Questões de Concurso Comentadas sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês

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Q2385588 Inglês
       “While a focus on grammar as a linguistic resource puts a more positive face on the role of grammar in writing instruction, any discussion of this role should include attention to learners’ writing errors, a significant concern for most L2 writing teachers and their students. For decades, studies and debates on the effectiveness of differing types of error correction and, indeed, of error correction at all, have been a major topic in the L2 writing literature. Central in recent debates include the exchanges between Truscott (1996, 2007), who believes that ESL research does not provide evidence showing that error correction improves writers’ accuracy over time, and Ferris (1999, 2011), who, while acknowledging that research base lacks controlled studies on this topic, nevertheless asserts that studies have indicated short-term improvement. Ferris (2011) has further pointed out that without attention to errors and explicit instruction, adult learners may fail to make progress in correcting patterns of errors in their L2 writing. Indeed, writing teachers in higher education contexts have found out that many of their multilingual students enter colleges and universities unaware of frequent error patterns in their writing”.



(CELCE-MURCIA, M; BRINTON, D.M. & SNOW, M. A. (Editors). Teaching English
as a Second or Foreign Language. 4th Ed. Boston, U.S.: National Geographic
Learning / Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014, p. 240).

According to the text, error correction in writing tasks has been considered by specialists as a __________________ technique.

Choose the alternative that completes the blank.
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Q2385587 Inglês
      “The procedure for teaching receptive skills generally starts with a lead-in. This is where we engage students with the topic of the reading and we try to activate their schema (plural schemata) (…). This is the knowledge that allows many British, American, West Indian, Pakistani and Indian people (for example) to make sense of headlines like England in six-wicket collapse (a reference to the game of cricket), whereas many Canadians would instantly understand what it means to be sent to the penalty box and why being sent there might give another team a power play (both terms come ice hockey, Canada’s national sport)”.



(HARMER, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching.
4 th Ed. Essex, England: Pearson, 2007, p. 271).


Specialists argue that comprehensive input for listening tasks is vital for language acquisition. Choose the alternative that shows an effective strategy to address language difficulty. 
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Q2385586 Inglês
      “The procedure for teaching receptive skills generally starts with a lead-in. This is where we engage students with the topic of the reading and we try to activate their schema (plural schemata) (…). This is the knowledge that allows many British, American, West Indian, Pakistani and Indian people (for example) to make sense of headlines like England in six-wicket collapse (a reference to the game of cricket), whereas many Canadians would instantly understand what it means to be sent to the penalty box and why being sent there might give another team a power play (both terms come ice hockey, Canada’s national sport)”.



(HARMER, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching.
4 th Ed. Essex, England: Pearson, 2007, p. 271).


According to Harmer, a “lead-in” task is crucial while tackling with receptive skills. Choose the alternative that DOES NOT present an example of such a task.
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Q2385585 Inglês
      “The procedure for teaching receptive skills generally starts with a lead-in. This is where we engage students with the topic of the reading and we try to activate their schema (plural schemata) (…). This is the knowledge that allows many British, American, West Indian, Pakistani and Indian people (for example) to make sense of headlines like England in six-wicket collapse (a reference to the game of cricket), whereas many Canadians would instantly understand what it means to be sent to the penalty box and why being sent there might give another team a power play (both terms come ice hockey, Canada’s national sport)”.



(HARMER, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching.
4 th Ed. Essex, England: Pearson, 2007, p. 271).


Choose the alternative that presents the “receptive skills” in English Language Teaching.
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Q2385584 Inglês
      “Although the movement began as a largely British innovation, focusing on alternative conceptions of a syllabus, since the mid-1970s the scope of Communicative Language Teaching has expanded. Both American and British proponents (…) see it as an approach (and not a method) that aims to (a) make communicative competence the goal of language teaching and (b) develop procedures for the teaching of the four language skills that acknowledge the interdependence of language and communication. Its comprehensiveness thus makes it different in scope and status from any of the other approaches and methods (…)”.


(RICHARDS, J.C. & RODGERS, T. Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching: A description and
analysis. Cambridge: CUP, 1986, p. 66).

The desired goal of the Communicative Approach is to 
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Q2385583 Inglês
      “Although the movement began as a largely British innovation, focusing on alternative conceptions of a syllabus, since the mid-1970s the scope of Communicative Language Teaching has expanded. Both American and British proponents (…) see it as an approach (and not a method) that aims to (a) make communicative competence the goal of language teaching and (b) develop procedures for the teaching of the four language skills that acknowledge the interdependence of language and communication. Its comprehensiveness thus makes it different in scope and status from any of the other approaches and methods (…)”.


(RICHARDS, J.C. & RODGERS, T. Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching: A description and
analysis. Cambridge: CUP, 1986, p. 66).

Learners’ production, according to the Communicative Approach, takes _______________ into account as _______________ is judged not in the abstract, but in context.

