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Ano: 2022
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Panambi - RS
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2022 - Prefeitura de Panambi - RS - Professor Áreas I e II - Língua Inglesa |
Q4242891
Inglês
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Instruction: answer the question based on the following text.
The options below could replace the word elsewhere (l. 23) with no significative
changes in the meaning of the sentence, EXCEPT for:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
MSConcursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Santana de Parnaíba - SP
Prova:
MSConcursos - 2026 - Prefeitura de Santana de Parnaíba - SP - Professor PEB II - Inglês |
Q4242183
Inglês
Os false cognates, (false friends), constituem um dos principais desafios para aprendizes de Língua Inglesa, pois apresentam semelhança gráfica com palavras da Língua Portuguesa, mas possuem significados diferentes.
Considerando-se o contexto de cada sentença, assinale a alternativa em que a palavra sublinhada está, corretamente, interpretada.
Q4242009
Inglês
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SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The word “attendant” (line 12), in this case, is a noun.
Q4242008
Inglês
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SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The word “permissible” (line 9) is the same as
“allowable” or “permitted”.
Q4242007
Inglês
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SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
“Out of sync” (line 6) could be correctly replaced by
“equally” without changing the meaning.
Q4242006
Inglês
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SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The word “skip” (line 5) means the same as “struggle”.
Q4242004
Inglês
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Interest in George Orwell and his dystopian fiction is high. The Economist. August 4th 2023. https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/08/04/interest-in-george-orwelland-his-dystopian-fiction-is-high
Based on the text and considering phonological aspects of the English language, judge the following item.
“In the spotlight” (line 12) means that someone is
receiving a lot of attention.
Q4241989
Inglês
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JORDÁN, Miguel Ángel. Jane Austen never wed, but she knew how to play the marriage game. National Geographic. November 17th, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/janeausten-never-wed-but-she-knew-the-rules-of-the-marriage-game. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The adjective “insightful” (line 6) could be correctly
replaced by “exceptional” without changing the
meaning.
Q4241986
Inglês
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MONACO, Emily. Gladstone's: The UK's only residential library. BBC. 22nd October 2023. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231022- gladstones-the-uks-only-residential-library. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The fragment “bills itself” (line 11) means to require
some payment for something.
Q4241979
Inglês
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BALDWIN,James. The Creative Process. In: The Price ofthe Ticket – Collected Nonfiction 1948–1985.New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
“Taking some things for granted” (lines 13 and 14)
means to fully understand something.
Q4241977
Inglês
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BALDWIN,James. The Creative Process. In: The Price ofthe Ticket – Collected Nonfiction 1948–1985.New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. [adapted]
Based on the text, judge the following item.
The opposite of the adjective “rigorous” (line 3) is
“lenient”.
Ano: 2026
Banca:
Instituto Legalle
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Fagundes Varela - RS
Prova:
Instituto Legalle - 2026 - Prefeitura de Fagundes Varela - RS - Professor de Língua Estrangeira |
Q4241029
Inglês
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Sex Pollution
Sex pollution is a concept found in cultural
anthropology
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specifically in the work of lrzlary Douglas.
In her book Purity and Danger, she examined
some of the different ways modern and more primitive
peoples determine what is clean and unclean.
Douglas explain ed that "dirt is essentially
disorder." When we clean something, we are "positively reordering our environment, making it conform to an idea."
When something or someone is determined to be
dirty, it has been contaminated by a thing from a different
category. Until it is cleaned or purified, it is partially out of
order.
In Douglas's words, "rituals of purity and impurity
create unity in experience." What is out of order becomes alien, dissonant, and suspect, making everyone else
uncomfortable.
Sexual pollution occurs when the sexes interact in
a way that blurs or ofÍends boundaries between males and
females, arrd disorder is created between the sexes.
In the case of men, it is usually believed that sexual
pollution weakens virility and diminishes their masculine
power.
Some readers may be familiar with the primitive
practice of constructing "menstrual huts" that separate
menstruating women from men. Tribes that engaged in
this practice viewed menstruating women as impure or
tainted in some way, and believed that their feminine
impurity could infect or pollute the masculine energy of
the tribe's men
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ultimately weakening them and making
the tribe as a whole more vulnerable.
