Questões de Concurso Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês

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Q3758306 Inglês
Multilingual classrooms require norms coconstructed, clear procedures, and collaborative structures (jigsaw, think-pair-share). Translanguaging can scaffold meaning while maintaining English-medium goals. Conflict resolution emphasizes restorative practices and expectation clarity. Choose the correct alternative.
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Q3758305 Inglês
Motivation frameworks (cf. Dörnyei) integrate autonomy, competence, and relatedness; differentiation and UDL propose multiple means of representation and expression. For neurodivergent learners, predictable routines, processing time, and sensory accommodations support participation. Select the correct option.
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Q3758304 Inglês
Materials should be contextualized, inclusive, and multimodal (cf. Tomlinson). Technology (LMSs, corpora, ASR, adaptive platforms) supports input variety and feedback but must respect privacy and validity. Data-driven learning leverages corpora to raise noticing of collocation and phraseology. Choose the correct alternative.
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Q3758300 Inglês
Skimming surveys macro-structure; scanning targets specific data; inferencing maps cues to schemata; deduction tests hypotheses. In technical prose, metadiscourse (e.g., “in contrast”, “it follows that”) scaffolds coherence (cf. Hyland). Genre awareness (cf. Swales) accelerates comprehension of moves and goals. Choose the best alternative.
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Q3758299 Inglês
From Shakespeare and Donne to Woolf, Achebe, and Toni Morrison, the Anglophone canon foregrounds evolving aesthetics and politics. Close reading interrogates voice, focalization, and form, while cultural criticism traces power and representation. Pedagogically, literature builds linguistic range and intercultural competence. Select the correct option.
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Q3758298 Inglês
Cross-cultural pragmatics shows how speech acts (apologies, requests) vary in directness, mitigation, and stance across English-speaking communities (cf. Blum-Kulka; Wierzbicka). Misalignment in politeness systems may produce unintended rudeness or deference. Pedagogy should address pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic knowledge, not merely forms. Choose the correct alternative.
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Q3758297 Inglês
Hymes’ communicative competence and Halliday’s register theory frame how lexico-grammar varies across field, tenor, mode. With English as a Lingua Franca (cf. Seidlhofer; Jenkins), intelligibility and accommodation outweigh native-speaker norms in many contexts. Genre expectations constrain stance and phraseology (cf. Biber & Conrad). Select the correct option.
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Q3758295 Inglês
Conversational implicatures arise from inferential reasoning guided by cooperative principles (Grice), while presuppositions project background assumptions that persist across embedding. Deictic anchoring links expressions to speaking context, and advanced proficiency demands distinguishing entailment from inference and managing contextual reanchoring in reported discourse. Choose the correct option.
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Q3758068 Inglês
Jadarite, described as ‘Earth's kryptonite twin,’ has potential to replace fossil fuels 

A plain-white mineral found in western Serbia has a name straight out of the comics and a chemical profile that battery makers crave. Called jadarite, also known as sodium-lithium- boron silicate hydroxide, was first pulled from drill cores in 2004 and officially recognized as a new mineral two years later. 

Geologists soon noticed that the formula on the sample label matched the faux “kryptonite” shown in a 2006 Superman film, minus the fluorine and the green glow. That pop-culture twist helped the discovery grab headlines, yet the real excitement lies in what the mineral could do for electric vehicles and renewable power storage.

Jadarite occurs as dull, chalky nodules tucked inside fine-grained shale in the Jadar Valley. The host rocks formed in an ancient lake basin rich in volcanic ash, allowing lithium and boron to build up in the pore waters until the mineral crystallized. Those conditions have been found only in Serbia so far, making the deposit both unique and strategically valuable. 

Michael Page, a process chemist at Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), points out that the valley “is considered one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, making it a potential game-changer for the global green energy transition.” […]

Serbian communities are not unanimous in welcoming the mine. Environmental groups warn that alkali-rich tailings could leak into the Jadar River and harm local agriculture. Independent studies have found elevated boron and lithium downstream of exploratory boreholes, fueling weekly protests in Belgrade.

Supporters counter that rigorous water-management plans and sealed tailings cells can limit impacts, and that the economic gains, including thousands of skilled jobs, are hard to ignore. European automakers also see the project as a chance to shorten supply chains now dominated by South American brines and Chinese refiners.

Whether or not the Jadar project reaches full production, the mineral has already altered the critical-minerals map. Its existence proves that lithium can concentrate outside traditional pegmatites and brines, broadening the hunt to basins once dismissed as uneconomic clay.

Researchers are now experimenting with synthetic pathways, seeding gels of silica, borate, and lithium under lake-like conditions to see if jadarite can be grown on demand. Success could pave the way for engineered deposits that bypass mining altogether. For now, though, nature’s one known batch in western Serbia remains the focus of intense scientific, industrial, and public scrutiny.

Adapted from https://www.earth.com/news/jadarite-described-as-earthskryptonite-twin-has-potential-to-replace-fossil-fuels/


Based on the last paragraph, analyse the assertions below:
I. Scientific experimentation might do away with the need for mining.
II. Currently, interest in jadarite deposits seems to be waning.
III. It is highly unlikely that the deposits found in Serbia will reshape the future of energy.
Choose the correct answer. 
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Q3758067 Inglês
Jadarite, described as ‘Earth's kryptonite twin,’ has potential to replace fossil fuels 

A plain-white mineral found in western Serbia has a name straight out of the comics and a chemical profile that battery makers crave. Called jadarite, also known as sodium-lithium- boron silicate hydroxide, was first pulled from drill cores in 2004 and officially recognized as a new mineral two years later. 

Geologists soon noticed that the formula on the sample label matched the faux “kryptonite” shown in a 2006 Superman film, minus the fluorine and the green glow. That pop-culture twist helped the discovery grab headlines, yet the real excitement lies in what the mineral could do for electric vehicles and renewable power storage.

Jadarite occurs as dull, chalky nodules tucked inside fine-grained shale in the Jadar Valley. The host rocks formed in an ancient lake basin rich in volcanic ash, allowing lithium and boron to build up in the pore waters until the mineral crystallized. Those conditions have been found only in Serbia so far, making the deposit both unique and strategically valuable. 

Michael Page, a process chemist at Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), points out that the valley “is considered one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, making it a potential game-changer for the global green energy transition.” […]

Serbian communities are not unanimous in welcoming the mine. Environmental groups warn that alkali-rich tailings could leak into the Jadar River and harm local agriculture. Independent studies have found elevated boron and lithium downstream of exploratory boreholes, fueling weekly protests in Belgrade.

Supporters counter that rigorous water-management plans and sealed tailings cells can limit impacts, and that the economic gains, including thousands of skilled jobs, are hard to ignore. European automakers also see the project as a chance to shorten supply chains now dominated by South American brines and Chinese refiners.

Whether or not the Jadar project reaches full production, the mineral has already altered the critical-minerals map. Its existence proves that lithium can concentrate outside traditional pegmatites and brines, broadening the hunt to basins once dismissed as uneconomic clay.

Researchers are now experimenting with synthetic pathways, seeding gels of silica, borate, and lithium under lake-like conditions to see if jadarite can be grown on demand. Success could pave the way for engineered deposits that bypass mining altogether. For now, though, nature’s one known batch in western Serbia remains the focus of intense scientific, industrial, and public scrutiny.

Adapted from https://www.earth.com/news/jadarite-described-as-earthskryptonite-twin-has-potential-to-replace-fossil-fuels/


In the fourth paragraph, the process chemist’s opinion about the Jadar Valley is that it is
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Q3758066 Inglês
Jadarite, described as ‘Earth's kryptonite twin,’ has potential to replace fossil fuels 

A plain-white mineral found in western Serbia has a name straight out of the comics and a chemical profile that battery makers crave. Called jadarite, also known as sodium-lithium- boron silicate hydroxide, was first pulled from drill cores in 2004 and officially recognized as a new mineral two years later. 

Geologists soon noticed that the formula on the sample label matched the faux “kryptonite” shown in a 2006 Superman film, minus the fluorine and the green glow. That pop-culture twist helped the discovery grab headlines, yet the real excitement lies in what the mineral could do for electric vehicles and renewable power storage.

Jadarite occurs as dull, chalky nodules tucked inside fine-grained shale in the Jadar Valley. The host rocks formed in an ancient lake basin rich in volcanic ash, allowing lithium and boron to build up in the pore waters until the mineral crystallized. Those conditions have been found only in Serbia so far, making the deposit both unique and strategically valuable. 

Michael Page, a process chemist at Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), points out that the valley “is considered one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, making it a potential game-changer for the global green energy transition.” […]

Serbian communities are not unanimous in welcoming the mine. Environmental groups warn that alkali-rich tailings could leak into the Jadar River and harm local agriculture. Independent studies have found elevated boron and lithium downstream of exploratory boreholes, fueling weekly protests in Belgrade.

Supporters counter that rigorous water-management plans and sealed tailings cells can limit impacts, and that the economic gains, including thousands of skilled jobs, are hard to ignore. European automakers also see the project as a chance to shorten supply chains now dominated by South American brines and Chinese refiners.

Whether or not the Jadar project reaches full production, the mineral has already altered the critical-minerals map. Its existence proves that lithium can concentrate outside traditional pegmatites and brines, broadening the hunt to basins once dismissed as uneconomic clay.

Researchers are now experimenting with synthetic pathways, seeding gels of silica, borate, and lithium under lake-like conditions to see if jadarite can be grown on demand. Success could pave the way for engineered deposits that bypass mining altogether. For now, though, nature’s one known batch in western Serbia remains the focus of intense scientific, industrial, and public scrutiny.

Adapted from https://www.earth.com/news/jadarite-described-as-earthskryptonite-twin-has-potential-to-replace-fossil-fuels/


In the fragment “a chemical profile that battery makers crave” (1st paragraph), the verb is close in meaning to
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Q3758065 Inglês
Jadarite, described as ‘Earth's kryptonite twin,’ has potential to replace fossil fuels 

A plain-white mineral found in western Serbia has a name straight out of the comics and a chemical profile that battery makers crave. Called jadarite, also known as sodium-lithium- boron silicate hydroxide, was first pulled from drill cores in 2004 and officially recognized as a new mineral two years later. 

Geologists soon noticed that the formula on the sample label matched the faux “kryptonite” shown in a 2006 Superman film, minus the fluorine and the green glow. That pop-culture twist helped the discovery grab headlines, yet the real excitement lies in what the mineral could do for electric vehicles and renewable power storage.

Jadarite occurs as dull, chalky nodules tucked inside fine-grained shale in the Jadar Valley. The host rocks formed in an ancient lake basin rich in volcanic ash, allowing lithium and boron to build up in the pore waters until the mineral crystallized. Those conditions have been found only in Serbia so far, making the deposit both unique and strategically valuable. 

Michael Page, a process chemist at Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), points out that the valley “is considered one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, making it a potential game-changer for the global green energy transition.” […]

Serbian communities are not unanimous in welcoming the mine. Environmental groups warn that alkali-rich tailings could leak into the Jadar River and harm local agriculture. Independent studies have found elevated boron and lithium downstream of exploratory boreholes, fueling weekly protests in Belgrade.

Supporters counter that rigorous water-management plans and sealed tailings cells can limit impacts, and that the economic gains, including thousands of skilled jobs, are hard to ignore. European automakers also see the project as a chance to shorten supply chains now dominated by South American brines and Chinese refiners.

Whether or not the Jadar project reaches full production, the mineral has already altered the critical-minerals map. Its existence proves that lithium can concentrate outside traditional pegmatites and brines, broadening the hunt to basins once dismissed as uneconomic clay.

Researchers are now experimenting with synthetic pathways, seeding gels of silica, borate, and lithium under lake-like conditions to see if jadarite can be grown on demand. Success could pave the way for engineered deposits that bypass mining altogether. For now, though, nature’s one known batch in western Serbia remains the focus of intense scientific, industrial, and public scrutiny.

Adapted from https://www.earth.com/news/jadarite-described-as-earthskryptonite-twin-has-potential-to-replace-fossil-fuels/


In the second paragraph, the text informs that the discovery
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Q3758064 Inglês
Jadarite, described as ‘Earth's kryptonite twin,’ has potential to replace fossil fuels 

A plain-white mineral found in western Serbia has a name straight out of the comics and a chemical profile that battery makers crave. Called jadarite, also known as sodium-lithium- boron silicate hydroxide, was first pulled from drill cores in 2004 and officially recognized as a new mineral two years later. 

Geologists soon noticed that the formula on the sample label matched the faux “kryptonite” shown in a 2006 Superman film, minus the fluorine and the green glow. That pop-culture twist helped the discovery grab headlines, yet the real excitement lies in what the mineral could do for electric vehicles and renewable power storage.

Jadarite occurs as dull, chalky nodules tucked inside fine-grained shale in the Jadar Valley. The host rocks formed in an ancient lake basin rich in volcanic ash, allowing lithium and boron to build up in the pore waters until the mineral crystallized. Those conditions have been found only in Serbia so far, making the deposit both unique and strategically valuable. 

Michael Page, a process chemist at Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), points out that the valley “is considered one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, making it a potential game-changer for the global green energy transition.” […]

Serbian communities are not unanimous in welcoming the mine. Environmental groups warn that alkali-rich tailings could leak into the Jadar River and harm local agriculture. Independent studies have found elevated boron and lithium downstream of exploratory boreholes, fueling weekly protests in Belgrade.

Supporters counter that rigorous water-management plans and sealed tailings cells can limit impacts, and that the economic gains, including thousands of skilled jobs, are hard to ignore. European automakers also see the project as a chance to shorten supply chains now dominated by South American brines and Chinese refiners.

Whether or not the Jadar project reaches full production, the mineral has already altered the critical-minerals map. Its existence proves that lithium can concentrate outside traditional pegmatites and brines, broadening the hunt to basins once dismissed as uneconomic clay.

Researchers are now experimenting with synthetic pathways, seeding gels of silica, borate, and lithium under lake-like conditions to see if jadarite can be grown on demand. Success could pave the way for engineered deposits that bypass mining altogether. For now, though, nature’s one known batch in western Serbia remains the focus of intense scientific, industrial, and public scrutiny.

Adapted from https://www.earth.com/news/jadarite-described-as-earthskryptonite-twin-has-potential-to-replace-fossil-fuels/


Based on the information provided by the text, mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F).
( ) Jadarite resembles to some extent a mineral previously depicted in fiction.
( ) Environmentalists support the Jadar project due to its harmless effects.
( ) Experimental work is underway to assess the possibility of producing the mineral upon request.
The statements are, respectively
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Q3757724 Inglês
READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION:
TEXT II
“Trench-parallel mid-ocean ridge subduction driven by alongstrike transmission of slab pull”
Source: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geology/issue/52/12
In this title, the noun phrase “slab pull” refers to
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Q3757723 Inglês
READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE  QUESTION:

TEXT I

Products and dynamics of lava-snow explosions: The 16 March 2017 explosion at Mount Etna, Italy

Abstract

Volcanic hazards associated with lava flows advancing on snow cover are often underrated, although sudden explosions related to different processes of lava-snow/ice contact can occur rapidly and are only preceded by small, easily underrated precursors. On 16 March 2017, during a mildly effusive and explosive eruption at Mount Etna, Italy, a slowly advancing lava lobe interacted with the snow cover to produce a sudden, brief sequence of explosions. White vapor, brown ash, and coarse material were suddenly ejected, and the products struck a group of people, injuring some of them. The proximal deposit formed a continuous mantle of ash, lapilli, and decimeter-sized bombs, while the ballistic material travelled up to 200 m from the lava edge. The deposit was estimated to have a mass of 7.1 ± 0.8 × 104 kg, which corresponds to a volume of 32.0 ± 3.6 m3 of lava being removed by the explosion. Data related to the texture and morphology of the ejected clasts were used to constrain a model of lava-snow interaction. The results suggest that the mechanism causing the explosions was the progressive build-up of pressure due to vapor accumulation under the lava flow, while no evidence was found for the occurrence of fuel-coolant interaction processes. Although these low-intensity explosions are not particularly frequent, the data set collected provides, for the first time, quantitative information about the processes involved and the associated hazard and suggests that mitigation measures should be established to prevent potentially dramatic accidents at worldwide volcanoes frequented by tourists and with fairly easy access, such as Etna.

Source: GSA Bulletin (2024) 136 (5-6): 2325–2342. Available at https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/136/5- 6/2325/628546/Products-and-dynamics-of-lava-snow-explosions-The
According to Text I, the study concludes with 
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Q3757721 Inglês
READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE  QUESTION:

TEXT I

Products and dynamics of lava-snow explosions: The 16 March 2017 explosion at Mount Etna, Italy

Abstract

Volcanic hazards associated with lava flows advancing on snow cover are often underrated, although sudden explosions related to different processes of lava-snow/ice contact can occur rapidly and are only preceded by small, easily underrated precursors. On 16 March 2017, during a mildly effusive and explosive eruption at Mount Etna, Italy, a slowly advancing lava lobe interacted with the snow cover to produce a sudden, brief sequence of explosions. White vapor, brown ash, and coarse material were suddenly ejected, and the products struck a group of people, injuring some of them. The proximal deposit formed a continuous mantle of ash, lapilli, and decimeter-sized bombs, while the ballistic material travelled up to 200 m from the lava edge. The deposit was estimated to have a mass of 7.1 ± 0.8 × 104 kg, which corresponds to a volume of 32.0 ± 3.6 m3 of lava being removed by the explosion. Data related to the texture and morphology of the ejected clasts were used to constrain a model of lava-snow interaction. The results suggest that the mechanism causing the explosions was the progressive build-up of pressure due to vapor accumulation under the lava flow, while no evidence was found for the occurrence of fuel-coolant interaction processes. Although these low-intensity explosions are not particularly frequent, the data set collected provides, for the first time, quantitative information about the processes involved and the associated hazard and suggests that mitigation measures should be established to prevent potentially dramatic accidents at worldwide volcanoes frequented by tourists and with fairly easy access, such as Etna.

