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Expression of Ideas practice question

The bridge was built to last fifty years. ____ it has stood for a hundred and twenty.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Instead,Correct
  2. B. Therefore,
  3. C. For example,
  4. D. Likewise,

Answer: A. Instead,

Designed for fifty, standing at a hundred and twenty.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Therefore,
Its long life did not follow from the design figure.
C. For example,
Not an example.
D. Likewise,
Not a similarity.

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