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06 Jun 2024, 01:30
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A new kind of primate, the fat-tailed lemur, has been discovered in Madagascar. These lemurs hibernate, sleeping in holes in trees for up to seven months out of the year. Winter
temperatures in Madagascar rarely drop below 86 degrees, so these lemurs do not hibernate to escape the cold but perhaps to conserve energy during the dry season, when food is scarce. This is the first time anyone has found an animal that hibernates during hot weather, disproving the common belief that only animals in cold climates hibernate.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the assertion that this is the first time anyone has found an animal that hibernates during hot weather?
(A) The statement challenges the long-held belief that primates never hibernate.
(B) The statement accuses scientists who have studied hibernation in the past of wrongfully assuming that hibernation only occurs in cold weather.
(C) The statement highlights the importance of this discovery because it disproves a long-held theory about hibernation.
(D) The statement calls into question the assumption that this behavior is true hibernation and suggests that it may be something else.
(E) The statement sets up a rival theory so that the primatologist can disprove it.
temperatures in Madagascar rarely drop below 86 degrees, so these lemurs do not hibernate to escape the cold but perhaps to conserve energy during the dry season, when food is scarce. This is the first time anyone has found an animal that hibernates during hot weather, disproving the common belief that only animals in cold climates hibernate.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the assertion that this is the first time anyone has found an animal that hibernates during hot weather?
(A) The statement challenges the long-held belief that primates never hibernate.
(B) The statement accuses scientists who have studied hibernation in the past of wrongfully assuming that hibernation only occurs in cold weather.
(C) The statement highlights the importance of this discovery because it disproves a long-held theory about hibernation.
(D) The statement calls into question the assumption that this behavior is true hibernation and suggests that it may be something else.
(E) The statement sets up a rival theory so that the primatologist can disprove it.
06 Jun 2024, 03:35
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Answer is C
A: not relevant. The concerned statement only compares animals in cold and hot weather
B: There is no accusation of any sort discussed in the passage
C: It disproves long-held theory / Common belief about hibernating animals
D: The passage doesn't question the behaviour of lemur
E: the passage doesn't involve primatologists
A: not relevant. The concerned statement only compares animals in cold and hot weather
B: There is no accusation of any sort discussed in the passage
C: It disproves long-held theory / Common belief about hibernating animals
D: The passage doesn't question the behaviour of lemur
E: the passage doesn't involve primatologists
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06 Jun 2024, 04:12
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Option C
Role of the last line.
(A) The statement challenges the long-held belief that primates never hibernate. - does not challenge, not the tone
(B) The statement accuses scientists who have studied hibernation in the past of wrongfully assuming that hibernation only occurs in cold weather. - it is a concluding statement of the discovery, not accusatory
(C) The statement highlights the importance of this discovery because it disproves a long-held theory about hibernation. - Yes
(D) The statement calls into question the assumption that this behavior is true hibernation and suggests that it may be something else. - Nope
(E) The statement sets up a rival theory so that the primatologist can disprove it. - No, this is a concluding statement nothing has been open ended
Role of the last line.
(A) The statement challenges the long-held belief that primates never hibernate. - does not challenge, not the tone
(B) The statement accuses scientists who have studied hibernation in the past of wrongfully assuming that hibernation only occurs in cold weather. - it is a concluding statement of the discovery, not accusatory
(C) The statement highlights the importance of this discovery because it disproves a long-held theory about hibernation. - Yes
(D) The statement calls into question the assumption that this behavior is true hibernation and suggests that it may be something else. - Nope
(E) The statement sets up a rival theory so that the primatologist can disprove it. - No, this is a concluding statement nothing has been open ended
