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Expression of Ideas practice question

The town's new bypass has reduced through-traffic on the high street by four fifths, and the shopkeepers report calmer pavements and better trade. ____ the benefit is confined to the streets the bypass drains: the two roads that feed it from the east now carry more traffic than the high street ever did.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

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

Answer: A. That said,

A genuine gain, then its limit.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Therefore,
The eastern roads' traffic is not a result of the calmer high street.
C. Likewise,
Not a parallel case.
D. For example,
Not an example of the benefit.

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