HESI A2 READING V1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI A2 READING V1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -12 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Safe driving

Answer:

• "advocate" - supporter

• each individuals driving behavior is the key to automobile safety

• government action will not help if individual drivers do not cooperate

• all cars should be properly inspected

• Get people personally involved with traffic safety

Question 2: Phobia

Answer:

• Social phobias, panic disorder, specific phobia

• that phobia are debilitating

• because phobias are extreme and unreasonable

• ulcers and hypertension

• people can gain control or deal with phobias

Question 3: Eating

Answer:

• The author explain differences in eating processes.

• Diversity is interesting to learn about

• Productive without waste

• It is interesting to discover new ways to do things

• China developed chopsticks for eating utensils

Question 4: Game of Bridge

Answer:

• confident and excited about learning the game of bridge

• suit means any of the four sets into which a deck of cards is divided

• trick is a collection of one card played by each of four players

• that the highest card within the "trump" suit always wins the trick

• playing bridge requires concentration

Question 5: Food

Answer:

• "concomitant"- accompanying

• against drinking alcohol

• urge self-control

• we should eat and drink in reasonable quantities

• oppose drinking alcohol

Question 6: Getting a Good Night's Sleep

Answer:

• physical illness can cause insomnia

• developing good sleep and taking herbs and spices

• chronic illness

• to explain insomnia and purpose some solutions for the condition

• causes a deficit in memory, concentration and attention

Question 7: Water Cycle

Answer:

1."composed" - to consist of

• the explanation of the different components of the water cycle

• condensation fails to happen when water vapor cools and changes back into droplets of liquid

• to inform the reader about the stages of the water cycle

• They are examples of groundwater reservoirs
• heat

Question 8: Golden gate bridge

Answer:

• Inform the reader

• golden gate strait

• if the road wasn't balanced, it would collapse

• "embark" -begin an undertaking, start

• Anchorage

Question 9: Voice

Answer:

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

• women make less appealing political candidates

• slanted against people with piercing voices

• prefer low pitched tones

• one of the worst voice qualities is harshness

Question 10: White elephant

Answer:

• people tried very hard not to offend the king so they would not receive a white elephant

• thailand- Asia

• people enjoy giving/receiving gifts

• "impoverished" - financially ruined

• it is a rare thing to get an unwanted gift

Question 11: Rainforest

Answer:

• Rain forests are essential to life on earth

• Deforestation has long term

consequences that we still do not know about

• The Nile is the longest river

Question 12: Amazon Rainforest

Answer:

• not mentioned - its precipitation

• -it rains all time there so the forest is always green

-the plants are shaped so that rainwater can pour off them

• it is more than one-fifth of all the other rainforests in the world

• 2,000 birds and mammals in the amazon rainforest

• they do not poison the soil when farming
• the bruti plant
• cutting down trees