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Sobre presente perfeito | present perfect em inglês
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Ano: 2026
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra Bonita - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2026 - Prefeitura de Barra Bonita - SC - Professor II (Língua Estrangeira – Inglês) |
Q4392984
Inglês
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A leader in the study of longevity is returning to
UCLA Health
Renowned geroscientist and computational biologist
Steve Horvath, PhD, is returning as a professor in the
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on July 1, after
4 1/2 years in the biotech industry. Previously, he was a
full-time professor of Human Genetics and Biostatistics at
UCLA for 22 years.
Geroscience is the modern term for the biology of aging.
Dr. Horvath, who was born in Germany, is internationally
known for his research into the aging process and, in
particular, epigenetics, how the environment influences
our genes, affecting a person's longevity.
His groundbreaking research, which he began at UCLA in
2011, looked at the "epigenetic age" of more than 13,000
DNA samples of people from the U.S. and Europe,
determined from the chemical modifications of their DNA
(also called DNA methylation).
People whose epigenetic age was higher than their
chronological age were shown to be at an increased risk
of death from all causes. From this, Dr. Horvath
developed the "epigenetic clock," a way of measuring
biological aging and mortality risk.
"The universal mammalian methylation clock was really a
UCLA triumph — a true team effort," said Dr. Horvath,
who received the 2026 Luminary Award at the Precision
Medicine World Conference. That project, part of the
international Mammalian Methylation Consortium that Dr.
Horvath led, drew on collaborators across UCLA,
including Jason Ernst, PhD; William Yang, MD, PhD;
Ebru Erbay, MD, PhD; Karen Sears, PhD; and Ren
Larison, PhD.
Aging is a growing field of study and the Division of
Geriatrics is a research leader.
"Aging happens at the cellular level — every tissue in the
human body shows signs of aging," explained Arun S.
Karlamangla, MD, PhD, chief of the UCLA Division of
Geriatrics. "The epigenetic profile is affected by stresses
in life. As we age, these stresses change DNA
functionality. Dr. Horvath's research showed that these
changes can be quantified and used to predict a person's
lifespan."
None of us has control over the DNA we're born with, but
we do have some control over how long we live.
"The epigenetic clock is one window into biological aging,
but it doesn't capture everything, and plenty of
well-established factors influence how long and how well
a person lives," said Dr. Horvath. "The strongest
evidence is for the basics: not smoking, maintaining a
healthy weight, a sensible diet, regular physical activity
and good sleep."
Dr. Horvath has run the test on himself and by the
epigenetic clock, he is about three years younger than
his chronological age of 58.
New medications also show promise for improving
longevity, he said. "There's active research interest in
newer GLP-1 receptor agonists — e.g., the
Ozempic/Wegovy class — which are reshaping how we
think about metabolic health," said Dr. Horvath, adding
that the same is true for anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic
drugs.
Dr. Horvath's epigenetic clocks have become standard
tools across aging research, used by teams worldwide to
test what actually changes biological aging.
They have been applied in the randomized DO-HEALTH
trial, where omega-3, vitamin D and exercise modestly
slowed epigenetic aging in adults older than 70; in the
Women's Health Initiative, where faster epigenetic aging
tracked with later cognitive impairment and dementia;
and in studies of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
This kind of population-level application aligns closely
with the Division of Geriatrics' emphasis on healthy,
independent life expectancy.
Dr. Horvath's research has also shown that the cells of
different organs age at different rates. For instance, the
liver ages faster than other organs, he said, particularly in
the case of people with obesity.
Another discovery was that the blood and brain tissues of
human males age faster than those of females, which
might be the reason women live longer on average than
men across all cultures and countries.
Leading in aging research
The study of aging at the UCLA Division of Geriatrics
focuses on understanding the epidemiology of
age-related conditions such as frailty, cognitive
impairment and dementia, and improving the delivery of
compassionate, comprehensive care to older adults.
Dr. Horvath's return to UCLA will bolster the department's
role in aging research by translating his cellular research
to clinical trials, said Dr. Karlamangla.
"We want to be pioneers in all three aspects: cellular
research, clinical and population-level research, and
health services and implementation research," Dr.
Karlamangla said. "We are one of the pioneers in clinical
innovation for the delivery of healthcare to older adults,"
he said, an approach that is called bench to bedside.
Life expectancy is important, but even more important is
good health, which is necessary for independence, Dr.
Karlamangla emphasized. This is referred to as healthy
life expectancy, or independent life expectancy.
New work at UCLA
Along with serving as a professor, Dr. Horvath will return
to UCLA Health as director of aging biology research in
the Department of Medicine, working across 11 divisions.
In this way, he will work directly with doctors to apply
aging research to their patients. The move into the
Department of Medicine is deliberate: his focus now is translating discoveries from aging biology into care for
patients.
"What I'm most looking forward to in returning to UCLA is
the people and the collaborative environment," said Dr.
Horvath. "UCLA has remarkable strength across
medicine, computational biology, stem cell biology, and
the basic science of complex diseases, and being back in
that setting with former colleagues and future students is
what excites me most.
"It feels like the right place to do the next phase of this
work: helping to translate findings from aging biology into
the clinic."
