Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Ordering of Sentences · hard

Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph, then choose the correct order: (1) As larger fish eat the smaller ones, the plastic moves up the food chain. (2) Because they are so small, these particles are eaten by plankton and small fish. (3) In this way, it may eventually reach the dinner tables of the people who discarded it. (4) Plastic does not truly disappear when it is thrown into the sea. (5) Instead, sunlight and waves break it into smaller and smaller pieces. (6) Fragments less than five millimeters long are known as microplastics.

5-4-6-2-1-3
4-6-5-2-1-3
4-5-6-2-3-1
4-5-6-2-1-3

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D. 4-5-6-2-1-3

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The correct order is 4-5-6-2-1-3. Each sentence picks up an idea from the one before it: Plastic does not truly disappear when it is thrown into the sea. Instead, sunlight and waves break it into smaller and smaller pieces. Fragments less than five millimeters long are known as microplastics. Because they are so small, these particles are eaten by plankton and small fish. As larger fish eat the smaller ones, the plastic moves up the food chain. In this way, it may eventually reach the dinner tables of the people who discarded it. Each wrong choice swaps just one pair of neighboring sentences, which breaks one of these links.

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