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Making Milk Safe
By Kristen Mace
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Question 1
1.
Which detail supports the idea that people were resistant to accept pasteurization?
Manufacturers complained that it was expensive.
Infant mortality plummeted after regulations passed.
Pasteur heated milk and then quickly cooled it.
State legislatures attempted to require pasteurization.
Question 2
2.
How does the writer introduce Louis Pasteur?
with an anecdote about a child who died from typhoid fever
with statistics on annual child mortality rates
by stating that farmers had lowered their standards
by explaining how he had solved the problem of contaminated milk in the 1860s
Question 3
3.
In the article, what does the phrase
flocked to burgeoning cities
mean?
flew to cities in airplaines
bunched together in cities like pidgeons
moved to fast-growing cities in great numbers
moved to cities designed for former farmers
Question 4
4.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of
consistency
in this text?
texture
dependability
steadiness
regularity
Question 5
5.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of
mortality
in this text?
having good character
impermanence
deaths
births
Question 6
6.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of
galvanize
in this text?
shock into action
jolt by electricity
coat with zinc
submerge
Question 7
7.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of
balked
in this text?
aggressively agreed
left on a ridge
refused to accept
on a trestle
Question 8
8.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means.
What is the meaning of
counterpart
in this text?
copies of something
complement
colleague or coworker
corresponding item
Question 9
9.
Why do you think people are sometimes slow to accept innovations?
Write a paragraph expressing your opinion in
RACES
format. Use details from the text and other current examples to support your opinion.
