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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the clause It could be argued that the answer is one (l. 19).
I - One might argue that the answer is one.
II - You could say that the answer is one.
III- They should argue that the answer is one.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the literal meaning?
Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the sentence The attacks were masterminded by Osama bin Laden in an attempt to intimidate the United States and unite Muslims for a restoration of the caliphate (l. 09-12).
I - Attempting to intimidate the United States and unite Muslims for a restoration of the caliphate, Osama bin Laden has masterminded the attacks.
II - Osama bin Laden masterminded the attacks in an attempt to intimidate the United States and unite Muslims for a restoration of the caliphate.
III- In an attempt to intimidate the United States and unite Muslims for a restoration of the caliphate, the attacks have been masterminded by Osama bin Laden.
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the literal meaning?
Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the fragment of sentence the south tower after burning for an hour and two minutes (l. 06-07).
I - the south tower after having been burning for an hour and two minutes
II - the south tower after it was burning for an hour and two minutes
III- the south tower after it had been burning for an hour and two minutes
If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the literal meaning?
Mark the statements below T (true) or F (false) according to the text.
( ) The semantic conflict between our inner and outer worlds frames the thesis of the text.
( ) Semantics provides undisputed evidence to the claim that 9/11 comprised two events.
( ) The author suggests that the amounts insured determine the importance of 9/11 as an event.
( ) The legal dispute ensuing 9/11 aimed to determine either the oneness or the twoness of the event.
The correct sequence of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is
Consider the following statements about the text.
I - To take 9/11 as a single event ensues not only a smaller reimbursement from the insurance company, but also the acknowledgement of Osama bin Laden as the mastermind of the terrorist attacks.
II - Larry Silverstein’s attorneys’ attempt to pin 9/11 as two events so as to collect twice as much the insurance reimbursement verges on impudence, since it gives way to frivolous discussions concerning a catastrophe.
III- The text states that there is nothing simple about semantics because the meaning of the words we use to encompass reality are neither fixed nor unchanging, which allows several valid interpretations.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
Considere as possibilidades de reescrita do segmento methodically learning it is key to her rise (l. 44).
I - it is key to her rise methodically learning
II - to learn methodically is key to her rise
III- learning it methodically is key to her rise
Quais poderiam substituir o segmento destacado, sem prejuízo do sentido original e da correção gramatical?
Considere as possibilidades de reescrita do segmento Inspired by fictional languages such as those in the Star Wars films, Peterson made Dothraki and Valyrian as rich and realistic as possible.
I - Peterson, inspired by fictional languages such as those in the Star Wars films, made Dothraki and Valyrian as rich and realistic as possible.
II - Being as rich and realistic as possible, Peterson made Dothraki and Valyrian inspired by fictional languages such as those in the Star Wars films.
III- Fictional languages in the Star Wars films inspired Peterson to make Dothraki and Valyrian as rich and realistic as possible.
Quais poderiam substituir o segmento destacado, sem prejuízo do sentido original e da correção gramatical?
Assinale com V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) as afirmações abaixo, acerca do texto.
( ) O autor considera Peterson tão talentoso quanto Tolkien em termos de criação de línguas ficcionais.
( ) As línguas criadas soam estrangeiras por contrariar padrões fonológicos da língua inglesa.
( ) A parte mais fácil da criação das línguas, segundo o autor, é dar conta da etimologia das palavras.
( ) O autor considera improvável que, em uma sociedade sexista como a de Game of Thrones, as línguas não delimitem claramente os papéis de gênero.
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Considere as seguintes propostas de reescrita para o trecho But a slippery, porous slate no school-room or cottage roof could find use for (l. 36-38).
I - But a slippery, porous slate for which no school-room or cottage could find use
II - But a slippery, porous slate that no school-room or cottage could find use for
III- But a slippery, porous slate who no school-room or cottage could find use for
Quais poderiam substituir o segmento destacado, sem prejuízo do sentido literal e da correção gramatical?
Considere os seguintes sentidos possíveis para a palavra slate.
I - A piece of rock laminated into shingles, used for roofing or siding.
II - A tablet used for writing on.
III- A list of candidates for nomination or election.
Quais desses sentidos podem ser atribuídos à palavra slate, conforme empregada no segundo parágrafo do texto?
Considere as seguintes expressões do texto.
