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Q3158644
Inglês
Leia com atenção as frases e marque a alternativa verdadeira.
I- Don’t worry! Nobody understands nothing she says! II- Wait a minute, Doroty. There’s someone at the door. III- No one says “Hi, mom” anymore. IV- There isn’t anyone here to help you.
I- Don’t worry! Nobody understands nothing she says! II- Wait a minute, Doroty. There’s someone at the door. III- No one says “Hi, mom” anymore. IV- There isn’t anyone here to help you.
Q3158643
Inglês
Qual é o início correto da seguinte frase?
..............................I will finally be able to buy that huge house we saw during our last trip to Canada.
..............................I will finally be able to buy that huge house we saw during our last trip to Canada.
Q3158642
Inglês
O que a pessoa quer dizer com: “I’ve got heartburn”?
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Q4211638
Inglês
Os versos a seguir pertencem à canção Fall on Me, da banda
norte-americana R.E.M., lançada em 1986.
“There's a problem, feathers, iron Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills e Michael Stipe.
A qual episódio (real ou hipotético) da história da física o trecho da música faz alusão?
“There's a problem, feathers, iron Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills e Michael Stipe.
A qual episódio (real ou hipotético) da história da física o trecho da música faz alusão?
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Q4211619
Inglês
Texto associado
“Quick, quick, tell me something awful
Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy
Tell me all your secrets, all you'll ever be is
My eternal consolation prize
You see, I was a debutante in another life, but
Now I seem to be scared to go outside
If comfort is a construct, I don't believe in good luck
Now that I know what's what
I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind
People need a key to get to, the only one is mine
I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child
No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears
I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here
I hate it here
My friends used to play a game where
We would pick a decade
We wished we could live in instead of this
I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists
And getting married off for the highest bid
Everyone would look down 'cause it wasn't fun now
Seems like it was never even fun back then
Nostalgia is a mind's trick
If I'd been there, I'd hate it
It was freezing in the palace”
“I hate it here”, Taylor Swift, do álbum The Tortured Poets Department,
2024 (Adaptado).
No texto, a percepção de “conforto como construto” indica
que o eu lírico vê o conforto como
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Q4211618
Inglês
Texto associado
“Quick, quick, tell me something awful
Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy
Tell me all your secrets, all you'll ever be is
My eternal consolation prize
You see, I was a debutante in another life, but
Now I seem to be scared to go outside
If comfort is a construct, I don't believe in good luck
Now that I know what's what
I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind
People need a key to get to, the only one is mine
I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child
No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears
I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here
I hate it here
My friends used to play a game where
We would pick a decade
We wished we could live in instead of this
I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists
And getting married off for the highest bid
Everyone would look down 'cause it wasn't fun now
Seems like it was never even fun back then
Nostalgia is a mind's trick
If I'd been there, I'd hate it
It was freezing in the palace”
“I hate it here”, Taylor Swift, do álbum The Tortured Poets Department,
2024 (Adaptado).
Na letra da música, o verso “Like you are a poet trapped inside
the body of a finance guy”
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Q4211605
Inglês
Texto associado
Climate change is messing with time
“The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting
Earth’s rotation and could impact on precision timekeeping,
according to a recent study.
The planet is not about to jerk to a halt, nor speed up so
rapidly that everyone gets flung into space. But timekeeping
is an exact science in a highly technological society, which is
why global authorities more than half a century ago felt
compelled by the slight changes in Earth’s rotation to invent
the concept of the ‘leap second’.
Climate change makes these calculations even more
complicated: Soon it may be necessary to insert a ‘negative
leap second’ into the calendar to get the planet’s rotation in
sync with Coordinated Universal Time.
Timekeeping is based on an astronomical basis. Earth is a
type of a clock. In simpler times, the planet would spin one full
revolution on its axis, and everyone would call it a day.
But Earth doesn’t spin at a perfectly constant speed. Our
planet is in a complicated gravitational dance with the moon,
the sun, the oceanic tides, Earth’s own atmosphere and the
motion of the planet’s solid inner core.
The planet’s fluctuating spin rate is carefully tracked by the
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service.
In the early 1970s, Earth was clearly slowing down in its
rotation, and a gap was forming between atomic time and
astronomical time. Thus, was born the ‘leap second’ to adjust
for the fact that the ‘day’ was getting a bit longer.
The melting of the ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland
shifts mass — meltwater — toward the equator. That process
increases the equatorial bulge of the planet. Meanwhile, at
the poles, the land that had been pressed down by ice rises,
and Earth becomes more spherical.
According to the study, although the core is causing the
planet to spin faster, the planetary shape changes caused by
a warming climate are slowing that process. Absent this
effect, the overall acceleration of the planet’s rotation might
require timekeepers to insert a ‘negative leap second’ at the
end of 2026. Because of climate change, that might not be
necessary until 2029.”
Disponível em https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/03/27/
(Adaptad
Conforme o texto, os fenômenos naturais que desempenham
papel significativo na complexa interação gravitacional que
afeta a rotação da Terra são
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Q4211604
Inglês
Texto associado
Climate change is messing with time
“The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting
Earth’s rotation and could impact on precision timekeeping,
according to a recent study.
The planet is not about to jerk to a halt, nor speed up so
rapidly that everyone gets flung into space. But timekeeping
is an exact science in a highly technological society, which is
why global authorities more than half a century ago felt
compelled by the slight changes in Earth’s rotation to invent
the concept of the ‘leap second’.
Climate change makes these calculations even more
complicated: Soon it may be necessary to insert a ‘negative
leap second’ into the calendar to get the planet’s rotation in
sync with Coordinated Universal Time.
Timekeeping is based on an astronomical basis. Earth is a
type of a clock. In simpler times, the planet would spin one full
revolution on its axis, and everyone would call it a day.
But Earth doesn’t spin at a perfectly constant speed. Our
planet is in a complicated gravitational dance with the moon,
the sun, the oceanic tides, Earth’s own atmosphere and the
motion of the planet’s solid inner core.
The planet’s fluctuating spin rate is carefully tracked by the
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service.
In the early 1970s, Earth was clearly slowing down in its
rotation, and a gap was forming between atomic time and
astronomical time. Thus, was born the ‘leap second’ to adjust
for the fact that the ‘day’ was getting a bit longer.
The melting of the ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland
shifts mass — meltwater — toward the equator. That process
increases the equatorial bulge of the planet. Meanwhile, at
the poles, the land that had been pressed down by ice rises,
and Earth becomes more spherical.
According to the study, although the core is causing the
planet to spin faster, the planetary shape changes caused by
a warming climate are slowing that process. Absent this
effect, the overall acceleration of the planet’s rotation might
require timekeepers to insert a ‘negative leap second’ at the
end of 2026. Because of climate change, that might not be
necessary until 2029.”
Disponível em https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/03/27/
(Adaptad
Segundo o texto, o processo de derretimento das calotas
polares
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Q4211592
Inglês
“justice, each getting what he or she is due. Formal justice is
the impartial and consistent application of principles, whether
or not the principles themselves are just. Substantive justice
is closely associated with rights, i.e., with what individuals can
legitimately demand of one another or what they can
legitimately demand of their government (e.g., with respect
to the protection of liberty or the promotion of equality).
Retributive justice concerns when and why punishment is
justified. Debate continues over whether punishment is
justified as retribution for past wrongdoing or because it
deters future wrongdoing. Those who stress retribution as the
justification for punishment usually believe human beings
have libertarian free will, while those who stress deterrence
usually accept determinism.
At least since Aristotle, justice has commonly been identified
both with obeying law and with treating everyone with
fairness. But if law is, and justice is not, entirely a matter of
convention, then justice cannot be identified with obeying
law.”
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. General Editor Robert Audi, Cambridge, U.K.: C.U.P., 1999. p.456.
Conforme o verbete, a justiça substantiva pode ser definida como a
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. General Editor Robert Audi, Cambridge, U.K.: C.U.P., 1999. p.456.
Conforme o verbete, a justiça substantiva pode ser definida como a
Q4149632
Inglês
Texto associado
Research shows Americans are feeling increasingly lonely, with younger generations reporting lonelinees more frequently than older generations, and heavy social media users reporting loneliness more frequently than light users. Reaching out and taking time to connect, in person, with those around us builds relationships and a sense of belonging that can help reduce feelings of isolation.
(www.p12.nysed.gov. Adaptado.)
