FATEC (2ºsem) 2011 – Questão 11

Linguagens / Inglês / Text Comprehension / Extract important information from the text
CHINA’S NEW SEX SYMBOLS
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
 
ASIA IN THE CATEGORY of the world’s sexiest politicians, China’s dour communist apparatchikswould seem to be far behind America’s legendary ladies’ men presidents and Europe’s bunga-bunga leaders. But a survey released in December by the All-China Women’s Federation found that a Middle Kingdom mandarin is the top pick for an ideal partner among Chinese women.
What’s the appeal? (It can’t be the ill-fitting suits.) It’s money, money, money. While government officials receive a modest salary – well under $1,000 a monththey can usually leverage their position for personal gain, often through shady means. A corrupt vice district head in Beijing was recently arrested for accumulating more than $ 6,5 million; in other cases the perks have reached into the hundreds of millions. And even for officials who aren’t skimming off the top, a government job (and the attendant legal perks) provides a level of security that’s quite desirable for China’s marriage-minded ladies, especially compared with a less stable position at a  stateowned or private company.
There’s also the growing reputation of Chinese government officials as a particularly virile lot. China’s state-owned press often titillates readers with tales of bureaucratic sex scandals: in one major story last year, a provincial tobacco-bureau chief’s diary was leaked online, with page after page of prurient details about his trysts* with young beauties (including fellow government employees). The public’s reaction was generally sympathetic to the cad. One prominent blogger maintained the bureau chief was a good official because he managed to  spend some time with his wife despite the womanizing, took less than $10,000 in bribes, and didn’t visit prostitutes. In other words, a real catch. In a survey on the blogger’s site, almost all the more than 100,000 respondents thought the official should keep his job. That’s sex appeal – and popular appeal.
(Newsweek, February 7, 2011.)
 
*apparatchiks: burocratas do partido comunista chinês.
**trysts: encontros secretos.
De acordo com o texto, os apparatchiks são considerados
a) mais tímidos que os líderes europeus.
b) mais simpáticos que os líderes europeus.
c) menos generosos que os líderes europeus.
d) menos sexy que os presidentes americanos.
e) mais agressivos que os presidentes americanos.

Veja outras questões semelhantes:

FGV Administração 2011 – Questão 39
Which of the following is most supported by the information in the article? a) People fear inflation because money brings happiness. b) The antipathy that most people have for inflation is justified. c) It’s impossible to be happy when inflation is out of control. d) People have a tendency to react irrationally to inflation. e) Many people would prefer to lower their standard of living than to accept a high rate of inflation.
UERJ 2012 – Questão 16
According to some authors, a memoir is how one remembers one’s own life; an autobiography is history, requiring research, dates and facts. In relation to the author’s life, the text Happiness can be characterized as a memoir especially because of the presence of: a) factual reports b) fictional recounts c) detailed descriptions d) personal recollections
FATEC (2ºsem) 2012 – Questão 15
Atendendo ao apelo do papa Urbano II, em 1095, a Europa cristã organizou uma série de expedições militares conhecidas como Cruzadas, cujos objetivos declarados eram a conquista da Terra Santa de Jerusalém, a ajuda aosbizantinos e a união da...
Base dudow 2000 – Questão 66
O título do texto contém parte de um provérbio em inglês, provérbio esse conhecido também no Brasil. Pelo conteúdo do texto, pode-se inferir que o provérbio foi utilizado no título porque: ...
Base dudow 2000 – Questão 58
More damage has been caused____:a) along the timeb) in the past thirty yearsc) within the centuriesd) in the last two yearse) in 2,000 years