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. She did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. The spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. 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. Substitute the unfamiliar word with a familiar word to see if it makes sense. Check for nearby synonyms that may provide a clue to the word's meaning.Ĭheck surrounding words to see what events are leading up to this word. Which strategies are most effective to help a reader determine the meaning of an unknown word? Check all that apply. Which details from this excerpt best show that the author's purpose in including this paragraph is to illustrate how hazardous the scientists' work is? People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person's every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don't hold a sharp object. People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person's every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don't hold a sharp object. They edged around each other as they fiddled with their suits. They hauled on their space suits and sealed the Ziploc zippers. She had started wearing them a while back, when people had begun to suspect that the roar of air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your hearing. Nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over her ears. They put on their inner gloves and taped their cuffs. There she met Lieutenant Colonel Trotter, a stocky, dark-haired man whom Nancy had worked with for many years. Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph? Therefore, she could not confirm the presence of Ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy. It could also be a sign of simian fever, not Ebola. This could be a sign of Ebola, but it was not a clear sign.
There she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. If the animal had died of Ebola, this was not a clear case.
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