Questão 1129136 de Língua Inglesa - IADES 2022

Questão

ID 1129136

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

Ano: 2022 Banca: IADES - Instituto Americano de Desenvolvimento Órgão: Secretaria da Educação do Estado de Goiás

1____Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the social andEven before the COVID-19 crisis, the social and

economic development which Brazil achieved over recent

decades had stalled and gone into reverse. Against that

4 background, the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the

economic recession, and has hit hardest those least able to

cope with the downturn, exacerbating inequalities that still

7 place Brazil among the more unequal countries globally.

Education, the topic of this report, has played a big part in

Brazil’s progress, and has the potential to support the

10 country’s recovery.

OECD. Education in Brazil: an international perspective, OECD

Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/60a667f7-en. 238 pgs. with

adaptations.

After reading the text, choose which one of the following items is correct.

Alternativa A:
The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was facing setbacks.
Alternativa B:
In line 3, the verb phrase “had stalled and gone into” would remain correct if “had” were omitted.
Alternativa C:
In line 4, the determiner “the” in “the economic recession”(lines 4 and 5) is optional.
Alternativa D:
In line 5, the phrase “has hit hardest those least able” would remain correct if the preposition “on” were inserted, as in “has hit hardest on those least able”.
Alternativa E:
The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was spiraling.