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What is paragraph 12 (in the "Excavation" section) of Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventuresmainly about?

• Archaeologists filled the pits to protect the statues.

• Archaeologists continued their excavations in China where they found statues found today on display in a museum

• Archaeologists found 8,000 statues

• One of the pits was found empty.

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What is paragraph 4 page 102 and recognize the central idea of paragraph 4 (in the section titled "A Sensational Find”) mainly about ?

• Bingham first seen the ruins of Machu Picchu.

• Bingham and the farmer rested in a shelter.

• An 11-year-old boy accompanied the teacher on the terraces.

• Bingham led four expeditions.

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Why does the word conquerors in paragraph 1 conquistadores stand out in italics?

• To explain how civilizations flourished in the Andes mountain range

• To show where the Inca region was located.

• To highlight the importance of Machu Picchu.

• To highlight the influx of the conquerors during the invasion in the Inca cities.

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What information can be found in the section titled "The Professor" pg100 ?

• The discovery of Machu Picchu.

• The reasons Bingham wrote a book.

• When Bingham felt interested in searching for the ancient Inca capital city.

• Bingham's life as a teenager.

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The photograph shown next to paragraph 8 p.105 serves to —

• emphasize the importance of cave discovery

• show that the cave is not a dangerous place

• indicate why people should visit the cave

• invite the public to visit the cave

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Why is the phrase "First Visitors" highlighted in bold in paragraph 7?

• To identify the title of the text

• To highlight subtitles

• To show the photographs

• To highlight important words

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(5) Weather reporters obtain local information from other offices. (6) These offices are even closer. How can sentences 5 and 6 be combined?

• While weather reporters get local information from other offices, these offices are even closer.

• Weather reporters get local information from other offices as these offices are even closer.

• Weather reporters get local information from other offices and these offices are even closer.

• No need to make changes

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(7) Those who work in these places do important work when giving weather forecasts. What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Those who work in these places do important work before weather forecasts.

• Those who work in these places do important work. Than weather forecast.

• Those who work in these places do important work without weather forecasts.

• No changes are required

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