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Expression of Ideas practice question

For years the village's water tasted faintly of iron. ____ engineers traced the taste to a single cast-iron pipe under the green, laid in 1890 and never replaced.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Eventually,Correct
  2. B. In contrast,
  3. C. For this reason,
  4. D. Likewise,

Answer: A. Eventually,

A long-standing puzzle, then its eventual solution.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. In contrast,
The pipe explains the taste; no contrast.
C. For this reason,
The tracing is not caused by the taste.
D. Likewise,
Not similar.

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