Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
GLOBAL WARMING
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many scientists (1) _____________the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more (2) _____________and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (3) _____________by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favor of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, (4) _____________ could then replace existing power station.
Some scientists, (5) _____________, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.
(5) _________
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Lời giải:
Báo saibut: nhưng (nối 2 mệnh đề tương phản)
although: tuy nhiên ((nối 2 mệnh đề tương phản)
despite: tuy nhiên (nối 2 mệnh đề tương phản)
however: tuy nhiên (nối 2 câu, 2 mệnh đề tương phản)
Ta thấy liên từ đóng vai trò nối 2 câu tương phản về nghĩa nên đáp án phù hợp là however
=> Some scientists, (5) however believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, một số nhà khoa học tin rằng ngay cả khi chúng ta ngừng thải carbon dioxide và các khí khác vào bầu khí quyển vào ngày mai, chúng ta sẽ phải đợi vài trăm năm nữa để nhận thấy kết quả.