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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. The fruit of an oak tree is called an acorn.

(1) Both fruit and acorns grow on oak trees.
(2) Acorns are the fruit of the oak tree.
(3) Acorns grow only on oak trees.
(4) Oak trees all produce acorns.

10. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. (Bob Talbert)

(1) Knowledge is important, but values are even more so.

(2) The best teachers are those who learn from their students.

(3) What matters most is not what one learns, but from whom one learns it.

(4) School should not get in the way of a good education.

11. When darkness falls, hippopotamuses venture ashore to forage for food.

(1) Hippopotamuses eat more at night than they do during the day.
(2) At night, hippopotamuses emerge from the water in search of food.
(3) After dark, hippopotamuses move around in groups looking for food.
(4) After dark, hippopotamuses do nothing but hunt for food.

12. The popularity of Thomas Babington Macaulay's poetry waned during the 1900s.

(1) Macaulay's poetry is not as popular today as it was in the 1900s.

(2) Macaulay was one of the most popular poets of the 1900s.

(3) Macaulay's poems did not become popular until the 1900s.

(4) Macaulay's poetry became less popular in the 1900s.

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