In the excerpt from the poster “a sense of belonging that
can help reduce feelings of isolation”, the underlined words
convey the idea of
Q4149631
Inglês
Texto associado
Research shows Americans are feeling increasingly lonely, with younger generations reporting lonelinees more frequently than older generations, and heavy social media users reporting loneliness more frequently than light users. Reaching out and taking time to connect, in person, with those around us builds relationships and a sense of belonging that can help reduce feelings of isolation.
(www.p12.nysed.gov. Adaptado.)
De acordo com o texto da campanha,
Q4149630
Inglês
Texto associado
Sleep tourism has become a major travel trend since the
beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, leading to the emergence
of sleep hotels, sleep suites, and in-house sleep experts for
travelers looking to rest.
Sleep tourism is a travel trend that emphasizes getting
the best sleep possible. It often involves picking a vacation
spot that offers sleep amenities. According to the magazine
Fortune, hotels have responded to a rise in sleep-focused
travelers by upgrading their sleep services, even hiring sleep
experts.
The rise in sleep tourism is a result of a growing sleep
epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), one in three adults doesn’t get enough
sleep. Quality sleep is often mistaken for a luxury when it’s
essential for good mental and physical health.
The CDC warns that inadequate sleep can lead to some
serious health conditions, such as heart disease, obesity,
type 2 diabetes, and depression. Sleep deprivation is also a
major cause of car collisions each year, as well as workplace
injuries.
(Eva Hagan. https://greenmatters.com, 29.04.2024. Adaptado.)
No trecho do quarto parágrafo “inadequate sleep can lead to
some serious health conditions”, o termo sublinhado expressa
Q4149629
Inglês
Texto associado
Sleep tourism has become a major travel trend since the
beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, leading to the emergence
of sleep hotels, sleep suites, and in-house sleep experts for
travelers looking to rest.
Sleep tourism is a travel trend that emphasizes getting
the best sleep possible. It often involves picking a vacation
spot that offers sleep amenities. According to the magazine
Fortune, hotels have responded to a rise in sleep-focused
travelers by upgrading their sleep services, even hiring sleep
experts.
The rise in sleep tourism is a result of a growing sleep
epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), one in three adults doesn’t get enough
sleep. Quality sleep is often mistaken for a luxury when it’s
essential for good mental and physical health.
The CDC warns that inadequate sleep can lead to some
serious health conditions, such as heart disease, obesity,
type 2 diabetes, and depression. Sleep deprivation is also a
major cause of car collisions each year, as well as workplace
injuries.
(Eva Hagan. https://greenmatters.com, 29.04.2024. Adaptado.)
No trecho do segundo parágrafo “hotels have responded to a
rise in sleep-focused travelers by upgrading their sleep services, even hiring sleep experts”, o termo sublinhado refere-se
Q4149628
Inglês
Texto associado
Sleep tourism has become a major travel trend since the
beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, leading to the emergence
of sleep hotels, sleep suites, and in-house sleep experts for
travelers looking to rest.
Sleep tourism is a travel trend that emphasizes getting
the best sleep possible. It often involves picking a vacation
spot that offers sleep amenities. According to the magazine
Fortune, hotels have responded to a rise in sleep-focused
travelers by upgrading their sleep services, even hiring sleep
experts.
The rise in sleep tourism is a result of a growing sleep
epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), one in three adults doesn’t get enough
sleep. Quality sleep is often mistaken for a luxury when it’s
essential for good mental and physical health.
The CDC warns that inadequate sleep can lead to some
serious health conditions, such as heart disease, obesity,
type 2 diabetes, and depression. Sleep deprivation is also a
major cause of car collisions each year, as well as workplace
injuries.
(Eva Hagan. https://greenmatters.com, 29.04.2024. Adaptado.)
No trecho do segundo parágrafo “It often involves picking a
vacation spot that offers sleep amenities”, o termo sublinhado
expressa ideia de
Q4149627
Inglês
Texto associado
Sleep tourism has become a major travel trend since the
beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, leading to the emergence
of sleep hotels, sleep suites, and in-house sleep experts for
travelers looking to rest.
Sleep tourism is a travel trend that emphasizes getting
the best sleep possible. It often involves picking a vacation
spot that offers sleep amenities. According to the magazine
Fortune, hotels have responded to a rise in sleep-focused
travelers by upgrading their sleep services, even hiring sleep
experts.
The rise in sleep tourism is a result of a growing sleep
epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), one in three adults doesn’t get enough
sleep. Quality sleep is often mistaken for a luxury when it’s
essential for good mental and physical health.
The CDC warns that inadequate sleep can lead to some
serious health conditions, such as heart disease, obesity,
type 2 diabetes, and depression. Sleep deprivation is also a
major cause of car collisions each year, as well as workplace
injuries.
(Eva Hagan. https://greenmatters.com, 29.04.2024. Adaptado.)
The main purpose of the text is to
Q4139994
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text III and answer the question that follow it.
Text III
How ghost cities in the Amazon
are rewriting the story of civilisation
Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans
and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large
swathes of this South American landscape are blanketed in thick
vegetation, suggesting it is one corner of the world that humans
never managed to tame. Here, there must have been no
deforestation, no agricultural revolution and no cities. It seems
like a pristine environment.
Or so we thought. But a very different picture is emerging.
Archaeologists working with Indigenous communities have been
shown crumbling urban remains and remote sensing technologies
such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are revealing the
footprints of vast ghost cities. With so much evidence of ancient
human activity, it is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was
inhabited by millions of people – some living in large built-up
areas complete with road networks, temples and pyramids.
But that’s not all this research reveals. Paradoxically, it also
provides evidence that the traditional view of the Amazon isn’t
completely wide of the mark. For instance, while the ancient
Amazonians managed their landscape intensively, they didn’t
deforest it. And although they developed complex societies, they
never went through a wholesale agricultural revolution. This
might suggest that the pre-Columbian Amazonians broke the
mould of human cultural development, which is traditionally seen
as a relentless march from hunting and gathering to farming to
urban complexity. The truth is more surprising. In fact, we are
now coming to understand that there was no such mould –
civilisation arose in myriad ways. What looks like an anomaly in
the Amazon is actually a shining example of a process that was as
vibrant and diverse as the rainforest itself.
Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334980-500-how-ghostcities-in-the-amazon-are-rewriting-the-story-of-civilisation/
The extract This might suggest (3rd paragraph) indicates
Q4139993
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text III and answer the question that follow it.
Text III
How ghost cities in the Amazon
are rewriting the story of civilisation
Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans
and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large
swathes of this South American landscape are blanketed in thick
vegetation, suggesting it is one corner of the world that humans
never managed to tame. Here, there must have been no
deforestation, no agricultural revolution and no cities. It seems
like a pristine environment.
Or so we thought. But a very different picture is emerging.
Archaeologists working with Indigenous communities have been
shown crumbling urban remains and remote sensing technologies
such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are revealing the
footprints of vast ghost cities. With so much evidence of ancient
human activity, it is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was
inhabited by millions of people – some living in large built-up
areas complete with road networks, temples and pyramids.
But that’s not all this research reveals. Paradoxically, it also
provides evidence that the traditional view of the Amazon isn’t
completely wide of the mark. For instance, while the ancient
Amazonians managed their landscape intensively, they didn’t
deforest it. And although they developed complex societies, they
never went through a wholesale agricultural revolution. This
might suggest that the pre-Columbian Amazonians broke the
mould of human cultural development, which is traditionally seen
as a relentless march from hunting and gathering to farming to
urban complexity. The truth is more surprising. In fact, we are
now coming to understand that there was no such mould –
civilisation arose in myriad ways. What looks like an anomaly in
the Amazon is actually a shining example of a process that was as
vibrant and diverse as the rainforest itself.
Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334980-500-how-ghostcities-in-the-amazon-are-rewriting-the-story-of-civilisation/
The phrase a pristine environment (1st paragraph) means that the
area is
Q4139992
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text III and answer the question that follow it.
Text III
How ghost cities in the Amazon
are rewriting the story of civilisation
Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans
and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large
swathes of this South American landscape are blanketed in thick
vegetation, suggesting it is one corner of the world that humans
never managed to tame. Here, there must have been no
deforestation, no agricultural revolution and no cities. It seems
like a pristine environment.
Or so we thought. But a very different picture is emerging.
Archaeologists working with Indigenous communities have been
shown crumbling urban remains and remote sensing technologies
such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are revealing the
footprints of vast ghost cities. With so much evidence of ancient
human activity, it is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was
inhabited by millions of people – some living in large built-up
areas complete with road networks, temples and pyramids.
