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Q1399945
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: UNICENTRO Órgão: UNICENTRO Prova: UNICENTRO - 2018 - UNICENTRO - Vestibular - Inglês |
Q1399945 Inglês
Tech users have long questioned whether mobile devices and smart speakers eavesdrop on their private conversations. Apple answered that question Tuesday with a resounding no.
In a letter to federal lawmakers, the tech giant insisted that iPhones do not listen to what users are saying and said third-party app developers don't have access to audio data.
"iPhone doesn't listen to consumers except to recognize the clear, unambiguous audio trigger 'Hey Siri,'" Timothy Powderly, Apple's director of Federal Government Affairs, wrote in the letter, which was obtained by CNN.
"The customer is not our product, and our business model does not depend on collecting vast amounts of personally identifiable information to enrich targeted profiles marketed to advertisers," he added.

Disponível em <https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/08/technology/apple-iphone-listening/index.html> . Acesso em 08 de ago. 2018.
According to the text
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Q1399825
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399825 Inglês
BRAZIL: JUDGE SHUTS BORDER TO VENEZUELAN
MIGRANTS FLEEING HUNGER AND HARDSHIP
    Judge says entry of immigrants suspended until conditions for ‘humanitarian reception’ are created – activists called it ‘absurd’
      A judge in Brazil has blocked Venezuelans from entering the border state of Roraima as local authorities harden their stance against the flood of migrants fleeing hunger and hardship in their home country.
    Judge Helder Barreto said he had suspended the entry of Venezuelan immigrants until the conditions for a “humanitarian reception” are created but activists working with migrants attacked it as “absurd”.
   Sister Telma Lage from the non-profit Migration and Human Rights Institute, which helps vulnerable migrants in Roraima’s capital Boa Vista, said the judge had overstepped his authority.            “[Venezuelans] are entering Brazil and seeking refuge because of the vulnerable situation they find themselves in,” she said. “What we fear is the lack of options for those near to the border.”
    Since 2015, more than 56,000 Venezuelans have sought refuge or residency in Brazil amid continuing political turmoil and economic collapse in their home country. […]
    But the flood of migrants has severely stretched health and education services in the poor state of Roraima.
Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-shuts-border-venezuelanmigrants)
The reason why Venezuelans are seeking refuge in Brazil is visible in all the following alternatives, EXCEPT:
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Q1399824
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399824 Inglês
BRAZIL: JUDGE SHUTS BORDER TO VENEZUELAN
MIGRANTS FLEEING HUNGER AND HARDSHIP
    Judge says entry of immigrants suspended until conditions for ‘humanitarian reception’ are created – activists called it ‘absurd’
      A judge in Brazil has blocked Venezuelans from entering the border state of Roraima as local authorities harden their stance against the flood of migrants fleeing hunger and hardship in their home country.
    Judge Helder Barreto said he had suspended the entry of Venezuelan immigrants until the conditions for a “humanitarian reception” are created but activists working with migrants attacked it as “absurd”.
   Sister Telma Lage from the non-profit Migration and Human Rights Institute, which helps vulnerable migrants in Roraima’s capital Boa Vista, said the judge had overstepped his authority.            “[Venezuelans] are entering Brazil and seeking refuge because of the vulnerable situation they find themselves in,” she said. “What we fear is the lack of options for those near to the border.”
    Since 2015, more than 56,000 Venezuelans have sought refuge or residency in Brazil amid continuing political turmoil and economic collapse in their home country. […]
    But the flood of migrants has severely stretched health and education services in the poor state of Roraima.
Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-shuts-border-venezuelanmigrants)
According to Sister Lage:
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Q1399823
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399823 Inglês
BRAZIL: JUDGE SHUTS BORDER TO VENEZUELAN
MIGRANTS FLEEING HUNGER AND HARDSHIP
    Judge says entry of immigrants suspended until conditions for ‘humanitarian reception’ are created – activists called it ‘absurd’
      A judge in Brazil has blocked Venezuelans from entering the border state of Roraima as local authorities harden their stance against the flood of migrants fleeing hunger and hardship in their home country.
    Judge Helder Barreto said he had suspended the entry of Venezuelan immigrants until the conditions for a “humanitarian reception” are created but activists working with migrants attacked it as “absurd”.
   Sister Telma Lage from the non-profit Migration and Human Rights Institute, which helps vulnerable migrants in Roraima’s capital Boa Vista, said the judge had overstepped his authority.            “[Venezuelans] are entering Brazil and seeking refuge because of the vulnerable situation they find themselves in,” she said. “What we fear is the lack of options for those near to the border.”
    Since 2015, more than 56,000 Venezuelans have sought refuge or residency in Brazil amid continuing political turmoil and economic collapse in their home country. […]
    But the flood of migrants has severely stretched health and education services in the poor state of Roraima.
Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-shuts-border-venezuelanmigrants)
According to the text it is CORRECT to affirm:
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Q1399822
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399822 Inglês

