Questão 8bc70343-05
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In the fragment “epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders”,
the underlined word can be replaced, with no change in meaning, by
In the fragment “epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders”,
the underlined word can be replaced, with no change in meaning, by
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The aliens among us
Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers,
the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars-cov-2
shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from
Covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first
world war. Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made
possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which
annihilated many of the original inhabitants.
(www.economist.com, 22.08.2020. Adapted.)
Read the text to answer question.
The aliens among us
Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers,
the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars-cov-2
shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from
Covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first
world war. Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made
possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which
annihilated many of the original inhabitants.
(www.economist.com, 22.08.2020. Adapted.)
A
unfavorably.
B
unhopefully.
C
irresponsibly.
D
inadvertently.
E
dishonestly.
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Joana PessoaProfessora de Inglês e Tradutora de Textos - Inglês/Português.