Question

Read the following text and answer the questions. The Flowering of Human Consciousness Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: the first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to receive the rays of the sun. Prior to this momentous event that heralds an evolutionary transformation in the life of plants, the planet had already been covered in vegetation for millions of years. The first flower probably did not survive for 5 long, and flowers must have remained rare and isolated phenomena, since conditions were most likely not yet favorable for a - i I 1 . widespread flowering to occur. One day, however, a criticai threshold was reached, 10 and suddenly there would have been an explosion of color and scent all over the ' planet. Later, this first recognition ofbeauty ■ I Jf"" ■ L I was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human consciousness. ■ ■ 1 lá iV The achievements of humanity are impressive and undeniable. We have ■ created sublime works of music, literature, painting, architecture, and sculpture. More recently, science and technology have brought about radical changes in the way we live and have enabled us to do and create things that would have been considered 20 miraculous even two hundred years ago. No doubt the human mind is highly intelligent. Yet its very intelligence is tainted by madness. Science and technology have magnified the destructive impact that the dysfunction of the human mind has upon the planet, other life-forms, and upon humans themselves. That is why the history of the twentieth century is where that dysfunction, that collective insanity, can be most clearly recognized. A further factor is that this dysfunction is actually intensifying and accelerating. We only need to watch the daily news on television to realize that the madness has not abated, that is continuing into the twenty-first century. Another aspect of the collective dysfunction of the human mind is the unprecedented violence that humans are inflicting on other life-forms and the planet itself - the destruction of oxygen-producing forests and other plant and animal life; ill-treatment of animals in factory farms; and poisoning of rivers, oceans, and air. Driven by greed, ignorant of their connectedness to the whole, humans 30 persist in behavior that, if continued unchecked, can only result in their own destruction. When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form - or a species - will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap. Responding to this radical crisis that threatens our very survival is humanity's challenge now. A significant portion of the earth's population will soon recognize, if they haven't already done so, that humanity is now faced with a stark choice: evolve or die. Adapted from Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to your life’s purpose. Glossary: momentous: significativo (line 2) heralds: anuncia (line 2) widespread: vasto (line 8) threshold: limiar (line 9) tainted: corrompido (line 21) abated: enfraquecido (line 25) insurmountable: insuperável (line 32) stark: difícil (line 37) The text blames man's lack of commitment toward the environment for the eventual destruction of human life on Earth. Mark the option that best conveys this idea. (A) “Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: the first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up” [...] (lines 1- 2). (B) “[...] the first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human consciousness.” (lines 12-14). (C) “[...] humans persist in behavior that if continued unchecked, can only result in their own destruction.”(lines 29-30). (D) “The achievements of humanity are impressive and undeniable.” (lines 15-16). (E) “[...] humanity is now faced with a stark choice [...]” (lines 36-37).

Answer 1

O texto, no parágrafo 25, faz referência ao problema causado pela interferência do homem no meio ambiente, que causa um impacto negativo no planeta, motivado por ganância e ignorância, e alerta que a consequência da falta de compromisso do homem em relação às questões ambientais, terá como consequência a destruição da própria espécie.


Entre as alternativas, a que transmite essa ideia é a C: "humanos persistem em um comportamento que, se continuar sem controle, resultará na sua própria destruição". 


Resposta: C.