Questão 5419690

• Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE
• Órgão: CBM-AL
• Ano: 2021
• Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - CBM-AL - Soldado do Corpo de Bombeiros
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the

damaged forest is now worsening climate change

    The Amazon rainforest is most likely now a net contributor to warming of the planet, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis from more than 30 scientists.

    For years, researchers have expressed concern that rising temperatures, drought, and deforestation are reducing the capacity of the world’s largest rainforest to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and help offset emissions from fossil-fuel burning. Recent studies have even suggested that some portions of the tropical landscape already may release more carbon than they store.

    But the inhaling and exhaling of CO₂ is just one way this damp jungle, the most species-rich on Earth, influences the global climate. Activities in the Amazon, both natural and human-caused, can shift the rainforest’s contribution in significant ways, warming the air directly or releasing other greenhouse gases that do.

    Yet no team had ever tried to assess the cumulative impact of these processes, even as the region is being rapidly transformed. The research estimates that atmospheric warming from all of these sources combined now appears to swamp the forest’s natural cooling effect.

    The damage, however, can still be reversed. Halting global emissions from coal, oil, and natural gas would help restore balance, but curbing Amazon deforestation is a must, along with reducing dam building and increasing efforts to replant trees. Continuing to clear land at current rates appears certain to make warming worse for the entire world.

Internet:<www.nationalgeographic.com> (adapted). 

Based on the text above, judge the follow item.

In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun “they” refers to “some portions of the tropical landscape”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Gabarito: C

Comentários

• (C)

  " Recent studies have even suggested that some portions of the tropical landscape already may release more carbon than they store."

  Tradução-->Estudos recentes sugeriram que algumas partes da floresta amazônica já pode liberar mais carbono do que armazena.

  Collins-->You use they to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.

• A questão cobra interpretação de um texto sobre como o desmatamento de florestas está afetando o clima e também cobra conhecimento de gramática, especificamente sobre referência de pronomes.
  
  Vamos analisar o enunciado:
  
  
  In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun “they" refers to “some portions of the tropical landscape".  Tradução - Na última frase do segundo parágrafo, o pronome “elas" se refere a “algumas partes da paisagem tropical".
  
  
  Vejamos o trecho em questão, o segundo parágrafo:
  
  
  For years, researchers have expressed concern that rising temperatures, drought, and deforestation are reducing the capacity of the world's largest rainforest to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and help offset emissions from fossil-fuel burning. Recent studies have even suggested that some portions of the tropical landscape already may release more carbon than they store.
  
  Tradução - Durante anos, os pesquisadores expressaram preocupação com o fato de que o aumento das temperaturas, a seca e o desmatamento estão reduzindo a capacidade da maior floresta tropical do mundo de absorver dióxido de carbono da atmosfera e ajudar a compensar as emissões da queima de combustíveis fósseis. Estudos recentes até sugeriram que algumas partes da paisagem tropical  podem estar liberando mais carbono do que elas armazenam.
  
  
  A que se refere o pronome "elas"? Vejamos:
  Estudos recentes até sugeriram que algumas partes da paisagem tropical  podem estar liberando mais carbono do que elas armazenam.
  As perguntas que devemos fazer é: Elas quem? Quem armazena?
  E pela sentença acima podemos perceber que a resposta é "Algumas partes da paisagem tropical."
  
  
  
  Gabarito do Professor: CERTO.