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Expression of IdeasVery hardTransition marking a confounded expectation

Expression of Ideas practice question

The survey team expected the cave to end within a few hundred metres. ____ it continued for eleven kilometres, the longest passage yet mapped in the region.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Instead,Correct
  2. B. Accordingly,
  3. C. For example,
  4. D. Likewise,

Answer: A. Instead,

What happened in place of what was expected.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Accordingly,
Not a consequence of the expectation.
C. For example,
Not an example.
D. Likewise,
Not a similarity.

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