Choose the correct alternative.

lt would _____ a classic Trump tactic to deflect attention from ______ troubles with wire-tapping claims and replacing the healthcare law, ______ known as Obamacare. But it would also be a risky one, driving attention _______ to the issue of why he is the first president in 40 years to refuse to release his tax returns. This is the man ______ , when in the first presidential debate Clinton suggested he doesn't pay federal income taxes, interjected: "That makes me smart."

Font: https://wwwtheguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/mar/14/trump-tax-retum-rachel-maddow

Choose lhe correct alternative for the translation of the underlined words, according to the text.

Ask any ltalian, and they've likely never heard of ancient Norba, once a flourishing Latin city located around 50 km south of Rome. Perched on the edge of a cliff in the Lepini Mountains in western ltaly's Lazio region, 'Norba, now in ruins, is one of the country's best preserved examples of city planning from several thousands of years ago. lts location was almost impenetable: surrounded by a waIl constructed of colossal limestone boulders, there was only one-way in and out.

Font: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170303-the-italian-city-that-stood-up-to-rome

Choose the correct alternative.

Jimi Hendrix introduced himself _______ the world in December 1966, when he turned "Hey Joe", a Los Angeles garage rock standard ______ had been a hit for the Leaves, into a murder ballad with some wild guitar pyrotechnics. _______ quickly followed it up with the self-composed "Purple Haze", a psychedelic stomper showcasing the devil's chords (the flatted fifths of the intro were known ________ medieval times as the diabolus de musica and strictly interdict). As monumental and monolithic as "Purple Haze" ________, 51st Anniversary on the B-side is more nuanced and sassier. The song continues a theme already explored - albeit somewhat gracelessly - in Stone Free, about Hendrix's fear __________ commitment.

Font: https://www.theguardian.com/musi/musicblog/2017/mar/15/jimi-hendrix-10-of-the-best

Complete the statement with the right option: “Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns. English has two articles, the (definite article) and a/an (indefinite article), for example.”

How can you explain the modal “should” in the following sentence: “You should leave the house only if it was absolutely necessary.”

Mark a conditional sentence with a future element.

Read the following article:

The Americans who 'adopt' other people's embryos

When Jennifer and Aaron Wilson found they could not get pregnant, they knew exactly what they wanted to do.

The couple from North Carolina had the choice of starting in vitro fertilisation (IVF), in which mature eggs are fertilised with sperm in a laboratory. Or they could have tried to adopt a child already in need of a home.

Instead they applied to a specialist Christian fertility clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee - the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) - which promised to help them "adopt" an embryo.

Doctors often create extra embryos when a couple undergoes IVF, in case multiple rounds of treatment are needed. But this can leave many left over. More than 600,000 are currently being held in frozen storage in the US, most of them waiting to be used by the couple that created them the next time they want to try to have a child. But not all of these embryos are needed, and it is estimated that one in 10 are available for embryo donation.

For many couples who have had IVF treatment, what happens to those no-longer-needed frozen embryos is a question that requires careful consideration - should the embryos be kept indefinitely in cryo-preservation or discarded? If the couple believes human life starts at conception, this can be an urgent moral dilemma.

A similar dilemma confronts pro-life couples seeking fertility treatment. Should they opt for IVF, and add to the ranks of frozen embryos preserved in liquid nitrogen? Or should they instead "adopt" a frozen embryo from a donor?

Some families have different arrangements, then: After undergoing IVF, Andy and Shannon Weber from Alabama had two children, now aged eight and five, and wanted to donate their leftover embryos.

"Our belief is that life begins at conception and the little embryos, they are human life, not just a couple of cells put together. We definitely couldn't destroy them or let them sit there in cryo-preservation forever," says Andy.

But he and his wife were also keen that they should go to a "good, solid Christian" family.

"We wanted a married couple - a man and a woman. We didn't really want a single parent or any sort of alternative lifestyle," says Andy.

"By no means did we care about race or ethnicity. We just wanted the embryos to go to a good home."

Unlike in the UK where equality laws mean clinics have to treat all patients equally, centres in the US can help donors select parents for their embryos based on criteria such as race, sexuality and religion.

Adapted from: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36450328

Reading the news report we can say that:

(i) Couples who struggle to conceive a child are sometimes given the option of using a donated embryo.

(ii) In the UK this is commonly referred to as "embryo adoption", particularly at Christian clinics, where it is regarded as losing a life –

(iii) and where the future parents may have to be married and heterosexual to be eligible for treatment.

I have ___ fascinated with the brain ever since, and I have always hoped I would ___ a way to ___ the hidden treasure of a fully-activated mind.

“Tippett admits that he hasn't actually ___ that yet. In fact, the machine __ been operational for only about 10 hours.”

Correct the mistake in the following sentence: “Everyone know that after a week of too little vegetables and too many beer.”

The passive voice is often used in formal texts. Switching to the active voice will make your writing clearer and easier to read.

(i) A great deal of meaning is conveyed by a few well-chosen words.

(ii) A mass of gases wrap around our planet.

(iii) Waste materials are disposed of in a variety of ways.

A respeito do texto acima, considere as seguintes afirmativas:

1. Asem Hasna teve sua perna amputada antes de completar 23 anos.

2. Hasna, refugiado sírio, tem ajudado seus compatriotas feridos em conflitos confeccionando próteses em 3D.

3. Os primeiros objetos em 3D confeccionados por Hasna foram um marcador de livros e um ímã de geladeira.

4. A mulher que perdeu sua mão direita na guerra da Síria ajuda seu compatriota Hasna, confeccionando membros em 3D.

5. A organização – ROW –, situada em Amman, ensina refugiados a confeccionar membros em 3D a um preço acessível.

Assinale a alternativa correta.

Sobre a sigla EEG, considere as seguintes expressões:

1. Brainwave-sensing headsets.

2. Electroencephalograph headsets.

3. User’s passwords.

É/São expressão(ões) que substitui(em) a sigla EEG:

Put the verbs in the correct verb to suit the sentences:

I. One of the children __________ when the bell ___________.

II. The maid ____________ by the time the boss ___________.

Complete the following sentences with some or any.

I. I want to buy ________ games.

II. Have you got _________ kids?

III. Would you like _________ cake?

What is the plural of the following nouns?

I. One wolf – six __________.

II. One boy – twelve _________.

III. One strawberry – three _________.

Fill in the blanks with for or since:

I. I have been waiting at the airport _____ hours.

II. I haven´t seen him ______ 2015.

III. He hasn´t gone to the doctors ____ ages because he doesn´t like it.

Complete the sentences with the correct interrogative pronouns:

I. _______ are these people?

II. _______ have you been? I looked for you all over!

III. ___________ cheese would you like?

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the passive voice:

I. The camp __________ by the rain.

II. Tea __________ at 4.

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective or adverb to make the correct comparisons or superlatives:

I. She thinks she is ______________ her teacher (intelligent).

II. This is _______________ movie I have ever seen (bad).

III. I think chocolate cake is ___________ carrot cake (delicious).