Menstrual huts are a simple example of a practice
dealing with the concept of sex pollution. There are a wide
variety of other ways that cultures have sought to contain
female energy to maintain an ordered separation of male
and female sexual identity.
Symbolically speaking, masculine identity always
represents the creation of distance and separation from
the feminine, the safety oÍ the nurturing mother, and a
protected womb-like existence. Virility is established and
maintained by venturing away from the world of women
and out into the wild, dangerous world of the men who
contend with danger and uncertainty at the edge of the
cultural perimeter and beyond. Establishing a masculine
identity always means establishing that men are not
women through the creation or revelation of contrast
between the sexes.
Fonte: https://www jack-donovan.com/sowilo /2024 /07 /06/beyond -theman-cave-sex-pollution and-the-retreat of-men-from-the-arts/
Mary Douglas's work explores the
boundaries between categories. With this in mind, match
the columns by associating the grammatical and lexical
units as they are structured in the text's arguments:
Column 1:
(1) Essential.
(2) Unity in.
(3) Rituals of
Column 2:
( ) experience
( ) disorder.
( ) impurity.
Which alternative CORRECTLY fills in the parentheses above, from top to bottom?
Column 1:
(1) Essential.
(2) Unity in.
(3) Rituals of
Column 2:
( ) experience
( ) disorder.
( ) impurity.
Which alternative CORRECTLY fills in the parentheses above, from top to bottom?
Ano: 2022
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2022 - Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Edital nº 2 |
Q4240826
Inglês
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WEIGH HEY I'm a dietitian - here's 4 physical signs
you need to eat MORE carbs
(1º§) Many trendy weight loss diets encourage cutting out
carbs, claiming it's the secret to dropping pounds. Both
the keto and Atkins diet say to instead focus ___ eating
protein and fats.
(2º§) As the body has less carbs to use for energy, it
burns body fat instead. But a dietician would say this is
the wrong way to approach healthy eating, and
potentially dangerous.
(3º§) The body turns to stored fat when there is a lack of
carbohydrate, but it also eats away at protein tissue such
as in the heart or muscle, The Britician Association of UK
Dieticians says.
(4º§) Each food group - carbs, proteins and fats - is
important for physical health. Carbs provide fibre to keep
bowels moving and prevent disease. They fuel the brain
and body. Without carbs, you may get a headache,
constipation, bad breath or nausea. Starchy foods, the
main source of carbs, should make up a third ___ your
daily diet, the NHS says.
(5º§) The BDA says: "We get energy from carbohydrates,
protein, fat and alcohol in our diet. "Any extra
(unneeded) energy we take in will be converted to fat no
matter what the source. "Sometimes people think
starchy foods are fattening however, the same amount
(in weight) of carbohydrate contains less than half the
calories of fat. "Studies have also shown carbohydrates
are better at satisfying our hunger."
(6º§) Nichola Ludlam-Raine, a registered dietitian, told
Insider there is "no good reason to remove carbs from
your diet". She said: "Low-carb diets have been popular
for a number of years, even decades now, but reducing
your carbohydrate intake can come with a cost."
(7º§) Here are four signs you need to up your carb intake:
Carbs are the body's main source of fuel, so if you
reduce your carb intake significantly, you'll likely notice a
depletion of your energy levels, too, Ludlam-Raine said.
"Our body can use other sources of fuel (such as fat),
although carbohydrates are able to provide a more rapid
source of energy to enable us to function optimally, both
cognitively and physically," she said.
(8º§) The primary source of energy in the brain is
glucose, which comes from eating delicious carbs. It can
rely on other stores, such as ketones. On the keto diet,
the body turns fat into ketones in the liver, which can
supply the brain. But this isn't a sustainable source of
brain power, said Ludlam-Raine. Symptoms of brain fog
can include moodiness, irritability and difficulty
concentrating.
(9º§) Ludlam-Raine said: "Consuming carbs alongside
protein helps to support the production of tryptophan,
which is then converted into serotonin, also known as the happy hormone." Ludlam-Raine said the body stores
carbohydrates as glycogen ___ the liver and muscles.
Glycogen is the main source of energy when you do
exercise, and when it's depleted, you feel fatigued. It's no
wonder that on a low carb diet, you can feel too tired to
go to the gym - which isn't beneficial for overall health.
(10º§) Mikle Molloy, a sports-nutrition coach, said in a
worst case scenario of "exercise flu" you'll feel out of it,
with a headache and muscle aches, and just want to lie
on the ground. Carbs aren't just needed pre-workout, but
post-workout too.
(11º§) Once the glycogen stores hit rock bottom, they
need replenishing, Ludlam-Raine said. "It's
recommended to consume carbohydrates alongside
protein to support recovery and enable you to feel at your
best before your next workout," she said.
(12º§) Feeling achy, sluggish or low in energy when you
go to the gym may signal poor recovery. Some carbs are
healthier options than others. Potato is best when baked,
mashed or boiled as opposed to fried.
(13º§) We all know brown bread is better for us than
white - but do you know why? Wholegrain, wholemeal
and brown breads are more fibrous and contain B
vitamins, vitamin E, fibre and a wide range of minerals.
(14º§) The same goes for pasta - try and eat wholewheat
or whole grain options. Grains, such as couscous,
oatmeal, brown rice and barley, are also important
sources of starchy carbohydrates. Fruit and vegetables
also contain carbohydrates. Ludlam-Raine recommended
getting your carbs mostly from whole grains (such as
brown bread and pasta), fruits, and vegetables.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/news-health/19109904/physical-signs-you-needeat-more-carbs/
Considering the context of the sentence, choose the
alternative that does have a synonym to the word "intake"
(6º§).
Ano: 2026
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Água Doce - SC
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2026 - Prefeitura de Água Doce - SC - Professor, com atuação de 6ª a 9ª séries do Ensino Fundamental Português/Inglês - Edital nº 3 PSS |
Q4237501
Inglês
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Deaths in France surged 30% during hottest week of record June heatwave
By Jon Henley
(Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/03/deaths-france-surged-hottest-week-recordheatwave-june – text specially adapted for this test).
Mark the alternative in which the verb “hit” is used with the same meaning as in the
sentence “the record-breaking heatwave that hit much of Europe last month […]” (l. 02).
Ano: 2026
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2026 - Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC - Professor (Língua Inglesa) |
Q4229159
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Peru's Nazca lines were paths for prehistoric culture:
Japanese researchers
Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru's
Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now,
a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new
theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served
as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures
of animals and plants straddle an area of 1,000 square
kilometers of the immense Ica desert in southern Peru.
They were created during the Nazca culture, a
pre-Columbian archaeological culture that flourished
between the 1st and 7th centuries BC. A research team
led by Masato Sakai, of the University of Yamagata in
western Japan, has discovered, with the help of local
archaeologists, aerial images and drones, over 350 new
etchings since 2004. Sakai says there are two types of
geoglyphs, linear motifs that were created by removing
the upper black stones to reveal the white earth
underneath and raised lines that give the pictorial
representations depth and that archeologists call relief
lines. «The linear ones exist at the beginning and end of
straight paths and can be used to travel from one valley
to another (...) while the relief ones are on the sides of
paths that are not straight and are usually etched on a
slope,» the expert says. The meaning of the lines has
long been up for debate. Some say they represented an
astronomical calendar, others considered they were
religious figures and some have even suggested that
they serve as landing pads for UFOs. «I'm interested in
letters,» Sakai says. «Everyone uses alphabets, but in
Andean civilization, they didn't have that way of
communicating, so I wanted to discover how they did
(communicate).»
