Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Ordering of Sentences · hard

Five of the following sentences can form a coherent paragraph. Which sentence does NOT belong? (1) About a third of the food we eat depends on pollination by animals. (2) Honey never spoils if it is stored properly. (3) In recent decades, however, bee populations in many parts of the world have declined. (4) Scientists blame a combination of pesticides, disease, and loss of habitat. (5) As they move from flower to flower collecting nectar, they carry pollen that fertilizes the plants. (6) Bees are the most important of these pollinators.

Sentence (1)
Sentence (2)
Sentence (4)
Sentence (6)

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B. Sentence (2)

Solution

Sentence (2) is related to the topic but does not develop the paragraph's point. The other five form a paragraph in this order: About a third of the food we eat depends on pollination by animals. Bees are the most important of these pollinators. As they move from flower to flower collecting nectar, they carry pollen that fertilizes the plants. In recent decades, however, bee populations in many parts of the world have declined. Scientists blame a combination of pesticides, disease, and loss of habitat.

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