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Study Says Navy Must Adapt to Climate Change
A report commissioned by the United States Navy concludes
that climate change will pose profound challenges for the
sea service in coming decades, including a need to secure
Arctic shipping lanes, prepare for more frequent
humanitarian missions and protect coastal installations from
rising seas.
The 15-month study, conducted by the National Research
Council, accepts the scientific consensus that the climate
is changing and that the effects are being felt now. Of
particular consequence to American naval forces - the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard - are the melting polar ice
cap, rising seas and increasingly frequent severe storms and
droughts that could lead to famine, mass migration and
political instability.
The report from research council, an arm of the National
Academy of Sciences, builds on previous work by the
Pentagon, State Department, the intelligence community and
independent research groups that have concluded climate
change is a threat multiplier that adds new and
unpredictable dangers to global physical and political
stability.
(Adapted from http://www.nytimes.com)
Which alternative contains an example of a reduced clause?
Study Says Navy Must Adapt to Climate Change
A report commissioned by the United States Navy concludes
that climate change will pose profound challenges for the
sea service in coming decades, including a need to secure
Arctic shipping lanes, prepare for more frequent
humanitarian missions and protect coastal installations from
rising seas.
The 15-month study, conducted by the National Research
Council, accepts the scientific consensus that the climate
is changing and that the effects are being felt now. Of
particular consequence to American naval forces - the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard - are the melting polar ice
cap, rising seas and increasingly frequent severe storms and
droughts that could lead to famine, mass migration and
political instability.
The report from research council, an arm of the National
Academy of Sciences, builds on previous work by the
Pentagon, State Department, the intelligence community and
independent research groups that have concluded climate
change is a threat multiplier that adds new and
unpredictable dangers to global physical and political
stability.
(Adapted from http://www.nytimes.com)
Which alternative contains an example of a reduced clause?
Resolução comentada
'Conducted by the National Research Council' é oração reduzida (particípio passado).
Em A, 'conducted by...' equivale a 'which was conducted by...', uma oração adjetiva reduzida de particípio, com omissão do pronome relativo e do verbo auxiliar.
Análise das alternativas
B) Oração completa com sujeito e verbo finito. C) Oração relativa completa, com that + verbo finito. D) Oração completa. E) Oração relativa completa, com that + verbo finito.
Referência: Gramática do inglês – reduced relative clauses.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.