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21. According to the text, all of the following statements are TRUE EXCEPT:

A) Almost certainly that current animals wouldn’t be present but for that hit.

B) More than half a million centuries passed after that enormous crash.

C) Had not that asteroid reached our planet, dinosaurs would be ruling the world now.

D) Elephants and lions survived after that astronomical accident.

22. The author states that a small number of people believe ... .

A) dinosaurs would have been nearly the same as the ones existed before

B) dinosaurs would have changed gradually over long periods like mankind

C) probably the intelligence of dinosaurs would have become much better

D) dinosaurs would not have changed in their appearance