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/leader-study-longevity-returning
-ucla-health
The article combines tense, voice and modality to
distinguish current relevance, research findings and
degrees of epistemic certainty. Consider the grammatical
choices made in the excerpts below.
Analyze the statements:
I.In "Dr. Horvath's epigenetic clocks have become standard tools across aging research", the Present Perfect relates a development originating in the past to a current state.
II.In "People whose epigenetic age was higher [...] were shown to be at an increased risk", the passive construction foregrounds the research finding rather than the researchers responsible for demonstrating it.
III.In "which might be the reason women live longer", the modal verb might presents the proposed explanation as a conclusion regarded by the writer as highly certain.
It is correct to state that:
Analyze the statements:
I.In "Dr. Horvath's epigenetic clocks have become standard tools across aging research", the Present Perfect relates a development originating in the past to a current state.
II.In "People whose epigenetic age was higher [...] were shown to be at an increased risk", the passive construction foregrounds the research finding rather than the researchers responsible for demonstrating it.
III.In "which might be the reason women live longer", the modal verb might presents the proposed explanation as a conclusion regarded by the writer as highly certain.
It is correct to state that:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
ISET
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA
Prova:
ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA - Professor de Ensino Fundamental II - Língua Estrangeira (Inglês) |
Q4361870
Inglês
Choose the sentence in which the irregular verb is
correctly used in the past participle form.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
ISET
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA
Prova:
ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Lajedinho - BA - Professor de Ensino Fundamental II - Língua Estrangeira (Inglês) |
Q4361868
Inglês
Choose the alternative in which the sentence in the
present perfect is corrected.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
FLEM Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Riachão do Jacuípe - BA
Prova:
FLEM Concursos - 2026 - Prefeitura de Riachão do Jacuípe - BA - Professor de Inglês |
Q4352740
Inglês
Texto associado
Texto 5:
Adaptado de: NOELS, Kimberly A.; VARGAS LASCANO, Dayuma
I.; SAUMURE, Kristie. The development of self-determination
across the language course: trajectories of motivational change
and the dynamic interplay of psychological needs, orientations, and
engagement. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v. 41, n. 4,
p. 821-851, 2019.
No primeiro parágrafo, a articulação entre “Motivation has long
been recognised”, “researchers have increasingly questioned”
e “Studies conducted in different educational contexts have
shown” produz uma organização temporal segundo a qual
Ano: 2026
Banca:
ISET
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Canudos - BA
Prova:
ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Canudos - BA - Professor de Ensino Fundamental (Licenciatura em Letras com Inglês) |
Q4351077
Inglês
Choose the only sentence that is correctly written in the
Present Perfect.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
FSADU
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Buriticupu - MA
Prova:
FSADU - 2026 - Prefeitura de Buriticupu - MA - Professor Ensino Fundamental Nível – II - Anos Finais – 6º ao 9º Ano - Língua Inglesa |
Q4345133
Inglês
Texto associado
Read text below and answer question accordingly.
English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap in Policy,
Problems in Practice
Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak
English despite the status of this language as a
mandatory subject. This fact relates to a gap in foreign
language teaching policy documents: the National
Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB), and
the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN). These
documents for many years did not prescribe the
necessary conditions for English Language Teaching
(ELT) to take place effectively, often focusing on
reading due to a lack of resources or large classes.
LDB mandated the teaching of a foreign language
chosen locally from grades 5 to 12. A recent reform in
2017 has added that English will be the foreign
language taught in secondary school (from grade 6 up)
throughout the country. Previous versions of LDB,
however, did not mandate the teaching of English,
leading to the perception that only in private language
centers could students learn the language.
The effectiveness of ELT in basic education remains
low because policies impact the quality of teacher
education, the availability of pedagogical resources,
and the number of students in the classroom. Most
schools are equipped with basic materials like
blackboards and chairs, but few have audiovisual
equipment installed in every classroom. This reality
shows why many teachers stick to the textbook most of
the time.
Many English teachers in Brazil do not speak the
language fluently because most undergraduate
programs offer a dual major (English and Portuguese).
Often, aspiring teachers enroll because they actually
want to teach Portuguese. Consequently, these
teachers reproduce in their classrooms the approaches
in which they were taught as students, focusing on
grammar-translation rather than modern communicative
methods.
Misconceptions about the language also contribute to a
lack of motivation. Some believe English is only from
England or the USA. To correct this, BNCC (National
Common Curriculum Base) suggests an intercultural
approach to make the study of a foreign language more
socially and culturally relevant. BNCC aims to raise
awareness of the global web in which English is
involved, and it is treating it as a tool for citizenship.
(Adapted from: BATISTA, F. C. A. English Language Teaching in Brazil: A Gap
in Policy, Problems in Practice. English Language Teaching, v. 13, n. 8, p. 135-
145, 2020. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v13n8p135. Acesso em:
30 maio 2026.)
Number the following Verb Tenses (in Column B)
according to the sentences (in Column A). Choose the
option that corresponds to the correct sequence.
Column A
( 1 ) This fact relates to a gap in foreign language teaching policy documents.
( 2 ) […] and it is treating it as a tool for citizenship.
( 3 ) A recent reform in 2017 has added that English […]
( 4 ) Previous versions of LDB, however, did not mandate the teaching of English […]
Column B
( ) Present Perfect
( ) Present Continuous
( ) Present Simple
( ) Past Simple
Column A
( 1 ) This fact relates to a gap in foreign language teaching policy documents.
( 2 ) […] and it is treating it as a tool for citizenship.
( 3 ) A recent reform in 2017 has added that English […]
( 4 ) Previous versions of LDB, however, did not mandate the teaching of English […]
Column B
( ) Present Perfect
( ) Present Continuous
( ) Present Simple
( ) Past Simple
Ano: 2026
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Santa Helena - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2026 - Prefeitura de Santa Helena - SC - Professor com Licenciatura Plena em Língua Portuguesa e Estrangeira (Inglês) - Edital nº 9 |
Q4342427
Inglês
A department coordinator asks about the progress of a curriculum revision. The teacher answers:
"I ___________ three units so far, and I ___________ the fourth one since early this morning."
Select the option that correctly fills in the blanks:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
Unesc - 2026 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Finais |
Q4337358
Inglês
Consider the sentence below.
"By the time the inspectors arrived, the team had been testing the system for three hours, and they have since revised the protocol twice."
The forms establish different temporal reference points rather than merely identifying past and present events.
Analyze the statements below.
I."Had been testing" represents an activity already in progress before the inspectors arrived and emphasizes its preceding duration.
II."Have since revised" relates subsequent revisions to a period extending to the speaker's present reference point.
III."Arrived" establishes an event that occurred before the beginning of the testing process.
It is CORRECT what is stated in:
"By the time the inspectors arrived, the team had been testing the system for three hours, and they have since revised the protocol twice."
The forms establish different temporal reference points rather than merely identifying past and present events.
Analyze the statements below.
I."Had been testing" represents an activity already in progress before the inspectors arrived and emphasizes its preceding duration.
II."Have since revised" relates subsequent revisions to a period extending to the speaker's present reference point.
III."Arrived" establishes an event that occurred before the beginning of the testing process.
It is CORRECT what is stated in:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
Unesc - 2026 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Finais |
Q4337327
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are
leading the way.
For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a
serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how
healthcare providers communicate and address their
patients' needs.
The experience informed her decision years later to
launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims
to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a
student at the University of Pennsylvania.
"I feel like it's unfortunately a very neglected space where
a lot of the technology and tools are really behind,"
Herbert, 23, told CBS News.
Although such entrepreneurship is clearly unusual for
young people, it is by no means unheard of these days.
Research from the Bank of America Institute shows that
Generation Z members are contributing
"disproportionately" to a recent surge in business
formation.
In a trend that highlights how younger Americans are helping catalyze economic growth, the number of new
business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in
June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced
applications filed by other generations, the Bank of
America Institute found.
Young Americans are helping fuel a broader jump in
applications to form businesses. According to the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans filed more than
531,000 business applications in June, more than double
the 2020 figure.
Scott Issen, CEO of Future Founders, a nonprofit group
that helps nurture entrepreneurial skills, said demand for
the organization's services is surging — a shift he
attributes to a change in many young people's attitude
toward employment.
"Macroeconomically, I think there's less interest year over
year for young people to work for others," he told CBS
News. "They would prefer to be their own bosses and
create their own opportunity."
The burst in entrepreneurship among younger Americans
isn't limited to graduates of prestigious universities.
Lower-income households now account for 25% of all
new businesses getting off the ground, up from 20% in
2020, the Bank of America Institute found.
"In a lot of ways, I think entrepreneurship is
democratizing right now," said Angela Lee, co-director of
the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia
Business School. "So I'm not at all surprised to see
younger, lower-income founders start companies."
AI lowers barriers to entry
Experts attribute part of the surge in Gen Z founders to
the advent of artificial intelligence, which is helping young
people get their businesses off the ground by automating
basic tasks and reducing startup costs.
"The barriers to entry are getting much lower," Lori
Rosenkopf, a professor at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, told CBS News. "It's pretty
easy for anyone to start building some content, making
themselves a content creator or doing a little bit of vibe
coding."
AI can also help young business founders save money.
Lee, a serial entrepreneur, said she paid roughly $15,000
for a single web developer when she started her first
company.
"Now with AI, something that would have taken an app
developer three months and $15,000, you can vibe code
over the weekend," she said.
AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the
technology to streamline information from health
providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other
data. For example, Sync Labs' tech can "ambiently listen"
to staff meetings when activated, creating a fuller picture
of patient needs and offering clinically backed
recommendations from the company's generative AI
models, she said.
Herbert also said AI has been a "game changer" for daily operations at the San Francisco-based company, noting
that it helps speed up tasks and reduce expenses. "As a
startup, time is everything," she said. "We're trying to get
our product out to as many people as possible as quickly
as possible."
"There is a lot of job dislocation right now"
Today's challenging economic backdrop — and the rise
of AI — also helps explain why more young Americans
are choosing to launch their own businesses, experts
said.
"There is a lot of job dislocation right now, and younger
people are finding it hard to secure traditional
employment given our current economic conditions,"
Wharton's Rosenkopf said.
Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth
has been solid, research shows that recent college
graduates are struggling to find work, especially as AI
starts to automate certain functions normally reserved for
entry-level workers. A recent ZipRecruiter survey of 1,000
recruiters found that 38% of employers have shifted basic
data-processing tasks away from entry-level workers and
onto AI.
Herbert said she didn't start Sync Labs due to concerns
about the labor market, but noted that the stress of
finding a job has weighed heavily on her friends.
"Being in this generation, it's probably one of the most
talked about things," she said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-z-business-applications-surge-ai/
Near the end of the article, apparently positive
macroeconomic indicators are contrasted with the
difficulties experienced by recent graduates. The writer
uses different tense and aspect choices to situate these conditions in relation to the present.
Consider the sentence.
"Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work."
What meaning does "has been solid" contribute?
Consider the sentence.
"Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work."
What meaning does "has been solid" contribute?
Ano: 2026
Banca:
ISET
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Anguera - BA
Prova:
ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Anguera - BA - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q4333188
Inglês
Rewrite the sentence below in the passive voice and
choose the grammatically correct alternative.
The accreditation committee has reassessed the institutional evaluation criteria after the external audit.
The accreditation committee has reassessed the institutional evaluation criteria after the external audit.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
ISET
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Anguera - BA
Prova:
ISET - 2026 - Prefeitura de Anguera - BA - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q4333185
Inglês
In which of the following sentences does the verb used
in the present perfect correspond to a regular verb?
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Instituto Fênix
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Guatambú - SC
Prova:
Instituto Fênix - 2026 - Prefeitura de Guatambú - SC - Profesor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q4326248
Inglês
During an English class, a student writes:
“Last year, I have visited London and I have learned many things about British culture.”
Considering standard English usage, the most appropriate correction is:
“Last year, I have visited London and I have learned many things about British culture.”
Considering standard English usage, the most appropriate correction is:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Instituto Ágata
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barcarena - PA
Prova:
Instituto Ágata - 2026 - Prefeitura de Barcarena - PA - Professor - Língua Estrangeira (Inglês) |
Q4309787
Inglês
Texto associado
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/)
The underlined verbs in the song ("knew," "were born," "belong,"and"have been") appear in different verb tenses. Consi
dering their forms and functions, which of the following statements about these verbs are correct?
Ano: 2026
Banca:
EDUCA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Triunfo - PE
Prova:
EDUCA - 2026 - Prefeitura de Triunfo - PE - Professor da Educação Básica II - Inglês |
Q4302801
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT 2
Global Englishes in Language Education
Global Englishes in language education encompasses the
study and teaching of English as a pluricentric,
international means of communication rather than a single
standard variety. This field recognises the multiplicity of
English norms around the world and seeks pedagogical
approaches that validate diverse accents, dialects and
communicative practices. Recent scholarship emphasises
critical awareness of power dynamics in language use,
challenges the supremacy of native-speaker models and
promotes curricula that equip learners to navigate
intercultural encounters. Innovations span bottom-up
curriculum design, translanguaging and digital
technologies, all underpinned by partnerships between
researchers and practitioners. The ultimate aim is to
prepare both teachers and students for inclusive,
intelligible and context-sensitive use of English in global
settings.
Content extracted and adapted from: https://www.nature.com/natureindex/topics/l4/global-englishes-in-language-education
In conclusion, Text 2 states that “the ultimate aim is to
prepare both teachers and students for inclusive,
intelligible and context-sensitive use of English in global
settings”. Based on this excerpt, choose the alternative that
correctly rewrites this sentence from the Present Simple to
the Present Perfect tense:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
LEGALLE Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Morro Redondo - RS
Prova:
LEGALLE Concursos - 2026 - Prefeitura de Morro Redondo - RS - Professor do Ensino Fundamental - Inglês |
Q4297047
Inglês
Texto associado
Bettytown Library marks opening chapter
Tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the first anniversary of
the opening of Bettystown Library with a programme of
events taking place throughout the day to celebrate the
milestone.
First opening its doors on 24th tebruary 2025,
over the past year it has become very much embedded in
the East Meath community, which had been without its
own library service for two decades.
On Friday, staff were delighted to learn that
Bettystown Library has been shortlisted as an Island of
Ireland Regional and Country Finalist for the Library of the
Year 2026, a category of the British Book Awards, which is
sponsored by DK in association with the Reading Agency.
Events to mark the first anniversary including an
exhibition of work by the 'Open Book Craft Group' one of
the very successful groups that meeting in the library.
Executive Librarian Aoife Carberry is delighted
with how the first year has gone for the library.
"We are blown away by the support we have
received. It is so lovely to get to know the different
members and organisations within the area and to work
towards the best service we can possible be for them, "she
said.
"We have been very lucky, we have had incredible
support from the community here. We've worked closely
with a number or organisations, schools and special
interest groups in the area as well. We just want to thank
the community for welcoming us as well as they have and
we look forward to continuing to work with them as the
years go by."
She spoke of how libraries are no longer quiet
hushed places but are vibrant places with a wide variety of
events and initiatives that go far beyond just borrowing
books.
