⬛ Texto (Questões 83–86)
Managing globalization: if it’s here to stay, what do we know?
Daniel Altman
Two decades have passed since the word “globalization” started showing up with any frequency in discussions of business and economics.
At first, the focus was on Western companies trying to compete with cheaper, sometimes better imports from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries.
It was a straight fight: the battle lines were drawn along each country’s borders.
Later on, things became more complex. Asian companies started designing and assembling products in the West. Western companies opened up new fronts by sending jobs abroad — not just in manufacturing but in service industries as well.
At the turn of the millennium, there was a lot of talk about whether globalization was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing.
One side argued that it allowed big, multinational corporations to exploit workers in poor countries to pad their profit margins.
The other side retorted that the expansion of these corporations into the developing world offered the best hope for raising living standards.
One side complained that globalization was creating and destroying industries too quickly for the labor force to adjust.
The other side answered that these shifts were rapidly improving the world’s ability to use its resources efficiently.
Now, it’s pretty clear that globalization, be it good or bad, is an Unavoidable Thing.
🔗 Adapted from Sharma, Pete. Reading the News, Thomson ELT, 2007.
🟨 QUESTÃO 83.
Write T for true and F for false, then choose the alternative with the right sequence.
According to the text, globalization
( ) has appeared in discussions involving business and economics for two decades and it’s a subject that people haven’t decided yet whether it is a good or a bad thing.
( ) was first focused on Western companies that brought cheaper products, better from those imported from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries.
( ) as a good thing, through the expansion of multinational corporations into the developing world, offered the best hope for rising living standards.
( ) at the turn of the millennium, became a more complex subject influenced by Asian and Western companies.
(A) T - F - T - F
(B) F - T - F - T
(C) T - F - F - T
(D) F - T - T - F
Gabarito: 🄰
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
A questão exige leitura cronológica e lógica do texto. O autor descreve: (i) o surgimento do debate sobre globalização, (ii) sua evolução, (iii) os argumentos pró e contra, e (iv) a conclusão de que ela é inevitável.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das afirmações
(1) ✅ VERDADEIRA.
O texto afirma que o termo aparece há duas décadas
e que houve grande debate sobre ser algo bom ou ruim.
(2) ❌ FALSA.
O foco inicial foi em empresas ocidentais tentando competir
com produtos importados — não em trazê-los.
🚩 Pegadinha: inversão do agente da ação.
(3) ✅ VERDADEIRA.
O texto afirma claramente que um dos lados defendia
que a expansão das multinacionais elevaria os padrões de vida.
(4) ❌ FALSA.
A complexidade surge depois da fase inicial,
mas não é situada exatamente “no turn of the millennium”
como causa da complexidade.
🚩 Pegadinha: deslocamento temporal sutil.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da banca
• Inversão de sujeito (quem faz o quê)
• Troca de causa × consequência
• Leitura apressada de marcadores temporais
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Globalização é debatida há duas décadas
✔ Houve forte oposição entre visões positivas e negativas
✔ Multinacionais foram vistas como esperança por alguns
✔ Nem toda complexidade coincide com o marco temporal citado
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (A)