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Comentadas sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516998
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Earthquake levels city of Antakya in southern Turkey
The Turkish city of Antakya, one of the hardest‐hit towns in
the earthquake zone, has been nearly destroyed by the massive
7.8 quake that struck on 6th February. Tall apartment buildings
were flattened, trapping residents who were sleeping when the
quake struck in the early morning hours. Thousands are
__________ to be buried in their homes. Most of the city was
heavily damaged and rescuers have been working around the
clock to pull survivors from under the rubble, racing against time
in cold weather. Many residents were left homeless and had to
spend nights outdoors, burning debris to keep warm as overnight
temperatures dropped below freezing. Workers pulled a man in
his 30s out of the ruins as a jubilant crowd burst into cheers and
tears. Not long after, they found an elderly woman. Then, a 10‐
year‐old girl was also rescued: the child was under the rubble for
90 hours. These moments of hope among the devastation keep
them going as darkness falls. More than 80 hours after the quake,
rescuers using pails along with other equipment, found a man and
his mother, and pulled them out alive. Amid the rubble, a group
of rescuers were able to pull out lost family members alive.
Even as more help arrives, hope for finding survivors
dwindles. Family members wait in the cold to see if their loved
ones will be found, alive or dead. There are more than 100 bodies
waiting for identification in a makeshift morgue outside the
Antakya hospital. More than 600 aftershocks are slowing recovery
efforts and make the task more dangerous. Little aid from the
government has reached the city and the need is overwhelming.
People walk the streets in tears, dazed. There is no place to go.
Everything is covered in dust. Even with some 120,000 rescuers
across Turkey and Syria now taking part in the effort, the task is
daunting. With every passing hour, the likelihood of finding
survivors diminishes.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
The word them, in bold in the text, refers to the
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516997
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Earthquake levels city of Antakya in southern Turkey
The Turkish city of Antakya, one of the hardest‐hit towns in
the earthquake zone, has been nearly destroyed by the massive
7.8 quake that struck on 6th February. Tall apartment buildings
were flattened, trapping residents who were sleeping when the
quake struck in the early morning hours. Thousands are
__________ to be buried in their homes. Most of the city was
heavily damaged and rescuers have been working around the
clock to pull survivors from under the rubble, racing against time
in cold weather. Many residents were left homeless and had to
spend nights outdoors, burning debris to keep warm as overnight
temperatures dropped below freezing. Workers pulled a man in
his 30s out of the ruins as a jubilant crowd burst into cheers and
tears. Not long after, they found an elderly woman. Then, a 10‐
year‐old girl was also rescued: the child was under the rubble for
90 hours. These moments of hope among the devastation keep
them going as darkness falls. More than 80 hours after the quake,
rescuers using pails along with other equipment, found a man and
his mother, and pulled them out alive. Amid the rubble, a group
of rescuers were able to pull out lost family members alive.
Even as more help arrives, hope for finding survivors
dwindles. Family members wait in the cold to see if their loved
ones will be found, alive or dead. There are more than 100 bodies
waiting for identification in a makeshift morgue outside the
Antakya hospital. More than 600 aftershocks are slowing recovery
efforts and make the task more dangerous. Little aid from the
government has reached the city and the need is overwhelming.
People walk the streets in tears, dazed. There is no place to go.
Everything is covered in dust. Even with some 120,000 rescuers
across Turkey and Syria now taking part in the effort, the task is
daunting. With every passing hour, the likelihood of finding
survivors diminishes.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
Read the sentences and choose the best alternative.
I‐ As time went by, the probability of finding people alive was negatively affected.
II‐ Under strict local laws, the rescuers were only allowed to work up to eight hours a day.
III‐ Most of the homes have suffered major damage due to the earthquake’s intensity.
IV‐ There weren’t many victims, as the government had been warned of the quake by seismologists.
V‐ Many people chose to spend the night outdoors because they didn’t feel safe inside their homes.
According to the text,
I‐ As time went by, the probability of finding people alive was negatively affected.
