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READING COMPEHENSION

Doppler Effect

Have you ever wondered why the whistle of a traveling, distant locomotive predicts its approach

several yards before anyone actually sees it? Or why an oncoming ambulance’s screaming siren

is heard momentarily several feet before the ambulance comes into full view, before it passes

you, and why its siren is still heard faintly well after the ambulance is out of sight?

What you are witnessing is a scientific phenomenon known as the Doppler Effect. What takes

place is truly remarkable. In both of these instances, when the train or ambulance moves toward

the sound waves in front of it, the sound waves are pulled closer together and have a higher

frequency. In either instance, the listener positioned in front of the moving object hears a higher

pitch. The ambulance and locomotive are progressively moving away from the sound waves

behind them, causing the waves to be farther apart and to have a lower frequency. These fastapproaching modes of transportation distance themselves past the listener, who hears a lower

pitch.

1. Which statement is not listed as a detail in the passage?

A. The oncoming sound waves have a higher pitch because of high frequency and closeness

of waves.

B. The oncoming sound waves have a higher pitch because of low frequency and closeness

of waves.

C. The whistling sound of the locomotive as it approaches and passes can be explained by

the Doppler effect.

D. The high-pitched sound of the ambulance as it approaches and passes can be explained

by the Doppler effect.

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Trains and ambulances make distinctly loud noises.

B. Low-frequency waves make high-pitched sounds.

C. High-frequency waves make low-pitched sounds.

D. The Doppler Effect explains the rationale for why sound is heard initially more strongly

and then faintly after a moving object has passed.

3. What is the meaning of the word phenomenon in the second paragraph?

A. Something that is lifeless to the senses

B. Something that is nonchalant

C. Something that is significant but unusual

D. Something that is chemical in origin

4. What is the author’s primary purpose in writing this essay?

A. To entertain the reader with information about trains and ambulances

B. To inform the reader about avoiding accidents, which involve trains and ambulances

C. To inform the reader about how movement affects sound

D. To analyze the difference between train and ambulance sounds

5. Which sound waves have a higher pitch?

A. Those waves that are closer together

B. Those waves that are farther apart

C. Those waves that travel a long distance

D. Those waves that travel a short distance

6. Which sound waves have a lower pitch?

A. Those waves that are closer together

B. Those waves that are farther apart

C. Those waves that travel a long distance

D. Those waves that travel a short distance

Electrocardiogram

Beep!…Beep!…Beep! is the audible rhythmic sound made as the strength of the heart muscle is

measured. The signal cadence has a characteristic record that varies in every individual. This

record is called an electrocardiogram, or ECG.

In the body, an array of systemic neural responses constantly occur, emitting electric currents.

The electric currents can be detected on the surface of the body, and if a person is hooked to an

amplifier, these impulses are recorded by an electrocardiograph.

Most of the information obtained is about the heart because the heart sends out electric currents

in waves. This “wave of excitation” spreads through the heart wall and is accompanied by

electric changes. The wave takes place in three distinct steps.

Initially, the “wave of excitation” accompanied by an electric change lasts for approximately 1

to 2 seconds after the contraction of the cardiac muscle. The electric impulses are discharged

rhythmically from the sinoatrial (SA) node, the pacemaker of the heart. This spread of excitation

over the muscle of the atrium indicates that the atrium has contracted.

Next, the peak of the ECG reading is due to the atrioventricular (AV) node, causing the

ventricle to become excited.

Finally, the ventricles relax, and any changes in the wave indicate to trained medical staff any

abnormalities within the heart.

7. What is the author’s primary purpose in writing the essay?

A. To persuade the reader to have an ECG

B. To entertain the reader with a heart-warming story

C. To inform the reader how an electrocardiograph reads the electric currents emitted by the

heart

D. To analyze the difference in the SA node and the AV node

8. Which statement is not listed as a detail within the passage?

A. Changes in the ECG are typically used for diagnosis of abnormal cardiac rhythm.

B. The signal has a characteristic record called the electrocardiogram.

C. The “wave of excitation” starts at the SA node.

D. The “wave of excitation” spreads through the heart wall and is accompanied by electric

changes.

9. What is the meaning of the word emitting as it is used in the second paragraph?

A. Repelling

B. Releasing

C. Closing

D. Charging

10. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Electric currents within the body are due to electrostatic charges set off by the heart.

B. The ECG systematically and quickly measures the stages at which the “wave of

excitation” occurs within the heart and records them.

C. The “wave of excitation” is detected on the surface of the body and is used to measure

the atrial excitation of the heart.

D. The electric currents within the body are in direct relation to the “wave of excitation”

measured by the ECG