Choose the alternative that completes the blank. 
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Q2385582 Inglês
      “Although the movement began as a largely British innovation, focusing on alternative conceptions of a syllabus, since the mid-1970s the scope of Communicative Language Teaching has expanded. Both American and British proponents (…) see it as an approach (and not a method) that aims to (a) make communicative competence the goal of language teaching and (b) develop procedures for the teaching of the four language skills that acknowledge the interdependence of language and communication. Its comprehensiveness thus makes it different in scope and status from any of the other approaches and methods (…)”.


(RICHARDS, J.C. & RODGERS, T. Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching: A description and
analysis. Cambridge: CUP, 1986, p. 66).

Choose the alternative that DOES NOT present a distinctive feature of the Communicative Approach.
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Q2126219 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question:

1 Speech is one of the most important ways of communicating. It consists of far more that just

2 making noises. To talk and also to be understood by other people, we have to speak a language,

3 that is, we have to use combinations of sounds that everyone agrees stand for a particular

4 object or idea. Learning a language properly is very important. The basic vocabulary of English is not

5 very large, and only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more words you

6 know, the more ideas you can express, and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.

7 Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we say the

8 words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and shows whether we

9 are pleased or angry, for instance.

According to the text, speech is:
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Q2126218 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question:

1 Speech is one of the most important ways of communicating. It consists of far more that just

2 making noises. To talk and also to be understood by other people, we have to speak a language,

3 that is, we have to use combinations of sounds that everyone agrees stand for a particular

4 object or idea. Learning a language properly is very important. The basic vocabulary of English is not

5 very large, and only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more words you

6 know, the more ideas you can express, and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.

7 Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we say the

8 words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and shows whether we

9 are pleased or angry, for instance.

Based on the text above, if we know only about 2,000 words in English, we:
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Q2126217 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question:

1 Speech is one of the most important ways of communicating. It consists of far more that just

2 making noises. To talk and also to be understood by other people, we have to speak a language,

3 that is, we have to use combinations of sounds that everyone agrees stand for a particular

4 object or idea. Learning a language properly is very important. The basic vocabulary of English is not

5 very large, and only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more words you

6 know, the more ideas you can express, and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.

7 Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we say the

8 words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and shows whether we

9 are pleased or angry, for instance.

According to the author, the more words we know:
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Q2124645 Inglês
       Language teachers, like other teachers, had to quickly rethink priorities and means of delivery in response to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as measures to manage the pandemic. It isn’t surprising then that some of the findings in our 2021 survey relate to the pandemic.
       Language teaching was suspended by local education boards at one in five primary schools in January 2021 due to Covid-19, and the impact has been felt more acutely in deprived areas. Teachers in state secondary schools report that two in five pupils in Key Stage 3 (lower secondary) did not engage with language learning during the first national lockdown, leading to time lost to language learning for a lot of pupils.
         Dr Ian Collen said that “the most disadvantaged pupils are most likely to have been negatively affected by the impact of Covid-19, experiencing greater disruption to their language learning and fewer international opportunities. Looking to the future, schools should consider giving more curriculum time to languages, as well as more opportunities to use languages in real life, such as visits abroad.”
       Many teachers reported that they cannot wait to get back to face-to-face teaching in the classroom. Despite the barriers they have faced over the past year, it is encouraging to see how they pivoted to remote learning during the national lockdowns.


Internet: <www.britishcouncil.org> (adapted).

Based on the previous text, judge the following item.


The excerpt ‘the most disadvantaged pupils are most likely to have been negatively affected by the impact of Covid-19’ (third paragraph) would be correctly rewritten in indirect speech as: Dr Ian Collen said that the most disadvantaged pupils were most likely to had been negatively affected by the impact of Covid-19.


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Q2124642 Inglês

Internet: <http://www.callouscomics.com> (adapted).

Based on the comic strip above, judge the following item.


The humorous effect of the strip is caused by the attempt of one of the doctors to empower her patient by giving him a very obvious tip.


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Q2124639 Inglês

Internet: <https://www.graphicnews.com>.

Based on the infographic above, judge the following item. 


Up to 2003, JK Rowling has married twice and has lived in three different countries.


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Q2124638 Inglês

Internet: <https://www.graphicnews.com>.

Based on the infographic above, judge the following item. 


According to the first lines about JK Rowling, she has no brothers but she has two sisters.

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Q2124637 Inglês
   ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a common disorder that often results in learning difficulties. People with this disorder act impulsively and are easily distracted. They may also exhibit hyperactive behavior. While some specialists consider ADHD a behavioral disorder, others call it a cognitive disorder.
   The cause of ADHD is unknown. However, brain scans indicate that it may be caused by abnormal size, function, and form of the brain’s frontal lobe. There may also be an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. ADHD is believed to be inherited in most cases, but it is also prevalent in premature babies and children who have experienced head injuries.  
   The disorder ADD (attention deficit disorder) was renamed ADHD to account for the “hyperactivity” that is often one of the major symptoms found in people with the disorder. The disability can exist without the presence of hyperactivity, in which case it is referred to as a subset of ADHD called ADD. Both terms are often used to describe the same disorder.
    Children can exhibit ADHD symptoms at a very young age, and are often diagnosed before the age of seven. On the other hand, some adults do not realize they have this disorder until their own children are diagnosed with it. Some symptoms, such as hyperactivity, may be less severe as a child ages and learns coping mechanisms. 

