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Segundo as informações presentes na tira, os dois homens

• estão levando os livretos para um centro de reciclagem

• são voluntários de uma organização que pretende salvar o planeta.

• consideram que a carga de papel é muito pesada.

• estão descarregando folhetos sobre reciclagem para serem distribuídos.

• fazem parte de uma ONG de reciclagem de papel.

No segundo quadrinho, this stuff refere-se a

• recycling center.

• brochures.

• how to save.

• last load.

• the planet.

Ask a mayor of a developing country city about his or her most pressing problems, and solid waste management generally will be high on the list. For many cities, solid waste management is their single largest budget item and largest employer.

It is also a critical matter of public health, environmental quality, quality of life, and economic development. A city that cannot effectively manage its waste is rarely able to manage more complex services such as health, education or transportation. And no one wants to live in a city surrounded by garbage.

As the world urbanizes, the situation is becoming more acute. More people mean more garbage, especially in fastgrowing cities where the bulk of waste is generated. We estimate that cities currently generate roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year; with current urbanization trends, this figure will grow to 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025 – an increase of 70 percent.

Managing waste will also become more expensive. Expenditures that today total $205 billion will grow to $375 billion. The cost impacts will be most severe in low income countries already struggling to meet basic social and infrastructure needs, particularly for their poorest residents.

Because it is such a major issue, waste management also represents a great opportunity for cities. Managed well, solid waste management practices can reduce greenhouse gas emission levels in a city, including short-lived climate pollutants that are far more potent than carbon dioxide. A city’s ability to keep solid waste out of drainage ditches can also influence whether a neighborhood floods after a heavy storm.

(www.worldbank.org. Adaptado.)

Segundo o texto, a gestão de resíduos sólidos:

• melhora o transporte e a educação públicos, além do meio ambiente.

• transforma o entorno das cidades em um grande lixão, causando doenças.

• deve ser implantada nas cidades antes mesmo da saúde pública.

• é um dos principais desafios dos prefeitos de cidades de países em desenvolvimento.

• é muito dispendiosa em comparação a outros serviços públicos.

Ask a mayor of a developing country city about his or her most pressing problems, and solid waste management generally will be high on the list. For many cities, solid waste management is their single largest budget item and largest employer.

It is also a critical matter of public health, environmental quality, quality of life, and economic development. A city that cannot effectively manage its waste is rarely able to manage more complex services such as health, education or transportation. And no one wants to live in a city surrounded by garbage.

As the world urbanizes, the situation is becoming more acute. More people mean more garbage, especially in fastgrowing cities where the bulk of waste is generated. We estimate that cities currently generate roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year; with current urbanization trends, this figure will grow to 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025 – an increase of 70 percent.

Managing waste will also become more expensive. Expenditures that today total $205 billion will grow to $375 billion. The cost impacts will be most severe in low income countries already struggling to meet basic social and infrastructure needs, particularly for their poorest residents.

Because it is such a major issue, waste management also represents a great opportunity for cities. Managed well, solid waste management practices can reduce greenhouse gas emission levels in a city, including short-lived climate pollutants that are far more potent than carbon dioxide. A city’s ability to keep solid waste out of drainage ditches can also influence whether a neighborhood floods after a heavy storm.

De acordo com o texto, o aumento na produção de resíduos sólidos ocorre, principalmente, devido:

• aos custos

• à pobreza

• à educação

• à infraestrutura

• à urbanização

Entre 11 de fevereiro e 03 de junho de 2018, o Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova Iorque (MoMA) abrigou a primeira exposição nos Estados Unidos dedicada à pintora brasileira Tarsila do Amaral. Leia a apresentação de uma das pinturas expostas para responder à questão.

The painting Sleep (1928) is a dreamlike representation of tropical landscape, with this major motif of her repetitive figure that disappears in the background.

This painting is an example of Tarsila’s venture into surrealism. Elements such as repetition, random association, and dreamlike figures are typical of surrealism that we can see as main elements of this composition. She was never a truly surrealist painter, but she was totally aware of surrealism’s legacy.

(www.moma.org. Adaptado.)

A apresentação refere-se à pintura:

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Examine o cartum de Mick Stevens, publicado pela revista The New Yorker em 15.02.2018 e em seu Instagram, e as afirmações que se seguem.

I) Depreende-se do cartum uma concepção platônica do amor.

II) No cartum, o conceito físico mencionado reforça a ideia de amor platônico.

III) No cartum, nota-se a atribuição de características humanas a seres inanimados.

Está correto apenas o que se afirma em

• I e II.

• II e III.

• II.

• I.

• III.