Giant Squid by Mary Heath

Giant squid live in waters off southern Australia. Zoologists at the Tasmanian Museum study the invertebrates. Giant squid are called colossal squid. Giant squid live in waters off New Zealand, too. Giant squid contain high levels of ammonia. Recently, a giant squid weighing 550 pounds was found on an Australian beach. The dead squid was 26 feet long from the tip of its body to the end of its tentacles. Giant squid are not common in other parts of the world. Although some people eat squid, scientists said the giant squid would not taste very good. People eat squid called calamari.

Which of these sentences should be added to the passage as a supporting detail?

A. Sharks and other marine life share the waters off southern Australia.

B. The giant squid was shorter than a train.

C. The giant squid measures three feet across at its widest point.

D. Sperm whales live off the coast of other countries, too.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

Postreading strategies are used before reading a text. when reading for specific information. when reading for general meaning. after reading a text.

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