- e. The Geneva Medical College student body voted “yes” on Black-
well’s admittance as a joke(line 38). - b.Initially Blackwell was interested in teaching (line 23). Subse-
quently, she was attracted by the challenge(lines 31–32) and deter-
mined to succeed in studying and practicing medicine. - b.The question calls for an opinion. The passage does not speculate
about what degree of women’s success can be attributed to Black-
well’s influence. - b.The author uses the phrase going gray(line 1) as a metaphor for
growing older. It describes the phenomenon of a large segment of
a population growing older. - c. The passage makes an argument for more geriatric training based
on statistical information and studies. - d.The passage emphasizes the need for age-specific care.
- a. In this context, addressmost nearly means manage,or treat. The
sentence implies that some kind of action is taken after the prob-
lem has first been identified, analyzed, and dissected. - c. Although choicesaandbmay be correct statements, they do not
reflect the author’s purpose in citing the example of untreated
depression in the elderly. Choicedis incorrect and choiceeis not
supported by the passage. - c. According to the passage, geriatric training improves a healthcare
provider’s ability to distinguish between “normal” characteristics associ-
ated with aging and illness(lines 58–59). - b.The author states that healthcare providers should consider not
only the physical but mental, emotional, and social changes of the aging
process(lines 57–58). - d.The author’s sense of urgent recommendation is expressed
through the use of the helping verbs must(lines 55 and 56) and
should(line 60). - d.Choices a, b,and eare too specific to be the primary purpose of
the passage, whereas choice cis too general. The passage focuses
on the importance of the first official report(line 27) to name
smoking a serious health hazard. - c. One meaning of preoccupiedis lost in thought; another is engaged
or engrossed. In this case, absorbedis nearest in meaning. - a. The debate over the hazards and benefits of smoking(line 6) that con-
tinued since the sixteenth century(line 9) points to a long-standing
controversy. - e. An alliance of prominent private health organizations(line 28) gave
the push for an official report on smoking. - d.The quotation illustrates the response to the report, describing its
effect on the country as a bombshell(line 48).
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