Answer of Section 4, Question 2

Not suprisingly, a new report indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are the only likely explanation for global warming was disputed by some groups that (i)______ carbon dioxide emissions; these groups claim that the science pointing to dangerous human-caused warming is (ii)______.

官方解說：

The sentence tells us that it's not surprising that some groups disputed a new report claiming that carbon dioxide emissions are the "only likely explanation for global warming." It would certainly be unsurprising that groups that "oppose restrictions on" carbon dioxide emissions would dispute a report that provides a rationale for such restrictions. Thus "oppose restrictions on" is the correct answer for Blank (i).

The word that fills Blank (ii) must accurately describe how groups that oppose restrictions on carbon dioxide consider "the science pointing to dangerous human-caused warming." Since they disputed the new report, they would likely consider the science behind it to be questionable, which makes "tendentious" the best choice for Blank (ii).

Thus the correct answer is oppose restrictions on and tendentious.

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