According to the passage, how does dance help a person?

Concept

A literal-comprehension question is answered by locating the passage's explicit statement and matching its complete meaning, without importing an outside assumption. The chosen response must preserve every relevant part of that statement.

Application

The passage states that combining music and movement can lift a person's mood and melt away stress. Therefore, dance helps by lifting mood and reducing stress levels.

Contrast and cross-check

• Increasing stress reverses the passage's stated direction of change.

• Lower physical fitness is not presented as an effect of dance in the passage.

• Improving mathematical ability is not discussed as the benefit asked about here.

Thus, the passage identifies lifted mood together with reduced stress as the relevant help provided by dance.