(EsPCEx - 2014)
Japan WW2 Soldier Who Refused to Surrender Dies
A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after World War Two ended and spent 29 years in the jungle has died aged 91 in Tokyo. Hiroo Onoda remained in the jungle on Lubang Island near Luzon, in the Philippines, until 1974 because he did not believe that the war had ended. He was finally persuaded to emerge after his ageing former commanding officer was flown in to see him. Onoda was greeted as a hero on his return to Japan.
The young soldier had orders not to surrender - a command he obeyed for nearly three decades. “I became an officer and I received an order. If I could not carry it out, I would feel shame. I am very competitive”, he said. Three other soldiers were with him at the end of the war. One emerged from the jungle in 1950 and the other two died.
Mr Onoda ignored several attempts to get him to surrender. He later said that he dismissed search parties sent to him, and leaflets dropped by Japan, because there was always something suspicious, so he never believed that the war had really ended. Though Onoda had been officially declared dead in December 1959, search parties were sent out in 1972, when the last person from his group was killed by local police, but they did not find him. Onoda was now alone.
On February 20, 1974, a Japanese man, Norio Suzuki, found Onoda after four days of searching. They became friends, but Onoda still refused to surrender, saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer. Suzuki returned to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter, and the Japanese government located Onoda’s commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi. He flew to Lubang where on March 9, 1974, he finally met with Onoda and rescinded his original orders in person.
The Philippine government granted him a pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killing 30 people during his campaign on the island. 1The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25772192 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda
In the sentence “The news media reported on this and other misgivings...” (ref. 1), this refers to
other misgivings.
killing 30 people.
so much attention.
the Philippine government.
original orders.
Gabarito:
killing 30 people.
[B]
O texto diz: "the Philippine government granted him a pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killim 30 people during his campaign on the Island. The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home" (o governo das Filipinas concedeu o perdão a ele, embora muitas pessoas em Lubang nunca o perdoaram por ter matado 30 pessoas durante a campanha militar na ilha. A imprensa noticiou esse e outros impasses, mas ao mesmo tempo o recebeu bem ao retornar para casa). Assim, o demonstrative pronoun this refere-se ao "assassinato de 30 pessoas" (killing 30 people).
(Espcex (Aman) 2016)
Leia o trecho do romance São Bernardo e dê o que se pede.
“(...)
O que estou é velho. Cinquenta anos pelo S. Pedro. Cinquenta anos perdidos, cinquenta anos gastos sem objetivo, a maltratar-me e a maltratar os outros. O resultado é que endureci, calejei, e não é um arranhão que penetra esta casca espessa e vem ferir cá dentro a sensibilidade embotada.
(...)
Cinquenta anos! Quantas horas inúteis! Consumir-se uma pessoa a vida inteira sem saber para quê! Comer e dormir como um porco! Levantar-se cedo todas as manhãs e sair correndo, procurando comida! E depois guardar comida para os filhos, para os netos, para muitas gerações. Que estupidez! Que porcaria! Não é bom vir o diabo e levar tudo?
(...)
Penso em Madalena com insistência. Se fosse possível recomeçarmos... Para que enganar-me? Se fosse possível recomeçarmos, aconteceria exatamente o que aconteceu. Não consigo modificar-me, é o que mais me aflige.
(...)
Foi este modo de vida que me inutilizou. Sou um aleijado. Devo ter um coração miúdo, lacunas no cérebro, nervos diferentes dos nervos dos outros homens. E um nariz enorme, uma boca enorme, dedos enormes.
(...)”
Quanto ao trecho lido, é correto afirmar que:
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(EsPCEx - 2011)
Quando a intenção do emissor está voltada para a própria mensagem, quer na seleção e combinação das palavras, quer na estrutura da mensagem, com as mensagens carregadas de significados, temos a função de linguagem denominada
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(EsPCEx - 2012)
Leia a estrofe que segue e assinale a alternativa correta, quanto às suas características.
“Visões, salmos e cânticos serenos
Surdinas de órgãos flébeis, soluçantes...
Dormências de volúpicos venenos
Sutis e suaves, mórbidos, radiantes...”
(EsPCEx - 2013)
Assinale a única alternativa que contém a figura de linguagem presente no trecho destacado:
" As armas e os barões assinalados,
Que da ocidental praia lusitana,
Por mares nunca dantes navegados,
Passaram ainda além da Taprobana"