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Q3425084 Inglês

Read Text 1 and answer question.


TEXT 1


English Language Teaching in Brazil:

A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice


    Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial to individuals because it provides access to the globalised world does not seem to be enough to promote the actual learning of the language by the majority of the population, and it is argued here that this fact has to do with a gap in the foreign language teaching policy documents: the 2015 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB 2015), the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Primary Education (PCN-EF), and the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Secondary Education (PCN-EM). These documents do not prescribe the necessary conditions for English Language Teaching (ELT) to take place effectively, but, instead, provide suggestions for teachers on how to adapt to the status quo, which means focusing on reading to the detriment of the other aspects of the English language due to a number of factors ranging from a lack of resources to a large number of students per class.


    Both PCN-EF (Brazil, 1998) and PCN-EM (Brazil, 2000) present progressive ideas about how a foreign language should be taught in the basic education classroom. Such ideas include a social interactionist view of language, which aligns with contemporary research in second language teaching and means a shift from the traditional grammar-translation method largely employed in Brazilian schools in previous decades. The Parameters also recommend interdisciplinary work, the implementation of cross-curricular themes, formative assessment in addition to summative, a value of students’ prior knowledge and position as critical subjects, and, thus, an approach to teaching as negotiation that aims to educate students for the full exercise of citizenship, which includes the notions of respect for difference and diversity  that can be promoted by the teaching and learning of foreign languages.


    However, the Parameters fail in pointing out the necessary conditions for this teaching and learning process to occur. For example, they acknowledge that reading and writing should be focused on to the detriment of listening and speaking due to the difficulties faced by the teacher in basic education (Brazil, 1998): large classrooms, lack of appropriate resources including class and preparation time for the teacher and opportunities for the students to be exposed to the language outside the classroom, and, in many situations, teachers’ lack of knowledge of the subject matter. Instead, what they should do is to actively propose that a smaller number of students sit in English classes – as it was allowed by LDB 1996 and continues to be so by LDB 2015, that more class and preparation time be granted the teacher, that schools have English resources that students can access to familiarise themselves with the language, and that better teacher education be implemented.


BATISTA, Fernanda. English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice. 2020. Disponível em: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1262339.pdf. Acesso em 30/12/2023 Adaptado.

In “The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial to individuals because it provides access to the globalised world does not seem to be enough [...]”, the subject pronoun it refers to 
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Q3425083 Inglês

Read Text 1 and answer question.


TEXT 1


English Language Teaching in Brazil:

A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice


    Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial to individuals because it provides access to the globalised world does not seem to be enough to promote the actual learning of the language by the majority of the population, and it is argued here that this fact has to do with a gap in the foreign language teaching policy documents: the 2015 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB 2015), the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Primary Education (PCN-EF), and the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Secondary Education (PCN-EM). These documents do not prescribe the necessary conditions for English Language Teaching (ELT) to take place effectively, but, instead, provide suggestions for teachers on how to adapt to the status quo, which means focusing on reading to the detriment of the other aspects of the English language due to a number of factors ranging from a lack of resources to a large number of students per class.


    Both PCN-EF (Brazil, 1998) and PCN-EM (Brazil, 2000) present progressive ideas about how a foreign language should be taught in the basic education classroom. Such ideas include a social interactionist view of language, which aligns with contemporary research in second language teaching and means a shift from the traditional grammar-translation method largely employed in Brazilian schools in previous decades. The Parameters also recommend interdisciplinary work, the implementation of cross-curricular themes, formative assessment in addition to summative, a value of students’ prior knowledge and position as critical subjects, and, thus, an approach to teaching as negotiation that aims to educate students for the full exercise of citizenship, which includes the notions of respect for difference and diversity  that can be promoted by the teaching and learning of foreign languages.


    However, the Parameters fail in pointing out the necessary conditions for this teaching and learning process to occur. For example, they acknowledge that reading and writing should be focused on to the detriment of listening and speaking due to the difficulties faced by the teacher in basic education (Brazil, 1998): large classrooms, lack of appropriate resources including class and preparation time for the teacher and opportunities for the students to be exposed to the language outside the classroom, and, in many situations, teachers’ lack of knowledge of the subject matter. Instead, what they should do is to actively propose that a smaller number of students sit in English classes – as it was allowed by LDB 1996 and continues to be so by LDB 2015, that more class and preparation time be granted the teacher, that schools have English resources that students can access to familiarise themselves with the language, and that better teacher education be implemented.


BATISTA, Fernanda. English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice. 2020. Disponível em: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1262339.pdf. Acesso em 30/12/2023 Adaptado.

According to Text 1, the oficial documents for english language teaching should 
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Q3425082 Inglês

Read Text 1 and answer question.


TEXT 1


English Language Teaching in Brazil:

A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice


    Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial to individuals because it provides access to the globalised world does not seem to be enough to promote the actual learning of the language by the majority of the population, and it is argued here that this fact has to do with a gap in the foreign language teaching policy documents: the 2015 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB 2015), the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Primary Education (PCN-EF), and the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Secondary Education (PCN-EM). These documents do not prescribe the necessary conditions for English Language Teaching (ELT) to take place effectively, but, instead, provide suggestions for teachers on how to adapt to the status quo, which means focusing on reading to the detriment of the other aspects of the English language due to a number of factors ranging from a lack of resources to a large number of students per class.


    Both PCN-EF (Brazil, 1998) and PCN-EM (Brazil, 2000) present progressive ideas about how a foreign language should be taught in the basic education classroom. Such ideas include a social interactionist view of language, which aligns with contemporary research in second language teaching and means a shift from the traditional grammar-translation method largely employed in Brazilian schools in previous decades. The Parameters also recommend interdisciplinary work, the implementation of cross-curricular themes, formative assessment in addition to summative, a value of students’ prior knowledge and position as critical subjects, and, thus, an approach to teaching as negotiation that aims to educate students for the full exercise of citizenship, which includes the notions of respect for difference and diversity  that can be promoted by the teaching and learning of foreign languages.


    However, the Parameters fail in pointing out the necessary conditions for this teaching and learning process to occur. For example, they acknowledge that reading and writing should be focused on to the detriment of listening and speaking due to the difficulties faced by the teacher in basic education (Brazil, 1998): large classrooms, lack of appropriate resources including class and preparation time for the teacher and opportunities for the students to be exposed to the language outside the classroom, and, in many situations, teachers’ lack of knowledge of the subject matter. Instead, what they should do is to actively propose that a smaller number of students sit in English classes – as it was allowed by LDB 1996 and continues to be so by LDB 2015, that more class and preparation time be granted the teacher, that schools have English resources that students can access to familiarise themselves with the language, and that better teacher education be implemented.


BATISTA, Fernanda. English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice. 2020. Disponível em: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1262339.pdf. Acesso em 30/12/2023 Adaptado.

The author points out that the sociointeractionist view for english learning, which can be found in oficial documents, does not materialize because these same documents  
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Q3425081 Inglês

Read Text 1 and answer question.


TEXT 1


English Language Teaching in Brazil:

A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice


    Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial to individuals because it provides access to the globalised world does not seem to be enough to promote the actual learning of the language by the majority of the population, and it is argued here that this fact has to do with a gap in the foreign language teaching policy documents: the 2015 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB 2015), the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Primary Education (PCN-EF), and the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for Secondary Education (PCN-EM). These documents do not prescribe the necessary conditions for English Language Teaching (ELT) to take place effectively, but, instead, provide suggestions for teachers on how to adapt to the status quo, which means focusing on reading to the detriment of the other aspects of the English language due to a number of factors ranging from a lack of resources to a large number of students per class.


    Both PCN-EF (Brazil, 1998) and PCN-EM (Brazil, 2000) present progressive ideas about how a foreign language should be taught in the basic education classroom. Such ideas include a social interactionist view of language, which aligns with contemporary research in second language teaching and means a shift from the traditional grammar-translation method largely employed in Brazilian schools in previous decades. The Parameters also recommend interdisciplinary work, the implementation of cross-curricular themes, formative assessment in addition to summative, a value of students’ prior knowledge and position as critical subjects, and, thus, an approach to teaching as negotiation that aims to educate students for the full exercise of citizenship, which includes the notions of respect for difference and diversity  that can be promoted by the teaching and learning of foreign languages.


    However, the Parameters fail in pointing out the necessary conditions for this teaching and learning process to occur. For example, they acknowledge that reading and writing should be focused on to the detriment of listening and speaking due to the difficulties faced by the teacher in basic education (Brazil, 1998): large classrooms, lack of appropriate resources including class and preparation time for the teacher and opportunities for the students to be exposed to the language outside the classroom, and, in many situations, teachers’ lack of knowledge of the subject matter. Instead, what they should do is to actively propose that a smaller number of students sit in English classes – as it was allowed by LDB 1996 and continues to be so by LDB 2015, that more class and preparation time be granted the teacher, that schools have English resources that students can access to familiarise themselves with the language, and that better teacher education be implemented.


BATISTA, Fernanda. English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap in Policy, Problems in Practice. 2020. Disponível em: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1262339.pdf. Acesso em 30/12/2023 Adaptado.

The number of english language speakers in Brazil do NOT relate to the relevance giien to this language. According to Text 1, it happens because:  
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Q3418940 Inglês
Na sentença "He wanted to go to the party, _____ he had to finish his homework first.", o marcador discursivo que completa a sentença corretamente é:
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Q3418935 Inglês
Leia as afirmativas seguintes sobre gêneros textuais e suas implicações para o ensino de inglês como língua adicional (LAd), e marque a alternativa correta.
I- No ensino de inglês, o uso de gêneros textuais é fundamental para promover uma compreensão mais ampla e profunda da linguagem. Ao expor os alunos a uma variedade de textos, como narrativas, artigos de jornal, cartas e ensaios, os professores podem ajudá-los a desenvolver habilidades de leitura crítica, compreensão auditiva e expressão escrita. Além disso, trabalhar com diferentes gêneros textuais permite aos alunos aprenderem sobre as convenções linguísticas e estruturais específicas de cada tipo de texto, preparando-os para comunicarem-se de forma eficaz em situações reais.
lI- Os gêneros textuais no ensino de inglês são uma ferramenta valiosa para promover a aprendizagem significativa e a motivação dos alunos. Ao trabalhar com uma variedade de textos autênticos, os alunos têm a oportunidade de se envolver com temas relevantes e interessantes, desenvolvendo suas habilidades linguísticas de maneira contextualizada. Além disso, o uso de gêneros textuais permite aos professores adaptarem seu ensino às necessidades e interesses individuais dos alunos, tornando a aprendizagem mais personalizada e eficaz.
IlI- O ensino com gêneros textuais abrange principalmente a proficiência na escrita. Os alunos aprendem a se expressar especificamente em contextos acadêmicos, com foco em ensaios, relatórios, artigos e outros textos formais. A instrução enfatiza o desenvolvimento da clareza e precisão gramatical. Os professores oferecem oportunidades para os alunos praticarem a escrita para fins acadêmicos, incentivando o pensamento discursivo e crítico.  
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Q3418934 Inglês
Leia o trecho da resenha do filme "The Thing on the Door Step", e marque a alternativa que não corresponde aos comentários do resenhista.

Suitable Flesh review - eye - rolling Heather Graham in erotic body-swap horror thriller.
Adapted from a 1937 HP Lovecraft story, this has some nice stylistic touches, even if the demonic possession, wafting sax and softcore silliness is a bit over the top.

There's some ripe softcore silliness here from veteran horror screenwriter Dennis Paoli and director Joe Lynch, inspired by HP Lovecraft's story, The Thing on the Doorstep. Despite a very game lead performance from Heather Graham, and some amusing 90s - style erotic thriller mannerisms - voile curtains blowing on a hot summer night while a sex scene happens to a wafting sax accompaniment - this left me not knowing quite where to look.

(Petter Bradshaw, The Guardian Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/24/suitable-flesh-review-eye-rolling-heather-graham-in-erotic-body-swa p-horror-thriller acesso em 25 abr. 2024 (adaptado)). 
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Q3418932 Inglês
Leia o trecho da notícia a seguir, e marque a alternativa que aponta o principal problema relatado sobre o programa Space Launch System (SLS) da NASA, de acordo com o relatório da US Government Accountability Office.

NASA's mega moon rocket is 'unaffordable,' according to accountability report. Senior NASA officials say that the agency's Space Launch System - the massive rocket designed to propel its ambitious Artemis program to establish a base on the moon - is "unaffordable," according to a report Thursday from the US Government Accountability Office.

The report, which breaks down SLS program expenditures, makes the striking admission that senior NASA officials deem the rocket to be unsustainable "at current cost leveis," and it criticizes what the GAO said is a lack of transparency into the program's ongoing costs. The report does not name which officials - or how many - at NASA made such claims.

(Jackie Watlles, CNN - September 7, 2023. Disponível em: https: / /edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07 /world/nasa-gao-report-sls-moon-rocket-scn/index.html. Acesso 2024 (adaptado)). 
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Q3418930 Inglês
Leia o trecho da biografia "Kissinger", escrita por Walter lsaacson, e marque a alternativa que contém o tipo textual predominante no trecho.

One oft-told tale about Kissinger [ ... ] involved a report that Winston Lord had worked on for days. After giving it to Kissinger, he got it back with the notation: "Is this the best you can do?" Lord rewrote and polished and finally submitted it; back it carne with the sarne curt question.

After redrafting it one more time - and once again getting the sarne question from Kissinger - Lord snapped, "Damn it, yes, it's the best I can do."
"Fine, then I guess I'II read it this time."

Fonte: Walter lsaacson, Kissinger: a biography, 2005, p. 217) 
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Q3418929 Inglês
Leia o trecho do conto "The Black Cat" escrito por Edgar Allan Poe e publicado em 1845.

To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, 1 need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat, 1845, p.1

A palavra "gossamer", na última linha do trecho, pode ser substituída, sem alterar o significado da frase, por:
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Q3415801 Inglês
Charles Dickens often used his novels to comment on societal issues. Which novel of his primarily addresses the themes of wealth and poverty in Victorian England?
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Q3415800 Inglês
Emily Bronte is known for her novel set in the Yorkshire moors. What is the name of this only novel she wrote?
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Q3415799 Inglês
"To be, or not to be, that is the question" is a famous soliloquy from William Shakespeare's play. Which play does this line belong to?
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Q3415796 Inglês
Fill in the blank. In , English is an official language and is used in government, but the majority of the population speaks a different native language.
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Q3415791 Inglês
After reading a challenging academic article in English, a student summarizes the main points and reflects on how the information can be applied in his own field of study. This practice primarily demonstrates which reading strategy?
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Q3415783 Inglês
“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things about her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”


— Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
According to the passage from "The Old Man and the Sea," why does the old man believe the sea does wild or wicked things?
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Q3415782 Inglês
“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things about her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”


— Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
What does the old man refer to the sea as?
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Q3415781 Inglês
“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things about her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”


— Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
How do the younger fishermen refer to the sea?
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Q3415780 Inglês
“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things about her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”


— Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
What role does the moon play in the old man's perception of the sea?
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Q3414585 Inglês
           Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was painted by Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli, who was an Italian painter of the Florentine School that emerged in the early Renaissance period. In mythology, Venus wasconceived when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, the god Uranus, whose severed genitals fertilized the sea.
           Venus was conceived when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, the god Uranus, whose severed genitals fertilized the sea. Venus is an arrestingly beautiful figure with her delicate skin and soft-flowing curls fresh from the sea. Historically, this is the most important depicted nude since classical antiquity.
           Apart from its artistic quality, Birth of Venus is noteworthy for having been the first known Tuscan work of art to be painted on canvas, which is now standard but was then revolutionary, with paintings customarily done on more expensive wood panels. It was restored in 1987 to heighten the bright vividness of the painting as it first appeared, an effect achieved by the use of lustrous alabaster powder and gold leaf.

(Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — adaptation.)
Which 20th-century American author crafted a satirical novel set in a fantastical land, chronicling the adventures of a curious young girl named Alice? 
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2081: C
2082: E
2083: E
2084: A
2085: C
2086: D
2087: B
2088: B
2089: A
2090: C
2091: B
2092: A
2093: C
2094: C
2095: C
2096: D
2097: B
2098: D
2099: C
2100: D