（ ） that many animals seem to be highly sensitive to various signals associated with earthquakes, the basic question remains of how this behavior can be put to use in earthquake prediction.
动词词义辨析题。A选项的considering that “鉴于……，就……而论，考虑到”；B选项的provided that“如果，条件是，倘若”；C选项的granted that “即使，假定”；D选项的assuming that “假定”。根据句意“即使许多动物似乎对于地震有关的各种信号具有高度的敏感性，根本问题仍然是如何能将此习性在预报地震中加以运用”确定C选项正确。
