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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. Atlantis is an island whose existence and location have never been confirmed. The first references to Atlantis are from the classical Greek philosopher Plato, who said it was engulfed by the ocean as the result of an earthquake 9,000 years before his own time _____________. They also added that Plato made up the story using elements that may have been drawn from real events.

A) Plato described Atlantis as an ideal state, and the name is considered synonymous with Utopia

B) Plato's accounts of Atlantis are in his works Timaus and Critias and these philosophical dialogues are the earliest known references to Atlantis                     

C) the legend of Atlantis is frequently featured in many books, movies, television series, and other creative works

D) while there are many hypotheses about Atlantis, the vast majority of scientists conclude that Atlantis never existed