Question

read the excerpt from the hot zone.
there she met lieutenant colonel trotter, a stocky,
dark - haired man whom nancy had worked with for
many years. they put on their inner gloves and taped
their cuffs. nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over
their ears. she had started wearing them a while back,
when people might be loud enough to damage your
air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your
hearing. they hauled on their space suits and sealed
the ziploc zippers. they edged around each other as
they fiddled with their suits. people wearing biohazard
space suits tend to step around one another like two
wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the
other person’s every move, especially watching the
hands to make sure they don’t hold a sharp object.
this cringing becomes instinctive.
which details from this excerpt best show that the
author’s purpose in including this paragraph is to
illustrate how hazardous the scientists’ work is?
\\(\circ\\) there she met lieutenant colonel trotter, a stocky,
dark - haired man whom nancy had worked with for
many years. they put on their inner gloves and
taped their cuffs.
\\(\circ\\) nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over her
ears. she had started wearing them a while back,
when people might be loud enough to damage your
air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your
hearing.
\\(\circ\\) they hauled on their space suits and sealed the
ziploc zippers. they edged around each other as
they fiddled with their suits.
\\(\circ\\) people wearing biohazard space suits tend to step
around one another like two wrestlers at the begin

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze the author's purpose of showing the hazards scientists face. The option "They hauled on their space suits and sealed the Ziploc zippers. They edged around each other as they fiddled with their suits. People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person’s every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don’t hold a sharp object." describes the careful and cautious actions (like wrestlers avoiding harm) due to biohazard risks, directly illustrating the hazards. Other options focus on less relevant details (like meeting a person, hearing protectors' origin).

Answer:

They hauled on their space suits and sealed the Ziploc zippers. They edged around each other as they fiddled with their suits. People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person’s every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don’t hold a sharp object.