by Jason Daley
“There are more than a billion people around the world who have no infrastructure, no roads, and no electricity,” says Manu Prakash, a physical biologist at Stanford and inventor of the new gadget. When he visited Uganda in 2013 he found that clinics either did not have centrifuges or didn’t have the juice to power them. “One clinic used its broken centrifuge as a doorstop,” Prakash tells Devin Powell at Nature.
“How a Children’s Toy Could Help Fight Malaria” by Jason Daley, from SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, May 4, 2017. Copyright © 2017 by Smithsonian Institution. Reprinted with permission from Smithsonian Enterprises. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any medium is strictly prohibited without permission from Smithsonian Institution.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
For what purpose does the author include the sentence about using the centrifuge as a doorstop?
(1 point)
Responses
to criticize the inventor’s waste of time
to criticize the inventor’s waste of time
to highlight a problem with a current system
to highlight a problem with a current system
to show a negative opinion of centrifuges
to show a negative opinion of centrifuges
to indicate a positive opinion of recycling
to indicate a positive opinion of recycling
1 answer
The purpose of the author including the sentence about using the centrifuge as a doorstop is:
to highlight a problem with a current system.
This illustrates the lack of proper medical equipment and resources in clinics, emphasizing the challenges faced in combating diseases like malaria in areas lacking infrastructure.
