Expression of IdeasVery hardTransition to a conclusion about two records
Expression of Ideas practice question
The expedition's diary records fine weather for the whole of June. The ship's log, kept by a different hand, records a gale on the 14th that lasted two days. ____ one of the two records is wrong, and the diary, written up weeks later from memory, is the likelier.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A. Clearly,Correct
- B. Similarly,
- C. For example,
- D. Meanwhile,
Answer: A. Clearly,
Two records, one must be wrong.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Similarly,
- Not a similarity.
- C. For example,
- Not an example.
- D. Meanwhile,
- Not a simultaneous event.
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