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The cartoon infers the idea that:

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Q1399821
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Verbos | Verbs , Verbos modais | Modal verbs ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399821 Inglês
Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say

      The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit. […]
     Metzger, who is lead author on the study, reviewed scientific literature from the past 200 years and found only one publication -- from 1802 -- that used the clearing-orbit requirement to classify planets, and it was based on since-disproven reasoning.
     "It's a sloppy definition," Metzger said of the IAU's definition. "They didn't say what they meant by clearing their orbit. If you take that literally, then there are no planets, because no planet clears its orbit." […]
     Metzger said that the definition of a planet should be based on its intrinsic properties, rather than ones that can change, such as the dynamics of a planet's orbit. "Dynamics are not constant, they are constantly changing," Metzger said. "So, they are not the fundamental description of a body, they are just the occupation of a body at a current era."
    Instead, Metzger recommends classifying a planet based on if it is large enough that its gravity allows it to become spherical in shape. "And that's not just an arbitrary definition, Metzger said. "It turns out this is an important milestone in the evolution of a planetary body, because apparently when it happens, it initiates active geology in the body." 

Source: University of Central Florida. "Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say."
ScienceDaily, 7 September 2018. Available at:<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180907110422.htm>.
In the title of the text, the modal verb SHOULD conveys the idea of:
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Q1399820
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399820 Inglês
Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say

      The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit. […]
     Metzger, who is lead author on the study, reviewed scientific literature from the past 200 years and found only one publication -- from 1802 -- that used the clearing-orbit requirement to classify planets, and it was based on since-disproven reasoning.
     "It's a sloppy definition," Metzger said of the IAU's definition. "They didn't say what they meant by clearing their orbit. If you take that literally, then there are no planets, because no planet clears its orbit." […]
     Metzger said that the definition of a planet should be based on its intrinsic properties, rather than ones that can change, such as the dynamics of a planet's orbit. "Dynamics are not constant, they are constantly changing," Metzger said. "So, they are not the fundamental description of a body, they are just the occupation of a body at a current era."
    Instead, Metzger recommends classifying a planet based on if it is large enough that its gravity allows it to become spherical in shape. "And that's not just an arbitrary definition, Metzger said. "It turns out this is an important milestone in the evolution of a planetary body, because apparently when it happens, it initiates active geology in the body." 

Source: University of Central Florida. "Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say."
ScienceDaily, 7 September 2018. Available at:<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180907110422.htm>.
According to Metzger, the IAU's definition of a planet was careless because:
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Q1399819
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPESE - UFT Órgão: UFT Prova: COPESE - UFT - 2018 - UFT - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática |
Q1399819 Inglês
Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say

      The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit. […]
     Metzger, who is lead author on the study, reviewed scientific literature from the past 200 years and found only one publication -- from 1802 -- that used the clearing-orbit requirement to classify planets, and it was based on since-disproven reasoning.
     "It's a sloppy definition," Metzger said of the IAU's definition. "They didn't say what they meant by clearing their orbit. If you take that literally, then there are no planets, because no planet clears its orbit." […]
     Metzger said that the definition of a planet should be based on its intrinsic properties, rather than ones that can change, such as the dynamics of a planet's orbit. "Dynamics are not constant, they are constantly changing," Metzger said. "So, they are not the fundamental description of a body, they are just the occupation of a body at a current era."
    Instead, Metzger recommends classifying a planet based on if it is large enough that its gravity allows it to become spherical in shape. "And that's not just an arbitrary definition, Metzger said. "It turns out this is an important milestone in the evolution of a planetary body, because apparently when it happens, it initiates active geology in the body." 

Source: University of Central Florida. "Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say."
ScienceDaily, 7 September 2018. Available at:<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180907110422.htm>.
It is CORRECT to affirm that the main idea of the text is:
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Q1399291
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: INEP Órgão: ENCCEJA Prova: INEP - 2018 - ENCCEJA - Exame - Linguagens e Ciências Humanas - Ensino Médio - PPL |
Q1399291 Inglês
Emergency Red List of Syrian Antiquities at Risk is launched in New York On Wednesday, 25th September, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova joined the President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, and United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Ms Anne Richard, to launch an Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk. Disponível em: www.unesco.org. Acesso em: 28 set. 2013 (adaptado).
Nos últimos tempos, a Síria tem sofrido muitos tipos de risco. O risco mencionado no texto diz respeito a seus
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Q1399285
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: INEP Órgão: ENCCEJA Prova: INEP - 2018 - ENCCEJA - Exame - Linguagens e Ciências Humanas - Ensino Médio - PPL |
Q1399285 Inglês

Imagem associada para resolução da questão

Disponível em: www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com. Acesso em: 1 ago. 2014 (adaptado).


