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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Q1356854
Inglês
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Text 2
Facebook is a social networking service and Web site launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by
Facebook, Inc. As of July 2011, Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the
site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including
automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups,
organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such
as "People From Work" or "Really Good Friends". The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book
given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help
students get to know each other. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to
become registered users of the site.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students
Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The Web site's membership was initially limited by the founders
to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University.
It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and
eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. However, based on ConsumersReports.org on May 2011, there are 7.5 million
children under 13 with accounts, violating the site's terms of service.
A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide
monthly active users, followed by MySpace. Entertainment Weekly included the site on its end-of-thedecade "best-of"
list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a
rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?" Quantcast estimates Facebook has 138.9 million monthly unique U.S.
visitors in May 2011. According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% of the U.S. population had a
Facebook account. Nevertheless, Facebook's Market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7
million active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.
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According to the text 2:
I. Facebook is a website created merely for chatting. II. Everyone is allowed to have an account according to the site´s terms of service. III. The website is actively growing in North America. IV. Facebook was created by a Harvard student.
The alternative that shows the correct items is:
I. Facebook is a website created merely for chatting. II. Everyone is allowed to have an account according to the site´s terms of service. III. The website is actively growing in North America. IV. Facebook was created by a Harvard student.
The alternative that shows the correct items is:
Q1356852
Inglês
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Text 1:
Cycling
What's the furthest you have ever cycled?
Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends?
How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second
nature. Mr Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why
he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car.
Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China, where it has long been the preferred form of
transport, rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car ownership.
Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was
to "promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about".
In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some
estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.
Politicians also see cycling as a way to boost their eco-credentials, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson
often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating Pete Jones
in attempting to cycle all the way to China!
Fonte: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...
According to the information from the text 1, it is correct to say that:
I. for Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are the most common activity for british people.
II. despite cycling has long been the preferred form of transport in China, car ownership has increased a lot because of country’s economic growth.
III. it’s very important to wear a helmet while cycling.
IV. in the UK, some estimates say the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last twenty five years.
V. London mayor often cycles to work.
Ano: 2015
Banca:
FAG
Órgão:
FAG
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Q1355631
Inglês
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Text 1
Of prime importance in reading is vocabulary skill. The reader must know the meanings of enough of the words in a
sentence for it to make sense and also know how to combine individual word meanings within a sentence. Once the
student is past the initial stages of reading, he spends a large percentage of his time encountering new vocabulary,
which can be approached in a number of ways. The teacher can give the meaning for each new word, as is common in
teaching reading to non-native students.
Or, also common, the student may spend hours with a dictionary writing native-language glosses into his text. For the
native speaker of English, the most common form of vocabulary building is guessing from context and/or word
formations.
In many settings in which English is taught as a foreign language (EFL) there are high degrees of emphasis on rote
memorization. Because vocabulary development skills are seldom specifically taught, the student is not aware of the
skills or their benefits. Most students have been trained to panic. Their first
reaction on encountering a new word in a text is to stop and ask for a definition, even if the rest of the sentence defines
it. The student of English as a foreign language cannot begin to read with full comprehension until he has been taught
to conquer the unknown word by using contextual aids, that is, the formation of the word itself and the environment in
which it is found.
(Adapted from Vocabulary in Context, by Anna Fisher Kruse, in Long,
Michael H. and Richards, Jack (eds.), Methodology in TESOL –
A Book of Readings. New York: Newbury House, 1987)
Which of the following quotations below would best conform to the methodological concept expressed in
the text 1?
Q1355630
Inglês
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Text 1
Of prime importance in reading is vocabulary skill. The reader must know the meanings of enough of the words in a
sentence for it to make sense and also know how to combine individual word meanings within a sentence. Once the
student is past the initial stages of reading, he spends a large percentage of his time encountering new vocabulary,
which can be approached in a number of ways. The teacher can give the meaning for each new word, as is common in
teaching reading to non-native students.
