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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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I. The San Gregorio Polyptych was commissioned for a monastery and depicts religious figures and angels.
II. The double-sided panel was painted in 1473, the same year in which the San Gregorio Polyptych was painted.
III. Investigators suspect that the theft was commissioned by criminals operating in the black market for art.
Which ones are correct?
( ) The Madonna with Child and Christ in Pietà was removed from inside a protected display case.
( ) The small size of the double-sided panel suggests that it was originally used for personal religious practice.
( ) The investigators know the identities of the individuals who planned the robbery.
( ) The mayor stated that the theft represented an offense against the city’s history and people.
The correct order of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is:
"Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself. Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity. Then the wild and distant seas where he rolled his island bulk; the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale; these, with all the attending marvels of a thousand Patagonian sights and sounds, helped to sway me to my wish."
According to the excerpt, which factor most strongly influenced Ishmael's decision to undertake a whaling voyage?
"Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea? Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land?"
Considering the narrator's argument in the excerpt, what idea is being emphasized?
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world."
Based on the excerpt, what can be inferred about Ishmael's motivation for going to sea?
"Who-e debel you?"—he at last said—"you no speak-e, dam-me, I kill-e."
[...]
"Don't be afraid now," said he, grinning again. "Queequeg here wouldn't harm a hair of your head."
[...]
"Me sabbee plenty," grunted Queequeg, puffing away at his pipe and sitting up in bed.
Read the statements below carefully:
I.Queequeg's speech demonstrates a limited command of English grammar and vocabulary.
II.The landlord's statement "Don't be afraid now" performs the social function of reassurance.
III.The expression "wouldn't harm a hair of your head" is used to communicate that Queequeg poses no threat to Ishmael.
IV.The phrase "Me sabbee plenty" illustrates a standard grammatical structure commonly found in formal English.
V.The interaction reveals an initial communication barrier between the characters.
Which statements are correct according to the excerpt?
"I told him that I never liked to sleep two in a bed; that if I should ever do so, it would depend upon who the harpooneer might be, and that if he really had no other place for me, and the harpooneer was not decidedly objectionable, why rather than wander further about a strange town on so bitter a night, I would put up with the half of any decent man's blanket."
"I thought so. All right; take a seat. Supper?—you want supper? Supper 'll be ready directly."
Considering the interaction between Ishmael and the innkeeper, identify the alternative that best describes the primary social function performed by the innkeeper's utterances.
(__) Students may compare how the article distinguishes clinical evidence, regulatory decisions and market expectations.
(__) The lesson may examine how international news circulates through English and influences access to scientific and economic information.
(__) Students should evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of BPL-003 according to their personal experiences with mental-health treatments.
(__) The teacher may require students to distinguish information reported in the article from conclusions not supported by the text.
Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence.
"Jefferies' Andrew Tsai estimates BPL-003 could generate sales of more than $1 billion to $2 billion if it succeeds in late-stage trials."
Consider the statements:
I. The modal verb could expresses a projected commercial possibility rather than a guaranteed result.
II. The clause introduced by if establishes a condition for the estimated sales performance.
III. The simple present form succeeds refers to a habitual event repeatedly observed in previous trials.
Mark the alternative that presents only the CORRECT statements.
Consider the assertions:
I. The activity is compatible with a language-education approach that treats English as a means of accessing and critically examining international information.
BECAUSE
II. Students must analyse how linguistic choices and source positions influence the representation of a contemporary event.
Mark the CORRECT alternative.
Read the lyrics’ song Dai Dai, by Shakira (Feat. Burna Boy), to answer question
[…]
You knew from the day
you were born
That here in this place you belong
You've been this brave all along
What broke you once made you strong (strong)
Dai, dai, ikou, dale, allez, let's go
Dai, dai, ikou, dale, allez, let's go (ow)
Come follow your desire
Where there's a will, there's a way
You are the owner of that fire
No one can take it away
Sweat and blood to write your story
That is how you paved the way
You're about to reach the glory
Only one step away
All the highs and lows
All the tears and the pain
You been there through it all,
been through it all
Just do it again
Now you got to believe (I believe)
[…]
(Available at: https://www.letras.mus.br/shakira/dai-dai-feat-burna-boy/)
Based on the song Dai dai, by Shakira, match the underlined words to their closest meaning in its context and choose the correct alternative.
UNDERLINED WORDS
1. belong
2. brave
3. desire
4. take it away
5. glory
MEANING
A. To feel comfortable or accepted in a place;
B. To remove or deprive someone of something;
C. Showing courage in the face of difficulty;
D. A strong wish or want for something;
E. Great honor, praise, or success;
Read the selection bellow to answer question
Digital texts are unique in that they can be broadcast to people as close as the same classroom and as far away as the other side of the world. This attribute brings with it great responsibility, requiring one to recognize the norms of engaging with people of diverse background experiences, cultures, religions, and ideologies. How we interpret what we read on the inter net, for instance, is grounded in our own beliefs and unerstandings of the world.
(Available at: McDonald, Maureen; Boulden, Lauren; Karchmer-Klein, Rachel. Next-level digital tools and teaching. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022, p. 15).
Answer question based on the paragraph bellow:
[The] centrality of emotion in identity may seem to clash with a compelling argument that identity is a consciousness of one’s memories – that is, one’s history – in some organized pattern, often a continuous narrative... At one level, it is indispu table that a sense of one’s own identity is constructed from narrative memory.... However, we believe that we are arguing about a motivational process that underlies the very construction of such memories and the motivation for their construc tion. If people organize their thoughts, memories, and future hopes around happy events, it would be circularly the case that they are most them selves when this organization functions well and should have a sense of not being them selves if it does not function. Moreover, happy people should use particular strategies for thought (including memory construction) that are somewhat different from those of people who feel most themselves when they are excited or exhilarated.
(Available at: Haviland-Jones JM, Kahlbaugh P (2004) Emotion and identity. In: Lewis M, Haviland-Jones JM (eds) Handbook of emotions, 3rd edn. The Guilford Press, New York, pp 293–305)
( ) Personal identity is constructed, at least in part, from narrative memory.
( ) The authors argue that motivational processes influence the construction of memories.
( ) Happy people and people who feel most themselves when excited necessarily use the same thinking strategies.
( ) The text suggests that the way memories and future expectations are organized can influence an individual's percep tion of their own identity.
The statements are, respectively:
