Passage Excerpt (Sample):
Paragraph A:
“Research into renewable energy sources has made significant advances in recent years, particularly in the development of solar power. However, many projects have been delayed due to insufficient government funding and technological challenges.”
Incomplete Sentences:
- The development of solar power has made progress, but…
- Many renewable energy projects have experienced delays because…
Sentence Endings:
- … insufficient government support has limited further advancements.
- … the lack of technological innovation has slowed implementation.
- … funding shortages and technological issues have caused setbacks.
Step-by-Step Process:
- Step 1: Read the Sentence Beginnings: You underline “solar power has made progress” and “projects have experienced delays” to focus your search on those ideas in the passage.
- Step 2: Skim the Passage: Skimming Paragraph A, you notice it talks about advances in solar power and delays due to funding and technology problems.
- Step 3: Analyze the Sentence Beginnings: The first sentence is about progress in solar power, but it needs a contrasting idea (“but”). The second sentence is about reasons for delays.
- Step 4: Analyze the Sentence Endings: For the first sentence, the ending should contrast with “progress,” and a fits (“insufficient government support has limited further advancements”). For the second sentence, the ending must explain the delays, so c (“funding shortages and technological issues have caused setbacks”) is the best fit.
- Step 5: Use Process of Elimination: After matching a with the first sentence and c with the second, eliminate those options from the remaining sentence endings.