(FAAP 2016) - QUESTÕES 01 A 05

Questions 01 to 05 refer to the text below. 

Unsinkable Ship 

Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger and car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those that managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many survivors were men in the prime of life, while most of the dead were women, children and the elderly. 

01. QUESTÃO

We can infer from the reading that: 

a) most victims were trapped inside the boat as they were in their cabins. 

b) the lifesaving equipment did not work well and lifeboats could not be lowered. 

c) design faults and incompetent crew contributed to the sinking of the Estonia ferry. 

d) 139 people managed to leave the vessel but died in freezing water. 

e) naval architects claimed that the Estonia was unsinkable.

02. QUESTÃO

 It is clear from the passage that the survivors of the accident: 

a) helped save hundreds of lives. 

b) helped one another to overcome the tragedy that had affected them all. 

c) were mostly young men, but women,children and the elderly stood little chance. 

d) are still suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. 

e) told the investigators nothing about the accident.

03. QUESTÃO

 According to the passage, when the Estonia sank: 

a) all the passengers had already moved out into the open decks. 

b) few of the passengers were asleep. 

c) there were only 139 passengers on board.

d) faster reaction by the crew could have increased the Estonia's chances of survival. 

e) there were enough lifeboats for the number of people on board.

04. QUESTÃO

The pronoun that in “: Of those that managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived” can be replaced with: 

a) whose 

b) who 

c) whom 

d) which 

e) when

05. QUESTÃO

The adverb that cannot replace thoroughly in “It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage” is: 

a) meticulously 

b) rigorously 

c) minutely 

d) carelessly 

e) completely

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RESPOSTAS: 01 - A | 02 - C |03 - E |04 - B |05 - D