Questão 2183791

• 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)

The word arguably in the clause “This is arguably the worst torrential rain for decades” signals a/an:

• A. argument
• B. viewpoint
• C. disagreement
• D. conflict

Gabarito: B

Comentários

• A) argument - This is not correct because an argument is used to give a reason or a set of reasons  with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois an argument é usado para dar um motivo ou vários motivos com o propósito de persuadir outras pessoas de que uma ideia é certa ou errada.
  
  C) disagreement - This is not correct because a disagreement happens in a situation in which people have different opinions and they can't agree with each other.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois a disagreement acontece em uma situação onde pessoas têm opiniões diferentes e não conseguem concordar umas com as outras.
  
  D) conflict - This is not correct because a conflict happens when people have an active disagreement between oposing opinions or needs.
  
  Esta resposta não está correta pois a conflict acontece quando pessoas têm opiniões ou necessidades diferentes e mostram isso de maneira ativa.
  
  Resposta: B
  
  This is correct because a viewpoint happens when a person gives her opinion or point of view, her perspective. In the text we can clearly see that some people share their experience with others, having no judgment or nothing to impose.
  
  Esta resposta está correta pois a viewpoint acontece quando uma pessoa dá sua opinião ou ponto de vista, sua perspectiva a respeito de um assunto. No texto, podemos ver claramente algumas pessoas compartilhando experiências com outros, sem julgamentos ou imposições.