HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS It is most likely that you have never had diphtheria. You probably don't even know anyone who has suffered from this disease. In fact, you may not even know what diphtheria is. Similarly, diseases like whooping cough, measles, mumps, and rubella may all be unfamiliar to you. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these illnesses struck hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year, mostly children, and tens of thousands of people died. The names of these diseases were frightening household words. 1. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a dark period for medicine. B. You have probably never had diphtheria. C. Traditional vaccines contain altered microbes. D. Vaccines help the immune system function properly. - -ANSWER --D. Vaccines help the immune system function properly. HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS Which statement is not a detail from the passage? A. Vaccines contain microbe parts or altered microbes. B. The immune system typically needs a week to learn how to fight a new disease. C. The symptoms of disease do not emerge until the body has learned how to fight the microbe. D. A hundred years ago, children were at the greatest risk of dying from now -
treatable diseases. - -ANSWER --C. The symptoms of disease do not emerge until the body has learned how to fight the microbe. What is the meaning of the word virulent as it is used in the third paragraph? A. tiny B. malicious HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS C. contagious D. annoying - -ANSWER --B. malicious What is the author's primary purpose in writing the essay? A. to entertain B. to persuade C. to in form D. to analyze - -ANSWER --C. to inform Foodborne illnesses are contracted by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Harmful chemicals can also cause foodborne illnesses if they have contaminated food duri ng harvesting or processing. Foodborne illnesses can cause symptoms ranging from upset stomach HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS to diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. Most foodborne infections are undiagnosed and unreported, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every year about 76 million people in the United States become ill from pathogens in food. About 5,000 of these people die. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of foodborne illness. What is the subject of the passage ? A. foodborne illnesses B. the dangers of uncooked food C. bacteria D. proper food preparation - -ANSWER --A. foodborne illnesses
treatable diseases. - -ANSWER --C. The symptoms of disease do not emerge until the body has learned how to fight the microbe. What is the meaning of the word virulent as it is used in the third paragraph? A. tiny B. malicious HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS C. contagious D. annoying - -ANSWER --B. malicious What is the author's primary purpose in writing the essay? A. to entertain B. to persuade C. to in form D. to analyze - -ANSWER --C. to inform Foodborne illnesses are contracted by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Harmful chemicals can also cause foodborne illnesses if they have contaminated food duri ng harvesting or processing. Foodborne illnesses can cause symptoms ranging from upset stomach HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION EXAM WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST AND WELL ARRANGED WITH BEST RATES AND FEEDBACK IBRANDED COMPLETE EXAM WITH CORRECT 1 00% VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED CERTIFICATION SUCCESS to diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. Most foodborne infections are undiagnosed and unreported, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every year about 76 million people in the United States become ill from pathogens in food. About 5,000 of these people die. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of foodborne illness. What is the subject of the passage ? A. foodborne illnesses B. the dangers of uncooked food C. bacteria D. proper food preparation - -ANSWER --A. foodborne illnesses
