(ITA - 1999)
TIME DOESN'T STAND STILL FOR CITIES ON THE GO
"Places, like people, have personalities," says Robert Levine, a psychologist at California State University, Fresno. Levine wanted to know which of 36 U.S. cities had ____(1)____ pace of life. He found that Bostonians topped the list, outhustling surprising runnersup Buffalo and New York. His study, A Geography of Time, charted walking speed, talking speed, how long it took bank clerks to make change, and the number of passersby wearing watches. New Yorkers led in watches, but the Big Apple placed third overall due to a 28th place finish in talking speed. Fast-moving cities are ____(2)____ , but tend to be more productive economically than their ____(3)____ moving counter-parts, Levine discovered. At the bottom of the list: laid-back Los Angeles. People there talk so slowly that reading the 6p.m. news would take them until 7:25 to report what residents of Columbus, Ohio, would finish by 7 p.m.
(TEXT BY BORIS WEINTRAUB NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, March 1998)
A opção que preenche corretamente as lacunas 1, 2 e 3, respectivamente, é:
faster - the most stressful - more slow
fast - the most stressful - more slow
the fastest - more stressful - slower
the most fast - stressful - slow
fast - more stressful - slow
Gabarito:
the fastest - more stressful - slower
A questão pedia o enquadramento dos superlativos.
É necessário pensar nos adjetivos curtos, de comparação, adicionaremos o -er ou -est no final, e os longos usaremos o "more" , por exemplo.
Dessa forma a única alternativa correta seria a letra C.
Agora, está faltando a preposição de comparação "than", isso se deve ao fato de ser possível identificar qual é o elemento de comparação, dá para perceber qual elemento está sendo comparado, implicitamente. Por exemplo, Fast-moving cities comparado com as cidades comuns.
No entanto, o mais comum será com o "than" mostrando exatamente qual elemento é.