Questões de Vestibular UERJ 2018 para Vestibular - Primeiro Exame

The texts “Três teses sobre o avanço da febre amarela” and “The effect of climate change on epidemic risk” mention possible reasons for disease outbreaks.

The reason which is presented in both texts is:

For example, unusually heavy rains may predispose regions to ebola outbreaks (ℓ. 18-19)

The fragment that contains an expression with the same function as the one underlined above is:

One of the marked characteristics of scientific texts is the presence of passive voice.

An example from the text that illustrates this characteristic is indicated in:

The global health community has largely come to realize that public health preparedness is crucial (ℓ. 23-24)

Another word from the text that may replace the underlined one above without significant change in meaning is:

the question is not if another outbreak will happen, but when, (l. 28-29)

The underlined words present the health community’s opinion concerning new outbreaks of epidemics.

According to their opinion, future outbreaks are seen as: