Question

Scientists have also studied the huge stone sundial in the city. The sundial has helped scientists learn about Incan religion and how the Incas kept track of time. The Incas worshipped a sun god. The sundial was part of their religion. The Incas also used it to tell time.

–"Machu Picchu: A City in the Sky"


Paraphrase the passage by choosing the sentence that has all of the same ideas as the original passage.


Scientists study the huge sun dial in the city because the Incas worshipped a sun god as part of their religion.

I think the Incas were pretty smart because they told time by looking using the sun dial, which was also part of their religion.

Scientists study the giant sun dial because it tells us about the Incan religion and the Incas’ ability to tell time with the sun.




C is right

Answer 1

Yes, option C is the correct paraphrase of the original passage. It includes the same ideas that scientists have studied the huge sundial, which was a part of Incan religion and was used by the Incas to tell time.