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Set 3: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 Butterflies start life as caterpillars. They eat leaves and grow for weeks before forming a chrysalis. Text 2 Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar's body changes completely. When it comes out, it has wings and can fly.

Which choice best describes the process shown across the texts?

A. The transformation from a crawling caterpillar to a flying butterfly.✓ Correct
B. How to catch a butterfly.
C. Why caterpillars eat leaves.
D. That butterflies live underwater.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Start as caterpillar. Text 2: Change to wings/fly. Process: Metamorphosis.

Key Evidence:

• "start ... as caterpillars"

• "comes out ... has wings"

Why others are wrong: B (No catching.), C (Mentions eating, not why.), D (False.).