COLÉGIO OPÇÃO. ATIV. 2º ANO. A, B, C, D. 4.

"Andrew Parker, a researcher at the Australian

CENTRO E CANDEIAS. Museum, discovered that a bevy of tropical beauties
MISTER. are capable of harnessing solar power for murderous
(ESTA ATIVIDADE DEVE SER RESPONDIDA DE ends."
FORMA MANUSCRITA NO CADERNO DA DISCIPLINA)
A expressão ARE CAPABLE OF, no texto acima,
01. In the sentence: "They must be accompanied by significa o mesmo que:
their parents”, must can be replaced by: a) can
a) can b) must
b) may c) might
c) could d) should
d) have to e) Will
e) will
(Uel) Pro Basketball sensation Shaquille O'Neal
02. When you see the sign NO SMOKING, you shills for Pepsi. Former NBA great Michael Jordan is
_____ . Gatorade's spokesman. Now the league's 1994 MVP,
a. mustn't smoke Houston Rockets center Hakeem (The Dream)
b. can't smoke Olajuwon has become chairman of year-old World
c. have to smoke Class Waters, of which he owns half.
d. should smoke World Class' Pure Texas bottled water just hit
e. are smoking too much supermarket shelves in Houston. The firm also bottles
private-label water and is selling Hakeem Olajuwon
H‚O at Houston's Summit arena, home to the NBA
(Puc-rio) KIDS AND TV: PARENTS DON'T champion Rockets. Giant food distributor Sysco MAY
PRACTICE WHAT EXPERTS PREACH take the brand national.
Olajuwon should have no trouble promoting
"We want parents to watch with their kids," he his product. "All I drink is water", says he. OVER a
added. One reason is that viewing ethnic stereotypes gallon a day.
or bad behavior on TV can become instructive, when
parents explain why children should not copy what 5. O verbo MAY, no texto, indica
they saw. a) um dever.
b) uma necessidade.
3. In the sentence "One reason (...) TV can become c) uma certeza.
instructive, when parents explain why children should d) uma obrigação.
not copy what they saw." (ref. 13), the word "can" e) uma possibilidade.
expresses the idea of:
a) ability. (Uece) Read the following passage carefully:
b) request. The morning of our separation arrived
c) inability. and, with it, my ten carriers. John and I surveyed
d) permission. them as we ate breakfast under the trees on the rest
e) possibility. house lawn. They were an unprepossessing lot.
'I shouldn't think,' said John, eyeing them, 'that
you will even reach Eshobi with that lot.'
(Uel) GOTCHA FISH At this moment, however, the barber arrived. It
had been John who had suggested that I should get
Andrew Parker, a researcher at the Australian my hair cut before plunging off to Eshobi, and the
Museum, discovered that a bevy of tropical beauties suggestion was sound.
are capable of harnessing solar power for murderous
ends. Parker revealed last spring that the scales on a 06. Choose the best alternative according to the text.
species of Amazonian angelfish reflect almost 100 'Should' (ref. 4) means...
percent of the sunlight that falls on them. The fish use a) would
their mirrorlike sides in Star Wars-type light fights. b) had to
They zap their rivals by turning their sides to reflect c) ought to
beams of sunlight like lasers. The intense flashes can d) might
burst blood vessels in the eyes of their targets and
even cause death.
(Discovery, January 2000)