Exercícios de Inglês

FGV-SP 2010

RESTORATION DRAMA
1 The doormen outside the headquarters of Shanghai's Municipal Education Commission have a new colleague these days. On Friday evenings and Saturday mornings they are joined by a young Mandarin-speaking Israeli, who keeps an eye on comings and goings. The ivy-covered compound, built in the 1920s, is also the home of Ohel RacheI, one of Shanghai's last surviving synagogues. This month, for the first time in almost 60 years, it reopened for regular Sabbath services.

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5 At the north end of the Bund, Shanghai's famous waterfront, the area around the original British consulate has been renovated. Even the buildings' original names, such as the Baptist Publication Society Building and the former headquarters of Britain's Royal Asiatic Society, have been reinstated. "This is nothing to do with politics," says Zhou Wei, governor of the district which includes the Bund. "This is about history and culture. This area is the root of the development of modern Shanghai." Mr Zhou says that Shanghai is treating the protection of its distinctive history and culture with new seriousness.

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In paragraph 5, “This” in the statement “This is nothing to do with politics” most likely refers to the

Shanghai government’s new religious and cultural tolerance.

Shanghai government’s greater confidence, which is a consequence of the city’s economic revival.

Shanghai government’s decision to reopen Ohel Rachel for regular Sabbath services.

restoration of a section of the north end of Shanghai’s Bund.

controversy surrounding the renovation of Shanghai’s old British consulate, along with many neighboring buildings.

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