THE WORDRESCHEDULEDIN THE PASSAGE IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO ______...

28. The wordrescheduledin the passage is closest in meaning to ______ .A. planned B. launched C. did D. resetRead the passage carefully , then choose the best answer for each blank.Few people now question the (29)______ of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Manyscientists put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world's temperatures and areconvinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at (30)_________ from the force of the wind, rain and sun.According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events; such as hurricanes and droughts, evenmore (31)_________ and causing sea levels all around the world to rise. Environmental groups are puttingpressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (32)_________by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favor of more money beingspent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations.Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped (33) ______ carbon dioxide and other gases into theatmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, itseems, is to stay.