Here is David Wilson's letter to the newspaper. Use the linking words below to complete it. although / and / as / because / but / if / since / so / that / where / which / why Sir: your article yesterday about our factory contained some information ______ was completely untrue, ______ I wonder ______ your journalist got his facts from. Scientists do not yet know ______ the seals are dying. ______ our factory puts some waste products into the river, it is less than two parts per million, ______ a lot more waste comes from the sewage works. It is also untrue to say ______ the river water is unsafe for people. All the town's drinking water comes from five kilometres upstream, ______ nobody can drink water which contains our waste products. Our company cares about this town ______ a lot of our workers live here. We have created four hundred new jobs ______ we came here ten years ago. We can clean up the waste ______ we spend two million pounds on machines to do it, ______ that would mean fewer jobs for the people of this town. David Wilson, Managing Director, Wiltech Paints
Questão
Here is David Wilson's letter to the newspaper. Use the linking words below to complete it.
although / and / as / because / but / if / since / so / that / where / which / why
Sir: your article yesterday about our factory contained some information ______ was completely untrue, ______ I wonder ______ your journalist got his facts from. Scientists do not yet know ______ the seals are dying. ______ our factory puts some waste products into the river, it is less than two parts per million, ______ a lot more waste comes from the sewage works. It is also untrue to say ______ the river water is unsafe for people. All the town's drinking water comes from five kilometres upstream, ______ nobody can drink water which contains our waste products.
Our company cares about this town ______ a lot of our workers live here. We have created four hundred new jobs ______ we came here ten years ago. We can clean up the waste ______ we spend two million pounds on machines to do it, ______ that would mean fewer jobs for the people of this town.
David Wilson, Managing Director, Wiltech Paints
Resposta
92%- although
- but
- where
- why
- although
- but
- that
- so
- because
- since
- if
- but
Explicação
Pelo texto da carta, cada lacuna pede um conector com uma função específica (oração relativa, contraste, causa, consequência, condição, lugar).
Parágrafo 1
- “information ___ was completely untrue” → precisa de pronome relativo para “information”: which.
- “..., ___ I wonder ...” → consequência/resultado (“por isso me pergunto”): so.
- “... got his facts from.” → lugar (“de onde”): where.
- “do not yet know ___ the seals are dying.” → motivo/causa (“por que”): why.
- “___ our factory puts ... into the river” → concessão (“embora”): although.
- “..., it is less..., ___ a lot more waste comes ...” → contraste (“mas”): but.
- “untrue to say ___ the river water is unsafe” → introduz oração subordinada (“que”): that.
- “..., ___ nobody can drink water which contains ...” → consequência (“então/por isso”): so.
Parágrafo 2 9. “cares about this town ___ a lot of our workers live here.” → causa (“porque”): because. 10. “jobs ___ we came here ten years ago.” → ponto inicial no tempo (“desde que”): since. 11. “We can clean up the waste ___ we spend ...” → condição (“se”): if. 12. “..., ___ that would mean fewer jobs ...” → contraste/ressalva (“mas”): but.
Alternativa correta: (sem alternativas).