(VPNE - CFGS/ESA) - QUESTÃO

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentences according to the right use of articles:

When we cross the street we must wait for the green man on _____ crossing sign, but in one Australian city, he no longer wears trousers. _____ city of Melbourne is now in the news because it changed some of the pedestrian lights from men to women. _____member of the Melbourne city board thinks that to see only_____male figure is not right. She hopes that _____female figure will make our world equal.

Ⓐ the - the - a - a - the 

Ⓑ the - the - an - a - a 

Ⓒ a - a - a - the - the 

Ⓓ a - a -the - an - an 

Ⓔ a - the - the - a - the  

Observe o uso dos artigos definido (the) e indefinido (a): 

... the crossing sign... (nesta oração o artigo é definido, pois está especificando o sinal de cruzamento) 

 The city of Melbourne is... (utiliza-se artigo definido, já que está especificando a cidade de Melbourne) 

 A member of the Melbourne city... (neste caso, o autor não determinou qual membro da cidade de Melbourne, por isso fez uso do artigo indefinido) 

 ... to see only a male figure... (nesta oração, também não há especificação de qual figura masculina) 

 She hopes that the female figure... (neste trecho, o autor quis determinar uma certa figura feminina)

Fica assim:

When we cross the street we must wait for the green man on the crossing sign, but in one Australian city, he no longer wears trousers. The city of Melbourne is now in the news because it changed some of the pedestrian lights from men to women. A member of the Melbourne city board thinks that to see only a male figure is not right. She hopes that the female figure will make our world equal.