(CACD 2025) item 143 - (Língua Inglesa). In the second paragraph, the expressions “stand u

Enunciado:

There is nothing inevitable about choices that are environmentally destructive. In 1800, there were indeed 550 steam engines in Europe but there were over 500,000 water mills.
Coal was more expensive than hydro power and many industrialists were not persuaded of its added value. It was the economic recession of 1825–1848 with increasing agitation by textile workers over salaries and conditions which made the use of coal-powered, steam-driven spinning machines a much more attractive proposition. More machines meant fewer workers and fewer workers meant fewer demands, notably for wage rises.
Therefore, the substantial increase in CO₂ emissions in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century, which through economic competition, war and imperial domination would start a worldwide trend, was not the blind outcome of the machinery of ‘progress’ but the cumulative consequence of a set of very specific decisions taken by identifiable socio-economic actors.

Similarly, the notion that ecological awareness is only a very recent phenomenon where “humanity” finally woke up to the environmental consequences of its economic activities does not stand up to scrutiny. In the period from the beginnings of the industrial revolution to the decade when the movement towards fossil fuels use becomes more marked, awareness of the relationships between humans and their environment or the “natural world” was widespread. Environmental risks have been clearly and repeatedly signalled from the time of the industrial revolution onwards. The notion of an unthinking humanity bringing destruction upon itself does not bear up to examination.

In relation to the previous text, judge the items that follow.

Texto do item:

In the second paragraph, the expressions “stand up to scrutiny” (first sentence) and “bear up to examination” (last sentence) have similar meanings and may correctly be used interchangeably in the text.

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As expressões “stand up to scrutiny” e “bear up to examination” possuem significados semelhantes no contexto apresentado. Ambas indicam a ideia de resistir ou suportar uma análise crítica ou exame detalhado. No texto, “stand up to scrutiny” significa que a ideia de que a consciência ecológica é recente não resiste a uma análise cuidadosa, e “bear up to examination” reforça que a noção de uma humanidade inconsciente causando destruição também não se sustenta quando examinada de perto. Portanto, as duas expressões podem ser usadas de forma intercambiável no contexto do texto, pois transmitem a mesma ideia de não resistir a uma análise crítica.


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Correto. As expressões têm o mesmo sentido: “resistir à análise crítica” ou “permanecer válido após exame cuidadoso”. Ambas são usadas no texto para mostrar que certas ideias (como a de que a consciência ambiental é recente) não se sustentam quando examinadas a fundo.