Which is the best retelling of the passage? A.
Sloths are helpful animals who move slowly to protect themselves. They are good swimmers who spend most of the day asleep in tropical trees of South America. Because they don't move too much, algae grows on their fur. Animals like birds eat the algae, and the fungi it contains may fight cancer.
B.
Sloths stay in trees all day and look like monkeys. They are related to armadillos, but they are good swimmers. Algae grows on their fur. They sleep up to 20 hours a day. This keeps them safe, and they can feed the birds with their algae. They also have fungi that fights cancer.
C.
Sloths are very friendly to people and animals. They are related to armadillos, and they make food for birds. They also make fungi to fight cancer in humans. Sloths are protected by algae and moving so slowly that no one can see them. This helps them stay safe to help others.
D.
Sloths are friendly, cancer-fighting animals who sleep in trees of tropical forests. They move so slowly that algae grows on their fur, and they swim very well. Predators cannot see them, but birds eat the algae and the fungi in the algae may help cure cancer. This is why sloths are such important animals.