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Flooded Chimp Sanctuary Starts Repairs

A drone helped deliver food during the emergency.

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Read and understand · 1/2What does however introduce?

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A problem that remained despite receding water. The second paragraph contrasts food delivery and recovery with blocked cars.

Clue: Food reached one chimp by drone. However, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocks staff cars, so lower water has not removed every access problem.

Read and understand · 2/2Why did lower water not solve every access problem?

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A sinkhole still blocked staff cars. The second paragraph explicitly identifies the sinkhole.

Clue: Food reached one chimp by drone. However, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocks staff cars, so lower water has not removed every access problem.

Grammar in this story: Cause and conclusion

so lower water has not removed every access problem

So connects the remaining sinkhole with the conclusion. Not every means at least one problem remains.

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Explain how food reached one chimp and why access remained difficult.

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A drone delivered food to one chimp. Although water was receding, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocked staff cars.

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