{"id":"cb_question_bank:0b66987f-8fe0-4ffe-83b7-5b3ebe39b375","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"0b66987f-8fe0-4ffe-83b7-5b3ebe39b375","external_id":"4338630c-fbdc-4eb4-becf-2800b705feb6","ibn":null,"question_id":"a40c7aa3","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"TRA","skill":"Transitions","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?","stimulus":"Most of the planets that have been discovered outside our solar system orbit G-type stars, like our Sun. In 2014, ______ blank researchers identified a planet orbiting KELT-9, a B-type star more than twice as massive and nearly twice as hot as the Sun. Called KELT-9b, it is one of the hottest planets ever discovered.","stimulus_html":"

Most of the planets that have been discovered outside our solar system orbit G-type stars, like our Sun. In 2014, ______blank researchers identified a planet orbiting KELT-9, a B-type star more than twice as massive and nearly twice as hot as the Sun. Called KELT-9b, it is one of the hottest planets ever discovered.

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Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

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Choice B is the best answer. The word “however” logically signals that the information in this sentence about the planet KELT-9b—that it orbits a B-type star—contrasts with the previous information about planets discovered outside our solar system. Most of these planets orbit G-type stars, not B-type stars.

Choice A is incorrect because “likewise” illogically signals that the information about the planet KELT-9b is similar to the previous information about most planets outside our solar system. Instead, it contrasts with that information. Choice C is incorrect because “therefore” illogically signals that the information about the planet KELT-9b is a result of the previous information about most planets outside our solar system. Instead, it contrasts with that information. Choice D is incorrect because “for example” illogically signals that the information about the planet KELT-9b is an example of the previous information about most planets outside our solar system. Instead, it contrasts with that information.

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likewise,

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however,

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therefore,

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for example,

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