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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Businesslike

0 "The meeting on environmental issues produced 01i00___ discussion but no commitment on a plan of action: the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the policymakers___02i00. 02br
00A. little...voluble 02br
00B. heated...contentious 02br
00C. cordial...quarrelsome 02br
00D. frustrating...affable 02br
00E. interminable...businesslike" 02br
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00The answer is E. But I prefer B. Because I don't think "businesslike" fits here. 02br
00To me, "busy" may be better then. 02br
00What do you think? 0-
  

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0I suppose it is businesslike because of the 'huge cost'. B won't do because it would be the issues, not the participants, that were contentious. 02br 0-

  • 0I suppose it is businesslike because of the 'huge cost'.
  • B won't do because it would be the issues, not the participants, that were contentious.
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0I suppose it is businesslike because of the 'huge cost'. B won't do because it would be the issues, not the participants, that were contentious. 02br
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