Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Ordering of Sentences · hard

Five of the following sentences can form a coherent paragraph. Which sentence does NOT belong? (1) People who eat them, however, can suffer paralytic shellfish poisoning. (2) The shellfish themselves are not harmed, so they may look and taste normal. (3) Oysters are a good source of zinc. (4) Red tide is caused by a sudden bloom of certain microscopic algae in coastal waters. (5) For this reason, BFAR issues shellfish bans for affected areas whenever toxin levels are high. (6) Some of these algae produce toxins that accumulate in shellfish such as mussels and oysters.

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Sentence (4)

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C. Sentence (3)

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Sentence (3) is related to the topic but does not develop the paragraph's point. The other five form a paragraph in this order: Red tide is caused by a sudden bloom of certain microscopic algae in coastal waters. Some of these algae produce toxins that accumulate in shellfish such as mussels and oysters. The shellfish themselves are not harmed, so they may look and taste normal. People who eat them, however, can suffer paralytic shellfish poisoning. For this reason, BFAR issues shellfish bans for affected areas whenever toxin levels are high.

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