Australia has considerably fewer species of carnivorous mammals than any other continent does but about as many carni...

Alyona1983 February 21, 2020

Why not B?

I can see B being as strong as C. Why B is not good enough?

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Skylar February 22, 2020

@Alyona1983, happy to help.

Answer choice (B) is incorrect because it is not specific enough and does not mention Australia.

This passage describes a phenomenon in Australia and then provides an explanation. Answer choice (C) correctly expresses both of these in context, whereas answer choice (B) only provides the explanation. Therefore, answer choice (B) only recounts the last sentence of the passage and misses the larger importance.

Does that make sense? Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Alyona1983 February 22, 2020

Yes, I see, it is too general for the main point question. Thank you.

Alyona1983 February 22, 2020

Yes, I see, it is too general for the main point question. Thank you.

Skylar February 23, 2020

@Alyona1983, glad I could help. Please let us know if you have any other questions!