(EsPCEx - 2011)
Brazilian Forces Claim Victory in Gang Haven
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a quick and decisive military operation, Brazilian security forces took control of this city’s most notorious slum on Sunday, celebrating victory over drug gangs after a weeklong battle.
In the early afternoon, the military police raised the flags of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro atop a building on the highest hill in the Alemão shantytown complex, providing a rare moment of happiness and celebration in a decades-long battle to rid this city’s violent slums of drug gangs.
An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets. Dozens of children ran from their houses in shorts and bikinis to jump into a swimming pool that used to belong to a gang leader. Residents congregated around televisions in bars and restaurants, cheering for the police as if they were cheering for their favorite soccer teams. “Now the community is ours,” Jovelino Ferreira, a 60-year-old pastor, said, his eyes filling with tears. “This time it will be different. We have to have faith. Many people who didn’t deserve have suffered here.”
http://www.nytimes.com, consulta em 28/11/2010
In the last paragraph, the author is describing a scene of
sadness.
conflict.
happiness.
fear.
tragedy.
Gabarito:
happiness.
A) INCORRECT: pois pela mensagem de um dos moradores do Complexo do Alemão, o clima não é de tristeza (sadness), mas sim de muita alegria.
B) INCORRECT: pois o clima de conflito (conflit) não está no último parágrafo, mas sim nos parágrafos anteriores quando é dito sobre a invasão policial.
C) CORRECT: pois podemos perceber que o sentimento coletivo é justamente o sentimento de alegria, uma vez que o clima de segurança aumentou e os moradores se sentem mais confiantes em andar pelas ruas sem medo.
D) INCORRECT: pois o sentimento não é de medo, mas, pela fala de um dos moradores (Jovelino), é uma mistura do sentimento de alívio com o sentimento de alegria.
E) INCORRECT: pois não há um clima de tragédia no final do texto, mas, pelo contrário, há um sentimento feliz, de vitória, de que as coisas ruins estavam acabando.