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Q4143782
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Of every 1,000 children born in Kenya, a country in East
Africa, 32 don’t make it to their first birthdays. Study after study
has explored how to improve those impressive numbers, in
Kenya and elsewhere. But a decade-long study on alleviating
poverty found a simple solution. Giving $1,000 to poor families
lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths
in children under 5 by 45 percent. Those are much bigger
drops than have been credited to routine immunizations, for
example, or bed nets to prevent malaria.
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that
I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate
poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the
University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work.
The decline in infant mortality is a “showstopping result,”
he said.
The outcomes suggest that delivering even smaller
amounts of money to families — especially those that live
near a hospital — immediately before or after the birth
of a child might allow women to seek medical care and
drastically improve their children’s chances of survival. More
than 100 low- and middle-income countries have explored
so-called cash transfers, especially after the pandemic
began. Generally, the experiments have found that giving
money to poor families improves school attendance, nutrition
and use of health services.
(Apoorva Mandavilli. www.nytimes.com, 18.08.2025. Adaptado.)
In the excerpt from the third paragraph “The outcomes suggest
that delivering even smaller amounts of money to families
— especially those that live near a hospital — immediately
before or after the birth of a child might allow women to seek
medical care and drastically improve their children’s chances
of survival”, the underlined word expresses a
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Of every 1,000 children born in Kenya, a country in East
Africa, 32 don’t make it to their first birthdays. Study after study
has explored how to improve those impressive numbers, in
Kenya and elsewhere. But a decade-long study on alleviating
poverty found a simple solution. Giving $1,000 to poor families
lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths
in children under 5 by 45 percent. Those are much bigger
drops than have been credited to routine immunizations, for
example, or bed nets to prevent malaria.
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that
I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate
poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the
University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work.
The decline in infant mortality is a “showstopping result,”
he said.
The outcomes suggest that delivering even smaller
amounts of money to families — especially those that live
near a hospital — immediately before or after the birth
of a child might allow women to seek medical care and
drastically improve their children’s chances of survival. More
than 100 low- and middle-income countries have explored
so-called cash transfers, especially after the pandemic
began. Generally, the experiments have found that giving
money to poor families improves school attendance, nutrition
and use of health services.
(Apoorva Mandavilli. www.nytimes.com, 18.08.2025. Adaptado.)
No trecho do segundo parágrafo “The decline in infant
mortality is a ‘showstopping result,’ he said”, o termo sublinhado pode ser substituído, sem alteração de sentido para
o texto, por:
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Of every 1,000 children born in Kenya, a country in East
Africa, 32 don’t make it to their first birthdays. Study after study
has explored how to improve those impressive numbers, in
Kenya and elsewhere. But a decade-long study on alleviating
poverty found a simple solution. Giving $1,000 to poor families
lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths
in children under 5 by 45 percent. Those are much bigger
drops than have been credited to routine immunizations, for
example, or bed nets to prevent malaria.
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that
I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate
poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the
University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work.
The decline in infant mortality is a “showstopping result,”
he said.
The outcomes suggest that delivering even smaller
amounts of money to families — especially those that live
near a hospital — immediately before or after the birth
of a child might allow women to seek medical care and
drastically improve their children’s chances of survival. More
than 100 low- and middle-income countries have explored
so-called cash transfers, especially after the pandemic
began. Generally, the experiments have found that giving
money to poor families improves school attendance, nutrition
and use of health services.
(Apoorva Mandavilli. www.nytimes.com, 18.08.2025. Adaptado.)
In the excerpt from the first paragraph “Those are much
bigger drops than have been credited”, the underlined word
refers to
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Of every 1,000 children born in Kenya, a country in East
Africa, 32 don’t make it to their first birthdays. Study after study
has explored how to improve those impressive numbers, in
Kenya and elsewhere. But a decade-long study on alleviating
poverty found a simple solution. Giving $1,000 to poor families
lowered infant mortality rates by nearly half, and deaths
in children under 5 by 45 percent. Those are much bigger
drops than have been credited to routine immunizations, for
example, or bed nets to prevent malaria.
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that
I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate
poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the
University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work.
The decline in infant mortality is a “showstopping result,”
he said.
The outcomes suggest that delivering even smaller
amounts of money to families — especially those that live
near a hospital — immediately before or after the birth
of a child might allow women to seek medical care and
drastically improve their children’s chances of survival. More
than 100 low- and middle-income countries have explored
so-called cash transfers, especially after the pandemic
began. Generally, the experiments have found that giving
money to poor families improves school attendance, nutrition
and use of health services.
(Apoorva Mandavilli. www.nytimes.com, 18.08.2025. Adaptado.)
The main purpose of the text is to
Q4130709
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: TANASĂ, Matei. The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society. 2022. Retrieved from: .
