HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION VOCABULARY STUDY

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HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION VOCABULARY STUDY

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Question 1: 1. What is the author's primary purpose for writing this passage?

• To inform
• To persuade
• To reflect
• To criticize

Answer:

• To inform

Question 2: Food: Food and drink are necessary and desirable, but their abuse can cause serious physical and metal problem. Many physicians believe that overeating is one of the country's main health problems, since it places a great strain on the heart, can lead to diabetes, and often shortens the individual's life span. To fill an emotional void. people often turn to food when they are bored or lonely.Another area of concern is alcohol consumption. The results of alcohol abuse are widely publicized. The social drinker who becomes alcoholic, the drunken driver's contribution to highway death, spousal and child abuse, are all concomitant problems associated with alcohol abuse.

Answer:

1.What is implied by this paragraph?-We should eat and drink in reasonable quantities.

• The information presented in this article is

-Against drinking alcohol

• The author seems to

-Oppose drinking alcohol

• As used in the last sentence of this paragraph the term "Concomitant" means.

-Accompanying

Question 3: A. Productive without waste

Answer:

• What statement from the article draws a conclusion?

• It is interesting to discover new ways to do things

• Mastery of the use of chopsticks can be difficult

• What was polite in 1800 may not be considered proper manners today

• Chopsticks and forks do not work well in space

Question 4: Voice

What effect does your voice have on others? Does it persuade or irritate, attract or repel? One of the worst qualities is harshness. If you ever get the feeling that people are uncomfortable when you speak, it may be that your harsh tones are jarring their eardrums. your voice will sound unpleasant if it is shrill, grating, hard, piercing, brassy, to loud, or too nasal. Harsh voice qualities usually come from too much tension in the throat and jaw. Tension tightens muscles and blocks the relaxed voice tones essential to a pleasing impression. Because tension occurs in higher pitched voices, women tend to have shriller voices than men, which usually makes them less desirable public speakers, newscasters, or political candidates.

Answer:

• Which statement from the selection presents a fact rather than an opinion?

• One of the worst voice qualities is harshness.

• Harsh voice qualities usually come from too much tension in the throat and jaw.

• Your voice will sound unpleasant if it is shrill, grating, hard, piercing, brassy, too loud, or too nasal.

• Because tension occurs in higher pitched voices, women tn to have shriller voices than men, which

usually makes them less desirable public speaker, newscasters, or political candidates.

Question 5: 5. Which part of the bridge was built first?

• Cables
• Anchorage
• Roadway
• Towers

Answer:

• Anchorage

Question 6: Concise

Answer:

Brief, to the point.Ex: When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be concise so that the instructions would be easy to remember.

Question 7: C. Made designs for a brushless alternating current motor.

Answer:

• What is the meaning of the word "mammoth" as it is used in the fourth paragraph?

• Dangerous

• Raw

• Unused

• Massive

Question 8: 1. The authors reason for writing this piece seems to be to

• Inform the reader
• Teach the reader
• Persuade the reader

• Entertain the reader

Answer:

• Inform the reader

Question 9: 4. What is implied by this paragraph?

• We should eat and drink in reasonable quantities.
• Obesity is a more serious problem than alcoholism.
• Alcohol should be banned.
• We need stronger laws to control drunk drivers.

Answer:

• We should eat and drink in reasonable quantities.

Question 10: Safe Driving

Answer:

• What is the best meaning of the word advocate as used in the forth sentence of this paragraph?

-supporter 2.What is stated in this paragraph ?-each individuals driving behavior is the key to automobile safety 3.What is implied by this paragraph ?-Government action will not help if individual drivers do not cooperate 4.The author seems to think that?-all cars should be properly inspected 5.the authors motive for writing the paragraph seems to have been to?-get people personally involved with traffic safety Question 11: 4. Which of the following is not listed as a detail in the passage?

• Kentucky, the center of the broad-leaved belt, has several thousand different varieties of

trees.

• Trees that do well on the north side require plenty of moisture and cool weather.
• Trees that prosper on south exposures are equipped to resist late and early frosts as well as

very hot sunshine

• In some parts of the United States forestry experts can tell where they are by the local tree

growth.