+HOT Competition 3 Sep/8AM: Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male

Experts Global Explanation:

Comparison + Meaning + Pronoun

A. This answer choice incorrectly compares “most gynodioecious plants” to “male and female Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”; thus, Option A incorrectly implies that most gynodioecius plants are difficult to distinguish among, while the male and female Catasetum orchids are easily distinguishable. Furthermore, this answer choice uses the incorrect verb “are” to refer to singular “orchid”.

B. This answer choice incorrectly compares “most gynodioecious plants” to “the gender of the Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”; thus, Option B incorrectly implies that most gynodioecius plants are difficult to distinguish among, while the male and female Catasetum orchids are easily distinguishable.

C. This answer choice suffers from a pronoun error; the pronoun “those” has no clear antecedent. Additionally, Option C incorrectly compares “those in most gynodioecious plants” to “the male and female Catasetum orchids”, illogically implying that “the male and female Catasetum orchids” are easy to distinguish between, unlike the “male and female Catasetum orchids” of most gynodioecious plants.

D. This answer choice repeats the error seen in Option A, incorrectly comparing “most gynodioecious plants” to “male and female Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”.

E. This answer choice correctly compares the species “Catasetum orchid” to “most species of gynodioecious plants”, through the use of “Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants”.

E is the best answer choice.