Question

(UEM - adapted) Read the text.
Extreme weather events increased over past decade
Extreme weather events over the past decade have increased and were very likely caused by human-induced global warming, according to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Scientists used physics, statistical analysis and computer simulations to link extreme rainfall and heatwaves to global warming. The link between warming and storms was less clear.
1It is very likely that 2several of the unprecedented extremes of the past decade would not have occurred without anthropogenic global warming. The past decade was probably the warmest globally for at least a millennium.
4Extreme weather events were devastating in their impacts and affected nearly all regions of the world. They included 3severe floods and record hot summers in Europe; a record number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic in 2005; the hottest Russian summer since 1500 in 2010 and the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history. In 2011 alone, the United States suffered 14 weather events which caused losses of over $1billion each.
The high amount of extremes is not normal, the study said. For some types of extreme weather, there are physical reasons why they would 5increase in a warming climate. For example, 7if average temperature 6rises, then so will the number of heat records. Natural weather patterns like El Nino or La Nina can also cause highs in global temperature or increased precipitation which leads to floods.
The link between storms and hurricanes and global warming is less conclusive, but at least some of recent rainfall extremes can be attributed to human influences on the climate.
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Choose the alternative(s) in which the information about the words from the text is correct.
I. “It is very likely” (ref. 1) is the same as “It’s probably true”.
II. “several” (ref. 2) is a quantifier which derives from the adjective “severe” (ref. 3).
III. In the extract “Extreme weather events were devastating in their impacts...” (ref. 4), the underlined words are an example of the present progressive tense.
IV. “increase” (ref. 5) and “rises” (ref. 6) both mean “become larger in amount, number, or degree”.
V. The extract “... if average temperature rises, then so will the number of heat records.” (ref. 7) is expressed in a conditional form.
Escolha uma:
a. II, III and IV
b. II, IV, and V
c. I, IV and V
d. I, III and V

Answer 1

A letra correta é a c)