Questão 9f0d0467-b6
Prova:UEAP 2010
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Após a leitura do texto, não se pode concluir:
Após a leitura do texto, não se pode concluir:
THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.
Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
A
Negociadores e cientistas reforçam que o financiamento é uma parte essencial
de qualquer acordo climático internacional.
B
Os países mais pobres necessitam de assistência para lidar com as
conseqüências das mudanças climáticas.
C
O novo acordo climático global deverá ser assinado em Copenhague, até
dezembro, pelos principais líderes mundiais.
D
Os presidentes Obama e Hu Jintao concordam com a urgente necessidade de
combater as mudanças climáticas.
E
No período de 2005 a 2030, cálculos estimam que haverá um crescimento de
75% na demanda energética proveniente do mundo desenvolvido.
Gabarito comentado
E
Erico Barros Monitor com apoio de IA
Gabarito: E
Fundamento decisivo: O comando pede identificar a alternativa que “não se pode concluir”, então o ponto decisivo é verificar qual opção contraria o texto. A base afirma literalmente que “75 percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world”, de modo que a troca de developing world por mundo desenvolvido na alternativa E produz a incompatibilidade que a invalida.
Tema central: leitura inferencial e dado quantitativo
Análise das alternativas
A
Errada
É sustentada pelo texto, que diz: “This financing is an essential part of any international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say”. Portanto, o financiamento aparece como parte essencial de qualquer acordo climático internacional.
B
Errada
É sustentada pelo trecho “assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate change”, que afirma a necessidade de assistência aos países mais pobres para lidar com as consequências das mudanças climáticas.
C
Errada
É sustentada nos limites do texto pelo trecho “to be signed in Copenhagen in December”. A formulação da alternativa não é literal, mas mantém o sentido central de que o novo acordo climático seria assinado em Copenhague em dezembro.
D
Errada
É sustentada pelo trecho “President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change”. O texto mostra que ambos enfatizaram a urgência de combater as mudanças climáticas.
E
Certa
A alternativa E é a resposta porque distorce uma informação explícita do texto. O trecho obrigatório é: “75 percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world”. O texto afirma que, entre 2005 e 2030, 75% do crescimento da demanda energética virá do mundo em desenvolvimento. A alternativa inverte esse referente ao dizer que o crescimento virá do mundo desenvolvido, o que não é sustentado pela leitura.
Pegadinha da questão
A banca explora a confusão entre developing world e developed world, além da leitura apressada do percentual de 75% e do comando negativo “não se pode concluir”.
Dica para questões semelhantes
- Em comando negativo, procure a alternativa incompatível com o texto.
- Ao ler percentuais, confira exatamente a que eles se referem.
- Em leitura de inglês, observe com atenção pares opostos como developing world e developed world.
