HESI A2 - READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HESI A2 - READING COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Food:s

Foodsandsdrinksaresnecessarysandsdesirable,sbutstheirsabusescanscausesserioussphysicalsa
ndsmetalsproblem.sManysphysicianssbelievesthatsovereatingsissonesofsthescountry'ssmainshe
althsproblems,ssincesitsplacessasgreatsstrainsonsthesheart,scansleadstosdiabetes,sandsoftenssh
ortenssthesindividual'sslifesspan.sTosfillsansemotionalsvoid.speoplesoftensturnstosfoodswhensth
eysaresboredsorslonely.

Anothersareasofsconcernsissalcoholsconsumption.sThesresultssofsalcoholsabusesareswidelysp
ublicized.sThessocialsdrinkerswhosbecomessalcoholic,sthesdrunkensdriver'sscontributionstosh
ighwaysdeath,sspousalsandschildsabuse,saresallsconcomitantsproblemssassociatedswithsalco
holsabuse.s-sans--1.Whatsissimpliedsbysthissparagraph?
-Wesshouldseatsandsdrinksinsreasonablesquantities.

2.sThesinformationspresentedsinsthissarticlesiss
-Againstsdrinkingsalcohol


3.sThesauthorsseemsstos
-Opposesdrinkingsalcohol


4.sAssusedsinstheslastssentencesofsthissparagraphsthesterms"Concomitant"smeans.
-Accompanying

Eating
Consumptionsofsfoodsissasuniversalsnecessity.sDifferentsculturesshavesdevelopedsdifferents
methodsstosaccomplishsthestask.sItsissinterestingstosdiscoversthesesdifferencessandslearnsne
wswaysstosdosthings.

Europeansculturessdevelopedscutlerys(knives,sforks,sandsspoons)stosenablespeoplestoseffici
entlyseatstheirsfood.sCorrectsusesofsthisstoolsschangesswithsthestimes-
whatswasspolitesins1800smaysnotsbesconsideredspropersmannersstoday.

Chinasdevelopedstheschopsticksassansefficientstoolsforseating.sMasterysofsthesusesofschopsti
cksscansbesdifficultsforsthespersonsnotsraisedsinsthesculture.sThesattemptssofsasnovicestosuses
chopsticksscansbesverysamusingstostheswatcher,sbutsfrustratingsforstheshungrysdiner.

Spacestravelshasscreatedsnewschallengessforsconsumingsfood.sSqueezesbottlessandsothers
uniquespackagingshavesenabledsspacestravelersstosgetstheirsneededsnutrition.sChopstickss

, andsforkssdosnotsworkswellsinsspace.s-sans--
1.Whatsissthesbestsdefinitionsofsefficientsassusedsinsthesthirdsparagraph?
-productiveswithoutswaste

2.Whatsconclusionscansbesdrawnsaboutsthesarticle?
-Thesauthorsexplainsdifferencessinseatingsprocesses.


3.Whatsstatementscansbesimpliedsfromsthescontentsofsarticle.
-Diversitysissinterestingstoslearnsabouts
s

4.Whatsstatmentsfromsthesarticlesdrawssthesconclusion?
-itsissitrestingstosdiscoversnewswaysstosdossomething

5.Whatsstatementsfromsthissarticlesisscorrect?
-chinasdevelopedschopsstickssforseatingsutensils

ThesGamesofsBridge

Thesebbsandsflowsofslaughtersandssilencesfillssthesroomsassfoursoldsfriendssgatherstosengage
sin sasroundsofsBridgesplaying.
s

Forsthesbeginner,sBridgescansbescomplicated,sbutswithstime,seffort,sandsasgoodsteacher,seve
nsthesnovicescansbecomesproficient.

Composedsofstwosmainsparts,sbiddingsandsplaying,sBridgesrequiressthesplayer'ssundivideds
attention.sThesdealersdealssthesentiresdecksofsplayingscardssevenlysbetweensthesforsplayers
,swithseachspersonsreceivingsthirteenscards.sInsthesbiddingsportionsofsthesgame,sthesfourssuit
ssofscardssinsthesdecksaresrankedshigheststoslowestsassfollows:
spades,shearts,sdiamonds,sandsfinallysclubs.sHowever,sduringsplaysallsthessuitssofscardssare
sconsideredsequals,sandstheysgosfromshigheststoslowestsfromsthesacesbeingshigh stosthestwos

cardsbeingslow.sTheshighestsnumbersofstricksswins.sAstricksissonescardsplayedsbyseachsplaye
rsforsastotalsofsfour.sAftersthesleadsplayerslas-sans--1.Thesauthorswantsthesreaderstosfeel
-confidentsandsexcitedsaboutslearningsthesgamesofsbridges

2.Throughoutsthisspassagestheswordssuitsmeans
-Anysofsthesfourssetssintoswhichsasdecksofscardssissdivided


3.Insthespassage,sastricksissdescribedsas
-Ascollectionsofsonescardsplayedsbyseachsofsfoursplayers

4.Thespassagesexplicitlysstates
-Thatstheshighestscardswithingsthes"trump"ssuitsalwaysswinssthestrick

5.Thespassagesimpliessthat
-playingsbridgesrequiressconcentration