Jerome Kern, another Broadway composer, demonstrated to George how popular music was inferior to material in Broadway shows. In 1919, enter¬tainer Al Jolson performed Gershwin's song Swanee in the musical Sinbad. The song became a hit, and Gershwin became an overnight celebrity when his song sold more than 2 million recordings and a million copies of sheet music. | 124 PART IV Two Practice Tests 2. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the word vaccine as used in line 3 of the passage A Medicine designed to cure a disease temporarily B Medicine that cures a disease after the patient gets sick C Medicine designed to kill viruses that are fatal to children D Medicine that creates immunity against a disease 3. In the first paragraph what was Thomas Francis Jr. studying A How to prevent the spread of influenza in Michigan B How to work with physicians from Manhattan C How to develop vaccines from killed viruses D How to get a degree in medicine from New York University 4. Which sentence in the second paragraph describes Salk s first work at the University of Pittsburgh A The first sentence B The second sentence C The third sentence D None of the above. 5. Which word is closest in meaning to the word corroborated as used in line 22 of the passage A Rejected B Published C Examined D Confirmed 6. All of the following statements about the killed virus vaccine are true EXCEPT A it did not induce antibody formation in monkeys B it had three strains that scientists worked with C it was incapable of producing the disease D it helped monkeys form antibodies 7. Look at the word findings in line 35. Which of the following words or phrases from the previous sentence does the word findings refer to A Results B Antibody levels C Vaccine D Polio 8. From the passage it can be inferred that the experimental polio vaccine was given to people by A pill B injection C surgery D liquid 9. In the passage it is implied that the Salk Institute was A originally called the Institute for Biological Studies B originally the University of Michigan School of Public Health C originally the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh D originally the medical school at New York University 10. Where in the passage could the following sentence best fit Thousands of children and adults were free from the fears of contracting this terrible
