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Q418801
Inglês
Texto associado
This (Illegal) American Life
By Maria E. Andreu
My parents came to New York City to make their fortune when I was a baby. Irresponsible and dreamy and in their early 20s, they didn't think things through when their visa expired; they decided to stay just a bit longer to build up a nest egg.
But our stay got progressively longer, until, when I was 6, my grandfather died in South America. My father decided my mother and I should go to the funeral and, with assurances that he would handle everything, sat me down and told me I'd have a nice visit in his boyhood home in Argentina, then be back in America in a month.
I didn't see him for two years.
We couldn't get a visa to return. My father sent us money from New Jersey, as the months of our absence stretched into years. Finally, he met someone who knew "coyotes" - people who smuggled others into the U.S. via Mexico. He paid them what they asked for, and we flew to Mexico City.
They drove us to the Mexican side of the border, and left us at a beach. Another from their operation picked us up there and drove us across as his family. We passed Disneyland on our way to the airport, where we boarded the plane to finally rejoin my father.
As a child, I had thought coming back home would be the magical end to our troubles, but in many ways it was the beginning. I chafed at the strictures of undocumented life: no social security number meant no public school (instead I attended a Catholic school my parents could scarcely afford); no driver's license, no after-school job. My parents had made their choices, and I had to live with those, seeing off my classmates as they left on a class trip to Canada, or packing to go off to college, where 1 could not go.
The year before I graduated from high school, Congress passed the amnesty law of 1987. A few months after my 18th birthday, I became legal and what had always seemed a blank future of no hope suddenly turned dazzling with possibility.
When I went for my interview at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the caseworker looked at me quizzically when he heard me talk in unaccented English and joke about current events. Surely this American teenager did not fit in with the crowd of illegals looking to make things right.
At the time, I was flattered. His confusion meant I could pass as an American.
(Newsweek, October 2f 2008. Page 12.)
The author and her mother
Q418800
Inglês
The ad contains a/an
Ano: 2014
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
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SEDF
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Q417555
Inglês
Texto associado
Crossing the street while listening to an MP3 player may soon be illegal in New York. A law has been proposed in response to several deaths apparently caused by pedestrians stepping into traffic listening to iPods. The ban would also extend to other electronic devices including cell phones, video games and handheld email devices, and offenders would face a $ 100 fine.
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Judge the following items according to the text.
It is correct to infer from the text that, if people didn’t use electronic devices outside their homes, accidents wouldn’t happen.
It is correct to infer from the text that, if people didn’t use electronic devices outside their homes, accidents wouldn’t happen.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417554
Inglês
Texto associado
Crossing the street while listening to an MP3 player may soon be illegal in New York. A law has been proposed in response to several deaths apparently caused by pedestrians stepping into traffic listening to iPods. The ban would also extend to other electronic devices including cell phones, video games and handheld email devices, and offenders would face a $ 100 fine.
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Judge the following items according to the text.
In New York, a law was proposed to forbid the use of MP3 outdoors.
In New York, a law was proposed to forbid the use of MP3 outdoors.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417553
Inglês
Texto associado
Crossing the street while listening to an MP3 player may soon be illegal in New York. A law has been proposed in response to several deaths apparently caused by pedestrians stepping into traffic listening to iPods. The ban would also extend to other electronic devices including cell phones, video games and handheld email devices, and offenders would face a $ 100 fine.
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Pedestrians are getting so involved with what they are listening on their iPods that they don’t pay enough attention to the traffic, often with tragic consequences. According to some official information, many people are being killed as a result of stepping off the sidewalk in front of fast-moving vehicles. And most of the accidents can’t be avoided because the victims couldn’t even hear the warning because of the use of MP3.
Mark Hancock & Annie McDonald. English result upper-intermediate. Oxford University Press. p. 103 (adapted).
Judge the following items according to the text.
Most of the people who were involved in the accidents mentioned in the text couldn’t hear the vehicles approaching because they were distracted by their MP3 players.
Most of the people who were involved in the accidents mentioned in the text couldn’t hear the vehicles approaching because they were distracted by their MP3 players.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417545
Inglês
Texto associado
There are people who are latecomers wherever they go. Lateness is their way of life.
Chronic lateness has spoilt friendships, and it’s a habit that has caused people to lose their jobs. Why, then, are so many people late?
According to some specialists, not arriving on time can be a form of avoidance. You are late for a party, or coming home from work because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be. It can also be a habit learned on childhood from a parent or an old brother or sister who also ran late. For others, it’s a result of an inability to judge time.
Whatever reason people have, lateness almost always annoys those of us who are always prompt to attend our commitments.
Diane Washawsky. Spectrum book 4. Ana Veltford. Prentice Hall Regents. p.156 (adapted).
Chronic lateness has spoilt friendships, and it’s a habit that has caused people to lose their jobs. Why, then, are so many people late?
According to some specialists, not arriving on time can be a form of avoidance. You are late for a party, or coming home from work because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be. It can also be a habit learned on childhood from a parent or an old brother or sister who also ran late. For others, it’s a result of an inability to judge time.
Whatever reason people have, lateness almost always annoys those of us who are always prompt to attend our commitments.
Diane Washawsky. Spectrum book 4. Ana Veltford. Prentice Hall Regents. p.156 (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the following items.
Latecomers are people who hardly ever are on time for their appointments.
Latecomers are people who hardly ever are on time for their appointments.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417544
Inglês
Texto associado
There are people who are latecomers wherever they go. Lateness is their way of life.
Chronic lateness has spoilt friendships, and it’s a habit that has caused people to lose their jobs. Why, then, are so many people late?
According to some specialists, not arriving on time can be a form of avoidance. You are late for a party, or coming home from work because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be. It can also be a habit learned on childhood from a parent or an old brother or sister who also ran late. For others, it’s a result of an inability to judge time.
Whatever reason people have, lateness almost always annoys those of us who are always prompt to attend our commitments.
Diane Washawsky. Spectrum book 4. Ana Veltford. Prentice Hall Regents. p.156 (adapted).
Chronic lateness has spoilt friendships, and it’s a habit that has caused people to lose their jobs. Why, then, are so many people late?
According to some specialists, not arriving on time can be a form of avoidance. You are late for a party, or coming home from work because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be. It can also be a habit learned on childhood from a parent or an old brother or sister who also ran late. For others, it’s a result of an inability to judge time.
Whatever reason people have, lateness almost always annoys those of us who are always prompt to attend our commitments.
Diane Washawsky. Spectrum book 4. Ana Veltford. Prentice Hall Regents. p.156 (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the following items.
Some people lose their jobs because they are habitually late.
Some people lose their jobs because they are habitually late.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417537
Inglês
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
The expression “Along with exercise” (l.15) can be correctly replaced with As well as exercising.
The expression “Along with exercise” (l.15) can be correctly replaced with As well as exercising.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417536
Inglês
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
“in the first place” (l.7) means basically the same as to start with.
“in the first place” (l.7) means basically the same as to start with.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417533
Inglês
Judge the items that follow based on the text above.
The text is narrative, as shown in its first paragraph.
The text is narrative, as shown in its first paragraph.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417532
Inglês
Judge the items that follow based on the text above.
“if any” (l.18) refers to the possibility that there is no Neandertal DNA in the author’s genome at all.
“if any” (l.18) refers to the possibility that there is no Neandertal DNA in the author’s genome at all.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417527
Inglês
Judge the following items according to the text above.
“non-Western societies” (l.17) and “Elsewhere in the world” (l.15) refer, in the text, to basically the same thing.
“non-Western societies” (l.17) and “Elsewhere in the world” (l.15) refer, in the text, to basically the same thing.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417525
Inglês
According to the text, judge the following items.
The author, an exchange student from India, narrates his first day of school.
The author, an exchange student from India, narrates his first day of school.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDF
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2014 - SEDF - Estudantes Universitários |
Q417524
Inglês
According to the text, judge the following items.
The narrator’s mother moved to the U.S.A. three years before he did.
The narrator’s mother moved to the U.S.A. three years before he did.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
DESENVOLVE-SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2014 - DESENVOLVESP - Analista de Sistemas |
Q408040
Inglês
Leia o texto a seguir.
Effective software project management focuses on the three P’s: people, problem, and process. The order is not arbitrary. The manager who forgets that software engineering work is an intensely human endeavor will never have success in project management. A manager who fails to encourage comprehensive customer communication early in the evolution of a project risks building an elegant solution for the wrong problem. Finally the manager who pays little attention to the process runs the risk of inserting competent technical methods and tools into a vacuum.
(Software Engineering – Concepts & Implementation. Centre for Information Technology and Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)
Segundo o texto, o gerente
Effective software project management focuses on the three P’s: people, problem, and process. The order is not arbitrary. The manager who forgets that software engineering work is an intensely human endeavor will never have success in project management. A manager who fails to encourage comprehensive customer communication early in the evolution of a project risks building an elegant solution for the wrong problem. Finally the manager who pays little attention to the process runs the risk of inserting competent technical methods and tools into a vacuum.
(Software Engineering – Concepts & Implementation. Centre for Information Technology and Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)
Segundo o texto, o gerente
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
DESENVOLVE-SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2014 - DESENVOLVESP - Analista de Sistemas |
Q408039
Inglês
Leia o texto a seguir.
Software components are built using a programming language that has a limited vocabulary an explicitly defined grammar and well formed rules of syntax and semantics. At the lowest level the language mirrors the instruction set of the hardware. At mid-level programming languages such as Ada 95, C or Smalltalk are used to create a procedural description of the program. At the highest level the language uses graphical icons or other symbology to represent the requirements for a solution. Executable instructions are automatically generated.
(Software Engineering – Concepts & Implementation. Centre for Information Technology and Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)
De acordo com o texto,
Software components are built using a programming language that has a limited vocabulary an explicitly defined grammar and well formed rules of syntax and semantics. At the lowest level the language mirrors the instruction set of the hardware. At mid-level programming languages such as Ada 95, C or Smalltalk are used to create a procedural description of the program. At the highest level the language uses graphical icons or other symbology to represent the requirements for a solution. Executable instructions are automatically generated.
(Software Engineering – Concepts & Implementation. Centre for Information Technology and Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)
De acordo com o texto,
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
DESENVOLVE-SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2014 - DESENVOLVESP - Analista de Sistemas |
Q408038
Inglês
Leia o texto a seguir.
A domain constraint implies that a particular attribute of a relation is defined on a particular domain. A domain constraint simply states that values of the attribute in question are required to belong to the set on values constituting the underlying domain.
(Database Fundamentals. Sharma, N. et al. DB2university.com, 1ª. edição, 2010)
A melhor tradução para o termo domain constraint é
A domain constraint implies that a particular attribute of a relation is defined on a particular domain. A domain constraint simply states that values of the attribute in question are required to belong to the set on values constituting the underlying domain.
(Database Fundamentals. Sharma, N. et al. DB2university.com, 1ª. edição, 2010)
A melhor tradução para o termo domain constraint é
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
DESENVOLVE-SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2014 - DESENVOLVESP - Analista de Sistemas |
Q408037
Inglês
Leia o texto a seguir.
The Object-Relational (OR) model is very similar to the relational model; however, it treats every entity as an object (instance of a class), and a relationship as an inheritance. Some features and benefits of an Object-Relational model are:
• Support for complex, user defined types
• Object inheritance
• Extensible objects
(Database Fundamentals. Sharma, N. et al. DB2university.com, 1ª. edição, 2010)
De acordo com o texto,
The Object-Relational (OR) model is very similar to the relational model; however, it treats every entity as an object (instance of a class), and a relationship as an inheritance. Some features and benefits of an Object-Relational model are:
• Support for complex, user defined types
• Object inheritance
• Extensible objects
(Database Fundamentals. Sharma, N. et al. DB2university.com, 1ª. edição, 2010)
De acordo com o texto,
Ano: 2014
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
METRÔ-SP
Provas:
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Administração de Empresas
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FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Ciências Contábeis |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Advogado Júnior |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Engenheiro Júnior - Mecânica |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Economia |
Q407619
Inglês
Texto associado
Metro releases preliminary findings of investigation into overnight construction accident in Red Line work zone
News release issued at 3:27 pm, October 6, 2013.
The investigation into the cause of a fatal overnight construction accident on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. is ....B.... . The investigation team, led by Metro's Chief Safety Officer, has authorized the release of the following facts and preliminary findings:
The incident occurred shortly after midnight, Sunday, October 6, 2013, in a work zone on the outbound (Glenmont direction) track between Union Station and Judiciary Square.
