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Q4096483 Inglês
In the comic strip, Calvin misunderstands the meaning of "fire drill." What is the humorous effect of his interpretation?


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In the comic strip, Calvin misunderstands the meaning of "fire drill." What is the humorous effect of his interpretation?
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Q4096482 Inglês
Read the text to answer question. 


All my life I have loved music, every note, and every rhythm. I have found that music can lift my spirits when they sink, can help me to look at the brighter side of a situation when all I see is darkness, and can find beauty in the simplest of things.

When I was 10 years old, I took up the saxophone and loved every minute of it. I played when I felt inspired, discouraged, isolated, joyful, and when I just needed to think. At that age, I sounded like little more than a swing that needs to be oiled, without much style or creativity other than a few loud blasts every now and then. Which explains how I was as a little kid; out going, independent, and very loud.

As I went through my first year of middle school, I would still play for the same reasons, but with a different style. Sometimes I would play very loud, and others quite soft. There were times that I played with great passion, and sometimes I just couldn’t seem to find the right notes. Music was my one way to say what I was thinking and feeling when I couldn’t find the words. When I had a message, music would deliver it.

I like to think that I have learned every life lesson from a music book. I have found that sometimes I need to slow down my pace, even if the person next to me is going faster. I have found that sometimes life will throw me notes that I have never seen before, and it isn’t whether or not I know them that defines the type of player I am, it is my willingness to learn them. Life will give me measures that I cannot handle, that I don’t know how to handle, but I can always find a way to work through them.



Frazier, N. (2009). Music Is Life. Retrieved from https://thisibelieve.org/essay/88653
The idea behind “sometimes I need to slow down my pace, even if the person next to me is going faster” is that:
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Q4096481 Inglês
Read the text to answer question. 


All my life I have loved music, every note, and every rhythm. I have found that music can lift my spirits when they sink, can help me to look at the brighter side of a situation when all I see is darkness, and can find beauty in the simplest of things.

When I was 10 years old, I took up the saxophone and loved every minute of it. I played when I felt inspired, discouraged, isolated, joyful, and when I just needed to think. At that age, I sounded like little more than a swing that needs to be oiled, without much style or creativity other than a few loud blasts every now and then. Which explains how I was as a little kid; out going, independent, and very loud.

As I went through my first year of middle school, I would still play for the same reasons, but with a different style. Sometimes I would play very loud, and others quite soft. There were times that I played with great passion, and sometimes I just couldn’t seem to find the right notes. Music was my one way to say what I was thinking and feeling when I couldn’t find the words. When I had a message, music would deliver it.

I like to think that I have learned every life lesson from a music book. I have found that sometimes I need to slow down my pace, even if the person next to me is going faster. I have found that sometimes life will throw me notes that I have never seen before, and it isn’t whether or not I know them that defines the type of player I am, it is my willingness to learn them. Life will give me measures that I cannot handle, that I don’t know how to handle, but I can always find a way to work through them.



Frazier, N. (2009). Music Is Life. Retrieved from https://thisibelieve.org/essay/88653
The expression “look at the brighter side of a situation” is closest in meaning to:
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Q4096480 Inglês
Read the text to answer question. 


All my life I have loved music, every note, and every rhythm. I have found that music can lift my spirits when they sink, can help me to look at the brighter side of a situation when all I see is darkness, and can find beauty in the simplest of things.

When I was 10 years old, I took up the saxophone and loved every minute of it. I played when I felt inspired, discouraged, isolated, joyful, and when I just needed to think. At that age, I sounded like little more than a swing that needs to be oiled, without much style or creativity other than a few loud blasts every now and then. Which explains how I was as a little kid; out going, independent, and very loud.

As I went through my first year of middle school, I would still play for the same reasons, but with a different style. Sometimes I would play very loud, and others quite soft. There were times that I played with great passion, and sometimes I just couldn’t seem to find the right notes. Music was my one way to say what I was thinking and feeling when I couldn’t find the words. When I had a message, music would deliver it.

I like to think that I have learned every life lesson from a music book. I have found that sometimes I need to slow down my pace, even if the person next to me is going faster. I have found that sometimes life will throw me notes that I have never seen before, and it isn’t whether or not I know them that defines the type of player I am, it is my willingness to learn them. Life will give me measures that I cannot handle, that I don’t know how to handle, but I can always find a way to work through them.



