Questão de Língua Inglesa

10 Considere a seguinte frase: “Os lançamentos tecnológicos a que o autor se refere podem resultar em comportamentos impulsivos nos consumidores desses produtos”. A utilização da preposição destacada a é obrigatória para atender às exigências da regência do verbo “referir-se”, de acordo com a norma-padrão da língua portuguesa. É também obrigatório o uso de uma preposição antecedendo o pronome que destacado em: (A) Os consumidores, ao adquirirem um produto que quase ninguém possui, recém-lançado no mercado, passam a ter uma sensação de superioridade. (B) Muitos aparelhos difundidos no mercado nem sempre trazem novidades que justifiquem seu preço elevado em relação ao modelo anterior. (C) O estudo de mapeamento cerebral que o pesquisador realizou foi importante para mostrar que o vício em novidades tecnológicas cresce cada vez mais. (D) O hormônio chamado dopamina é responsável por causar sensações de prazer que levam as pessoas a se sentirem recompensadas. (E) As pessoas, na maioria das vezes, gastam muito mais do que o seu orçamento permite em aparelhos que elas não necessitam. 4 Text I A world in transformation: World Energy Outlook 2017 The resurgence in oil and gas production from the United States, deep declines in the cost of renewables and growing electrification are changing the face of the global energy system and upending traditional ways of meeting energy demand, according to the 5 World Energy Outlook 2017. A cleaner and more diversified energy mix in China is another major driver of this transformation. Over the next 25 years, the world’s growing energy needs are met first by renewables and natural gas, as fast-declining costs turn solar power into the cheapest source of new electricity generation. Global energy demand is 30% higher by 2040 — but still half as much as it would have been without efficiency improvements. The boom years for coal are over — in 15 the absence of large-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) — and rising oil demand slows down but is not reversed before 2040 even as electric-car sales rise steeply. WEO-2017, the International Energy Agency 20 (IEA)’s flagship publication, finds that over the next two decades the global energy system is being reshaped by four major forces: the United States is set to become the undisputed global oil and gas leader; renewables are being deployed rapidly thanks 25 to falling costs; the share of electricity in the energy mix is growing; and China’s new economic strategy takes it on a cleaner growth mode, with implications for global energy markets. Solar PV is set to lead capacity additions, pushed 30 by deployment in China and India, meanwhile in the European Union, wind becomes the leading source of electricity soon after 2030. “Solar is forging ahead in global power markets as it becomes the cheapest source of electricity 35 generation in many places, including China and India,” said Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director. “Electric vehicles (EVs) are in the fast lane as a result of government support and declining battery costs but it is far too early to write the obituary of oil, as growth 40 for trucks, petrochemicals, shipping and aviation keep pushing demand higher. The US becomes the undisputed leader for oil and gas production for decades, which represents a major upheaval for 45 international market dynamics.” These themes — as well as the future role of oil and gas in the energy mix, how clean-energy technologies are deploying, and the need for more investment in CCUS — were among the key topics 50 discussed by the world’s energy leaders at the IEA’s 2017 Ministerial Meeting in Paris last week. This year, WEO-2017 includes a special focus on China, where economic and energy policy changes underway will have a profound impact on the 55 country’s energy mix, and continue to shape global trends. A new phase in the country’s development results in an economy that is less reliant on heavy industry and coal. At the same time, a strong emphasis on cleaner 60 energy technologies, in large part to address poor air quality, is catapulting China to a position as a world leader in wind, solar, nuclear and electric vehicles and the source of more than a quarter of projected growth in natural gas consumption. As demand growth in 65 China slows, other countries continue to push overall global demand higher – with India accounting for almost one-third of global growth to 2040. The shale oil and gas revolution in the United States continues thanks to the remarkable ability of 70 producers to unlock new resources in a cost-effective way. By the mid-2020s, the United States is projected to become the world’s largest LNG exporter and a net oil exporter by the end of that decade. This is having a major impact on oil and gas 75 markets, challenging incumbent suppliers and provoking a major reorientation of global trade flows, with consumers in Asia accounting for more than 70% of global oil and gas imports by 2040. LNG from the United States is also accelerating a major 80 structural shift towards a more flexible and globalized gas market. WEO-2017 finds it is too early to write the obituary of oil. Global oil demand continues to grow to 2040, although at a steadily decreasing pace – while 85 fuel efficiency and rising electrification bring a peak in oil used for passenger cars, even with a doubling of the car fleet to two billion. But other sectors – namely petrochemicals, trucks, aviation, and shipping – drive up oil demand to 105 million barrels a day by 2040. 90 While carbon emissions have flattened in recent years, the report finds that global energy-related CO2 emissions increase slightly by 2040, but at a slower pace than in last year’s projections. Still, this is far from enough to avoid severe impacts of climate change. Available at: <https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2017/ n o v e m b e r / a - w o r l d - i n - t r a n s f o r m a t i o n - w o r l d - e n e r g y - outlook-2017.html>. Retrieved on: 14 Nov. 2017. Adapted. 5