Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful…
2024
Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) The government has therefore employed authorities to conduct fumigations, as the situation continues to escalate.
(B) Despite efforts to contain the situation, the bed bugs have infested public transport, popular tourist destinations, and even airports.
(C) Paris, a global tourist destination, has recently faced a troubling resurgence of bed bugs across various neighborhoods and popular attractions in the city.
(D) This outbreak has raised concerns not only among residents but also tourists, many of whom worry that the pests could travel with them back to their countries.
(E) Experts suggest that international travel and dense urban environments have facilitated the rapid spread of this infestation.
(F) Furthermore, bed bugs have become a common sight in metros and airports, making control measures even more challenging.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
- A.
C
- B.
E
- C.
D
- D.
A
- E.
F
Attempted by 2 students.
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Correct answer: B
Concept
To order a jumbled paragraph, first fix the OPENING sentence — the one independent statement that introduces the topic with no back-reference (no "this", "therefore", "furthermore", or pronoun pointing to something earlier). Then chain the rest by following each sentence's linking cue (a demonstrative, a connector, or a repeated idea) back to the sentence it must sit behind. The concluding sentence is the one that states the final response or outcome.
Building the sequence
Opener: the Paris sentence — it introduces the topic ("a troubling resurgence of bed bugs") with a proper noun and carries no back-reference, so nothing can precede it.
Next comes "This outbreak has raised concerns ... also tourists, many of whom worry that the pests could travel with them back to their countries." The phrase "This outbreak" points straight back to the resurgence just introduced, and it seeds the international-travel angle.
Then "Experts suggest that international travel and dense urban environments have facilitated the rapid spread of this infestation." This picks up the very travel idea the previous sentence raised and explains WHY the spread happens — so it sits third.
"Despite efforts to contain the situation, the bed bugs have infested public transport, popular tourist destinations, and even airports" then describes how far the infestation has reached.
"Furthermore, bed bugs have become a common sight in metros and airports, making control measures even more challenging" — the connector "Furthermore" adds to the previous reach statement, so it follows it.
The government sentence closes the paragraph: "therefore employed authorities to conduct fumigations" is the response to everything described, and "therefore" marks it as the conclusion.
Result
The coherent order is: Paris-resurgence → "This outbreak ... tourists" → "Experts ... rapid spread" → "Despite efforts ... airports" → "Furthermore ... metros and airports" → government fumigation. The THIRD sentence in this order is the Experts-on-international-travel sentence (E).
Cross-check
Read the chosen order end to end: every demonstrative and connector now has a valid antecedent — "This outbreak" follows the resurgence, "this infestation" follows the outbreak, "Furthermore" extends a reach statement, and "therefore" closes with the official response. No sentence is left with a dangling reference, which confirms the sequence and fixes the Experts sentence in the third slot.