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    In teaching, “fidelity” refers to closely following specific procedures for how to teach a lesson or respond to student behavior. For example, following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to read from a script, use a certain tone or expression, or teach from a designated page in a guidebook on a specific day. While prevalent across the country, this kind of micromanaging is more common in schools that serve low-income and minority students. 

    I’m a former elementary school teacher in the United States and I now study how teachers make ethical decisions. This includes how they observe their students and try to help them – regardless of whether their decisions align with a prescribed curriculum.

    In a recent study, I interviewed 12 teachers about how they deal with problems that arise in the classroom every day. These teachers discussed how they came up with responses based on best practices they had learned from their own experience as teachers. They also spoke of the knowledge acquired in professional development courses. 

    Of the nine who worked in public schools, however, all but one of the teachers were influenced by pressure to follow a curriculum to fidelity. This kindergarten teacher described how, when she was teaching preschool, her students who lived in a rural area did not understand references to crossing busy city streets in a book she was required to read as part of the curriculum. She brought her students outside to the parking lot to practice street crossing and listen to the noises of local traffic. This was not part of the curriculum. Had the teacher followed the curriculum strictly, the students may not have been able to grasp the lesson from the book.

    Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process – and even promotes a more democratic society. Instead of mandating that teachers stick to the curriculum word for word, schools should trust teachers and ask why they want to teach. Working with teachers should begin with the belief in their good intentions.


(Cara Elizabeth Furman. http://theconversation.com, 11.12.2024. Adaptado)
In the fragment from the first paragraph “following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to”, the bolded modal verb carries the idea of
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    In teaching, “fidelity” refers to closely following specific procedures for how to teach a lesson or respond to student behavior. For example, following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to read from a script, use a certain tone or expression, or teach from a designated page in a guidebook on a specific day. While prevalent across the country, this kind of micromanaging is more common in schools that serve low-income and minority students. 

    I’m a former elementary school teacher in the United States and I now study how teachers make ethical decisions. This includes how they observe their students and try to help them – regardless of whether their decisions align with a prescribed curriculum.

    In a recent study, I interviewed 12 teachers about how they deal with problems that arise in the classroom every day. These teachers discussed how they came up with responses based on best practices they had learned from their own experience as teachers. They also spoke of the knowledge acquired in professional development courses. 

    Of the nine who worked in public schools, however, all but one of the teachers were influenced by pressure to follow a curriculum to fidelity. This kindergarten teacher described how, when she was teaching preschool, her students who lived in a rural area did not understand references to crossing busy city streets in a book she was required to read as part of the curriculum. She brought her students outside to the parking lot to practice street crossing and listen to the noises of local traffic. This was not part of the curriculum. Had the teacher followed the curriculum strictly, the students may not have been able to grasp the lesson from the book.

    Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process – and even promotes a more democratic society. Instead of mandating that teachers stick to the curriculum word for word, schools should trust teachers and ask why they want to teach. Working with teachers should begin with the belief in their good intentions.


(Cara Elizabeth Furman. http://theconversation.com, 11.12.2024. Adaptado)
In the first paragraph, the idea of fidelity in teaching is presented as
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    In teaching, “fidelity” refers to closely following specific procedures for how to teach a lesson or respond to student behavior. For example, following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to read from a script, use a certain tone or expression, or teach from a designated page in a guidebook on a specific day. While prevalent across the country, this kind of micromanaging is more common in schools that serve low-income and minority students. 

    I’m a former elementary school teacher in the United States and I now study how teachers make ethical decisions. This includes how they observe their students and try to help them – regardless of whether their decisions align with a prescribed curriculum.

    In a recent study, I interviewed 12 teachers about how they deal with problems that arise in the classroom every day. These teachers discussed how they came up with responses based on best practices they had learned from their own experience as teachers. They also spoke of the knowledge acquired in professional development courses. 

    Of the nine who worked in public schools, however, all but one of the teachers were influenced by pressure to follow a curriculum to fidelity. This kindergarten teacher described how, when she was teaching preschool, her students who lived in a rural area did not understand references to crossing busy city streets in a book she was required to read as part of the curriculum. She brought her students outside to the parking lot to practice street crossing and listen to the noises of local traffic. This was not part of the curriculum. Had the teacher followed the curriculum strictly, the students may not have been able to grasp the lesson from the book.

    Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process – and even promotes a more democratic society. Instead of mandating that teachers stick to the curriculum word for word, schools should trust teachers and ask why they want to teach. Working with teachers should begin with the belief in their good intentions.


(Cara Elizabeth Furman. http://theconversation.com, 11.12.2024. Adaptado)
The author’s main argument in the text can be summarized as: 
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A Brazilian teacher uses this comic strip as part of an English class. The attitude demonstrated by both characters in the last frame could be used as a starting point for a classroom discussion on

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Ano: 2025 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: INSA Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Energia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Solos e Mineralogia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Bioeconomia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Inovação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal |
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        Land degradation is a systemic global problem, but the scale of the problem is disputed, with global estimates of degraded areas ranging from <10 to >60 million km2 . Changes in vegetation in drylands are predominantly caused by two factors: (i) anthropogenic climate change, which includes both changes in water availability driven by trends in precipitation and increases in temperature, as well as increased water use efficiency (carbon gain per unit of water lost) in response to rising atmospheric CO2; and (ii) land use practices, including grazing, cropping and deforestation. Unsustainable land use is considered the primary negative driver of dryland degradation. The impact of climate change on drylands is also generally thought to be negative, with some studies suggesting that anthropogenic forcing has already increased arid areas.

         Despite evidence for land use-induced degradation and the studies that find increased aridification over drylands, satellite estimates of vegetation greenness show a significant global increase since 1980. The key drivers of this global increase in apparent vegetation productivity are the vegetation’s response to rising CO2, increases in rainfall and temperature and land use. Model simulations which prescribe land use, attribute almost all of the trend in satellite-derived greening to CO2 fertilization, while satellite-derived models that do not account for CO2, explicitly find either climate or land use as the dominate factor. Neither approach explicitly accounts for rapid ecosystem change in their proportioning of the relative contributions of each driver. This can lead them to miss or underestimate rapid changes driven by processes like extreme fires, deforestation, reforestation, changes in agricultural policy, etc. Disentangling the roles of climate (temperature and precipitation), CO2 and land use thus remains a key challenge.

A.L. Burrell; J.P. Evans; M.G. De Kauwe. Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification. Internet:<www.sciencedirect.com>  (adapted)

Judge the following item about the text presented above.


The authors agree that human action is at the root cause of changes in vegetation in drylands.

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Ano: 2025 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: INSA Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Energia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Solos e Mineralogia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Bioeconomia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Inovação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal |
Q3225345 Inglês
        Land degradation is a systemic global problem, but the scale of the problem is disputed, with global estimates of degraded areas ranging from <10 to >60 million km2 . Changes in vegetation in drylands are predominantly caused by two factors: (i) anthropogenic climate change, which includes both changes in water availability driven by trends in precipitation and increases in temperature, as well as increased water use efficiency (carbon gain per unit of water lost) in response to rising atmospheric CO2; and (ii) land use practices, including grazing, cropping and deforestation. Unsustainable land use is considered the primary negative driver of dryland degradation. The impact of climate change on drylands is also generally thought to be negative, with some studies suggesting that anthropogenic forcing has already increased arid areas.

         Despite evidence for land use-induced degradation and the studies that find increased aridification over drylands, satellite estimates of vegetation greenness show a significant global increase since 1980. The key drivers of this global increase in apparent vegetation productivity are the vegetation’s response to rising CO2, increases in rainfall and temperature and land use. Model simulations which prescribe land use, attribute almost all of the trend in satellite-derived greening to CO2 fertilization, while satellite-derived models that do not account for CO2, explicitly find either climate or land use as the dominate factor. Neither approach explicitly accounts for rapid ecosystem change in their proportioning of the relative contributions of each driver. This can lead them to miss or underestimate rapid changes driven by processes like extreme fires, deforestation, reforestation, changes in agricultural policy, etc. Disentangling the roles of climate (temperature and precipitation), CO2 and land use thus remains a key challenge.

A.L. Burrell; J.P. Evans; M.G. De Kauwe. Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification. Internet:<www.sciencedirect.com>  (adapted)

Judge the following item about the text presented above.


Scientists are certain about the proportion of land degradation in the world, besides recognizing that it is an issue happening in various parts of the Earth.

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Ano: 2025 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: INSA Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Energia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Solos e Mineralogia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Bioeconomia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Inovação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal |
Q3225344 Inglês
        Land degradation is a systemic global problem, but the scale of the problem is disputed, with global estimates of degraded areas ranging from <10 to >60 million km2 . Changes in vegetation in drylands are predominantly caused by two factors: (i) anthropogenic climate change, which includes both changes in water availability driven by trends in precipitation and increases in temperature, as well as increased water use efficiency (carbon gain per unit of water lost) in response to rising atmospheric CO2; and (ii) land use practices, including grazing, cropping and deforestation. Unsustainable land use is considered the primary negative driver of dryland degradation. The impact of climate change on drylands is also generally thought to be negative, with some studies suggesting that anthropogenic forcing has already increased arid areas.

