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Answer:
The answer is below
Explanation:
Research problems are more likely to be derived from circumstances that convey a sense of difficulty because it is during this period or situation there exist needs to solve such difficulty.
The human drive to solve problems increases when there is a sense of difficulty, especially the circumstances affecting people generally.
For example, in an emerging field or novel situation involving difficulty like this period of coronavirus, there is an increase in carrying out more research problems to solve the difficulty.
1. Are you free to study tomorrow?
2. Are you available to write the email?
3. Did anyone even clap?
4. Is there cream in these dishes?
5. I can’t tell, am I thinner than you?
The correct answer is D. Destructive, mindless.
Explanation
The Tone of a text is a literary technique in which the author of the text expresses her attitude or feelings regarding a topic so that the audience perceives them. According to the above, in the second paragraph of the fragment, Carlos uses the words "destructive" and "mindless" to express his position of the issue of whales' harm, arguing it is not necessary because there are already alternatives to obtain similar oils to those obtained from whales. So the correct answer is D. Destructive, mindless.