(Ita 1998)
ENGINEERING: Chemical Engineer
Pharmaceutical companies will spend $12.9 billion in 1998 seeking the next wonder drug - almost twice what they spent in 1990. Overall, private research-and-development budgets ( I ) $ 99.3 billion last year, up 21.7 percent in five years. Much of that investment pays chemical engineers, who put the right shade of rose in lipstick, the mouthwatering taste in fat-free cheese, the air-synthetic rubber - in Air Jordans. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ( II ) that demand in R&D ( III ) by 5 percent a year until 2005. At Pfizer Inc., chemical engineers make up to 20 percent of the manufacturing work force in the country.
Adapted from: http://www.usnews.com (U.S.News 10/28/96. Hot jobs in education, engineering, finance, franchising)
Os verbos que melhor preenchem as lacunas (I), (II) e (III) são, respectivamente:
I - have hit, II - Estimate, III - would grow.
I - hit, II - estimates, III - will grow.
I - hit, II - estimate, III - will grow.
I - hits, II - estimate, III - grows.
I - hits, II - estimates, III - grows.
Gabarito:
I - hit, II - estimates, III - will grow.