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Q2357422 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. According to the text, Spanglish can be used when speakers change from English to Spanish completely in a conversation.
II. It can be inferred from the text that because there are more Hispanic speakers in the U.S now, Spanglish is also becoming more prominent.
III. It is said in the text that the political operatives are interested in the young Hispanic population only, since they want to meet the nation's changing demographics.
Choose the CORRECT answer:  
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Q2357421 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. The text is an example of a news article, as it contains factual information and it is written in third person.
II. In the opening paragraph, by introducing a real example of a Spanglish speaker, the author of the text probably attempted to support the relevance of the topic.
III. The sentence above the text: “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish” is a headline.
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Q2354798 Inglês

Concerning the text, judge the item.


The terms “However” (line 17) and “In addition” (lines 17 and 18) can be correctly replaced by Hence and Therefore, respectively

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Q2354796 Inglês

Concerning the text, judge the item.


The subject pronoun in the sentence “It is designed to run, climb stairs, and kick a soccer ball” (lines 6 and 7) refers to ASIMO.

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Q2353164 Inglês
Acerca das metodologias de ensino de Língua Inglesa, julgue as frases abaixo.

I. No Método Comunicativo, o foco está na repetição e na prática auditiva, sendo que o aprendizado é baseado em padrões e estruturas linguísticas.

II. No Método Direto, as aulas são ministradas totalmente em inglês e o objetivo é ensinar o idioma da mesma forma como se aprende a língua materna, sem tradução.

III. No Método Silent Way, o professor fala minimamente, encorajando os alunos a descobrirem as regras e estruturas por si mesmos.

Está(ão) correta(s) a(s) seguinte(s) proposição(ões). 
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Q2353163 Inglês
Which of the following sentences uses a phrasal verb correctly?
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Q2353162 Inglês
Consider the sentence below:

"After buying fresh bread and milk, I noticed the rubbish scattered on the soil, but amidst the clutter, I found a forgotten bag of soft cotton."

How many uncountable nouns do we find in the sentence?
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Q2353161 Inglês
Identify the type of sentence structure and the appropriate discourse markers in the following sentence:

"Although the weather was gloomy, Mary decided to go for a run, but she took her umbrella just in case."
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Q2353160 Inglês
Read the following excerpt:

"In the age of digital communication, the concept of privacy has undergone significant transformations. Social media platforms, once hailed as tools for connection, have become arenas where personal information is often willingly shared. This shift raises crucial questions about the boundaries between public and private spaces."

What is the main theme of the text?
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Q2353159 Inglês
Select the most appropriate modal verb considering the structure and idea of the sentence:

"The situation was dire, and success seemed improbable, but with determination and effort, they ____________ achieve their goals."
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Q2353158 Inglês

How many adjectives and adverbs are there in the sentence below?


“The cat gracefully leaped onto the tall fence.” 

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Q2353157 Inglês
Read the following dialogue:

Person 1: "Have you ever been to Paris?"
Person 2: "Well, I've been planning a trip there for years, but something always comes up."
Choose the correct option that best interprets the response of the second person.
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Q2353156 Inglês
Identify the correct preposition to complete the sentence:

"The detective was determined to find clues that would lead him _____ solving the mysterious case." 
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Q2353155 Inglês
Read the text below:

Europe’s tourism will most probably have to navigate the travel disruptions experienced last summer in terms of short-staffed airports and accommodation establishments, and soaring travel costs. Nevertheless, the EU has also demonstrated some economic resilience so far in 2023 with lower energy prices, encouraging employment rates, and gradually receding inflation1. However, risks to the tourism outlook remain and are notably stemming from stubbornly high core inflation and uncertainty around the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine. One in four reporting destinations surpassed pre-pandemic levels of foreign tourist arrivals, including value for money destinations such as Serbia (+27%), Bulgaria (+21%), Montenegro (+12%) and Türkiye (+9%)
Source (adapted): https://etc-corporate.org/reports/europeantourism-2023-trends-prospects-q2-2023/

Considering the information provided in the text, what factors contributed to the economic resilience of the European Union in 2023? 
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Q2353154 Inglês
Which sentence uses the causative form of "have" correctly? 
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Q2353153 Inglês
Choose the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence: "I have a friend _________ loves to travel."
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Q2352260 Inglês
        A lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing. It went horribly awry.
        A lawyer who relied on ChatGPT to prepare a court filing on behalf of a man suing an airline is now all too familiar with the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s shortcomings — including its propensity to invent facts.
        Roberto Mata sued Colombian airline Avianca last year, alleging that a metal food and beverage cart injured his knee on a flight to Kennedy International Airport in New York. When Avianca asked a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit based on the statute of limitations, his lawyer submitted a brief based on research done by ChatGPT.
         While ChatGPT can be useful to professionals in numerous industries, including the legal profession, it has proved itself to be both limited and unreliable. In this case, the AI invented court cases that didn’t exist, and asserted that they were real. The fabrications were revealed when Avianca’s lawyers approached the case’s judge, saying they couldn’t locate the cases cited in Mata’s lawyers’ brief in legal databases.
         “It seemed clear when we didn’t recognize any of the cases in their opposition brief that something was amiss,” said the airline’s lawyer. And soon they figured it was some sort of chatbot of some kind. On the other hand, the passenger’s lawyer said that it was the first time he’d used ChatGPT for work and, therefore, he was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false.

