1____Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the social and
economic development which Brazil achieved over recent
decades had stalled and gone into reverse. Against that
4 background, the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the
economic recession, and has hit hardest those least able to
cope with the downturn, exacerbating inequalities that still
7 place Brazil among the more unequal countries globally.
Education, the topic of this report, has played a big part in
Brazil’s progress, and has the potential to support the
10 country’s recovery.

OECD. Education in Brazil: an international perspective, OECD
Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/60a667f7-en. 238 pgs. with
adaptations.

After reading the text, choose which one of the following items is correct.

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1____Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the social and

economic development which Brazil achieved over recent

decades had stalled and gone into reverse. Against that

4 background, the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the

economic recession, and has hit hardest those least able to

cope with the downturn, exacerbating inequalities that still

7 place Brazil among the more unequal countries globally.

Education, the topic of this report, has played a big part in

Brazil’s progress, and has the potential to support the

10 country’s recovery.

OECD. Education in Brazil: an international perspective, OECD

Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/60a667f7-en. 238 pgs. with

adaptations.

After reading the text, choose which one of the following items is correct.

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In line 5, the phrase “has hit hardest those least able” would remain correct if the preposition “on” were inserted, as in “has hit hardest on those least able”.

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In line 3, the verb phrase “had stalled and gone into” would remain correct if “had” were omitted.

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The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was facing setbacks.

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The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was spiraling.

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In line 4, the determiner “the” in “the economic recession”(lines 4 and 5) is optional.

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