Accessed: 18 Sep. 2025.
Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the sentence Furthermore, it is rather well
known how rare perfection in humans is, and if one reaches perfection then they should
be called God rather than human; so we will say that no human is entirely perfect; so all
humans are in part bad (l. 56-61).
I - Moreover, everyone knows human perfection is rare. If someone were perfect, they would be our God, not human. So, no human is completely perfect, and all people have some flaws.
II - Aditionally, because perfection in humans is so rare that anyone who attains it would be more God than human, we can say that all humans are at least partly imperfect.
III- Furthermore, most people believe human perfection is rare. Still, some people come close to it and may be compared to God; so, not all humans are bad.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the original meaning?
I - Moreover, everyone knows human perfection is rare. If someone were perfect, they would be our God, not human. So, no human is completely perfect, and all people have some flaws.
II - Aditionally, because perfection in humans is so rare that anyone who attains it would be more God than human, we can say that all humans are at least partly imperfect.
III- Furthermore, most people believe human perfection is rare. Still, some people come close to it and may be compared to God; so, not all humans are bad.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the original meaning?
Q4130707
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: TANASĂ, Matei. The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society. 2022. Retrieved from: .
Accessed: 18 Sep. 2025.
Select the alternative that adequately replaces the expression Counting all this in (l. 22) without
altering the sentence’s original meaning.
Q4130705
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: TANASĂ, Matei. The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society. 2022. Retrieved from: .
Accessed: 18 Sep. 2025.
Mark the statements below with T (true) or F (false), according to the text.
( ) The phrase ‘Love is love’ is based on the assumption that love is always good, so it does not make sense because it might be bad.
( ) The term ‘self-love’ is deceiving because it suggests one should love oneself instead of the good that is within one.
( ) Love, as an intrinsic virtue, may be harmful when directed to something or someone undeserving.
( ) If someone enjoys evil, it is a sign that they are morally flawed and in need of change.
The sequence should read, from top to bottom, is
( ) The phrase ‘Love is love’ is based on the assumption that love is always good, so it does not make sense because it might be bad.
( ) The term ‘self-love’ is deceiving because it suggests one should love oneself instead of the good that is within one.
( ) Love, as an intrinsic virtue, may be harmful when directed to something or someone undeserving.
( ) If someone enjoys evil, it is a sign that they are morally flawed and in need of change.
The sequence should read, from top to bottom, is
Q4130704
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: TANASĂ, Matei. The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society. 2022. Retrieved from: .
Accessed: 18 Sep. 2025.
Consider the statements below.
I - In Phaedo and Symposium, Plato suggests that love is a desire for beauty and that when we love something or someone we want it as it is.
II - St. Augustine suggests we should not love people, but instead love the good that is in each person.
III- Meister Eckhart suggests that God contains all the good and all the beauty and thus loves us all.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
I - In Phaedo and Symposium, Plato suggests that love is a desire for beauty and that when we love something or someone we want it as it is.
II - St. Augustine suggests we should not love people, but instead love the good that is in each person.
III- Meister Eckhart suggests that God contains all the good and all the beauty and thus loves us all.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
Q4130703
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: TANASĂ, Matei. The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society. 2022. Retrieved from: .
Accessed: 18 Sep. 2025.
Select the alternative that adequately fills in the blanks in lines 02, 30, 63 and 84.
Q4130702
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Extraído de: BRADY, Kathleen. Lucille: The
Life of Lucille Ball. Hyperion, 1994.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a transposição correta para discurso indireto do segmento
“Kathleen! I'm late! Don't shake my hand, my nails are wet. Shake my elbow!" (l. 69-70).
Q4130700
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Extraído de: BRADY, Kathleen. Lucille: The
Life of Lucille Ball. Hyperion, 1994.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta termos que, conforme empregados no texto, operam como
adjetivos.
Q4130698
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Extraído de: BRADY, Kathleen. Lucille: The
Life of Lucille Ball. Hyperion, 1994.
Assinale com V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) as afirmações abaixo, acerca do texto.
( ) As palavras she (l. 01), she (l. 45), her (l. 57) e herself (l. 60) têm o mesmo referente.
( ) A palavra did (l. 30) substitui o segmento direct her own material (l. 30-31), evitando portanto a repetição desse segmento.
( ) O pronome his (l. 35) refere-se a Chaplin’s Little Tramp (l. 34-35).
( ) O segmento reason and judgment, propriety and the prudent course (l. 50-51) é um aposto que se refere à palavra imperatives (l. 49).
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
( ) As palavras she (l. 01), she (l. 45), her (l. 57) e herself (l. 60) têm o mesmo referente.
( ) A palavra did (l. 30) substitui o segmento direct her own material (l. 30-31), evitando portanto a repetição desse segmento.
