(UFRGS - 2014)
Britain has met the heir who will certainly change the face of monarchy for ever. Kate and William’s son enters this world as a Royal Highness, destined to be king of his country. Though his mother is a Duchess, the title 1__________ disguise the fact that there has never been a royal child quite like Kate’s. For while William descends from a line of monarchs, this baby boy’s maternal grandparents 5once worked for British Airways and now run their own company.
This new prince will become the first British monarch with working-class blood running through his veins. Monarchy these days is a precarious business, and increasingly hard to justify – not only in terms of the funds taxpayers donate to the Crown, but in a wider world in which royal families seem ever more anachronistic. This baby has arrived at a time of profound social change and evolution – 2__________ is why I believe a royal child with middle-class antecedents can provide the social alchemy that will secure the future of the House of Windsor.
William and Kate, a modern couple, lived together quite openly for several years before their marriage, a 6sensible decision 7condoned by the Queen, which 4__________ been seen as unthinkable less than a decade earlier. This was after prince Charles had moved in with his divorced former mistress, Camila Parker Bowles, a situation that would have been equally unacceptable a few years ago.
All this evidences a rapidly evolving monarchy. Who would have suspected that the Queen would have been seen 8pretending to parachute into the Olympic stadium with James Bond? And who 3__________ predict how far this process of evolution will have travelled by the time the new prince reaches the throne? From the pit to the Palace in three generations? Surely it is the perfect fairytale for a nation that grows more middle-class 9by the year.
Adaptado de: THORTON, Michael. A very middle class baby who will secure the future of the royal family. Daily Mail. 22 jul 2013. Disponível em: < http://www. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2374279/Kate-Middletongives-birth-middle-class-Royal-baby-boy-securemonarchys-future.html>. Acesso em: 06 set. 2013.
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas do segmento abaixo, na ordem em que aparecem.
If the present Queen __________ for another ten years, Charles __________ to the throne at 75.
survives – comes
survives – will come
will survive – comes
survived – can come
survives – would come
Gabarito:
survives – will come
[B]
A alternativa [B] está correta, pois é exemplo de 1st conditional (descrição de eventos prováveis). Na 1st conditional, utiliza-se o Simple Present na oração subordinada (if-clause) e o simple Future (will) na oração principal. Tradução da alternativa [B]: "Se a presente Rainha sobreviver (survives) pois mais dez anos, Charles chegará (will come) ao trono aos 75."