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Texto-base:
1 An aeroplane was forced to circle for more than half an
hour after an air traffic controller dozed off. The pilot of the
cargo plane said he attempted a number of times to contact
the controller for permission to land – but got no answer.
5 He was forced to circle Nice Airport in France until
the sleepy controller was woken up by security officials more
than 30 minutes later. French air traffic control service
DGAC described the case as ‘extremely rare’ and said the
cargo plane ‘had never been in difficulty’.
10 An internal investigation has now been set up to discover
why the controller fell asleep on the job.
(Adapted from www.flightglobal.com)
GLOSSARY
dozed off – adormeceu
The verb “discover” (line 10), in the text, is closest in meaning to
1 An aeroplane was forced to circle for more than half an
hour after an air traffic controller dozed off. The pilot of the
cargo plane said he attempted a number of times to contact
the controller for permission to land – but got no answer.
5 He was forced to circle Nice Airport in France until
the sleepy controller was woken up by security officials more
than 30 minutes later. French air traffic control service
DGAC described the case as ‘extremely rare’ and said the
cargo plane ‘had never been in difficulty’.
10 An internal investigation has now been set up to discover
why the controller fell asleep on the job.
(Adapted from www.flightglobal.com)
GLOSSARY
dozed off – adormeceu
The verb “discover” (line 10), in the text, is closest in meaning to
Resolução comentada
'Discover' no contexto equivale a descobrir/apurar; o gabarito indica 'establish'.
Na frase, a investigação interna foi aberta para descobrir ou apurar por que o controlador dormiu. 'Establish' tem o sentido de apurar/determinar um fato, o que se aproxima de 'discover' nesse contexto. Esse é o gabarito oficial.
Análise das alternativas
A) 'Realize' é perceber, e não se usa para uma investigação. B) 'Decide' é decidir. C) 'Suppose' é supor, o oposto de apurar um fato.
Referência: Vocabulário em contexto.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.