Ace PSAT 8/9 Reading and Writing. Treat wrong answers right.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • The koala lives in eastern Australia. • It eats almost nothing but eucalyptus leaves. • The giant panda lives in the mountains of central China. • It eats almost nothing but bamboo. • Both animals spend much of the day resting to save energy. The student wants to emphasize a difference between the foods the two animals rely on. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • The koala lives in eastern Australia. • It eats almost nothing but eucalyptus leaves. • The giant panda lives in the mountains of central China. • It eats almost nothing but bamboo. • Both animals spend much of the day resting to save energy. The student wants to emphasize a difference between the foods the two animals rely on. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

ABoth the koala and the giant panda spend much of the day resting to save energy.BThe koala relies almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves, while the giant panda relies almost entirely on bamboo.CThe koala lives in eastern Australia, but the giant panda lives in central China.DLike the koala, the giant panda eats almost nothing but one kind of plant.

Where A comes from

Both says the animals rest in the same way.

Solution

Where C comes from

But contrasts where the two animals live.

Where D comes from

Like puts the two diets side by side as alike.

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Information and Ideas4

Central Ideas and Details

Command of Evidence: Textual

Command of Evidence: Quantitative

Inferences

Craft and Structure3

Words in Context

Text Structure and Purpose

Cross-Text Connections

Expression of Ideas2

Rhetorical Synthesis

Transitions

Standard English Conventions2

Boundaries

Form, Structure, and Sense

Ace PSAT 8/9 Reading and Writing.

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Ace PSAT 8/9 Reading and Writing.