9. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving , ___ the incipient ___ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| A forestalling | D consensus |
| B escalating | E rift |
| C engendering | F rumors |
选AE
翻译：十年内，围绕地球转动的精密的望远镜将确定大陆是否真的在移动，中止最近在地理学家中出现的关于大陆漂移理论是否可靠的争论。
forestall 抢先于…采取行动(以阻止对方)
escalate 增大，升级
engender 产生，引起，造成
incipient 初始的，早期的，刚出现的
consensus 大致统一或一致，大多数意见
rift 裂缝，分歧，失和
rumor 谣言
