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Q3857878 Inglês
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle. A Scandal in Bohemia (Part II)


“Wedlock suits you,” he remarked. “I think, Watson, that you have put on seven and a half pounds since I saw you.” “Seven!” I answered.

“Indeed, I should have thought a little more. Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson. And in practice again, I observe. You did not tell me that you intended to go into harness.”

“Then, how do you know?”

“I see it, I deduce it. How do I know that you have been getting yourself very wet lately, and that you have a most clumsy and careless servant girl?”

“My dear Holmes,” said I, “this is too much. You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago. It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it. As to Mary Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice, but there, again, I fail to see how you work it out.”

He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together.

“It is simplicity itself,” said he; “my eyes tell me that on the inside of your left shoe, just where the firelight strikes it, the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts. Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it. Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey. As to your practice, if a gentleman walks into my rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black mark of nitrate of silver upon his right forefinger, and a bulge on the right side of his top hat to show where he has secreted his stethoscope, I must be dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce him to be an active member of the medical profession.

From: https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/advs.pdf. Accessed on 12/15/2025.
“Just a trifle more” can be replaced by: 
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Q3857872 Inglês
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle. A Scandal in Bohemia (Part I)


    I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted us away from each other. My own complete happiness, and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to absorb all my attention, while Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, Blank I in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature. He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his immense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation in following out those clues, and clearing up those mysteries which had been abandoned as hopeless by the official police. From time to time I Blank II some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland. Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little of my former friend and companion.

One night – it was on the twentieth of March, 1888 – I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. As I Blank III the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers. His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind. He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him. To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their own story. He was at work again. He had risen out of his drug-created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some new problem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which had formerly been in part my own.

His manner was not effusive. It seldom was; but he was glad, I think, to see me. With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner. Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.

From: https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/advs.pdf. Accessed on 12/15/2025.
The best synonym for “keen” is:
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Q3850673 Inglês
Diferentes métodos de ensino marcaram a história da glotodidática. O 'Task-Based Learning' (TBL (Task-Based Learning) - Aprendizagem Baseada em Tarefas) é uma abordagem contemporânea relevante. Analise as assertivas sobre o ciclo do TBL.
I.A etapa de 'Pre-task' serve para introduzir o tópico e preparar os alunos com vocabulário essencial, sem necessariamente ensinar a gramática explicitamente neste momento.
II.Durante a etapa de 'Task Cycle' (Ciclo da Tarefa), os alunos realizam a tarefa comunicativa em pares ou grupos, com foco na fluência e no significado, enquanto o professor monitora.
III.A etapa final, 'Language Focus' (Foco na Linguagem), é o momento de analisar e praticar aspectos linguísticos específicos que surgiram durante a execução da tarefa.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta somente as proposições CORRETAS:
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Q3850666 Inglês
A polissemia é uma característica marcante da língua inglesa, onde uma única palavra pode assumir múltiplos significados dependendo do contexto. Analise o uso da palavra 'DATE' nas sentenças a seguir.
I.'They went on a romantic date last night.' (Contexto socialrelacionamento)
II.'Please, write the date of birth on the form.' (Contexto de registro temporal)
III.'I love eating date cake; it is very sweet.' (Contexto botânicoculinário - fruto da tamareira)
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta somente as proposições onde a palavra está utilizada e interpretada CORRETAMENTE quanto à sua polissemia: 
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Q3849872 Inglês
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Watterson, B. (2025, November 3). Calvin and Hobbes. Retrieved from https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/11/03

With regard to the expression “half an hour,” how many minutes does this duration represent? 
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Q3849866 Inglês
Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence, both in meaning and in grammar.
The movie was really __________. I didn’t expect it to be so good! 
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Q3849862 Inglês

Read the text to answer questions. 


Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says


Even modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.


People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of a healthy routine, but scientists found 3,000 steps or more appeared to delay the brain changes and cognitive decline that Alzheimer’s patients experience.


Results from the 14-year-long study showed cognitive decline was delayed by an average of three years in people who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps a day, and by seven years in those who managed 5,000 to 7,000 steps daily.


“We’re encouraging older people who are at risk of Alzheimer’s to consider making small changes to their activity levels, to build sustained habits that protect or benefit their brain and cognitive health,” said Dr Wai-Ying Yau, the first author on the study at Mass General Brigham hospital in Boston. Dementia affects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, with Alzheimer’s disease the most common cause.


Yau, W.-Y. W. et al. “Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says.” The Guardian, 3 Nov 2025.

The verb ‘encouraging’ in “We’re encouraging older people to make small changes,” can be replaced, without changing meaning, by: (A) promising. 
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Q3849860 Inglês

Read the text to answer questions. 


Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says


Even modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.


People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of a healthy routine, but scientists found 3,000 steps or more appeared to delay the brain changes and cognitive decline that Alzheimer’s patients experience.


Results from the 14-year-long study showed cognitive decline was delayed by an average of three years in people who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps a day, and by seven years in those who managed 5,000 to 7,000 steps daily.


