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Q3679720 Inglês
Read the excerpt to answer question .

October 9th 1942


“Today I have nothing but dismal and depressing news to report. Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves. The Gestapo is treating them very roughly and transporting them in cattle cars to Westerbork, the big camp in Drenthe to which they’re sending all the Jews. Miep told us about someone who’d managed to escape from there. It must be terrible in Westerbork. The people get almost nothing to eat, much less to drink, as water is available only one hour a day, and there’s only one toilet and sink for several thousand people. Men and women sleep in the same room, and women and children often have their heads shaved. Escape is almost impossible; many people look Jewish, and they’re branded by their shorn heads. If it’s that bad in Holland, what must it be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they’re being gassed. Perhaps that’s the quickest way to die. I feel terrible. Miep’s accounts of these horrors are so heartrending… Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think I’m actually one of them! No, that’s not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and Jews.”

The Diary of Anne Frank 1942-1944 
In the excerpt from "The Diary of Anne Frank," the author mentions that the Gestapo is treating Jewish people roughly and transporting them to a specific camp. Which camp are they being sent to? 
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Q3678487 Inglês
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(1º§) POSTNATAL depression is rife among parents, affecting more than one in 10 women within a year after they've given birth. But many mums hesitate before speaking out about their battles with mental health in what supposed to be a blissful period for them.

(2º§) Ellie Polly Killah, a YouTuber and mum of two boys aged six and two, said she'd ummed and ahhed about sharing her own experience for two years. In a video uploaded to her channel, she gave a raw account of her postnatal depression and the severe anxiety and intrusive thoughts it triggered in its aftermath. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I'm just gonna say it how it is because it's not a pretty thing to deal with, to go through so I'm not going to try and make it so," she told viewers. "This is my story from the beginning till now and how I learned to live with it - I say live with it not overcome it because I don't think you ever do," the mum went on. She hoped the video might help anyone at the precipice of this process.

(3º§) Ellie said she had no history of mental health struggles when she gave birth to her first son Leo in 2017 at the age of 27. She was the first of her friends to have a kid she recalled feeling lonely. And Ellie became aware of her 'attachment issues' with Leo immediately after he was born. "People love to tell you that when your baby is born you have this immediate rush of love when you look at them," she explained. But Ellie said that isn't the case for everyone and it wasn't the case for her with her first child. "Obviously I was amazed when I saw him, sort of overwhelmed, couldn't believe he was here, but I don't remember feeling that complete love and awe of him."

(4º§) Ellie struggled to feel bonded to Leo, but thought there was just 'something really wrong' with her. "I would cry every day but a lot of the time in secret," she remembered, and the new mum said she locked herself in her room to do so whenever someone came round to visit. "I think I did it secretly because I was embarrassed or ashamed, or I thought if people knew I was struggling that they would just think I was this awful mother, or he'd get taken away from me." "Your brain sends you an all of these imaginary scenarios."

(5º§) In retrospect, Ellie questioned how she thought this was normal. Her fiance Clint went back to work when Leo was two weeks old and he'd often have to travel, meaning that Ellie was on her own a lot. She remembered ringing Clint and saying __ her son: "I feel like I don't like him." She told viewers it was painful to recall feeling that way, but it made her begin to realise something wasn't quite right. "This was the first baby for both of us, so we didn't really recognise post-partum depression or know what we were really looking for.

(6º§) At eight weeks old, Ellie's bond for her baby 'came on quite suddenly'. "I remember it hitting me like a wave, looking at him one day and being like: there it is," Ellie said.


Intrusive thoughts and OCD

(7º§) But the guilt of not experiencing that early attachment lead to the mum being 'extremely anxious' about her son. She explained: "The intense love and responsibility that I had to this baby lead me to constantly, constantly [think] he was going to die." Ellie would have 'hideous, morbid, intrusive thoughts' multiple times a day, particularly triggered when she was driving or Leo was in the bath: "It was intense."

(8º§) She started to get panic attacks and physical side effects from the anxiety she was experiencing, like like a tight chest, stomach pains, nausea and headaches. "I know now that OCD basically goes hand in had with severe anxiety," Ellie went on. At her worst, Ellie was convinced her home would catch fire in the night and would obsessively plan out an escape route in her head before sleeping. She also became gripped by the fear that she would die __ the night and leave her baby on his own.    

(9º§) Ellie asked her mum or fiance text her every morning in case this happened.The new mum had her wake-up call when she confessed this fear to her friends one evening and saw the horror on their faces. She booked a therapist appointment the next day.


What helped?

(10º§) Ellie said therapy was hugely helpful to her recovery journey, as was medication. The mum saw female therapist who specialised in anxiety, who taught her techniques that Ellie said she used to this day. A method deal with with her intrusive thoughts was to take a deep breath when she was taken over by one, soak it in and then weigh up the evidence it is true vs. the evidence it isn't. "The one or two minutes it takes for you to sum up that evidence for and against, you've completely calmed down," Ellie said.

(11º§) Three years later Ellie said she's realised how common her experience with postnatal depression is. "I'll worry about my kids forever, I'll probably always get these horrible thoughts and ideas, but I know how to deal with them so I just get on with it. It doesn't control me at all." She went on: "If you are in a dark place and feel like you need help, just talk to someone." Then it's best you get professional help, as these kinds of feelings are "really hard to master on your own". The mum ended on a happier note. "And if you had a bad experience and you're nervous about your second, let me tell you it was a completely different experience __ me second time round.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22465978

What did Ellie primarily credit for helping her in her recovery journey from postnatal depression and anxiety?
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Q3678485 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão abaixo:

(1º§) POSTNATAL depression is rife among parents, affecting more than one in 10 women within a year after they've given birth. But many mums hesitate before speaking out about their battles with mental health in what supposed to be a blissful period for them.

(2º§) Ellie Polly Killah, a YouTuber and mum of two boys aged six and two, said she'd ummed and ahhed about sharing her own experience for two years. In a video uploaded to her channel, she gave a raw account of her postnatal depression and the severe anxiety and intrusive thoughts it triggered in its aftermath. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I'm just gonna say it how it is because it's not a pretty thing to deal with, to go through so I'm not going to try and make it so," she told viewers. "This is my story from the beginning till now and how I learned to live with it - I say live with it not overcome it because I don't think you ever do," the mum went on. She hoped the video might help anyone at the precipice of this process.

(3º§) Ellie said she had no history of mental health struggles when she gave birth to her first son Leo in 2017 at the age of 27. She was the first of her friends to have a kid she recalled feeling lonely. And Ellie became aware of her 'attachment issues' with Leo immediately after he was born. "People love to tell you that when your baby is born you have this immediate rush of love when you look at them," she explained. But Ellie said that isn't the case for everyone and it wasn't the case for her with her first child. "Obviously I was amazed when I saw him, sort of overwhelmed, couldn't believe he was here, but I don't remember feeling that complete love and awe of him."

(4º§) Ellie struggled to feel bonded to Leo, but thought there was just 'something really wrong' with her. "I would cry every day but a lot of the time in secret," she remembered, and the new mum said she locked herself in her room to do so whenever someone came round to visit. "I think I did it secretly because I was embarrassed or ashamed, or I thought if people knew I was struggling that they would just think I was this awful mother, or he'd get taken away from me." "Your brain sends you an all of these imaginary scenarios."

(5º§) In retrospect, Ellie questioned how she thought this was normal. Her fiance Clint went back to work when Leo was two weeks old and he'd often have to travel, meaning that Ellie was on her own a lot. She remembered ringing Clint and saying __ her son: "I feel like I don't like him." She told viewers it was painful to recall feeling that way, but it made her begin to realise something wasn't quite right. "This was the first baby for both of us, so we didn't really recognise post-partum depression or know what we were really looking for.

(6º§) At eight weeks old, Ellie's bond for her baby 'came on quite suddenly'. "I remember it hitting me like a wave, looking at him one day and being like: there it is," Ellie said.


Intrusive thoughts and OCD

(7º§) But the guilt of not experiencing that early attachment lead to the mum being 'extremely anxious' about her son. She explained: "The intense love and responsibility that I had to this baby lead me to constantly, constantly [think] he was going to die." Ellie would have 'hideous, morbid, intrusive thoughts' multiple times a day, particularly triggered when she was driving or Leo was in the bath: "It was intense."

(8º§) She started to get panic attacks and physical side effects from the anxiety she was experiencing, like like a tight chest, stomach pains, nausea and headaches. "I know now that OCD basically goes hand in had with severe anxiety," Ellie went on. At her worst, Ellie was convinced her home would catch fire in the night and would obsessively plan out an escape route in her head before sleeping. She also became gripped by the fear that she would die __ the night and leave her baby on his own.    

(9º§) Ellie asked her mum or fiance text her every morning in case this happened.The new mum had her wake-up call when she confessed this fear to her friends one evening and saw the horror on their faces. She booked a therapist appointment the next day.


What helped?

(10º§) Ellie said therapy was hugely helpful to her recovery journey, as was medication. The mum saw female therapist who specialised in anxiety, who taught her techniques that Ellie said she used to this day. A method deal with with her intrusive thoughts was to take a deep breath when she was taken over by one, soak it in and then weigh up the evidence it is true vs. the evidence it isn't. "The one or two minutes it takes for you to sum up that evidence for and against, you've completely calmed down," Ellie said.

(11º§) Three years later Ellie said she's realised how common her experience with postnatal depression is. "I'll worry about my kids forever, I'll probably always get these horrible thoughts and ideas, but I know how to deal with them so I just get on with it. It doesn't control me at all." She went on: "If you are in a dark place and feel like you need help, just talk to someone." Then it's best you get professional help, as these kinds of feelings are "really hard to master on your own". The mum ended on a happier note. "And if you had a bad experience and you're nervous about your second, let me tell you it was a completely different experience __ me second time round.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22465978

What made Ellie begin to realize that something wasn't quite right with her feelings towards her baby?
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Q3678484 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão abaixo:

(1º§) POSTNATAL depression is rife among parents, affecting more than one in 10 women within a year after they've given birth. But many mums hesitate before speaking out about their battles with mental health in what supposed to be a blissful period for them.

(2º§) Ellie Polly Killah, a YouTuber and mum of two boys aged six and two, said she'd ummed and ahhed about sharing her own experience for two years. In a video uploaded to her channel, she gave a raw account of her postnatal depression and the severe anxiety and intrusive thoughts it triggered in its aftermath. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I'm just gonna say it how it is because it's not a pretty thing to deal with, to go through so I'm not going to try and make it so," she told viewers. "This is my story from the beginning till now and how I learned to live with it - I say live with it not overcome it because I don't think you ever do," the mum went on. She hoped the video might help anyone at the precipice of this process.

(3º§) Ellie said she had no history of mental health struggles when she gave birth to her first son Leo in 2017 at the age of 27. She was the first of her friends to have a kid she recalled feeling lonely. And Ellie became aware of her 'attachment issues' with Leo immediately after he was born. "People love to tell you that when your baby is born you have this immediate rush of love when you look at them," she explained. But Ellie said that isn't the case for everyone and it wasn't the case for her with her first child. "Obviously I was amazed when I saw him, sort of overwhelmed, couldn't believe he was here, but I don't remember feeling that complete love and awe of him."

(4º§) Ellie struggled to feel bonded to Leo, but thought there was just 'something really wrong' with her. "I would cry every day but a lot of the time in secret," she remembered, and the new mum said she locked herself in her room to do so whenever someone came round to visit. "I think I did it secretly because I was embarrassed or ashamed, or I thought if people knew I was struggling that they would just think I was this awful mother, or he'd get taken away from me." "Your brain sends you an all of these imaginary scenarios."

(5º§) In retrospect, Ellie questioned how she thought this was normal. Her fiance Clint went back to work when Leo was two weeks old and he'd often have to travel, meaning that Ellie was on her own a lot. She remembered ringing Clint and saying __ her son: "I feel like I don't like him." She told viewers it was painful to recall feeling that way, but it made her begin to realise something wasn't quite right. "This was the first baby for both of us, so we didn't really recognise post-partum depression or know what we were really looking for.

(6º§) At eight weeks old, Ellie's bond for her baby 'came on quite suddenly'. "I remember it hitting me like a wave, looking at him one day and being like: there it is," Ellie said.


Intrusive thoughts and OCD

(7º§) But the guilt of not experiencing that early attachment lead to the mum being 'extremely anxious' about her son. She explained: "The intense love and responsibility that I had to this baby lead me to constantly, constantly [think] he was going to die." Ellie would have 'hideous, morbid, intrusive thoughts' multiple times a day, particularly triggered when she was driving or Leo was in the bath: "It was intense."

(8º§) She started to get panic attacks and physical side effects from the anxiety she was experiencing, like like a tight chest, stomach pains, nausea and headaches. "I know now that OCD basically goes hand in had with severe anxiety," Ellie went on. At her worst, Ellie was convinced her home would catch fire in the night and would obsessively plan out an escape route in her head before sleeping. She also became gripped by the fear that she would die __ the night and leave her baby on his own.    

(9º§) Ellie asked her mum or fiance text her every morning in case this happened.The new mum had her wake-up call when she confessed this fear to her friends one evening and saw the horror on their faces. She booked a therapist appointment the next day.


What helped?

(10º§) Ellie said therapy was hugely helpful to her recovery journey, as was medication. The mum saw female therapist who specialised in anxiety, who taught her techniques that Ellie said she used to this day. A method deal with with her intrusive thoughts was to take a deep breath when she was taken over by one, soak it in and then weigh up the evidence it is true vs. the evidence it isn't. "The one or two minutes it takes for you to sum up that evidence for and against, you've completely calmed down," Ellie said.

(11º§) Three years later Ellie said she's realised how common her experience with postnatal depression is. "I'll worry about my kids forever, I'll probably always get these horrible thoughts and ideas, but I know how to deal with them so I just get on with it. It doesn't control me at all." She went on: "If you are in a dark place and feel like you need help, just talk to someone." Then it's best you get professional help, as these kinds of feelings are "really hard to master on your own". The mum ended on a happier note. "And if you had a bad experience and you're nervous about your second, let me tell you it was a completely different experience __ me second time round.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22465978

According to the text, what percentage of women are affected by postnatal depression within a year after giving birth?
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Q3678483 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão abaixo:

(1º§) POSTNATAL depression is rife among parents, affecting more than one in 10 women within a year after they've given birth. But many mums hesitate before speaking out about their battles with mental health in what supposed to be a blissful period for them.

(2º§) Ellie Polly Killah, a YouTuber and mum of two boys aged six and two, said she'd ummed and ahhed about sharing her own experience for two years. In a video uploaded to her channel, she gave a raw account of her postnatal depression and the severe anxiety and intrusive thoughts it triggered in its aftermath. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I'm just gonna say it how it is because it's not a pretty thing to deal with, to go through so I'm not going to try and make it so," she told viewers. "This is my story from the beginning till now and how I learned to live with it - I say live with it not overcome it because I don't think you ever do," the mum went on. She hoped the video might help anyone at the precipice of this process.

(3º§) Ellie said she had no history of mental health struggles when she gave birth to her first son Leo in 2017 at the age of 27. She was the first of her friends to have a kid she recalled feeling lonely. And Ellie became aware of her 'attachment issues' with Leo immediately after he was born. "People love to tell you that when your baby is born you have this immediate rush of love when you look at them," she explained. But Ellie said that isn't the case for everyone and it wasn't the case for her with her first child. "Obviously I was amazed when I saw him, sort of overwhelmed, couldn't believe he was here, but I don't remember feeling that complete love and awe of him."

(4º§) Ellie struggled to feel bonded to Leo, but thought there was just 'something really wrong' with her. "I would cry every day but a lot of the time in secret," she remembered, and the new mum said she locked herself in her room to do so whenever someone came round to visit. "I think I did it secretly because I was embarrassed or ashamed, or I thought if people knew I was struggling that they would just think I was this awful mother, or he'd get taken away from me." "Your brain sends you an all of these imaginary scenarios."

(5º§) In retrospect, Ellie questioned how she thought this was normal. Her fiance Clint went back to work when Leo was two weeks old and he'd often have to travel, meaning that Ellie was on her own a lot. She remembered ringing Clint and saying __ her son: "I feel like I don't like him." She told viewers it was painful to recall feeling that way, but it made her begin to realise something wasn't quite right. "This was the first baby for both of us, so we didn't really recognise post-partum depression or know what we were really looking for.

(6º§) At eight weeks old, Ellie's bond for her baby 'came on quite suddenly'. "I remember it hitting me like a wave, looking at him one day and being like: there it is," Ellie said.


Intrusive thoughts and OCD

(7º§) But the guilt of not experiencing that early attachment lead to the mum being 'extremely anxious' about her son. She explained: "The intense love and responsibility that I had to this baby lead me to constantly, constantly [think] he was going to die." Ellie would have 'hideous, morbid, intrusive thoughts' multiple times a day, particularly triggered when she was driving or Leo was in the bath: "It was intense."

(8º§) She started to get panic attacks and physical side effects from the anxiety she was experiencing, like like a tight chest, stomach pains, nausea and headaches. "I know now that OCD basically goes hand in had with severe anxiety," Ellie went on. At her worst, Ellie was convinced her home would catch fire in the night and would obsessively plan out an escape route in her head before sleeping. She also became gripped by the fear that she would die __ the night and leave her baby on his own.    

(9º§) Ellie asked her mum or fiance text her every morning in case this happened.The new mum had her wake-up call when she confessed this fear to her friends one evening and saw the horror on their faces. She booked a therapist appointment the next day.


What helped?

(10º§) Ellie said therapy was hugely helpful to her recovery journey, as was medication. The mum saw female therapist who specialised in anxiety, who taught her techniques that Ellie said she used to this day. A method deal with with her intrusive thoughts was to take a deep breath when she was taken over by one, soak it in and then weigh up the evidence it is true vs. the evidence it isn't. "The one or two minutes it takes for you to sum up that evidence for and against, you've completely calmed down," Ellie said.

(11º§) Three years later Ellie said she's realised how common her experience with postnatal depression is. "I'll worry about my kids forever, I'll probably always get these horrible thoughts and ideas, but I know how to deal with them so I just get on with it. It doesn't control me at all." She went on: "If you are in a dark place and feel like you need help, just talk to someone." Then it's best you get professional help, as these kinds of feelings are "really hard to master on your own". The mum ended on a happier note. "And if you had a bad experience and you're nervous about your second, let me tell you it was a completely different experience __ me second time round.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22465978

Based on the text, which of the following titles would be most suitable for the text?
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Q3674170 Inglês
Which 20th-century British author wrote a dystopian novel featuring the Party and the character Winston Smith, set in a totalitarian society controlled by Big Brother?
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Q3674168 Inglês
Pompeii still has many secrets to uncover—but should we keep digging?

    In the last year alone, excavations in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a 2,000-year-old laundromat, a bedroom used by slaves, and a fresco _________ an ancestor of pizza. None of those discoveries, however, stemmed from new digs into the 20-foot layer of ash that encased the city after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in A.D. 79.
    Pompeii, of course, still has more secrets to reveal. Estimates vary but anywhere between 15 to 25% of the city remains covered. For many archaeologists though, the question isn’t so much what they have left to find—but should they continue digging at all?
    For decades, the Italian government had a moratorium on any new excavations in Pompeii. That means most of the finds are byproducts of efforts to preserve and restore what’s already been unearthed, according to Steven Ellis, a professor of Roman archaeology at the University of Cincinnati who worked on excavating Pompeii’s Porta Sabia _______________. “We have enough of [excavated] Pompeii for the general public. We have enough of Pompeii for the scholarly community to learn from,” Ellis said. “What we really need to be doing is keeping it as well preserved for the future as we __________ can.” Going back over those unearthed areas with new and better technology could yield just as exciting discoveries as digging up new sites without putting the city—and future generations’ ability to see it—at risk, Ellis adds.
(Source: National Geographic — adaptation.)
According to the text, check the CORRECT item: 
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Q3671232 Inglês
 In the city of Springfield, there is a building dedicated to preserving and sharing knowledge, especially through books. This location offers a peaceful and welcoming environment where residents can read, study and borrow a variety of literary works. What is the name of the place that matches this description? 
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Q3671227 Inglês

Consider the sentence below:


Nowadays, kids like playing online games; however, in the past, they used to like outdoor games.


What is the main contrast between kids' preferences mentioned in the sentence? 

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Q3671225 Inglês
It is a natural phenomenon that occurs when there is a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, leading to seismic waves. This release of energy is typically caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface. It can also be triggered by volcanic activity and human-induced activities such as mining, reservoir-induced seismicity (due to filling large reservoirs behind dams), and geothermal energy extraction. Considering the excerpt above, what's the term for a sudden, violent shaking of the ground, often causing damage?
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Q3669785 Inglês
Dialogue:
Karen: Have you heard about the new art exhibition at the downtown gallery?
Bruce: Yes, I have. I heard it features works from artists around the world. I'm planning to go this weekend.
Karen: That sounds amazing! I heard they're showcasing a diverse range of artistic styles and cultural influences.
Based on the conversation, what can be inferred about Bruce's attitude towards the art exhibition? 
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Q3669777 Inglês
You are tasked with writing an abstract for a research paper on renewable energy sources. Which of the following options represents an effective abstract, summarizing the key points of your research concisely and clearly? 
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Q3669688 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


CANCER PILL HOPE NHS to offer 300,000 women at high risk of breast cancer a 4p pill that could halve danger


(1º§) Once-a-day tumour drug Anastrozole is to be repurposed as a preventative after research showed it slashed the threat by 49 per cent. The NHS in England will offer it to around 289,000 post-menopausal women who have genes that mean breast cancer runs in their family. It estimates 2,000 cancers could be prevented for every 36,000 women who take the drug for five years. 

(2º§) Doctors have been allowed to prescribe Anastrozole, also known as Arimidex, to prevent cancer since 2017 but it was never officially designated for this purpose, so was uncommon. A new licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency means it will now become standard care. The hormone therapy reduces ­levels of oestrogen that some tumours feed off.

(3º§) NHS England chief exec Amanda Pritchard said: "This is the first drug to be repurposed through a world-leading new programme to help us realise the full potential of existing medicines to save and improve lives." Baroness Delyth Morgan, of charity Breast Cancer Now, called the roll-out a "major step forward". Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive at the charity Breast Cancer Now, said: "[It] will enable more eligible women with a significant family history of breast cancer to reduce their chance of developing the disease." The treatment is taken as a 1mg tablet, once a day for five years.

(4º§) Trials have shown that the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49 per cent over 11 years among eligible women. The most common side effects of the medicine are hot flushes, feeling weak, pain/stiffness in the joints, arthritis, skin rash, nausea, headache, osteoporosis, and depression. The cases prevented by anastrozole could save the NHS £15 million in treatment costs.

(5º§) Around 47,000 women in England are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Health Minister Will Quince said: "Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK so I'm delighted that another effective drug to help to prevent this cruel disease has now been approved. "We've already seen the positive effect anastrozole can have in treating the disease when it has been detected in post-menopausal women and now we can use it to stop it developing at all in some women." 


https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/24652823/nhs-offer-anastrozole-breast -cancer/ 
According to the information provided, what is the significance of the new license obtained by Anastrozole (Arimidex) from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency?
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Q3669687 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


CANCER PILL HOPE NHS to offer 300,000 women at high risk of breast cancer a 4p pill that could halve danger


(1º§) Once-a-day tumour drug Anastrozole is to be repurposed as a preventative after research showed it slashed the threat by 49 per cent. The NHS in England will offer it to around 289,000 post-menopausal women who have genes that mean breast cancer runs in their family. It estimates 2,000 cancers could be prevented for every 36,000 women who take the drug for five years. 

(2º§) Doctors have been allowed to prescribe Anastrozole, also known as Arimidex, to prevent cancer since 2017 but it was never officially designated for this purpose, so was uncommon. A new licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency means it will now become standard care. The hormone therapy reduces ­levels of oestrogen that some tumours feed off.

(3º§) NHS England chief exec Amanda Pritchard said: "This is the first drug to be repurposed through a world-leading new programme to help us realise the full potential of existing medicines to save and improve lives." Baroness Delyth Morgan, of charity Breast Cancer Now, called the roll-out a "major step forward". Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive at the charity Breast Cancer Now, said: "[It] will enable more eligible women with a significant family history of breast cancer to reduce their chance of developing the disease." The treatment is taken as a 1mg tablet, once a day for five years.

(4º§) Trials have shown that the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49 per cent over 11 years among eligible women. The most common side effects of the medicine are hot flushes, feeling weak, pain/stiffness in the joints, arthritis, skin rash, nausea, headache, osteoporosis, and depression. The cases prevented by anastrozole could save the NHS £15 million in treatment costs.

(5º§) Around 47,000 women in England are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Health Minister Will Quince said: "Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK so I'm delighted that another effective drug to help to prevent this cruel disease has now been approved. "We've already seen the positive effect anastrozole can have in treating the disease when it has been detected in post-menopausal women and now we can use it to stop it developing at all in some women." 


https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/24652823/nhs-offer-anastrozole-breast -cancer/ 
What is the antecedent of the pronoun "it" in the sentence "We've already seen the positive effect anastrozole can have in treating the disease when it has been detected in post-menopausal women" (5º§)?
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Q3669686 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


CANCER PILL HOPE NHS to offer 300,000 women at high risk of breast cancer a 4p pill that could halve danger


(1º§) Once-a-day tumour drug Anastrozole is to be repurposed as a preventative after research showed it slashed the threat by 49 per cent. The NHS in England will offer it to around 289,000 post-menopausal women who have genes that mean breast cancer runs in their family. It estimates 2,000 cancers could be prevented for every 36,000 women who take the drug for five years. 

(2º§) Doctors have been allowed to prescribe Anastrozole, also known as Arimidex, to prevent cancer since 2017 but it was never officially designated for this purpose, so was uncommon. A new licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency means it will now become standard care. The hormone therapy reduces ­levels of oestrogen that some tumours feed off.

(3º§) NHS England chief exec Amanda Pritchard said: "This is the first drug to be repurposed through a world-leading new programme to help us realise the full potential of existing medicines to save and improve lives." Baroness Delyth Morgan, of charity Breast Cancer Now, called the roll-out a "major step forward". Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive at the charity Breast Cancer Now, said: "[It] will enable more eligible women with a significant family history of breast cancer to reduce their chance of developing the disease." The treatment is taken as a 1mg tablet, once a day for five years.

(4º§) Trials have shown that the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49 per cent over 11 years among eligible women. The most common side effects of the medicine are hot flushes, feeling weak, pain/stiffness in the joints, arthritis, skin rash, nausea, headache, osteoporosis, and depression. The cases prevented by anastrozole could save the NHS £15 million in treatment costs.

(5º§) Around 47,000 women in England are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Health Minister Will Quince said: "Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK so I'm delighted that another effective drug to help to prevent this cruel disease has now been approved. "We've already seen the positive effect anastrozole can have in treating the disease when it has been detected in post-menopausal women and now we can use it to stop it developing at all in some women." 


https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/24652823/nhs-offer-anastrozole-breast -cancer/ 
According to the text, what impact does the widespread use of Anastrozole have on the healthcare system?
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Q3669682 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


CANCER PILL HOPE NHS to offer 300,000 women at high risk of breast cancer a 4p pill that could halve danger


(1º§) Once-a-day tumour drug Anastrozole is to be repurposed as a preventative after research showed it slashed the threat by 49 per cent. The NHS in England will offer it to around 289,000 post-menopausal women who have genes that mean breast cancer runs in their family. It estimates 2,000 cancers could be prevented for every 36,000 women who take the drug for five years. 

(2º§) Doctors have been allowed to prescribe Anastrozole, also known as Arimidex, to prevent cancer since 2017 but it was never officially designated for this purpose, so was uncommon. A new licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency means it will now become standard care. The hormone therapy reduces ­levels of oestrogen that some tumours feed off.

(3º§) NHS England chief exec Amanda Pritchard said: "This is the first drug to be repurposed through a world-leading new programme to help us realise the full potential of existing medicines to save and improve lives." Baroness Delyth Morgan, of charity Breast Cancer Now, called the roll-out a "major step forward". Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive at the charity Breast Cancer Now, said: "[It] will enable more eligible women with a significant family history of breast cancer to reduce their chance of developing the disease." The treatment is taken as a 1mg tablet, once a day for five years.

(4º§) Trials have shown that the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49 per cent over 11 years among eligible women. The most common side effects of the medicine are hot flushes, feeling weak, pain/stiffness in the joints, arthritis, skin rash, nausea, headache, osteoporosis, and depression. The cases prevented by anastrozole could save the NHS £15 million in treatment costs.

(5º§) Around 47,000 women in England are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Health Minister Will Quince said: "Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK so I'm delighted that another effective drug to help to prevent this cruel disease has now been approved. "We've already seen the positive effect anastrozole can have in treating the disease when it has been detected in post-menopausal women and now we can use it to stop it developing at all in some women." 


https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/24652823/nhs-offer-anastrozole-breast -cancer/ 
What is the main purpose of repurposing the drug Anastrozole according to the text?
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Q3669322 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


Haverá em breve uma vacina contra o câncer?


Empresas de biotecnologia querem lançar em alguns anos imunizantes contra a doença, algo que se tornou possível com a tecnologia de mRNA. Com isso, o câncer pode deixar de ser uma "sentença de morte". Em poucos anos, a tecnologia de RNA mensageiro (mRNA) revolucionou a medicina. Durante a pandemia de covid-19, imunizantes de alta eficácia contra o vírus Sars-Cov-2 foram desenvolvidos em apenas alguns meses graças a essa tecnologia.


Mesmo que o vírus se desenvolva com mutações mais agressivas, vacinas sob medida podem ser novamente desenvolvidas em pouco tempo graças à tecnologia de mRNA. Mas esse avanço, recentemente agraciado com o Prêmio Nobel de Medicina, pode ainda alcançar muito mais. 


A tecnologia de mRNA também deu novo impulso à pesquisa sobre o câncer. O CEO da empresa de biotecnologia CureVac, Alexander Zehnder, quer introduzir no mercado vacinas com base nessa tecnologia em um prazo máximo de cinco anos.


O desenvolvimento de vacinas contra certos tipos de câncer seria um sonho realizado para a humanidade. "Pesquisas sobre vacinas contra o câncer vêm sendo realizadas há 20 anos. Os progressos atuais, porém, são enormes", afirma Zehnder. "Ganhamos muita experiência durante a pandemia e a inteligência artificial está tão avançada que consegue resolver muitos problemas na programação do mRNA", explicou o chefe da CureVac em entrevista ao jornal alemão Bild am Sonntag.


As vacinas contra o câncer estimulam o sistema imunológico de maneira que as defesas próprias do corpo podem combater especificamente as células tumorais. "O fator mortal no câncer é o fato de ele se manter em crescimento. A vacina visa conter esse crescimento, mesmo que o câncer já esteja metastático. O câncer, dessa forma, se torna uma doença crônica com a qual se pode conviver durante décadas. Não é mais uma sentença de morte", disse Zehnder.


Corrida pela vacina


Além da CureVac, outras empresas também investem intensamente em pesquisas contra o câncer. No início de outubro, a empresa BioNTech publicou resultados preliminares promissores de um estudo clínico em andamento. A eficácia de sua vacina de mRNA contra o câncer, CARVac, já está sendo testada em cobaias.