"The biggest message we want to get out is that
libraries are open to everyone, everyone is welcome. We
have our books. We have plenty of events, loads of
initiatives we work on, in Meath we have STEAM kits and
backpacks to borrow, home energy kits to borrow, a huge
range of online resources, audio books, ebooks, courses
where you can upskill or develop a new hobby, language
learning courses and books in other languages."
"There is a huge wealth of things in libraries,
covering all ages and all interests."
Fonte: htt ps://www. meat hch ro ni cle.i e / 2026 / 02 / 23 / b etlylow n- I i bra rymarks-openin g -chapter/
Analyze the following statements:
I. The description of the community having been without a library service for two decades indicates a state that concluded when the facility opened in early 2025.
II. When the librarian says, We have been very lucky, she is referencing a period of ongoing community support that started in the past and continues to the present day.
III.lf the community were to stop visiting the library tomorrow, the institution will lose its shortlisting status for the Library of the Year 2026 award.
Which of the following statements islare CORRECT?
I. The description of the community having been without a library service for two decades indicates a state that concluded when the facility opened in early 2025.
II. When the librarian says, We have been very lucky, she is referencing a period of ongoing community support that started in the past and continues to the present day.
III.lf the community were to stop visiting the library tomorrow, the institution will lose its shortlisting status for the Library of the Year 2026 award.
Which of the following statements islare CORRECT?
Ano: 2026
Banca:
LEGALLE Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Morro Redondo - RS
Prova:
LEGALLE Concursos - 2026 - Prefeitura de Morro Redondo - RS - Professor do Ensino Fundamental - Inglês |
Q4297042
Inglês
Texto associado
Bettytown Library marks opening chapter
Tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the first anniversary of
the opening of Bettystown Library with a programme of
events taking place throughout the day to celebrate the
milestone.
First opening its doors on 24th tebruary 2025,
over the past year it has become very much embedded in
the East Meath community, which had been without its
own library service for two decades.
On Friday, staff were delighted to learn that
Bettystown Library has been shortlisted as an Island of
Ireland Regional and Country Finalist for the Library of the
Year 2026, a category of the British Book Awards, which is
sponsored by DK in association with the Reading Agency.
Events to mark the first anniversary including an
exhibition of work by the 'Open Book Craft Group' one of
the very successful groups that meeting in the library.
Executive Librarian Aoife Carberry is delighted
with how the first year has gone for the library.
"We are blown away by the support we have
received. It is so lovely to get to know the different
members and organisations within the area and to work
towards the best service we can possible be for them, "she
said.
"We have been very lucky, we have had incredible
support from the community here. We've worked closely
with a number or organisations, schools and special
interest groups in the area as well. We just want to thank
the community for welcoming us as well as they have and
we look forward to continuing to work with them as the
years go by."
She spoke of how libraries are no longer quiet
hushed places but are vibrant places with a wide variety of
events and initiatives that go far beyond just borrowing
books.
"The biggest message we want to get out is that
libraries are open to everyone, everyone is welcome. We
have our books. We have plenty of events, loads of
initiatives we work on, in Meath we have STEAM kits and
backpacks to borrow, home energy kits to borrow, a huge
range of online resources, audio books, ebooks, courses
where you can upskill or develop a new hobby, language
learning courses and books in other languages."
"There is a huge wealth of things in libraries,
covering all ages and all interests."
Fonte: htt ps://www. meat hch ro ni cle.i e / 2026 / 02 / 23 / b etlylow n- I i bra rymarks-openin g -chapter/
In the sixth paragraph, the sentence We are
blown away by the support we have received highlights
the librarian's reaction to the community. Identify the
option that CORRECTLY transforms this construction into
an alternative structure that maintains the original
meaning and tense.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
IV - UFG
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Minaçu - GO
Prova:
IV - UFG - 2026 - Prefeitura de Minaçu - GO - Professor - PIII - Letras - Português/Inglês - Zona Rural e Zona Urbana |
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New surgeon general’s advisory raises alarm about
screen time risks for kids and teens
Too much screen use among kids and teens – including endless
social media scrolling, nonstop texting and hours of video
games – can be harmful, and it has become a public health
concern in the United States, according to a surgeon general’s
advisory released Wednesday.
Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services
collaborated on the new advisory, as there is no confirmed
surgeon general within the Trump administration.
The advisory warns that exposure to screens often begins
before a child’s first birthday and increases with age […].
Disponível em: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/20/health/surgeon-generaladvisory-screen-time-wellness. Acesso em: 20 mai. 2026.
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função determinada na organização temporal dos fatos
relatados. Esse tempo verbal é utilizado no fragmento
porque
Ano: 2026
Banca:
IGEDUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Altos - PI
Prova:
IGEDUC - 2026 - Prefeitura de Altos - PI - Professor Língua Inglesa |
Q4279237
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The Hidden History of Women Game Designers
Educational games were all the rage in the early
ninteenth century. As the narrator of Sir Walter Scott's
1814 novel, Waverley, observed, "the history of England
is now reduced to a game at cards, the problems of
mathematics to puzzles and riddles." This bemusement
reflects the burgeoning industry of instructional card,
dice, and board games that sprang up in the late 1700s,
partly in response to changing attitudes towards juvenile
education outlined early on by the philosopher John
Locke a century before.
