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Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases, most of them industrial by-products, threaten to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years.
(A) to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years
(B) to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly over the next fifty years than carbon dioxide will
(C) during the next fifty years to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide
(D) a warming of the Earth’s atmosphere during the next fifty years even more rapid than carbon dioxide’s

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29 Feb 2012, 11:29

Threaten to is the correct idiom.
C, D out

A. Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases is compared to carbon dioxide. A out
B is the answer
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29 Feb 2012, 21:05

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My answer is B. Here is why:
Threaten to warm is a good construction.
A, C and D have comparison errors.
In C - threaten to warm more rapidly than Co2
In D - threaten warmning more than carbon dioxide's (WHAT???)
In A - Same as C and D. threatern to warm rapidly than Co2

Re: Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases, most of them [#permalink] 29 Feb 2012, 21:05

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