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space - age help for grandma
physical science studies: engineering design
researchers have been working to help astronauts get their balance back. astronauts need this help after spending long periods of time in space. researchers also used their work for a more earth - bound activity: they designed a shoe pad to help elderly people. it could help them by preventing falls.
question 5
the article states:
about 300,000 people a year break bones in their hips. many broken hips are caused by falls. for people over 50, nearly 1 in 4 who break their hips die within a year.
the author probably wrote this passage mostly to help the reader __________.
a. know why it is more likely that the elderly fall
b. know why it is important to prevent falls in the elderly
c. know why so many elderly people fall every year
d. know why the elderly should buy a shoe insert
El artículo menciona que muchos fracturas de cadera se causan por caídas y que para personas mayores de 50, casi 1 de 4 que se fracturan la cadera muere dentro de un año. Esto subraya la importancia de prevenir las caídas en los ancianos. Las opciones A y C se centran en por qué es más probable que los ancianos caigan o por qué tantos caen, pero el texto se centra más en las consecuencias de las caídas (fracturas de cadera y mortalidad) lo que apoya la importancia de prevenir las caídas. La opción D se refiere a una inserto de zapato, pero el texto no se centra en vender ese producto sino en el problema general de las caídas y sus consecuencias.
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B. know why it is important to prevent falls in the elderly