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24. We can deduce from the passage that ...

A) the coastline of the Antarctic Peninsula is about six-hundred miles long.

B) with the exception of Australia and Antarctica, it used to be possible to walk between the other continents.

C) Antarctica used to be connected to South America by a land bridge.

D) throughout man’s history canoes have been the most popular means of travelling to Australia.

25. The text informs us about the fact that ...

A) South Americans were the first people to set foot on Antarctica

B) the Antarctic Peninsula is the southernmost point of Antarctica

C) at its nearest point, Antarctica is visible from the southernmost point of South America

D) Antarctica was discovered in the early nineteenth century