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Five of the following sentences can form a coherent paragraph. Which sentence does NOT belong? (1) The Earth takes about 365 and one-quarter days to orbit the Sun. (2) The names of several months come from Latin. (3) For that reason, century years are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400. (4) Even this adjustment slightly overcorrects, because the true excess is a little less than a quarter of a day. (5) A calendar of exactly 365 days therefore falls behind by about a quarter of a day each year. (6) To correct this, an extra day is added to February every four years.

Sentence (2)
Sentence (3)
Sentence (4)
Sentence (6)

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A. Sentence (2)

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Sentence (2) is related to the topic but does not develop the paragraph's point. The other five form a paragraph in this order: The Earth takes about 365 and one-quarter days to orbit the Sun. A calendar of exactly 365 days therefore falls behind by about a quarter of a day each year. To correct this, an extra day is added to February every four years. Even this adjustment slightly overcorrects, because the true excess is a little less than a quarter of a day. For that reason, century years are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400.

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