University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers have discovered a unique nerve structure in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The stretchy nerves explain how the massive whales are able to balloon an immense pocket between their body wall and overlying blubber to capture prey during feeding dives. In humans, stretching nerves usually damages them. In these whales, the nerve cells are packaged inside a central core in such a way that the individual nerve fibers are never really stretched, they simply unfold.
From the above passage, the reader can infer that __________.
A. all whales have stretchy tongues
B. human tongues can double in length
C. stretching would not damage a whale's nerve cell fibers
D. tongue construction is important to these whales’ ability to survive
Doctors in many countries have gone back to using old antibiotics that were abandoned... because their toxic side effects were so frequent and so bad. But superbugs; like Acinetobacter, have challenged doctors all over the world by now be-coming resistant to these older and considered more dangerous medicines. Even colistin, an antibiotic discovered 60 years ago, has recently been used as a salvage remedy to treat patients with Acinetobacter infections. And it was successful for a while, but now it occasionally fails due to recent extensive use that has caused the bacteria to become resistant; leading to problem superbugs that are resistant to all available antibiotics.
Quote from Matthew Falagas of the Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences in Athens, Greece and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass.
Based on the above passage, the author would agree that __________.
A. newer drugs are more dangerous than old ones
B. acinetobacter is the only "superbug"
C. old antibiotics are not as strong as newer ones
D. the widespread use of antibiotics for minor illnesses should be reduced
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Alaska to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm on August 27, 2015. The President's action makes federal funding available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by a severe storm in the North Slope Borough.
Based on the above passage, which of these statements is true?
A. States may not receive this aid.
B. Aid recipients do not have to pay anything to receive funds.
C. The funding for this aid will come from the states.
D. A Native American tribal council may receive this aid.
All of the laws enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, except for the Equal Pay Act, require you to file a Charge of Discrimination before you can file a job discrimination lawsuit against your employer. In addition, an individual, organization, or agency may file a charge on behalf of another person in order to protect the aggrieved person's identity. There are time limits for filing a charge.
The word aggrieved, as used in the above passage, most nearly means __________.
A. distressed
B. wounded
C. pained
D. upset
Tucked away in Southeast Portland near the Sellwood Bridge is Oaks Amusement Park, one of the oldest continuously operated amusement parks in the United States. A modest operation, the park currently includes about two dozen rides that operate seasonally, a skating rink that is open year-round, and picnic grounds. The Oaks has been a part of the lives of many Portlanders and other Oregonians for nearly a hundred years, and many people hold fond memories of it.
From the above passage, the reader can infer that __________.
A. Oaks Amusement Park is very easy to find
B. Oaks Amusement Park is getting too old to maintain
C. many people would be saddened if Oaks Amusement Park closed down
D. there are limited activities from which to choose at Oaks Amusement Park
About 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard of hearing. Over 90% of these children are born to parents who can hear. Early identification of children who are born deaf or hard of hearing is critical to ensure that their families have the resources they need to help their children acquire language, spoken and/or visual, and achieve age-appropriate communicative, cognitive, academic, social, and emotional development. The National Association for the Deaf (NAD) supported passage of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (EHDI) in 2000 and subsequent federal funding to establish state newborn hearing screening programs in hospitals. At the time, the average age of identification of deaf children was about 21/2 years old; children who were hard of hearing were often identified much later. The goals of the EHDI program include hearing screening of all newborns by age one month, confirmation of hearing status by three months, and enrollment in an early intervention program for deaf and hard of hearing babies and their families by six months.
From the information given in the above passage, the reader can assume the author would agree that __________.
A. early identification of hearing problems can help match parents with resources
B. a child's first hearing test should be done at 6 months of age
C. intervention for hard-of-hearing children is not necessary until they reach school age
D. most deaf children are born to deaf parents
For the seventh consecutive year, Intelligence Community employee job satisfaction ranks the IC as one of the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government," according to an independent analysis of federal workers’ job satisfaction and commitment. The IC finished in first place in national security and second overall – up from fourth place in 2014 – among large agencies that employ more than 15,000 full-time permanent employees, a category which includes 19 organizations. Rankings were compiled by the Partnership for Public Service and announced today. Additionally, the IC finished in first place in teamwork, second in pay, effective leadership, employee skills-mission match and third in strategic management.
The data for this ranking study was gathered by __________.
A. an agency outside the Intelligence Community
B. a large agency within the IC
C. the Federal Government
D. the Intelligence Community
Over the past few years, body mass index (BMI), a ratio of a person's height and weight, has effectively become a proxy for whether a person is considered healthy. Many U.S. companies use their employees’ BMIs as a factor in determining workers’ health care costs. And people with higher BMIs could soon have to pay higher health insurance premiums, if a rule proposed in April by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adopted. But a new study led by UCLA psychologists has found that using BMI to gauge health incorrectly labels more than 54 million Americans as "unhealthy," even though they are not.
The word proxy, as used in the above passage, most nearly means __________.
A. authority
B. go-between
C. representation
D. server
In 2013, a gigantic landslide at a Utah copper mine probably was the biggest non volcanic slide in North America's modern history, and included two rock avalanches that happened 90 minutes apart and surprisingly triggered 16 small earthquakes, University of Utah scientists discovered. The landslide – which moved at an average of almost 70 mph and reached estimated speeds of at least 100 mph – left a deposit so large it "would cover New York's Central Park with about 20 meters (66 feet) of debris," the researchers report in the January 2014 cover study in the Geological Society of America magazine GSA Today. While earthquakes regularly trigger landslides, the gigantic landslide the night of April 10, 2013, is the first known to have triggered quakes.
From the above passage, the reader can conclude that __________.
A. the Utah copper mine landslide was the largest ever recorded in the world
B. the 2013 earthquakes were triggered by a volcano
C. the landslide was a slow-moving one
D. scientists would be surprised if another landslide created earthquakes
An employer may offer, as part of its health plan, a limited incentive (in the form of a reward or penalty) to an employee whose spouse (1) is covered under the employee's health plan; (2) receives health or genetic services offered by the employer, including as part of a wellness program; and (3) provides information about his or her current or past health status. Information about current or past health status usually is provided as part of a health risk assessment (HRA), which may include a questionnaire or medical examination, such as a blood pressure test or blood test to detect high cholesterol or high glucose levels. The total incentive for an employee and spouse to participate in a wellness program that is part of a group health plan and that collects information about current or past health status may not exceed 30 percent of the total cost of the plan in which the employee and any dependents are enrolled. The incentive may be financial or in-kind (e.g., time-off awards, prizes, and other items of value).
What is the best title for this passage?
A. "Health Risks and Incentives"
B. "Spousal Insurance Cost"
C. "Incentives for Employee Health Plans"
D. "Employee Wellness Plans"
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