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Difficulty: EasySupport and Cause-Effect Clues

Fill in the blank to complete the sentence based on the cause-and-effect relationship established by the context.

Answer:Because the archival records preserved from the monastery were remarkably 【comprehensive】, historians were able to reconstruct the community's daily agricultural routines with exceptional detail.

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The sentence is best completed by a word meaning complete, thorough, or highly detailed, such as 'comprehensive'.
The initial causal marker 'Because' indicates that the characteristic of the monastery's archival records directly accounts for the historians' success in achieving a reconstruction marked by 'exceptional detail.' A word meaning thorough or complete, such as 'comprehensive', logically aligns the cause with the observed effect.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the logical transition word and structural clue in the sentence.
The subordinating conjunction 'Because' sets up a cause-and-effect relationship between the nature of the archival records and the historians' ability to reconstruct daily routines.
Recognizing causal signals helps establish the required meaning of the target word.
2
Analyze the effect clause to determine the meaning needed for the blank.
The effect is that historians reconstructed routines 'with exceptional detail.' Therefore, the cause—the archival records—must possess a quality that enables detailed reconstruction.
The missing descriptor for the cause must directly support and justify the detailed outcome described.
3
Select a word that matches the required meaning of thoroughness or completeness.
Words such as 'comprehensive', 'thorough', or 'exhaustive' correctly complete the sentence.
Records that are complete and thorough directly cause and enable a detailed historical account.

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Support and Cause-Effect Clues
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