Expression of IdeasHardSignalling a time relationship
Expression of Ideas practice question
The volcano's slopes were bare rock in 1980, the year of the eruption. ____ mosses colonised the ash, then grasses, and by 2010 the first alders were taking root.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A. Within a few years,Correct
- B. Consequently,
- C. On the contrary,
- D. In particular,
Answer: A. Within a few years,
Bare in 1980, then a sequence of colonisers: a time marker leads it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Consequently,
- The mosses are not a consequence of the bareness.
- C. On the contrary,
- The mosses don't contradict the bare rock; they follow it in time.
- D. In particular,
- The mosses are not a particular case of the bareness.
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