Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The forecast predicts modest growth next year; ..............., it fails to account for the planned redundancies.
Wrong!
"However" is correct because the second sentence contrasts the forecast’s apparent optimism with the failure to include redundancies.
2The opening paragraph establishes ...............; the next sentence elaborates it by naming the policy consequences.
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"the main claim" is correct because the following sentence is described as elaborating what the opening paragraph establishes.
3After three case studies, the report turns to institutional patterns, and this ............... prepares the reader for the policy section.
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"shift in emphasis" is correct because this refers back to moving from individual cases to institutional patterns.
4In the introduction, the author names two questions ............... the argument that follows.
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"to preview" is correct because the introduction names two questions that later sections will answer.
5............... the sample is not representative, the paragraph discusses it because it reveals how the categories were constructed.
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"Although" is correct because the sentence concedes a limitation before explaining why the paragraph still matters.
6The paragraph on the 1990 reforms acts as ............... between the historical background and the current dispute.
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"a bridge" is correct because the sentence links historical background to the current dispute.
7The report argues that informal rules often override formal safeguards; ..............., the appointments committee rejected every external candidate.
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"For instance" is correct because the sentence introduces a specific example of an abstract claim.
8By returning to the opening image, the final paragraph challenges ............... rather than merely adding another example.
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"the dominant narrative" is correct because the phrase is something a summary paragraph can challenge at the level of the whole text.
9Before presenting the evidence, the section ............... the limitation that the survey excluded non-residents.
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"foregrounds" is correct because placing the limitation before the evidence makes it prominent at the start of the section.
10The paragraph begins with the collapse of the scheme and then ............... through the financing decisions that made it inevitable.
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"retraces the causal chain" is correct because the sentence explicitly says the paragraph moves from the outcome back through earlier decisions.
11The theoretical premise functions as ..............., linking the survey results to the broader claim about institutional trust.
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"a warrant" is correct because the theoretical premise connects evidence to the claim rather than merely illustrating it.
12After surveying regulation in general, the chapter ............... to one enforcement mechanism: mandatory disclosure.
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"narrows the focus" is correct because the text moves from general regulation to one enforcement mechanism.
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Answers
- The forecast predicts modest growth next year; However, it fails to account for the planned redundancies.
- The opening paragraph establishes the main claim; the next sentence elaborates it by naming the policy consequences.
- After three case studies, the report turns to institutional patterns, and this shift in emphasis prepares the reader for the policy section.
- In the introduction, the author names two questions to preview the argument that follows.
- Although the sample is not representative, the paragraph discusses it because it reveals how the categories were constructed.
- The paragraph on the 1990 reforms acts as a bridge between the historical background and the current dispute.
- The report argues that informal rules often override formal safeguards; For instance, the appointments committee rejected every external candidate.
- By returning to the opening image, the final paragraph challenges the dominant narrative rather than merely adding another example.
- Before presenting the evidence, the section foregrounds the limitation that the survey excluded non-residents.
- The paragraph begins with the collapse of the scheme and then retraces the causal chain through the financing decisions that made it inevitable.
- The theoretical premise functions as a warrant, linking the survey results to the broader claim about institutional trust.
- After surveying regulation in general, the chapter narrows the focus to one enforcement mechanism: mandatory disclosure.