|Question 19Verbal

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Among the world's largest deserts are the Syrian Desert, ranked ____ and the Chalbi Desert, ranked twenty-ninth.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
ninth in size, the Kyzylkum Desert; ranked sixteenth,
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ninth in size; the Kyzylkum Desert, ranked sixteenth;
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ninth in size the Kyzylkum Desert, ranked sixteenth
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ninth in size; the Kyzylkum Desert; ranked sixteenth;
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