Source: GSA Bulletin (2024) 136 (5-6): 2325–2342. Available at https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/136/5- 6/2325/628546/Products-and-dynamics-of-lava-snow-explosions-The
The closest translation into Portuguese of “Volcanic hazards associated with lava flows advancing on snow cover are often underrated” is 
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Q3757719 Inglês
READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE  QUESTION:

TEXT I

Products and dynamics of lava-snow explosions: The 16 March 2017 explosion at Mount Etna, Italy

Abstract

Volcanic hazards associated with lava flows advancing on snow cover are often underrated, although sudden explosions related to different processes of lava-snow/ice contact can occur rapidly and are only preceded by small, easily underrated precursors. On 16 March 2017, during a mildly effusive and explosive eruption at Mount Etna, Italy, a slowly advancing lava lobe interacted with the snow cover to produce a sudden, brief sequence of explosions. White vapor, brown ash, and coarse material were suddenly ejected, and the products struck a group of people, injuring some of them. The proximal deposit formed a continuous mantle of ash, lapilli, and decimeter-sized bombs, while the ballistic material travelled up to 200 m from the lava edge. The deposit was estimated to have a mass of 7.1 ± 0.8 × 104 kg, which corresponds to a volume of 32.0 ± 3.6 m3 of lava being removed by the explosion. Data related to the texture and morphology of the ejected clasts were used to constrain a model of lava-snow interaction. The results suggest that the mechanism causing the explosions was the progressive build-up of pressure due to vapor accumulation under the lava flow, while no evidence was found for the occurrence of fuel-coolant interaction processes. Although these low-intensity explosions are not particularly frequent, the data set collected provides, for the first time, quantitative information about the processes involved and the associated hazard and suggests that mitigation measures should be established to prevent potentially dramatic accidents at worldwide volcanoes frequented by tourists and with fairly easy access, such as Etna.

Source: GSA Bulletin (2024) 136 (5-6): 2325–2342. Available at https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/136/5- 6/2325/628546/Products-and-dynamics-of-lava-snow-explosions-The
Based on Text I, mark the statements below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).
I) The eruption resulted in no casualties.
II) Fragments were launched high above the edge of the lava.
III) Fuel and coolant interaction caused the explosion at Mount Etna.
The statements are, respectively
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Q3753598 Inglês
Dialogue:

Anna: Hey, Tom! You look tired. What happened?
Tom: I stayed up all night finishing my project.
Anna: Oh no! You should take a short nap to catch up on your sleep.
Tom: I know, but I have another meeting in an hour. Maybe I'll just grab a coffee instead.
Anna: Don't burn yourself out! You need some rest.

In the dialogue above, the expression "catch up on" means to:
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Q3753596 Inglês
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was not only a renowned author but also a distinguished philologist and professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. His deep knowledge of Old English, Middle English, Old Norse, Finnish, and Welsh profoundly influenced his creative work. Unlike most fantasy authors who create fictional worlds first and add languages as decoration, Tolkien's approach was inverted: he created complex, fully-functional languages with consistent grammar, phonology, and etymology, then built narratives and worlds where these languages could exist naturally. His most developed constructed languages (conlangs) include Quenya (inspired by Finnish) and Sindarin (inspired by Welsh), both Elvish languages with distinct characteristics. Tolkien invented these languages before writing "The Hobbit" or "The Lord of the Rings," and his fiction essentially served as a mythology to house his linguistic creations. Which statement accurately reflects Tolkien's unique contribution to fantasy literature and the relationship between his philological expertise and creative writing?
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Q3753595 Inglês
English language teachers must explicitly teach reading strategies to help students process texts efficiently. Different reading purposes require different approaches. When students need to find specific information quickly, such as a date, name, price, or particular fact, without reading the entire text, they should employ a particular technique. This strategy involves moving eyes rapidly over the text to locate specific keywords or information, similar to searching for a contact in a phone list. It differs from other strategies like skimming (getting general idea), intensive reading (detailed comprehension), or extensive reading (reading for pleasure). What is this reading strategy called when students search for specific information without reading every word?
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Respostas
1141: A
1142: C
1143: B
1144: B
1145: C
1146: B
1147: C
1148: E
1149: A
1150: E
1151: B
1152: D
1153: C
1154: B
1155: D
1156: E
1157: C
1158: A
1159: A
1160: A