IN LINE 16, THE AUTHOR COMPARES WATER TO MOLASSES, IN ORDER...

34. In line 16, the author compares water to molasses, in order to introduce which of the following

topics?

A. The bacterial content of different liquids

B. What happens when bacteria are added to molasses

C. The molecular structures of different chemicals

D. How difficult it is for bacteria to move through water

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.

With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an

animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is

named, with a body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green,

pink, and red Its diameter varies from about six millimeters in some species to more than

ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia. Like corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea

anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part

of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. The upper end of the sea

anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to

capture its food.

Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that

paralyze other small sea

animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested

in the large inner body cavity. When

disturbed a sea anemone retracts its tentacles and

shortens its body so that it resembles a lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by

forming eggs, dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent

animals.