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United Nations talks on climate change have ended in Bangkok with little sig

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问题     United Nations talks on climate change have ended in Bangkok with little sign of progress. There are still major【B1】______between developing and rich countries,【B2】______concerns about whether an agreement can be reached.
    U. N. officials say two weeks of talks on climate change【B3】______modest progress, mainly on technical issues. But major gaps remain between rich and developing nations on how to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Developing nations want rich countries to【B4】______to higher emission reductions and provide them more funding to reduce their own emissions. Norway and Japan were the only industrialized countries to win applause for【B5】______further emission reductions.
    Bernarditas Muller is an【B6】______affairs advisor for the Philippines and spoke for the group of 77 developing nations and China. She said rich country funding offers were fortunately【B7】______. "The proposals that we have on the table before us for financing, for technology transfer, for adaptation, all of which are【B8】______binding commitments, only go towards shirking and skirting these responsibilities, shifting these responsibilities to developing countries themselves," she said.
    Industrialized countries say they hope to see more commitments from developing nations on emission reductions. Rights groups expressed concern that the difference between rich and developing nations is expanding. But Yvo de Boer, the U.N.’s top climate change official, says there have been significant advances in the process and that there is still an underlying spirit of being constructive. "All the ingredients for success are【B9】______. And, what we must do now is to【B10】______self-interest and let common interest prevail," he said. [br] 【B2】
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解析 空前的逗号和空后的concerns about…提示，所填词应为动词的分词形式，在句中充当伴随状语。highlight意为“强调”。
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