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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Ano: 2017
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Q1395826
Inglês
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By Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health
Access on April 26, 2017.
The expression “plenty of room” in the fragment “They promise to provide a method of weight loss that
‘fits within one’s lifestyle and preferences’, assuring potential members that there is ‘plenty of room for
treats and extras’” (lines 19-20) refers to the fact that
Ano: 2017
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Q1395825
Inglês
Texto associado
By Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health
Access on April 26, 2017.
The pronoun “it” in the fragment “and it contains cancer-promoting properties”
(lines 10-11) refers to
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Q1395824
Inglês
Texto associado
By Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health
Access on April 26, 2017.
The writer implies in paragraph 2 (lines 5-14) that
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Q1395823
Inglês
Texto associado
By Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health
Access on April 26, 2017.
The main purpose of the text is to
Ano: 2017
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IF Sudeste - MG
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Q1395629
Inglês
Read the lyrics below.
Don’t laugh at me
Mark Wills
I’m a little boy with glasses
The one they call the geek
A little girl who never smiles
’Cause I’ve got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels
To cry myself to sleep
I’m that kid on every playground
Who’s always chosen last
A single teenage mother
Tryin’ to overcome my past
You don’t have to be my friend
But is it too much to ask
Don’t laugh at me
Don’t call me names
Don’t get your pleasure from my pain
In God’s eyes we’re all the same
Someday we’ll all have perfect wings
Don’t laugh at me (…)
Disponível em:<https://www.vagalume.com.br|> . Acesso em: 15 Set. 2017.
Ano: 2017
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IF Sudeste - MG
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Q1395628
Inglês
Read the following article, ignoring the empty spaces (1-5) for the time being. Then, check
the alternative in which all the spaces have been CORRECTLY filled:
Will human beings ever live on other planets?
(1) __________ we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems as tough space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than Mars, our nearest neighbor. No matter how many films we make about space travel, the fact is that it remains technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. (2) __________ the distances involved are immense, any voyage outside the solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology. Wherever human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their spaceship would have to carry vast amounts of fuel (3) __________ cover the distance. Even Mars is so far away that it would take about six months to get there. (4) __________ the distance between Earth and Mars varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years before they could return using the shortest journey time. (5) __________ it could cost as much as $ 100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned for sometime between 2010 and 2020.
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, London. 2008. p. 165.
Check the CORRECT alternative.
Will human beings ever live on other planets?
(1) __________ we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems as tough space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than Mars, our nearest neighbor. No matter how many films we make about space travel, the fact is that it remains technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. (2) __________ the distances involved are immense, any voyage outside the solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology. Wherever human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their spaceship would have to carry vast amounts of fuel (3) __________ cover the distance. Even Mars is so far away that it would take about six months to get there. (4) __________ the distance between Earth and Mars varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years before they could return using the shortest journey time. (5) __________ it could cost as much as $ 100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned for sometime between 2010 and 2020.
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, London. 2008. p. 165.
Check the CORRECT alternative.
Ano: 2017
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IF Sudeste - MG
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IF Sudeste - MG
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Q1395627
Inglês
Leia o seguinte trecho de um artigo, ignorando os espaços vazios (1-5) por enquanto. Em seguida, verifique a alternativa que mostra a sequência em que todos os verbos foram
usados CORRETAMENTE :
O envelhecimento da população
O número de homens e mulheres nos EUA com 60 anos ou mais que ainda trabalham (1) __________ por mais de uma década. Economistas (2) __________ uma série de razões para essa tendência. Primeiro, desde 1985 a economia dos Estados Unidos (3) __________, portanto, tem havido um aumento da demanda por mão de obra. Ao mesmo tempo, o custo de alguns serviços, como cuidados de saúde, (4) __________, portanto, os trabalhadores precisam ganhar mais dinheiro mais tarde na vida. Além disso, as mudanças nas regras de benefícios da seguridade social (5) __________ um efeito considerável sobre os padrões de trabalho. (…)
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, Londres. 2008. p. 23
Verifique a alternativa CORRETA .
O envelhecimento da população
O número de homens e mulheres nos EUA com 60 anos ou mais que ainda trabalham (1) __________ por mais de uma década. Economistas (2) __________ uma série de razões para essa tendência. Primeiro, desde 1985 a economia dos Estados Unidos (3) __________, portanto, tem havido um aumento da demanda por mão de obra. Ao mesmo tempo, o custo de alguns serviços, como cuidados de saúde, (4) __________, portanto, os trabalhadores precisam ganhar mais dinheiro mais tarde na vida. Além disso, as mudanças nas regras de benefícios da seguridade social (5) __________ um efeito considerável sobre os padrões de trabalho. (…)
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, Londres. 2008. p. 23
Verifique a alternativa CORRETA .
Ano: 2017
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Univap
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Univap
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Q1390012
Inglês
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A questão referem-se à tirinha abaixo
Disponível em: http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=87197. Acesso em:
09/12/2016.
