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A mensagem de vídeo no clube de Frankfurt (Fuvest 2005)

Christoph Oswald has no problem approaching women. As he makes his way through the crowd at his favorite Frankfurt club, his cell phone scans a 10-meter radius for "his type": tall, slim, sporty, in her 30s–and, most important, looking for him, a handsome 36-year-old software consultant who loves ski holidays. Before he reaches the bar, his phone starts vibrating and an attractive blonde appears on its screen. "Hi, I'm Susan," she says. "Come find me!" Christoph picks her out of the crowd, and soon they're laughing over a drink. Both Christoph and Susan have phones equipped with Symbian Dater, a program that promises to turn the cell phone into a matchmaker. By downloading Symbian, they installed a 20-character encrypted code that includes details of who they are and what they're looking for in a mate. Whenever they go out, their matchmaking phones sniff out other Symbian Daters over the unlicensed, and therefore free, Bluetooth radio frequency. If profiles match up, the phones beep wildly and send out short video messages. (NEWSWEEK, JUNE 7 / JUNE 14, 2004)

[Foto que acompanha o texto: um homem sentado num sofá branco falando ao celular e, na outra ponta do mesmo sofá, uma mulher também ao celular, ambos sorrindo. Legenda: "MAKING A CONNECTION: Phones are a way of getting together".]

Fonte: Newsweek, June 7 / June 14, 2004.

The passage tells us that at his favorite Frankfurt club, Christoph Oswald

  1. A) phones his girlfriend and asks her to join him for a drink.
  2. B) meets a woman who had left him a phone message the day before.
  3. C) has some difficulty spotting attractive women in the crowd.
  4. D) receives a video message from a woman he has never met before.
  5. E) gets several calls from women on his cell phone.
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Resposta correta: D

A cena está descrita assim: "his phone starts vibrating and an attractive blonde appears on its screen. 'Hi, I'm Susan,' she says. 'Come find me!'", e o segundo parágrafo confirma que os aparelhos "send out short video messages". É uma mensagem de vídeo de uma desconhecida, como diz a alternativa D. A alternativa C inverte o texto, que abre com "Christoph Oswald has no problem approaching women" e mostra que ele "picks her out of the crowd" sem dificuldade. A alternativa E troca vídeo por ligações e uma mulher por várias: o programa dispara mensagens, não chamadas. A alternativa B supõe um contato anterior, mas o "Come find me!" só faz sentido porque os dois nunca se viram.

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