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Q1269160 Inglês

A QUESTÃO REFERE-SE AO TEXTO I   


De acordo com o contexto, considere o significado das palavras nas opções abaixo:

I. “junk food” (L. 14) significa “comida sem valor nutritivo” .

II. “pupils” (L. 14) é sinômimo de “students”.

III. “ultimately” (L. 04) significa “ultimamente”.

IV. “committed” (L.14) significa “engajado”.

Estão corretas:

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Q1267835 Inglês
Complete the text 2, considering both context and grammar rules.

MY STUDENT LIFE 

(A) I live in the __________of Seville with my family in a nice apartment. It’s got a large living room, kitchen and a study. There are three bedrooms, two __________ and a balcony. We live near a park and I often take the dog for a walk there.
(B) I study maths at Seville University. It’s an old building and it’s really __________. I’m in my second year and I love it.
(C) Seville is a fantastic city. It’s quite small but it’s very lively. _________ are outdoors concerts during the spring and summer. Summers are hot in the south of Spain but I __________ it.
(D) I get up quiet early, about 7 a.m. and I __________ a shower. I usually have breakfast at home. I have coffee with milk and toast and jam. But I sometimes have breakfast on my way to __________ with my friends.
(E) I often go home for lunch. We __________ at about 2 p.m. We usually have fish or meat and vegetables.

(In: Sure. HOBBS, M. and KEDDLE, J. S. Helbling Languages, 2015. (Adaptado)
The CORRECT order is
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Q1266026 Inglês
TEXT I
‘500 Years of Brazil’s Discovery’ 
By GAIL FINEBERG

   Our territory was already inhabited before 1500 A.D., by a large population, estimated in the 1500s at 3 million Indians, with their own communal organization and traditions.
   The encounter occurred on April 22, 1500, when Pedro Álvares Cabral, commander of a Portuguese armada, sighted the South American mainland and staked a claim for Portugal.
   The encounter occurred on April 22, 1500, when Pedro Álvares Cabral, commander of a Portuguese armada, sighted the South American mainland and staked a claim for Portugal.
   The Portuguese found Brazil attractive, as did the French, Dutch and Spanish. The first agreement between Spain and Portugal on frontiers was not reached until 1750.
   The Jesuits were enterprising, and their missionary efforts spread throughout the country between 1625 and 1759.
   The religious influence was responsible for an extraordinarily beautiful Brazilian baroque architecture.
   Thoughts of independence began to take root in the late 18th century. Revolutionary events in Europe had a profound effect on Brazil. Napoleon’s invasion of Portugal prompted the Portuguese prince regent, Dom João, to move the Portuguese court to Brazil in 1808.
   Brazil matured quickly as the seat of the Portuguese empire. The prince opened Brazilian ports to trade with friendly nations, including Great Britain, and also government offices in Rio de Janeiro, a supreme court, a bank, the royal treasury, mint, printing office, a national library with holdings from the Portuguese National Library and other academic institutions.
   With the death of Portugal’s queen, Maria I, in 1816, the regent became King João VI. He returned to Portugal in 1821 to contain a revolution there and appointed his son, Dom Pedro, as regent in Brazil. Dom Pedro refused orders a few months later to return to Lisbon, established a legislative assembly in São Paulo and proclaimed Brazil’s independence from Portugal on Sept. 7, 1822.
   Dom Pedro I was crowned emperor in 1822, but after a troubled reign marked by conflict with the assembly, he abdicated in favor of 5-year- old Dom Pedro de Alcântara in 1831. For the next nine years, Brazil seethed with civil unrest until both houses of parliament declared the young regent had reached majority in 1840. The Brazilian Empire lasted to 1889.
   Dom Pedro II proved to be an enlightened leader. Brazil grew and prospered under his reign, and the country enjoyed a great deal of stability. (The country’s population grew from 4 million to 14 million; railroads built 5,000 miles of track; and public revenues and products multiplied.) However, support for a republic grew, and the empire finally collapsed in 1889, when the royal family went to exile in Europe.
   The country’s 19th century economy relied on slave-based agriculture. Slave trade with Africa did not cease until 1853. At the dawn of the 21st century, Brazil, with an economy that is the eighth largest in the world, is a contributor of music, painting, literature and other arts to the world’s culture.

 https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0006/brazil.html


In the last paragraph of the text above, the expression “At the dawn” means:
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Q1265825 Inglês

Leia a tirinha para responder à questão.


<http://tinyurl.com/hbq57jx> Acesso em: 23.02.2016. Original colorido

No segundo quadrinho da tirinha, o personagem diz que
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Q1265824 Inglês

Leia a tirinha para responder à questão.


<http://tinyurl.com/hbq57jx> Acesso em: 23.02.2016. Original colorido

No primeiro quadrinho da tirinha, um dos personagens comunica a sua decisão de

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Q1264672 Inglês
Leia o texto a seguir e responda a questão.

As Games End, Rio Celebrates While Looking Warily to Future
By SIMON ROMERO and ANDREW JACOBS
AUG. 21, 2016


O advérbio “warily” do título significa:
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Q1264550 Inglês
O texto a seguir se refere a questão.
Leia-o atentamente e escolha a alternativa que melhor expressa as ideias nele contidas.

An Exclusive Character Design Gallery from ‘Boy and the World,’ Opening Today in LA and NYC
By Cartoon Brew Connect | 12/11/2015 5:27 pm | 0
An extraordinary feature from award-winning Brazilian director, Alê Abreu, Boy and the World looks, thinks, and feels like no other animated film you’ll see this year.
An urgent critique of industrialization, urbanization, and consumption, Boy and the World is a morally complex fable set in a wonderland so imaginative and intricate that you’ll be tempted to pause at every frame. But Abreu’s kaleidoscopic visuals — a dizzying mix of hand-drawn animation and cut-out collage — are only one dimension of his film’s sensory experience. Its lush sonic landscape, ranging from Brazilian samba to hip hop, propels your ears, as well as your eyes, deep into the multicolored fantasy of Abreu’s second feature film.
Fonte: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/sponsored-by-gkids/exclusive-characterdesign-gallery-boy-world-opening-today-la-nyc-125792.html. Acesso em: 25/ set/ 2016 (adaptação).


Fonte: http://files.ufgd.edu.br/arquivos/imagens/78/1449165035209_media.jpg. Acesso em 29 set. 2016. 
Considere o trecho “[...] propels your ears, as well as your eyes, deep into the multicolored fantasy of Abreu’s second feature film[...]” e assinale a alternativa que apresenta sentido equivalente para a expressão destacada.
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Q1264359 Inglês
“All right”, said Mr Wonka, “stop here for a moment and catch your breath, and take a peek through the glass panel of this door. But don’t go in! Whatever you do, don’t go into THE NUT ROOM! If you go in, you’ll disturb the squirrels!”
“Who says I can’t!” shouted Veruca. “I’m going in to get myself one this very minute!
The moment she entered the room, one hundred squirrels stopped what they were doing and turned their heads and stared at her with small black beady eyes. Veruca Salt stopped also, and stared back at them. Then her gaze fell upon a pretty little squirrel sitting nearest to her at the end of the table. The squirrel was holding a walnut in its paws.
“All right”, Veruca said, “I’ll have you!”
She reached out her hands to grab the squirrel... but as she did so... in that first split second when her hands started to go forward, there was a sudden flash of movement in the room, like a flash of brown lightning, and every single squirrel around the table took a flying leap towards her and landed on her body.
Twenty-five of them caught hold of her right arm, and pinned it down.
Twenty-five more caught hold of her left arm, and pinned that down.
Twenty-five caught hold of her right leg and anchored it to the ground.
Twenty-four caught hold of her left leg.
And the one remaining squirrel (obviously the leader of them all) climbed up on to her shoulder and started tap-tap-tapping the wretched girl’s head with its knuckles.
“Save her!” screamed Mrs Salt. “Veruca! Come back! What are they doing to her?”
“They’re testing her to see if she’s a bad nut”, said Mr Wonka. “You watch”.
Veruca struggled furiously, but the squirrels held her tight and she couldn’t move. The squirrel on her shoulder went tap-tap-tapping the side of her head with his knuckles. Then all at once, the squirrels pulled Veruca to the ground and started carrying her across the floor.
My goodness, she is a bad nut after all”, said Mr Wonka. “Her head must have sounded quite hollow”.