The researcher is convinced that the Nazca lines were
used as a means of prehistoric communication
Despite their antiquity, the geoglyphs were not
discovered until 1930 because these could only be
appreciated with an aerial view or from some of the site's
surrounding hills. The team of Japanese researchers
started the project using satellite and aerial photos, and
more recently using drones, and have now identified
hundreds of figures, including a spider, a monkey, a
hummingbird, a condor, a pelican, a gull, a snail, a whale,
a snake and a llama. The team struck a deal with tech
giant IBM in 2019 and have tapped into state-of-the-art
artificial intelligence (AI) that could help reveal the
location of more figures and help with deciphering their
meaning. «It is always a hypothesis, but we hope that
with AI we can check whether theories are correct or
suggest better ones that coincide with the new data,» the
expert adds. Finding all the figures, which according to
the expert could be in the thousands, is key to their
conservation from both the weather and mining and
agriculture which is prevalent in the region. «For the
people of Nazca, the geoglyphs are a source of pride because the city is not very big, but many people come to
see the figures. When we find new ones, we share the
information with the local people because we know that
they will respect and defend them, because it is the work
of their ancestors» Sakai says. EFE
https://efe.com/other-news/2023-01-16/nazca-lines/
Read the excerpt below:
"The lines forged into myriad figures of animals and plants straddle an area of 1,000 square kilometers of the immense Ica desert in southern Peru."
In this context, the verb "straddle" indicates that the figures:
"The lines forged into myriad figures of animals and plants straddle an area of 1,000 square kilometers of the immense Ica desert in southern Peru."
In this context, the verb "straddle" indicates that the figures:
Ano: 2026
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2026 - Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste - SC - Professor (Língua Inglesa) |
Q4229152
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Peru's Nazca lines were paths for prehistoric culture:
Japanese researchers
Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru's
Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now,
a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new
theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served
as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures
of animals and plants straddle an area of 1,000 square
kilometers of the immense Ica desert in southern Peru.
They were created during the Nazca culture, a
pre-Columbian archaeological culture that flourished
between the 1st and 7th centuries BC. A research team
led by Masato Sakai, of the University of Yamagata in
western Japan, has discovered, with the help of local
archaeologists, aerial images and drones, over 350 new
etchings since 2004. Sakai says there are two types of
geoglyphs, linear motifs that were created by removing
the upper black stones to reveal the white earth
underneath and raised lines that give the pictorial
representations depth and that archeologists call relief
lines. «The linear ones exist at the beginning and end of
straight paths and can be used to travel from one valley
to another (...) while the relief ones are on the sides of
paths that are not straight and are usually etched on a
slope,» the expert says. The meaning of the lines has
long been up for debate. Some say they represented an
astronomical calendar, others considered they were
religious figures and some have even suggested that
they serve as landing pads for UFOs. «I'm interested in
letters,» Sakai says. «Everyone uses alphabets, but in
Andean civilization, they didn't have that way of
communicating, so I wanted to discover how they did
(communicate).»
The researcher is convinced that the Nazca lines were
used as a means of prehistoric communication
Despite their antiquity, the geoglyphs were not
discovered until 1930 because these could only be
appreciated with an aerial view or from some of the site's
surrounding hills. The team of Japanese researchers
started the project using satellite and aerial photos, and
more recently using drones, and have now identified
hundreds of figures, including a spider, a monkey, a
hummingbird, a condor, a pelican, a gull, a snail, a whale,
a snake and a llama. The team struck a deal with tech
giant IBM in 2019 and have tapped into state-of-the-art
artificial intelligence (AI) that could help reveal the
location of more figures and help with deciphering their
meaning. «It is always a hypothesis, but we hope that
with AI we can check whether theories are correct or
suggest better ones that coincide with the new data,» the
expert adds. Finding all the figures, which according to
the expert could be in the thousands, is key to their
conservation from both the weather and mining and
agriculture which is prevalent in the region. «For the
people of Nazca, the geoglyphs are a source of pride because the city is not very big, but many people come to
see the figures. When we find new ones, we share the
information with the local people because we know that
they will respect and defend them, because it is the work
of their ancestors» Sakai says. EFE
https://efe.com/other-news/2023-01-16/nazca-lines/
Read the sentence below:
"The team struck a deal with tech giant IBM in 2019 and have tapped into state-of-the-art artificial intelligence that could help reveal the location of more figures."
