Circle the letter that correctly completes the blanks 1 and 2 with the right degree of the adjectives.
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Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Gabarito comentado
Resposta: A — the biggest / the largest
Tema central: grau dos adjetivos (comparativo vs. superlativo). A questão exige reconhecer sinais no contexto que pedem superlativo em duas posições: uma com “of which” e outra com “one of… exporters”.
Resumo teórico: - Comparativo (bigger, larger) compara dois elementos: “X is bigger than Y”. - Superlativo (the biggest, the largest) indica o extremo dentro de um grupo: “the biggest city” ou em estruturas como “one of the largest exporters”. Fontes: Cambridge Dictionary — entries “comparative and superlative adjectives”.
Justificativa da alternativa correta (A): - Blank 1: a construção “..., _____ of which covers ...” pede o superlativo porque refere-se a uma parte que é a maior entre outras partes do conjunto. Logo: “the biggest of which” (ou “the largest of which”) — forma correta: the biggest. Note o artigo definido “the”, obrigatório no superlativo. - Blank 2: “It is already one of _____ exporters …” requer a estrutura típica “one of the + superlative (plural countable)”: the largest exporters.
Análise das alternativas incorretas: - B (the bigger / the largest): “the bigger” está em forma comparativa (errada com “of which” aqui, que pede superlativo). - C (the biggest / the larger): primeiro está ok, mas “one of the larger exporters” seria menos natural e gramaticalmente incorreto sem “the” e sem plural adequado; a expressão correta é “one of the largest exporters”. - D (bigger than / larger than): formas comparativas com “than” exigem comparação direta (“bigger than X”), não encaixam nas construções apresentadas. - E (big than / large than): incorreta/inexistente — “big than” e “large than” são formas erradas; falta formação comparativa (“bigger/larger than”).
Dica prática: Ao ver “of which” e “one of…”, pergunte-se: estamos apontando o extremo de um grupo? Se sim, use “the + superlativo”. Verifique presença de “than” para comparativos.
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