Women at the time were, of course, generally barred
from attending college and generally discouraged from
the pursuit of learning beyond acquiring the skills of a
governess. Yet the wave of enthusiasm for educational
games nevertheless created an opportunity for some
enterprising
women—despite significant structural
obstacles—to find an intellectual and creative outlet.
Standout figures in the history of game design include
Margaret Bryan, who directed a girl's school in
Blackheath in southeastern London. A writer on science
with a particular interest in astronomy, Bryan produced
the boardgame Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of
Astronomy in collaboration with the well-known game
publisher John Wallis.
This game, a variation on the staple of the Game of the
Goose (akin to Chutes and Ladders), requires players to
spin a teetotum and race their pieces along the board.
Most of the squares illustrate scientific phenomena,
explained in an accompanying rule booklet, but some
depict bad behavior, such as square six, which features
"The County Gaol...for those who attend to the motion of
Billiard Balls, more than to the motion of the Planets,"
and square twelve, which features "a blockhead." Landing on these meant losing a turn or worse, a player's
place on the board.
Learning the rules of music theory by rote could seem
tedious. But the subject itself—with its principles,
prohibitions, and occasional exceptions—lent itself to
gamification.
Other pioneering game designers include children's
author Alicia Catherine Mant, who also published an
astronomy-themed board game, while the ludic
inventions of the poet and schoolteacher Elizabeth
Rowse encompassed A Grammatical Game, in Rhyme,
by a Lady (1802) and Mythological Amusement (1804).
Perhaps the most creative arena for female game
designers, however, was music, and more specifically,
music theory. Among the middle and upper classes,
music was generally seen as a female accomplishment,
and teaching its rudiments to children was typically left to mothers, governesses, or schoolmistresses. Learning the
rules of music theory by rote could seem difficult and
tedious. But the subject itself—with its principles,
prohibitions, and occasional exceptions—lent itself
remarkably well to gamification.
The nineteenth century's best-known musical game
designer was the Edinburgh-based pianist and music
teacher Anne Young. In 1801, she received a royal
patent for a set of games intended to "render familiar and
impress upon the memory, the fundamental principles of
the science of music." The first British patent ever
granted for a game, it was also the only one awarded that
year to a female inventor, as David Ghere and Fred
Amram have discovered. Two years after the launch of
the Musical Games, Young, now the respectably married
Mrs.
Gunn, published a two-hundred-fifty page
companion treatise entitled An Introduction to Music,
which explained music theory fundamentals via
instructions for playing her Musical Games. The treatise
is organized as seven sections, each corresponding to a
different set of games, and includes a number of optional
variations, outlining twenty-two different games in total.
A handful of Young's Musical Games can be found in
libraries, museums, and private collections today. They're
luxury items: the boards were made of mahogany, while
most of the nearly two hundred parts in each
game—pins, dice, plates, and counters—were carved out
of ivory and ebony. Priced originally at seven guineas,
which was more than the annual wages of a laborer at
the time, this game set would have been affordable only
for the very wealthy.
Unlike earlier musical dice games, which were designed
to encourage composition, Musical Games aimed to
teach the rudiments of theory. Some of the games that
can be played on the set involve racing, with players
competing to move their pieces up and down various
configurations on the board. Others involve the
acquisition of points for correct answers, tallied with
delicate ivory counters. A child following the treatise's
progression of games would engage many of the
fundamentals of music theory, ranging from notation
through more advanced topics in harmony including
chord resolution and modulation.
Young's invention haunted musical journals throughout
the nineteenth century, resurfacing from time to time in
newspaper queries, sometimes from readers intrigued by
the warm endorsement it got from her husband John
Gunn, a distinguished Scottish music pedagogue who
wroteinstructional treatises. (In his writings, Gunn
protested "without having ever previously heard the name
of the ingenious and scientific Inventor, I was struck with
the merits of these Games.") Interestingly, the Musical
Games reappear nearly a century later in the essay
"Games of Music," published in 1907 in the
London-based magazine The Musical Times by Bertha
Harrison, who was very likely the anti-suffrage activist
also known as Ethel Bertha Harrison. Harrison was
interested in music history—her earlier writings in The
Musical Times had treated topics such as child prodigies
and historic concert venues—but it was only in her essay on musical games that she revealed her political
leanings.
In
what may be one of the earliest pieces of
ludomusicology, the study of music and games,
Harrison's essay surveys the role of musical games from
the eighteenth century to her present day. Although she
ostensibly examines musical games in general, most of
her article is dedicated to Young, whom she
characterizes as a woman "possessed of an uncommon
order of mind." Harrison describes Young's games as "so
clever and ingenious, so full of nice detail, that all the
music games of the present day seem poor in design and
clumsy in execution in comparison with it."
However, the crux of Harrison's argument appears in a
subsequent paragraph, where she struggles to put a
positive spin on the striking disparity in the quality of
games designed by women and men, writing that "is a
curious and interesting fact that, among musical games,
those invented by women are very complicated and
extraordinarily full of detail, while those invented by men
are, with very rare exceptions, quite simple and generally
adaptations from other games. From this we may draw
one of two conclusions: either that in this particular line
woman has more originality than man, or that when she
begins to invent, her mind becomes so engrossed with
details as to lose sight of the main issue, and, in the
words of the proverb, she cannot see the wood for the
trees."
