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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Q2327136
Inglês
No trecho a seguir, observa-se o uso de uma variedade linguística de inglês conhecida como African American Vernacular
English (AAVE). Ainda que tão diversa e sofisticada quanto
quaisquer outras variedades, a AAVE ainda é estigmatizada por
ter características linguísticas diferentes daquelas que marcam a
variedade de prestígio, isto é, a padrão.
“– Listen, God love everything you love – and a mess of stuff you don't. (…) It always making little surprises and springing them on us when us least expect. (…) Man corrupt everything (…) He try to make you think he everywhere (…), you think he God. But he ain't. (…) I start to wonder why us suffer. Why us black. It didn’t take long to realize I didn’t hardly know nothing.”
(Adaptado de: WALKER, Alice. The Color Purple. London: The Orion Publishing Group, 1983.)
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas no trecho a seguir:
É correto dizer que o excerto apresenta aspectos linguísticos – que diferem dos observados na variedade padrão – como (i) _________, e que sua temática central é a (ii) ________.
“– Listen, God love everything you love – and a mess of stuff you don't. (…) It always making little surprises and springing them on us when us least expect. (…) Man corrupt everything (…) He try to make you think he everywhere (…), you think he God. But he ain't. (…) I start to wonder why us suffer. Why us black. It didn’t take long to realize I didn’t hardly know nothing.”
(Adaptado de: WALKER, Alice. The Color Purple. London: The Orion Publishing Group, 1983.)
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas no trecho a seguir:
É correto dizer que o excerto apresenta aspectos linguísticos – que diferem dos observados na variedade padrão – como (i) _________, e que sua temática central é a (ii) ________.
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Q2327135
Inglês
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3” does something few movies
have ever done: it tells a compassionate story about testing on
animals to a Marvel-size audience. The film features gorgeously
animated animals who take moviegoers on an emotional rollercoaster while exposing the evils of animal testing. The strength
of James Gunn’s screenplay lies in the fact that it doesn’t back
away from the tough subject matter, and we’re thrilled by a
story about having empathy for all animals. For his compelling
portrayal of Rocket and for reminding moviegoers that animals
tortured in laboratories are not the numbers tattooed on them,
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is honoring
Gunn with the “Not a Number” Award.
(Adaptado de: https://www.peta.org/blog/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3/. Acesso em 19/05/2023.)
Para a autora dessa crítica, o diferencial do filme está
(Adaptado de: https://www.peta.org/blog/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3/. Acesso em 19/05/2023.)
Para a autora dessa crítica, o diferencial do filme está
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Q2327134
Inglês
Netflix’s “Wednesday” draws many real-world parallels. It features unusual creatures (werewolves and psychics) collectively
referred to as Outcasts, while they refer to non-supernatural
humans as Normies. The Outcasts are stand-ins for anyone
othered by society, such as indigenous people, People of
Color, the LGBT+, and the neurodivergent. Every so often, the
Normies’ distrust in the Outcasts boils over into hatred and
violence, and the othering and dehumanization normalizes
violence against the Outcasts in day-to-day life. In the show, the
town’s colonial era saw Outcasts not only being “othered”, but
also murdered by Pilgrims. These acts of butchery were all but
erased from their history books. It’s a distressingly familiar story.
(Adaptado de: https://atribecalledgeek.com/woe-to-the-colonizer-an-indigenous-perspective-of-wednesday/. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
A análise do autor sobre “Wednesday” se apoia em
(Adaptado de: https://atribecalledgeek.com/woe-to-the-colonizer-an-indigenous-perspective-of-wednesday/. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
A análise do autor sobre “Wednesday” se apoia em
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Q2327133
Inglês
Em uma matéria para um site, jornalistas fizeram interações
com o ChatGPT a fim de analisar sua capacidade de criar textos
possivelmente problemáticos. Para tanto, eles pediram que o
programa de inteligência artificial reescrevesse um e-mail que
seria, hipoteticamente, usado como golpe. Eis o texto reescrito
pelo ChatGPT:
“Hey there. You're probably wondering why you're getting this e-mail. The truth is, I put some malware on a website that you visited. My malware took control of your browser and recorded everything, including your contacts from your messenger, Facebook, and e-mail account. To top it all off, I also took videos of you. So I'll give you the option to make a deal before I do anything with it.”
