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Expression of Ideas practice question

The vaccine was tested on forty thousand volunteers. ____ its safety in people over eighty, of whom the trial included only a few hundred, remains less certain.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Nevertheless,Correct
  2. B. Accordingly,
  3. C. For instance,
  4. D. In sum,

Answer: A. Nevertheless,

A large trial, yet a gap remains.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Accordingly,
The gap is not a consequence of the size.
C. For instance,
Not an example.
D. In sum,
Not a summary.

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