Questão 5083903

• Banca: AMEOSC
• Órgão: Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC
• Ano: 2020
• Provas: AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC - Professor de Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Why bats are not to blame, say scientists

    “Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the narrow chambers of caves. People in this part of Zimbabwe call bats "winged dragons", "flying rats" or simply the "evil ones".

    Like elsewhere in the world, the flying mammals are much misunderstood. For this wildlife ecologist, they're beautiful and incredible creatures. "They are fascinating," he says. "People are frightened of something they don't know."

    "The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as fertiliser for their crops. It is therefore essential to know the pathogens carried by the bats, because they could be transmitted to humans," says Dr Elizabeth Gori of the University of Zimbabwe.

    Bat experts have launched a campaign, Don't Blame Bats, to dispel unfounded fears and myths about bats, which are threatening conservation. They say bats are some of the most misunderstood and undervalued animals on the planet.

    Long the target of disdain, persecution and cultural prejudice, they have been blamed for a host of evils visited upon humans. And fears and myths about bats have only intensified in the time of Covid.

    The precise origin of the virus that has wreaked such havoc across the world has not been pinned down. But the vast majority of scientists agree that it crossed into humans from an animal species, most likely a bat. That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.”

(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473)

De acordo com o texto,

• A. Os animais da caverna devem ser culpados pela disseminação de vírus entre os seres humanos.
• B. A crescente interferência humana com as criaturas selvagens é a raiz do problema da transmissão de patógenos.
• C. As lendas e mitos relacionados aos animais da caverna levaram a uma falsa crença de que podem curar qualquer tipo de doença
• D. A população local não visita o habitat desses animais para evitar doenças transmissíveis.

Gabarito: B

Comentários

• Trata-se de questão envolvendo a capacidade de interpretação do candidato, que deverá marcar a opção verdadeira a respeito do texto.
  
  Em breve resumo o texto discorre sobre a campanha “Don't Blame Bats" que pretende demonstrar que os morcegos não são culpados pelas patologias transmitidas aos seres humanos.
  
  Vejamos as alternativas:
  
  Alternativa A.
  FALSO. O texto, conforme indica o próprio título, pretende esclarecer por que os morcegos não devem ser culpados.
  
  Alternativa B.
  VERDADEIRO. O texto afirma isso expressamente, veja: “it's our increasing interference with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem."
  
  Alternativa C.
  FALSO. Pelo contrário, de acordo com o texto, os medos e mitos sobre os morcegos os faz serem culpados por uma série de males infligidos aos humanos. “(...) they have been blamed for a host of evils visited upon humans."
  
  Alternativa D.
  FALSO. A população vai até o habitat desses animais para colher o guano, usado como fertilizante. “The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as fertiliser for their crops."
  
  
  GABARITO DO PROFESSOR: LETRA B.

• b-

  That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.