(Adaptado de: https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-scary-uses. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
O e-mail criado pelo programa chama a atenção
“Hey there. You're probably wondering why you're getting this e-mail. The truth is, I put some malware on a website that you visited. My malware took control of your browser and recorded everything, including your contacts from your messenger, Facebook, and e-mail account. To top it all off, I also took videos of you. So I'll give you the option to make a deal before I do anything with it.”
(Adaptado de: https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-scary-uses. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
O e-mail criado pelo programa chama a atenção
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Q2327132
Inglês
O texto a seguir é parte de uma chamada para publicação de
artigos em uma edição especial da revista Nature.
The environmental and ethical implications of traditional livestock rearing, combined with an increasing global population and demand for protein-rich nutrition, has led to investments in alternative protein research. One emerging approach is cellular agriculture, in which traditional ‘meat’ tissues, such as muscle and fat cells from cows, chicken and fish, or alternative protein sources, such as algae, are cultivated under controlled laboratory conditions. However, the optimisation of these protocols is highly dependent on cell types, and further development is required to make cellular agriculture an economically viable alternative to traditional sources of protein. This special issue welcomes research on improvements to cellular agriculture protocols to maximize sustainable protein production.
(Adaptado de: https://www.nature.com/collections/chhdggaffd. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
Qual seria o tópico específico da edição especial ao qual o texto se refere?
The environmental and ethical implications of traditional livestock rearing, combined with an increasing global population and demand for protein-rich nutrition, has led to investments in alternative protein research. One emerging approach is cellular agriculture, in which traditional ‘meat’ tissues, such as muscle and fat cells from cows, chicken and fish, or alternative protein sources, such as algae, are cultivated under controlled laboratory conditions. However, the optimisation of these protocols is highly dependent on cell types, and further development is required to make cellular agriculture an economically viable alternative to traditional sources of protein. This special issue welcomes research on improvements to cellular agriculture protocols to maximize sustainable protein production.
(Adaptado de: https://www.nature.com/collections/chhdggaffd. Acesso em 12/05/2023.)
Qual seria o tópico específico da edição especial ao qual o texto se refere?
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Q2327131
Inglês
Em uma visita a um museu de arte indígena, um estudante observou uma obra seguida de uma placa explicativa:
In some indigenous cultures, headdresses represent Native peoples’ right to govern themselves according to their own laws. The materials they are constructed with can vary greatly, including wood, iron, feathers, and ivory. Rather than using gridded designs (symbols of spiritual beliefs) or putting birds or mammals at center stage, as several others do, horns were attached to this headdress, an emblem of power reserved for those “whose exceeding worth and power is admitted by all the nation”.
(Imagens (nas alternativas) e texto (acima) adaptados de: https://americanindian.si.edu/ exhibitions/infinityofnations/introduction.html. Acesso em 31/05/2023.)
Qual das imagens corresponde à descrição da placa?
In some indigenous cultures, headdresses represent Native peoples’ right to govern themselves according to their own laws. The materials they are constructed with can vary greatly, including wood, iron, feathers, and ivory. Rather than using gridded designs (symbols of spiritual beliefs) or putting birds or mammals at center stage, as several others do, horns were attached to this headdress, an emblem of power reserved for those “whose exceeding worth and power is admitted by all the nation”.
(Imagens (nas alternativas) e texto (acima) adaptados de: https://americanindian.si.edu/ exhibitions/infinityofnations/introduction.html. Acesso em 31/05/2023.)
Qual das imagens corresponde à descrição da placa?
