Questão 8bc3fa56-05
Prova:FGV 2020
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
According to the text,
According to the text,
Read the text to answer question.
The aliens among us
Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers,
the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars-cov-2
shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from
Covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first
world war. Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made
possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which
annihilated many of the original inhabitants.
(www.economist.com, 22.08.2020. Adapted.)
Read the text to answer question.
The aliens among us
Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers,
the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars-cov-2
shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from
Covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first
world war. Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made
possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which
annihilated many of the original inhabitants.
(www.economist.com, 22.08.2020. Adapted.)
A
humans can be either victims or aggressors, depending on the virus we refer to.
B
viruses have always posed a threat, not only to humans but also to the megafauna.
C
the absolute silence of viruses contradicts their extensive destructive power.
D
pandemics have always existed despite human efforts throughout centuries to control them.
E
the settlement of new peoples in the Americas was favoured by the epidemics decimating native
populations.
Gabarito comentado
Silvana FariaMestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) e Professora de Inglês
A dica para resolução dessa questão é aplicar a estratégia de leitura scanning, a qual, o candidato deve examinar detalhadamente o texto, destacando o vocabulário, as palavras-chave, selecionando apenas o trecho necessário do conteúdo para encontrar a informação.
De acordo com o texto
A) os humanos podem ser vítimas ou agressores, dependendo do vírus a que nos referimos.
B) os vírus sempre representaram uma ameaça, não apenas para os humanos, mas também para a megafauna.
C) o silêncio absoluto dos vírus contradiz seu extenso poder destrutivo.
D) As pandemias sempre existiram, apesar dos esforços humanos ao longo dos séculos para controlá-las.
E) o estabelecimento de novos povos nas Américas foi favorecido pelas epidemias que dizimam as populações nativas.
No final do parágrafo, lemos que a colonização das Americas foi estimulada por epidemias dissipam as populações nativas.Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which annihilated many of the original inhabitants.
Tradução: Antes disso, a colonização das Américas pelos europeus foi estimulada - e talvez possibilitada - por epidemias de varíola, sarampo e gripe trazidas involuntariamente pelos invasores, que aniquilaram muitos dos habitantes originais.
Gabarito do Professor: Letra E.
