Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 438. d. The second sentence of paragraph 1 states that probes record responses. Paragraph 2 says that electrodes accumulate much data. 439. c. The tone throughout the passage suggests the potential for microprobes. They can be permanently implanted, they have advantages over electrodes, they are promising candidates for neural prostheses, they will have great accuracy, and they are flexible. d. According to the third paragraph, people who lack biochemicals could receive doses via prostheses. However, there is no suggestion that removing biochemicals would be viable. a. The first sentence of the third paragraph says that microprobes have channels that open the way for delivery of drugs. Studying the brain (choice d) is not the initial function of channels, though it is one of the uses of the probes themselves. b. Throughout, the passage compares and contrasts the various methods of medical waste disposal. d. See the last sentence of paragraph 3. Compaction may well reduce transportation costs (choice a) according to paragraph 3. That it reduces the volume of waste (choice b) is an advantage, not a disadvantage. Compaction is not designed to eliminate organic matter, so confirming that it has been eliminated choice c) is not an issue. a. See the last sentence of paragraph 5, which states that incinera- tion is . . . the preferred method for onsite treatment. 445. b. See the last sentence of paragraph 6, which points out that steam sterilization does not change the appearance of the waste, thus perhaps raising questions at a landfill. c. Paragraph 4 states that liquid is separated from pulp in the hydropulping process. Paragraph 6 says that liquid may form during the sterilization process. a. This response relies on an understanding of pathological wastes, which are wastes generated by infectious materials. Paragraph 7 points out that incineration is especially appropriate for pathological wastes. Previously, paragraph 6 had said that steam sterilization is appropriate for substances contaminated with infectious organisms. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 235 3/18/10 1:35:01 PM |