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Restatements (Questions 9-12)
This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the
main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement
which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.
9. The lemming, a small rodent, is the snowy owl's main prey.
(1) The snowy owl hunts mostly small rodents called lemmings.
(2) Both snowy owls and lemmings hunt small rodents.
(3) Lemmings are the only rodents eaten by the snowy owl.
(4) Snowy owls eat rodents and lemmings.
10. It is a fallacy that sharks are immune to disease.
(1) No one knows why sharks are resistant to disease.
(2) Certain diseases are peculiar to sharks.
(3) Sharks have been known to carry diseases.
(4) There is no truth to the notion that sharks never get ill.
11. The people who settled the Aleutian Islands constructed subterranean dwellings to
provide shelter from the incessant winds.
(1) Because they needed to protect themselves from the constant winds, the first people
to live in the Aleutian Islands built their homes underground.
(2) Most of the people who tried to settle the Aleutian Islands were unable to construct
buildings that could withstand the incessant winds.
(3) Most dwellings on the Aleutian Islands contain subterranean shelters to provide
protection from strong winds.
(4) Because the fierce winds of the Aleutian Islands destroy most types of dwellings,
people there live underground.
12. A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. (Aristotle)
(1) Most great cities are overpopulated.
(2) A city is only as great as the people who live in it.
(3) The greatness of a city is not determined by its popularity.
(4) A city cannot be considered great merely because it has many inhabitants.
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