(DAHL, R. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Puffin Books, 2007. p.110.) 

Com base nas expressões retiradas do texto, considere as afirmativas a seguir.


I. A expressão “a flash of brown lightning” enfatiza a velocidade da movimentação dos esquilos.


II. A frase “I’ll have you!” indica que a personagem havia decidido previamente qual esquilo escolheria.


III. Ao utilizar a frase “You watch”, o enunciador destaca uma habilidade permanente do enunciatário, no caso, a habilidade de olhar.


IV. Em “Her head must have sounded quite hollow”, o trecho sublinhado indica que o enunciador tem certeza de que sua afirmação é a verdade.


Assinale a alternativa correta.

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Q1264194 Inglês
How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people?

Europe is an urban continent. The vast majority of the EU population – four out of every five people – live in a town or city. For the roughly 80 million EU citizens who have some form of disability, navigating the bustling maze of a city can pose all sorts of challenges. People with disabilities would often like to be more mobile and independent, so are there better ways to design cities so they are more accessible for everybody?
There might be no wheelchair lifts on local buses, or no Braille on signposts, or perhaps there are annoying steps that block people in wheelchairs (or people with prams, or mobility strollers) from entering a building. Should city planners and architects consider these issues more carefully? And, where there are accessibility challenges, can technology help us overcome them?
How can cities be made more accessible? Can new technology help us to achieve that goal? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!  

How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people? I see it the other way around. How can disabled people adapt better and faster to evolving cities? No offence, but I see it as a more rational solution. 

More rational? We already pay out for expensive wheelchairs and mobility aids as it, without being expected to pay more. Especially in this era when disabilities benefits are being stripped away from us. Forward planning is what needed to ensure that all European towns and cities are accessible to all. 

In many European cities the biggest access problem is finding an accessible toilet. Either because they don’t exist or because they are hard to find. 

A good starting point is to start PLANNING! It is as simple as that, PLAN for the accessibility of disabled and limited mobility people. The European population is aging, in case planners have not noticed, and they also need and will continue needing more accessibility. There has been no planning. Only bandaids applied here and there.  

It would take a lot more than a few dropped curbs and disabled spaces to make any impact and to be brutally honest, how can you make things any easier for the disabled when even the able bodied struggle to negotiate many cities at certain times of the day? 

Necessary ramps on beaches! In Greece, they have a University that manufactures specific ramps beaches and is funded by donors. 

Please add to the list accessible toilet facilities. 

Maybe Tokio is a good example, but Japan is not. Most train/metro stations do not have a lift. 

Hey, we’re living in the 21st century! Isn’t it better to make robotized aids for the people with disabilities in such a way that they can go anywhere a healthy person can, instead of making the environment accessible?
 
Sometimes the issue is having adequate, reliable and affordable transportation accessible to all in one’s community. I hardly go anywhere because I don’t drive. 

(Adapted from http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2016/04/05/how-can-cities-be-made-more-accessible-for-disabled people/#.V_vRCOUrLIU, accessed in September/2016) 

Ao expressar sua opinião sobre acessibilidade, o leitor/internauta Nando aponta algumas questões que são apresentadas abaixo, EXCETO:
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Q1261936 Inglês

O texto a seguir se refere a questão.


Challenges concerning multiculturalism in Canada

   The official Canadian policy of multiculturalism has been updated twice since its introduction in 1971. It was originally created as a policy based on the logic of ethnicity, modified to deal with racism and amended to include freedom of religion. In 1988 the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed. 

   Canada is considered a nation of immigrants such that cultural diversity is often presented as the essence of national identity. However, it is difficult to negotiate social and political policy when trying to speak for such a varied populace. Two very real challenges that Canada faces in regard to multiculturalism are the clash of cultures and the socioeconomic position of immigrants.

    An example of clash of cultures is the one between English and French-Canada. The province of Quebec has always asserted a distinct identity and an inclination towards separatism from the rest of the country. In 1995, there was a referendum in the province of Quebec concerning separation in which 49% of the voting population voted “yes” and 51% voted “no”. The clash between French and English-Canada is primarily a cultural clash with Quebec concerned with preserving its own history, language and values; fearing these things are apt to become lost within English-Canada. Since the referendum, tensions have cooled a bit and Canada’s national administration has increased their efforts to accommodate Quebec identity within a Canadian identity.

