⬛ TEXTO 4 (clique para abrir / fechar)
From space, astronaut sounds the alarm about climate crisis
The Associated Press
A French astronaut has used a video call from space to sound the alarm about worsening repercussions from climate change that he can see ______ the International Space Station.
Entire regions of Earth in flames.
Storms trailing destruction in their wake.
And the haunting fragility of humanity’s only home floating like a blue – but also tarnished – pearl in the vastness of space.
Through the portholes ______ the International Space Station, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has an arresting view of global warming’s repercussions.
He used a video call from space to sound the alarm Thursday, as negotiators, government officials and activists continued meeting at a U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
“We see the pollution of rivers, atmospheric pollution, things like that.”
“We saw entire regions burning from the space station, ______ Canada, in California,” he said.
“We saw all of California covered ______ a cloud of smoke and flames with the naked eye from 400 kilometers (250 miles) up.”
🔗 Source: ABC News – Access on October 25th.
🟨 QUESTÃO 38
The word from the text that has an irregular plural form is:
🄰 change
🄱 climate
🄲 crisis
🄳 pearl
🔐 Gabarito trancado (clique para revelar)
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
A questão cobra morfologia nominal, especificamente a formação do plural em inglês. Algumas palavras de origem grega ou latina apresentam plural irregular.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) ❌ change
Forma plural regular: changes.
🚩 Pegadinha: palavra frequente, mas morfologicamente simples.
(B) ❌ climate
Forma plural regular: climates.
🚩 Pegadinha: substantivo abstrato induz distração.
(C) ✅ crisis
Plural irregular: crises.
🚩 Pegadinha: alteração completa da terminação (-is → -es).
(D) ❌ pearl
Forma plural regular: pearls.
🚩 Pegadinha: substantivo concreto com plural previsível.
🧠 Resumo Final
✔ “Crisis” tem plural irregular: crises
✔ As demais palavras seguem o padrão regular (-s / -es)
✔ Questão exige atenção à origem da palavra
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: (C)