Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — BRB 2024
InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- Código
- qg099331
- Banca
- BRB
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Senhor do Bonfim - BA
- Ano
- 2024
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor - Inglês
Read the text and answer the question.Earth just had its hottest year ever recorded — by farLast year was Earth’s hottest in recorded history, the European Union’s climate agency announced Tuesday, confirming what scientists have been expecting — and dreading.The E.U.’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said global temperatures in 2023 were higher than in any year going back to at least 1850, reaching “exceptionally high” levels and averaging 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than in preindustrial times.It’s a milestone that many climate scientists saw coming after a year that was chock full of extremes. Beginning in June, the planet notched month after month of warmer-than-usual conditions, with July and August 2023 coming in as the warmest two months ever recorded, according to the Copernicus report.Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earth-just-hottest-year-everrecorded-far-rcna133018According to the information provided in the text, what is the significance of the global temperatures recorded in 2023?
- AThey were slightly higher than previous years.
- BThey were the highest ever recorded since 1850.
- CThey were significantly lower than in pre-industrial times.
- DThey were in line with the average temperatures of the past century.
- EThey were only surpassed by temperatures after August of the same year.