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Old 10-16-2003, 10:53 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Because of the excellent preservation of the fossil, anaomical details of early
horseshoe crabs were.................for the first time, enabling experts to.........
the evolution of the horseshoe crab

A)scrutinized......ensure
E)clarified........reassess


What is the answer? please do help me out. of course your explanation would be certainly highly appreciated.
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Old 10-16-2003, 09:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Because of the excellent preservation of the fossil, anaomical details of early
horseshoe crabs were.................for the first time, enabling experts to.........
the evolution of the horseshoe crab

E)clarified........reassess is the answer, IMO.

The clue here is ' for the first time'- meaning that the fossil or its study had not been utilised before in studying the evolution.Hence, reassess fits in better than ensure.
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Old 10-17-2003, 01:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
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i concur with eagle
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Old 11-06-2003, 12:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I think an even bigger clue is the distinction between ensure/reassess. No one can ensure evolution takes place(it is a natural phenomenon) but one can surely assess it (or measure it).
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