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Question
Some scientists contend that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like a warm-blooded mammal’s than a cold-blooded reptile’s.
Option A:
that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like
Option B:
that the metabolism of many dinosaur species were more like
Option C:
that the metabolisms of many species of dinosaurs were more like those of
Option D:
there were many species of dinosaurs that had metabolisms more like those of
Option E:
there were many dinosaur species that had a metabolism more like that of
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option A is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Idioms, Comparisons
A) Correct Answer
B) Incorrect usage of the verb “Were” for metabolism.
C) Inappropriate usage of the word “those”
D) Incorrect idiom; “Contend that” is right.
E) Same as D.
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