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Conjunctions and Transition Words Test - 2

9. ---- pine forests cover vast areas of land, their role in 13. Factory farming has become highly popular in
the global carbon cycle is immense and cannot be the modern era ---- consumers can have access to
understated. affordable animal-based products.
A) As though A) by the time
B) Even if B) even though

C) Given that C) as long as
D) In case D) in order that
E) Whereas E) provided that

10. Many educators argue that video games should 14. A loss of appetite is a common symptom in some
be used as a tool for learning and cognitive medical conditions ---- it often arises from disruptions
development ---- simply dismissed as a mindless in the mechanisms that control hunger and satiety
form of entertainment. signals.
A) as if A) even if

B) though B) because
C) lest C) just as
D) unless D) though
E) rather than E) once

11. ---- the asteroid impact that occurred around 66 15. The circulatory system maintains a steady flow of
million years ago, dinosaurs went extinct, leaving the blood throughout the body ---- disrupted by external
planet to be dominated by mammals. factors such as injury, illness, or disease.
A) In addition to A) when
B) Instead of B) unless
C) As a result of C) once

D) In terms of D) though
E) Notwithstanding E) since

12. Human hearing is a complex process that involves 16. Climate change is causing temperatures to increase
the ears and the brain working together; ----, the ears and sea levels to rise; ----, some people still deny the
capture sound waves, and the brain interprets them existence of this global phenomenon.
as specific sounds.
A) however
A) for example
B) as a result
B) moreover
C) instead
C) nonetheless
D) therefore
D) in addition
E) similarly
E) on the contrary

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