Um internauta digitaria seu e-mail no espaço indicado se desejasse

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Q1399020
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Vocabulário | Vocabulary ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: PUC - RS Órgão: PUC - RS Prova: PUC - RS - 2018 - PUC - RS - Vestibular - Segundo Dia |
Q1399020 Inglês

INSTRUÇÃO: Responder à questão com base no texto. 


Rip Van Winkle is a classic American short story written by Washington Irving based on local history _____ with influences from European folklore. It tells the story of a man who lived near the Catskill Mountains in New York before the Revolutionary War and fell asleep for twenty years. Everything he knew _____ in the town was gone. _____, he learned that he had to navigate this new world as a free citizen of the United States.

Adapted from: http://www.supersummary.com/rip-van-winkle/summary/ and https://www.bookreports.info/rip-van-winkle-summary/

The alternative that brings words that fill in the blanks in text, respectively, is
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Q1390469
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: Esamc Órgão: Esamc Prova: Esamc - 2018 - Esamc - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q1390469 Inglês

Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.


Facebook’s new data policy: Answers to your privacy questions

    Facebook, the world’s largest social network, revamped the policies it uses when collecting data on the more than 2 billion people who use it every month. As part of the new policy, released April 19, the company is also spelling out more clearly how it collects and uses that information about you.

    Where does Facebook get information about me?

    It finds this information from a mixture of photos, videos and thoughts you post on your timeline. It also gleans data from your interactions with Facebook friends, as well as the pages and posts you “like.” Plus, the company collects seven different kinds of information it takes from a phone, computer or tablet you’re using. That includes data about the version of software you’re running, how low your battery is and how much storage you have left on your device. On top of that, Facebook can access information about devices that are connected to the same network you’re on.

    This kind of info is often used for something industry experts call fingerprinting, which is how websites identify you based on all the data they can collect from your device.

(Adaptado de https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-data-policy-answers-to-your-privacyquestions-cambridge-analytica/. Publicado em: 21 abr. 2018.

Acesso em: 21 ago. 2018, às 16h31.)

“Fingerprinting”, segundo o texto, é a maneira pela qual
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Q1390468
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: Esamc Órgão: Esamc Prova: Esamc - 2018 - Esamc - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q1390468 Inglês

Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.


Facebook’s new data policy: Answers to your privacy questions

    Facebook, the world’s largest social network, revamped the policies it uses when collecting data on the more than 2 billion people who use it every month. As part of the new policy, released April 19, the company is also spelling out more clearly how it collects and uses that information about you.

    Where does Facebook get information about me?

    It finds this information from a mixture of photos, videos and thoughts you post on your timeline. It also gleans data from your interactions with Facebook friends, as well as the pages and posts you “like.” Plus, the company collects seven different kinds of information it takes from a phone, computer or tablet you’re using. That includes data about the version of software you’re running, how low your battery is and how much storage you have left on your device. On top of that, Facebook can access information about devices that are connected to the same network you’re on.

    This kind of info is often used for something industry experts call fingerprinting, which is how websites identify you based on all the data they can collect from your device.

(Adaptado de https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-data-policy-answers-to-your-privacyquestions-cambridge-analytica/. Publicado em: 21 abr. 2018.

Acesso em: 21 ago. 2018, às 16h31.)

De acordo com as informações apresentadas no texto, os dados coletados pelo Facebook são
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Q1390467
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: Esamc Órgão: Esamc Prova: Esamc - 2018 - Esamc - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q1390467 Inglês

Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.


Facebook’s new data policy: Answers to your privacy questions

    Facebook, the world’s largest social network, revamped the policies it uses when collecting data on the more than 2 billion people who use it every month. As part of the new policy, released April 19, the company is also spelling out more clearly how it collects and uses that information about you.

    Where does Facebook get information about me?

    It finds this information from a mixture of photos, videos and thoughts you post on your timeline. It also gleans data from your interactions with Facebook friends, as well as the pages and posts you “like.” Plus, the company collects seven different kinds of information it takes from a phone, computer or tablet you’re using. That includes data about the version of software you’re running, how low your battery is and how much storage you have left on your device. On top of that, Facebook can access information about devices that are connected to the same network you’re on.

