SHSAT English Language Arts Quiz
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ELA: READING COMPREHENSION
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(1) The construction of the Panama Canal was one of the most ambitious engineering projects in history, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and revolutionizing global trade. (2) The endeavor was fraught with immense challenges. (3) Workers battled tropical diseases like malaria and yellow fever, which claimed thousands of lives. (4) They also contended with treacherous terrain, including dense jungle, unstable soil, and the mountainous Continental Divide. (5) To overcome these obstacles, engineers developed innovative solutions. (6) A system of massive locks was designed to lift ships up and down, and the creation of the vast Gatun Lake provided a significant portion of the canal's waterway.
The paragraph shifts from describing the problems faced during the canal's construction to detailing the solutions in which sentence?
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