Questão 2183788

• Banca: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - RJ
• Órgão: Prefeitura de Rio de Janeiro - RJ
• Ano: 2010
• Provas: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - RJ - 2010 - Prefeitura de Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Professor I - Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Answer question according to TEXT 1 below, adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8606466.stm (accessed on April 7th, 2010) .

TEXT 1

At least 200 people have died in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro after another storm. This is arguably the worst torrential rain for decades, causing flooding and landslides. Our website readers in Rio de Janeiro have been sharing their experiences.

Comment 1 - I’ve never seen such chaos. We weren’t prepared for this, even though we were warned that a big storm was about to come. Newspapers are saying that the reason for the catastrophe is the garbage. Well it may have been. We need to teach recycling at schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters like this. (Lia, Niterói)

Comment 2 - Today I witnessed Rio de Janeiro on the brink of collapse. I ventured out around midday, just as the electric power blacked out in my neighbourhood. Three hours later, looking out of my office window, the city still reminded me of a war zone. “What´ve we done to deserve this?”, I thought. It’s night time now and I haven’t been able to return home. I might do so tomorrow. (José, Rio)

Comment 3 - Worldwide, we are seeing more and more climate instability. The deserts of central Asia are growing, while areas of the US (and now Rio) are drenched. The lakes in Minnesota have never thawed this early, at any time in the recorded record. The icecaps will be history, and islands around the world are disappearing under the surf. The oceans are warming, the coral reefs are dying. How much more evidence do we need of global warming? (João, Brasília)

According to the text, at the time of publication, the number of people who had died was:

• A. less than 200
• B. no more than 200
• C. approximately 200
• D. nothing like 200

Gabarito: C

Comentários

• A) less than 200 - This is not correct because less than is used to say that someting is below another thing, and what we have is a minimum number of victims, it wasn't less than 200 people, it was around this number.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois less than é usado para mostrar que algo está abaixo de uma margem, e o que temos é um número mínimo de vítimas. Não se trata de menos de 200 pessoas, e sim de algo em torno desse número.
  
  B) no more than 200 - This is not correct because no more than gives us the idea of the maximum number we can achieve, but according to the text, we don't know if there will have more victims in the accident, so this number can increase.
  
   Esta resposta não está correta pois no more than nos dá a ideia do máximo que se pode atingir, mas como não sabemos se haverá mais vítimas no acidente, esse número ainda poderá aumentar.
  
  D) nothing like 200 - This is not correct because nothing like gives us the idea of a totally different number, which is not the case.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois nothing like nos dá a ideia de um número de vítimas totalmente diferente de 200, o que não é o caso.
  
  Resposta: C
  
  This is correct because the adverbs approximately and at least have the same idea, both show an  estimated number of dead people and this number can increase or not any time.
  
  Esta resposta está correta pois o advérbio da língua inglesa approximately transmite a mesma ideia que o advérbio at least, ou seja, ambos expressam um número aproximado de pessoas que morreram e podendo ou não aumentar a qualquer momento.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• "At least 200 people have died" = Pelo menos 200 pessoas morreram.