Expression of IdeasVery hardTransitions: emphasis
Expression of Ideas practice question
The city's recycling program had modest goals when it launched, aiming to divert a small fraction of household waste from landfills. ____, within five years it was processing more recyclable material per resident than any comparable city in the region.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A. Similarly,
- B. In other words,
- C. Remarkably,Correct
- D. Consequently,
Answer: C. Remarkably,
The program's small initial aims are set against an unexpectedly large outcome; 'Remarkably' emphasizes how striking that result is given the modest start. 'Consequently' would frame the result as a simple effect of the goals, missing the contrast between low expectations and high achievement.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Similarly,
- "Similarly" would require the two sentences to make parallel points, but modest launch goals and record-setting output per resident pull in opposite directions.
- B. In other words,
- "In other words" signals a restatement of the same idea, yet the second sentence reports a dramatically different outcome, not a rewording of the program's small initial aims.
- D. Consequently,
- "Consequently" treats the record results as a straightforward effect of the modest goals, which erases the point of the sentence: the outcome far exceeded what those low expectations predicted.
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