Conceding that women might be intrinsically better at
musical game design, Harrison immediately undercuts
this notion with the claim that women are overly
concerned with details, and that is why their games tend
to be more complex. The stereotype of the detail-oriented
woman, as exemplified in this example, is a trope that, as
Naomi Schor reminds us, has informed and limited
understandings of female ability for centuries.
Harrison's critique notwithstanding, the nineteenth
century saw many impressive music educational games
invented by women. The 1851 Great Exhibition in London
featured Gioco di Euterpe, (a game whose name invokes
the Greek goddess of music) designed by Abelinde
Prince and "intended to assist beginners in the
knowledge of the relative value of musical characters,
and to render them good timeists." The editor of The
Girl's Own Book (1869) described a game developed by
an anonymous female friend, entitled "Sir Samuel
Semibreve," which taught sight-singing and could be
ordered from a music shop in Middlesex.
Across the Atlantic, Abbie T. Hays, principal of a music
school in Wichita, Kansas, filed a patent in 1895 for a
"musical game device" designed to teach notation with
pictures depicting the words spelled out by note-names
(think B-A-G or B-E-E). Later that year, Sarah W.
Featherstone, a schoolteacher in Toledo, Ohio, filed a
patent for Nota Bene, which used a spinning wheel to
teach children rhythm. And in 1897, the enterpreneurial
Evelyn Fletcher of Toronto filed both Canadian and US
patents for a Music Block Game. Her "Fletcher Music
Method" would later be endorsed by luminaries such as John Philip Sousa and Hugo Riemann, and it was highly
popular with schoolteachers. This is just a small selection
of the names and devices that pop out of the archive.
In my experience searching historical patent records, one
is more likely to come across games designed by women
than by men. Bertha Harrison seems to have gotten that
right, at least!
Today, using gamification to teach music seems like a
no-brainer. Indeed, many music videogames have
become wildly popular—think instrument-based rhythm
games like Guitar Hero. While these games generally
teach synchronization, there are also plenty of music
theory games available to try online, such as ToneGym,
Solfege Story, or Chet — Ear Training. Although these
modern creations would have been unthinkable a
hundred years ago, these games are still part of an
unusual—and unusually female—tradition.
https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-history-of-women-game-designers/
The article combines historical narration, present-day
commentary, and projections about how past inventions
relate to contemporary practices. Considering the tense
and temporal functions of the verb forms used in the text,
mark each statement as true (T) or false (F).
( ) In "Educational games were all the rage," the simple past situates a completed historical condition in the early nineteenth century.
( ) In "A handful of Young's Musical Games can be found," the simple present indicates a situation that remains valid at the time of writing.
( ) In "Her Fletcher Music Method would later be endorsed," the construction "would + verb" expresses a future event viewed from a past reference point.
( ) In "Many music videogames have become wildly popular," the present perfect presents a past development connected with the present.
Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence.
( ) In "Educational games were all the rage," the simple past situates a completed historical condition in the early nineteenth century.
( ) In "A handful of Young's Musical Games can be found," the simple present indicates a situation that remains valid at the time of writing.
( ) In "Her Fletcher Music Method would later be endorsed," the construction "would + verb" expresses a future event viewed from a past reference point.
( ) In "Many music videogames have become wildly popular," the present perfect presents a past development connected with the present.
Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Instituto UniFil
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Congonhinhas - PR
Prova:
Instituto UniFil - 2026 - Prefeitura de Congonhinhas - PR - Professor de Inglês |
Q4254767
Inglês
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AI teachers and cybernetics - what could the world look like
in 2050?
Laura Cress - Technology reporter
The last 25 years has seen some mind-bending
technological changes. At the start of the century, most
computers connected to the internet with noisy dial-up
connections, Netflix was an online DVD rental company, and
the vast majority of people hadn't even heard of a smartphone.
Fast forward two and a half decades, and innovations in AI,
robotics and much else besides are emerging at an incredible
rate. So we decided to ask experts what the next 25 years could
bring. Here are their predictions for the technology we'll be
using by 2050 - and how it could reshape our lives.
Merging humans and machines
Science fiction set in the 2050s is full of examples of
humans using technological enhancements to feel fitter, happier
and more productive. In the 2000 hit game Deus Ex - set in 2052
- the player can inject themselves with tiny robots called
“nanites”. These microscopic robots manipulate matter on
atomic levels, giving superhuman abilities such as enhanced
speed and the ability to see in the dark. It sounds like something
from the distant future, but nanotechnology - engineering at a
scale of millionths of a millimetre - is already used in lots of
everyday real-life tech. In fact, it is powering the way you are
reading these very words right now - every smartphone or
computer is run by a central chip made up of billions of tiny
transistors - electrical components built on a nanoscale to speed
up data processing. Professor Steven Bramwell at the London
Centre for Nanotechnology told the BBC by 2050 we should
expect the lines between machines, electronics and biology to
be “significantly blurred”. That means we could see
nanotechnology implants by then - but more to “monitor your
health or aid communication” rather than to appear invisible, as
in Deus Ex. Medicine could also make common use of
machines at a nanometre scale to “deliver drugs to exactly
where they need to go”, said Professor Bramwell. Cybernetics
professor Kevin Warwick is equally interested in studying
augmentations, going one step further than most. In 1998 he
became the first human to have a microchip implanted into his
nervous system, earning him the title “Captain Cyborg”.
