2° Simulado ESA 2020

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April 10, 2020, 1:41 PM -03

By Associated Press

Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were
already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries
had seen in 70 years.

Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the first, is
arriving. Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia
in search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains.

Millions of already vulnerable people are at risk. And as they gather to try to combat the
locusts, often in vain, they risk spreading the virus — a topic that comes a distant second for
many in rural areas.

It is the locusts that “everyone is talking about,”​ ​said Yoweri Aboket, a farmer in Uganda.
“Once they land in your garden they do total destruction. Some people will even tell you that
the locusts are _______ the coronavirus. There are even some who don’t believe that the
virus will reach here.”

Uganda’s agriculture minister said authorities are unable to import enough pesticides
from Japan, citing disruptions to international cargo shipments. The government is yet to
meet an additional budget of over $4 million requested for locust control, the minister said.

Adapted from
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/new-larger-wave-locusts-threatens-millions
-africa-n1181216

Questão 01: According to the text, choose the correct statement.

a) Besides the coronavirus, parts of Africa had to face a plague of locusts that followed the
coronavirus pandemic.

b) The youngest population was the most threatened by the locust plague in rural areas.

c) Millions of people tried to fight against the locusts in order to save their vegetations.

d) The Coronavirus has spread a lot in Africa due to the fact that young farmers get together
fighting against locust pests.

e) The African government had a loss of $4 million for trying to contain these incidents
simultaneously.

Questão 02: Choose the right alternative to have the blank filled:

a) the most destructive

b) more destructive than

c) the destructivest

d) destructiver

e) destructive

Questão 03: Mark the option in which there is NO Present Progressive Tense.

a) It is the locusts that “everyone is talking about,”

b) Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia in
search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains.

c) Locusts are destructing the fresh vegetation.

d) Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the first, is
arriving.

e) they risk spreading the virus.

Questão 04: In the excerpt “The government is yet to meet an additional ​budget​ of
over $4 million requested for locust control, the minister said.” (Paragraph 5), the
word ​budget​ is a synonym for

a) Loss

b) Fund
c) Dearth

d) Lack

e) Poverty