"Delectable scents wafted from the spice stores we passed, vendors called out “Come and see our shop! Buy something for your family!”, artisans sat on stools banging copper into place and we were surrounded by the vibrant colours of the rugs, lamps and all kinds of goods on display outside of shops as a form of advertisement. It felt like sensory overload. Furthermore, I noticed that in addition to all of the stores, the market is an undercover metropolis: it is a city in its own right, containing a police station, a post office and a tourist information centre."

What does the connective 'furthermore' tell us?

1. The author is introducing a point that contrasts with their earlier description of the market.

2. The author is introducing a contradictory piece of information about the market.

3. The author is developing the idea that the market is small enough to easily navigate.

4. The author is building on the idea that the market is overwhelmingly large.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt