Today's Test Prep Question of the Day is a sentence completion. DIRECTIONS: Select the lettered word or set of words that best completes the sentence. Click here for strategies for answering this type of question. The dramatic colors and long plumes of the male bird of paradise may seem to be just -------, but in fact are ------- the courtship rituals of the birds.   (A) attractive . . ancestors of   (B) outstanding . . unneeded in   (C) ornamental . . essential to   (D) romantic . . reliant on   (E) decorative . . reactions to Explanation:     PARTNER SITE

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