71. Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far greater as that among individuals from the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150.

(A) among different species are far greater as that among individuals from
(B) among different species are far greater than that among individuals from
(C) among different species are far greater than those among individuals of
(D) between different species are far more than that between individuals of
(E) between different species are greater by far than is that between individuals from

Solution:

Idiom*

A can be eliminated for “greater as”
D and E can be eliminated for the usage of ‘between’ for more than two elements.
B can be eliminated for using ‘that’, rather than ‘those’, for ‘variations’.
C is the best choice.

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