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Diamondrg Posted 18 years ago
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1b00Common fungicides ---- for the puzzlingly high levels of DDT still found in some soils, even in regions where this potent insecticide ---- decades ago.02b02br
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00A) are blamed / would have been banned02br
00B) could be to blame / was banned02br
00C) might be blamed / would be banned02br
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00The 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 01u00this potent insecticide02u00 refer to? 02br
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00What do these sentences from NYTimes mean?02br
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01b00 Asbestos would have been banned from those products in 1993, and additional uses would have been ruled out in 1996.02b02br
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00Do they mean "Asbestos was banned in 1993 .... additional uses were ruled out in 1996"?02br
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02br 00A is no good because the levels would not be 01i 00puzzling02i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT (01i 00the potent insecticide02i 00) was banned. 0-

  • 02br 00A is no good because the levels would not be 01i 00puzzling02i 00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT (01i 00the potent insecticide02i 00) was banned.
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00A is no good because the levels would not be 01i00puzzling02i00 if fungicides were blamed, and they must know where DDT (01i00the potent insecticide02i00) was banned. C is no good because 01i00would be02i00 does not work for the past.02br
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00The asbestos article was written in 01
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0I 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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