Expression of IdeasVery hardQualifying a claim of success
Expression of Ideas practice question
The town's new flood wall held through the wettest winter on record, and not a single house behind it was flooded. ____ the wall diverted water onto the farms downstream, which lost their winter crops, and the farmers are asking who will pay.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A. Even so,Correct
- B. As a result,
- C. Indeed,
- D. In other words,
Answer: A. Even so,
Success granted; the cost downstream is the point.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. As a result,
- The diversion is a consequence of the wall, but the sentence is framed as a counterweight to 'success', which 'even so' marks and 'as a result' does not.
- C. Indeed,
- 'Indeed' would reinforce the success.
- D. In other words,
- Not a restatement.
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