(FUVEST - 2006 - 1 FASE)
“CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.” So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year. Environmentalists may feel a twinge of fear at this burgeoning romance with motoring. But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it.
In 2002 demand for cars in China soared by 56%, far more than even the rosiest projections. The next year growth quickened to 75%, before slowing in 2004 (when the government tightened rules on credit for car purchases) to around 15%. But in a sluggish global market, China’s demand remains mesmerising. Few expect this year’s growth to dip below 10%. As long as the economy goes on galloping at its current high-singledigit clip, many expect car sales to increase by 10-20% annually for several years to come."
The Economist, June 4th 2005.
According to the passage, Xinhua
had proclaimed that China’s car industry would boom in 2004.
played an important role in China’s social and economic transformation.
reported, with pride, in 2004, the beginning of a new era for China.
considers the new bank lending rules to be responsible for China’s mass car consumption.
pointed out, in 2004, that China’s car industry would grow beyond expectations in the short run.
Gabarito:
reported, with pride, in 2004, the beginning of a new era for China.
a) INCORRETA, visto que no texto é afirmado que em 2004 a indústria desacelerou.
b) INCORRETA, uma vez que Xinhua é a agência de notícias do governo, não um órgão.
c) CORRETA, já que logo no começo do texto é dito que a agência disse que o avanço em direção ao consumo em massa de carros é "great" (bom) e "historic".
d) INCORRETA, dado que não foi emitida uma opinião acerca da política de empréstimos bancários por parte da agência de notícias chinesa.
e) INCORRETA, posto que Xinhua não apenas apontou, mas disse que a China entrou em uma nova era, não que a industria iria crescer além do esperado.