Question

What sentence best re-states the paragraph below?

Humans have watched solar eclipses since before the dawn of written history. During this long span of time, our understanding of science has grown enormously. As a consequence, many of the older ideas we had about the causes and effects of solar eclipses have been replaced by detailed physical explanations. Still, some people hold on to older, more superstitious ideas about eclipses, such as the idea that food will spoil during an eclipse because of special radioactive waves.
Most people accept scientific explanations for what happens during a solar eclipse while a few still believe superstitions.
Modern ideas about science have removed some of the excitement from watching a solar eclipse occur.
Many superstitions about solar eclipses remain, such as the idea that radiation will cause food to spoil.
Solar eclipses have been happening throughout human history, but early humans paid little attention to them.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Most people accept scientific explanations for what happens during a solar eclipse while a few still believe superstitions.

It's the only sentence containing the information in the paragraph, just re-stated. B and D don't contain information in the text, and C only contains one part of the information. Hope this helps :)