II‐ Under strict local laws, the rescuers were only allowed to work up to eight hours a day.
III‐ Most of the homes have suffered major damage due to the earthquake’s intensity.
IV‐ There weren’t many victims, as the government had been warned of the quake by seismologists.
V‐ Many people chose to spend the night outdoors because they didn’t feel safe inside their homes.
According to the text,
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516996
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
Choose the best alternative to fill in the blank.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516995
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
The word livelihoods, in bold in the text, refers to
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516994
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
The word underway, in the title of the text, means that
something is
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516993
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
According to the text, the NOAA
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516992
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
According to the text, coral reefs may
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 85 |
Q3516991
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white ‐ something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience‐
based management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
According to the text, warm sea temperatures
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 44 |
Q3516238
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer the question
One man in a boat
L.G. Alexander
Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything ‐ not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. “You must give up fishing!” my friends say. “It’s a waste of time.” But they don’t realize one important thing. I’m not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
PRACTICE AND PROGRESS ‐ An Integrated Course for Pre‐Intermediate Students, L.G Alexander, Longman Group Limited, London.
According to the text, choose the alternative that best rewrites the sentence: “Some fishermen are unlucky (...) I am
even less lucky”.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 81 |
Q3515702
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resiliencebased management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Intemet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
According to the text, warm sea temperatures
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 81 |
Q3515700
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resiliencebased management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Intemet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
The word livelihoods, in bold in the text, refers to
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 81 |
Q3515699
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resiliencebased management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Intemet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
According to the text, coral reefs may
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2025 - EEAR - Sargento - CFS - Código 81 |
Q3515698
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text and answer question.
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get
warmer
The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising
temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface
temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the
4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated,
“Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been
documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each
major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more
frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”
According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result
in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral
completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This
does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if
the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms,
disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to
bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties
of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea
temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or
prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people
who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.
In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resiliencebased management practices” and __________ the importance of
coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research,
management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively
implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy
in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July
2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA
started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global
climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries
to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect
corals in other areas.
Adapted. Intemet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.
The word underway, in the title of the text, means that
something is
Ano: 2025
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
EsFCEx
Prova:
VUNESP - 2025 - EsFCEx - Oficial - Especialidade: Magistério em Inglês |
Q3512694
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text to answer question.
As a linguist, I understand that language shifts and
changes. The voiced z sound of houses is being replaced
by an unvoiced s sound. The abbreviation A.I. has become a
verb, as in “He A.I.ed it.” Neologisms abound, and new words
often make us think of things in new ways.
But I don’t adopt all of the changes. I still say houses with a
z. I avoid some new words that seem too flash-in-the-pan (like
cheugy and delulu). By the time I might begin using them, they
are probably already on their way out. Some bits of neology, I
used ironically at first, but soon found myself adopting as part
of my everyday vocabulary, and dropped them. Still, there are
some usages that I can’t quite bring myself to embrace.
One is iconic. Everywhere I turn, I hear something
described as the most iconic: movies, songs, sports figures,
fictional characters, vehicles, photographs. Iconic has shifted
to mean “famous.” My experience with the word comes from
the semiotic triad of icon, index, and symbol, three of the 66
categories of signs proposed by the philosopher Charles
Sanders Peirce. For me, icons are visual representations:
they resemble something. Dictionaries have now added
definitions like “widely recognized and well-established” or
“widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive
excellence.” Iconic has widened its meaning, but I haven’t
come along.
(Edwin L. Battistella. https://blog.oup.com/2025/01/
some-barely-iconic-epic-usages/. Adaptado)
Read the following dictionary definitions of the adjective
iconic, and select the one that matches the author’s
understanding of the word:
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As a linguist, I understand that language shifts and
changes. The voiced z sound of houses is being replaced
by an unvoiced s sound. The abbreviation A.I. has become a
verb, as in “He A.I.ed it.” Neologisms abound, and new words
often make us think of things in new ways.
