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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Q1352979
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT II
In the sentence, ‘Rice will not grow well
unless there is abundant rainfall’ (lines 3-5). The
conjunction unless would be appropriated
replaced by:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Provas:
UFAC - 2009 - UFAC - Vestibular - Prova 1
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UFAC - 2009 - UFAC - Vestibular - Dia 1 - Língua Inglesa |
Q1352978
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT II
The Agriculture Consultant, Jeff Owens
reports to Phil some suggestions about planting
rice. These suggestions are based in weather
specialists who forecast a dry caused by the
increasing of Earth’s temperature. Based on this
statement and in the text II, consider the solutions
pointed by Jeff Owens to reduce plant rice
problems of Phil.
Ano: 2009
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Provas:
UFAC - 2009 - UFAC - Vestibular - Prova 1
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UFAC - 2009 - UFAC - Vestibular - Dia 1 - Língua Inglesa |
Q1352975
Inglês
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TEXT I
In the sentence, ‘The activities of the MIT
visionary pioneers of the digital revolution are
part of an integrated approach to technology.’
(lines 21 – 23) it can be deduced that:
Q1352974
Inglês
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TEXT I
In accordance to the text, judge only the
TRUE propositions.
I – Scientists and engineers will soon invite a computer that recognizes faces of people. II – Smart cars will identify signs of trouble preventing dangerous accidents. III – Computers will talk to you in order to remind your appointments and assignments. IV – The MIT Media Lab is a factory where students play technology classes.
I – Scientists and engineers will soon invite a computer that recognizes faces of people. II – Smart cars will identify signs of trouble preventing dangerous accidents. III – Computers will talk to you in order to remind your appointments and assignments. IV – The MIT Media Lab is a factory where students play technology classes.
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352665
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT D
PARAGRAPH 1: The payment of fees by students is widely seen as
a novelty. In fact this ‘innovation’ marks a return to the medieval
origins of universities. At that time student money meant student
power on a huge scale. Medieval student power was focused on the
University of Bologna. […] This power was based on their economic
grip over their teachers.[…] Most university lecturers depended for
their academic incomes on teaching fees collected from their students.
[…] The power which students derived from paying fees at Bologna
led to extensive control over the lecturing system. […]
PARAGRAPH 2: For what was a lecturer punished? He was fined if
he started the lectures a minute late or if he went beyond the approved
time. […] The lecturer was also fined if he failed to cover the syllabus
according to an agreed timetable. […]
PARAGRAPH 3: All students were encouraged to denounce
lecturers who were absent without leave or who contravened the
statutes in any other way. In addition, there was also an organized
system of secret denunciations. Four students were elected in secret
to spy on the lecturers. […]
PARAGRAPH 4: Student power at Bologna lasted a little over one
hundred years […] As __ its rise, its demise is linked directly __ the
subject __ student fees. By 1350 almost all the lecturers were
appointed and paid __ the local commune. With changes in the
payment of lecturers, control of the university passed __ the students
to the commune and there it would remain.
PARAGRAPH 5: What does the situation in medieval Bologna
have to say to us? Hopefully the return of student fees will not be
accompanied by the return of student spies, secret denunciations
and fines on lecturers. But, as ever greater emphasis is placed on
research, the Bolognese case may be a timely reminder of the demands
of students and of the importance of high quality teaching.
UOW Magazine, ISSUE 9
According to TEXT D, payment of fees allowed the students to:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352663
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT D
PARAGRAPH 1: The payment of fees by students is widely seen as
a novelty. In fact this ‘innovation’ marks a return to the medieval
origins of universities. At that time student money meant student
power on a huge scale. Medieval student power was focused on the
University of Bologna. […] This power was based on their economic
grip over their teachers.[…] Most university lecturers depended for
their academic incomes on teaching fees collected from their students.
[…] The power which students derived from paying fees at Bologna
led to extensive control over the lecturing system. […]
PARAGRAPH 2: For what was a lecturer punished? He was fined if
he started the lectures a minute late or if he went beyond the approved
time. […] The lecturer was also fined if he failed to cover the syllabus
according to an agreed timetable. […]
PARAGRAPH 3: All students were encouraged to denounce
lecturers who were absent without leave or who contravened the
statutes in any other way. In addition, there was also an organized
system of secret denunciations. Four students were elected in secret
to spy on the lecturers. […]
PARAGRAPH 4: Student power at Bologna lasted a little over one
hundred years […] As __ its rise, its demise is linked directly __ the
subject __ student fees. By 1350 almost all the lecturers were
appointed and paid __ the local commune. With changes in the
payment of lecturers, control of the university passed __ the students
to the commune and there it would remain.
