Questão 2183812

• Banca: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - RJ
• Órgão: Prefeitura de Rio de Janeiro - RJ
• Ano: 2010
• Provas: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - RJ - 2010 - Prefeitura de Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Professor I - Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Verbos modais | Modal verbs; Verbos | Verbs

Answer question according to TEXT 1 below, adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8606466.stm (accessed on April 7th, 2010) .

TEXT 1

At least 200 people have died in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro after another storm. This is arguably the worst torrential rain for decades, causing flooding and landslides. Our website readers in Rio de Janeiro have been sharing their experiences.

Comment 1 - I’ve never seen such chaos. We weren’t prepared for this, even though we were warned that a big storm was about to come. Newspapers are saying that the reason for the catastrophe is the garbage. Well it may have been. We need to teach recycling at schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters like this. (Lia, Niterói)

Comment 2 - Today I witnessed Rio de Janeiro on the brink of collapse. I ventured out around midday, just as the electric power blacked out in my neighbourhood. Three hours later, looking out of my office window, the city still reminded me of a war zone. “What´ve we done to deserve this?”, I thought. It’s night time now and I haven’t been able to return home. I might do so tomorrow. (José, Rio)

Comment 3 - Worldwide, we are seeing more and more climate instability. The deserts of central Asia are growing, while areas of the US (and now Rio) are drenched. The lakes in Minnesota have never thawed this early, at any time in the recorded record. The icecaps will be history, and islands around the world are disappearing under the surf. The oceans are warming, the coral reefs are dying. How much more evidence do we need of global warming? (João, Brasília)

The modals may in “Well it may have been” (Comment 1) and might in “I might do so tomorrow” (Comment 2) suggest that the writer is:

• A. implying volition
• B. voicing suspicion
• C. exercising discretion
• D. making a prediction

Gabarito: D

Comentários

• A) implying volition - This is not correct because this refers to an action of making a conscious choice or decision.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois se refere a uma escolha ou decisão consciente.
  
  B) voicing suspicion - This is not correct because the idea here is that a person is having a feeling, thinking or believing that someone is guilty of something.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois a ideia aqui é de que uma pessoa tem o sentimento, pensamento ou crença de que alguém é culpado de algo.
  
  C) exercising discretion - This is not correct because the idea is that someone has the right or ability to make a judgment or decision.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois passa a ideia de que alguém tem o direito ou habilidade de fazer um julgamento ou tomar uma decisão.
  
  Resposta: D
  
  This is correct because these people use information from a text and their own personal experience to anticipate what it is about to happen.
  
  Esta resposta está correta pois essas pessoas usam a informação de um texto  e sua experiência pessoal para se antecipar ao que está prestes a acontecer.
  
  
  
  
  
  

• "making a prediction" of something that already happened? (in the case of comment 1).