⬛ TEXTO 3 (clique para abrir / fechar)
The arm of Liberty
Anonymous
The Statue of Liberty is probably the ______ icon of the USA.
When the American Civil war ended, Édouard de Laboulaye wanted to commemorate the end of the slave trade with a gift. He and other people who opposed slavery raised money and hired a sculptor, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, to design the Statue. Bartholdi later employed the French engineer, Gustave Eiffel, to devise its structure.
Eiffel designed the Statue to be built around a massive metal skeleton, similar to the Eiffel Tower. In 2018, a map dealer bought some historic papers at an auction in Paris, which included original plans. After special treatment, the papers clearly showed that Eiffel’s plans had been changed by Bartholdi.
We don’t know what Eiffel thought of Bartholdi’s changes. By then, Eiffel was working on other projects, and only his assistants were working with Bartholdi.
At first, visitors could climb a ladder to the torch in Liberty’s arm, but in 1916, there was an explosion on a nearby island. It damaged the Statue and made it unsafe, and the stairway to the torch has been closed ever since. During restoration work in the 1980s, engineers noticed that the structure inside Liberty’s head, shoulders, and arm were different from how they were shown on Eiffel’s plans. Some historians believed that Bartholdi had changed Eiffel’s design. The newly discovered papers confirm those theories.
🔗 Adapted from: https://test-english.com/reading
🟨 QUESTÃO 33
Choose the best alternative according to the text:
🄰 Bartholdi made changes in Eiffel’s plans while designing the Statue of Liberty.
🄱 Eiffel dedicated his work exclusively to the Statue of Liberty the whole process.
🄲 Eiffel designed the Statue of Liberty by himself.
🄳 Eiffel didn’t enjoy Bartholdi’s changes.
🔐 Gabarito trancado (clique para revelar)
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O texto informa explicitamente que os planos originais de Eiffel foram alterados por Bartholdi. Essa informação aparece quando os documentos históricos revelam mudanças feitas no projeto estrutural da Estátua da Liberdade.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) ✅ Bartholdi made changes in Eiffel’s plans while designing the Statue of Liberty.
Afirmação confirmada diretamente pelo texto.
🚩 Pegadinha: alternativa longa, mas fiel à informação central.
(B) ❌ Eiffel dedicated his work exclusively to the Statue of Liberty the whole process.
O texto afirma que Eiffel estava envolvido em outros projetos.
🚩 Pegadinha: uso da palavra exclusively invalida a frase.
(C) ❌ Eiffel designed the Statue of Liberty by himself.
Bartholdi foi o escultor principal e contou com Eiffel apenas na estrutura.
🚩 Pegadinha: generalização indevida do papel de Eiffel.
(D) ❌ Eiffel didn’t enjoy Bartholdi’s changes.
O texto afirma que não se sabe o que Eiffel pensou sobre as mudanças.
🚩 Pegadinha: inferência sem base textual.
🧠 Resumo Final
✔ Texto confirma alterações feitas por Bartholdi
✔ Não há julgamento sobre a opinião de Eiffel
✔ Leitura literal evita inferências indevidas
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: (A)