It can be inferred from the passage that
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Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Brazil turns to drones to protect Amazon
By Joe Leahy in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso. April 21,2014.
Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones as they prepare to implement a tough new law designed to save the Amazon from total deforestation.
Municipal authorities in the Amazon region, ...........1 ............. of which covers double the size of Scotland, are looking to use drones to map properties and monitor whether farmers and others are maintaining the minimum of forest cover required under the new forest code.
“With the acquisition of a drone, we would have a better result, we would have a panoramic view of how this process of recuperation is progressing," said Gercilene Meira, a specialist with the state environmental secretariat in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in Mato Grosso state. “We have done some tests using balloons but it was not sufficient."
Passed in 2012, Brazil's forest code was hailed as a breakthrough in the country's efforts to protect the Amazon while maintaining its emergence as an agricultural power. It is already one of ...........2 ............. exporters of sugar, coffee, soya beans and beef.
The law requires farmers in the Amazon to preserve up to 80 per cent of the forest on their land as well as protect springs and rivers. Those who violated previous restrictions on deforestation are required
to recuperate parts of the lost vegetation on their lands.
The need for the new law was highlighted last year, when deforestation of the Amazon increased for the first time in several years.
Adapted from Financial Times
Gabarito comentado
Resposta correta: E
Tema central: inferência em leitura. O texto traz informação explícita sobre municípios da Amazônia que usam drones para mapear e monitorar desmatamento, permitindo inferir que os drones visam proteger a maior floresta tropical remanescente do mundo — a Amazônia brasileira.
Fundamento teórico rápido: Inferência textual = ato de relacionar informações explícitas do texto com conhecimentos contextuais para chegar a uma conclusão plausível. Aqui, a frase inicial (“Brazilian municipalities are turning to drones… to save the Amazon”) + detalhes sobre mapeamento e fiscalização suportam a alternativa E.
Provas textuais e fontes: O texto fala em uso de drones para “map properties and monitor whether farmers… are maintaining the minimum of forest cover” — isso corrobora que os drones “watch over” a Amazônia. Contexto legal: Brazil’s Forest Code (Lei nº 12.651/2012) exige preservação de vegetação, o que motiva fiscalização (fonte: legislação ambiental brasileira; também adaptado do Financial Times).
Por que E é correta: Ela sintetiza a ideia principal: drones vão vigiar a Amazônia brasileira, que é reconhecida como a maior floresta tropical remanescente — inferência lógica a partir das informações de proteção, mapeamento e controle citadas no texto.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
A — Incorreta. O texto diz que municípios recorrem a drones enquanto se preparam para implementar a nova lei, não que não conseguem implementá-la.
B — Incorreta. O próprio texto afirma o oposto: testes com balões “were not sufficient”.
C — Incorreta. A exigência é de recuperarem vegetação perdida, não de venderem terras.
D — Incorreta. O texto diz que o desmatamento “increased for the first time in several years” — isto é, houve um aumento no ano anterior depois de anos de queda; a alternativa distorce a sequência temporal.
Estrategias úteis para questões de inferência:
- Localize frases-chave e conectivos (because, while, when) que mostram relação entre ideias.
- Diferencie informação explícita (está no texto) de suposição excessiva (não está suportada).
- Procure palavras absolutas nas alternativas (“always”, “sell”, “cannot”) — geralmente são armadilhas.
- Use paralelismo: veja se a alternativa resume ou distorce o sentido global do parágrafo.
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