Questões de EFAF Inglês - Connectors

Choose the correct option to complete the paragraph below.

    Is an autonomous ship a 'ship' in the eyes of the law?

    Different defmitions of 'ship' appear in different statutes and conventions, and it has often fallen to judges to decide if a floating object is, or is not, a 'ship'. ______________, none of the defmitions of'ship' requires that the floating object be manned, generally simply requiring that it be used or be capable of being used in navigation. Whether this is by remote control or fully autonomous would not appear to be a problem in terms of the legal definition of a 'ship'. It appears probable,________________, that autonomous ships are likely to fali within the legal definition of 'ship' and so will have to comply with the relevant laws and conventions ______________the laws themselves might require some modification.

(Abridged from SEAWAYS -The International Journal of the Nautical Inslitute. Dec/2017).

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the blanks in the text below.

The Signal Box Inn

    In the Cleethorpes region of Great Britain, there is a very unusual signal box that is now used for something completely different. The Signal Box Inn is a pub;_______, at only 6m2 , it is in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest pub in the world, with room inside for only 6 people! _______it is very small, it serves 5 types of beer and cider and some food. The best place to enjoy your drink while you watch steam trains go by is in the pub’s beer garden.

(Adapted from: Flash on English for Transport and Logistics)

Choose the correct sentence.

Choose the option that correctly completes the text below, respectively.

    “______ half-past twelve next day Lord Henry Wotton strolled from Curzon Street over to the Albany to call on his uncle, Lord Fermor, a genial if somewhat rough-mannered old bachelor, ______ the outside world called selfish, ______ it derived no particular benefit from him, but ______ was considered generous by Society as he fed the people who amused him.”

(WILDE, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Collins Classics.)

Indicate in which of the sentences below the subordinator “although” can ben used: