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Q2306186
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: Aroeira Órgão: Prefeitura de Vianópolis - GO Prova: Aroeira - 2023 - Prefeitura de Vianópolis - GO - Professor de Português e inglês (PIII) |
Q2306186 Inglês

Book review:



Why We Fight: The Roots of War

and the Paths to Peace





    ‘Why We Fight’ describes how despite sensationalist headlines, conflict is rare. The author is a field economist, so, much of the writing is based on examples in the real world. The concepts are all easy to understand and the analysis is framed within the context of non cooperative game theory. For those familiar with the subject there is little new in this book, but the examples given highlight in the real world how calculations get made. Most of the analysis is on subjects like gangs and territorial conflicts but it can be viewed in a larger context.



Disponível em: www.amazon.com.br/Why-We-Fight-Roots-Paths/

dp/0241444519. Acesso em: 07 nov. 2023. (Adaptado)

Choose the correct alternative. 
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Q2302238
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | Comparative and superlative ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: FAU Órgão: Prefeitura de Laranjeiras do Sul - PR Prova: FAU - 2023 - Prefeitura de Laranjeiras do Sul - PR - Professor de Inglês |
Q2302238 Inglês
O texto III refere-se a questão

Texto III2




Fonte2

https://thefuture409.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/de6b416cd 8a70b253b2b6236d0230f431.jpg

Qual é a palavra que tem uma função comparativa utilizada na frase: "Women of the future will make the moon a cleaner place to live"? 
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Q2297181
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives , Formação de palavras (prefixos e sufixos) | Word formation (prefix and suffix) ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: SELECON Órgão: Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT Prova: SELECON - 2023 - Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT - Professor - Ensino Fundamental: Língua Inglesa |
Q2297181 Inglês
TEXT:

Mistakes help you learn
Maija Kozlova
May 19, 2021


It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour communication over accuracy: real life is nothing like a classroom! In real-life situations, when you make a mistake in the language you are learning, context provides ample information as to what the intended message is. In fact, most of the time, impeccable accuracy is not needed at all! “Don’t worry about making mistakes,” I used to tell my English language students. “Communicating is the most important thing!”


While making mistakes when trying to master a language might seem counter-intuitive, letting learners freely communicate and negotiate meaning is key to success. A learner who communicates a lot while making a few mistakes is much more likely to develop confidence for dealing with real-life situations than a learner who communicates very little because they’re afraid of making any. In communicative language teaching, for example, the teacher is tasked with both encouraging the learner to express themselves and with providing corrective feedback in a way that is not obstructive to communication. 


This means that if a learner says, “I go swimming last night,” it is much more effective to respond with, “Oh, that’s nice, you went swimming. What did you do after?” rather than, “No! You went swimming! Use past simple for past events!” – the former encourages the learner to continue their narrative while the latter is much more likely to make the learner stop in their tracks, re-evaluate the context, and think twice before expressing themselves again in the future, for the fear of making a mistake again. Teachers need to be careful not to parrot back everything the students say in this manner, of course, but the technique can be an effective method of acknowledging the content of a student’s response, while also providing feedback on accuracy.


The importance of the freedom to make mistakes in language learning is also supported by research in psychology, which suggests that learners who try a task without having mastered it completely experience improved retention of new information. A similar experiment in the context of language learning also indicates that the process of making mistakes activates a greater network of related knowledge in the brain, which leads to superior learning outcomes.


It is believed that the key to help learners feel relaxed and ready for communicating freely in the classroom is authenticity. This means that there should be both a real communicative need for a learner to speak and the authentic reaction from those around to what the learner has said.


Here are a few ways of how such authentic communicative interactions can be practiced in the classroom: 


• surround learners with the English language – encourage them to speak to you and each other in English;

• don’t worry about diverging from topics that are not strictly covered in your lesson plan;

• model communication by telling your students stories and anecdotes about your own life and encourage them to do the same;

• let your learners have fun with English – give them colloquial expressions to try and ask them to share some expressions

; • do not overcorrect – make a note of errors and cover it in subsequent lessons;

• avoid the temptation to turn what was intended as speaking practice into a full-on grammar lesson.


While easier said than done, especially when the outcome of an exam is at stake, it is worth remembering that people that our learners might come to interact with outside of the classroom are driven by the natural desire to understand the people they communicate with. This is especially powerful when practiced in the context of a classroom. They set the learners up for success in real-life communication. In other words, when communication is the goal, mistakes are secondary, and that’s real life, isn’t it?


Adapted from: https://wwwcambridgeenglish.org/blog/mistakes-help-you-learnfreedom-to-fail-in-games-and-language-learning/
Na frase “It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour communication over accuracy”, o adjetivo em destaque foi formado pelo acréscimo de prefixo. O adjetivo formado corretamente pelo mesmo prefixo de “uncommon” é:
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Q2281607
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: TBG Prova: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - TBG - Analista Júnior – Ênfase: Jurídico |
Q2281607 Inglês


Internet: <alexhallat.com> (adapted). 

Judge the following item, according to the preceding comic strip.


The words “beautiful” (third box) and “lucky” (fifth box) belong to the same word class.

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Q2281601
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: TBG Prova: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - TBG - Analista Júnior – Ênfase: Jurídico |
Q2281601 Inglês

     In the quest for technological advancements that can revolutionize our world, the scientific community has always been captivated by the elusive phenomenon of superconductivity. For decades, researchers have strived to unlock its full potential, seeking to discover materials that can exhibit superconducting properties at room temperature. And now, the wait might finally be over! Enter LK-99, a groundbreaking potential room-temperature superconductor that has sent shockwaves through the scientific world, spearheaded by a team of brilliant minds from Korea University, led by esteemed researchers Sukbae Lee and Ji-Hoon Kim. 


     Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance, leading to unprecedented energy efficiency and technological advancements. In summary, LK-99 represents an exciting prospect as a potential room-temperature superconductor, but its superconducting properties have yet to be confirmed and independently verified.


     Room temperature superconductors could revolutionize the energy sector by enabling lossless power transmission over long distances. With reduced energy dissipation during transmission, electricity could be distributed more efficiently, lowering carbon footprints and electricity costs.


Internet: <dataconomy.com/> (adapted). 

According to the preceding text, judge the following items. 


The adjective “groundbreaking” (fourth sentence of the first paragraph) could be correctly replaced by “conventional”, without changing the meaning of the text. 

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Q2267393
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: CETREDE Órgão: Prefeitura de Guaiúba - CE Prova: CETREDE - 2023 - Prefeitura de Guaiúba - CE - Professor Peb II - Língua Inglesa |
Q2267393 Inglês
Choose the CORRECT answer.
“The world’s biggest bull is ________ a small elephant.”
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Q2248474
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Substantivos e compostos | Nouns and compounds , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Verbos | Verbs
Ano: 2023 Banca: OBJETIVA Órgão: Prefeitura de Passo Fundo - RS Prova: OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Passo Fundo - RS - Professor – Inglês |
Q2248474 Inglês

What life in medieval Europe was really like


      A time of innovation, philosophy, and legendary works of art: the realities of the medieval period (500 to 1500 C.E.) in Europe may surprise you. Many know the years before the Renaissance and _________________ that followed as Europe’s “Dark Ages,” a time of backward, slovenly, and brutal people who were technologically primitive and hopelessly superstitious.

     Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors and “miasmas” that could damage human health. But the ___________ image of medieval people as slovenly, unwashed, and lacking hygiene is false. In fact, both indoor and outdoor bathing were beloved in Europe. People not only made and used soap at home, but they frequented bathhouses—some public, some private, some merely fronts for brothels.

      A myth persists that during the Middle Ages, the unenlightened believed Earth was flat and worried that ships might even fall off the planet’s edge. That’s patently false: People knew the planet was a sphere as far back as ancient Greece (12th to 9th centuries B.C.), and had relatively complex astronomical and planetary ______________ by the time Christopher Columbus made his voyage to the Americas in 1492.

      The so-called “Dark Ages” is a myth historians have spent years trying to disprove. The myth seems to stem from some authors’ use of “dark” to refer to everything from a 14th-century poet’s complaints about the quality of local literature to a 17th-century historian’s failed attempt to find historical sources from centuries earlier.


(Fonte: National Geographic — adaptado.)
Considering the different uses for -ing forms, number the 2nd column according to the 1st column, then check the item that presents the CORRECT sequence:
(1) Noun. (2) Present participle. (3) Adjective.
(_) Playing piano is a great pleasure.
(_) That man is drinking.
(_) No parking.
( ) The rising prices are scary.
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Q2238992
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Substantivos e compostos | Nouns and compounds , Preposições | Prepositions , Verbos | Verbs
Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: MPE-RO Prova: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - MPE-RO - Analista de Redes e Comunicação de Dados |
Q2238992 Inglês
Text 2A7

         Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago, you wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation, but today it seems there’s constant talk about how generative AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E will affect the future of work, the spread of information, and more. A major question that has thus far been almost entirely unexamined is how this AI-dominated future will affect people’s minds.
           
           There’s been some research into how using AI in their jobs will affect people mentally, but there isn’t yet an understanding of how simply living amongst so much AI-generated content and systems will affect people’s sense of the world. How is AI going to change individuals and society in the not-too-distant future?

            AI will obviously make it easier to produce disinformation. That will affect people’s sense of trust as they’re scrolling on social media. AI can also allow someone to imitate your loved ones, which further erodes people’s general ability to trust what was once unquestionable.

Internet: <wired.com> (adapted). 
In the context of the first sentence of the second paragraph of text 2A7, the word “understanding” is grammatically classified as 
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Q2231441
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Substantivos e compostos | Nouns and compounds , Pronomes | Pronouns , Verbos | Verbs
Ano: 2023 Banca: FURB Órgão: Prefeitura de Doutor Pedrinho - SC Prova: FURB - 2023 - Prefeitura de Doutor Pedrinho - SC - Professor (Inglês) |
Q2231441 Inglês
(§1º)Budelli Island is part of the La Maddalena Archipelago and is home to Spiaggia Rosa - a stretch of pink sand that's been protected by the Italian government since 1992.

(§2º)The pink shade is caused by the crushed shells of a micro-organism mixing with the sand when it dies. But when the beach started to lose its rose-tinted hue because of over-tourism, visitors were banned in a bit to protect the pink sand.

(§3º)The colour has since returned but a new wave of unauthorised daytrippers are threatening the pink shores. While it is strictly forbidden to step foot on the beach, holidaymakers are able to admire the pink sand from the safety of a boat. But according to one expert, some holidaymakers are flouting the ban.

(§4º)In an article in the Times, Fabrizio Fonnesu, director of the Maddalena archipelago national park said: "The beach is again in danger as people arrive by boat, clamber up the beach, then post photos, which allow us to fine them up to 500 euros (£430)."

(§5º)Tourists who've attempted to take Sardinia's pink sand away as a souvenir can up fined up to 3,500 euros (£3,007). And according to the Guardian, a couple were fined 1,000 euros (£860) in 2001 after they were caught filling a plastic bottle with sand.

(§6º)Brits who want to visit the island will need to book themself onto a private boat tour or a ferry service to glimpse this secluded spot from afar. Other beaches on the island have also brought in measures to minimise the impact of tourists. Only 1,600 people can visit Cala Sisine while Santa Maria Navarrese only permits 1,300 euros.

(§7º)Fewer still are able to visit Cala Mariolu, with only 550 people allowed in per day and each having to pay a 1 euro fee. Elsewhere, Pelosa Beach has banned towels and asked visitors to instead bring mats which gather less sand. Anyone visiting will have to pay 3.50 euros.

(§8º)Meanwhile, tourists wanting to visit the beaches of Cala Coticcio and Cala Brigantina in the archipelago of La Maddalena will have to pay 3 euros per person for access each day after new rules were brought in. The archipelago itself is a national park and only accessible with a guide, which will cost 25 euros for five hours.

(§9º)And anyone caught visiting the archipelago without a guide could face prosecution. Just 60 people will be permitted on each beach per day, as the local authorities look at ways to protect the sites from the impact of tourism.

(§10º)Slots must be booked in advance by contacting a local guide but it is hoped that an app will be launched soon. Here are several other pink beaches holidaymakers can visit across Europe - and one's in the UK. And a beach in the Canary Islands even has sand that looks like popcorn, due to the shape of the coral.

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w.thesun.co.uk/travel/22667535/pink-beach-italy-bundelli-tourists-fined/
Identify the grammatical class of the word "unauthorised" (§3º) in the text: 
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Q2226466
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: SERPRO Prova: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - SERPRO - Analista - Especialização: Tecnologia |
Q2226466 Inglês
     Tracy Chou is a 31-year-old programmer — and “an absolute rock star,” as her former boss Ben Silbermann, the CEO and co-founder of Pinterest, once said. Yet for all her street cred, Chou still finds herself grappling with one of the biggest problems in the industry: Female programmers are regarded skeptically, and sometimes even treated with flat-out hostility. She’s seen the same pattern of behavior personally during her decade in coding: colleagues who muse openly about whether women are biologically less wired to be great programmers.
       There’s a deep irony here — because women were in computing from its earliest days. Indeed, they were considered essential back when “computers” were not even yet machines. Just before the digital age emerged, computers were humans. And for a time, a large portion of them were women.
      Soon, the human computers faced an even more existential threat: digital computers, which promised to work with far greater speed and to handle complex math.
         Women, though, were among the original coders of these strange new digital brains, because in the early days programming was seen as dull work. The earliest programmers for the Eniac — the military-funded first programmable general-purpose computer — were entirely women. And though they wound up inventing brilliant coding techniques, they received none of the glory: When the Army showed off the Eniac to the press, it did not introduce the women who had written the code.

Internet: <smithsonianmag.com>(adapted).
Judge the following item about the previous text and the information stated in it as well as the vocabulary used in it.
The adjective “dull”, in the first sentence of the fourth paragraph, could be replaced by boring without changing the meaning of the sentence. 

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Q2214999
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: SME do Recife - PE Prova: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - SME do Recife - PE - Professor II - Disciplina: Língua Inglesa |
Q2214999 Inglês
      In many parts of the world colonial hegemony has resulted in the dominance of the coloniser's language at the expense of native languages. The suppression of indigenous languages is intricately connected with mental health problems. Indigenous youth with less knowledge of their native language are six times more likely to have suicidal ideation than those with greater language knowledge. Language suppression impairs self-identity, wellbeing, self-esteem, and empowerment.
       Just as language extinction can affect mental health, so can reinstating a language. Aboriginal youth who are capable of speaking their native language are less likely to consume alcohol or use illicit substances at risky amounts, and are less likely to be exposed to violence. Moreover, knowledge of indigenous languages is associated with a decrease in youth suicide by 50% a year.
       The digital recording of indigenous languages might be useful for documentation, restoration, promotion, and education. Sufficient fund allocation is required to recover and store the alphabets of indigenous languages. Separate indigenous language educational institutes, in which researchers and mental health professionals can work in cooperation, are also extremely necessary. These concerted efforts might help result in the renewal of a given indigenous language and potentially reduce mental health problems.

Omar Faruk and Simon Rosenbaum. The mental health consequences of indigenous language loss. In: The Lancet Psychiatry. Internet:<www.thelancet.com>   (adapted).  

Judge the following item, about the vocabulary and the grammatical features of the text.


In the first paragraph, if the authors qualified “native language” as Asian, primaeval, guttural and beautiful, the correct order of such adjectives would be: beautiful Asian guttural primaeval native language.

