Can a healthy lifestyle alter your genes? — Reading comprehension exercise

B1 / B2 / C1


STEP 1 - Read the following article: READING COMPREHENSION ARTICLE 22


STEP 2 - Answer these questions (choose the best answer):

1. The article basically states that a healthy lifestyle:
2. Apart from eating healthy food and exercising, the men in the study:
3. In total, how many genes changed as a result of the healthy lifestyle?
4. What happened to some of the disease-causing genes?
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article? - The men in the study:
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Did you know? Science and health passages often use hedging language — words like may, suggests, could indicate — to qualify claims. Exam questions frequently test whether you've noticed that hedging, since 'the study proves X' and 'the study suggests X' are meaningfully different answers.

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