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ID: SAT-RW-CS-049
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Craft and Structure
Topic: Text Structure and Purpose
Difficulty level: Medium

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Most plants die when they lose the bulk of their water: their cell structures collapse and cannot be rebuilt. A handful of desert species, the so-called resurrection plants, break this rule. Left in a long drought, such a plant curls into a brittle brown knot that looks past saving, yet a single soaking can green it within hours. As the plant dries, its cells flood with a sugar that stiffens into a glassy film, cradling the fragile machinery of the cell until water returns. What appears to be death is only a pause the plant is built to survive.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

AIt introduces a counterexample that complicates the passage’s main claim.

BIt shifts the passage’s focus from desert plants to the chemistry of sugars in general.

CIt restates the surprising claim of the previous sentence in different words.

DIt explains the mechanism that allows the plant to survive the drying described just before it.

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