( ) O pronome his (l. 35) refere-se a Chaplin’s Little Tramp (l. 34-35).
( ) O segmento reason and judgment, propriety and the prudent course (l. 50-51) é um aposto que se refere à palavra imperatives (l. 49).
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Q4130696
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Extraído de: BRADY, Kathleen. Lucille: The
Life of Lucille Ball. Hyperion, 1994.
Assinale a alternativa correta em relação ao texto.
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Read the informational guide provided by Biosphere 2.
The guide informs potential visitors to the Biosphere 2 project about
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In the middle of the vast Arizona desert, in the United
States, there’s a structure that seems taken straight out of the
pages of science fiction. Inside a massive complex of glass
pyramids and towers, spread across 1.2 hectares, stands
a tropical rainforest topped by a 7.6-meter-high waterfall, a
savannah and a fog desert. It’s seemingly a little capsule of
Earth, which is why the structure is called Biosphere 2 —
named after our own planet, Biosphere 1.
The scenery forms the perfect background for the
futuristic experiment that once took place here. In the early
1990s, eight people locked themselves inside, sealed off from
the outside world for two years, to explore the challenges of
living in a self-contained system — a prerequisite for building
colonies in outer space. They fed themselves from the crops
they grew, they recycled their own wastewater and they cared
for the plants that produced their oxygen.
In terms of sustaining human life, the experiment did not
go well. Oxygen levels fell significantly, making the inhabitants
sick, while carbon dioxide (CO2) levels increased. Countless
animals died, including the pollinators the plants needed to
reproduce. And although the “biospherians” did survive on
their homegrown food, they lost weight to the point where
they became a case study for calorie restriction. When
supplementary oxygen needed to be brought in, commentators
blamed the project as a failure, calling it a “new-age silliness
masquerading as science”. In recent years, however, many
experts have come to see the Biosphere 2 experiment in a
new light, with valuable lessons about ecology, atmospheric
science and importantly, the irreplaceability of our own planet.
(Katarina Zimmer. www.bbc.com, 05.07.2025. Adapted.)
According to the third paragraph, one major ecological
imbalance that compromised human habitability in Biosphere 2
was the
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Q4116342
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In the middle of the vast Arizona desert, in the United
States, there’s a structure that seems taken straight out of the
pages of science fiction. Inside a massive complex of glass
pyramids and towers, spread across 1.2 hectares, stands
a tropical rainforest topped by a 7.6-meter-high waterfall, a
savannah and a fog desert. It’s seemingly a little capsule of
Earth, which is why the structure is called Biosphere 2 —
named after our own planet, Biosphere 1.
The scenery forms the perfect background for the
futuristic experiment that once took place here. In the early
1990s, eight people locked themselves inside, sealed off from
the outside world for two years, to explore the challenges of
living in a self-contained system — a prerequisite for building
colonies in outer space. They fed themselves from the crops
they grew, they recycled their own wastewater and they cared
for the plants that produced their oxygen.
In terms of sustaining human life, the experiment did not
go well. Oxygen levels fell significantly, making the inhabitants
sick, while carbon dioxide (CO2) levels increased. Countless
animals died, including the pollinators the plants needed to
reproduce. And although the “biospherians” did survive on
their homegrown food, they lost weight to the point where
they became a case study for calorie restriction. When
supplementary oxygen needed to be brought in, commentators
blamed the project as a failure, calling it a “new-age silliness
masquerading as science”. In recent years, however, many
experts have come to see the Biosphere 2 experiment in a
new light, with valuable lessons about ecology, atmospheric
science and importantly, the irreplaceability of our own planet.
(Katarina Zimmer. www.bbc.com, 05.07.2025. Adapted.)
In the excerpt from the second paragraph “The scenery forms
the perfect background for the futuristic experiment that once
took place here”, the underlined term refers to
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In the middle of the vast Arizona desert, in the United
States, there’s a structure that seems taken straight out of the
pages of science fiction. Inside a massive complex of glass
pyramids and towers, spread across 1.2 hectares, stands
a tropical rainforest topped by a 7.6-meter-high waterfall, a
savannah and a fog desert. It’s seemingly a little capsule of
Earth, which is why the structure is called Biosphere 2 —
named after our own planet, Biosphere 1.
The scenery forms the perfect background for the
futuristic experiment that once took place here. In the early
1990s, eight people locked themselves inside, sealed off from
the outside world for two years, to explore the challenges of
living in a self-contained system — a prerequisite for building
colonies in outer space. They fed themselves from the crops
they grew, they recycled their own wastewater and they cared
for the plants that produced their oxygen.
