Questão 5028151

• Banca: CEV-URCA
• Órgão: URCA
• Ano: 2021
• Provas: CEV-URCA - 2021 - URCA - Prova II - História / Geografia / Português / Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Texto 1

Part of President Obama’s Speech at Rutgers Commencement 2016

   Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science — these are good things. These are qualities you want in people making policy. These are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens. That might seem obvious. That’s why we honor Bill Moyers or Dr. Burnell. We traditionally have valued those things. But if you were listening to today’s political debate, you might wonder where this strain of anti-intellectualism came from.

   So, Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be. In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real, or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.

   Qualities like kindness and compassion, honesty, hard work — they often matter more than technical skills or know-how. But when our leaders express a disdain for facts, when they’re not held accountable for repeating falsehoods and just making stuff up, while actual experts are dismissed as elitists, then we’ve got a problem.

   You know, it’s interesting that if we get sick, we actually want to make sure the doctors have gone to medical school, they know what they’re talking about. If we get on a plane, we say we really want a pilot to be able to pilot the plane. The rejection of facts, the rejection of reason and science — that is the path to decline.

From: shorturl.at/deAIX. Accessed on 04/01/2020

Sobre líderes que espalham mentiras, o texto nos permite afirmar que:

• A. eles são responsabilizados judicialmente.
• B. eles são apoiados pela população e pela mídia.
• C. eles são vaiados ao se pronunciarem.
• D. eles são especialistas em ciência.
• E. eles não sofrem punição judicial.

Gabarito: E

Comentários

• A questão cobra interpretação de parte do discurso do presidente Obama na abertura da Rutgers em 2016.
  
  O que o texto nos permite afirmar sobre líderes que espalham mentiras?
  
  A resposta se evidencia no trecho do parágrafo 3. Vejamos o trecho em questão:
  
  But when our leaders express a disdain for facts, when they're not held accountable for repeating falsehoods and just making stuff up, while actual experts are dismissed as elitists, then we've got a problem.
  Tradução - Mas quando nossos líderes expressam desdém pelos fatos, quando não são responsabilizados por repetir falsidades e apenas inventar coisas, enquanto os verdadeiros especialistas são considerados elitistas, então temos um problema.
  
  Portanto, os líderes não sofrem punições quando espalham mentiras, não são responsabilizados.
  
  
  Gabarito do Professor: Letra E.