QUESTÃO 10
Which option completes the text below correctly?
Marine Corps fitness test offers smart alternative to running
Marines of any age can now conduct the rowing portion of the PFT if they have a medical chit proving they are incapable
completing the running test. (Cpl. Jeff Drew/ Marine Corps)
The Marine Corps is making changes
its Physical Fitness Test, allowing Marines to replace the three-mile running portion of the PFT
a 5,000meter stint on a rowing machine.
Marines seeking to do that will require a medical chit to prove and explain why they can’t run. But it will allow fit and hard-working Marines to still earn a top score
their fitness test without risking unnecessary injury.
It comes at a time when the entire military is wrestling
issues of standards and fitness.
(Adapted from https://www.navytimes.com)
(A) of / to / with / on / with
(B) in / to / with / by / for
(C) to / from / with / by / with
(D) of / for / for / on / about
(E) to / for / for / by / for
Marines seeking to do that will require a medical chit to prove and explain why they can’t run. But it will allow fit and hard-working Marines to still earn a top score
(B) in / to / with / by / for
(C) to / from / with / by / with
(D) of / for / for / on / about
(E) to / for / for / by / for
Passo 1
Vamos dar uma olhada geral no texto. Trata-se de uma notícia sobre mudanças no teste de aptidão física (PFT) do Marine Corps, onde se oferece uma alternativa de remo ao teste de corrida. Precisamos preencher cinco lacunas com preposições que façam sentido nas expressões típicas do inglês: “incapable __ completing”, “make changes __ something”, “replace X __ Y”, “score __ a test” e “wrestle __ issues”.
Passo 2
Para a primeira lacuna: “incapable __ completing the running test”. Em inglês, o padrão é usar a preposição of após “incapable”. Então fica “incapable of completing”.
Passo 3
Para a segunda lacuna: “making changes __ its Physical Fitness Test”. O verbo make collocado com “changes” pede a preposição to quando falamos de modificar algo. Logo, “making changes to its Physical Fitness Test”.
Passo 4
Para a terceira lacuna: “replace the three-mile running portion of the PFT __ a 5,000 meter stint”. A construção padrão é “replace X with Y” (substituir X por Y). Portanto, “replace … with a 5,000 meter stint”.
Passo 5
Para a quarta lacuna: “still earn a top score __ their fitness test”. Em inglês dizemos “to score on a test” quando falamos de pontuar bem em um exame. Assim, “earn a top score on their fitness test”.
Passo 6
Para a quinta lacuna: “wrestling __ issues of standards and fitness”. O verbo wrestle (lutar, debater) normalmente vem seguido de with para indicar aquilo com o que se está lidando. Então, “wrestling with issues of standards and fitness”.
Passo 7
Reunindo todas as preposições na ordem das lacunas, temos:
- of
- to
- with
- on
- with
Isso corresponde à alternativa (A).
Resposta
(A) of / to / with / on / with