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1. Picture a termite colony occupying a tall mud hump on an African plain.
A) Hungry predators often invade the colony and unsettle the balance.
B) The colony flourishes only if the portion of soldiers to workers remain roughly the same, so that the queen and the workers can be protected by the soldiers, and the queen and the soldiers can be serviced by workers.
C) But its fortunes are presently restored, because the immobile queen, walled in well below ground level, lays eggs not only in large enough numbers, but also in the varying proportions required.
D) The hump is alive with worker termites and soldier termites going about their distinct kind of business.
6. How can we account for her mysterious ability to respond like this to events on the distant surface?

Enter the correct ordering sequence
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Solution

Statement (D) starts the paragraph by explaining the business of worker and soldier termites.
Statement (B) pay attention to the needs of the soldier and worker proportionality.
Statement (A) describes the role of the predator.
Statement (C) concludes telling quantity of eggs laid by queen.
Thus, the arrangement of the sentences should be in the order DBAC.


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