Frazier, N. (2009). Music Is Life. Retrieved from https://thisibelieve.org/essay/88653
When the author says “Life will throw me notes that I have never seen before”, the metaphor suggests that:
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Q4096479 Inglês
Read the text to answer question. 


All my life I have loved music, every note, and every rhythm. I have found that music can lift my spirits when they sink, can help me to look at the brighter side of a situation when all I see is darkness, and can find beauty in the simplest of things.

When I was 10 years old, I took up the saxophone and loved every minute of it. I played when I felt inspired, discouraged, isolated, joyful, and when I just needed to think. At that age, I sounded like little more than a swing that needs to be oiled, without much style or creativity other than a few loud blasts every now and then. Which explains how I was as a little kid; out going, independent, and very loud.

As I went through my first year of middle school, I would still play for the same reasons, but with a different style. Sometimes I would play very loud, and others quite soft. There were times that I played with great passion, and sometimes I just couldn’t seem to find the right notes. Music was my one way to say what I was thinking and feeling when I couldn’t find the words. When I had a message, music would deliver it.

I like to think that I have learned every life lesson from a music book. I have found that sometimes I need to slow down my pace, even if the person next to me is going faster. I have found that sometimes life will throw me notes that I have never seen before, and it isn’t whether or not I know them that defines the type of player I am, it is my willingness to learn them. Life will give me measures that I cannot handle, that I don’t know how to handle, but I can always find a way to work through them.



Frazier, N. (2009). Music Is Life. Retrieved from https://thisibelieve.org/essay/88653
According to the text, mark the incorrect statement:
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Q4094086 Inglês
Consider the situation below:
“A: video? some doc – documentary about Climate Change hm hm hm yeah and . . . it B: yes and . . . and you know if you have a Climate Change policy in the future you, you might not A: it’s an immoral yes immoral because er Climate Change means anyway they restrict economic rights B: no no no, I mean – er you mean that Climate Change is immoral and we shouldn’t restrict A: which one is first? . . . the Climate Change eh yes? . . . what do you think, B: the reason that I er I’m against the Climate Change policy . . . when I was at school mh I A: very hard for the government. If er the Climate Change policy is not permitted and they will B: Climate Change? eh yes? . . . what do you think, Climate Change is an immoral act or not? hmm,”
The provided text analyzes a conversation in which the controversial concept of “Climate Change” functions as a keyword and is notably often preceded by the definite article ('the Climate Change'). This signals that speakers are often referring to the concept in general terms, which can heighten its sensitive, abstract, and politicized nature.
In your role as a Technical Specialist in Educational Affairs, advising a research team preparing a publication on an equally controversial, general concept (e.g., 'sustainable development equity' or 'global carbon tax') for an international journal, which directive best integrates Communicative Competence in ELF with the principles of Interculturality when addressing such “keywords”? Adapted from: DEWEY, Martin. English as a lingua franca and globalization: an interconnected perspective. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 17, n. 3, 2007, p. 340.
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Q4094085 Inglês
Take this statement into consideration:
“This is the typical situation nowadays in all multilingual societies where groups are expected to acquire two powerful languages with no recognition of the existing proficiency in the languages which they already possess. The focus on language rather than on content, on the how rather than on the what as condition for participation, lead to serious injustices, especially as content can be delivered in any language with appropriate infrastructure such as translations or multilingual instruction.”
Which linguistic and curricular policy action should be prioritized to go against the injustice caused by the excessive focus on form/language, ensuring that content remains accessible to all?
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Q4094084 Inglês
There is a global conceptual shift: learning English is no longer perceived as an “elegant achievement and symbol of social status,” but is understood as a constitutive part of basic education alongside mother tongue literacy and mathematical skills.
Considering this shift, what policy change is most crucial for developing communicative competence within the framework of higher education internationalization?
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Q4094079 Inglês
The institutional internationalization strategy (aligned with Brazilian governmental goals) requires a “meaningful review of internal procedures” to facilitate interaction with foreign partners and mandates the development of a supporting “foreign language policy.”
In your role of supervising the internationalization projects, which combination of the following actions represents the most complete and effective design for meeting the requirements of a meaningful procedural review of internal procedures and increasing the university's feasibility for foreign interaction?
I. Reviewing and ensuring key administrative forms (e.g., student registration, research clearance) and the official institutional website are available in a basic bilingual format (Portuguese/English), thereby implementing a basic component of the language policy.
II. Establishing a formal policy and training program to ensure frontline administrative staff can provide basic bilingual (Portuguese/English) reception and guidance for international researchers and visitors.
III. Creating a dedicated internal committee to periodically analyze the time taken for internal approval processes (e.g., partnership agreements, ethical review) and propose streamlined, international-friendly timelines and procedures.
IV. Limiting all new institutional research collaboration to countries that share the Portuguese language, avoiding the complexity of adapting internal language policy and administrative procedures.
V. Developing highly technical English-only documentation for all internal processes, assuming all international partners are proficient in the language of globalization. 
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Q4094078 Inglês
During a postgraduate seminar focused on sustainable development, taught by a visiting European professor, a conflict arises: the professor insists that a major Brazilian research paper on local agroecology practices is 'not rigorous enough' because it relies heavily on local, community-based knowledge systems (traditional knowledge) rather than exclusively on Western, quantitative methodologies, which are prioritized in the Global North literature used in the course. Brazilian students feel their local epistemic tradition is being dismissed.
Which intervention strategy best aligns with Critical and Decolonial Perspectives to resolve the conflict and promote Epistemic Justice in the classroom?
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Q4094077 Inglês
A graduate research project involving the university you work for and a key German partner (whose researchers are non-native English speakers) has stalled due to a series of misinterpreted emails. The German partner found the Brazilian emails too direct and 'unprofessional' (low-context communication style), while the Brazilian team viewed the German responses as 'excessively formal and slow.'
In this case, which strategic action best demonstrates the application of Communicative Competence in an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and Interculturality context to resolve the impasse and provide capacity building to the Brazilian team?
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Q4094075 Inglês
The University’s Administration prioritizes Internationalization at Home (IaH), dedicating its budget to the explicit goal of benefiting the majority of students and ensuring a global dimension for all, especially those unable to afford travel.
Which of the following actions, proposed by the Office of International Relations, COMPROMISES the core mission of inclusivity and mass access central to IaH? 
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Q4094074 Inglês
Read the text below, which discusses the linguistic complexity in Brazil and the status of English:
“[…] Brazil faces many challenges to learn foreign languages, be them the language of their parents (heritage languages such as Guarani and other indigenous languages or immigrant languages such as Italian, German, Japanese and Pomeranian, to cite but a few), the language of their neighbors (Spanish), the international language (English) or even appropriations of English such as Brazilian English, whatever that may be. Jenkins proposes the view of English as a multilingual franca as referring to its use in multilingual contexts where most people share the same lingua franca, and in that sense, Finardi proposes that English has the status of an international language, rather than a multilingua franca in Brazil. In a country with more than 200 languages spoken by minorities, the development of multilingualism and the view of English as a multilingua franca in Brazil represent a huge challenge for educational policies and pockets […].”
Considering the theoretical role of ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) and the context described, which statement best describes the essential function that ELF must fulfill to mitigate the national risk of linguistic isolation and strategically facilitate global engagement?
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Q4094071 Inglês
Read the text below:
“With the promulgation of the bill 746/2016, converted into law in 2017, that reforms education in Brazil, English was made the only mandatory foreign language in schools, thus threatening the teaching/learning of other foreign languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian. […] Yet, the educational reforms and internationalization agendas are far from reaching consensus among linguists and higher education stakeholders when it comes to the use, teaching and learning of languages for internationalization purposes.”
Considering the need for a critical and sustainable internationalization agenda, which of the following is the most critical implication of making English the sole mandatory foreign language? 
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Q4092465 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“This one is the second _____ bank in Brazil.”
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Q4092464 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“He told me that I wasn’t _____ for this role.”
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Q4092463 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“I didn’t have _____ to read my e-mails.”
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Q4092462 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“I was thinking _____ this movie. Shall we?”
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Q4092461 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“I work _____ a teacher. I’ve been teaching at this school for over 6 years.”
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Q4092460 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“I want to teach at _____ school.”
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Respostas
2041: A
2042: E
2043: E
2044: B
2045: A
2046: A
2047: E
2048: D
2049: E
2050: B
2051: B
2052: C
2053: A
2054: D
2055: A
2056: D
2057: B
2058: A
2059: C
2060: B