Toefl exam Essentials

Words Indicating Cause
because of
created by
since
caused by

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Words Indicating Effect
therefore
so
hence
consequently
as a result
Practice
Consider the structure of the passage below and then answer the
following sentence-insertion question. Find the answer on page 111.
Theodore Roosevelt was born with asthma and poor eyesight. (1)
To conquer his handicaps, Teddy trained in a gym and became
a lightweight boxer while at Harvard. (2) Next, he went west
to hunt buffalo and run a cattle ranch. After returning east in
1886, he became a civil service reformer and also a police com-
missioner. (3) He entered national politics in 1896 when he
became assistant navy secretary under President McKinley. He
served in that post during the Spanish-American War. (4) Later
he led the Rough Riders on a cavalry charge up San Juan Hill
in Cuba. After achieving fame, he became Governor of New York
and then Vice President under McKinley. When McKinley died
in 1901, he assumed the presidency. In 1904, he was elected pres-
ident in his own right.
The following sentence can be added to the passage:
Yet this sickly child later won fame as a political leader, Rough
Rider, and hero of the common people.

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