“We’re encouraging older people who are at risk of Alzheimer’s to consider making small changes to their activity levels, to build sustained habits that protect or benefit their brain and cognitive health,” said Dr Wai-Ying Yau, the first author on the study at Mass General Brigham hospital in Boston. Dementia affects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, with Alzheimer’s disease the most common cause.


Yau, W.-Y. W. et al. “Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says.” The Guardian, 3 Nov 2025.

The word “modest” in “modest amounts of daily exercise” is closest in meaning to:
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Q3847892 Inglês
Lexical development in English involves understanding nuances such as "Collocations" and "Polysemy". Analise as afirmativas abaixo e assinale a alternativa CORRETA sobre esses fenômenos linguísticos.
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Q3846039 Inglês
READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION


Social Dimensions of Climate Change


Extreme weather events are deeply intertwined with global patterns of inequality. The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts yet contribute the least to the crisis. As the impacts of climate change mount, millions of vulnerable people face disproportionate challenges in terms of loss of jobs; physical harm; disease; mental health effects; food insecurity; access to water; migration and forced displacement; loss of shelter, assets, and community ties, and other related risks.

Some people are more vulnerable to climate change than others. For example, workers in sectors such as agriculture, fishing, and tourism rely on natural resources that are particularly sensitive to increasingly unpredictable weather and seasonal patterns. Female-headed households, children, persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples and ethnic minorities, landless tenants, migrant workers, displaced persons, older people, and other socially marginalized groups often have fewer financial and other resources to cope with and recover from shocks which might threaten their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their families. The root causes of their vulnerability lie in a combination of their geographical locations; their financial, socio-economic, cultural, and social status; and their access to resources, services, and decision-making power.

The poor are often not just among the most vulnerable to climate change, but also disproportionately impacted by measures to address it. These impacts can include increased costs of living, loss of livelihoods, and limited access to resources and support systems, which exacerbate existing inequalities and poverty trends. In the absence of well-designed and citizen-centered policies, efforts to tackle climate change can have unintended consequences for the livelihoods of certain groups, including placing a higher financial burden on poor households […].

While much progress has been made on the science and the types of policies needed to support a transition to low carbon, climateresilient development, a challenge facing many countries is engaging citizens who are concerned that they will be unfairly impacted by climate policies. Citizen-centered programs play a vital role in ensuring that resources are used efficiently. Engaging people in shaping climate action is equally critical for achieving lasting impact. This means ensuring transparency, access to information, and active citizen engagement on climate risks and green growth. Such involvement can help build public support to reduce climate impacts, overcome behavioral and political barriers to decarbonization, as well as foster both new ideas and a sense of ownership over solutions.

Moreover, communities bring unique perspectives, skills, and a wealth of knowledge to the challenge of strengthening resilience and addressing climate change. They should be engaged as partners in resilience-building rather than being regarded merely as beneficiaries. Research and experience show that community leaders can successfully set priorities, influence ownership, as well as design and implement investment programs that are responsive to their community’s own needs. A 2022 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognizes the value of diverse forms of knowledge — such as scientific, Indigenous, and local knowledge — in building climate resilience. Innovations in the architecture of climate finance can connect communities and marginalized groups to the policy, technical, and financial assistance that they need for locally relevant and effective development outcomes.


From: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/social-dimensions-of-climate-change 
The idiom in “bear the brunt of climate change impacts” (1st paragraph) means to:
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Q3838967 Inglês
In a vocabulary lesson, the teacher groups words like “river, mountain, lake, forest, desert”. This practice is an example of organizing lexis through:
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Q3837337 Inglês
False friends (false cognates) are a common source of lexical errors for Portuguese speakers. Analyze the sentences below and identifying the correct use or meaning of the highlighted words:

I.The university alumni were invited to the fundraising gala. (Referring to former students/graduates).
II.She is a very ingenious person, always trusting everyone too easily. (Referring to naive/innocent).
III.The doctor prescribed a laxative because the patient was constipated. (Referring to the inability to pass stools).

Is it correct what is stated in:
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Q3835268 Inglês
Sociocultural Elements of English-Speaking Countries

English-speaking countries share the same global language, but each one has unique cultural traditions, values, and social practices.

In the United Kingdom, traditions such as afternoon tea, the monarchy, and historical festivals like Guy Fawkes Night highlight the country’s strong connection to its past.

In the United States, cultural diversity plays an essential role, with influences from Indigenous peoples, immigrants from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. National celebrations such as Independence Day reflect the importance placed on freedom and citizenship.

Canada is known for its bilingual identity, with English and French as official languages. Canadian culture emphasizes respect for nature, multiculturalism, and winter sports.

Australia values outdoor lifestyles, with activities like surfing and camping. Its culture includes traditions from Indigenous Aboriginal peoples, as well as influences from British colonization.

Although these countries share the English language, their cultural identities are shaped by history, geography, and social values, making each nation unique.

(Adapted from: learnenglish.britishcouncil.org)
Read the following sentence:

Online platforms, educational apps, podcasts, videos, and virtual classrooms allow students to practice listening, speaking, ................. , and writing in dynamic ways that go beyond the traditional textbook. Digital .................... also provide immediate feedback, promote autonomous learning, and expose learners to authentic language use from a variety of ........................ contexts. By integrating technology into the classroom, teachers can create richer learning environments that support communication, collaboration, and real-world language ..................... .