PARAGRAPH 5: What does the situation in medieval Bologna
have to say to us? Hopefully the return of student fees will not be
accompanied by the return of student spies, secret denunciations
and fines on lecturers. But, as ever greater emphasis is placed on
research, the Bolognese case may be a timely reminder of the demands
of students and of the importance of high quality teaching.
UOW Magazine, ISSUE 9
The theme of TEXT D is:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352661
Inglês
Texto associado
You Can Blame the Bugs
The West epitomizes individualistic, do-your-own-thing cultures, ones where the rights of the individual equal and often trump those of the group and where differences are valued. East Asian societies exalt the larger society; behavior is constrained by social roles, conformity is prized, outsiders shunned. […] But the reason a society falls where it does on the individualism-collectivism spectrum has been pretty much a mystery. Now a team of researchers has come up with a surprising explanation: disease-causing microbes. Societies that evolved in places with an abundance of pathogens, they argue, had to adopt behaviors that add up to collectivism, for reasons of sheer preservation. Societies that arose in places with fewer pathogens had the luxury of individualism, which is less effective at limiting the spread of disease but brings with it other social benefits, such as innovation. […]
TEXT C
You Can Blame the Bugs
The West epitomizes individualistic, do-your-own-thing cultures, ones where the rights of the individual equal and often trump those of the group and where differences are valued. East Asian societies exalt the larger society; behavior is constrained by social roles, conformity is prized, outsiders shunned. […] But the reason a society falls where it does on the individualism-collectivism spectrum has been pretty much a mystery. Now a team of researchers has come up with a surprising explanation: disease-causing microbes. Societies that evolved in places with an abundance of pathogens, they argue, had to adopt behaviors that add up to collectivism, for reasons of sheer preservation. Societies that arose in places with fewer pathogens had the luxury of individualism, which is less effective at limiting the spread of disease but brings with it other social benefits, such as innovation. […]
How might pathogen-fighting customs and attitudes arise, or fail to? Maybe people make conscious efforts to act in ways that inhibit the spread of pathogens, such as by shunning strangers and demanding conformity. Or maybe there are genes for behaviors that, at the level of a whole society, manifest themselves as collectivism or individualism, and genes for individualism get wiped out in diseaseplagued regions. But when East Asians move to the West or Westerners go East, […] they begin to see, think and behave like people in their adopted society. That would be hard to do if they were in the grip of collectivist or individualistic genes. The presence of pathogens also predicts cross-cultural differences in personality traits, not just shared cultural values. […] The physical world has shaped skin color and other superficial features. The next frontier is fathoming how it might have shaped our very thoughts and values.
Sharon Begley, Newsweek, April 14th, 2008
According to TEXT C the difference between the East and West is
due to:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352660
Inglês
Texto associado
You Can Blame the Bugs
The West epitomizes individualistic, do-your-own-thing cultures, ones where the rights of the individual equal and often trump those of the group and where differences are valued. East Asian societies exalt the larger society; behavior is constrained by social roles, conformity is prized, outsiders shunned. […] But the reason a society falls where it does on the individualism-collectivism spectrum has been pretty much a mystery. Now a team of researchers has come up with a surprising explanation: disease-causing microbes. Societies that evolved in places with an abundance of pathogens, they argue, had to adopt behaviors that add up to collectivism, for reasons of sheer preservation. Societies that arose in places with fewer pathogens had the luxury of individualism, which is less effective at limiting the spread of disease but brings with it other social benefits, such as innovation. […]
TEXT C
You Can Blame the Bugs
The West epitomizes individualistic, do-your-own-thing cultures, ones where the rights of the individual equal and often trump those of the group and where differences are valued. East Asian societies exalt the larger society; behavior is constrained by social roles, conformity is prized, outsiders shunned. […] But the reason a society falls where it does on the individualism-collectivism spectrum has been pretty much a mystery. Now a team of researchers has come up with a surprising explanation: disease-causing microbes. Societies that evolved in places with an abundance of pathogens, they argue, had to adopt behaviors that add up to collectivism, for reasons of sheer preservation. Societies that arose in places with fewer pathogens had the luxury of individualism, which is less effective at limiting the spread of disease but brings with it other social benefits, such as innovation. […]
How might pathogen-fighting customs and attitudes arise, or fail to? Maybe people make conscious efforts to act in ways that inhibit the spread of pathogens, such as by shunning strangers and demanding conformity. Or maybe there are genes for behaviors that, at the level of a whole society, manifest themselves as collectivism or individualism, and genes for individualism get wiped out in diseaseplagued regions. But when East Asians move to the West or Westerners go East, […] they begin to see, think and behave like people in their adopted society. That would be hard to do if they were in the grip of collectivist or individualistic genes. The presence of pathogens also predicts cross-cultural differences in personality traits, not just shared cultural values. […] The physical world has shaped skin color and other superficial features. The next frontier is fathoming how it might have shaped our very thoughts and values.
