Question

Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone. She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. The spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. She did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. She had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. If the animal had died of Ebola, this was not a clear case. She opened up the intestine. There was no blood inside it. The gut looked okay. Then she examined the stomach. There she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. This could be a sign of Ebola, but it was not a clear sign. It could also be a sign of simian fever, not Ebola. Therefore, she could not confirm the presence of Ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy. Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph? 1. It is difficult to identify Ebola in dead specimens. 2. Performing a necropsy is a tedious procedure. 3. Signs of simian fever and Ebola can be similar. 4. Ebola has unusual effects on infected monkeys. 5. Mark this and return

Answer 1

Answer:

3. Signs of simian fever and Ebola can be similar.

Explanation:

-Signs of simian fever and Ebola can be similar- is the statement that best summarizes the central idea because it is explaining that the doctor did not found what she expected in the necropsy,  but she found some evidence that simian fever and Ebola have a similar impact on the body, leading to the conclusion that these illnesses can be confused in a necropsy or inspection.

Answer 2

Answer:

The statement that best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph is 3. signs of simian fever and Ebola can be similar.

Explanation:

We can reach a conclusion through elimination. The first option is incorrect because the test does not claim the confirmation did not happen because the animal was dead. If the animal had had a bloody interior, Ebola would have been confirmed. So, dead specimens are not the reason why it is difficult to identify Ebola.

Number 2 is subjective, giving us an opinion that at no moment was suggested or stated in the paragraph. We cannot say the central idea of this text is that necropsies are boring.

Number 3 is the correct option. The reason why the woman was unable to confirm if the monkey had died of Ebola was because the signs she found could also be due to simian fever. Since they are similar, she could not confirm the disease visually.

Number 4 is incorrect. Ebola does not have unusual effects. Its effects are known and specific. Again, the reason behind the difficulty was the similarity of signs between the two diseases.