Questão ca48176b-b1
Prova:UFGD 2011
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
According to the subject of the text, which pair
of words summarize it?
According to the subject of the text, which pair
of words summarize it?
Jobs‘s Unorthodox TreatmentBy SHARON BEGLEYPublished: Oct 5, 2011
Steve Jobs was right to be optimistic when, in 2004, he announced that he had cancer in his pancreas. Although cancer of the pancreas has a terrible prognosis—half of all patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer die within 10 months of the diagnosis; half of those in whom it has metastasized die within six months—cancer in the pancreas is not necessarily a death sentence. The difference is that pancreatic cancers arise from the pancreatic cells themselves; this is the kind that killed actor Patrick Swayze in 2009. But cancers in the pancreas, called neuroendocrine tumors, arise from islands of hormone-producing cells that happen to be in that organ. Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor. As the name implies, it arises from islet cells, the specialized factories within the pancreas that produce and secrete insulin, which cells need in order to take in glucose from the food we eat. Unlike pancreatic cancer, with neuroendocrine cancer ''if you catch it early, there is a real potential for cure,'' says cancer surgeon Joseph Kim of City of Hope, a comprehensive cancer center in Duarte, California. But although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life and may have shortened it. [...] Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on ―alternative therapies,‖ including what Fortune called ―a special diet.‖ But when a scan showed that the original tumor had grown, he finally had it removed on July 31, 2004, at Stanford University Medical Clinic. In emails to Apple employees immediately after, Jobs said his form of cancer ―can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was),'' and told his colleagues, ―I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September.''
(Disponível em: <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dies-his-unorthodox-treatment-for-neuroendocrine-cancer.html?obref=obinsite>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
Jobs‘s Unorthodox Treatment
By SHARON BEGLEY
Published: Oct 5, 2011
Steve Jobs was right to be optimistic when, in 2004, he announced that he had cancer in his pancreas. Although cancer of the pancreas has a terrible prognosis—half of all patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer die within 10 months of the diagnosis; half of those in whom it has metastasized die within six months—cancer in the pancreas is not necessarily a death sentence.
The difference is that pancreatic cancers arise from the pancreatic cells themselves; this is the kind that killed actor Patrick Swayze in 2009. But cancers in the pancreas, called neuroendocrine tumors, arise from islands of hormone-producing cells that happen to be in that organ. Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor. As the name implies, it arises from islet cells, the specialized factories within the pancreas that produce and secrete insulin, which cells need in order to take in glucose from the food we eat. Unlike pancreatic cancer, with neuroendocrine cancer ''if you catch it early, there is a real potential for cure,'' says cancer surgeon Joseph Kim of City of Hope, a comprehensive cancer center in Duarte, California.
But although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life and may have shortened it. [...] Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on ―alternative therapies,‖ including what Fortune called ―a special diet.‖ But when a scan showed that the original tumor had grown, he finally had it removed on July 31, 2004, at Stanford University Medical Clinic. In emails to Apple employees immediately after, Jobs said his form of cancer ―can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was),'' and told his colleagues, ―I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September.''
(Disponível em: <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dies-his-unorthodox-treatment-for-neuroendocrine-cancer.html?obref=obinsite>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
A
hormone / cells
B
cancer / disease
C
pancreas / cells
D
choices / treatment
E
orthodox / treatment
Gabarito comentado
V
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Gabarito: D
Fundamento decisivo: O comando pede a síntese do texto, e a base decisiva aponta o título "Jobs‘s Unorthodox Treatment" e os trechos "some of the choices he made did not extend his life and may have shortened it" e "Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away." Esses elementos mostram que o foco é a conduta terapêutica de Jobs, o que leva à alternativa "choices / treatment".
Tema central: escolhas de tratamento
Análise das alternativas
A
Errada
"hormone / cells" reduz o texto a um detalhe biológico: a explicação de que os neuroendocrine tumors surgem de células produtoras de hormônio. Esse dado contextualiza o caso, mas não resume o assunto principal, que é a escolha do tratamento por Jobs.
B
Errada
"cancer / disease" é um par genérico e redundante dentro do campo da saúde. O texto não trata do câncer ou da doença em abstrato, mas do recorte específico das decisões terapêuticas de Jobs; por isso, a alternativa não atende ao critério de síntese do assunto global.
C
Errada
"pancreas / cells" resume apenas a localização do tumor e sua origem celular. Esses elementos pertencem à parte explicativa inicial do texto, mas não ao núcleo argumentativo que passa a analisar a recusa inicial da cirurgia e a adoção de terapias alternativas.
D
Certa
A alternativa D está correta porque sintetiza o foco desenvolvido no texto: as decisões de Steve Jobs sobre seu tratamento e o caráter não ortodoxo dessas escolhas. O título já orienta para "treatment", e o corpo do texto destaca a recusa inicial da cirurgia e a adoção de terapias alternativas, reforçando o eixo temático de escolhas terapêuticas.
E
Errada
A alternativa erra por incompatibilidade lexical direta com o texto: o título fala em "unorthodox treatment", enquanto a opção traz "orthodox / treatment". Isso inverte um qualificador central e distorce precisamente a caracterização das escolhas terapêuticas de Jobs como não convencionais.
Pegadinha da questão
A banca explora a confusão entre palavras do campo médico, muito presentes no texto, e a ideia central efetivamente desenvolvida; além disso, em E, induz ao erro pela proximidade com o título, mas trocando "unorthodox" por "orthodox".
Dica para questões semelhantes
- Em pergunta de síntese global, priorize o eixo desenvolvido no título e retomado no corpo, não os termos técnicos mais frequentes.
- Separe detalhe de apoio da tese central: explicações sobre órgão, células ou doença podem apenas contextualizar o tema principal.
- Verifique se a dupla escolhida expressa ação, conduta ou recorte específico do texto; pares genéricos costumam ser insuficientes.
- Compare cuidadosamente os qualificadores do título com as alternativas; trocar um termo como "unorthodox" por "orthodox" muda o sentido e elimina a opção.