     Another challenge of multiculturalism is the socioeconomic position of immigrants. Diversity is supported by governmental policy but Canada is still a society where racist interactions and poor-bashing are severely detrimental to minorities (especially recent arrivals). There are many barriers to equal integration, especially in education, housing and employment. For example, in the workforce it is very difficult to get a job when the potential employer feels you are not speaking “proper” English or you do not have any Canadian work experience on your resumé. This often leads to overqualified people in full-time minimum wage positions with little or no benefits and no access, time or funds for language classes or other training programs. These sorts of circumstances lead to isolation, alienation, poverty and unsafe environments where a new immigrant does not feel safe to report or act against harassment or abuse.

Source: Adapted from http://globalcitizens.pbworks.com/w/page/9036226/Challenges%20Concerning%20Multiculturalism%20in%20Canada.


Mark the CORRECT alternative.
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Q809536 Inglês
De acordo com os quadrinhos 5, 6 e 8, Mafalda demonstra estar, respectivamente,
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Q809533 Inglês

The pairs of phrases below belong to the same semantic field, EXCEPT for

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Q809531 Inglês
In the text, the word “scribbled” (line 40) is closest in meaning to
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Q809530 Inglês
The word “except” (line 23) could be replaced, without a change in its meaning, by
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Q768355 Inglês

TEXTO 8

                                             IX

Horas depois, teve Rubião um pensamento horrível. Podiam crer que ele próprio incitara o amigo à viagem, para o fim de o matar mais depressa, e entrar na posse do legado, se é que realmente estava incluso no testamento. Sentiu remorsos. Por que não empregou todas as forças, para contê-lo? Viu o cadáver do Quincas Borba, pálido, hediondo, fitando nele um olhar vingativo; resolveu, se acaso o fatal desfecho se desse em viagem, abrir mão do legado.

Pela sua parte o cão vivia farejando, ganindo, querendo fugir; não podia dormir quieto, levantava-se muitas vezes, à noite, percorria a casa, e tornava ao seu canto. De manhã, Rubião chamava-o à cama, e o cão acudia alegre; imaginava que era o próprio dono; via depois que não era, mas aceitava as carícias, e fazia-lhe outras, como se Rubião tivesse de levar as suas ao amigo, ou trazê-lo para ali. Demais, havia-se-lhe afeiçoado também, e para ele era a ponte que o ligava à existência anterior. Não comeu durante os primeiros dias. Suportando menos a sede, Rubião pôde alcançar que bebesse leite; foi a única alimentação por algum tempo. Mais tarde, passava as horas, calado, triste, enrolado em si mesmo, ou então com o corpo estendido e a cabeça entre as mãos.

Quando o médico voltou, ficou espantado da temeridade do doente; deviam tê-lo impedido de sair; a morte era certa.

— Certa?

— Mais tarde ou mais cedo. Levou o tal cachorro?

— Não, senhor, está comigo; pediu que cuidasse dele, e chorou, olhe que chorou que foi um nunca acabar. Verdade é, disse ainda Rubião para defender o enfermo, verdade é que o cachorro merece a estima do dono; parece gente.

O médico tirou o largo chapéu de palha para concertar a fita; depois sorriu. Gente? Com que então parecia gente? Rubião insistia, depois explicava; não era gente como a outra gente, mas tinha coisas de sentimento, e até de juízo. Olhe, ia contar-lhe uma...

— Não, homem, não, logo, logo, vou a um doente de erisipela... Se vierem cartas dele, e não forem reservadas, desejo vê-las, ouviu? E lembranças ao cachorro, concluiu saindo.

Algumas pessoas começaram a mofar do Rubião e da singular incumbência de guardar um cão em vez de ser o cão que o guardasse a ele. Vinha a risota, choviam as alcunhas. Em que havia de dar o professor! sentinela de cachorro! Rubião tinha medo da opinião pública. Com efeito, parecia-lhe ridículo; fugia aos olhos estranhos, olhava com fastio para o animal, dava-se ao diabo, arrenegava da vida. Não tivesse a esperança de um legado, pequeno que fosse. Era impossível que lhe não deixasse uma lembrança.

