Mark the correct alternative.
Read the Text 1 and answer the questions from 41 to 45.
Recycle – Reduce – Reuse
Easier – Recycle means to process old, used items in order that the material can be used to
make new products. Examples of things that are often recycled are glass, plastic,
newspapers, aluminum cans, used motor oil, and batteries. Here, reduce refers to lessening
the amount of items or resources that are consumed, using only the amount that is needed,
and looking for alternatives that will lessen our use. And reuse means extending the 'life' or
repurposing an item rather than discarding or throwing it away.
Harder – Recycling is the processes of collecting, processing, remanufacturing, and reusing
materials instead of discarding them. This helps conserve raw materials and energy that
manufacturers would otherwise use in producing new products. Recycling also reduces the
amount of material going into landfills. Recycling helps lessen the pollution that may result
from waste disposal. Reducing our consumption of materials and reducing the waste of
materials also adds to the conservation of our resources.
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Acesso em: abr. 2011.
Recycle – Reduce – Reuse
Easier – Recycle means to process old, used items in order that the material can be used to make new products. Examples of things that are often recycled are glass, plastic, newspapers, aluminum cans, used motor oil, and batteries. Here, reduce refers to lessening the amount of items or resources that are consumed, using only the amount that is needed, and looking for alternatives that will lessen our use. And reuse means extending the 'life' or repurposing an item rather than discarding or throwing it away. Harder – Recycling is the processes of collecting, processing, remanufacturing, and reusing materials instead of discarding them. This helps conserve raw materials and energy that manufacturers would otherwise use in producing new products. Recycling also reduces the amount of material going into landfills. Recycling helps lessen the pollution that may result from waste disposal. Reducing our consumption of materials and reducing the waste of materials also adds to the conservation of our resources. Disponível em: Acesso em: abr. 2011.
Gabarito comentado
Resposta correta: Alternativa C
1) Tema central: a questão avalia compreensão de vocabulário e ideias do texto sobre as práticas Reduce – Reuse – Recycle. É preciso identificar qual alternativa resume corretamente a ideia de reduzir consumo por meio de buscar novas formas de usar objetos.
2) Resumo teórico rápido: Reduce = diminuir consumo; Reuse = estender a vida útil/repurpor; Recycle = processar materiais para fabricar novos produtos. Essas ações conservam recursos e reduzem resíduos (ver, por exemplo, EPA e ONU sobre consumo responsável: https://www.epa.gov/recycle ; ONU - ODS 12).
3) Por que a alternativa C está correta: o trecho do texto afirma que "reduce refers to lessening the amount of items... and looking for alternatives that will lessen our use" e que "reuse means extending the 'life' or repurposing an item". A alternativa C — "To search for new possibilities of using things, would lessen the consumerism." — é uma paráfrase direta dessas ideias: buscar novas possibilidades de uso (repurpose/reuse) reduz o consumismo. Mesmo com construção um pouco simplificada, o sentido coincide com o do texto.
4) Análise das alternativas incorretas:
A – "Reuse materials won´t sum up resources." Frase confusa e contrária ao texto. Reusar conserva recursos; não há apoio no texto para que "não some recursos".
B – "Plastic, paper and batteries are seldom recycled." O texto lista plástico, jornais e baterias como exemplos de itens "often recycled" (frequentemente reciclados). Portanto a alternativa contraria explicitamente o enunciado.
D – "Throwing things away would reduce consumerism." Jogar fora aumenta resíduos e consumo de recursos; o texto diz o oposto: descartar aumenta aterros e poluição. Logo, alternativa falsa.
E – "Recycle is throwing away things into landfills." Também incorreta: reciclar é o processo de coletar e reprocessar materiais para evitar aterros, conforme o próprio texto.
5) Estratégias para provas: procure sinônimos e paráfrase no texto; sublinhe verbos-chave (reduce, reuse, recycle); elimine alternativas que contrariem declarações explícitas; desconfie de frases extremas ou contraditórias com o texto.
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