Internet:<www.cbsnews.com> (adapted).

Based on the preceding text, judge the item that follow.


The passenger who sued the airline company because of an incident that happened during his flight is Colombian. 

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Q2352257 Inglês
        Businesses are starting to introduce new options for tipping at self-checkout machines, putting even more pressure on customers amid rising inflation costs. Despite having zero interaction with employees during transactions, self-checkout machines at places such as coffee shops, bakeries, airports, and sports stadiums are giving customers the option to leave the typical 20% tip, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
         Business owners believe that the prompt for a tip can boost staff pay and increase gratuities — but customers are questioning where and to whom the extra cash is going, considering self-checkout is done by the customers themselves. “They’re cutting labor costs by doing self-checkout. So what’s the point of asking for a tip? And where is it going?” are some of the questions customers ask. But tipping researchers claim this is a way for companies to put the responsibility of paying employees on the customer rather than increasing employee salaries themselves. Self-tipping is viewed by many customers as a way to guilt-trip the person into tipping on something when they typically wouldn’t.
         Many companies told the Journal that these tipping prompts are optional, and the extra gratuity is split between all employees. However, experts say that tips at a self-checkout machine might never even get to an actual employee since protections for tipped workers in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act don’t extend to machines.

Internet: <https://nypost.com> (adapted).  

According to the previous text, judge the following item.


It can be inferred from the text that tipping reseachers and some customers suspect that the tips given through self-checkout machines will never reach the employees.

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Q2351137 Inglês

         A lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing. It went horribly awry.

       

 A lawyer who relied on ChatGPT to prepare a court filing on behalf of a man suing an airline is now all too familiar with the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s shortcomings — including its propensity to invent facts. 

      

  Roberto Mata sued Colombian airline Avianca last year, alleging that a metal food and beverage cart injured his knee on a flight to Kennedy International Airport in New York. When Avianca asked a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit based on the statute of limitations, his lawyer submitted a brief based on research done by ChatGPT.


        While ChatGPT can be useful to professionals in numerous industries, including the legal profession, it has proved itself to be both limited and unreliable. In this case, the AI invented court cases that didn’t exist, and asserted that they were real. The fabrications were revealed when Avianca’s lawyers approached the case’s judge, saying they couldn’t locate the cases cited in Mata’s lawyers’ brief in legal databases.


        “It seemed clear when we didn’t recognize any of the cases in their opposition brief that something was amiss,” said the airline’s lawyer. And soon they figured it was some sort of chatbot of some kind. On the other hand, the passenger’s lawyer said that it was the first time he’d used ChatGPT for work and, therefore, he was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false. 


Internet: <www.cbsnews.com> (adapted).

Based on the preceding text, judge the item that follow.  


It is correct to infer from the text that, due to the lawyer’s expertise, he had used ChatGPT for work before.

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Q2351136 Inglês

         A lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing. It went horribly awry.

       

 A lawyer who relied on ChatGPT to prepare a court filing on behalf of a man suing an airline is now all too familiar with the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s shortcomings — including its propensity to invent facts. 

      

  Roberto Mata sued Colombian airline Avianca last year, alleging that a metal food and beverage cart injured his knee on a flight to Kennedy International Airport in New York. When Avianca asked a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit based on the statute of limitations, his lawyer submitted a brief based on research done by ChatGPT.


        While ChatGPT can be useful to professionals in numerous industries, including the legal profession, it has proved itself to be both limited and unreliable. In this case, the AI invented court cases that didn’t exist, and asserted that they were real. The fabrications were revealed when Avianca’s lawyers approached the case’s judge, saying they couldn’t locate the cases cited in Mata’s lawyers’ brief in legal databases.


        “It seemed clear when we didn’t recognize any of the cases in their opposition brief that something was amiss,” said the airline’s lawyer. And soon they figured it was some sort of chatbot of some kind. On the other hand, the passenger’s lawyer said that it was the first time he’d used ChatGPT for work and, therefore, he was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false. 


Internet: <www.cbsnews.com> (adapted).

Based on the preceding text, judge the item that follow.  


The sentence “And soon they figured it was some sort of chatbot” can be correctly rephrased as And, before long, they realized it was some form of chatbot.

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Respostas
7681: D
7682: B
7683: E
7684: C
7685: C
7686: A
7687: B
7688: A
7689: A
7690: B
7691: C
7692: A
7693: C
7694: B
7695: E
7696: E
7697: E
7698: C
7699: E
7700: C