Internet: <https://www.englishclub.com> (adapted).

Based on the previous text, judge the following item.


As children with ADHD grow older, some symptoms tend to become milder, like hyperactivity, for example.

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Q2124635 Inglês
   ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a common disorder that often results in learning difficulties. People with this disorder act impulsively and are easily distracted. They may also exhibit hyperactive behavior. While some specialists consider ADHD a behavioral disorder, others call it a cognitive disorder.
   The cause of ADHD is unknown. However, brain scans indicate that it may be caused by abnormal size, function, and form of the brain’s frontal lobe. There may also be an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. ADHD is believed to be inherited in most cases, but it is also prevalent in premature babies and children who have experienced head injuries.  
   The disorder ADD (attention deficit disorder) was renamed ADHD to account for the “hyperactivity” that is often one of the major symptoms found in people with the disorder. The disability can exist without the presence of hyperactivity, in which case it is referred to as a subset of ADHD called ADD. Both terms are often used to describe the same disorder.
    Children can exhibit ADHD symptoms at a very young age, and are often diagnosed before the age of seven. On the other hand, some adults do not realize they have this disorder until their own children are diagnosed with it. Some symptoms, such as hyperactivity, may be less severe as a child ages and learns coping mechanisms. 

Internet: <https://www.englishclub.com> (adapted).

Based on the previous text, judge the following item.


The main purpose of the text is to show the difference between ADHD and ADD as well as prepare teachers to work with students having these disorders.


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Q2124632 Inglês


Internet: <https://www.comicsenglish.com>.

Based on the comic strip above, judge the following item.


In the last box, the man is so self-confident that he uses the expression “crash and burn” to mean that he is going to be successful.

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Q2124631 Inglês


Internet: <https://www.comicsenglish.com>.

Based on the comic strip above, judge the following item.


The man reckons wearing smart clothes will make a good impression on his audience.

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Q2124628 Inglês
     Global tech giant Google has added 24 new languages spoken by more than 300 million people to its Google Translate platform. “For years, Google Translate has helped break down language barriers and connect communities all over the world,” the US-based company said. It added that it now wants to help those whose languages aren’t represented in most technology. The new languages range from Bhojpuri, which is spoken in northern India, Nepal and Fiji, to Dhivehi, with its estimated 300,000 speakers in the Maldives.
     The move now brings to 133 the total number of languages available on Google Translate as of May 2022. The company says the new languages also represent a technical milestone, explaining that they use a machine learning model which learns to translate into another language without ever seeing an example. This can be useful for languages where large datasets of human translations, which can be used to train a computer, are not available. But the company admits that the technology isn’t perfect.
      So, will the translations be accurate? Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available. “For many supported languages, the translation is not great. It will definitely get the idea across but often it will lose much of the subtlety of the language,” Google Translate research scientist Isaac Caswell told the BBC.
      With the new languages, he said, it would be no different. But the people who helped in the research said it was a good place to start. “My impression from other people I have talked to was that it was a very positive thing for them,” Mr Caswell said. In 2020, Google Translate added five new languages to the platform in what was then its first expansion in the past few years.

Internet: <https://www.bbc.com/>(adapted).

Based on the text above, judge the following item.


It can be inferred from the text that there have been problems concerning the translation of the new languages added, as the translation may not be very precise.


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Q2124627 Inglês
     Global tech giant Google has added 24 new languages spoken by more than 300 million people to its Google Translate platform. “For years, Google Translate has helped break down language barriers and connect communities all over the world,” the US-based company said. It added that it now wants to help those whose languages aren’t represented in most technology. The new languages range from Bhojpuri, which is spoken in northern India, Nepal and Fiji, to Dhivehi, with its estimated 300,000 speakers in the Maldives.
     The move now brings to 133 the total number of languages available on Google Translate as of May 2022. The company says the new languages also represent a technical milestone, explaining that they use a machine learning model which learns to translate into another language without ever seeing an example. This can be useful for languages where large datasets of human translations, which can be used to train a computer, are not available. But the company admits that the technology isn’t perfect.
      So, will the translations be accurate? Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available. “For many supported languages, the translation is not great. It will definitely get the idea across but often it will lose much of the subtlety of the language,” Google Translate research scientist Isaac Caswell told the BBC.
      With the new languages, he said, it would be no different. But the people who helped in the research said it was a good place to start. “My impression from other people I have talked to was that it was a very positive thing for them,” Mr Caswell said. In 2020, Google Translate added five new languages to the platform in what was then its first expansion in the past few years.

Internet: <https://www.bbc.com/>(adapted).

Based on the text above, judge the following item.


With the 24 new languages Google added to its translation platform, the number of languages has now increased up to 20%, which has now 133 languages at the users’ disposal. 

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Respostas
4381: B
4382: A
4383: D
4384: B
4385: D
4386: A
4387: C
4388: D
4389: C
4390: A
4391: E
4392: E
4393: C
4394: E
4395: C
4396: E
4397: E
4398: C
4399: C
4400: E