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How do paragraphs 18-20 contribute to the development of the theme?
A) They illustrate that the people do not know what will result from their actions.
B) They demonstrate how dangerous the hole is to human life and why it must be filled.
C) They give an example of how changes in the environment can positively affect human beings.
D) They show how people that live in close contact with nature are better able to understand natural changes.
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[18] The scientist contacted people at his laboratory and had them bring out a high-powered bull horn, with which he was going to check out the echo from the holeās bottom. He tried switching through various sounds, but there was no echo. The scientist was puzzled, but he could not very well give up with everyone watching him so intently. He put the bull horn right up to the hole, turned it to its highest volume, and let it sound continuously for a long time. It was a noise that would have carried several dozen kilometers above ground. But the hole just calmly swallowed up the sound.
[19] In his own mind the scientist was at a loss, but with a look of apparent composure he cut off the sound and, in a manner suggesting that the whole thing had a perfectly plausible explanation, said simply, āFill it in.ā
[20] Safer to get rid of something one didnāt understand.
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