Sentence 7: Sexual compatibility, for one thing,doesn't seem to be as important as earlier researchers thought; the ability to discuss problems, on the other hand, is.

If you rewrote sentence 7 beginning with
For one thing, despite what earlier
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researchers thought,
----------------------- the next words should be

1. sexual compatibility,on the other hand
2. sexual compatibility seems more important
3. sexual compatibility seems less important
4. the ability to discuss problems is less important
5. on the other hand, the ability discuss problems

this one is a bit tough

You can get it, ASIA.

thanks Ms.Sue for the encouragement

There's a much better answer.

Ms.Sue for some reason i'm getting confused on how they are rewriting the sentence. That's what's confusing me a bit

What should come after these words?

"For one thing, despite what earlier
researchers thought, "

3 ?:-o

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3 is right. :-)

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To rephrase sentence 7 beginning with "For one thing, despite what earlier researchers thought," the correct option would be:

3. Sexual compatibility seems less important.

Explanation:
When rewriting the sentence, the phrase "doesn't seem to be as important as" is modified to "seems less important," which is the opposite meaning. The phrase "for one thing" is moved to the beginning and the phrase "despite what earlier researchers thought" is added to maintain the original context.