1. What is the best title for the passage ?
1. Signs of Senility
2. Loss of Memory in Old People
3. Mental Functioning of aging Persons
4. Decline in Intellectual Ability
2. What happens when people grow older ?
1. Their minds become less active.
2. They think more slowly.
3. They lose their intellectual ability.
4. Their reasoning ability is reduced.
3. What is TRUE about the results of Dr. Javik’s studies ?
1. They contradict common belief.
2. They support previous studies.
3. They show old people suffer from memory loss.
4. They reveal a decline in knowledge.
4. What does “This” ( paragraph 2 ) refer to ?
1. The decrease in the elderly’ s psycho-motor speed
2. The loss of knowledge and reasoning ability
3. The accomplishment of mental tasks
4. The damage to intellectual ability
5. What can be concluded from Dr. Jarvik’s and others’ studies ?
1. Incomplete learning results from “loss of memory”.
2. A person’s reasoning ability decreases in middle age.
3. The ability to remember is the same for both old and young.
4. A person in his 70s can complete mental tasks as fast as when he was in his 30s.