EFOMM 2023 — Inglês | Questão 2
📘 CONTEXTO DA QUESTÃO
Análise da questão 02 da prova de Inglês da EFOMM 2023. O exercício exige inferência textual sobre sanções internacionais e restrições portuárias impostas a navios russos após a invasão da Ucrânia.
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The invasion of Ukraine is causing crisis at sea
Russian ships have nowhere to dock, and supply chains will suffer.
The United Kingdom has banned Russian ships from calling on its ports, and the European Union (EU) is about to do the same. The world's three largest shipping lines will no longer call on Russian ports. Ukraine's ports are closed. Russian's invasion of Ukraine is wreaking havoc on global shipping, which transports 80 per cent of the world's trade. Ships are now sailing the oceans unable to deliver and pick up cargo while some 140 other merchant vessels are stuck in Ukrainian ports, at risk of coming under fire and with food and other provisions running low. The rest of the world should care about their desperate situation if nothing else because the cargo they carry is crucial to our daily lives.
On March 1, the crude oil tanker NS Champion suddenly encountered an urgent problem. It was steering toward Scotland's Orkeney oil terminal. Like many other cargo vessels, the NS Champion sails under a Liberian flag, but it is owned by Sovcomflot, Russia's largest shipping company, and on Feb. 24 the U.S. government had placed the company under sanctions. Even so, the tanker had the right to make its next port of call, because sanctions don't affect ships that are already en route. But before it arrived, the British government announced it was immediately closing U.K. ports to Russian vessels. The Champion had to sail on, oil undelivered, to its next port of call, Denmark's Port of Skagen.
Very soon, it won't be able to deliver its oil there either. The EU is expected to imminently follow the U.K.'s lead and close its ports to vessels owned or operated by Russian companies or sailing under the Russian flag. Canada already has. Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's largest shipping company has announced that it's suspending all container traffic to and from Russia. So have the other two members of global shipping's top three, Denmark-based Maersk and France's CMA CGM. Singapore-based Ocean Network Express and Germany's Hapag-Lloyd had already made similar announcements. The companies will only make humanitarian deliveries, usually understood as food and medication.
That means Russia will be cut off from much of the world, able to send and receive goods only via primarily Asian shipping companies such as China's COSCO. Ukraine, meanwhile, has already been cut off. The week before the invasion, maritime insurers red-listed the Russian and Ukrainian parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, making it difficult and expensive for ships to sail through the waters. When Russia invaded last month, Ukraine closed its ports. The country is already running low on oxygen and other medical supplies.
📘 Question
QUESTÃO
It is possible to infer from the text that
humanitarian assistance is beside the point.
the transportation of goods is plain sailing.
penalties imposed by the U.S. government pose threats to vessels already on the way.
the European Union is on the verge of casting out Russian ships from dropping into its ports.
China refrained from backing Russia.
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📘 Detailed Solution
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🧭 Leitura orientada
A questão exige uma inferência textual a partir das informações sobre sanções e restrições portuárias decorrentes da invasão da Ucrânia.
O candidato deve identificar qual alternativa corresponde ao que o texto sugere ou indica claramente.
🔍 Análise do trecho-chave
O texto afirma:
“The United Kingdom has banned Russian ships from calling on its ports, and the European Union (EU) is about to do the same.”
E também:
“The EU is expected to imminently follow the U.K.'s lead and close its ports to vessels owned or operated by Russian companies.”
A expressão imminently significa:
- em breve
- prestes a acontecer
- iminentemente
Portanto, é possível inferir que a União Europeia está prestes a impedir navios russos de atracar em seus portos.
🔍 Análise alternativa por alternativa
(A) ❌ Errada
O texto afirma que entregas humanitárias ainda serão permitidas.
(B) ❌ Errada
“plain sailing” significa situação fácil ou sem problemas,
mas o texto descreve uma crise logística.
(C) ❌ Errada
O texto afirma que sanções não afetam navios já em rota.
(D) ✅ Correta — GABARITO
A União Europeia está prestes a seguir o exemplo do Reino Unido
e fechar seus portos para embarcações russas.
(E) ❌ Errada
O texto apenas menciona que empresas asiáticas podem continuar
transportando mercadorias; não afirma que a China deixou de apoiar a Rússia.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Reino Unido já proibiu navios russos.
✔ UE deve seguir a mesma medida.
✔ Expressão-chave: imminently.
✔ Inferência: UE prestes a fechar portos para navios russos.
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (D)
🏛 Informações do site
O portal B3GE Concursos Militares disponibiliza questões comentadas de provas de inglês de concursos militares, com foco em análise pedagógica, compreensão textual e preparação estratégica para candidatos.