In a hypothetical family tree, it is common for a parent in the first generation to exhibit a given trait, such as dimples, and for none of that parent's children (second generation) to inherit it. _____ the grandchildren (third generation) could inherit dimples or another such trait from the grandparent.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Explanation
Context: The passage describes a family tree in which a first-generation parent shows a trait such as dimples and none of that parent's children inherits it. The blank introduces what the grandchildren in the third generation could show.
Answer: A) Nonetheless,
Why? The trait disappears in the second generation and then can surface again in the third, so the blank has to register that the reappearance runs against what just happened.
Traps:
- B) "Specifically," promises a closer look at the preceding statement, but grandchildren inheriting dimples reverses that statement rather than detailing it.
- C) "Besides," tacks on a reinforcing consideration, and the trait's return cuts against the absence described in the children.
- D) "In addition," stacks the third-generation outcome onto the second-generation one as though both pointed the same way, when they point opposite ways.