In the sentence, the expressions "struck a deal" and "tapped into" indicate, respectively:
"The team struck a deal with tech giant IBM in 2019 and have tapped into state-of-the-art artificial intelligence that could help reveal the location of more figures."
In the sentence, the expressions "struck a deal" and "tapped into" indicate, respectively:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q4228263
Inglês
Texto associado
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us
Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University
of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that
superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016
study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious
and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more
likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry
that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will
make it more likely to happen.
“Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because
the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more
clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease
of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
_____________, Risen's research also suggests that
performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising
results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use
them even when they don't actively believe, and when
tested, both types of people reported benefits from such
acts.
It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of
a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former
_____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New
London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of
Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs
surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the
apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the
______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as
hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced
a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already
nervous day," Vyse explained.
(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
In “This large house is for sale”, the underlined word can
be substituted without loss of meaning by:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q4228258
Inglês
Texto associado
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us
Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University
of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that
superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016
study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious
and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more
likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry
that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will
make it more likely to happen.
“Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because
the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more
clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease
of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
_____________, Risen's research also suggests that
performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising
results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use
them even when they don't actively believe, and when
tested, both types of people reported benefits from such
acts.
It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of
a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former
_____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New
London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of
Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs
surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the
apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the
______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as
hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced
a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already
nervous day," Vyse explained.
(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
Check the alternative that CORRECTLY fills the gaps in
the text:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Nonoai - RS - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q4228257
Inglês
Texto associado
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us
Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University
of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that
superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016
study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious
and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more
likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry
that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will
make it more likely to happen.
“Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because
the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more
clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease
of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
_____________, Risen's research also suggests that
performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising
results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use
them even when they don't actively believe, and when
tested, both types of people reported benefits from such
acts.
It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of
a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former
_____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New
London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of
Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs
surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the
apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the
______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as
hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced
a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already
nervous day," Vyse explained.
(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
In “They worry that stating they definitely won't get into
a car accident will make it more likely to happen”, the
underlined word can be substituted without loss of meaning
by:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Peruíbe - SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2023 - Prefeitura de Peruíbe - SP - Professor de Educação Básica II (Língua Estrangeira Moderna - Inglês) |
Q4227863
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto para responder à questão.
Canada: Educating in and for climate emergency
Climate change is the most urgent crisis facing our planet today. Youth have repeatedly called for action on tackling this crisis, including the implementation of climate change curricula in schools.
Canadian students are among those demanding improvement to the sparse and inconsistent delivery of climate change education. A study published in 2019 found that only about half of Canada’s ministries of education and about 60 per cent of school divisions in the country had sustainabilityspecific policy, with this understood to include governance, curriculum, facilities, research, and community outreach. When climate change topics are taught, key concepts are often missing such as the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change, or a focus on impacts or solutions.
A recent countrywide survey of 4,035 respondents across the country highlighted the consequences of inadequate climate change education in schools. One-third of Canadians failed a 10-question knowledge quiz. Only around half knew greenhouse gases were the main cause of climate change. Few responded correctly that the average temperature has already increased by more than one degree Celsius. Despite their gaps in knowledge, the majority of survey respondents agreed that we are experiencing a climate emergency and that climate change education should be a high priority.
Ten percent of survey respondents were educators (406 people), and among this group, half said a lack of time is a barrier when attempting to include climate change education within the classroom. In fact, respected international organizations have noted that implementing climate change education in schools cannot continue to fall on the shoulders of overburdened teachers.
The traditional way of teaching doesn’t work for complex topics like climate change. Teachers need to shift towards student-directed inquiry and active, real-world learning. It’s not enough to simply quote scientific facts, as a focus on “doom and gloom” can intensify eco-anxiety. Best practices for climate change education include the opportunity to take personal and collective action.
(Karen S. Acton. http://theconversation.com, 07.03.2023. Adaptado)
In the fragment of the last paragraph “Teachers need
to shift towards student-directed inquiry and active,
real-world learning”, the word “shift” means
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