Professor Warwick believes by 2050, advancements in
cybernetics - the science studying the links between natural and
mechanical systems - could lead to trailblazing treatments for
diseases. He predicts the use of “deep brain electronic
stimulation” as a partial treatment for some conditions such as
schizophrenia, rather than medicine. He adds it is likely we'll
see more cybernetic enhancements of the kind he has already
trialled himself, so that “your brain and body can be in different
places”. And what if we wanted to test out how the latest
enhancement, or even new diet worked on our bodies, without
any risks of experiencing the side effects? Professor Roger
Highfield, Science Director of the Science Museum, believes
“digital twins” - virtual versions of a physical object, updated
using real time data - could become a regular feature in our
lives. He imagines a world where each of us could have
“thousands of simplified twins”, using them to explore how
“different medications or lifestyle changes affect your unique
biology”. In other words, we could preview our futures before
we live them.
The next generation of AI
Many technology firms, including Google and IBM, are
currently locked in a multi-billion dollar race to revolutionise
how we push fields like AI even further - in the form
of quantum computing. Quantum computers are machines
which can do very complex calculations at incredibly fast
speeds - for example, simulating molecular interactions to
design new drugs faster. In January 2025, Jensen Huang - boss
of the leading chip firm Nvidia - said he believed “very useful”
quantum computing would come in 20 years. AI itself will
undoubtedly continue to loom large in our society as we journey
towards the half century mark. Futurist and author Tracey
Follows, who helped write a White Paper on UK education in
2050, believes learning will take place across “virtual and
physical realities” using AI teachers which “adjust in real time”.
Rather than textbooks, she predicts children will use
“immersive simulations”. Meanwhile, education will be less
standardised, with each child's individual DNA or biometric
data studied to understand how they learn best.
Available on https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c865n800d5jo
Consider the sentence: “The last 25 years has seen
some mind-bending technological changes.” Which
verb tense is being used?
Ano: 2026
Banca:
SELECON
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Conquista D'Oeste - MT
Prova:
SELECON - 2026 - Prefeitura de Conquista D'Oeste - MT - Professor de Inglês |
Q4250989
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In Brazil, four in ten teenagers face school bullying
In Brazil, four out of ten students aged 13 to 17 say they have already been
victims of bullying, and 27.2 percent in this age group have suffered some
form of humiliation two or more times.
The data, released this week, are based on testimonies collected in 2024
in schools across Brazil by the Brazilian government’s statistics agency
IBGE as part of the National School Health Survey (PeNSE).
Compared to the previous survey, conducted in 2019, there was a 0.7
percentage point increase in the total number of students who reported
having suffered bullying. The proportion of students who experienced it at
least twice rose by more than 4 percentage points, Marco Andreazzi, the
research manager, emphasized.
“Bullying is already characterized as something persistent, intermittent…
And here we observe an upward trend, indicating that more students have
begun to experience repeated situations of violence,” Andreazzi said.
The researcher stressed that “the number of those who suffer bullying
remains practically the same; however, the persistence and intensity of the
episodes have increased.”
Appearance, race, gender
Bullied students told researchers that their facial features or hair were the
main targets of bullying, accounting for 30.2 percent of cases.
Next is body appearance, accounting for 24.7 percent, followed by bullying
related to color or race, reported by 10.6 percent.
“There is also a high percentage - 26.3 percent - of students who say the
bullying had no reason. That is, many of those who suffer do not know
why, and this is natural, since bullying occurs collectively and the victim
does not necessarily perceive a reason for it. On the contrary, they feel
completely wronged,” the research manager noted.
The research found that girls are the most affected - 43.3 percent have
experienced bullying, compared to 37.3 percent of boys.
Furthermore, 30.1 percent of female adolescent students reported feeling
humiliated by teasing from classmates two or more times. This proportion
is nearly 6 percentage points higher than among male students.
Profile of the aggressors
Data on those who commit bullying show an inverse pattern: 13.7 percent
of students reported having engaged in some form of violence - 16.5
percent of boys and 10.9 percent of girls.
IBGE also asked about the reasons for the aggression, and once again,
facial features, hair, body type, and skin color or race were the most
frequently cited.
However, some significant differences emerged in relation to victims’
reports. For example, 12.1 percent of perpetrators said they engaged in
bullying because of their classmates’ gender or sexual orientation, while
only 6.4 percent of victims identified this as a motive for the violence.
A similar pattern emerged regarding disability: while 7.6 percent of
perpetrators acknowledged engaging in bullying for this reason, only 2.6
percent of victims associated the attacks with this characteristic.
For researchers, this may indicate that many victims prefer to remain silent
about the circumstances for fear of being stigmatized.
TÂMARA FREIRE
Fonte: https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/educacao/noticia/2026-03/brazil-four-tenteenagers-face-school-bullying-27/5/2026/. Excerto. Acesso em: 10/06/2026.
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