But that’s not all this research reveals. Paradoxically, it also
provides evidence that the traditional view of the Amazon isn’t
completely wide of the mark. For instance, while the ancient
Amazonians managed their landscape intensively, they didn’t
deforest it. And although they developed complex societies, they
never went through a wholesale agricultural revolution. This
might suggest that the pre-Columbian Amazonians broke the
mould of human cultural development, which is traditionally seen
as a relentless march from hunting and gathering to farming to
urban complexity. The truth is more surprising. In fact, we are
now coming to understand that there was no such mould –
civilisation arose in myriad ways. What looks like an anomaly in
the Amazon is actually a shining example of a process that was as
vibrant and diverse as the rainforest itself.
Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334980-500-how-ghostcities-in-the-amazon-are-rewriting-the-story-of-civilisation/
The phrase ghost cities in the title indicates that they
Q4139991
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text III and answer the question that follow it.
Text III
How ghost cities in the Amazon
are rewriting the story of civilisation
Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans
and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large
swathes of this South American landscape are blanketed in thick
vegetation, suggesting it is one corner of the world that humans
never managed to tame. Here, there must have been no
deforestation, no agricultural revolution and no cities. It seems
like a pristine environment.
Or so we thought. But a very different picture is emerging.
Archaeologists working with Indigenous communities have been
shown crumbling urban remains and remote sensing technologies
such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are revealing the
footprints of vast ghost cities. With so much evidence of ancient
human activity, it is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was
inhabited by millions of people – some living in large built-up
areas complete with road networks, temples and pyramids.
But that’s not all this research reveals. Paradoxically, it also
provides evidence that the traditional view of the Amazon isn’t
completely wide of the mark. For instance, while the ancient
Amazonians managed their landscape intensively, they didn’t
deforest it. And although they developed complex societies, they
never went through a wholesale agricultural revolution. This
might suggest that the pre-Columbian Amazonians broke the
mould of human cultural development, which is traditionally seen
as a relentless march from hunting and gathering to farming to
urban complexity. The truth is more surprising. In fact, we are
now coming to understand that there was no such mould –
civilisation arose in myriad ways. What looks like an anomaly in
the Amazon is actually a shining example of a process that was as
vibrant and diverse as the rainforest itself.
Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334980-500-how-ghostcities-in-the-amazon-are-rewriting-the-story-of-civilisation/
The text concludes that the development of civilization was
Q4139990
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text III and answer the question that follow it.
Text III
How ghost cities in the Amazon
are rewriting the story of civilisation
Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans
and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large
swathes of this South American landscape are blanketed in thick
vegetation, suggesting it is one corner of the world that humans
never managed to tame. Here, there must have been no
deforestation, no agricultural revolution and no cities. It seems
like a pristine environment.
Or so we thought. But a very different picture is emerging.
Archaeologists working with Indigenous communities have been
shown crumbling urban remains and remote sensing technologies
such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are revealing the
footprints of vast ghost cities. With so much evidence of ancient
human activity, it is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was
inhabited by millions of people – some living in large built-up
areas complete with road networks, temples and pyramids.
But that’s not all this research reveals. Paradoxically, it also
provides evidence that the traditional view of the Amazon isn’t
completely wide of the mark. For instance, while the ancient
Amazonians managed their landscape intensively, they didn’t
deforest it. And although they developed complex societies, they
never went through a wholesale agricultural revolution. This
might suggest that the pre-Columbian Amazonians broke the
mould of human cultural development, which is traditionally seen
as a relentless march from hunting and gathering to farming to
urban complexity. The truth is more surprising. In fact, we are
now coming to understand that there was no such mould –
civilisation arose in myriad ways. What looks like an anomaly in
the Amazon is actually a shining example of a process that was as
vibrant and diverse as the rainforest itself.
Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334980-500-how-ghostcities-in-the-amazon-are-rewriting-the-story-of-civilisation/
Based on Text III, mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F).
I. Research has changed the view of how the Amazon was once populated.
II. The forest was respected by Pre-Columbian Amazonians.
III. Archaeologists found out that Amazonian ancient cultures did not erect any buildings.
The statements are, respectively,
I. Research has changed the view of how the Amazon was once populated.
II. The forest was respected by Pre-Columbian Amazonians.
III. Archaeologists found out that Amazonian ancient cultures did not erect any buildings.
The statements are, respectively,
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