In the second sentence of this paragraph, the author mentioned “Eventually, one tiny tortoise came across a fully grown giant who had been lumbering around the island for around a hundred years.” “One tiny tortoise” refers to “young” while “a fully grown giant” means “old”– about 100 years old, in fact. And “came across” means “to meet by accident”. Hence, “Young meets old” is
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Answer: ii
17th century: small numbers taken onto ships used by Keywords: 17th century, small numbers, taken, ships “17th century” is mentioned in the second sentence of paragraph B, so we have to pay attention to this part – “From the 17th century onwards , pirates took a few on board for food”. “A few” refers to “small numbers” and “on board” refers to “on ships”. We can paraphrase this sentence like this “From the 17th century onwards, small numbers were taken onto ships for food by pirates”. Therefore, the answer is “pirates”.
