Question

read the paragraph. forests are more than just a pretty addition to the landscape. forests help the environment by soaking up carbon dioxide, conserving soil, and preventing flooding. forests help people by providing a place to live and by providing jobs. over 300 million people worldwide live in forests, and over 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their jobs. which best revises a sentence from the paragraph by adding an appropriate transition? - similarly, forests are more than just a pretty addition to the landscape. - for example, forests help the environment by soaking up carbon dioxide, conserving soil, and preventing flooding. - however, forests help people by providing a place to live and by providing jobs. - to summarize, over 300 million people worldwide live in forests, and over 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their jobs.

Explanation:

• "Similarly" is incorrect because the first sentence is an introductory statement with no prior comparable idea to link to.
• "For example" is wrong here: the sentence about environmental benefits expands on the first claim, not gives a specific example of forests being "pretty".
• "However" is incorrect because the sentence about helping people is a complementary point, not a contrast to prior text.
• "To summarize" is appropriate: the final sentence provides specific numerical data that wraps up and supports the previous claim that forests help people with housing and jobs.

Answer:

D. To summarize, over 300 million people worldwide live in forests, and over 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their jobs.