Questão 7667fbc6-e2
Prova:FATEC 2011
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
De acordo com o texto, os apparatchiks são considerados
De acordo com o texto, os apparatchiks são considerados
CHINA'S NEW SEX SYMBOLS
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
ASIA IN THE CATEGORY of the world's sexiest
politicians, China's dour communist apparatchiks1
would seem
to be far behind America's legendary ladies' men presidents
and Europe's bunga-bunga leaders. But a survey released in
December by the All-China Women's Federation found that a
Middle Kingdom mandarin is the top pick for an ideal partner
among Chinese women.
What's the appeal? (It can't be the ill-fitting suits.) It's
money, money, money. While government officials receive a
modest salary – well under $1,000 a month- they can usually
leverage their position for personal gain, often through shady
means. A corrupt vice district head in Beijing was recently
arrested for accumulating more than $ 6,5 million; in other cases
the perks have reached into the hundreds of millions. And even
for officials who aren't skimming off the top, a government job
(and the attendant legal perks) provides a level of security that's
quite desirable for China's marriage-minded ladies, especially
compared with a less stable position at a state-owned or private
company.
There's also the growing reputation of Chinese
government officials as a particularly virile lot. China's
state-owned press often titillates readers with tales of
bureaucratic sex scandals: in one major story last year, a
provincial tobacco-bureau chief's diary was leaked online, with
page after page of prurient details about his trysts2
with young
beauties (including fellow government employees). The public's
reaction was generally sympathetic to the cad. One prominent
blogger maintained the bureau chief was a good official because
he managed to spend some time with his wife despite the
womanizing, took less than $10,000 in bribes, and didn't visit
prostitutes. In other words, a real catch. In a survey on the
blogger's site, almost all the more than 100,000 respondents
thought the official should keep his job. That's sex appeal – and
popular appeal.
( Newsweek, February 7, 2011.)
apparatchiks1
: burocratas do partido comunista chinês
trysts2
: encontros secretos
CHINA'S NEW SEX SYMBOLS
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
ASIA IN THE CATEGORY of the world's sexiest politicians, China's dour communist apparatchiks1 would seem to be far behind America's legendary ladies' men presidents and Europe's bunga-bunga leaders. But a survey released in December by the All-China Women's Federation found that a Middle Kingdom mandarin is the top pick for an ideal partner among Chinese women.
What's the appeal? (It can't be the ill-fitting suits.) It's money, money, money. While government officials receive a modest salary – well under $1,000 a month- they can usually leverage their position for personal gain, often through shady means. A corrupt vice district head in Beijing was recently arrested for accumulating more than $ 6,5 million; in other cases the perks have reached into the hundreds of millions. And even for officials who aren't skimming off the top, a government job (and the attendant legal perks) provides a level of security that's quite desirable for China's marriage-minded ladies, especially compared with a less stable position at a state-owned or private company.
There's also the growing reputation of Chinese government officials as a particularly virile lot. China's state-owned press often titillates readers with tales of bureaucratic sex scandals: in one major story last year, a provincial tobacco-bureau chief's diary was leaked online, with page after page of prurient details about his trysts2 with young beauties (including fellow government employees). The public's reaction was generally sympathetic to the cad. One prominent blogger maintained the bureau chief was a good official because he managed to spend some time with his wife despite the womanizing, took less than $10,000 in bribes, and didn't visit prostitutes. In other words, a real catch. In a survey on the blogger's site, almost all the more than 100,000 respondents thought the official should keep his job. That's sex appeal – and popular appeal.
( Newsweek, February 7, 2011.)
apparatchiks1 : burocratas do partido comunista chinês
trysts2 : encontros secretos
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
ASIA IN THE CATEGORY of the world's sexiest politicians, China's dour communist apparatchiks1 would seem to be far behind America's legendary ladies' men presidents and Europe's bunga-bunga leaders. But a survey released in December by the All-China Women's Federation found that a Middle Kingdom mandarin is the top pick for an ideal partner among Chinese women.
