Expression of IdeasEasy–MediumSynthesis: the length of an eel's journey
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- European eels are born in the Sargasso Sea.
- They drift for two to three years to reach Europe's rivers.
- They live in rivers for up to twenty years.
- They return to the Sargasso Sea to breed and die.
The student wants to emphasise the length of the eel's journey. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Born in the Sargasso Sea, the eel drifts for two to three years to reach Europe's rivers, and at the end of its life it swims all the way back.Correct
- B. Eels live in rivers for up to twenty years.
- C. Eels are born in the Sargasso Sea.
- D. Eels breed and die in the Sargasso Sea.
Answer: A. Born in the Sargasso Sea, the eel drifts for two to three years to reach Europe's rivers, and at the end of its life it swims all the way back.
There and back, years each way.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Eels live in rivers for up to twenty years.
- Time in rivers, not the journey.
- C. Eels are born in the Sargasso Sea.
- Start only.
- D. Eels breed and die in the Sargasso Sea.
- End only.
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