Sharon Begley, Newsweek, April 14th, 2008
The function of TEXT C is to
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352656
Inglês
Texto associado
Written in March
The cock is crowing,
TEXT A
Written in March
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping-anon-anon
There’s joy in the mountains;
There’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!
By: William Wordsworth
Vocabulary: Hath = has; doth = does; fare ill = to do badly;
ploughboy = a country boy; whooping = cry of joy; anon = soon
The superlative forms ‘oldest’, ‘youngest’ and ‘strongest’ in
TEXT A refer to
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
UEPB
Prova:
CPCON - 2009 - UEPB - Vestibular - LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA (INGLÊS) |
Q1352654
Inglês
Texto associado
Written in March
The cock is crowing,
TEXT A
Written in March
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping-anon-anon
There’s joy in the mountains;
There’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!
By: William Wordsworth
Vocabulary: Hath = has; doth = does; fare ill = to do badly;
ploughboy = a country boy; whooping = cry of joy; anon = soon
Which season of the year does TEXT A talk about:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
UEPA
Órgão:
UEPA
Prova:
UEPA - 2009 - UEPA - Vestibular - PROVA OBJETIVA – 1a Fase |
Q1341065
Inglês
Texto associado
Earth on its way to the ICU
There’s no way to deny it anymore. It has been proven through a report
from the UN (United Nations) that, yes, it was man who made the Earth sick. And
even if now the world, diagnosed, decides to reduce the damage that our
presence here causes (which is not very likely) and decides to promote an
extreme change in the economical structures, the Earth, still at that, will have its
fever raised in 1.1◦C this century. Is that bad? But it is still bearable. Now if nothing
is done, the world must prepare for a new class of refugees: the climatic. A heating
of up to 6◦C would be forecasted. To have an idea, the Earth was only 5◦C colder
in the Ice Age, which put an end to the Dinosaur Age. If the “dinos” couldn’t handle
the shock, who’d think the humans would. Humans?
It is most probable, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Changes, that the Earth will be warmed 3◦C, which will cause phenomena such as
thawing, hurricanes, droughts and tempests. The sea level, according to the
report, may rise between 18 and 59 centimeters, making cities below sea level
disappear.
In Brazil, the greatest impact would be on the Northeast, which could
become a semi-desert. The Amazon would suffer due to lack of rain, affecting the
entire rainforest, losing biodiversity. On the other hand, the intensity of the rain
would impact the South-east. To the UN, The world must do the impossible to
stagnate the intensity of the fever, so that the temperature increase does not
exceed 2◦C. The warning has been given.
Autora: Sonia Racy
Artigo extraído da Revista, TAM magazine, Ano 4, Número 37, Março 2007.
Assinale a única alternativa abaixo que não foi mencionada no artigo.
Q1283023
Inglês
About the boy in this cartoon, it’s correct to say:
Q1283022
Inglês
The girl in this cartoon
Q1283020
Inglês
The only alternative in which the word from the text, on the
left, is not correctly defined is
Q1283019
Inglês
Fill in the parentheses with True or False.
It’s stated in the text that
( ) Short people don’t make as much money as tall people. ( ) Thin workers earn less money than fat ones. ( ) Short people can handle difficult situations more easily than tall ones. ( ) Tall people aren’t usually considered as intelligent as shorter ones.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
( ) Short people don’t make as much money as tall people. ( ) Thin workers earn less money than fat ones. ( ) Short people can handle difficult situations more easily than tall ones. ( ) Tall people aren’t usually considered as intelligent as shorter ones.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
Q1283018
Inglês
Considering language usage in the text, it’s correct to say:
Q1283017
Inglês
“CSP scientists hope that European countries will take the lead” (l. 21-22)
The expression “take the lead” in this sentence should be understood as
The expression “take the lead” in this sentence should be understood as
Q1283016
Inglês
How does the CSP technology work?
The answer to this question is in
The answer to this question is in
Q1283015
Inglês
It’s stated in the text that a good thing with the CSP project is
that it
Q1283014
Inglês
Fill in the parentheses with True or False.
According to the text, it’s correct to say:
( ) Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is a great achievement in energy production.
( ) Most of the European countries are already importing electricity from the plants in the Sahara desert.
( ) Only one CSP factory is enough to provide all the energy needed by a modern city.
( ) An advantage of CSP towers is that they can work with just one large mirror.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
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