Expression of IdeasEasy–MediumEmphasising a contrast in size
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The blue whale can reach 30 metres in length.
- Its main food, krill, is about 2 centimetres long.
- A blue whale may eat 4 tonnes of krill a day.
- Krill swarm in huge numbers in cold seas.
The student wants to emphasise the contrast between the whale's size and its food's. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. A blue whale up to 30 metres long feeds on krill about 2 centimetres long.Correct
- B. A blue whale may eat 4 tonnes of krill a day.
- C. Krill swarm in cold seas.
- D. The blue whale is very large.
Answer: A. A blue whale up to 30 metres long feeds on krill about 2 centimetres long.
Both lengths side by side.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. A blue whale may eat 4 tonnes of krill a day.
- Quantity eaten, not size contrast.
- C. Krill swarm in cold seas.
- About krill's habitat.
- D. The blue whale is very large.
- Only one side of the contrast.
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