Until Recently, It Looked as Though the Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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Multiple Choice

Until recently, it looked as though the loggerhead sea turtle might be making a comeback. But a new federal report suggests that loggerheads have begun to decline again. Their life-pattern makes them doubly vulnerable to humans. They lay their eggs on beaches, habitat vulnerable to development and disturbance, and they spend their long lives at sea, where they are often fouled in fishing nets. Newspaper editorial

• A) Argument; conclusion: But a new federal report ... begun to decline again.
• B) Nonargument.
• C) Argument; conclusion: Their life-pattern ... doubly vulnerable to humans.
• D) Argument; conclusion: Until recently ... making a comeback.
• E) Argument; conclusion: They lay their eggs ... fouled in fishing nets.

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