Are horseshoe crabs really crabs?

Despite their ...

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Are horseshoe crabs really crabs?

Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not really crabs (crustaceans). Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) have been called "living fossils" because they 1) _____ the dinosaurs by more than 200 million years. Their smooth, hard shell is 2) _____ (thus the name). They use heir long tails as rudders in the like a horseshoe, water and to flip themselves if they get overturned on the beach, not as weapons, as is commonly 3) _____.

Few people realize how important horseshoe crabs are to modern medicine. Because their blue, copper-based blood quickly 4) _____ in the presence of bacterial toxins, medical researchers use it to test intravenous drugs, vaccines, and medical devices, ensuring that they are free of bacterial contamination. Every year, many thousands of horseshoe crabs are 5) _____ from their habitats, "bled" of about one-third of their blood, then returned to the beach.

Horseshoe crabs also are important ecologically Loggerhead sea turtles and more than 20 species of migratory birds rely on the crabs' eggs as an annual boon to their diets.

5. ...
A. been harvesting 
B. been harvested 
C. harvested
D. harvests
E. harvest

M. Rani · Accepted Answer

Halo Septiangga, kakak bantu jawab ya :)

Jawabannya adalah C. harvested.

Soal menanyakan kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi bagian yang rumpang.

Terjemahan dari kalimat rumpang nomor 5 adalah "Setiap tahun, ribuan kepiting tapal kuda 5) ____ dari habitatnya, "berdarah" sekitar sepertiga dari darah mereka, kemudian kembali ke pantai."

Teks tersebut merupakan contoh dari Report Text. Report Text adalah teks yang berisi tentang pendeskripsian sesuatu yang bersifat ilmiah. Oleh karena itu, report text berisi tentang fakta. Untuk mengungkapkan fakta, tenses yang digunakan adalah Simple Present Tense.

Pada kalimat terdapat to be 'are' yang menandakan bahwa kalimat tersebut merupakan kalimat pasif Simple Present Tense.

Pola kalimat pasif Simple Present Tense adalah:
S + is/am/are + V3 + (by + doer)

V3 pada pilihan jawaban yang ada yaitu 'harvested' yang artinya dipanen.

Kalimat yang lengkap menjadi "Every year, many thousands of horseshoe crabs are harvested from their habitats, "bled" of about one-third of their blood, then returned to the beach."

Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah C. harvested.

Hope it helps. Happy learning!

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