Contractors and WMATA employees were performing rail renewal, a process that involves removing old sections of rail, installing new sections of rail and related activity such as welding and grinding.
At approximately 12:03 a.m., there was a fire and loud noise that originated near heavy track equipment used to weld rail sections together into a continuous strip.
The fire and loud noise originated approximately 70 to 80 feet from the injured workers. The root cause of the fire/noise has not yet been determined. It is not yet known if there was a fluid leak or another mechanical issue.
The fire was extinguished by workers using a handheld fire extinguisher.
The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals.
The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the piece of rail.
News release issued at 3:27 pm, October 6, 2013.
The investigation into the cause of a fatal overnight construction accident on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. is ....B.... . The investigation team, led by Metro's Chief Safety Officer, has authorized the release of the following facts and preliminary findings:
The incident occurred shortly after midnight, Sunday, October 6, 2013, in a work zone on the outbound (Glenmont direction) track between Union Station and Judiciary Square.
Contractors and WMATA employees were performing rail renewal, a process that involves removing old sections of rail, installing new sections of rail and related activity such as welding and grinding.
At approximately 12:03 a.m., there was a fire and loud noise that originated near heavy track equipment used to weld rail sections together into a continuous strip.
The fire and loud noise originated approximately 70 to 80 feet from the injured workers. The root cause of the fire/noise has not yet been determined. It is not yet known if there was a fluid leak or another mechanical issue.
The fire was extinguished by workers using a handheld fire extinguisher.
The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals.
The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the piece of rail.
Segundo o texto,
Ano: 2014
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
METRÔ-SP
Provas:
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Administração de Empresas
|
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Ciências Contábeis |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Advogado Júnior |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Engenheiro Júnior - Mecânica |
FCC - 2014 - METRÔ-SP - Analista Desenvolvimento Gestão Júnior - Economia |
Q407618
Inglês
Texto associado
Metro releases preliminary findings of investigation into overnight construction accident in Red Line work zone
News release issued at 3:27 pm, October 6, 2013.
The investigation into the cause of a fatal overnight construction accident on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. is ....B.... . The investigation team, led by Metro's Chief Safety Officer, has authorized the release of the following facts and preliminary findings:
The incident occurred shortly after midnight, Sunday, October 6, 2013, in a work zone on the outbound (Glenmont direction) track between Union Station and Judiciary Square.
Contractors and WMATA employees were performing rail renewal, a process that involves removing old sections of rail, installing new sections of rail and related activity such as welding and grinding.
At approximately 12:03 a.m., there was a fire and loud noise that originated near heavy track equipment used to weld rail sections together into a continuous strip.
The fire and loud noise originated approximately 70 to 80 feet from the injured workers. The root cause of the fire/noise has not yet been determined. It is not yet known if there was a fluid leak or another mechanical issue.
The fire was extinguished by workers using a handheld fire extinguisher.
The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals.
The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the piece of rail.
News release issued at 3:27 pm, October 6, 2013.
The investigation into the cause of a fatal overnight construction accident on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. is ....B.... . The investigation team, led by Metro's Chief Safety Officer, has authorized the release of the following facts and preliminary findings:
The incident occurred shortly after midnight, Sunday, October 6, 2013, in a work zone on the outbound (Glenmont direction) track between Union Station and Judiciary Square.
Contractors and WMATA employees were performing rail renewal, a process that involves removing old sections of rail, installing new sections of rail and related activity such as welding and grinding.
At approximately 12:03 a.m., there was a fire and loud noise that originated near heavy track equipment used to weld rail sections together into a continuous strip.
The fire and loud noise originated approximately 70 to 80 feet from the injured workers. The root cause of the fire/noise has not yet been determined. It is not yet known if there was a fluid leak or another mechanical issue.
The fire was extinguished by workers using a handheld fire extinguisher.
The incident caused a 40-foot section of rail to move, striking three workers (two WMATA employees and a contractor). It is not yet known what caused the piece of rail to move.
The two WMATA employees - one track worker and one supervisor - suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries from being struck by the piece of rail. They were transported to local hospitals.
The contractor, an employee of Holland Co., was fatally injured as a result of being struck by the piece of rail.
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