What's the appeal? (It can't be the ill-fitting suits.) It's money, money, money. While government officials receive a modest salary – well under $1,000 a month- they can usually leverage their position for personal gain, often through shady means. A corrupt vice district head in Beijing was recently arrested for accumulating more than $ 6,5 million; in other cases the perks have reached into the hundreds of millions. And even for officials who aren't skimming off the top, a government job (and the attendant legal perks) provides a level of security that's quite desirable for China's marriage-minded ladies, especially compared with a less stable position at a state-owned or private company.
There's also the growing reputation of Chinese government officials as a particularly virile lot. China's state-owned press often titillates readers with tales of bureaucratic sex scandals: in one major story last year, a provincial tobacco-bureau chief's diary was leaked online, with page after page of prurient details about his trysts2 with young beauties (including fellow government employees). The public's reaction was generally sympathetic to the cad. One prominent blogger maintained the bureau chief was a good official because he managed to spend some time with his wife despite the womanizing, took less than $10,000 in bribes, and didn't visit prostitutes. In other words, a real catch. In a survey on the blogger's site, almost all the more than 100,000 respondents thought the official should keep his job. That's sex appeal – and popular appeal.
( Newsweek, February 7, 2011.)
apparatchiks1 : burocratas do partido comunista chinês
trysts2 : encontros secretos
A
mais tímidos que os líderes europeus.
B
mais simpáticos que os líderes europeus.
C
menos generosos que os líderes europeus.
D
menos sexy que os presidentes americanos.
E
mais agressivos que os presidentes americanos.
Gabarito comentado
I
Isabella SilvaMonitor com apoio de IA
Gabarito: D
Fundamento decisivo: O trecho decisivo é a comparação explícita “China's dour communist apparatchiks would seem to be far behind America's legendary ladies' men presidents and Europe's bunga-bunga leaders”. A expressão “far behind” indica inferioridade dos apparatchiks na categoria “the world's sexiest politicians”, o que sustenta o gabarito D.
Tema central: comparação de sex appeal
Análise das alternativas
A
Errada
Incorreta. O texto não compara os apparatchiks aos líderes europeus em timidez. A alternativa introduz um traço psicológico sem base textual. A possível confusão vem de “dour”, mas esse termo não significa “tímido” no texto.
B
Errada
Incorreta. A comparação feita no texto é sobre atratividade sexual, não sobre simpatia. Não há qualquer elemento que sustente que os apparatchiks sejam mais simpáticos que os líderes europeus.
C
Errada
Incorreta. O texto menciona dinheiro, corrupção, vantagens e segurança do cargo, mas não faz comparação de generosidade entre apparatchiks e líderes europeus. A alternativa desloca o critério para um campo semântico estranho ao enunciado.
D
Certa
A alternativa D corresponde ao trecho inicial do texto: os apparatchiks chineses são apresentados como estando “far behind” os “America's legendary ladies' men presidents” na categoria dos políticos mais sexy. Assim, o texto os considera menos sexy que os presidentes americanos, exatamente como afirma a opção D.
E
Errada
Incorreta. O texto não menciona agressividade dos apparatchiks nem dos presidentes americanos. A alternativa cria um atributo inexistente no trecho e sem relação com a comparação pedida.
Pegadinha da questão
A banca desloca o candidato do eixo real da comparação — “sexiest politicians” — para traços não mencionados, como timidez, simpatia, generosidade ou agressividade, e ainda pode induzir erro se “dour” for lido de modo automático como “tímido”.
Dica para questões semelhantes
- Identifique primeiro o eixo semântico exato da comparação; aqui, é sex appeal, não traço de personalidade.
- Quando aparecer expressão comparativa como “far behind”, marque imediatamente a ideia de inferioridade em relação ao termo comparado.
- Se a pergunta puder ser resolvida por um trecho literal do texto, não use informações de parágrafos posteriores para criar inferências desnecessárias.