(ASSIS, Machado de. Quincas Borba. São Paulo: Ática, 2011. p. 30-31.)

The Text 8 mentions a disease called erysipelas. Read the dictionary entry below and complete it with the words from the box: a hemolytic streptococcus / febrile / Function / inflammation / Main Entry / Pronunciation / Definition 1 - _____________: er·y·sip·e·las 2 - _____________: ˌer-ə-ˈsip-(ə-)ləs, ˌir- 3 - _____________: noun 4 - _____________: an acute 5 - __________ disease that is associated with intense often vesicular and edematous local 6 - ____________of the skin and subcutaneous tissues and that is caused by 7 - ______________________.
(Available at http://c.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/erysipelas., accessed on July 14th, 2016.)
Choose the appropriate alternative:
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Q768324 Inglês

TEXTO 4

Não desejei a morte de minha filha. Ou desejei? Aí é que reside a dúvida, é onde habita o nó que nada nem ninguém no mundo tem o poder de desatar. O inconsciente, desculpe-me a vulgaridade do termo, minha filha, é uma merda. Sendo autônomo, o inconsciente age por si, sem pedir licença nem se revelar. Desejei ou não a morte de minha filha, hein? Você pode responder a essa pergunta? Alguém pode? Eu não posso. Busquei na fonte a resposta e ela não veio. Como minha filha havia feito, busquei nas águas do Cristal a cura imediata para uma dor que parecia infinda. A ferida tinha sido cavada pelas águas, então elas que tratassem de cicatrizá-la. O rio recusou meu corpo, mas não a dor. Nem o aconselhamento. Pediu tempo, apenas. Permaneci plantada no barranco, juntando ao seu caudal minhas lágrimas secas. Disseram que eu tinha enlouquecido, talvez tivesse mesmo. Em diálogo profundo, as águas me fizeram compreender verdades para as quais eu nunca havia me atinado. Todo rio tem seu leito, suas margens, seu limite, toda vez que ele avança além de seu leito original provoca estragos, descalabros. O rio de nossa vida não é diferente. Ele também está sujeito a limitações intransponíveis. Existe você e você; seu campo de visão, a capacidade de administrar o próprio caudal. Tem a hora de abrir e a hora de fechar as comportas. Felicidade ou dor, a escolha é sua, depende do grau de intensidade que você der a cada coisa. Hoje posso dizer que me conheço um pouquinho, mesmo assim, perguntas continuam sem resposta.

(BARROS, Adelice da Silveira. Mesa dos inocentes. Goiânia: Kelps, 2010. p. 23.)

In Barros’s paragraph, there is a lot of emphasis on liquidity, that is, the state of being liquid. For example, tear, water, river. Read the sentences below:

I - There are lots of water lilies on the surface of river and lakes.

II - The village is famous for its spectacular waterfalls.

III - Can you tell me where the water fountain is? I am thirsty.

IV - According to authorities, the water supply for the summer will be normal.

Choose the ones which are related to this state. The best alternative is:

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Q761511 Inglês
All alternatives below present the meaning that the verbs/ verb phrases have in the text, EXCEPT for:
Verbs/Verb phrases Meaning in the text
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Q761510 Inglês
In the text, the word “hunch” (line 13) is related to an idea of
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Q749843 Inglês

Question based on Text.



Adapted from: <http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/13/fighting-corruptionzombies-development-anti-corruption >.Access on: 03/11/2015.

Read the hook (síntese para mostrar a relevância do texto) attentively and answer question
If only we had magical blasters that could get rid of corruption, says Dr. Heather Marquete. Sadly, more realistic approaches are need.
Which word can appropriately replace get rid of in the sentence above?
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Q736273 Inglês
In the fragment “Parents also need to be tuned into opportunities for physical activity and set hard-and-fast rules about television and time spent on electronics ” (lines 93-95), the expression “be tuned into” can be replaced, without change in meaning, by
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Respostas
261: A
262: D
263: A
264: C
265: E
266: C
267: B
268: B
269: A
270: E
271: E
272: B
273: C
274: A
275: B
276: D
277: C
278: B
279: C
280: A