Questão de Língua Inglesa

Much new can be (1) on the Black Death’s patterns of territorial spread. Of particular importance was the sudden (2) of the plague over vast distances, due to its rapid transportation by ship. Ships travelled at an average (3) of around 40km a day (4) today seems quite slow. However, this speed meant that the Black Death (5) moved 600km in a fortnight by ship: spreading, in contemporary terms, with astonishing speed and unpredictability. By land, the average spread was much (6) : up to 2km per day along the busiest highways or roads and about 0.6km per day along secondary lines of communication. Disponível em: <https://www.historytoday.com>. Acesso em: 30 maio 2021. Choose the alternative with the words which best complete the text above.