📌ESTILO – 5 Multiple Choice Questions | Four-Option Question |
📖TEXTO:
Are wild animals afraid of humans?
(Os animais selvagens têm medo dos humanos?)
Crocodiles, sharks, snakes, tigers, lions are but a few of the animals that evoke a sense of fear in humans.
(Crocodilos, tubarões, cobras, tigres e leões são apenas alguns dos animais que despertam um sentimento de medo nos seres humanos.)
🔎 Expressões Relevantes:
🔹are but a few of → são apenas alguns de.
🔹"but" aqui tem valor restritivo = “apenas”.
🔹evoke a sense of fear → despertar/evocar um sentimento de medo.
🔹evoke = provocar, trazer à tona, despertar.
🔹in humans → nos seres humanos.
Attacks by these animals are always widely splashed across the media, giving further merit to these fears.
("Os ataques desses animais são sempre amplamente divulgados pela mídia, dando ainda mais fundamento a esses medos." ou “Os ataques desses animais recebem sempre grande destaque na mídia, o que acaba reforçando ainda mais esses temores.”)
🔎 Expressões Relevantes:
🔹Attacks by = ataques de
🔹these animals = esses animais
🔹widely splashed = amplamente divulgados
🔹across the media = pela mídia
🔹further merit = mais fundamento
🔹these fears = esses medos
But are we actually more scared of them than they are of us? And do we perhaps have reason to be?
(Mas será que nós realmente temos mais medo deles do que eles de nós? E será que talvez tenhamos motivo para isso?)
🔎 Expressões Relevantes:
🔹more scared = mais medo
🔹of them = deles
🔹of us = de nós
🔹have reason = ter motivo
Wild animals are afraid of humans.
(Animais selvagens têm medo dos humanos.)
🔎 Expressões Relevantes:
🔹Wild animals = animais selvagens
🔹are afraid = têm medo
🔹of humans = dos humanos
Studies have shown that even apex predators change their eating
patterns and habits when they perceive humans to be around.
(Estudos mostraram que até mesmo os predadores de topo mudam seus padrões e hábitos alimentares quando percebem a presença de humanos.)
🔎 Expressões Relevantes:
🔹Studies have shown = estudos mostraram
🔹apex predators = predadores de topo
🔹eating patterns = padrões alimentares
🔹perceive humans = percebem humanos
🔹be around = estarem por perto
We are the only super predator that exists
on this planet.
Through conditioning, animals have come to instinctually fear our very existence.
In Santa Cruz, California, a study was directed.
The scientists wished to determine how much impact
the perception of human presence would have on the predators in the area, namely the mountain lion,
bobcat, opossum and skunk.
The scientists broadcasted human voices in certain areas while they used
the sound of tree frogs in other regions as a control.
The results were alarming in that the predators
changed their habits more than expected, when they perceived humans to be present.
Mountain lions
would leave their kill if they heard voices and deliberately avoided the areas where they believed there
was human activity.
The skunk and opossum foraged less, and the bobcat became solely nocturnal.
Some might suggest that our upright stance and forward-facing eyes have animals understanding that
we are a predator and a threat, but it is more than just how we look that has them running for the hills.
Through centuries of hunting and destroying their habitat their fear of us has become instinctual.
We
are the annihilators, super destroyers of the earth and its wildlife.
We have taught animals that we are the
most destructive and deadly species on the planet and this conditioned them to fear us.
The human population kills nine times as many carnivores as they kill each other and four times more
middle food web animals than large carnivores do.
We are one of the few animals capable of distorting
ecosystem functioning and eradicating species. In most scenarios, the mere presence of a human will
have wild animals darting away.
Even in some extreme situations where animals show aggression, if
humans stand their ground and make noise, the result is often the animal showing one final act of
defiance before they move off back into their natural habitat.
But although wild animals will choose to run away most of the time, rather than standing against or going
after us, this is not always the case.
A threatened animal will fight against us to defend itself, and chances
are you, with your lack of claws, blunt teeth and squishy body, will come off second best.
Despite our
destructive behavior, an unarmed human has almost no defense against an animal. Fear incites violence
and animals will react aggressively if they feel threatened.
We might be the mighty super predator, but
ultimately we are no match for Mother Nature when she chooses to fight back.
🔗Adaptado de nayturr.com.
23 – The main topic developed throughout the article can be summarized as:
(A) fear in animal-man relationship
(B) human beings’ control over animals
(C) mother nature’s power over animals
(D) balance in nature-animal relationship
💡 GABARITO 🄰
The main topic developed throughout the article can be summarized as:
(A) ✅fear in animal-man relationship
✨Análise: O texto gira em torno da relação de medo entre humanos e animais, mostrando que, embora tenhamos medo de predadores, eles também têm medo instintivo de nós.
