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SECTION240 QuestionsRead each passage carefully and then answer the questions about it. For each question, decide on the basis of the passage which one of the choices best answers the question.In the late 1970s, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approved the firstvaccine to prevent pneumococcal. Initial distribution was being aimed at persons over 65.“Despite the wide use of antibiotics, pneumonia today is the fifth leading causeLine 5 of death in the United Stated ,” an FDA representative said. “The type of pneumonia” against which the vaccine protects accounts for a major portion of these deaths. The vaccine is effective in at least 80 percent of the people who receive it.”Still, all these years later, the vaccine is a safe and effective way to prevent pneumonia.The passage is primarily abouta preventive for pneumoniathe Food and Drug Administrationillness in the United Statesleading causes of deaththe first vaccine inventedFrom the passage, it can be concluded that the vaccine probablyincreased the authority of the FDAmade the number of deaths from pneumoniareduced the number of deaths from pneumoniaprovided protection against illnesses other than pneumoniaraised health expenses for people in the United StatesThe style of the passage is most like that found inan encyclopedia a newspapera textbookan advertisementan almanacMeg burst into the laboratoryHer mother was sitting on a tall lab school, not looking into the microscopein front of her, not writing on the clipboard which rested on her knee, just sitting thoughtfully. “What is it, Meg?”Line 5 “What’s wrong with Charles?”Mrs.Murry put the clipboard down on the lab counter beside the microscope“He had some trouble with the bigger boys again in school today.”“That’s not what I mean.”“What do you mean, Meg?” 10 “He said you had Dr. Colubra here to look at him.”“Louise was here for lunch, so I thought she might as well have a look at him.”“And?”“And what, Meg?”“What’s