Question

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Middle-Income Families Have Housing Problems
Walter Lasky, Bob Edwards and David Thompson (not their real names) live in New York. Walter Lasky, head of a famous banking family, rents a nine-room apartment in the city and owns a house in the country. Bob Edwards, a bus driver, rents a three-bedroom apartment in a government housing project. David Thompson, a tax accountant, is not as wealthy as Walter Lasky, but he makes more money than Bob Edwards. Where does he live? David Tompson and his wife and daughter live in a one-bedroom apartment in an old building in a dangerous neighborhood.
“We’ve been looking for an apartment we can afford in a better neighborhood for over a year, but we haven’t found anything”, said Mr. Thompson. “Everything is too expensive.”

A common but Difficult Problem
The Thompsons have a common but difficult problem: they are not poor enough or rich enough to find a good place to live. People with low incomes like Mr. and Mrs. Edwards can find a place to live with the help from the government. People like the Thompsons make too much money to get government help, but they cannot pay the high rent for a big apartment in a nice part of town. Even though they both have good jobs (Mrs. Thompson is a pharmacist) they live in an old, rundown apartment building in a dangerous neighborhood. If the Thompsons move to a better apartment, they will have to pay over half of their combined salaries in rent.
Since housing costs are increasing every year, the government is planning low-rent housing projects for middle-income families. However, it may be four or five years before these projects are finished. Until then, middle-income families like the Thompsons will probably have to stay where they are.
(By William Hawthorn. US News)

DE ACORDO COM O TEXTO A OPÇÃO VERDADEIRA É:
A
The Thompsons are poor enough to get help from the government to live in a good place.
B
The government doesn’t have a project to help middle-income families to be finished now.
C
The Thompsons don't live in a dangerous neighborhood.
D
Mr. Lasky is not the most well-to-do man cited in the text.
E
The Thompsons don't live in a one-bedroom apartment in an old building.

Answer 1

Olá!

A resposta correta par a questão apresentada é a LETRA B.

De forma básica, o texto fala da situação de 03 famílias considerando os nomes de seus responsáveis:

- Walter Lasky: pertence a uma família de banqueiros rica que mora em uma casa com 9 quartos em um bairro nobre de Nova York.

- Bob Edwards: um motorista de ônibus que mora em uma casa com 3 quartos graças à ajuda de um programa de habitação do governo.

- David Thompson: um contador que mora em uma casa com 1 quarto em um bairro perigoso da cidade.


O texto menciona um problema vivido quanto à moradia nos estados Unidos em que pessoas, como David Thompson, não estão na linha da pobreza par que recebam auxílio do governo, mas não recebem alto o suficiente para conseguirem adquirir sem ajuda uma casa em locais mais adequados da cidade em que moram como Nova York.


Diante desta situação que se torna cada vez mais comum nos Estados Unidos e no mundo como um todo, estão sendo elaborados programas para auxiliar este tipo de situação, mas que demoram ainda alguns anos para serem finalizados e colocados à disposição de sua população.



Espero ter ajudado.


Atenciosamente,


Ana Camila