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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. There is no relation between the aardvark and the anteater, even though one is

sometimes confused with the other.

(1) The aardvark is sometimes called an anteater because the two animals are so closely
related.

(2) The aardvark is a distant relative of the anteater, even though the two do not look
alike.

(3) It is a matter of some confusion whether the aardvark and the anteater are related or
not.

(4) Although aardvarks are sometimes mistaken for anteaters, the two animals are not
actually related.

10. Although flightless, the kakapo – a parrot found in New Zealand – is capable of

climbing trees.

(1) Although it does not usually fly, the kakapo often climbs trees.
(2) The kakapo can climb trees, but it cannot fly.
(3) Because it is capable of flight, the kakapo can reach the highest tree tops.
(4) The kakapo can climb trees as well as it can fly.

11. Even the most avid supporters of research in the Antarctic acknowledge that it is an

expensive enterprise.

(1) Avid supporters of Antarctic research are convinced that new ways can be found to
make this research less costly.

(2) Even those who are most enthusiastic about research in the Antarctic admit that it is
costly to conduct such research.

(3) Research in the Antarctic has become so expensive that there is now less support for
it than there was previously.

(4) Even scientists who study the Antarctic agree that research there is now too
expensive to be worthwhile.

12. Considering how complex linguistic phenomena are, some may wonder whether the

neural machinery responsible for generating them will ever be understood.

(1) Some people may consider the neural machinery that generates linguistic
phenomena to be extremely complex and difficult to understand.

(2) It is thought that the difficulty in understanding complex linguistic phenomena is
due to the way in which the neural machinery creates these phenomena.

(3) Some people may wonder whether, given the complexity of linguistic phenomena,
we will ever understand the neural structures that produce them.

(4) In order to understand extremely complex linguistic phenomena, the equally
complex neural structures behind them must be understood.

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