(1) a ragged t - shirt, two plastic bags, intense nausea, warm - empathy, and oppressive boredom—this list comprises my total haul from around a half - dozen or so fishing trips that i was conned into attending during my otherwise happy terrestrial life. (2) counterbalancing my thrilling fishing misadventures are those of doreen schröder and crew, for whom fish quite literally jumped aboard; however, it is likely worth noting that, at the time, schröder’s team was researching carcharodon carcharias, known colloquially as the great white shark.
(3) schröder and her crew of six from the oceans research organization were chumming the waters around seal island off the coast of cape town in south africa when the researcher noticed a 10 - foot, 1,100 - pound great white shark just above one of her interns on the port side of the boat. (4) thinking fast, schröder grabbed the intern moments before the half - ton shark landed in the boat. (5) the crew radioed for help and began pouring buckets of water on the thrashing animal to keep it alive. (6) fifteen minutes later, a second ship towed the damaged vessel to port and fixed a hosepipe to the shark’s mouth to keep it ventilated. (7) the shark was lifted out of the boat via a crane and placed back into the harbor where it promptly beached itself once more. (8) the animal was finally towed to deeper
the main purpose of this selection is to —
a compel readers not to pollute oceans with vessels that might accidentally trap airborne fish.

b persuade readers that fishing is a waste of time unless you have a professional crew.

c raise awareness of the oceans research organization with an exciting story

d entertain readers with a humorous account of a true story.

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(1) a ragged t - shirt, two plastic bags, intense nausea, warm - empathy, and oppressive boredom—this list comprises my total haul from around a half - dozen or so fishing trips that i was conned into attending during my otherwise happy terrestrial life. (2) counterbalancing my thrilling fishing misadventures are those of doreen schröder and crew, for whom fish quite literally jumped aboard; however, it is likely worth noting that, at the time, schröder’s team was researching carcharodon carcharias, known colloquially as the great white shark.
(3) schröder and her crew of six from the oceans research organization were chumming the waters around seal island off the coast of cape town in south africa when the researcher noticed a 10 - foot, 1,100 - pound great white shark just above one of her interns on the port side of the boat. (4) thinking fast, schröder grabbed the intern moments before the half - ton shark landed in the boat. (5) the crew radioed for help and began pouring buckets of water on the thrashing animal to keep it alive. (6) fifteen minutes later, a second ship towed the damaged vessel to port and fixed a hosepipe to the shark’s mouth to keep it ventilated. (7) the shark was lifted out of the boat via a crane and placed back into the harbor where it promptly beached itself once more. (8) the animal was finally towed to deeper
the main purpose of this selection is to —
a compel readers not to pollute oceans with vessels that might accidentally trap airborne fish.

b persuade readers that fishing is a waste of time unless you have a professional crew.

c raise awareness of the oceans research organization with an exciting story

d entertain readers with a humorous account of a true story.

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the main purpose, analyze each option:
- Option A: The text doesn’t focus on ocean pollution or trapping airborne fish (unrelated).
- Option B: The author’s fishing trips are a humorous contrast, not to persuade against fishing without a pro crew.
- Option C: The story is about a shark incident, not to promote the organization.
- Option D: The author contrasts their dull fishing trips with a thrilling, true shark story (humorous tone in describing their own trips, exciting true story of the shark). So the purpose is to entertain.

# Answer:
D. entertain readers with a humorous account of a true story

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