(EsPCEx - 2011)
Life and the Movies
Joey Potter looked at her friend Dawson Leery and she smiled sadly.
“Life isn’t like a movie, Dawson,” she said. “We can’t write happy endings to all our relationships.”
Joey was a pretty girl with long brown hair. Both Joey and Dawson were nearly sixteen years old. The two teenagers had problems. All teenagers have the same problems - life, love, school work, and parents. It isn’t easy to become an adult.
Dawson loved movies. He had always loved movies. He took film classes in school. He made short movies himself. Dawson wanted to be a film director. His favorite director was Steven Spielberg. Dawson spent a lot of his free time filming with his video camera. He loved watching videos of great movies from the past. Most evenings, he watched movies with Joey.
“These days, Dawson always wants us to behave like people in movies,” Joey thought. And life in the little seaside town of Capeside wasn’t like the movies.
Joey looked at the handsome, blond boy who was sitting next to her. She thought about the years of their long friendship. They were best friends...
ANDERS, C. J. Retold by CORNISH, F. H. Dawson’s Creek. Shifting into overdrive. Oxford, Macmillan, 2005.
According to the text, which alternative is correct about Dawson?
He first met Joey a couple of weeks ago.
He spent most of his evenings with Joey.
He had dark hair.
He didn’t have any problems.
He was older than Joey.
Gabarito:
He spent most of his evenings with Joey.
A) INCORRECT: pois o próprio texto, no final, nos informa que Joey e Dawson são amigos de longa data: "She thought about the years of their long friendship. They were best friends..."
B) CORRECT: pois essa é a única informação dentre as alternativas que podemos extrair do texto: "Most evenings, he watched movies with Joey."
C) INCORRECT: pois no final do texto temos a informação de que Dawson tinha cabelos loiros, e não cabeo escuro: "Joey looked at the handsome, blond boy who was sitting next to her." (Joey olhou para o lindo garoto loiro (Dawson) que estava sentado ao lado dela).
D) INCORRECT: pois no início do texto, o autor afirma que ambos tinham problemas assim como todos os adolescentes: "All teenagers have the same problems - life, love, school work, and parents. It isn’t easy to become an adult."
E) INCORRECT: pois o texto afirma que ambos possuem a mesma idade, por volta dos 16 anos: "Both Joey and Dawson were nearly sixteen years old.".