Question

which is the best way to complete the text? the community garden receives ample sunlight and rainfall but is plagued by various pests, ______, slugs, squirrels, and rabbits. such as aphids such as, aphids such as: aphids

Explanation:

This option maintains parallel structure with the list of pests that follows (slugs, squirrels, and rabbits). The comma after "such as" fits the flow of introducing examples of pests, matching the grammatical pattern needed to smoothly connect the general term "various pests" to its specific examples.

Answer:

such as, aphids