Questão Q441880

Read the text below and answer the questions.

Hedge Fund Manager Donates $100 Million for
Central Park

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Central Park Conservancy announced that the hedge fund billionaire John A. Paulson, along with the Paulson Family Foundation, were giving $100 million to the Central Park Conservancy. It is believed to be the largest gift ever to a public park.

Mr. Paulson, a lifelong New Yorker, said that as an infant he was pushed around in a baby carriage in the park and that he later remembered going to Bethesda Fountain as a teenager and seeing it covered in graffiti, with no water flowing. The announcement of the gift carne during a
ceremony at the fountain.
When asked at the news conference what prompted the gift, Mr. Paulson said: "Walking through the
park in different seasons, it kept coming back that in my mind Central Park is the most deserving of ali of New York's cultural institutions. And I wanted the amount to make a difference. The park is very large, and its endowment is relatively small."
The park's current endowment stands at $144 million. Half of Mr. Paulson's gift will go to the endowment, while the other half will be used for capital improvements. Mr. Paulson mentioned that he considered important: Restoring the park's North Woods, and sprucing up the Merchanfs Gate entrance at the park's Southwest comer, the most heavily used entrance.
Mr. Paulson has been a supporter of the Central Park Conservancy for 20 years, but this is his first major gift to the park. He joined the conservancy's board in June.
Two former parks commissioners, Henry Stern and Adrian Benepe, were at the news conference on Tuesday. It was also attended by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers and Richard Gilder, key figures in the conservancy's founding.
The announcement was made under cloudy skies in a ceremony attended by hundreds of employees of the Central Park Conservancy in their gray sweatshirts, as well as the conservancy's board. Doug Blonsky, the president and chief executive officer of the conservancy, which operates Central Park for the city, hailed the gift as "transformational," saying that it would break the cycle of restoration and decline that has marked the park throughout its 153-year history.

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According to the text:

I. Central Park is a cultural institution.
II. The Park's endowment is the biggest one around the country.
III. Central Park's fountain is the most important one around the world nowadays.

Is (are) correct:

Alternativas

all.

only I and III.

only II and III.

only I.

only I and II.

Comentários

I. Central Park é uma instituição cultural.
II. Dotação do parque é a maior em todo o país. (Acredita-se ser o maior presente que nunca para um parque público)
III. Fonte do Central Park é o mais importante em todo o mundo hoje em dia. (Central Park é o mais merecedor de ali de instituições culturais de Nova York)
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3° paragrafo informa "When asked at the news conference what prompted the gift, Mr. Paulson said: "Walking through the
park in different seasons, it kept coming back that in my mind Central Park is the most deserving of ali of New York's cultural institutions."

Logo, esta correto. As outras informações são suposições do examinador. Nao ha nada no texto dizendo que é o maior nem mais importante.
I – Certa. Central Park is a cultural institution (O Central Park é uma instituição cultural). Observe, no trecho abaixo, que o texto se refere ao Central Park como uma instituição cultural (cultural institution).

      When asked at the news conference what prompted the gift, Mr. Paulson said: "Walking through the park in different seasons, it kept coming back that in my mind Central Park is the most deserving of all of New York's cultural institutions. And I wanted the amount to make a difference. The park is very large, and its endowment is relatively small."
        Quando perguntado na conferência de imprensa o que motivou a doação, o Sr. Paulson disse: "Andando pelo parque em diferentes estações, ficava vindo em minha mente que o Central Park é a mais merecedora de todas as instituições culturais de Nova Iorque. E eu queria um montante para fazer a diferença. O parque é muito grande, e seus recursos são relativamente pequenos."

II – Errada. The Park's endowment is the biggest one around the country (A doação do parque é a maior em todo o país). Segundo o texto, acredita-se que a doação do parque seja a maior já realizada a um parque público, mas não a maior do país.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Central Park Conservancy announced that the hedge fund billionaire John A. Paulson, along with the Paulson Family Foundation, were giving $100 million to the Central Park Conservancy. It is believed to be the largest gift ever to a public park.
       O prefeito Michael R. Bloomberg e a Conservação do Central Park anunciaram que o bilionário de fundo de hedge John A. Paulson, juntamente com a Fundação Família Paulson, estava doando 100 milhões de dólares para a Conservação do Central Park. Acredita-se que seja a maior doação de todas para um parque público.

III – Errada. Central Park's fountain is the most important one around the world nowadays (A fonte do Central Park é a mais importante em todo o mundo hoje em dia). O texto não afirma que a fonte do Central Park é a mais importante do mundo atualmente. Apenas cita a fonte ao relatar a história de vida do Sr. Paulson.
       Mr. Paulson, a lifelong New Yorker, said that as an infant he was pushed around in a baby carriage in the park and that he later remembered going to Bethesda Fountain as a teenager and seeing it covered in graffiti, with no water flowing. The announcement of the gift came during a ceremony at the fountain.
       O Sr. Paulson, um novaiorquino por toda vida, disse que quando criança ele era empurrado em um carrinho de bebê no parque e que mais tarde relembrou que ia para a Fonte Bethesda como adolescente e observava ela coberta de grafite, sem água fluindo. O anúncio da doação ocorreu durante uma cerimônia na fonte.

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