(EsPCEx - 2019)
Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 51, 52 e 53.
Lego wants to replace plastic blocks with sustainable materials
“The Lego Group wants to replace the plastic in their products with a “sustainable material” by 2030, the company announced.
The world’s largest toy company will invest $1 billion in their new LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre in Denmark, which ______ (1) devoted to finding and implementing new sustainable alternatives for their current building materials. Lego plans on hiring 100 specialists for the center. There is no official definition of a sustainable material.
Legos ______ (2) made with a strong plastic known as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene since 1963. The company uses more than 6,000 tons of plastic annually to manufacture its products, according to NBC News.
Changing the raw material could have a large effect on Lego’s carbon footprint, especially considering that only 10% of the carbon emissions from Lego products come from its factories. The other 90% is produced from the extraction and refinement of raw materials, as well as distribution from factories to toy stores.
The company ______ (3) already taken steps to lower its carbon footprint, including a reduction of packaging size and an investment in an offshore wind farm.”
Adapted from: https://time.com/3931946/lego-sustainable-materials/
Choose the alternative containing the correct verb forms to complete gaps (1), (2) and (3) in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 respectively.
have, will be, have.
are, have been, have.
will be, has been, hasn't.
will be, have been, has.
will be, haven’t been, has.
Gabarito:
will be, have been, has.
1: A frase que antecede a lacuna indica um evento que está para acontecer, previsto para o futuro: o investimento da Lego em sua nova filial na Dinamarca. A próxima frase continua falando sobre a nova filial, explicando que ela vai trabalhar no desenvolvimento de materiais sustentáveis como alternativa ao que se usa hoje. Assim, o verbo que completa a primeira lacuna é will be.
“The [...] company will invest [...] in their new LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre in Denmark, which will be devoted to finding and implementing new alternatives for their current building materials.” = A empresa vai investir em seu novo Centro de Materiais Sustentáveis LEGO na Dinamarca, que vai ser dedicado à descoberta e implementação de alternativas aos materiais usados atualmente.
2: “Legos have been made with a strong plastic known as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene since 1963.” = As peças de lego têm sido produzidas com um material específico desde 1963. O verbo "made" indica a lacuna deve ser preenchida pela construção "have been".
3: “The company has already taken steps to lower its carbon footprint [...]” = A companhia já tem tomado atitudes para reduzir sua emissão de carbono. O sujeito "company", no singular, acompanhado do termo "already", exige o verbo "has".