Questão 2190157

• Banca: NUCEPE
• Órgão: Prefeitura de Teresina - PI
• Ano: 2016
• Provas: NUCEPE - 2016 - Prefeitura de Teresina - PI - Professor - Língua Inglesa
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Verbos | Verbs

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Mario-Centered Nintendo Land To Open By Tokyo Olympics

Nintendo Land is set to become the next highly-anticipated attraction at Universal Studios Japan, where it is scheduled to debut by 2020 in time for the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The recently confirmed $350 million deal was said to mirror the same large-scale investment that was needed in building the Harry Potter-themed area of the park, which opened to the public in July 2014.

Source: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/138890/20160 305/mario-centered-nintendo-land-set-to-openby-tokyo-olympics.htm. (Adapted). Access: March 23^rd, 2016.  

One can infer from the title “Mario-Centered Nintendo Land To Open by Tokyo Olympics” that “to open”

• A. can be replaced by “is going to open” without changes in meaning.
• B. means that it opened in July 2014 as Harry Potter-themed area.
• C. means there is no fee for the public.
• D. means it is scheduled to debut after July 2014.
• E. means an event is opening now in a park in Japan.

Gabarito: A

Comentários

• a-

   

  The infinitive is usually employed to express purpose (can be replaced by in order to. Answers why questions).

   

  He stopped to regain his breath. 

  
  It can also be used to express the idea of future tense when used in the 3rd singular person. Note that in the 1st person, it is a case of periphrastic construction, acquiring a connotation resembling modals of obligation.