Can you help me choose the answer from B and C ?
The government is seeking to ______carbon emission from power stations.
A.exhaust B.decrease C.curb D.refuseIt's from an ielts books. Thanks for your thoughts, everybody, I think I get it now, I have to read more to decide from b and c.
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Answers · 5
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It is could be B or C. It COULD NOT be A or D at all. If it is quiz/test question it is not very well written.
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Answer A - Exhausting (using it up / emitting) the Carbon emission is an illogical statement, as it would either mean that they plan to increase pollution or that they'd try to use up a process, which wouldn't work either.
Answer B - Decreasing the Carbon emission seems to be a reasonable statement, as it corresponds to the context given: The government is looking for ways to reduce pollution.
Answer C - Curbing the Carbon emission can be a possible answer, yet the usage of "to curb" would be strange, if not inappropriate. As "to curb" is somewhat synonym to "to regulate", it could be used, but would potentially lead to some form of misunderstanding.
Answer D - Refusing Carbon emission is practically impossible, as this describes a process of declining an offer.
To conclude - The most viable answer would be B.
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This answer is probably B, but as Rue said it would be helpful to have more context.
Laurence
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Of the possible answer between B and C, I pick B. To me, curbing has a holding back vibe.
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I need more information. All of these are possible. Is there a story to it?
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