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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 34
Choose the best alternative according to the text.
🄰 Gustave Eiffel was the engineer present in the whole process of building the Statue of Liberty.
🄱 Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was the engineer who designed the Statue of Liberty.
🄲 The stairway to the torch is now available for the public.
🄳 The Statue of Liberty was harmed by an explosion.
🔐 Gabarito trancado (clique para revelar)
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O texto afirma claramente que, em 1916, ocorreu uma explosão em uma ilha próxima, a qual danificou a Estátua da Liberdade e tornou o acesso à tocha inseguro. Essa informação é explícita e não exige inferência.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) ❌ Gustave Eiffel was the engineer present in the whole process of building the Statue of Liberty.
O texto afirma que Eiffel estava envolvido em outros projetos e não acompanhou todo o processo.
🚩 Pegadinha: o termo “whole process” invalida a alternativa.
(B) ❌ Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was the engineer who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Bartholdi era o escultor; o engenheiro responsável pela estrutura foi Eiffel.
🚩 Pegadinha: troca proposital das funções profissionais.
(C) ❌ The stairway to the torch is now available for the public.
O texto afirma que a escada foi fechada e permanece inacessível desde 1916.
🚩 Pegadinha: uso de “now” contradiz informação explícita.
(D) ✅ The Statue of Liberty was harmed by an explosion.
Informação literal do texto, mencionada no episódio de 1916.
🚩 Pegadinha: alternativa direta, sem extrapolação.
🧠 Resumo Final
✔ Explosão em 1916 danificou a Estátua
✔ Acesso à tocha foi fechado definitivamente
✔ Alternativa correta corresponde literalmente ao texto
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: (D)