         Despite evidence for land use-induced degradation and the studies that find increased aridification over drylands, satellite estimates of vegetation greenness show a significant global increase since 1980. The key drivers of this global increase in apparent vegetation productivity are the vegetation’s response to rising CO2, increases in rainfall and temperature and land use. Model simulations which prescribe land use, attribute almost all of the trend in satellite-derived greening to CO2 fertilization, while satellite-derived models that do not account for CO2, explicitly find either climate or land use as the dominate factor. Neither approach explicitly accounts for rapid ecosystem change in their proportioning of the relative contributions of each driver. This can lead them to miss or underestimate rapid changes driven by processes like extreme fires, deforestation, reforestation, changes in agricultural policy, etc. Disentangling the roles of climate (temperature and precipitation), CO2 and land use thus remains a key challenge.

A.L. Burrell; J.P. Evans; M.G. De Kauwe. Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification. Internet:<www.sciencedirect.com>  (adapted)

Judge the following item about the text presented above.


The following expressions are examples of technical or specialized language that help to place the text in a certain area of knowledge: “climate change”, “vegetation greenness” and “key challenge”.

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Ano: 2025 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: INSA Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Energia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Solos e Mineralogia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Bioeconomia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Inovação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal |
Q3225343 Inglês
        Land degradation is a systemic global problem, but the scale of the problem is disputed, with global estimates of degraded areas ranging from <10 to >60 million km2 . Changes in vegetation in drylands are predominantly caused by two factors: (i) anthropogenic climate change, which includes both changes in water availability driven by trends in precipitation and increases in temperature, as well as increased water use efficiency (carbon gain per unit of water lost) in response to rising atmospheric CO2; and (ii) land use practices, including grazing, cropping and deforestation. Unsustainable land use is considered the primary negative driver of dryland degradation. The impact of climate change on drylands is also generally thought to be negative, with some studies suggesting that anthropogenic forcing has already increased arid areas.

         Despite evidence for land use-induced degradation and the studies that find increased aridification over drylands, satellite estimates of vegetation greenness show a significant global increase since 1980. The key drivers of this global increase in apparent vegetation productivity are the vegetation’s response to rising CO2, increases in rainfall and temperature and land use. Model simulations which prescribe land use, attribute almost all of the trend in satellite-derived greening to CO2 fertilization, while satellite-derived models that do not account for CO2, explicitly find either climate or land use as the dominate factor. Neither approach explicitly accounts for rapid ecosystem change in their proportioning of the relative contributions of each driver. This can lead them to miss or underestimate rapid changes driven by processes like extreme fires, deforestation, reforestation, changes in agricultural policy, etc. Disentangling the roles of climate (temperature and precipitation), CO2 and land use thus remains a key challenge.

A.L. Burrell; J.P. Evans; M.G. De Kauwe. Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification. Internet:<www.sciencedirect.com>  (adapted)

Judge the following item about the text presented above.


In the second paragraph, the expressions “Neither approach”, “their” and “them” are related to the models mentioned beforehand, which aim to explain the “global increase in apparent vegetation productivity”. 

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Ano: 2025 Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE Órgão: INSA Provas: CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Energia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Pesquisador Adjunto I - Área de Atuação: Solos e Mineralogia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Biodiversidade | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Bioeconomia | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Desertificação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Gestão da Informação e Popularização do Conhecimento | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Inovação | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Recursos Hídricos | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Animal | CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - INSA - Tecnologista Pleno 2 - Área de Atuação: Sistema de Produção Vegetal |
Q3225342 Inglês
        Land degradation is a systemic global problem, but the scale of the problem is disputed, with global estimates of degraded areas ranging from <10 to >60 million km2 . Changes in vegetation in drylands are predominantly caused by two factors: (i) anthropogenic climate change, which includes both changes in water availability driven by trends in precipitation and increases in temperature, as well as increased water use efficiency (carbon gain per unit of water lost) in response to rising atmospheric CO2; and (ii) land use practices, including grazing, cropping and deforestation. Unsustainable land use is considered the primary negative driver of dryland degradation. The impact of climate change on drylands is also generally thought to be negative, with some studies suggesting that anthropogenic forcing has already increased arid areas.

         Despite evidence for land use-induced degradation and the studies that find increased aridification over drylands, satellite estimates of vegetation greenness show a significant global increase since 1980. The key drivers of this global increase in apparent vegetation productivity are the vegetation’s response to rising CO2, increases in rainfall and temperature and land use. Model simulations which prescribe land use, attribute almost all of the trend in satellite-derived greening to CO2 fertilization, while satellite-derived models that do not account for CO2, explicitly find either climate or land use as the dominate factor. Neither approach explicitly accounts for rapid ecosystem change in their proportioning of the relative contributions of each driver. This can lead them to miss or underestimate rapid changes driven by processes like extreme fires, deforestation, reforestation, changes in agricultural policy, etc. Disentangling the roles of climate (temperature and precipitation), CO2 and land use thus remains a key challenge.