O humor da tirinha consta na alternativa
Ano: 2017
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Q1390011
Inglês
Texto associado
A questão referem-se à tirinha abaixo
Disponível em: http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=87197. Acesso em:
09/12/2016.
No primeiro quadrinho, o Coelho afirma que
Ano: 2017
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Q1390010
Inglês
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A questão referem-se ao texto abaixo.
When it comes to immigration, it helps if you’re
white
Lola Okolosie
Bureaucracy. It’s a word laden with dark
memories. We’ve all been caught up in it. Each
will have a story of how once they were
enmeshed in a paper-chain farce requiring
merely a dash of common sense. But, as is typical
of such scenarios, it’s usually missing. It would all
be laughable if it weren’t threatening to engulf
you in rage, or worse.
By worse I mean the threat of being deported
from the country in which you have chosen to
make a life. This is where, until this week,
Gregg and Kathryn Brain, found themselves.
Having moved to Scotland in 2011 on Kathryn
Brain’s student visa, the family had hoped
to remain in the country by moving on to a
post-study visa, but the government scrapped
this scheme in 2012, potentially affecting tens of
thousands. Deportation was imminent.
An outpouring of support, not least from
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and 20
job offers saved the day. Mrs Brain is now
employed by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts
Group as a curator for their Aviemore visitors’
centre.
This is a feel-good immigration story. Lord
knows we need one. And yet it’s hard not to look
at this smiling family, relieved at what has been
salvaged by the goodwill of others, and think of
those we seem unwilling to welcome. No one
wishes misfortune on any family. In fact, I’d like
to think I share in this family’s happiness. They
have overcome a system that otherwise would
have treated them as merely numbers.[…]
Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/immigration-helps-white-brain-family - adaptado. Acesso em: 23/09/16.
Segundo o texto, a família Brain
Ano: 2017
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Q1390009
Inglês
Texto associado
A questão referem-se ao texto abaixo.
When it comes to immigration, it helps if you’re
white
Lola Okolosie
Bureaucracy. It’s a word laden with dark
memories. We’ve all been caught up in it. Each
will have a story of how once they were
enmeshed in a paper-chain farce requiring
merely a dash of common sense. But, as is typical
of such scenarios, it’s usually missing. It would all
be laughable if it weren’t threatening to engulf
you in rage, or worse.
By worse I mean the threat of being deported
from the country in which you have chosen to
make a life. This is where, until this week,
Gregg and Kathryn Brain, found themselves.
Having moved to Scotland in 2011 on Kathryn
Brain’s student visa, the family had hoped
to remain in the country by moving on to a
post-study visa, but the government scrapped
this scheme in 2012, potentially affecting tens of
thousands. Deportation was imminent.
An outpouring of support, not least from
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and 20
job offers saved the day. Mrs Brain is now
employed by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts
Group as a curator for their Aviemore visitors’
centre.
This is a feel-good immigration story. Lord
knows we need one. And yet it’s hard not to look
at this smiling family, relieved at what has been
salvaged by the goodwill of others, and think of
those we seem unwilling to welcome. No one
wishes misfortune on any family. In fact, I’d like
to think I share in this family’s happiness. They
have overcome a system that otherwise would
have treated them as merely numbers.[…]
Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/immigration-helps-white-brain-family - adaptado. Acesso em: 23/09/16.
O texto acima trata
Ano: 2017
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Univap
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Univap
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Q1390008
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto abaixo refere-se à questão.
Disponível em: http://www.motivateamazebegreat.
com/2016/04/30-friedrich-nietzsche-inspirational-quotes-
-about-life.html. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
A palavra “those”, em “those who could not hear
the music...”, refere-se
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Q1390007
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto abaixo refere-se à questão.
Disponível em: http://www.motivateamazebegreat.
com/2016/04/30-friedrich-nietzsche-inspirational-quotes-
-about-life.html. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
Da fala de Nietsche, pode-se inferir que
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CÁSPER LÍBERO
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CÁSPER LÍBERO
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Q1386205
Inglês
Examine the following cartoon to answer question.
According to the cartoon, the creation of a better world only makes sense if
Ano: 2017
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Q1386204
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following interview to answer question.
Giving Capitalism a Social Conscience
David Bornstein
For more than 40 years, Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and
recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has been asserting that the most powerful way to eradicate
poverty is to unleash the untapped entrepreneurial
capacity of people everywhere. “Poverty is not
created by poor people,” he says. “It’s created by
the system we built. Poor people are like a bonsai
tree. You take the best seed from the tallest tree in
the forest, but if you put it in a flower pot to grow,
it grows only a meter high. There’s nothing wrong
with the seed. The problem is the size of the pot.
Society doesn’t give poor people the space to grow
as tall as everybody else. This is the crux of the matter.”
Yunus has recently written a new book, “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero
Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions,” in which he argues that capitalism is
in crisis and remains moored in a flawed conception of human motivation. He proposes a far more
robust role in the economy for “social businesses,” which he defines as “non-dividend” companies
“dedicated to solving human problems.”
