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10. Although the flying fox, a species of bat, was initially implicated in the Australian
Hendra virus epidemic, current scientific evidence refutes this claim.
(1) Despite clear scientific evidence to the contrary, many people continue to believe
that the flying fox caused the Hendra virus epidemic in Australia.
(2) Current scientific evidence confirms that the flying fox was responsible for the
Australian Hendra virus epidemic, as was initially suspected.
(3) Scientists originally maintained that the Hendra virus epidemic in Australia would
affect the flying fox population, but this claim has since been refuted.
(4) It was first thought that the flying fox played a role in the Hendra virus epidemic in
Australia, but scientists have now proven that this is not the case.
11. On a test of mathematical ability administered to high school students worldwide, only
those from Cyprus and South Africa performed more poorly than their American peers.
(1) In a worldwide test of mathematical ability, high school students from Cyprus and
South Africa performed most poorly, while their American peers performed best.
(2) Results from an international test showed that students from Cyprus and South
Africa have a higher level of mathematical ability than American students.
(3) In a mathematics test given worldwide, the only high school students who
performed more poorly than those from Cyprus and South Africa were Americans.
(4) American high school students scored lower on an international mathematics test
than students from any other country, with the exception of Cyprus and South
Africa.
12. The degree to which sixteenth-century readers delighted in Thomas Deloney's stories,
which humorously depicted scenes from everyday life in London, was indicative of
their weariness with the ornate prose of his literary contemporaries.
(1) Contemporary readers appreciate sixteenth-century writer Thomas Deloney's comic
stories about life in London, even though they were unpopular in his day.
(2) Thomas Deloney disliked the elaborate prose of his contemporaries and preferred to
write humorous stories about everyday life in sixteenth-century London.
(3) Sixteenth-century readers enjoyed the humor in Thomas Deloney's stories about life
in London but had difficulty understanding his literary style.
(4) Tired of the elaborate style used by other sixteenth-century writers, readers of the
period took pleasure in Thomas Deloney's comic stories about everyday life in
London.
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