O CEO da BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, disse em entrevista à revista alemã Der Spiegel que, segundo sua estimativa, haverá vacinas contra o câncer disponíveis nos próximos anos. "Acreditamos que será possível produzi-las em larga escala antes de 2030", afirmou.


No longo prazo, as vacinas tendem a substituir o tratamento convencional contra o câncer. Isso também seria um fator bastante positivo, uma vez que as terapias com quimioterapia ou radiação são extremamente agressivas para os pacientes.


"A quimioterapia ou a radiação nunca combatem somente o tumor, mas também os tecidos saudáveis. É por isso que há tantos efeitos colaterais", explicou Zehnder. "A vantagem de usar o mRNA é que o sistema imunológico próprio é estimulado e combate especificamente o câncer, e nada mais".


Como funciona a vacina?


As células T, ou linfócitos T, ajudam o corpo a combater infecções ao destruir as células adoecidas ou estimular outras células imunológicas a agirem, mas têm dificuldades em reconhecer as células cancerígenas, o que as células CAR-T conseguem fazer.


O tratamento com as células CAR-T foi aprovado na Europa em 2018 e vem sendo utilizado principalmente no tratamento da leucemia, o chamado câncer sanguíneo.


No entanto, essa forma bastante eficaz de imunoterapia tem custos impraticáveis para muitos. Segundo o Centro Alemão de Pesquisas sobre o Câncer da Alemanha, os fabricantes cobram até 320 mil euros pela produção dessas células imunológicas para apenas um paciente.


Nesse tipo de imunoterapia, as células T são filtradas dos leucócitos - os glóbulos brancos - do sangue do paciente. Elas então são geneticamente modificadas para formarem receptores quiméricos de antígeno (CARs) na superfície. Isso resulta em um receptor cujos componentes diferentes não se encaixam.


Vacinas deixam as células tumorais visíveis


Se as células CAR-T produzidas dessa forma forem injetadas de volta no paciente, elas se alojam especificamente nas células cancerígenas. O sistema imunológico é ativado e ataca as células tumorais. As futuras vacinas podem dar apoio a esse processo se, por exemplo, as células CAR-T não conseguirem encontrar ou estiverem muito enfraquecidas para lutar contra as tumorais.


Para deixar as células tumorais mais visíveis, a proteína Claudin-6 é introduzida na célula cancerígena com ajuda da tecnologia mRNA. Isso cria um antígeno que se aloja na superfície da célula tumoral, tornando-a mais fácil de ser reconhecida e combatida pelas CAR-T.


Até agora, as células T modificadas combatiam somente o câncer sanguíneo. Mas os avanços rápidos na tecnologia de mRNA aumentam as esperanças de que possa haver no futuro terapias eficazes e menos agressivas, não apenas para a leucemia, mas também para outros tipos de câncer.


Retirado e adaptado de: TERRA. Haverá em breve uma vacina contra o câncer? Portal Terra. Disponível em: https://www.terra. com.br/noticias/havera-em-breve-uma-vacina-contra-o-cancer, 60f8d40daa34735e8fe2882052bb273fti7x3zb1.html Acesso em: 09 nov., 2023.
Partindo da leitura do texto "Haverá em breve uma vacina contra o câncer?", analise as afirmações a seguir:

I.O tratamento com as células CAR-T foi iniciado durante a pandemia e resultou em muito conhecimento construído sobre o tema.
II.As células T já são empregadas no tratamento do câncer sanguíneo e, com o avanço da tecnologia, poderão ser empregadas também no combate de outros tipos de cânceres.
III.A única limitação apresentada pela tecnologia de mRNA é relativa às mutações possíveis nos vírus.
IV.A estimativa é que as vacinas substituam o tratamento convencional contra câncer nos próximos cinco anos.
V.Os tratamentos convencionais têm, como ponto negativo, a falta de especificidade de sua ação: além de destruir células cancerígenas, também acabam incidindo sobre células saudáveis.

É correto o que se afirma em:
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Q3666122 Inglês
The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate

    Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus.
    Some 2,200 years ago, the Greek astronomer Hipparchus helped ___________ a new way of understanding the motions of the stars that persists to this day. By imagining Earth at the center of a celestial sphere, he used a coordinate system similar to latitude and longitude, which had recently been devised, to measure the precise positions of the stars.
    “He was arguably the greatest ancient astronomer. At least the greatest known to us by name,” says Victor Gysembergh, a science historian at the French National Center for Scientific Research.
    Many ancient Greek scientists believed that Earth was literally at the center of the universe, and the stars and other celestial bodies rotated around it, although a model with Earth orbiting the sun was ___________ in the 3rd century B.C. Although this geocentric model is incorrect, the concept, which Hipparchus used to create the first known star catalog, is still used by scientists to map objects in the sky.
    Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to pinpoint each object’s location. But that original catalog is lost to time, and we know of it only thanks to the writings of later scientists such as Ptolemy, who created his own star catalog around 150 A.D. and attributed an earlier one to Hipparchus. Until now, the oldest evidence for stellar coordinates from Hipparchus was an 8th-century A.D. Latin translation of a poem about the constellations that includes the coordinates as a kind of annotation.
    Gysembergh and his ___________ recently revealed even older evidence of star coordinates from Hipparchus in a 5th- or 6th-century A.D. Greek version of the same poem, Phenomena, originally written by the Greek poet Aratus in the 3rd century B.C. The poem, along with the accompanying star coordinates, had been erased from a reused medieval parchment and was recovered only through multispectral imaging, which uses different wavelengths of light to highlight the removed text.
    The coordinates for the four stars to the farthest north, south, east, and west of the constellation Corona Borealis are included, though one of them could not be recovered from the manuscript. They were found to be accurate to within one degree of modern values—a remarkable achievement for someone working about 1,700 years before the invention of the telescope.
(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
Considering the English Literature as a whole, mark the alternative that best characterizes the narrator in the literary elements:
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Q3666118 Inglês
The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate

    Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus.
    Some 2,200 years ago, the Greek astronomer Hipparchus helped ___________ a new way of understanding the motions of the stars that persists to this day. By imagining Earth at the center of a celestial sphere, he used a coordinate system similar to latitude and longitude, which had recently been devised, to measure the precise positions of the stars.
    “He was arguably the greatest ancient astronomer. At least the greatest known to us by name,” says Victor Gysembergh, a science historian at the French National Center for Scientific Research.
    Many ancient Greek scientists believed that Earth was literally at the center of the universe, and the stars and other celestial bodies rotated around it, although a model with Earth orbiting the sun was ___________ in the 3rd century B.C. Although this geocentric model is incorrect, the concept, which Hipparchus used to create the first known star catalog, is still used by scientists to map objects in the sky.
    Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to pinpoint each object’s location. But that original catalog is lost to time, and we know of it only thanks to the writings of later scientists such as Ptolemy, who created his own star catalog around 150 A.D. and attributed an earlier one to Hipparchus. Until now, the oldest evidence for stellar coordinates from Hipparchus was an 8th-century A.D. Latin translation of a poem about the constellations that includes the coordinates as a kind of annotation.
    Gysembergh and his ___________ recently revealed even older evidence of star coordinates from Hipparchus in a 5th- or 6th-century A.D. Greek version of the same poem, Phenomena, originally written by the Greek poet Aratus in the 3rd century B.C. The poem, along with the accompanying star coordinates, had been erased from a reused medieval parchment and was recovered only through multispectral imaging, which uses different wavelengths of light to highlight the removed text.
    The coordinates for the four stars to the farthest north, south, east, and west of the constellation Corona Borealis are included, though one of them could not be recovered from the manuscript. They were found to be accurate to within one degree of modern values—a remarkable achievement for someone working about 1,700 years before the invention of the telescope.
(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
According to the text, mark the CORRECT alternative: 
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Q3665473 Inglês
Teaching music with a system that works


Schoolchildren in Britain are set to enjoy high quality teaching from classical music legends thanks ...................... an exciting project linked to Venezuela’s world-famous El Sistema orchestra. Four new community orchestras have been created ...................... the country in a scheme ......................  aims to improve children’s confidence through music. Government departments are providing funds...................... the multi-million pound project in Gateshead, Leeds, Nottingham, and Telford ...................... 2015.


El Sistema is the inspiration behind Britain’s In Harmony scheme. In Harmony uses classical music to change the lives of children, and benefit their communities, and families.


Already, musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Camerata have agreed to take part. They will provide instrumental tuition, ensemble playing practice, and promote wider musical activities in communities. Organizers hope the initiative will give children role models to look up to, and help uncover the next generation of composers, artists, and performers.


For several years, there have been successful In Harmony projects in London and Liverpool. While the project is all about classical music, some of those who have taken part have shown an interest in other types of music, too. Many of those children whose musical talents really stood out have since begun to learn the piano, drums, or guitar, while others have gone into music production. Some have gone on to record and release their own music, and others now perform regular gigs. Organizers of the scheme want to repeat that success by bringing the project to towns and cities where there are areas of deprivation.


The project offers disadvantaged children the chance to master a classical instrument with rigorous tuition. Along the way, the children learn valuable teamwork skills, and enjoy a sense of community spirit. In the past, it has transformed attitudes towards classical music, and learning in general. Even children who say that they can’t stand learning instruments at the beginning, sometimes end up wanting to become professional musicians by the end. They often grow to realize that they love making music after playing with others in an orchestra.


In Harmony will run in selected primary schools whose students will meet several times a week from an early age to play instruments together. The aim is engage all the children in participating schools and communities so they can benefit from sharing the experience. Once the project settles down in the communities where it is launching, it is hoped the children will soon be rehearsing for big performances on the local, regional, or national stage.
Read the following paragraph about The National Curriculum Parameters:


Although it is true that the practical objectives, namely, to understand, speak, read and ......................................... a foreign language - as referred to in the legislation and by experts -, are indeed important ones, it would seem that the development-oriented approach that is inherent to the learning of Foreign Languages cannot be neglected. It is therefore essential to approach the school-based teaching of Foreign Languages in such a way as to ......................................... students to understand and produce correct sentences in a foreign language, and to allow learners to attain a level of......................................... competence that allows them to have access to several types of information while contributing to their overall development as .......................................... .

Choose the alternative that contains the correct missing words:
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Respostas
4001: E
4002: C
4003: A
4004: D
4005: D
4006: A
4007: A
4008: B
4009: C
4010: A
4011: A
4012: A
4013: B
4014: B
4015: D
4016: C
4017: D
4018: A
4019: C
4020: E