Questão comentada PCDF 2021 Cebraspe – Escrivão de Polícia – Questão 26: Vocabulário em Inglês

Texto-base para os itens 23 a 27 (linhas 1 a 21): 01 In Hollywood, a typical medium-sized town in the 02 American state of Florida, the Police Department (PD) 03 values the development of its community’s youth. The 04 agency recognizes the importance of raising young people 05 to become upstanding, law-abiding citizens. The town 06 serves as home to over 20,000 youth, some of whom live 07 in underprivileged areas and need positive role models. 08 Officers identified this hardship and began making 09 a difference in many kids’ lives when the department 10 established its Cops Mentoring Kids program during the 11 2015-2016 academic year. This initiative connects police 12 officers who serve as mentors with at-risk students in local 13 schools. 14 Mentoring provides an avenue to change future 15 generations’ mind-sets. Countering and preventing 16 recruitment efforts by criminal organizations should 17 concern everyone. Adolescents trying to find their place in 18 the world become most vulnerable to enticement by these 19 groups. Building young people’s self-esteem and values 20 provides resilience against criminal predators’ 21 misguidance. Internet: (adapted). Based on the text presented above, judge the following items. In line 5, the expressions “upstanding” and “law-abiding” are used to describe the kind of citizens the Police Department wants young people to become.