Summarizing Central Ideas and Purpose: The Hot Zone
Question 8 of 10 • **MFISD ENGLISH 1 B 22-23 CR
Read the excerpt 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.
Answer
A
replacing “scalpel” with the nearby synonym “blade”
B
replacing “scalpel” with the nearby synonym “blade”
C
substituting the word “object” for the word “scalpel”
D
substituting the word “object” for the word “scalpel”
E
using context clues “away from her gloved fingers”
F
using context clues “away from her gloved fingers”
G
becoming familiar with prefixes, roots, and suffixes
H
becoming familiar with prefixes, roots, and suffixes