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Expression of Ideas practice question

The drop in the lake's fish population was first attributed to a new dam upstream. ____ water samples showed the real culprit: fertiliser running off the surrounding farms.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. However,Correct
  2. B. Hence,
  3. C. In addition,
  4. D. Indeed,

Answer: A. However,

The first explanation is displaced by the real one.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Hence,
The samples are not a consequence of the attribution.
C. In addition,
Not an added point; it replaces the first.
D. Indeed,
Not an intensification.

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