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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - RJ Órgão: PUC - RJ Prova: PUC - RJ - 2015 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - 1º Dia Grupo 1, 3 e 4 |
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

According to Vasily Titov, the greatest challenge NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research has to face today is to
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - RJ Órgão: PUC - RJ Prova: PUC - RJ - 2015 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - 1º Dia Grupo 1, 3 e 4 |
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

In the sentence “That means building out the seismic network,” (lines 89-90), building out means to
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

The word dramatically in “The agency’s goal is to dramatically reduce that hour-long delay.” (lines 87-88), most nearly means
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

The relative pronoun which (line 76), in the fragment “which is relayed by satellite to warning centers”, makes reference to
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

In paragraph 5 (lines 57-69) tsunami expert, Charitha Pattiaratchi, recalls the critical moments she faced in a Sri Lankan road on Dec.26, 2004. Which of the following proverbs best applies to the statements “I came to the conclusion that I was safe. Well, I was wrong.” (lines 66-67):
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - RJ Órgão: PUC - RJ Prova: PUC - RJ - 2015 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - 1º Dia Grupo 1, 3 e 4 |
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

Given the information in paragraph 4 (lines 42-56), where the author sheds light on how islanders have reacted to tsunami earthquakes along the years, which of the following statements is TRUE?
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

Choose the item in which the idea introduced by the underlined expression is correctly described.
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

According to the second paragraph of the text (lines 9-21), one can arrive at the conclusion that
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

In the sentence “The disaster raised awareness of tsunamis and prompted nations to pump money into research and warning systems.” (lines 9-11) , the word prompted means
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By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer. Adapted from http://www. livescience.com/49262-indian-ocean-tsunami-anniversary. html. December 26, 2014.  

The aim of the text is to
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Q637427 Inglês

Mind reading may one day be possible, researchers say

Disponível em: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/24/mind-reading-may-one-day-be-possible-researchers-say

Acessado em 25/09/2015. Adaptado para fins educacionais.

Ellen Brait

According to a new study, 'a non-invasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) can be used to allow one human to guess what is on the mind of another human'. Mind reading might not be as improbable as many people believe, says a study published by researchers at the University of Washington.

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Dentre as alternativas abaixo, a expressão mais apropriada em português para “might not be” no trecho “Mind reading might not be as improbable as many people believe” é

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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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Ackman-Backed Harvard Grads Make  

Aiding the Poor a New Business

Disponível em: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09- 21/ackman-backed-harvard-grads-make-aiding-the-poor-a-new-business. Acessado em 30/09/2015. Reorganizado e adaptado para fins educacionais.

Sangwon Yoon

 Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus spent summers as Harvard graduate students trying to give cash to the poor in the villages of Kenya. The villagers were perplexed; development experts thought the two had lost their minds. People who live on less than a dollar a day, the experts said, were sure to spend the money on cigarettes and alcohol.Seven years later, the idea is upending the international aid industry. Giving cash directly to the very poor turns out to be more efficient and productive than when charities with high overhead distribute goods and food. Those in extreme need take the cash and use it wisely. Giving a year's income of $1,000 to Kenyans who live on about 60 cents a day via mobile banking system M-Pesa, showed a 34 percent increase in earnings and a 52 percent rise in assets. Beneficiaries invested the cash, buying livestock and land for longer-term returns. Heavyweight investors such as Mr Ackman, from Ackman's Pershing Square Foundation, have decided to back the former grads' project, transforming it into a new business.

                        

O texto menciona que
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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Ackman-Backed Harvard Grads Make  

Aiding the Poor a New Business

Disponível em: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09- 21/ackman-backed-harvard-grads-make-aiding-the-poor-a-new-business. Acessado em 30/09/2015. Reorganizado e adaptado para fins educacionais.

Sangwon Yoon

 Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus spent summers as Harvard graduate students trying to give cash to the poor in the villages of Kenya. The villagers were perplexed; development experts thought the two had lost their minds. People who live on less than a dollar a day, the experts said, were sure to spend the money on cigarettes and alcohol.Seven years later, the idea is upending the international aid industry. Giving cash directly to the very poor turns out to be more efficient and productive than when charities with high overhead distribute goods and food. Those in extreme need take the cash and use it wisely. Giving a year's income of $1,000 to Kenyans who live on about 60 cents a day via mobile banking system M-Pesa, showed a 34 percent increase in earnings and a 52 percent rise in assets. Beneficiaries invested the cash, buying livestock and land for longer-term returns. Heavyweight investors such as Mr Ackman, from Ackman's Pershing Square Foundation, have decided to back the former grads' project, transforming it into a new business.

                        

O resultado do experimento de Michael Faye e Paul Niehaus mostra que
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
Q637424 Inglês

Asteroid impact, volcanism were one-two punch for dinosaurs

By Robert Sanders | Disponível em: http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/10/01/asteroid-impact-volcanism-were-one-two-punch-for-dinosaurs/ Acessado em 01/10/2015. Adaptado para fins educacionais.

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Berkeley geologists have uncovered compelling evidence that an asteroid impact on Earth 66 million years ago accelerated the eruptions of volcanoes in India for hundreds of thousands of years, and that together these planet-wide catastrophes caused the extinction of many land and marine animals, including the dinosaurs.

Escolha dentre as alternativas abaixo aquela que corresponde ao assunto do texto acima.

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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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Assinale a alternativa que mostra três sintomas de insolação mencionados no folheto.
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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De acordo com o folheto,
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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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Germine et al. Individual Aesthetic Preferences for Faces Are Shaped Mostly by Environments, Not Genes.

Current Biology, October 2015 DOI:

10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.048 Disponível em: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151001125637.htm. Acessado em 29/09/2015. Adaptado para fins educacionais.

Many of us have had the experience of disagreeing with friends or family about which celebrity is more attractive. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 1 show in a study of twins that those differences of opinion are mostly the result of personal experiences that are unique to each individual. In other words, even identical twins don't agree.

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When space crops up in conversation, ownership does not immediately spring to mind. But as the human race continues to advance in this field, and with commercial space enterprises just around the corner, questions about power politics and their interaction with space exploration must be asked and answered.

Observe a figura acima e leia o texto correspondente. A seguir, escolha a alternativa que melhor representa o título dessa reportagem.

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Ano: 2015 Banca: PUC - SP Órgão: PUC - SP Prova: PUC - SP - 2015 - PUC - SP - Vestibular |
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Some Animals Can Suffer From Mental Illness, Too

Disponível em: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/ 2015/09/some-animals-can-suffer-from-mental-illness-too.html. Acessado em 16/10/2015.

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By Melissa Dahl Follow @melissadahl

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Maybe you've had or heard about a pet cat on Prozac, or a dog that doesn't quite seem like itself in the weeks following the death of another animal in the home. On the one hand, it's hard not to question whether there is some owner-projection or anthropomorphism happening here. But on the other, some scientists are starting to seriously investigate the inner lives of animals, including potential signs of mental illness.

De acordo com o texto,

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With respect to the haredi (mentioned in paragraph 6), which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?
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3521: E
3522: E
3523: D
3524: D
3525: B
3526: A
3527: C
3528: C
3529: A
3530: B
3531: C
3532: D
3533: B
3534: A
3535: B
3536: A
3537: C
3538: D
3539: B
3540: D