Questões da Prova PUC-PR - 2015 - PUC - PR - Vestibular

Opera

Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's dramatic performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser role. The drama in opera is presented using the primary elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera, or libretto, are sung rather than spoken. The singers are accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic orchestra.

Disponível em: <http://www.grammarbank.com/short-reading-comprehension-passages.html> . Acesso em: novembro 2014.

Select the alternative that is TRUE, according to the text.

Read the text and choose the alternative that completes the sentences with the CORRECT passive voice.

                                       Britain’s Roman Villas

Numerous monuments recall the 400 or so years when Britain was part of the Roman Empire. Ancient city walls, old roads, front defenses. But it is at the villas that one feels closest to the everyday life of Roman Britain.

The villas were homes. In their kitchens bread ¹ _________ (to bake). Along their corridors echoed family conversations. They ² _________ well _________ (to build) and handsomely ³ _________.

The first villa ⁴ _________ (to build) around A.D. 80-90. It was a small farm. Later on, the house ⁵ _________ (to extend), kitchens and baths ⁶ _________ (to add).

It ⁷ _________ (to know) that many villas ⁸ _________ (to destroy) by fire. Their ruins remain hidden for years and it is often by accident that the site ⁹ _________ (to discover).

So in Hampshire a number of oyster-shells ¹⁰_________ (to find) by a farmer, and the shells, remnants of a long-ago feast, led to the discovery of the villa at Rockbourne.

Disponível em: <http://englishstandarts.blogspot.com.br/2012/06/passive-voice-texts-proverbs-and.html> . Acesso em: julho de 2015. 

India Cheating Scandal: 600 Students Expelled at Bihar Schools

More than 600 students have been expelled from school in India amid widespread cheating — with some having friends scale the walls of exam centers to pass notes through windows, officials said Friday. The students were among more than 1.4 million high school students taking their 10th grade school finals in the eastern state of Bihar. Many of those caught cheating had smuggled textbooks or scraps of paper to be used for cheating, police and education officials said. Friends, parents and other relatives of the teenagers were seen climbing the sides of some exam centers on Wednesday and Thursday as they tried to reach the windows of the classrooms where the students were taking their exams. They appeared to be trying to pass on cheat sheets with answers written on them. Bihar's education minister, P K Shahi, said the scale of the cheating made it impossible for officials alone to contain and that families should help.

Disponível em:: <http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/six-hundred-students-caught-cheating-bihar-india-schools-n327066> . Acesso em: abril de 2015.

According to the text, choose the alternative which shows the CORRECT sequence of T (true) or F (false).

I. 600 students quit school.

II. Families tried to help the students to cheat.

III. In the education minister’s perspective, it turned out to be ok the families’ help.

IV. At least 1.4 million students were taking the test.

V. They took this test because they did not have good grades during the semester.

When Garfield says “could’ve used a little salt”, what is he expressing?

Questionado sobre os significativos aumentos na tarifa de energia elétrica ao longo de 2015, o professor de Geografia respondeu que uma das principais justificativas é o custo energético da falta de água. Além disso, apresentou a tabela abaixo.  

A justificativa apresentada pelo docente e os dados da tabela geraram um debate sobre a estrutura brasileira de geração de energia elétrica e a forte dependência dos fatores climáticos. Ao fim da aula, os alunos entenderam que