A.L. Burrell; J.P. Evans; M.G. De Kauwe. Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification. Internet:<www.sciencedirect.com>  (adapted)

Judge the following item about the text presented above.


The two approaches mentioned in the second paragraph diverge as to the reasons for global increase in vegetation greenness. 

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Q3223439 Inglês
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise (1920) showed the disillusionment and moral disintegration experienced by so many in the United States after World War I. This work marked the start of a promising literary journey, leading to The Great Gatsby (1925), which is:
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Q3223435 Inglês
Hanji

    Hanji is the name of the handmade paper produced in ancient Korea from the 1st century BCE. Made from mulberry trees, its exceptional quality made it a successful export, and it was widely used not only for writing but also for interior walls and everyday objects, such as fans and umbrellas. Hanji, famed throughout Asia for its whiteness, texture, and strength, is still made today in specialized Korean workshops.

   Initially Korean paper was made using hemp fiber, but the highest quality hanji was, for many centuries, made only from the pith of mulberry trees (tak in Korean, Latin: Broussonetia papyrifera). The toughness of hanji meant that it was ideally suited for use in printing presses that used blocks made from magnolia wood, which had been soaked and boiled in saltwater and then dried for several years before use. Each block was 24x4x64cm and carried 23 lines of vertical text on each side. These were then covered in ink and paper was pressed against them. The resilience of hanji was especially useful from the 12th century CE when printing was done using heavier moveable metal type made of bronze, a Korean invention.

    In the Joseon Period (from the 15th century CE), such was the demand for hanji, that Sejong the Great (r. 1418 - 1450 CE) permitted other plant materials to be used in its manufacture, especially bamboo. The paper was made in specialized workshops in the capital and the five provincial capitals. The hanji which was produced for state use was supervised by a government agency, the Chonjo-chang.


World History Encyclopedia. Adaptation.
According to the text, mark the INCORRECT item.
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Q3221241 Inglês
Which of the alternatives below is NOT one of the regular uses of the verb tense in the sentence “the voting window for nominations has been extended until January 17” (l. 14–15)?
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Q3221237 Inglês
The word in bold “its” (l. 02) refers to:
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Q3221235 Inglês
Which question was answered by the text?
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Q3221234 Inglês
What will happen at the Grammys television broadcast this year?
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Mark the INCORRECT statement about the article. 
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According to the article, what is affecting the plans for the 2025 Oscars ceremony? 
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 In his book “Keys to Communication: An Essential Guide to Communication in the Real World”, Walker (2016) says that “adults spend about 45 percent of their time listening, which is more than any other communicative activity”. Therefore, developing and improving listening abilities is important for effective communication, and listening strategies are useful tools in that journey. Which of the alternatives below is a suggestion that helps with the strategy “listening for gist”?
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Identifying the text genre and its purpose helps the reader to understand it better and to choose the appropriate reading strategies. Read the excerpt below:

“Enjoy an Enchanting Holiday in the Maldives

Scattered across the Indian Ocean lie islands with the finest white sand beaches and clearest crystal blue waters. These are the MALDIVES! Over 1,000 coral islands. Temperatures here are always in the 80s. What can our holiday offer you? 

Luxurious accommodation aboard the fabulous Orient Explorer. Water sports for the entire duration of your holiday. Drinks and entertainment included at no extra charge. Chauffeur-driven limousine to and from the airport. Combine this with another seven-night holiday in our opulent apartments at the Kelai Country Club.

Prices start from just £899 per person”.

(Available at: https://teach.files.bbci.co.uk/skillswise/en03text-e3-f-different-types-of-text.pdf – text specially adapted for this test)

Mark the correct statement about the genre of the text above. 
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Q3221229 Inglês

Relate the Column 1 to Column 2, associating the reading strategy with its definition. 


Column 1


1. Skimming.

2. Scanning.

3. Predicting.

4. Context clues.

5. Summarizing.



Column 2

( ) Going through the text without reading every word, searching for specific information like dates, numbers, or names.
( ) Using surrounding words or sentences to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
( ) Guessing the content of a text before reading it, based on the title, headings, or visuals. This helps activate prior knowledge and set expectations.
( ) Using the reader own words to state the main points of the text.
( ) Quickly reading the text to get a general overview or the “gist” of the content. Useful to find specific information such as keywords, phrases, or overall themes.

The correct order of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is:

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Respostas
2041: A
2042: C
2043: B
2044: D
2045: C
2046: E
2047: E
2048: C
2049: C
2050: A
2051: C
2052: A
2053: B
2054: C
2055: A
2056: B
2057: D
2058: A
2059: D
2060: D