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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Q1686600
Inglês
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Modern-day slavery: an explainer
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty
What is modern-day slavery?
About 150 years after most countries banned slavery –
Brazil was the last to abolish its participation in the transatlantic
slave trade, in 1888 – millions of men, women and children are
still enslaved. Contemporary slavery takes many forms, from
women forced into prostitution, to child slavery in agriculture
supply chains or whole families working for nothing to pay
off generational debts. Slavery thrives on every continent and
in almost every country. Forced labour, people trafficking,
debt bondage and child marriage are all forms of modern-day
slavery that affect the world’s most vulnerable people.
How is slavery defined?
Slavery is prohibited under the 1948 Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which states: “No one shall be held in slavery
or servitude: slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in
all their forms.”
Definitions of modern-day slavery are mainly taken
from the 1956 UN supplementary convention, which says:
“debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage and the delivery
of a child for the exploitation of that child are all slavery-like
practices and require criminalisation and abolishment”. The
1930 Forced Labour Convention defines forced labour as “all
work or service which is exacted from any person under the
menace of any penalty and for which the said person has
not offered himself voluntarily”. As contemporary systems of
slavery have evolved, new definitions, including trafficking and
distinguishing child slavery from child labour, have developed.
How many people are enslaved across the world?
Due to its illegality, data on modern-day slavery is difficult
to collate. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO)
estimates that about 21 million people are in forced labour
at any point in time. The ILO says this estimate includes
trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The only
exceptions are trafficking for organ removal, forced marriage
and adoption, unless the last two practices result in forced
labour. The ILO calculates that 90% of the 21 million are
exploited by individuals or companies, while 10% are forced
to work by the state, rebel military groups, or in prisons under
conditions that violate ILO standards. Sexual exploitation
accounts for 22% of slaves.
(www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/apr/03/modern-day-slavery-explainer. Adaptado)
De acordo com o terceiro parágrafo, a Convenção Suplementar das Nações Unidas de 1956 inclui como escravidão
moderna
Q1686599
Inglês
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Modern-day slavery: an explainer
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty
What is modern-day slavery?
About 150 years after most countries banned slavery –
Brazil was the last to abolish its participation in the transatlantic
slave trade, in 1888 – millions of men, women and children are
still enslaved. Contemporary slavery takes many forms, from
women forced into prostitution, to child slavery in agriculture
supply chains or whole families working for nothing to pay
off generational debts. Slavery thrives on every continent and
in almost every country. Forced labour, people trafficking,
debt bondage and child marriage are all forms of modern-day
slavery that affect the world’s most vulnerable people.
How is slavery defined?
Slavery is prohibited under the 1948 Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which states: “No one shall be held in slavery
or servitude: slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in
all their forms.”
Definitions of modern-day slavery are mainly taken
from the 1956 UN supplementary convention, which says:
“debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage and the delivery
of a child for the exploitation of that child are all slavery-like
practices and require criminalisation and abolishment”. The
1930 Forced Labour Convention defines forced labour as “all
work or service which is exacted from any person under the
menace of any penalty and for which the said person has
not offered himself voluntarily”. As contemporary systems of
slavery have evolved, new definitions, including trafficking and
distinguishing child slavery from child labour, have developed.
How many people are enslaved across the world?
Due to its illegality, data on modern-day slavery is difficult
to collate. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO)
estimates that about 21 million people are in forced labour
at any point in time. The ILO says this estimate includes
trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The only
exceptions are trafficking for organ removal, forced marriage
and adoption, unless the last two practices result in forced
labour. The ILO calculates that 90% of the 21 million are
exploited by individuals or companies, while 10% are forced
to work by the state, rebel military groups, or in prisons under
conditions that violate ILO standards. Sexual exploitation
accounts for 22% of slaves.
(www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/apr/03/modern-day-slavery-explainer. Adaptado)
No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – all work or service which is
exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and
for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily –
o termo em destaque se refere a
Q1686598
Inglês
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Modern-day slavery: an explainer
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty
What is modern-day slavery?
About 150 years after most countries banned slavery –
Brazil was the last to abolish its participation in the transatlantic
slave trade, in 1888 – millions of men, women and children are
still enslaved. Contemporary slavery takes many forms, from
women forced into prostitution, to child slavery in agriculture
supply chains or whole families working for nothing to pay
off generational debts. Slavery thrives on every continent and
in almost every country. Forced labour, people trafficking,
debt bondage and child marriage are all forms of modern-day
slavery that affect the world’s most vulnerable people.
How is slavery defined?
Slavery is prohibited under the 1948 Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which states: “No one shall be held in slavery
or servitude: slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in
all their forms.”
Definitions of modern-day slavery are mainly taken
from the 1956 UN supplementary convention, which says:
“debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage and the delivery
of a child for the exploitation of that child are all slavery-like
practices and require criminalisation and abolishment”. The
1930 Forced Labour Convention defines forced labour as “all
work or service which is exacted from any person under the
menace of any penalty and for which the said person has
not offered himself voluntarily”. As contemporary systems of
slavery have evolved, new definitions, including trafficking and
distinguishing child slavery from child labour, have developed.
How many people are enslaved across the world?
Due to its illegality, data on modern-day slavery is difficult
to collate. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO)
estimates that about 21 million people are in forced labour
at any point in time. The ILO says this estimate includes
trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The only
exceptions are trafficking for organ removal, forced marriage
and adoption, unless the last two practices result in forced
labour. The ILO calculates that 90% of the 21 million are
exploited by individuals or companies, while 10% are forced
to work by the state, rebel military groups, or in prisons under
conditions that violate ILO standards. Sexual exploitation
accounts for 22% of slaves.
(www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/apr/03/modern-day-slavery-explainer. Adaptado)
Leia o primeiro parágrafo, em que se responde à pergunta
“What is modern-day slavery?”. De acordo com esse parágrafo, uma das formas que a escravidão moderna assume é
Q1405879
Inglês
The author mentions a point of connection
that he personally sees in the works of Machado de
Assis and Alice Munro, which is the fact that they
both
Q1405878
Inglês
According to the author of the text, Machado
de Assis
Q1405877
Inglês
It is surprising that Machado, considered the
greatest Latin American writer by Sontag, was
never
Q1405876
Inglês
Among his worries as a writer, we can include
Q1405875
Inglês
What gave Machado’s work an open
cosmopolitan texture was
Q1405874
Inglês
Machado thought that not only our
circumstances form our identity and world contours,
but also our
Q1405873
Inglês
A curious thing about this fabulous Brazilian
writer is the fact that he
Q1405872
Inglês
As to his characters, we can say
Q1405871
Inglês
By saying that “ink ran in his veins” the
author means that Machado
Q1405870
Inglês
According to the text, Machado de Assis’s
writing style went through a significant change
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
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Q1405666
Inglês
Fill the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
In reference to eraser and delete keys one can say that
( ) their utility is important only to scientists.
( ) those machines have nothing to do with papers and researches.
( ) those high-tech electronic inventions allow us to erasemistakes, so that we can remake texts again and again.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
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Q1405665
Inglês
According to the text, the word that corresponds to its respective meaning is
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
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Q1405664
Inglês
“What changed the course of human events most profoundly?”(l. 1-2)
According to the text, the suitable answer for this question is
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
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Q1405663
Inglês
Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
According to the text, scholars got together in Edge in order todecide the inventions of great influence
( ) of the last two centuries.
( ) for nearly two hundred years.
( ) during the last two thousand years.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
UNICENTRO - 2018 - UNICENTRO - Vestibular - PAC - 3ª Etapa |
Q1405463
Inglês
“If you listen to them all day long, you will prevent them”(l. 18-19)
Without changing the meaning, the words in bold may be substituted by
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
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Q1405462
Inglês
The word on the left which refers to the one on the right is
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
UNICENTRO - 2018 - UNICENTRO - Vestibular - PAC - 3ª Etapa |
Q1405461
Inglês
"To cheer up or boost energy, listen to Latin music or anythingwith accented beats, lots of percussion and a fast tempo.”(l. 8-10)
This fragment may be interpreted as a
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