Or, also common, the student may spend hours with a dictionary writing native-language glosses into his text. For the
native speaker of English, the most common form of vocabulary building is guessing from context and/or word
formations.
In many settings in which English is taught as a foreign language (EFL) there are high degrees of emphasis on rote
memorization. Because vocabulary development skills are seldom specifically taught, the student is not aware of the
skills or their benefits. Most students have been trained to panic. Their first
reaction on encountering a new word in a text is to stop and ask for a definition, even if the rest of the sentence defines
it. The student of English as a foreign language cannot begin to read with full comprehension until he has been taught
to conquer the unknown word by using contextual aids, that is, the formation of the word itself and the environment in
which it is found.
(Adapted from Vocabulary in Context, by Anna Fisher Kruse, in Long,
Michael H. and Richards, Jack (eds.), Methodology in TESOL –
A Book of Readings. New York: Newbury House, 1987)
In the fragment from the text – The reader must know the meanings of enough of the words… – the modal
verb must could be correctly replaced, keeping the same meaning, by:
Q1354410
Inglês
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Considere o cartoon a seguir para responder à questão.
“With the skyrocketing oil and food prices, plummeting dollar, foreclosures,
layoffs, severe drought, fl oods, melting ice caps, wildfi res, earthquakes, strife
and war... I had to go up on my prices.”
Indique a alternativa que apresente somente problemas apontados
pelo vendedor e enfrentados cotidianamente no Brasil de hoje:
Q1354409
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere o cartoon a seguir para responder à questão.
“With the skyrocketing oil and food prices, plummeting dollar, foreclosures,
layoffs, severe drought, fl oods, melting ice caps, wildfi res, earthquakes, strife
and war... I had to go up on my prices.”
A que, pelo que indica a charge, se deve o aumento no preço das placas:
Q1354408
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir descreve uma “ghost town”. Considere-o para responder à questão.
In 1879, Bodie was a bustling gold-mining town and home to 8,500
residents known for gunfi ghting and brawling. Within a decade, the mines
had been largely depleted and the population had begun a steady decline
that ended in total abandonment. The 150 remaining buildings are much
as their residents left them.
(www.nationalgeographic.com - acesso em 18/08/2015)
Indique a alternativa que apresenta a referência de their e them, respectivamente, no trecho The 150 remaining buildings are much as their
residents left them:
Q1354407
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir descreve uma “ghost town”. Considere-o para responder à questão.
In 1879, Bodie was a bustling gold-mining town and home to 8,500
residents known for gunfi ghting and brawling. Within a decade, the mines
had been largely depleted and the population had begun a steady decline
that ended in total abandonment. The 150 remaining buildings are much
as their residents left them.
(www.nationalgeographic.com - acesso em 18/08/2015)
Indique a alternativa que apresenta uma afi rmação correta sobre Bodie:
Q1354406
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.
How governments should help those on the dole
“Active labour market programmes” are schemes meant to help people
to fi nd work. They grew out of the American public works programmes
of the 1930s, where the government spent billions of dollars busying its
citizens with building schools, hospitals and bridges. Today programmes
also take the form of training, subsidised private work, or help with fi nding
a job. But alongside these programmes, some worry that overly generous
welfare benefi ts make people lazy. They say that threats to cut people’s
benefi ts if they do not join such programmes could also boost employment, by prodding people off the sofa and into work.
(Adaptado de www.economist.com - acesso em 23/08/2015)
Segundo o texto:
Q1354405
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.
How governments should help those on the dole
“Active labour market programmes” are schemes meant to help people
to fi nd work. They grew out of the American public works programmes
of the 1930s, where the government spent billions of dollars busying its
citizens with building schools, hospitals and bridges. Today programmes
also take the form of training, subsidised private work, or help with fi nding
a job. But alongside these programmes, some worry that overly generous
welfare benefi ts make people lazy. They say that threats to cut people’s
benefi ts if they do not join such programmes could also boost employment, by prodding people off the sofa and into work.
(Adaptado de www.economist.com - acesso em 23/08/2015)
O que eram os public works programmes of the 1930s?
