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Source: OG2

Only with the discovery of an ozone hole over Antarctica in 1985 did chemical companies finally relinquish their opposition to a ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which destroy ozone. The discovery suggested that strong political action to halt production of CFCs might be (i)_____, and fortunately, the chemical industry no longer felt compelled to oppose such action: although companies had recently (ii)_____their research into CFC substitutes, studies they had initiated years earlier had produced (iii)_____results.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A imminent D corroborated G encouraging
B imprudent E publicized H inconclusive
C premature F curtailed I unsurprising

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