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HELP FIND THIS MAD BOMBER

Male Caucasian Height: 5´ 30” Weight: 180 lbs Hair: Brownish--blond Age: Mid-forties forties

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This mad bomber has struck at least a dozen times. His airmailed bombs killed 12 addressees and injured 21. His targets have ranged from New York to California. His motive is unknown. The search for the terrorist has turned into a massive manhunt. Postal inspectors have studied the names of more than 80,00 80,000 0 people. FBI agents across the nation and, through the Interpol, around the world have been alerted. There is a $ 60,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. Adapted from: Reader’s Digest Magazine. December 198 1989, pp.96-7 HELPING VOCABULARY strike ( line 01): atacar addressee (line 01): destinatário conviction (line 06): condenação

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ANSWER QUESTIONS 01 TO 08 ACCORDING TO TEXT I. 01. The heading “HELP FIND THIS MAD BOMBER” is similar in meaning to A) Help the police find this man and become a national hero. B) Press the government into reorganizing the Postal Service security. C) Contact authorities immediately if you have any information about this man. D) Arrest this criminal if you happen to come across him. E) Offer a donation to sponsor a nationwide search. Questão 01, alternativa C Após entender a natureza tipológica do texto, o candidato deveria reconhecer a sua interpessoalidade, proposta pela frase de chamada que sugere o auxílio do leitor universal na localização do terrorista retratado no cartaz policial. Com efeito, a única providência a ser tomada por quem eventualmente venha a se deparar com o elemento procurado será entrar em contato com as autoridades policiais incontinenti.

02. One of the objectives of the text is to A) give details about a massive manhunt. B) advertise a prisoner’s ‘wanted’ poster. C) alert the agents around the world to prepare for action. D) get the population involved in the search for the criminal. E) warn the residents about the risk of being attacked by the mad anthrax killer. Questão 02, alternativa D Para definir-se pelo item correto, o candidato deveria recorrer à informação explícita de que a busca pelo terrorista elevou-se à dimensão de uma questão de segurança nacional, o que é expresso na construção “massive manhunt” (l.03). De posse dessa informação e da interpessoalidade comentada no item anterior, ele estaria apto a entender a mobilização geral proposta.

03. The mad bomber A) sent letters to people also living in areas outside New York and California. B) chose addressees who lived exclusively either in New York or in California. C) has been hunted by the FBI agents around the world. D) used a different explosive device in each of his letters. E) worked for the Postal Service. Questão 03, alternativa A Usando a informação explícita de que a ação do terrorista não se limitou a um ponto específico dentro do país, mas estendeu-se de costa a costa (“from New York to California”), o candidato lograria êxito na sua resposta.

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