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ID
9517
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
MRE
Ano
2004
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":

Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)

On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.


Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps
:

Gaps no.3 and no.3.1:

Alternativas
Comentários
  •  But they resent the … (3) and … (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled business conglomerates, known as chaebol
     Mas eles se ressentem da dominância econômica e política da gigante família-controlada, empresas conglomeradas, conhecidas como chaebol
    "Chaebol" é o termo coreano que define um conglomerado de empresas em torno de uma empresa-mãe.
    "econômica"- economic
    "política" - political
    Alternativa D está correta.
  • d-

     

    Para manter o paralelismo, é necessário preencher as lacunas com palavras da mesma função sintática. adj-adj, adv-adv etc. Devido á natureza da oração, somente adjetivo se encaixa no contexto. Resta saber se se usa economic ou economical.

     

    Economic & economical significam econômico. Economic é em relação à economia de um estado, país etc, enquanto que economical significa prudência financeira ou mão-de-vaca.