Summarizing Central Ideas and Purpose: The Hot Zone
Question 9 • GA-Literature and Composition I CR
Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone.Jerry was terribly keyed up. In the past he had lectured Nancy on the dangers of working with Ebola in a space suit, and now he was leading a team into an Ebola hell. At the moment, he didn't care what happened to himself, personally. He was expendable, and he knew it.
Answer
A
necessary to an operation
B
knowledgeable about a topic
C
capable of being sacrificed
D
useless in a specific situation
Explanation
Jerry thinks that his own safety does not matter because he can be sacrificed for the team’s work. In this context, “expendable” means capable of being sacrificed, so choice C is correct.
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