But I don’t adopt all of the changes. I still say houses with a
z. I avoid some new words that seem too flash-in-the-pan (like
cheugy and delulu). By the time I might begin using them, they
are probably already on their way out. Some bits of neology, I
used ironically at first, but soon found myself adopting as part
of my everyday vocabulary, and dropped them. Still, there are
some usages that I can’t quite bring myself to embrace.
One is iconic. Everywhere I turn, I hear something
described as the most iconic: movies, songs, sports figures,
fictional characters, vehicles, photographs. Iconic has shifted
to mean “famous.” My experience with the word comes from
the semiotic triad of icon, index, and symbol, three of the 66
categories of signs proposed by the philosopher Charles
Sanders Peirce. For me, icons are visual representations:
they resemble something. Dictionaries have now added
definitions like “widely recognized and well-established” or
“widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive
excellence.” Iconic has widened its meaning, but I haven’t
come along.
(Edwin L. Battistella. https://blog.oup.com/2025/01/
some-barely-iconic-epic-usages/. Adaptado)
About changes in the language and neologisms, the
author
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Making the Case: The Importance
of Listening in Language Learning
It has taken many years to bring the language teaching
profession around to realizing the importance of listening
in second and foreign language learning. As observed
by Rivers, long an advocate for listening comprehension,
“Speaking does not of itself constitute communication unless
what is said is comprehended by another person”. Teaching
the comprehension of spoken speech is therefore of primary
importance if the communication aim is to be reached” (1966,
pp. 196, 204). The reasons for the nearly total neglect of
listening are difficult to assess, but as Morley notes, “Perhaps
an assumption that listening is a reflex, a little like breathing
- listening seldom receives overt teaching attention in one’s
native language - has masked the importance and complexity
of listening with understanding in a non-native language”
(1972, p. vii).
In reality, listening is used far more than any other single
language skill in normal daily life. On average, we can expect
to listen twice as much as we speak, four times more than we
read, and five times more than we write.
(Joan Morley,. In: Marianne Celce-Murcia, (Ed.). Teaching English as a
second or foreign language. Boston: Heinle&Heinle-Thomson, 2001.
Adaptado)
According to the author of this text, listening in second
language teaching and learning
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Making the Case: The Importance
of Listening in Language Learning
It has taken many years to bring the language teaching
profession around to realizing the importance of listening
in second and foreign language learning. As observed
by Rivers, long an advocate for listening comprehension,
“Speaking does not of itself constitute communication unless
what is said is comprehended by another person”. Teaching
the comprehension of spoken speech is therefore of primary
importance if the communication aim is to be reached” (1966,
pp. 196, 204). The reasons for the nearly total neglect of
listening are difficult to assess, but as Morley notes, “Perhaps
an assumption that listening is a reflex, a little like breathing
- listening seldom receives overt teaching attention in one’s
native language - has masked the importance and complexity
of listening with understanding in a non-native language”
(1972, p. vii).
In reality, listening is used far more than any other single
language skill in normal daily life. On average, we can expect
to listen twice as much as we speak, four times more than we
read, and five times more than we write.
(Joan Morley,. In: Marianne Celce-Murcia, (Ed.). Teaching English as a
second or foreign language. Boston: Heinle&Heinle-Thomson, 2001.
Adaptado)
Considering the information available in the presentation
of the extract, it is correct to state that it is
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Based on theoretical, experimental, and experiential
knowledge, teachers and teacher educators have expressed
their dissatisfaction with method in different ways. Studies
clearly demonstrate that, even as the methodological band
played on, practicing teachers have been marching to a
different drum.
In this sense, the post method condition is established
as a timely response. It signifies interrelated attributes. First
and foremost, it signifies a search for an alternative to method
rather than an alternative method. While alternative methods
are primarily products of top-down processes, alternatives
to method are mainly products of bottom-up processes.
