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Answer: ASet 5: Cross-Text Connections
Explanation
PASSAGE
Text 1 Vaccines stimulate the specific immune system (antibodies). They provide long-term memory against a pathogen. Text 2 The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense. It includes skin, mucus, and inflammation. Unlike the specific system, it is non-specific and has no memory.
Based on the texts, how do the two immune systems differ?
A. The specific system adapts and remembers, while the innate system is a generalized barrier.✓ Correct
B. The innate system is slower.
C. Vaccines work on the innate system.
D. They are the same.
Detailed Explanation
Specific (Vaccines): Memory/Targeted. Innate: First line/Non-specific/No memory. Difference: Adaptation/Memory vs Generalized.
Key Evidence:
• "long-term memory"
• "non-specific and has no memory"
Why others are wrong: B (First line (Initial).), C (Stimulate specific.), D (Different.).