VII:
Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks
GLOBAL WARMING
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world ‘s climate. Mary scientists (46) ________ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world ‘s temperatures and are convinced that, more than (47) ________ before, the Earth is at risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. (48) ________ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more (49) ________ and causing sea levels all around the world to (50) ________ .
Environmental groups are putting (51) ________ on govemments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (52) ________ by factories and power plants, thus attracking the problem at its source. They are in (53) ________ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (54) ________ .
Some scientists, (55) ________ , 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 result. Global I warming, it seems, is to stay.
Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:
__________ (50)
Đáp án là C. rise: tăng (thường không có tân ngữ theo sau.)
Nghĩa các từ còn lại: raise: tăng lên, nâng lên ( thường theo sau là tân ngữ ); arise: nảy sinh; lift: nâng, nhấc lên