of New Jersey’s
15 Therapy Dogs International. And Utah-based
Intermountain Therapy Animals has close to a thousand
three hundred dogs registered in its reading-assistance
program.

Questão 10
According to the text, Connor feels comfortable reading
to Ruby because she
01) barks only when he reads silently.
02) won’t criticize him.
03) compliments him when he finishes.
04) sleeps soundly while he is reading.
05) interrupts him gently whenever he makes a mistake.

Questão 11
The text says that requests for visits from therapy
dogs are
01) usually rejected.
.02) in decline.
03) disregarded.
04) promptly accepted
05) on the rise.

questao 12
Educators have started using dogs in their reading
activities because they make people feel
01) less nervous.e intereste
02) protected. .
03) frightened.
4) happier
05) mord

questao 13
The word “improve” (l. 12) is closest in meaning to
01) get easier.
02) get worse.
03) get better.
04) improvise.
05) are published.

Answer 1

10) 2
11) 5
12) 1
13) 3