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Choose the best summary of these two passages.

A
DNA sequencing will replace fingerprinting because it will give scientists more detailed and useful information about people.
B
DNA sequencing will improve fingerprinting technologies because it will provide specific information linked to fingerprints.
C
DNA sequencing will bring significant changes to human genomes because it will cause people to rely on fingerprinting.
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What idea is developed in the first passage with the term “discovery”?

A
Science improves people’s lives.
B
Science is a complex force.
C
Knowledge reinforces poverty.
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How does the second passage develop the idea of discovery that was introduced in the first passage? It says that

A
guilty people are convicted 25% of the time.
B
DNA testing helps prove innocence or guilt.
C
verdicts in assault cases are less accurate.

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