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DIRECTIONS: In each of the following paragraph, a part of sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated choose the best alterative among the four. Among the best-known birds are the birds of prey, such as hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, and owls. They have hooked beaks, strong talons or claws on their feet, and keen eyesight and hearing _________. Ospreys and many eagles eat fish, falcons eat mostly insects, and owls eat everything from insects to fish and mammals.

A) birds are warm-blooded animals, with feathers and wings

B) unlike mammals, except for the duck-billed platypus, birds lay eggs

C) their long wing feathers also help them to get the lift necessary for flight

D) the larger hawks and eagles prey on small mammals, such as rodents