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Brazilian Scene
Noah’s ark
Electrical power runs the future, but CESP proves that it can also help preserve nature
Once upon a time there was a virgin forest, with clear blue skies and very clean rivers. Mr.
Swamp Deer, Mrs. Jacutinga and Mrs. Piabanha ran, flew and swam, according to their nature.
Then man arrived and life in that little paradise became very difficult, even impossible. It’s not
because he went around hunting and fishing (which he did, but not only that). As he sought for a
better life for himself, he cut down forests to make space to plant foods and to raise cattle,
dammed the water courses to generate electrical power; and affected everyone’s home. Suddenly,
Mr. Swamp Deer could no longer find the little shoots he liked so much to eat. Mrs. Jacutinga had
no palm heart to eat. Mrs. Piabanha could find no place to spawn… They either moved or
disappeared.
The São Paulo Power Company (CESP), in order to tell a different story, is working to preserve
the flora and fauna, the environment and even man. All of this while it produces electrical power,
which is its reason for being. If you see a contradiction between electricity and environmental
protection, you should pay attenttion to three points: the flooding of areas to form reservoirs has
an ecological or socioeconomic impact; society needs electrical power; but it also needs to mitigate
or compensate for that impact. Based on these points, and certain that it is not the villain of the
fable, CESP is carrying out its twofold mission in a transparent manner: The alternative to
hydroelectric plants, which are not pollutant and depend on renewable resources, the options
would be thermoelectric or nuclear plants — that is, pollution and risk.
Viaje Bem. Revista de Bordo da VASP. Ano 27, n. 19, p. 44, 1998.
318. Uniderp-MS By remembering the biblical character Noah, who saved animals in his
ark, the title of the text refers to:
a) Noah’s personal belongings.
b) any ship for navigating.
c) the rich Brazilian fauna.
d) an old furniture for keeping things.
e) a famous ecologist named Noah.
319. Uniderp-MS Electrical power runs the future, but CESP proves that it can also help
preserve nature (subtitle).
This statement gives evidence of the contrast.
a) Technology / Environment protection.
b) Progress / Environment degration.
c) Advances / Overpopulation.
d) Economic access / Biological diversity.
e) Mobilization / Pollution.
320. Uniderp-MS The first paragraph is narrated in a style of a
a) fable.
b) newspaper report.
c) common talk.
d) friendly letter.
e) public lecture.
321. Uniderp-MS “a virgin forest, with clear blue skies and very clean rivers.”
This phrase suggests:
a) a beautiful and quiet field where people go after wild animals for food.
b) an extensive land where some species were already exterminated.
c) a wild wood under the open sky where people go fishing and hunting.
d) a large area where the sky is dirty of smoke from factories.
e) a jungle in its original condition and never polluted.
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322. Uniderp-MS “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and its usage as proper nouns are employed to:
a) attribute human and personal characteristics to animals.
b) give examples of all nature kingdoms.
c) compare rational with irrational beings.
d) show animals are men’s best friends.
e) play tricks on the readers.
323. Uniderp-MS CESP’s intention is to
a) organize movements against pollution.
b) provide good jobs for future generations.
c) avoid ecological problems in the next century.
d) develop more and more hydroelectric plants carelessly.
e) protect the environment to mantain ecological and technological equilibrium.
324. Uniderp-MS In relation to verb forms, the correct alternative is
a) “swam” – irregular verb in the Simple Past.
b) “cut” – a verb that has different forms in the Present and Past Tense.
c) “could” – it expresses possibility in the Present.
d) “is working” – it is in the Past Continuous Tense.
e) “compensate” – this verb form is in the Simple Present.
325. Uniderp-MS The term that is correctly classified is
a) “that” – demonstrative pronoun.
b) “himself” – indefinite pronoun.
c) “everyone” – reflexive pronoun.
d) “its” – possessive adjective.
e) “you” – object pronoun.
Brazil
A Drought for the Record Books
DROUGHTS OF near-Biblical proportions have plagued the semi-arid back lands of northeast Brazil
for as long as anyone can remember. The worst on record, in 1877, took half a million lives. This
year’s dry spell is billed as the most severe this century, affecting some 10 million people and reducing
millions of acres to a dustbowl of bone-dry river beds, cracked mud and the bleached skulls of dead
cattle. Crop losses could top $4 billion. With their beans and corn withering in the fields, hungry
peasants have stormed markets and warehouses, and even attacked trucks bearing food aid. One
desperate looter was run over last week. The drought this year is largely the work of a familiar
culprit, El Niño, whose fickle winds have kept much of South America hot and dry. El Niño was also
blamed for the huge fires that swept through the northern Amazon rain forest in March.
(From NEWSWEEK, May 18, 1998: 48f)
326. UFRJ Qual é a semelhança entre as duas secas mencionadas no texto?
327. UFRJ Cite duas reações dos camponeses frente ao problema da seca em 1998.
328. UFRJ
a) A que o autor atribui a responsabilidade pela seca de 1998?
b) Por quê?