Questão 61 | UFRGS - Inglês 2011

UFRGS - Inglês 2011 – Questão 61

Linguagens / Inglês / Pronouns / Kinds of Pronouns

Beware¹. There is a new danger on the streets, And you might not spot² it⁶ until it’s too late.
Pedestrians wearing iPod or MP3⁷ music player headphones⁹ have a habit of stepping¹⁴ out into the road, oblivious to traffic.
"Podestrians", as they⁸ have been called, now account for nearly one in ten minor accidents involving sudden braking and shunts¹², according to __(I)__ from an insurance company.
Well over half of the __(II)__ are described as young people teenagers or children¹¹.
"We¹⁰ have seen a significant increase in drivers citing³ such individuais as having been a factor in accidents," a spokesman for the company said.
The most common __(III)__ involves a "podestrian" stepping into the road without looking¹³ properly and failing⁴ to hear an oncoming¹⁵ vehicle.
This can force the driver to brake suddenly risking collision with the car behind.
And if a head full of music isn’t bad enough, some podestrians are talking¹⁶ ao their mobile phones at the same time.
"The problem of music players masking⁵ the noise of cars can often be compounded¹⁹ by the simultaneous use of mobile phones", the spokesman said.
"People have enjoyed listening¹⁷ to music on foot ever since the first Walkmans were introduced in the late 1970s. But 30 years on there seems to be a rising¹⁸ number of pedestrians who are isolated from traffic noise."

Daily Mail, 8 out. 2008 (adaptado)

Considere as seguintes afirmações, sobre a relação entre pronomes e os segmentos a que eles se referem.
1. A palavra "it" no segmento "spot it" (ref.6) refere-se a "iPod or MP3" (ref.7).
2. A palavra "they" (ref.8) refere-se a "Pedestrians wearing iPod or MP3 music player headphones" (ref.9).
3. A palavra "We" (ref.10) refere-se a "young people, teenagers or children" (ref.11).
Quais estão corretas?
a) Apenas 1.
b) Apenas 2.
c) Apenas 3.
d) Apenas 1 e 3.
e) 1, 2 e 3.

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