Grammar: Extra Word - 2024 őszi

In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors spotted a towering shore of ice on the horizon. This was the first ever sighting of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, (0) and it marked the official discovery of a new continent: Antarctica. (0) Today, schoolchildren, the explorers and politicians generally (25) accept the division of the world's ground into seven continents. (26) But in 2017, the story took on an unexpected turn: the seven- (27) continent model has been a mistake for all along. Enter Zealandia, (28) a long-lost land to the southeast of Australia, which otherwise known (29) as the planet's forgotten eighth continent. While scientists had long (30) predicted the existence of this bonus southern landmass, but it could (31) remained missing for 375 years – mainly because that it's almost (32) entirely submerged under 1-2 km of the water. (33) In September 2023, an international team of researchers has (34) released the most detailed maps of Zealandia to date. In the process, (35) they uncovered hints as to how was this mysterious continent formed and why it has been obscured beneath the waves for the last 25 million years.