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In paragraph 6 of the passage, there is a missing sentence. The paragraph is repeated below and
shows four letters (A, B, C, and D) that indicate where the following sentence could be added.
These people had a significant linguistic impact on the continent as well.
Where would the sentence best fit?
The diffusion of agriculture and later of iron was accompanied by a great movement of people who may
have carried these innovations. These people probably originated in eastern Nigeria. (A) Their migration
may have been set in motion by an increase in population caused by a movement of peoples fleeing
the desiccation, or drying up, of the Sahara. (B) They spoke a language, proto-Bantu (“bantu” means
“the people”), which is the parent tongue of a large number of Bantu languages still spoken throughout
sub-Saharan Africa. Why and how these people spread out into central and southern Africa remains
a mystery, but archaeologists believe that their iron weapons allowed them to conquer their huntinggathering
opponents, who still used stone implements. (C) Still, the process is uncertain, and peaceful
migration—or simply rapid demographic growth—may have also caused the Bantu explosion. (D)
(A) Option A
(B) Option B
(C) Option C
(D) Option D
(B) Option B