Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — IF-SP 2024
InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
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- qg241513
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- IF-SP
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- IF-SP
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- 2024
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- Professor EBTT - Letras: Português/Inglês
Read the following text to answer the question bellow:The use of the word ‘America’ in the singular and without an adjective may shock the reader. In the expressions ‘God bless America’ or ‘Make America great again’, the part is taken for the whole. In Latin America, people speak more accurately of the Americas - Las Americas. ‘America’ was the baptismal name given in I507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in Saint-Diédes-Vosges, based on the voyage of the Italian Amerigo Vespucci to only the southern half of the Western hemisphere. The symbolic cornering of its two continents by English-speaking and Protestant America, ignoring the Romance languages and Catholic traditions in the rest of the New World, has since expressed the relationship of forces between them. In what follows, the word designates less a state and a territory than a certain form of civilization.DEBRAY, Regis. Civilization. How we all became American. Verso: London, 2019.According to the text, what does the use of the term ‘America’ without an adjective signify in the context of English-speaking and Protestant America?
- AIt suggests an overarching inclusivity, encompassing the entire Western hemisphere and recognizing the diverse cultural and linguistic landscapes that characterize the Americas.
- BIt emphasizes the foundational impact of Amerigo Vespucci’s explorations, bringing attention to the historical origins on the southern regions of the Western hemisphere.
- CIt conveys the cultural supremacy of Englishspeaking Protestant America, highlighting its prevailing influence over the Romance languages and Catholic traditions across the New World.
- DIt provides a comprehensive and precise representation of the Americas’ cultural plurality, acknowledging the rich tapestry of languages and historical narratives across both continents.