Instituto Rio Branco (Instituto Rio Branco) - Diplomata - IADES (Instituto Americano de Desenvolvimento) - 2019

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary in the text, mark the following item as right (C) or wrong (E).

In the first paragraph, the word “swathes” (line 1) can be correctly replaced with areas.

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In the first paragraph, the word “blast” (line 3) can be correctly replaced with number.

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Deaths caused by heatwaves do not shock people as much as deaths by other natural disasters do.

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Heatwaves are probably more lethal than floods.

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In the second paragraph, the words “havoc” (line 16) and “ravages” (line 19) both mean “extensive or devastating destruction”.

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The cause-effect relationship between heatwaves and deaths is not obvious.

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Emissions need to be stopped if a heatwave like the one in 2003 is to be avoided.

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Another correct preposition used with the verb “Compared” (line 2) is with, as in “to compare with”.

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The expression “Had it not been” (line 9) describes a hypothetical action that would have occurred in the past.

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In the fragment “to its achievement” (line 17), the underlined pronoun refers to “religious intensity” (line 16).