    This kind of info is often used for something industry experts call fingerprinting, which is how websites identify you based on all the data they can collect from your device.

(Adaptado de https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-data-policy-answers-to-your-privacyquestions-cambridge-analytica/. Publicado em: 21 abr. 2018.

Acesso em: 21 ago. 2018, às 16h31.)

De acordo com o texto, indique a única informação correta sobre o Facebook.
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Q1390466
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: Esamc Órgão: Esamc Prova: Esamc - 2018 - Esamc - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q1390466 Inglês

Considere o texto a seguir para responder à questão.


Facebook’s new data policy: Answers to your privacy questions

    Facebook, the world’s largest social network, revamped the policies it uses when collecting data on the more than 2 billion people who use it every month. As part of the new policy, released April 19, the company is also spelling out more clearly how it collects and uses that information about you.

    Where does Facebook get information about me?

    It finds this information from a mixture of photos, videos and thoughts you post on your timeline. It also gleans data from your interactions with Facebook friends, as well as the pages and posts you “like.” Plus, the company collects seven different kinds of information it takes from a phone, computer or tablet you’re using. That includes data about the version of software you’re running, how low your battery is and how much storage you have left on your device. On top of that, Facebook can access information about devices that are connected to the same network you’re on.

    This kind of info is often used for something industry experts call fingerprinting, which is how websites identify you based on all the data they can collect from your device.

(Adaptado de https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-data-policy-answers-to-your-privacyquestions-cambridge-analytica/. Publicado em: 21 abr. 2018.

Acesso em: 21 ago. 2018, às 16h31.)

Segundo o texto, os usuários do Facebook não costumam:
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Q1375420
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: FAG Órgão: FAG Prova: FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre |
Q1375420 Inglês
Text 1


    When I got to the airport, I learnt that the plane from Cairo, on which my brother was travelling, had been delayed at Paris with engine trouble and was expected to be about an hour late. As a rule I can pass the time quite happily; watching the planes land and take off, but that evening I had a headache; which I thought that the noise of the engines might make worse. I decided, therefore to walk around to make the time pass quickly.
    First of all I went back to the place where I had left my car to make sure that all the doors were locked. The walk in the fresh air did me good, for I felt slightly better as I entered the main airport building again. I made my way to the restaurant, where I ordered a cup of black coffee. As I stood drinking this at the counter, I studied the faces of the people around me. Some passengers were obviously anxious about the time, and kept looking at their watches; others checked to see that they had tickets, passports and money. Where there was a group of people, it was easy to tell which one was about to leave. He was the object of everyone’s attention and looked either very happy or very sad at the thought of departure.
    There was one woman who burst into tears as she said goodbye to the relatives or friends who had come to see her off. When I had finished my coffee, I went along to the bookstall, where I bought a couple of magazines, both of them about travel, which would help to make the time pass pleasantly. Then I went into one of the waiting-rooms and made myself comfortable in a big armchair. I had hardly had time to open one of my magazines, when someone came up and put his hand on my shoulder. It was an old friend; who was just about to leave on a business trip to South America. Since we had not seen each other for a long time, we found plenty to talk about until the arrival of my brother’s plane from Paris was announced.
The author went to the airport...
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Q1375418
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Verbos | Verbs ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: FAG Órgão: FAG Prova: FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre |
Q1375418 Inglês

Texto 1


“Eu, Marília, não sou algum vaqueiro,

Que vive de guardar alheio gado;

De tosco trato, de expressões grosseiro,

Dos frios gelado e dos sóis queimado.

Tenho próprio casal e nele assisto

Dá-me vinho, legume, fruta, azeite;

Das brancas ovelhinhas tiro o leite,

E mais as finas lãs, de que me visto.

Graças, Marília bela,

Graças à minha Estrela!”

(Tomás Antonio Gonzaga)

Complete the sentence below with the correct verbs. Choose the CORRECT answer.


I ______ you in the park yesterday. You ______ on the grass and ______ a book.