🔹"[...] Wild animals are afraid of humans. Studies have shown that even apex predators change their eating patterns and habits when they perceive humans to be around.”
(B) ❌human beings’ control over animals
✨Análise: fala de “controle humano sobre animais”, mas o texto não foca em domesticação ou domínio direto, e sim em medo.
(C) ❌mother nature’s power over animals
✨Análise: “mother nature’s power” aparece no fim, mas não é o tema principal, e sim uma conclusão.
“…but ultimately we are no match for Mother Nature when she chooses to fight back.”
(D) ❌balance in nature-animal relationship
✨Análise: “balance in nature” não aparece: ao contrário, mostra-se um desequilíbrio causado pelos humanos.
“We are the annihilators, super destroyers of the earth and its wildlife.”
24 – "But are we actually more scared of them than they are of us? And do we perhaps have reason
to be?" (l. 3)
In relation to the second paragraph (l. 4-6), the fragment above fullfills the function below:
(A) detail theme
(B) signal exception
(C) present hypothesis
(D) conclude argument
💡 GABARITO 🄲
"But are we actually more scared of them than they are of us? And do we perhaps have reason to be?" (l. 3)
In relation to the second paragraph (l. 4-6), the fragment above fullfills the function below:
(A) ❌detail theme
✨Análise: Não detalha, apenas levanta uma questão.
(B) ❌signal exception
✨Análise: Não mostra exceção, mas sim uma dúvida inicial.
(C) ✅present hypothesis
✨Análise: A pergunta retórica levanta uma hipótese a ser explorada no parágrafo seguinte.
📖 “But are we actually more scared of them than they are of us? … Wild animals are afraid of humans.” → A hipótese introduzida é confirmada logo depois.
(D) ❌conclude argument
✨Análise: Não conclui, pois está no início da explicação.
25 – According to the third paragraph (l. 7-13), a study was conducted about the impact of the perception
of the human presence on predators.
The objective of this study was to determine the following aspect of this impact:
(A) existence
(B) intensity
(C) linearity
(D) origin
💡 GABARITO 🄱
According to the third paragraph (l. 7-13), a study was conducted about the impact of the perception of the human presence on predators.
The objective of this study was to determine the following aspect of this impact:
(A) ❌existence
✨Análise: “existence” → já se sabia que havia impacto, eles queriam medir o grau.
(B) ✅intensity
✨Análise: O estudo avaliou quanto (a intensidade) os animais mudavam seus hábitos diante da percepção de humanos.
📖 “The scientists wished to determine how much impact the perception of human presence would have on the predators…”
(C) ❌linearity
✨Análise: “linearity” não aparece. O texto não fala em linearidade.
(D) ❌origin
✨Análise: “origin” não é o foco. O objetivo não era saber a origem, mas a intensidade.
26 – "But although wild animals will choose to run away most of the time, rather than standing
against or going after us, this is not always the case." (l. 25-26)
The underlined pronoun refers to the following action:
(A) kill
(B) hide
(C) attack
(D) escape
💡 GABARITO 🄳
"But although wild animals will choose to run away most of the time, rather than standing against or going after us, this is not always the case." (l. 25-26)
The underlined pronoun refers to the following action:
(A) ❌kill
(B) ❌hide
(C) ❌attack
(D) ✅escape
O pronome “this” refere-se à ação anterior: “run away”.
Resposta: (D) escape ✅
📖 “…wild animals will choose to run away most of the time … this is not always the case.”
27 – "We might be the mighty super predator, but ultimately we are no match for Mother Nature
when she chooses to fight back." (l. 29-30)
The underlined word is similar in meaning to:
(A) as a rule
(B) of course
(C) in general
(D) in the end
💡 GABARITO 🄳
"We might be the mighty super predator, but ultimately we are no match for Mother Nature when she chooses to fight back." (l. 29-30)
The underlined word is similar in meaning to:
(A) ❌as a rule
“as a rule” → regra geral. Não corresponde a “ultimately”.
(B) ❌of course
“of course” → óbvio, não encaixa.
(C) ❌in general
“in general” → Significa “geralmente”, não transmite a ideia de “no fim das contas”.
(D) ✅in the end
“ultimately” = no fim das contas, em última análise.
Resposta: (D) in the end ✅
📖 Substituir “ultimately” por “in the end” mantém o mesmo sentido.
