Questão 22cb969f-f9
Prova:IF Sudeste - MG 2017
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Preposições | Prepositions, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions
Read the following article, ignoring the empty spaces (1-5) for the time being. Then, check
the alternative in which all the spaces have been CORRECTLY filled:
Will human beings ever live on other planets?
(1) __________ we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems
as tough space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than
Mars, our nearest neighbor. No matter how many films we make about space travel, the fact is that it
remains technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. (2) __________ the distances involved are
immense, any voyage outside the solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology.
Wherever human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their
spaceship would have to carry vast amounts of fuel (3) __________ cover the distance. Even Mars is so far
away that it would take about six months to get there. (4) __________ the distance between Earth and Mars
varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years before they could return using the shortest
journey time. (5) __________ it could cost as much as $ 100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned
for sometime between 2010 and 2020.
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, London. 2008. p. 165.
Check the CORRECT alternative.
Read the following article, ignoring the empty spaces (1-5) for the time being. Then, check
the alternative in which all the spaces have been CORRECTLY filled:
Will human beings ever live on other planets?
(1) __________ we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems
as tough space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than
Mars, our nearest neighbor. No matter how many films we make about space travel, the fact is that it
remains technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. (2) __________ the distances involved are
immense, any voyage outside the solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology.
Wherever human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their
spaceship would have to carry vast amounts of fuel (3) __________ cover the distance. Even Mars is so far
away that it would take about six months to get there. (4) __________ the distance between Earth and Mars
varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years before they could return using the shortest
journey time. (5) __________ it could cost as much as $ 100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned
for sometime between 2010 and 2020.
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, London. 2008. p. 165.
Check the CORRECT alternative.
A
(1) Because (2) Though (3) for (4) Since (5) That.
B
(1) However (2) Because (3) to (4) When (5) Why.
C
(1) Although (2) Since (3) in order to (4) As (5) Even though.
D
(1) Though (2) Providing (3) so that (4) Whenever (5) Although.
E
(1) Although (2) Because (3) for to (4) As (5) Although.