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Q1373201
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: FAG Órgão: FAG Prova: FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre - Medicina |
Q1373201 Inglês
Text 2


    When I got to the airport, I learnt that the plane from Cairo, on which my brother was travelling, had been delayed at Paris with engine trouble and was expected to be about an hour late. As a rule I can pass the time quite happily; watching the planes land and take off, but that evening I had a headache; which I thought that the noise of the engines might make worse. I decided, therefore to walk around to make the time pass quickly.
    First of all I went back to the place where I had left my car to make sure that all the doors were locked. The walk in the fresh air did me good, for I felt slightly better as I entered the main airport building again. I made my way to the restaurant, where I ordered a cup of black coffee. As I stood drinking this at the counter, I studied the faces of the people around me. Some passengers were obviously anxious about the time, and kept looking at their watches; others checked to see that they had tickets, passports and money. Where there was a group of people, it was easy to tell which one was about to leave. He was the object of everyone’s attention and looked either very happy or very sad at the thought of departure.
    There was one woman who burst into tears as she said goodbye to the relatives or friends who had come to see her off. When I had finished my coffee, I went along to the bookstall, where I bought a couple of magazines, both of them about travel, which would help to make the time pass pleasantly. Then I went into one of the waiting-rooms and made myself comfortable in a big armchair. I had hardly had time to open one of my magazines, when someone came up and put his hand on my shoulder. It was an old friend; who was just about to leave on a business trip to South America. Since we had not seen each other for a long time, we found plenty to talk about until the arrival of my brother’s plane from Paris was announced.
According to the text 2...
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Q1373200
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: FAG Órgão: FAG Provas: FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre - Medicina | FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre |
Q1373200 Inglês
Text 2


    When I got to the airport, I learnt that the plane from Cairo, on which my brother was travelling, had been delayed at Paris with engine trouble and was expected to be about an hour late. As a rule I can pass the time quite happily; watching the planes land and take off, but that evening I had a headache; which I thought that the noise of the engines might make worse. I decided, therefore to walk around to make the time pass quickly.
    First of all I went back to the place where I had left my car to make sure that all the doors were locked. The walk in the fresh air did me good, for I felt slightly better as I entered the main airport building again. I made my way to the restaurant, where I ordered a cup of black coffee. As I stood drinking this at the counter, I studied the faces of the people around me. Some passengers were obviously anxious about the time, and kept looking at their watches; others checked to see that they had tickets, passports and money. Where there was a group of people, it was easy to tell which one was about to leave. He was the object of everyone’s attention and looked either very happy or very sad at the thought of departure.
    There was one woman who burst into tears as she said goodbye to the relatives or friends who had come to see her off. When I had finished my coffee, I went along to the bookstall, where I bought a couple of magazines, both of them about travel, which would help to make the time pass pleasantly. Then I went into one of the waiting-rooms and made myself comfortable in a big armchair. I had hardly had time to open one of my magazines, when someone came up and put his hand on my shoulder. It was an old friend; who was just about to leave on a business trip to South America. Since we had not seen each other for a long time, we found plenty to talk about until the arrival of my brother’s plane from Paris was announced.
As he had a headache, he...
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Q1373199
Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2018 Banca: FAG Órgão: FAG Prova: FAG - 2018 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre - Medicina |
Q1373199 Inglês
Text 1


3-D Printing Enables Visually Impaired Children to Experience the World of Literary Classics


In the past year, 3-D printing has been experiencing major breakthroughs, and it promises even greater strides in the fields of sustainability, technology and medical research. Yet the technology is currently being pioneered for another purpose: to help visually impaired children understand the fantastical worlds depicted in classic literary works such as Goodnight Moon and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
A project at the University of Colorado is hoping to jump-start the commercial development of tactile books, allowing children to follow along text read aloud by tracing the corresponding raised illustrations with their fingers. The technology converts the images in original titles into pictures you can feel with a 3-D printer. Researchers at the Tactile Picture Book Project are working in conjunction with Denver’s Anchor Center—a nonprofit specializing in helping visually impaired children achieve educational success—on the project.
Tactile books are crucial to early cognitive development for blind children, who typically don’t begin to read Braille until the age of 6. The Anchor Center’s executive director, Alice Applebaum, explained in an interview with Mashable that the project can help even younger children develop the ability to explore the world through their hands. "It is one more opportunity for visually impaired children to experience literacy in an expanded way," she said. "Will it make them better readers? Not necessarily, but it will make them more aware of what the world looks like.
Tactile books are currently pricey to produce, but affordable 3-D printing is projected to be available within the next two to three years.
Researchers aim to eventually have the option available for both parents and educators, allowing them to take photos and send them to a 3-D printer for their personalized tactile book. The Tactile Picture Book Project is also testing workshops and software programs that might make it possible for parents to create tactile books for their own children.Mashable reports that, since the original Goodnight Moon book was printed, titles including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Cat in the Hat have been added to the steadily growing collection, which means the infamous Everyone Poops can’t be far behind on the list.
Paula Mejia
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