Em Língua Inglesa, para fazermos perguntas no tempo verbal Passado Simples (Past Simple), utilizamos, com a maioria dos verbos, o auxiliar did. Leia os dois textos abaixo, e, com base na sua compreensão deles e em seus conhecimentos sobre a formação de perguntas com did, avalie as informações que seguem. Texto 1 Women in Saudi Arabia Absallah al-Mouallimi, the Saudi ambassador to the UN, cheerfully announced a small step towards gender equality in Saudi Arabia after a royal decree was issued giving women the right to drive. Prior to the change, women in the ultra-conservative kingdom who defied the ban in protest would often go to jail. Saudi women still need permission from a male guardian to travel, get a job, marry or divorce, but this is still a welcome move towards modernity. Disponível em: . Acesso em 06 de out. 2017 (adaptado). Texto 2 Young Girl Can Hear Charlotte was born without an ear canal in her left ear, causing her to be partially deaf. Now, at five years old, she is the youngest person ever to receive an inner ear implant. Doctor Powell explained that the device is small and implanted behind the ear and under the skin where it can directly stimulate the inner ear with vibration to take sound into the ear. Charlotte’s mother, Sophie, said that it was hard to understand Charlotte due to her deafness. Now she is understandable and can hear better, thanks to the device. Charlotte explained that she can hear so many things now that she ‘can’t even remember how many things!’ Disponível em: . Acesso em 13 de out. 2017 (adaptado). I) A pergunta What did the Saudi ambassador to the UN announce? pode ser respondida com informações contidas no primeiro parágrafo do Texto 1. II) A pergunta Where did women who defied the ban go to? pode ser respondida pelo trecho “Saudi women still need permission from a male guardian to travel, get a job, marry or divorce, but this is still a welcome move towards modernity”, do Texto 1. III) A pergunta What did Charlotte’s mother say? Pode ser respondida pelo trecho: “Charlotte’s mother, Sophie, said that it was hard to understand Charlotte due to her deafness”, do Texto 2. IV) A pergunta What did Charlotte explain? Pode ser respondida com informações contidas no quarto parágrafo do Texto 2. Agora, assinale a alternativa correta. ALTERNATIVAS Apenas I e II estão corretas. Apenas II e IV estão corretas. Apenas I, III e IV estão corretas. Apenas II, III e IV estão corretas. Todas estão corretas.
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I. A pergunta What did the Saudi ambassador to the UN announce? pode ser respondida com informações contidas no primeiro parágrafo do Texto 1. V
II. A pergunta Where did women who defied the ban go to? pode ser respondida pelo trecho “Saudi women still need permission from a male guardian to travel, get a job, marry or divorce, but this is still a welcome move towards modernity”, do Texto 1. F - Where quer saber onde, lugar. No trecho não fala nada sobre para onde as mulheres vão e sim, das permissões que elas ainda precisam obter dos homens.
III. A pergunta What did Charlotte’s mother say? pode ser respondida pelo trecho: “Charlotte’s mother, Sophie, said that it was hard to understand Charlotte due to her deafness”, do Texto 2. V
IV. A pergunta What did Charlotte explain? pode ser respondida com informações contidas no quarto parágrafo do Texto 2. V
Resposta: I, III e IV apenas