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that ate the insects causing damage to sugar cane.
Soon the mongoose became a bigger problem
than
the rats had ever been, and to this day they are a major pest in the Hawaiian Islands.
97-One generalisation we can make from the passage is that, ……….. .
A) despite the harm it causes, the mongoose is an important pet in the Hawaiian Islands
B) the mongoose likes domesticated animals like pigs and goats better
than rats
C) rats were deliberately spread from their original habitat all over the world on ships
D) sugar cane is one of the most difficult crops in the world to grow
E) man's attempts to change an environment may not always come out as he's intended
98-We can infer from the passage that some animals native to the Hawaiian Islands
A) feed exclusively on sugar cane
B) are declining in number because of the pesticides used against the mongoose
C) have been exterminated by the mongoose
D) form a bigger threat to sugar
cane than the mongoose
E) eat insects and thus help reduce damage to sugar cane
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