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Q2210432
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDATEC Órgão: Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS Prova: FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS - Professor de Séries Finais - Língua Inglesa |
Q2210432 Inglês

Stop Wasting Time: A 15-minute Planning Session That Will Save You Hours







(Available at: https://www.classycareergirl.com/5-simple-time-management-tips-for-a-great-week/– textespecially adapted for this test).
Fill out the gaps in the sentences below with one of the following words: much / many / few / little.
1. I shouldn’t have ___ sugar… Sweets are bad for my health. 2. There are too ___ cookies, they won’t all fit in the jar. 3. Only a ___ people came, it was a very small event. 4. It was just an hour! They did a lot in the ___ time they had.
Mark the alternative that fills out, correctly and respectively, the gaps in the sentences above. 
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Q2210430
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | Comparative and superlative ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDATEC Órgão: Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS Prova: FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS - Professor de Séries Finais - Língua Inglesa |
Q2210430 Inglês

Stop Wasting Time: A 15-minute Planning Session That Will Save You Hours







(Available at: https://www.classycareergirl.com/5-simple-time-management-tips-for-a-great-week/– textespecially adapted for this test).
Considering the comparative form of the adjectives indicated in the parentheses following each gap, which of the options below correctly and respectively fills out the blanks 1(L.32), 2 and 3 (L.33) throughout the text? 
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Q2210428
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Verbos | Verbs , Presente simples | Simple present , Futuro simples | Simple future
Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDATEC Órgão: Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS Prova: FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Espumoso - RS - Professor de Séries Finais - Língua Inglesa |
Q2210428 Inglês

Stop Wasting Time: A 15-minute Planning Session That Will Save You Hours







(Available at: https://www.classycareergirl.com/5-simple-time-management-tips-for-a-great-week/– textespecially adapted for this test).
Mark the INCORRECT alternative about the excerpt “Every Sunday, I set aside 15 minutes to plan out my upcoming work week”. 
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Q2209853
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives , Comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | Comparative and superlative , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Vocabulário | Vocabulary
Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDATEC Órgão: Prefeitura de Maçambará - RS Prova: FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Maçambara - RS - Professor Anos Finais do Ensino Fundamental – Inglês |
Q2209853 Inglês


Try these expert tips for a safer solo trip




(Available at: https://news.airbnb.com/try-these-expert-tips-for-a-safer-solo-trip/ – text especially adapted for this text).

In which of the following sentences is the adjective NOT used with the same comparative structure as the highlighted word “deeper” (l. 03)?
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Q2208079
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | Comparative and superlative ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: JVL Concursos Órgão: Prefeitura de São José do Piauí - PI Prova: JVL Concursos - 2023 - Prefeitura de São José do Piauí - PI - Professor de Anos Finais - Língua Inglesa |
Q2208079 Inglês

Choose the CORRECT answer.


“By far this is _________ car I’ve ever driven in my life.” 

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Q2206474
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Sinônimos | Synonyms
Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV Órgão: SEDUC-TO Prova: FGV - 2023 - SEDUC-TO - Professor da Educação Básica - Professor Regente Letras - Inglês |
Q2206474 Inglês
Text VIII 


From: https://slideplayer.com/slide/7593575/
In “strict adherence”, the adjective that is similar to “strict” is
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Q2206459
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Oposto | Opposite , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV Órgão: SEDUC-TO Prova: FGV - 2023 - SEDUC-TO - Professor da Educação Básica - Professor Regente Letras - Inglês |
Q2206459 Inglês
Text V 

A New Buzz In Teaching And Learning: ChatGPT
   […]
   We live in a world constructed by data and content. With theavailability of AI chatbots, we can generate tons of them, with just a few taps on our keyboards. Undeniably, ChatGPT is a powerful and versatile language model, with the potential to revolutionize how we learn and interact with machines. As the Chinese idiom says, "Water can carry a boat but can also overturn it." This expression is a reminder that everything has its pros and cons, and it's therefore important to remain aware of potential risks and take the necessary precautions. With this in mind, it’s of the utmost importance to use this tool in a responsible and ethical manner, to ensure that the output aligns with the desired use cases.

