SAT OwlA team of marine biologists wanted to learn how far juvenile white sharks travel after leaving the coastal waters where they are born. ______ the team attached satellite tags to several young sharks and tracked the animals' movements for more than a year.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Nevertheless,
To that end,
In addition,
By comparison,
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Answer: B
The first sentence states the team's goal, and the second describes what they did to reach it. "To that end" means "in order to achieve that goal," which is exactly the relationship between the two sentences. "In addition" would treat the tagging as a separate, extra fact instead of the means of reaching the goal.
"In addition" fits grammatically, but the tagging isn't an extra point; it is the method the team used to reach the goal stated in the first sentence.
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