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Q2327130
Inglês
Texto 1
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers (Martin Luther King, 1963).
(Adaptado de: https://kr.usembassy.gov/martin-luther-king-jr-dream-speech-1963/. Acesso em 26/05/2023.)
Considere os dois textos e assinale a alternativa correta.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers (Martin Luther King, 1963).
(Adaptado de: https://kr.usembassy.gov/martin-luther-king-jr-dream-speech-1963/. Acesso em 26/05/2023.)
Considere os dois textos e assinale a alternativa correta.
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Q2182185
Inglês
This harmful mindset results in burnout, poor decision-making and bad communication. (l. 3-4)
The sentence above lists some harmful mental attitudes that result in using speed as a measure
of performance.
Besides these, another result of hustle culture is the one below:
Besides these, another result of hustle culture is the one below:
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Q2182184
Inglês
The author presents a series of questions in the first paragraph.
These questions are used with the following purpose:
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Q2092709
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXTO 1
Asylum-seeker smuggling is a
symptom, not a root cause
Robert Falconer/Craig D. Smith - Jan 31, 2022
Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/
article-asylum-seeker-smuggling-is-a-symptom-not-a-root-cause/
Choose the alternative that best expresses the idea
presented in this excerpt (lines 40 to 43).
“It can choose hard line policies to the benefit of the Canadian security establishment and create more smugglers, even as its politicians heap blame on them when tragedy strikes.”
“It can choose hard line policies to the benefit of the Canadian security establishment and create more smugglers, even as its politicians heap blame on them when tragedy strikes.”
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Q2092707
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXTO 1
Asylum-seeker smuggling is a
symptom, not a root cause
Robert Falconer/Craig D. Smith - Jan 31, 2022
Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/
article-asylum-seeker-smuggling-is-a-symptom-not-a-root-cause/
Consider the following sentences from text 1 and
answer T (true) or F (false).
( ) The last sentence in Text 1 (lines 44 to 46) presents two examples of adjectives in the comparative degree. ( ) “avoid being returned” (line 36) is about an action that will/would happen while “remember being arrested” is about an action that has already happened. ( ) The two instances of the word “such” (lines 05 and 06) have the same idea as “such” in “I cannot imagine anyone living on such a small salary”.
The alternative that presents the correct top-down sequence of answers to the sentences above is
( ) The last sentence in Text 1 (lines 44 to 46) presents two examples of adjectives in the comparative degree. ( ) “avoid being returned” (line 36) is about an action that will/would happen while “remember being arrested” is about an action that has already happened. ( ) The two instances of the word “such” (lines 05 and 06) have the same idea as “such” in “I cannot imagine anyone living on such a small salary”.
The alternative that presents the correct top-down sequence of answers to the sentences above is
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Q2092706
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXTO 1
Asylum-seeker smuggling is a
symptom, not a root cause
Robert Falconer/Craig D. Smith - Jan 31, 2022
Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/
article-asylum-seeker-smuggling-is-a-symptom-not-a-root-cause/
The question that does NOT find an answer in Text 1 is
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Q2092704
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXTO 1
Asylum-seeker smuggling is a
symptom, not a root cause
Robert Falconer/Craig D. Smith - Jan 31, 2022
Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/
article-asylum-seeker-smuggling-is-a-symptom-not-a-root-cause/
The paragraph below was taken out of Text 1.
“Just three months earlier, the U.K.’s Interior Minister blamed smugglers for the death of 31 people when a boat capsized, and vowed to pass laws to make it illegal to claim asylum.”
After which paragraph in the text can it be placed
back?
Q4162969
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our
nature: why violence has declined.
London: Viking Penguin, 2011.
Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the sentence Melodramatic novels named after
female protagonists became unlikely bestsellers (l. 52-54).
I - Overemotional books with titles inspired by their heroines became unexpected bestsellers.
II - Melodramatic soap operas titled later than their female characters became surprising bestsellers.
III- Sensational stories with feminine characters more relevant than the titles became dislikable bestsellers.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the literal meaning?
I - Overemotional books with titles inspired by their heroines became unexpected bestsellers.
II - Melodramatic soap operas titled later than their female characters became surprising bestsellers.
III- Sensational stories with feminine characters more relevant than the titles became dislikable bestsellers.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the literal meaning?
Q4162968
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our
nature: why violence has declined.
London: Viking Penguin, 2011.
Consider the different uses of the -ing form.
1. Verb as the subject of the sentence.
2. Verb as part of the present progressive structure.
3. Verb preceded by a preposition (collocation).
Select the alternative which contains words that exemplify each of the uses presented above, in the same sequence.
1. Verb as the subject of the sentence.
2. Verb as part of the present progressive structure.
3. Verb preceded by a preposition (collocation).
Select the alternative which contains words that exemplify each of the uses presented above, in the same sequence.
Q4162965
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our
nature: why violence has declined.
London: Viking Penguin, 2011.
Mark the statements below T (true) or F (false) according to the text.
( ) Compassion and empathy are automatic reflexes only when triggered by our closer circle of friends and family.
( ) Once you share another person’s point of view, it is impossible not to become compassionate towards him or her.
( ) Satirical literature may contribute to increasing empathy without preaching.
( ) Realistic novels tend to be very effective in building compassion because they tell stories about great heroes, aristocrats and saints.
The correct sequence of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is
( ) Compassion and empathy are automatic reflexes only when triggered by our closer circle of friends and family.
( ) Once you share another person’s point of view, it is impossible not to become compassionate towards him or her.
( ) Satirical literature may contribute to increasing empathy without preaching.
( ) Realistic novels tend to be very effective in building compassion because they tell stories about great heroes, aristocrats and saints.
The correct sequence of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is
Q4162964
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our
nature: why violence has declined.
London: Viking Penguin, 2011.
Consider the statements below.
I - According to Peter Singer, literacy has enlarged the empathy circle, which means that today more people care about individuals very much unlike themselves.
II - The author argues that literature forces readers to adopt alternative points of view, which may contribute to increasing empathy and compassion.
III- Phenomena such as that of adult men crying over melodramatic novels in the 18th century are proof of literature’s power to trigger emotional responses which make readers oppose human right abuses.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
I - According to Peter Singer, literacy has enlarged the empathy circle, which means that today more people care about individuals very much unlike themselves.
II - The author argues that literature forces readers to adopt alternative points of view, which may contribute to increasing empathy and compassion.
III- Phenomena such as that of adult men crying over melodramatic novels in the 18th century are proof of literature’s power to trigger emotional responses which make readers oppose human right abuses.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
Q4162963
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our
nature: why violence has declined.
London: Viking Penguin, 2011.
Select the alternative that adequately fills in
the blanks in lines 10, 32 and 58.
Q4162962
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adaptado de: ADICHIE, C. N.
Cell One. In: The thing around your neck.
New York / Toronto: Harper Collins, 2009.
A expressão start afresh (l. 75-76) pode ser substituída, sem prejuízo do sentido que tem no texto,
por
Q4162959
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adaptado de: ADICHIE, C. N.
Cell One. In: The thing around your neck.
New York / Toronto: Harper Collins, 2009.
Considere as seguintes propostas de alteração
de segmentos do texto.
I - Substituição da palavra since (l. 14) por once.
II - Substituição da forma verbal pawned (l. 38) por lost.
III- Substituição de with whom he had spent it (l. 42-43) por who he had spent it with.
Quais resultariam gramaticalmente corretas e não alterariam o sentido literal, se aplicadas ao texto?
I - Substituição da palavra since (l. 14) por once.
II - Substituição da forma verbal pawned (l. 38) por lost.
III- Substituição de with whom he had spent it (l. 42-43) por who he had spent it with.
Quais resultariam gramaticalmente corretas e não alterariam o sentido literal, se aplicadas ao texto?
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