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Diamondrg Posted 18 years ago
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1 b 00 Common fungicides ---- for the puzzlingly high levels of DDT still found in some soils, even in regions where this potent insecticide ---- decades ago. 02 b 02 br
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00 A) are blamed / would have been banned 02 br
00 B) could be to blame / was banned 02 br
00 C) might be blamed / would be banned 02 br
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00 The answer is B, but how can one eliminate A and C? And do you think there is something wrong in the sentence, that is, what does 01 u 00 this potent insecticide 02 u 00 refer to? 02 br
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00 What do these sentences from NYTimes mean? 02 br
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01 b 00 Asbestos would have been banned from those products in 1993, and additional uses would have been ruled out in 1996. 02 b 02 br
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00 Do they mean "Asbestos was banned in 1993 .... additional uses were ruled out in 1996"? 02 br
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00 A) are blamed / would have been banned 02 br
00 B) could be to blame / was banned 02 br
00 C) might be blamed / would be banned 02 br
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00 The answer is B, but how can one eliminate A and C? And do you think there is something wrong in the sentence, that is, what does 01 u 00 this potent insecticide 02 u 00 refer to? 02 br
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00 What do these sentences from NYTimes mean? 02 br
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01 b 00 Asbestos would have been banned from those products in 1993, and additional uses would have been ruled out in 1996. 02 b 02 br
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00 Do they mean "Asbestos was banned in 1993 .... additional uses were ruled out in 1996"? 02 br
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02 br 00 A is no good because the levels would not be 01 i 00 puzzling 02 i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT ( 01 i 00 the potent insecticide 02 i 00 ) was banned. 0-
- 02 br 00 A is no good because the levels would not be 01 i 00 puzzling 02 i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT ( 01 i 00 the potent insecticide 02 i 00 ) was banned.
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00 A is no good because the levels would not be 01 i 00 puzzling 02 i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT ( 01 i 00 the potent insecticide 02 i 00 ) was banned. C is no good because 01 i 00 would be 02 i 00 does not work for the past. 02 br
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00 The asbestos article was written in 01
00 A is no good because the levels would not be 01 i 00 puzzling 02 i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT ( 01 i 00 the potent insecticide 02 i 00 ) was banned. C is no good because 01 i 00 would be 02 i 00 does not work for the past. 02 br
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00 The asbestos article was written in 01
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0 I see. According to the Article in 1991 they would be banned in 1993 and 1996 but in retrospect they weren't. The sentences in my post mean it, right? 0-
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