At 77, Yunus shows no signs of slowing down. He reports on an astonishing array of work
he has been involved in — supporting and codeveloping social businesses (often in partnership
with large corporations) in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Haiti, India, Japan, Uganda and
numerous other countries.
“We need to abandon our unquestioning faith in the power of personal-profit-centered
markets to solve all problems and confess that the problems of inequality are not going to be solved
by the natural working of the economy as it is currently structured,” Yunus writes.
“This is not a comfortable situation for anyone, including those who are on top of the social
heap at any given time. Do the wealthy and powerful … like having to avert their eyes from the
homeless and hungry people they pass on the street? Do they enjoy using the tools of the state
— including its police powers and other forms of coercion — to suppress the inevitable protests
mounted by those on the bottom? Do they really want their own children and grandchildren to
inherit this kind of world?”
Fonte: New York Times. Publicado em 10/10/2017. Disponível em: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/ opinion/giving-capitalism-a-social-conscience.html . Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Excerpt]
It is correct to say that in the last paragraph, Yunus words are:
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Q1386203
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following interview to answer question.
Giving Capitalism a Social Conscience
David Bornstein
For more than 40 years, Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and
recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has been asserting that the most powerful way to eradicate
poverty is to unleash the untapped entrepreneurial
capacity of people everywhere. “Poverty is not
created by poor people,” he says. “It’s created by
the system we built. Poor people are like a bonsai
tree. You take the best seed from the tallest tree in
the forest, but if you put it in a flower pot to grow,
it grows only a meter high. There’s nothing wrong
with the seed. The problem is the size of the pot.
Society doesn’t give poor people the space to grow
as tall as everybody else. This is the crux of the matter.”
Yunus has recently written a new book, “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero
Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions,” in which he argues that capitalism is
in crisis and remains moored in a flawed conception of human motivation. He proposes a far more
robust role in the economy for “social businesses,” which he defines as “non-dividend” companies
“dedicated to solving human problems.”
At 77, Yunus shows no signs of slowing down. He reports on an astonishing array of work
he has been involved in — supporting and codeveloping social businesses (often in partnership
with large corporations) in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Haiti, India, Japan, Uganda and
numerous other countries.
“We need to abandon our unquestioning faith in the power of personal-profit-centered
markets to solve all problems and confess that the problems of inequality are not going to be solved
by the natural working of the economy as it is currently structured,” Yunus writes.
“This is not a comfortable situation for anyone, including those who are on top of the social
heap at any given time. Do the wealthy and powerful … like having to avert their eyes from the
homeless and hungry people they pass on the street? Do they enjoy using the tools of the state
— including its police powers and other forms of coercion — to suppress the inevitable protests
mounted by those on the bottom? Do they really want their own children and grandchildren to
inherit this kind of world?”
Fonte: New York Times. Publicado em 10/10/2017. Disponível em: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/ opinion/giving-capitalism-a-social-conscience.html . Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Excerpt]
What does Yunus mean by “Poor people are like a bonsai tree”?
Ano: 2017
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Q1386202
Inglês
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Read the following interview to answer question.
Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro:
Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security
INTRODUCTION: Thinking about Social Violence in Brazil
Recently, drug traffickers based in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have attacked government
buildings, bombed buses, and successfully ordered widespread business closings. Over the past
decade, murder rates have averaged 50 per 100,000, in line with the most violent U.S. cities,
and overall rates may actually be even higher as a result of increasing rates of disappearances.
In poor districts, murder rates can exceed 150 per 100,000 inhabitants. Indeed, riding this wave
of criminal and police violence, human rights abuse has increased in Brazil since its transition to
democracy two decades ago.
Fonte: ARIAS, Enrique Desmond. Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks,
and Public Security. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Disponível em: www.jstor.
org/stable/10.5149/9780807877371_arias. Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Introduction: p. 1-17]
Which of the statements below is FALSE according to the text above?
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Q1386201
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following interview to answer question.
Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro:
Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security
INTRODUCTION: Thinking about Social Violence in Brazil
Recently, drug traffickers based in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have attacked government
buildings, bombed buses, and successfully ordered widespread business closings. Over the past
decade, murder rates have averaged 50 per 100,000, in line with the most violent U.S. cities,
and overall rates may actually be even higher as a result of increasing rates of disappearances.
In poor districts, murder rates can exceed 150 per 100,000 inhabitants. Indeed, riding this wave
of criminal and police violence, human rights abuse has increased in Brazil since its transition to
democracy two decades ago.
Fonte: ARIAS, Enrique Desmond. Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks,
and Public Security. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Disponível em: www.jstor.
org/stable/10.5149/9780807877371_arias. Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Introduction: p. 1-17]
According to the text, it is possible to imply that:
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Q1380861
Inglês
Texto associado
A questão referem-se ao quadrinho
abaixo.
Com a aparição de um navio pirata, Snoopy tem
intenção de
Ano: 2017
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Univap
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Univap
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Q1380858
Inglês
Texto associado
A questao refere-se ao texto abaixo.
Segundo a citação acima
Conheça nossos planos