ENGLISH--Simulados FUVEST

2005

2006

Definite and Indefinite articles

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Comprehension 1o, 2o & 3o grades

What guide dogs do
Guide dogs help blind or visually impaired people get around in the world. In most
countries, they are allowed anywhere that the public is allowed, so they can help their handlers be any place they might want to go. To do this, a guide dog must know how to:
• keep on a direct route, ignoring distractions such as smells,other animals and people;
• maintain a steady pace, to the left and just ahead of the handler;
• stop at all curbs until told to proceed;
• turn left and right, move forward and stop on command;
• recognize and avoid obstacles that the handler won’t be able to fit through (narrow passages and low overheads);
• stop at the bottom and top of stairs until told to proceed;
• bring the handler to elevator buttons;
• lie quietly when the handler is sitting down;
• help the handler to board and move around buses, subways and other forms of public transportation;
• obey a number of verbal commands.
Additionally, a guide dog must know to disobey any command that would put the handler in danger. This ability, called selective disobedience, is perhaps the most amazing thing about guide dogs — that they can balance obedience with their own
assessment of the situation.
Internet: (adapted).
According to the text above, judge the following items.
01 A person does not need to be totally blind in order to be helped by a guide dog.
02The handler goes to the right and slightly behind the guide dog.
03The only problem with guide dogs is that they are not allowed in many places in which the public is allowed.
04 In the phrase “obstacles that the handler won’t be able to fit through”, the “obstacles” could refer to places which are not wide or high enough.
05 It’s up to the dogs to assess some dangerous situations.
06 It can be concluded that guide dogs give the blind or the visually impaired a sense of autonomy and security.