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READ THE FOLLOWING TEXTS AND CHOOSE THE OPTION WHICH BEST COMPLETES EACH QUESTION ACCORDING TO THEM:

TEXT 01

What does an occupational and environmental physician do?
As highly trained specialists, OEM physicians and other health professionals enhance the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, disability management, research, and education. OEM professionals have expertise in determining the ability of employees to perform work; the arrangements of work, the physical, chemical, biological, and social environments of the workplace, and the health outcomes of environmental exposures.
They recognize that work and the environment in which it is performed can have favorable or adverse effects upon the health of workers as well as of other populations; that the nature of work can be arranged to protect worker health; and that health and well-being at the workplace are promoted when workers’ physical attributes or limitations are accommodated in job placement.
They are skilled at using the tools of preventive medicine ______ improve the health of workers and their families, and they are trained in the complex Returnto-Work process, an advanced system of health monitoring that optimizes the time in which ill or injured workers can safely return to work. The occupational and environmental physician must communicate with and inspire confidence in people on all levels.
Perhaps most importantly, occupational health professionals occupy a critical position at the center of virtually all health-related transactional activities in the workplace. They are connected to all of the other parts of this complex infrastructure—senior management, benefits and human resources, legal, worker’s compensation, government regulatory agencies, labor and unions, hospitals and public health organizations. They are a fulcrum of workplace health—understanding the needs and challenges of each of these diverse groups. They provide a unique bridge between the clinical/scientific medical community and the businessbased employer community.

Adapted from: https://www.acoem.org/OccMed.aspx

The use of the modal verb must in “The occupational and environmental physician must communicate with and inspire confidence in people on all levels” conveys an idea of
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A alternativa correta é: A - necessity.

A questão trata do uso do verbo modal must no contexto fornecido pelo texto sobre médicos ocupacionais e ambientais. Para resolver essa questão, é necessário compreender os diferentes significados que os verbos modais podem assumir na língua inglesa.

O verbo modal must é amplamente utilizado para expressar necessidade ou obrigação. No trecho citado - "The occupational and environmental physician must communicate with and inspire confidence in people on all levels" - o uso de must indica que é algo essencial e obrigatório para o médico ocupacional e ambiental comunicar-se e inspirar confiança em pessoas de todos os níveis. Deste modo, fica claro que a ideia central transmitida é a de necessidade.

Vamos agora analisar por que as outras alternativas estão incorretas:

B - permission: O verbo modal que geralmente indica permissão é may ou can. No contexto da frase, não se está concedendo permissão ao médico, mas sim estabelecendo uma necessidade.

C - probability: A probabilidade é normalmente expressa pelos modais might ou may, e às vezes could. O uso de must aqui não está sugerindo uma possível ocorrência, mas sim uma obrigação.

D - request: Para realizar pedidos, os modais mais comuns são could ou would. O texto não está fazendo um pedido ao médico, mas afirmando uma necessidade.

Portanto, a alternativa correta é a que indica necessidade.

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