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Texto para as questões de 81 a 84
“CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.” So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year. Environmentalists may feel a twinge of fear at this burgeoning romance with motoring. But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it. In 2002 demand for cars in China soared by 56%, far more than even the rosiest projections. The next year growth quickened to 75%, before slowing in 2004 (when the government tightened rules on credit for car purchases) to around 15%. But in a sluggish global market, China’s demand remains mesmerising. Few expect this year’s growth to dip below 10%. As long as the economy goes on galloping at its current high-singledigit clip, many expect car sales to increase by 10-20% annually for several years to come.
The Economist June 4th 2005
81) According to the passage, Xinhua
a) had proclaimed that China’s car industry would boom in 2004.
b) played an important role in China’s social and economic transformation.
c) reported, with pride, in 2004, the beginning of a new era for China.
d) considers the new bank lending rules to be responsible for China’s mass car consumption.
e) pointed out, in 2004, that China’s car industry would grow beyond expectations in the short run.
Resolução – C
De acordo com o texto, Xinhua relatou, com orgulho, em 2004, o começo de uma nova era para a China. No texto: “‘CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.’ So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year.”
82) The passage suggests that China’s embrace of the car is likely to make environmentalists
a) distressed.
b) angry.
c) scared.
d) startled.
e) apprehensive.
Resolução – E
O texto sugere que a aceitação da China em relação aos carros provavelmente deixou os ambientalistas apreensivos. Apprehensive = when you are anxious and fearful about something (quando você está ansioso e temeroso acerca de algo).
83) The passage says that the demand for cars in China
a) was extremely high both in 2003 and 2004.
b) is still quite impressive.
c) may dip below 10% this year.
d) fell by 15% when bank lending rules were tightened in 2004.
e) has been badly hit by the sluggish global market.
Resolução – B
De acordo com o texto, a alternativa correta afirma que a demanda por carros na China ainda é bastante impressionante. No texto: “But in a sluggish global market, China’s demand remains mesmerising.”
84) Which of these statements is true according to the passage?
a) China became a car culture in 2003 thanks to the government’s industrial development policy.
b) Car sales in China are expected to increase by 10% at most as soon as the global market recovers.
c) Unless the global economy slows down, China’s rate of growth will remain in high single figures.
d) The car industry has been crucial for the radical changes urban China is undergoing.
e) Despite all rosy projections, China’s economic growth for the next few years may be quite slow.
Resolução – D
De acordo com o texto, a alternativa verdadeira afirma que a indústria de carros tem sido crucial para as mudanças radicais que estão acontecendo na área urbana da China. No texto: “But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it.”
Texto para as questões de 85 a 88
Australians are not known for their love of boat people. They famously turned away a small group of Afghan refugees at the height of the war and rather amusingly, ran a scare campaign featuring crocodiles and sharks to deter would-be immigrants. But if global warming continues at its current rate, neighbouring Pacific islands could be lost to floods and Australia will be facing a new kind of intruder: climate refugees. Although the Red Cross produced a report four years ago estimating that 58 per cent of refugees are caused by environmental factors, no one has made any attempt to tackle the issue. Oxford University’s Norman Myers recently claimed that there could be an estimated 150 million environmental refugees within the next 50 years, and half of these could land on Australia’s doorstep. But the UN refuses to grant them refugee status, and aid groups and environmentalists squabble over whose responsibility they are.
DAZED & CONFUSED July 2005
85) According to the passage, Australians
a) are regarded as being quite funny people.
b) may have to face the “threat” of flood-stricken neighbours.
c) are preparing to shelter a flood of climate refugees.
d) have been criticized for their prejudice against war refugees.
e) started campaigning to keep out strangers four years ago.
Resolução – B
De acordo com o texto, os Australianos podem ter que encarar a ameaça de vizinhos acometidos por uma inundação. No texto: “But if global warming continues at its current rate, neighbouring Pacific islands could be lost to floods and Australia will be facing a new kind of intruder: climate refugees.”
86) The passage says that Afghan refugees
a) became famous when they tried to enter Australia by boat.
b) found Australia’s scare campaign rather amusing.
c) looked for shelter in Australia during the Afghanistan war.
d) were sent away from Australia at the end of the Afghanistan war.
e) were scared when they saw Australia’s crocodiles and sharks.
Resolução – C
O texto afirma que os refugiados Afegãos procuraram abrigo na Austrália durante a guerra no Afeganistão. No texto: “They famously turned away a small group of Afghan refugees at the height of the war …”
87) Which of these statements is true according to the passage?
a) It has been estimated that 58% of the refugees living in Australia are war refugees.
b) The Red Cross started a campaign for the cause of environmental refugees in 2001.
c) Norman Myers estimates that as many as 150 million climate refugees may invade Australia in the coming decades.
d) In 2001, it was reported that over half of the world’s refugees are climate refugees.
e) Aid groups and environmentalists have often been prevented from helping climate refugees.
Resolução – D
De acordo com o texto, em 2001, relatou-se que mais da metade dos refugiados do mundo tornaram-se refugiados devido a condições climáticas. No texto: “Although the Red Cross produced a report four years ago estimating that 58 per cent of refugees are caused by environmental factors, …“
88) Choose the correct passive voice form for: “… no one has made any attempt to tackle the issue.” (lines 16-17)
a) no attempt has been made to tackle the issue.
b) no attempt is made by anybody to tackle the issue.
c) it could not be made any attempt to tackle the issue.
d) it is not made any attempt to tackle the issue.
e) no attempt was made by anybody to tackle the issue.
Resolução – A
A Voz Passiva de: “No one has made any attempt to tackle the issue.” é “No attempt has been made to tackle the issue.” Na Voz Ativa, o verbo principal encontra-se no Present Perfect Tense: has made. O verbo to be na Voz Passiva deve, portanto, aparecer também no Present Perfect e estar seguido do Past Participle do verbo principal to make: has been made.
Fonte: UOL / Resolução: Objetivo
… I would fail on many issues