I - private ocean (l. 07)
II - transparent bounds (l. 09)
III- meagre living room (l. 30)
Quais fazem referência a algum elemento do corpo humano?
Considere as seguintes afirmações acerca do texto.
I - A expressão what I’m in for (l. 03) denota o desconhecimento do local onde o narrador se encontra.
II - A expressão bloody walls (l. 17-18) enfatiza a revolta do narrador diante de seu desconforto físico angustiante.
III- A membrana que limita o espaço do narrador abafa as vozes externas, mas também vibra com elas.
Quais estão corretas?
Assinale com V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) as seguintes afirmações acerca do texto.
( ) O narrador nostalgicamente rememora sua juventude despreocupada, anterior ao seu confinamento.
( ) O narrador, por encontrar-se de cabeça para baixo, está confuso e imerso em ilusões acerca do mundo ao seu redor.
( ) O texto reveste-se de ironia em função do descompasso entre a condição do narrador e seu domínio de linguagem.
( ) O texto apresenta um relato incomum que instiga o leitor a conjecturar acerca do desenvolvimento humano e da formação da consciência.
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Considere as seguintes afirmações acerca do texto.
I - O narrador relata seu confinamento em um espaço restrito cujas paredes lhe permitem ouvir conversas íntimas aterradoras.
II - As referências a aspectos fisiológicos, apesar das reflexões de ordem existencial, denotam a natureza não humana do narrador, o que torna o texto inusitado e irônico.
III- O narrador, embora se declare inocente e livre de quaisquer obrigações, acredita ser parte de um plano em que sua mãe parece estar envolvida.
Quais estão corretas?
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EL TIGRE, Venezuela — Thousands of workers are fleeing Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, abandoning once-coveted jobs made worthless by the worst inflation in the world. And now the hemorrhaging is threatening the nation’s chances of overcoming its long economic collapse.
Desperate oil workers and criminals are also stripping the oil company of vital equipment, vehicles, pumps and copper wiring, carrying off whatever they can to make money. The double drain — of people and hardware — is further crippling a company that has been teetering for years yet remains the country’s most important source of income.
The timing could not be worse for Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, who was re-elected last month in a vote that has been widely condemned by leaders across the hemisphere. Prominent opposition politicians were either barred from competing in the election, imprisoned or in exile.
But while Mr. Maduro has firm control over the country, Venezuela is on its knees economically, buckled by hyperinflation and a history of mismanagement. Widespread hunger, political strife, devastating shortages of medicine and an exodus of well over a million people in recent years have turned this country, once the economic envy of many of its neighbors, into a crisis that is spilling over international borders.
If Mr. Maduro is going to find a way out of the mess, the key will be oil: virtually the only source of hard currency for a nation with the world’s largest estimated petroleum reserves. But each month Venezuela produces less of it. Offices at the state oil company are emptying out, crews in the field are at half strength, pickup trucks are stolen and vital materials vanish. All of this is adding to the severe problems at the company that were already acute because of corruption, poor maintenance, crippling debts, the loss of professionals and even a lack of spare parts.
Now workers at all levels are walking away in large numbers, sometimes literally taking pieces of the company with them, union leaders, oil executives and workers say.
A job with Petróleos de Venezuela, known as Pdvsa, used to be a ticket to the Venezuelan Dream. No more.
Inflation in Venezuela is projected to reach an astounding 13,000 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. When The New York Times interviewed Mr. Navas in May, the monthly salary for a worker like him was barely enough to buy a whole chicken or two pounds of beef. But with prices going up so quickly, it buys even less now.
Junior Martínez, 28, who has worked in the oil industry for eight years, is assembling papers, including his diploma as a chemical engineer. His wife and her daughter left three months ago to earn money in Brazil. “I get 1,400,000 bolívars a week and it isn’t even enough to buy a carton of eggs or a tube of toothpaste,”Mr. Martínez said of his salary in bolívars, Venezuela’s currency.
Mr. Martínez’s father, Ovidio Martínez, 55, recalled growing up here when the oil boom began. He cried as he spoke of his son’s determination to leave the country. “You watch your children leave and you can’t stop them,” the elder Mr. Martínez said, fighting back tears. “In this country, they don’t have a future.”
In El Tigre, hundreds of people stood in line one recent morning outside a supermarket, many waiting since the evening before to buy whatever food they could.
From: www.nytimes.com/June 14, 2018. Adapted.
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