From: https://elearningindustry.com/a-new-buzz-in-teaching-and-learning-chatgpt
The opposite of the adjective “powerful” is
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Q2201499
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives ,
Ano: 2023 Banca: IBFC Órgão: SEED-PR Prova: IBFC - 2023 - SEED-PR - DOCÊNCIA DOS COMPONENTES CURRICULARES DA MATRIZ - LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA INGLÊS |
Q2201499 Inglês

Text 2 – Computers

(Text adapted from History of Computing. Retrieved from

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mitra/csFall2006/cs 303/lectures/history.html)


When you hear the term computers, it’s difficult to imagine different devices from a laptop or a small desktop. Believe it or not, they weren’t always like they are today. They used to be very large and heavy, sometimes as big as an entire room. Some technology professors historically define computers, as “a device that can help with computations”. The word computation involves counting, calculating, adding, subtracting, etc. The modern definition of a computer is a little wider, because in our day and age, computers store, compile, analyze and compute an enormous amount of information. Ancient computers were very interesting. Actually, the first computer may have been located in Great Britain, at Stonehenge. It is a man-made circle of large stones. Citizens used it to measure the weather and forecast the change of seasons. Some specialists say that another ancient computer is the abacus. It was used by the early Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians to count and calculate. Even though they are no longer in use, certainly, these early devices are fascinating. Computers are embedded in our history and some people say that we are completely dependent of them. No matter the complexity of the task, easy or difficult, some people can’t do anything without them. Do you contest or share this opinion? 

Note the adjective order in the sentences: “It is a made-man circle of large stones”. Mark the correct alternative regarding the explanation about the position of adjectives in English.
I. the made-man circle - the inversion of a noun (man) with an adverb (made) is one of the possibilities for forming noun groups with an emphasis on adjectives.
II. circle of large stones – the preposition 'of' is an indication that the previous word is a verb.
III. large stones – the position of the adjective (large) before the noun (stones) is one of the possible formations of the order of adjectives.
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Q2201497
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Substantivos e compostos | Nouns and compounds , Verbos | Verbs
Ano: 2023 Banca: IBFC Órgão: SEED-PR Prova: IBFC - 2023 - SEED-PR - DOCÊNCIA DOS COMPONENTES CURRICULARES DA MATRIZ - LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA INGLÊS |
Q2201497 Inglês

Text 2 – Computers

(Text adapted from History of Computing. Retrieved from

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mitra/csFall2006/cs 303/lectures/history.html)


When you hear the term computers, it’s difficult to imagine different devices from a laptop or a small desktop. Believe it or not, they weren’t always like they are today. They used to be very large and heavy, sometimes as big as an entire room. Some technology professors historically define computers, as “a device that can help with computations”. The word computation involves counting, calculating, adding, subtracting, etc. The modern definition of a computer is a little wider, because in our day and age, computers store, compile, analyze and compute an enormous amount of information. Ancient computers were very interesting. Actually, the first computer may have been located in Great Britain, at Stonehenge. It is a man-made circle of large stones. Citizens used it to measure the weather and forecast the change of seasons. Some specialists say that another ancient computer is the abacus. It was used by the early Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians to count and calculate. Even though they are no longer in use, certainly, these early devices are fascinating. Computers are embedded in our history and some people say that we are completely dependent of them. No matter the complexity of the task, easy or difficult, some people can’t do anything without them. Do you contest or share this opinion? 

The formation-ing in "Computing involves counting a lot of data" is correct. Check the alternative that explains the -ing formation of 'counting'. 
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Respostas
341: B
342: B
343: B
344: C
345: E
346: A
347: B
348: C
349: A
350: C
351: E
352: C
353: E
354: D
355: E
356: D
357: B
358: C
359: C
360: E
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