HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES - V2 EXAM

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HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES - V2 EXAM

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Question 1: Healthcare

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Answer:

1. Premium: means amount to be paid

• Hospitals are passing down the cost of taking care of people without insurance

• The passage implies that

There is a crisis in normal management in healthcare

• Opinion or fact

Rising

Question 2: V1

Eating Food Game of Bridge Getting a Good Night's Sleep Chronic Insomnia Phobia Rainforest Safe Driving The Water Cycle

Voice White Elephant The Golden Bridge

Answer:

V2 Bicycles Changing Time Glass Healthcare Homonyms Isaac Asimov Jazz Laughter Lightning Mr. Rogers Nurseries Rainforest Extras

Question 3: Glass

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Answer:

• Brittle- easily broken

• Archaeological digs have found article made of glass

• Glass is not an element

• The combination of several glass is an essential part of our lives

• Science uses glass in experiments

Question 4: Day Light Savings Time

It is a well-known fact that it takes the Earth approximately 365 days to move around the sun. At the same time, the Earth revolves or spins around itself over the course of 24 hours, which explains why there is day and night. One half of the Earth is always facing the Sun and the other half is facing away from it. As a result, there are different time zones dividing the globe. Moving suddenly from one time zone into the other, as when flying for example from Asia to North America, causes jetlag. People feel tired, they wake up suddenly during the night and cannot go back to sleep. It takes time to get used to a new time zone. Another thing to consider is the slight tilting of the Earth towards the sun. The Earth does not stand straight but leans a little to one side. Therefore, when it revolves around the Sun, the middle part of the Earth is always closer to the Sun and gets more heat. This part is called the equator, and above it lathes tropics.

Countries at the tropics get the same amount of daylight all the time. The sun always rises at 6 am and sets at 6 pm. In contrast, the tips of the Earth or the Poles get hardly any light at all because they are so far away from the sun. There are two main seasons at the Poles. There are

• months of summer, when the sun is always shining, even at night, and there are 6 months of

winter, when there is constant darkness. In between the tropics and the Poles lies the temperate zone, where there are 4 seasons. The sun rises and sets at different times throughout the year.In the spring and summer, it gets light earlier; in the fall and winter it gets dark earlier. People who live in temperate zones take advantage of that fact to get more daylight. At the beginning of spring, countries in Europe and North America readjust their clocks. They change the time on their clocks and watches by moving them an hour ahead. As a result, the sun does not set around 7 or 8 pm as usual, but an hour later. This measure is called Daylight Savings Time (DST) and lasts until the beginning of fall, when people move their clocks back one hour to Standard or regular Time. It is thought that Benjamin Franklin first suggested the introduction of Daylight Savings Time in the 18th century. But, the first serious proposal came in 1907 from William Willet. Yet his idea was shelved by the British government, who refused it because they thought it was unnecessary. Daylight Savings Time was first put into practice by the German government in 1916 in order to save energy during the First World War. Shortly after, the United Kingdom followed suit, with the United States doing the same in 1918. The law was very unpopular since people had to wake up earlier and many experienced a feeling like jetlag. But the 1970s energy crisis forced the US to make Daylight Savings Time the law. Studies have shown that the introduction of Daylight Savings Time in the spring saved the US 10,000 barrels of oil per day between 1974-1975. It also prevented 2,000 traffic injuries and 50 traffic-related deaths, saving the country $28 million. Currently, Americans switch to Daylight Savings Time on the first Sunday in April and move back to Standard Time on the last Sunday in October. But as of 2007, the time readjustment will happen even earlier, in March and November.

Answer:

• What is the main idea of this passage?

Daylight Savings Time is the result of the Earth moving around the Sun.

• What does the sentence "It takes time to get used to a new time zone." mean in paragraph 1?

Changing time zones makes people feel tired.

• Which part of the Earth is the closest to the Sun?

The tropics

• It is 7 p.m. Standard Time. What time is it for Daylight Savings Time?
• p.m.

• Was Daylight Savings Time popular in the beginning?

No, people felt tired because they couldn't sleep that long.

• What can be inferred about Daylight Savings Time?

It will be modified starting in 2007.

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

Why the British government refused Daylight Savings Time

• As it used in paragraph 3, the word obligatory most nearly means

Requisite

• Who ?rst established the idea of DST?

Benjamin Franklin

• Who opposed the bill that was introduced in the House of Commons in the early 1900s?

farmers

• Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. Department of Transportation?

It oversees all time laws in the United States.

• Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

The History and Rationale of Daylight Savings Time

• The Daylight Savings Time Energy Act of 1973 was responsible for

extending Daylight Saving Time in the interest of energy conservation.

Question 5: The Bicycle

Today, bicycles are so common that it's hard to believe they haven't always been around. But two hundred years ago, bicycles didn't even exist, and the ?rst bicycle, invented in Germany in 1818, was nothing like our bicycles today. It was made of wood and didn't even have pedals.Since then, however, numerous innovations and improvements in design have made the bicycle one of the most popular means of recreation and transportation around the world. In 1839, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, a Scottish blacksmith, dramatically improved upon the original bicycle design. Macmillan's machine had tires with iron rims to keep them from getting worn down. He also used foot-operated cranks like pedals, so his bicycle could be ridden at a quick pace. It didn't look much like a modern bicycle, though, because its back wheel was substantially larger than its front wheel. In 1861, the French Michaux brothers took the evolution of the bicycle a step further by inventing an improved crank mechanism. Ten years later, James Starley, an English inventor, revolutionized bicycle design. He made the front wheel many times larger than the back wheel, put a gear on the pedals to make the bicycle more ef?cient, and lightened the wheels by using wire spokes. Although this bicycle was much lighter and less tiring to ride, it was still clumsy, extremely top heavy, and ridden mostly for entertainment. It wasn't until 1874 that the ?rst truly modern bicycle appeared on the scene. (14) Invented by another Englishman, H.J. Lawson, the "safety bicycle" would look familiar to today's cyclists.This bicycle had equal-sized wheels, which made it less prone to toppling over. Lawson also attached a chain to the pedals to drive the rear wheel. With these improvements, the bicycle became extremely popular and useful for transportation. Today they are built, used, and enjoyed all over the world.

Answer:

• The main idea of this passage is best expressed in which sentence?

Sentence (4): Since then, however, numerous innovations and improvements in design have made the bicycle one of the most popular means of recreation and transportation around the world.

• Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A Ride through the History of Bicycles