Question

A mammal in a million? One of only two surviving West Indian insectivores, the Hispaniolan solenodon is a definite oddity: not only [i] from its nearest genus by some 76 million years, but it’s also [ii] poisonous mammals. However, the sociable burrow-dweller hunts only millipedes, ground beetles, snails [iii]. Its venomous bite is not enough to deter introduced cats, dogs and mongooses, [iv] of it. Defenseless [v] and deforestation – and hampered by its slow rate of reproduction – this decidedly different creature [vi] all the time.



[i] (a) it is separated (b) is it separated (c) it was separated (d) it has been separated

[ii] (a) one of a very few (b) one of the some (c) one of a few (d) one of the very few
[iii] (a) and such like (b) and a like (c) and the like (d) and such
[iv] (a) which make an easy meal (b) that make an easy meal (c) which make easy meal (d) and make easy meal
[v] (a) from both predators (b) against their predators (c) against both predators (d) from its predators
[vi] (a) is getting rarer (b) is getting rare (c) was getting rare (d) has been getting rare​

Answer 1

Answer:

yes they are getting rare