44. The writer wants an effective transition from the introductory paragraph to the main idea
of the text. Which of the following would best
achieve this goal?
A. Leave as is.
B. One critic is a contributing editor to Reason
magazine.
C. A recent edition of this newspaper
published one of these conservative
opinions.
D. One of these conservative writers is
Newsday columnist Cathy Young who
writes that ... [sentence continues as in the
original].
E. I read one of these opinions in a recent
edition of this newspaper.

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.