In terms of sustaining human life, the experiment did not
go well. Oxygen levels fell significantly, making the inhabitants
sick, while carbon dioxide (CO2) levels increased. Countless
animals died, including the pollinators the plants needed to
reproduce. And although the “biospherians” did survive on
their homegrown food, they lost weight to the point where
they became a case study for calorie restriction. When
supplementary oxygen needed to be brought in, commentators
blamed the project as a failure, calling it a “new-age silliness
masquerading as science”. In recent years, however, many
experts have come to see the Biosphere 2 experiment in a
new light, with valuable lessons about ecology, atmospheric
science and importantly, the irreplaceability of our own planet.
(Katarina Zimmer. www.bbc.com, 05.07.2025. Adapted.)
In the fragment from the first paragraph “It’s seemingly a little
capsule of Earth”, the underlined expression means
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In the middle of the vast Arizona desert, in the United
States, there’s a structure that seems taken straight out of the
pages of science fiction. Inside a massive complex of glass
pyramids and towers, spread across 1.2 hectares, stands
a tropical rainforest topped by a 7.6-meter-high waterfall, a
savannah and a fog desert. It’s seemingly a little capsule of
Earth, which is why the structure is called Biosphere 2 —
named after our own planet, Biosphere 1.
The scenery forms the perfect background for the
futuristic experiment that once took place here. In the early
1990s, eight people locked themselves inside, sealed off from
the outside world for two years, to explore the challenges of
living in a self-contained system — a prerequisite for building
colonies in outer space. They fed themselves from the crops
they grew, they recycled their own wastewater and they cared
for the plants that produced their oxygen.
In terms of sustaining human life, the experiment did not
go well. Oxygen levels fell significantly, making the inhabitants
sick, while carbon dioxide (CO2) levels increased. Countless
animals died, including the pollinators the plants needed to
reproduce. And although the “biospherians” did survive on
their homegrown food, they lost weight to the point where
they became a case study for calorie restriction. When
supplementary oxygen needed to be brought in, commentators
blamed the project as a failure, calling it a “new-age silliness
masquerading as science”. In recent years, however, many
experts have come to see the Biosphere 2 experiment in a
new light, with valuable lessons about ecology, atmospheric
science and importantly, the irreplaceability of our own planet.
(Katarina Zimmer. www.bbc.com, 05.07.2025. Adapted.)
The text is mainly about
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The Red Cross
The International Red Cross movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. The suffering of thousands of men on both sides of the Battle of Solferino in 1859 upset Dunant. Many were left to die due to lack of care. He proposed creating national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war.
In response to these ideas, a committee (which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross) was established in Geneva. Dunant also proposed that countries adopt an international agreement, which would recognise the status of medical services and of the injured on the battlefield. This agreement was adopted in 1864.
The formation of the British Red Cross occurred during the war between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay wrote a letter to the newspaper The Times. He called for a National Society to be formed in Britain just like in other European nations. On 4 August 1870, a public meeting was held in London and a resolution passed authorizing the formation of The British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War. It gave aid and relief to both warring armies during the Franco-Prussian War and in other wars and campaigns during the 19th century. This was done under the protection of the red cross emblem.
In 1905, the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War was renamed as the British Red Cross. The Red Cross needed many skilled volunteers for its wartime role. The Voluntary Aid Scheme was introduced in 1909 and ensured that Voluntary Aid Detachments were formed across the United Kingdom. Their members would provide aid to the territorial medical forces in times of war.
(www.redcross.org.uk. Adaptado.)
The word from the text which best describes the image below
the title is
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The Red Cross
The International Red Cross movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. The suffering of thousands of men on both sides of the Battle of Solferino in 1859 upset Dunant. Many were left to die due to lack of care. He proposed creating national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war.
In response to these ideas, a committee (which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross) was established in Geneva. Dunant also proposed that countries adopt an international agreement, which would recognise the status of medical services and of the injured on the battlefield. This agreement was adopted in 1864.
The formation of the British Red Cross occurred during the war between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay wrote a letter to the newspaper The Times. He called for a National Society to be formed in Britain just like in other European nations. On 4 August 1870, a public meeting was held in London and a resolution passed authorizing the formation of The British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War. It gave aid and relief to both warring armies during the Franco-Prussian War and in other wars and campaigns during the 19th century. This was done under the protection of the red cross emblem.
In 1905, the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War was renamed as the British Red Cross. The Red Cross needed many skilled volunteers for its wartime role. The Voluntary Aid Scheme was introduced in 1909 and ensured that Voluntary Aid Detachments were formed across the United Kingdom. Their members would provide aid to the territorial medical forces in times of war.
(www.redcross.org.uk. Adaptado.)
A Sociedade Nacional Britânica de Ajuda aos Doentes e
Feridos de Guerra, mencionada a partir do terceiro parágrafo
do texto, foi
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