Question

Which of the following passages effectively paraphrases the excerpt below?

Mike's rise to the number one or top-ranking position in the chimpanzee
community was both interesting and spectacular. In 1963. Mike had ranked
almost bottom in the adult male dominance hierarchy. He had been the last to
gain access to the bananas and had been threatened and actually attacked by
almost every other adult male. At one time, he even had appeared almost
bald from losing so many handfuls of hair during aggressive incidents with
his fellow apes
—Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man (Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1971)
A. Although Mike ranked almost bottom in the adult-male dominance
hierarchy in 1963, his rise to the number one spot was interesting
B. Mike's rise to the number one top-ranking position in the
chimpanzee community was both interesting and spectacular
C. In 1963, Mike had ranked almost bottom in the adult male
dominance hierarchy but his rise to the top ranking poten was
spectacular
D. For a long time Mike was the lowest pean
ranking but later on heroempre to the

Answer 1

The passage that effectively paraphrases the excerpt is:

D. For a long time, Mike was the lowest ape in male-dominance ranking, but later on he rose impressively to the top.

Step-by-step explanation:

Paraphrasing means rewording a passage or a sentence said or written by someone else. It is important to understand the importance of rewording here, because a paraphrase only exists when we do it properly. We need to say the same thing, but with different words.

That is why options A through C are not good paraphrases. They use the same words or phrases used in the original excerpt. Letter D, on the other hand, effectively rewords the passage. It conveys the same message, but with different words. For that reason, letter D is the correct option.