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Navy Ships Respond to Piracy Attack
Late night on 08 April ______ distress call was received from ______ foreign merchant vessel MV OS 35 (Tuvalu registered vessel), which was attacked and boarded by pirates in ______ Gulf of Aden.
______Indian Navy ships Mumbai, Tarkash, Trishul and Aditya proceeding on deployment to ______ Mediterranean responded to ______ call and rapidly closed ______ merchant vessel by ______ early hours of 09 April.
(Adapted from http: / / www. marineinsight .com / shipping)
Navy Ships Respond to Piracy Attack
Late night on 08 April ______ distress call was received from ______ foreign merchant vessel MV OS 35 (Tuvalu registered vessel), which was attacked and boarded by pirates in ______ Gulf of Aden.
______Indian Navy ships Mumbai, Tarkash, Trishul and Aditya proceeding on deployment to ______ Mediterranean responded to ______ call and rapidly closed ______ merchant vessel by ______ early hours of 09 April.
(Adapted from http: / / www. marineinsight .com / shipping)
Resolução comentada
Artigos: a / a / the / Ø / the / the / the / the.
'A distress call' e 'a foreign merchant vessel' são menções novas, por isso levam 'a'. 'The Gulf of Aden' e 'the Mediterranean' são nomes geográficos que levam 'the'. 'Indian Navy ships' fica sem artigo (plural genérico), e 'the call', 'the merchant vessel' e 'the early hours' são referências já conhecidas ou específicas.
Análise das alternativas
As demais opções usam 'the' para menções novas (call, vessel), omitem o artigo antes de Gulf/Mediterranean ou usam 'an' diante de consoante. Isso as torna inadequadas.
Referência: Gramática inglesa – artigos definidos e indefinidos.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.