Questões de Inglês

Basnky é um grafiteiro famoso. Na obra pintada em muro da cidade de Claremont, Califórnia, em 2007, ele fez uso de um trocadilho com a palavra “change”, o que caracterize seu grafite como um protesto contra a

A campanha desse pôster, direcionada aos croatas, tem como propósito

Two years after being on the brink of eradication,

polio has spread to at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa

and the Middle East, prompting the World Health

Organization to declare a global public-health emergency.

In Pakistan, the nexus of the new outbreak, rumors

abound that immunization can cause infertility or worse,

and local Taliban groups have obstructed anti-polio

workers. The number of cases in the country rose 60%

last year.

Last year, polio emerged in Syria for the first time

in 15 years; experts blame the ongoing civil war. Other

conflict-torn countries, like the Central African Republic,

are considered to be at risk.

In an-effort to thwart the disease, WHO has

recommended that all residents traveling from Pakistan,

Syria and Cameroon be vaccinated. Whether that’s

enforceable remains to be seen.

The Explainer: How Polio Became a Global Health Crisis. Time, May 19, 2014. p. 8

The only pair of opposites is in alternative

Two years after being on the brink of eradication,

polio has spread to at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa

and the Middle East, prompting the World Health

Organization to declare a global public-health emergency.

In Pakistan, the nexus of the new outbreak, rumors

abound that immunization can cause infertility or worse,

and local Taliban groups have obstructed anti-polio

workers. The number of cases in the country rose 60%

last year.

Last year, polio emerged in Syria for the first time

in 15 years; experts blame the ongoing civil war. Other

conflict-torn countries, like the Central African Republic,

are considered to be at risk.

In an-effort to thwart the disease, WHO has

recommended that all residents traveling from Pakistan,

Syria and Cameroon be vaccinated. Whether that’s

enforceable remains to be seen.

The Explainer: How Polio Became a Global Health Crisis. Time, May 19, 2014. p. 8

“Whether that’s enforceable remains to be seen”. (l. 16-17)

 

This sentence means that the author

Two years after being on the brink of eradication,

polio has spread to at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa

and the Middle East, prompting the World Health

Organization to declare a global public-health emergency.

In Pakistan, the nexus of the new outbreak, rumors

abound that immunization can cause infertility or worse,

and local Taliban groups have obstructed anti-polio

workers. The number of cases in the country rose 60%

last year.

Last year, polio emerged in Syria for the first time

in 15 years; experts blame the ongoing civil war. Other

conflict-torn countries, like the Central African Republic,

are considered to be at risk.

In an-effort to thwart the disease, WHO has

recommended that all residents traveling from Pakistan,

Syria and Cameroon be vaccinated. Whether that’s

enforceable remains to be seen.

The Explainer: How Polio Became a Global Health Crisis. Time, May 19, 2014. p. 8

The phrase “on the brink of eradication” (l. 1) has the meaning of ________eradicated.

 

The alternative that completes this blank correctly is

Two years after being on the brink of eradication,

polio has spread to at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa

and the Middle East, prompting the World Health

Organization to declare a global public-health emergency.

In Pakistan, the nexus of the new outbreak, rumors

abound that immunization can cause infertility or worse,

and local Taliban groups have obstructed anti-polio

workers. The number of cases in the country rose 60%

last year.

Last year, polio emerged in Syria for the first time

in 15 years; experts blame the ongoing civil war. Other

conflict-torn countries, like the Central African Republic,

are considered to be at risk.

In an-effort to thwart the disease, WHO has

recommended that all residents traveling from Pakistan,

Syria and Cameroon be vaccinated. Whether that’s

enforceable remains to be seen.

The Explainer: How Polio Became a Global Health Crisis. Time, May 19, 2014. p. 8

The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the polio outbreak in Pakistan, Syria and Cameroon