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ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
CHARLES DARWIN, M.A.
Fellow of the Royal, Geological, Linnæan, etc. societies; Author of Journal of researches during H. M. S. Beagle’s Voyage round the world. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1859.
Introduction
____(21)______ on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much ____(22)______ with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to ___(23)_______ some light on the origin of species–that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. _____(24)_____ my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a ____(25)______ of the conclusions, which ____(26)______ seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I ____(27)______ the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been ____(28)______ in coming to a decision. My work is now nearly finished; but ___(29)_______ it will take me two or three more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, ____(30)______ to publish this Abstract.
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Extraído de DARWIN, Charles Robert. On the Origin of Species. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 02/08/2019.
Fill in the blank (21):
Ahead
Meanwhile
Despite
When
Nevertheless
Gabarito:
When
O uso da conjunction "When" (quando) é a mais indicada nesse caso, já que se trata do início de um período sem nenhuma informação antes, portanto letra D é a correta.
As outras alternativas estão incorretas.
A) Ahead = à frente. Pede preposição of.
B) Meanwhile = enquanto isso. Necessita uma oração prévia, pois é correlativa, não aparece sozinha.
C) Despite = apesar de. Pede o sujeito da oração.
E) Nevertheless = mesmo assim. Necessita uma oração prévia, pois é correlativa, não aparece sozinha.