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Ebola Current Event
Test Description: Http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/world/one-year-later-ebola-outbreak-offers-lessons-for-next-epidemic.html?ref=health_r=0 Close Read comprehension
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1) Approximately how many people have died from Ebola?
A
10,000
B
15,000
C
1,000
D
5,000
2) About how long has it been since the initial outbreak happened?
A
a year
B
a month
C
two years
D
a week
3) In the final paragraph the significance of the phrase (The biggest mistake the world could do right now is blink) most likely means?
A
The world can not slow down its efforts and should constantly be prepared for disaster.
B
The U.S. can slow down its efforts but should keep a close eye on the situation.
C
The majority of the worry or scare is over.
D
The U.S. can not slow down it efforts and should constantly be prepared for disaster.
4) From the last section of the article, the sentence: (The interventions that were easy to scale rapidly had a pretty significant impact) the word scale implies or means?
A
the pattern of skin found on an amphibian or reptile
B
to change the relative size or extent of something
C
to climb up or down something
D
to weigh something out
5) The author's overall purpose of this text is to:
A
inform the public that the crisis is mostly over.
B
to inform the public that the crisis is not over and could pose a threat in the near future
C
to persuade the public to panic
D
inform the public that traveling can begin again to previously infected countries
6) In the article the U.S. military and Pentagon were criticized for
A
for creating treatment facilities and funding them.
B
sending to many aid workers, who eventually got infected.
C
not helping the French drop supplies off in Africa.
D
not rapidly deploying a biohazard team to assist in the crisis.
7) The article identifies the turning point of when the world became involved with the Ebola outbreak when:
A
treatment facilities were overwhelmed with sick people
B
sick people were dying in the streets
C
U.S. military surveyed using aerial drones
D
two American aid workers and a traveler to Nigeria became infected
8) The difference between the C.D.C. and the W.H.O. is?
A
The C.D.C. will not work with any country outside the U.S.
B
The W.H.O. is a U.S. ran organization and the C.D.C. is ran by a global organization
C
The C.D.C. is an organization ran by the U.S. and the W.H.O. is a global organization
D
The W.H.O. only deals with U.S. related issues
9) The phrase (Most important, perhaps, Ebola has laid bare the inadequacy of current global mechanisms for detecting outbreaks and quickly mobilizing a response.) tells us that Ebola has taught the world:
A
The world and countries need to evaluate their current emergency plans and preparation when dealing with disease crisis.
B
Ebola was very hard to detect and the current methods of response are adequate.
C
The U.S. will not help out countries in need.
D
The world and countries can work together to eliminate diseases forever in a very short period of time
10) The article mentions that (societal dynamics) may have been overlooked. What impact has that had on aid efforts?
A
Has delayed or slowed down the treatment process
B
Shows that even if their is a cure for ebola it will never work
C
Caused wars to outbreak in jungle villages due to improper education
D
Has sped up the process of treatment and working with the African public
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