|Question 16Verbal

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Anthropologist Lívia Barbosa, of the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil, ______ food and sociability in contemporary Brazil—specifically, how foods such as carne-de-sol (a cured meat dish) and pé-de-moleque (a traditional peanut brittle candy) function as central mechanisms in building social relationships, values, and identities.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
have studied
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studies
B
study
C
are studying
D