College Board ? of the Day

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

As it is primarily a bird of New Zealand’s native forests, the kiwi also lives in scrub and native grasslands.

A) As it is primarily
B) Although primarily
C) Because it lives primarily as
D) It is primarily
E) It lives primarily as

Hint
Note the contrast between the “native forests” in which the kiwi “primarily” lives and the “grasslands” in which “the kiwi also lives.”