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the blanks in the text.
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Q3835266 Inglês
Sociocultural Elements of English-Speaking Countries

English-speaking countries share the same global language, but each one has unique cultural traditions, values, and social practices.

In the United Kingdom, traditions such as afternoon tea, the monarchy, and historical festivals like Guy Fawkes Night highlight the country’s strong connection to its past.

In the United States, cultural diversity plays an essential role, with influences from Indigenous peoples, immigrants from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. National celebrations such as Independence Day reflect the importance placed on freedom and citizenship.

Canada is known for its bilingual identity, with English and French as official languages. Canadian culture emphasizes respect for nature, multiculturalism, and winter sports.

Australia values outdoor lifestyles, with activities like surfing and camping. Its culture includes traditions from Indigenous Aboriginal peoples, as well as influences from British colonization.

Although these countries share the English language, their cultural identities are shaped by history, geography, and social values, making each nation unique.

(Adapted from: learnenglish.britishcouncil.org)
According to the topic Vocabulary and Communication: Semantic Fields, study these sentences and decide if they are true ( T ) or false ( F ). ( ) A semantic field is a group of words that are related in meaning.

( ) Words in the same semantic field must always have the same grammatical category (e.g., all nouns or all verbs).
( ) Words related to emotions, such as anxiety, joy, anger, and relief, cannot be considered part of a semantic field because they describe feelings.
( ) The words keyboard, monitor, software, and database are part of the semantic field of technology.
( ) The semantic field of environmental issues may include words such as pollution, recycling, biodiversity, and renewable energy.

Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
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Q3832691 Inglês
Analyze the following statements and mark T, if true, or F, if false, considering the context of occurrence in the text.

( ) The expression “shines a light on” (l. 15) means to clarify or draw attention to something.
( ) The word “traffic” (l. 06) refers to the flow of visitors or interactions on a website and may be considered a false cognate in Portuguese.
( ) The word “shift” (l. 11) could be replaced by “change” without altering meaning.
( ) The verb “spark” (l. 15) is used in its literal sense of producing a flame or ignition.

The correct order of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is: 
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Q3832688 Inglês
Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks in lines 04, 15 and 18. 
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Q3829925 Inglês
Lexico-grammar involves the interdependence of vocabulary and syntax, often manifesting in fixed or semi-fixed expressions known as binomials. Analyze the following assertions regarding irreversible binomials and their semantic or phonological constraints:
I. In the expression "odds and ends," the word order is fixed and cannot be reversed to "ends and odds" without losing idiomaticity.
II. The expression "back and forth" implies a movement, whereas "forth and back" is the standard form used in formal British English.
III. Reversing binomials like "bread and butter" to "butter and bread" is grammatically incorrect and disrupts the semantic unity.
Select the correct analysis:
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Q3829681 Inglês

Text 2


Pedagogical Practice in English as a Second Language


Teaching English as a second language involves creating meaningful opportunities for learners to use the language in real and purposeful contexts. Effective pedagogical practice includes the integration of speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities that reflect authentic communication. Teachers often adopt communicative approaches, encouraging students to interact, express opinions, and solve problems using English.


Another key aspect of ESL teaching is the use of diverse resources, such as videos, songs, digital tools, and real-life materials. These elements help students connect classroom learning with everyday language use. Additionally, good practice involves formative assessment, in which the teacher constantly observes learners’ progress, provides feedback, and adjusts activities according to their needs. In this way, ESL teachers promote not only language development but also learners’ confidence and autonomy.

Analyze the following sentences according to vocabulary use.
1. The underline words in paragraph 1 from text 2 meaningful and purposeful, are, respectively noun suffixes.
2. The ( ‘ ) in constantly observes learners’ progress, provides feedback, is being used to form the possessive case of a plural noun.
3. In the sentence provides feedback, and adjusts activities according to their needs, the word their, refers to activities.
4. In the sentence ESL teachers promote not only language development but also learners’ confidence and autonomy, the not only / but also construction is used to connect two similar, grammatically equal parts of a sentence.
Choose the alternative which presents all the correct sentences.
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Q3828932 Inglês
Lexical accuracy is essential in language learning, particularly regarding words that appear similar across languages but have different meanings, known as false cognates. Choose the alternative that correctly defines the meaning of the word "comprehensive" in English, distinguishing it from its Portuguese false friend "compreensivo".
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Q3826815 Inglês
Context clues are essential strategies for reading comprehension, allowing learners to infer the meaning of polysemous words without consulting a dictionary immediately. In the sentence "The bank of the river was flooded after the heavy storm," the word "bank" assumes a specific geographical meaning. Select the alternative that correctly defines "bank" in this sentence.
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Respostas
161: A
162: B
163: E
164: E
165: B
166: A
167: B
168: E
169: A
170: D
171: C
172: A
173: A
174: C
175: A
176: D
177: D
178: C
179: D
180: A