Q1354404
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere a introdução de uma crítica a filmes de animação para responder à questão.
Agitating With Animation
No one, post-Charlie Hebdo, can doubt a cartoon’s capacity to change
the world - R. Crumb’s breezy remonstrance “It’s only lines on paper, folks!”
notwithstanding. Animated cartoons are generally more circumspect than
static drawings, but some have been agitators as well. [...]
(www.nytimes.com - acesso em 19/08/2015)
O trecho R. Crumb’s breezy remonstrance “It’s only lines on paper, folks!”
notwithstanding. poderia ser substituído, com mínima perda de sentido, por:
Q1354403
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere a introdução de uma crítica a filmes de animação para responder à questão.
Agitating With Animation
No one, post-Charlie Hebdo, can doubt a cartoon’s capacity to change
the world - R. Crumb’s breezy remonstrance “It’s only lines on paper, folks!”
notwithstanding. Animated cartoons are generally more circumspect than
static drawings, but some have been agitators as well. [...]
(www.nytimes.com - acesso em 19/08/2015)
De acordo com o texto, em relação aos desenhos estáticos, desenhos
animados:
Q1354402
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere a introdução de uma crítica a filmes de animação para responder à questão.
Agitating With Animation
No one, post-Charlie Hebdo, can doubt a cartoon’s capacity to change
the world - R. Crumb’s breezy remonstrance “It’s only lines on paper, folks!”
notwithstanding. Animated cartoons are generally more circumspect than
static drawings, but some have been agitators as well. [...]
(www.nytimes.com - acesso em 19/08/2015)
Segundo o texto:
Q1354401
Inglês
Considere a citação a seguir, atribuída ao estilista Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008), para responder à questão.
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
Yves Saint Laurent
Indique a alternativa que mais bem traduza a ideia da citação de Saint
Laurent:
Q1353108
Inglês
Considere a tirinha abaixo para responder à questão.
(www.gocomics.com - acesso em 23/03/2015)
De acordo com a tirinha,
Q1353107
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere a tabela a seguir para responder a questão.
(www.globaledge.msu.edu - acesso em 10/02/2015)
Considerando somente os dados da tabela, uma possível relação entre o
preço da gasolina e o consumo ou produção de energia está corretamente representada na alternativa
Q1353106
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere a tabela a seguir para responder a questão.
(www.globaledge.msu.edu - acesso em 10/02/2015)
De acordo com os dados da tabela,
Q1353104
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere o excerto a seguir, retirado do site do jornal britânico The Guardian, para responder à questão.
Homeopaths believe that illness-causing substances can, in minute doses, treat people who are unwell. By diluting these substances in water or alcohol, homeopaths claim the resulting mixture retains a “memory” of the original substance that triggers a healing response in the body.
These claims have been widely disproven by multiple studies, but the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has for the first time thoroughly reviewed 225 research papers on homeopathy to come up with its position statement, released on Wednesday: Homeopathy is not effective for treating any health condition.
(Adaptado de www.theguardian.com - acesso em 12/03/2015)
De acordo com o segundo parágrafo do texto,
Q1353103
Inglês
Texto associado
Considere o excerto a seguir, retirado do site do jornal britânico The Guardian, para responder à questão.
Homeopaths believe that illness-causing substances can, in minute doses, treat people who are unwell. By diluting these substances in water or alcohol, homeopaths claim the resulting mixture retains a “memory” of the original substance that triggers a healing response in the body.
These claims have been widely disproven by multiple studies, but the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has for the first time thoroughly reviewed 225 research papers on homeopathy to come up with its position statement, released on Wednesday: Homeopathy is not effective for treating any health condition.
(Adaptado de www.theguardian.com - acesso em 12/03/2015)
De acordo com o texto, homeopatas acreditam que:
Q1353102
Inglês
Considere os fragmentos "to cope with their airborne ordeal" e "advocating for their clean-technology campaign" contextualizados acima. A palavra their em cada trecho refere-se, respectivamente, a
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