Questão nº 18
Questão de Língua Inglesa · FGV Receita Federal do Brasil 2023 - Manhã (nº 18)
How trade can become a gateway to climate resilience
Most people don't think about climate change when they lift a café latte to their lips or nibble on a square of chocolate — but this could soon change.
Based on current trajectories, around a quarter of Brazil's coffee farms and 37% of Indonesia's are likely to be lost to climate change. Swathes of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire — where most of the world's chocolate is sourced — will become too hot to grow cocoa by 2050.
Climate-related droughts and deadly heatwaves across the world have coincided with severe storms, cyclones, hurricanes, and, of course, a pandemic. As a consequence of these shocks, millions of people have been left without homes, and a growing number of people now face starvation and a total collapse of livelihoods as growing and exporting staple crops becomes untenable.
We must immediately rethink the shape of our economies, agricultural systems and consumption patterns. Our priority is to manufacture climate resilience in global economies and societies — and we must do it quickly.
Trade can kickstart the emergence of climate-resilient economies, especially in the poorest countries. Trade has a multiplier effect on economies by driving production growth and fostering the expansion of export industries. By shifting focus to production and exports that increase climate resilience, there is potential to exponentially increase the land surface and trade processes prepared to withstand the climate crisis.
Adapted from: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/trade-can-be-a-gateway-to-climate-resilience
The adjective in "the poorest countries" (5th paragraph) is in the same form as
- AAll nations should be more attentive to the homeless.
- BGhana will be having a fine chocolate harvest in 2050.
- CBrazil is one amongst many coffee-producing countries.
- DIt is hard to point out the most comfortable places on Earth. (alternativa correta)
- EHopefully by 2050 there will be fewer climate-related issues.
Resposta comentada
Gabarito Alternativa D
O adjetivo em "the poorest countries" está no superlativo (forma que expressa o grau máximo de uma qualidade, geralmente com "-est" ou "the most + adjetivo"). Para não errar, lembre: superlativo sempre vem com "the" e compara um elemento com um grupo inteiro.
- (A) Incorreta: "more attentive" é comparativo (compara duas coisas), não superlativo.
- (B) Incorreta: "fine" é o grau normal do adjetivo, sem qualquer comparação.
- (C) Incorreta: "many" é um quantificador, não um adjetivo no grau superlativo.
- (D) Correta: "the most comfortable" é superlativo (assim como "the poorest"), pois indica o grau máximo de conforto entre todos os lugares.
- (E) Incorreta: "fewer" é comparativo (indica quantidade menor em relação a outra), não superlativo. Armadilha da banca: muitos alunos confundem "fewer" com superlativo por parecer uma forma de grau, mas ele compara apenas dois elementos, enquanto o superlativo exige "the" e o contexto de um grupo.
Fonte: FGV Receita Federal do Brasil 2023 - Manhã Auditor-Fiscal da Receita Federal do Brasil (Caderno Tipo 1). Reproduzida para fins de estudo.