In practical terms, this means that we need to refigure the
relationship between the theorizer and the practitioner of
language teaching. If the concept of method authorizes
theorizers to centralize pedagogic decision-making, the
postmethod condition enables practitioners to generate
location-specific, classroom-oriented innovative strategies.
Secondly, the postmethod condition signifies teacher
autonomy. The conventional concept of method “overlooks
the fund of experience and tacit knowledge about teaching
which the teachers already have by virtue of their lives as
students” (Freeman, 1991). The postmethod condition,
however, recognizes the teachers’ potential to know not
only how to teach but also how to act autonomously within
the academic and administrative constraints imposed by
institutions, curricula, and textbooks. It also promotes the
ability of teachers to know how to develop a critical approach
in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate
their own teaching practice with a view to effecting desired
changes.
(B. Kumaravadivelu, Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for language
teaching. Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2003. Adaptado)
Suponha que o texto de Kamaravadivelu seja usado em
um curso de formação em serviço para professores de
inglês. Com o texto em mãos, um dos professores-alunos
imediatamente pergunta sobre o significado de overlook
no trecho do terceiro parágrafo “The conventional
concept of method overlooks the fund of experience”, e o
professor-formador o incentiva a usar o contexto do texto
para compreender a palavra. Ao oferecer tal orientação,
o professor-formador estará incentivando a prática da
seguinte estratégia de leitura:
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Based on theoretical, experimental, and experiential
knowledge, teachers and teacher educators have expressed
their dissatisfaction with method in different ways. Studies
clearly demonstrate that, even as the methodological band
played on, practicing teachers have been marching to a
different drum.
In this sense, the post method condition is established
as a timely response. It signifies interrelated attributes. First
and foremost, it signifies a search for an alternative to method
rather than an alternative method. While alternative methods
are primarily products of top-down processes, alternatives
to method are mainly products of bottom-up processes.
In practical terms, this means that we need to refigure the
relationship between the theorizer and the practitioner of
language teaching. If the concept of method authorizes
theorizers to centralize pedagogic decision-making, the
postmethod condition enables practitioners to generate
location-specific, classroom-oriented innovative strategies.
Secondly, the postmethod condition signifies teacher
autonomy. The conventional concept of method “overlooks
the fund of experience and tacit knowledge about teaching
which the teachers already have by virtue of their lives as
students” (Freeman, 1991). The postmethod condition,
however, recognizes the teachers’ potential to know not
only how to teach but also how to act autonomously within
the academic and administrative constraints imposed by
institutions, curricula, and textbooks. It also promotes the
ability of teachers to know how to develop a critical approach
in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate
their own teaching practice with a view to effecting desired
changes.
(B. Kumaravadivelu, Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for language
teaching. Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2003. Adaptado)
The word “while” has multiple meanings and functions.
Mark the alternative in which it has the same meaning as
the word in bold in the extract from the first paragraph in
the text: “While alternative methods are primarily products
of top-down processes”.
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Based on theoretical, experimental, and experiential
knowledge, teachers and teacher educators have expressed
their dissatisfaction with method in different ways. Studies
clearly demonstrate that, even as the methodological band
played on, practicing teachers have been marching to a
different drum.
In this sense, the post method condition is established
as a timely response. It signifies interrelated attributes. First
and foremost, it signifies a search for an alternative to method
rather than an alternative method. While alternative methods
are primarily products of top-down processes, alternatives
to method are mainly products of bottom-up processes.
In practical terms, this means that we need to refigure the
relationship between the theorizer and the practitioner of
language teaching. If the concept of method authorizes
theorizers to centralize pedagogic decision-making, the
postmethod condition enables practitioners to generate
location-specific, classroom-oriented innovative strategies.
Secondly, the postmethod condition signifies teacher
autonomy. The conventional concept of method “overlooks
the fund of experience and tacit knowledge about teaching
which the teachers already have by virtue of their lives as
students” (Freeman, 1991). The postmethod condition,
however, recognizes the teachers’ potential to know not
only how to teach but also how to act autonomously within
the academic and administrative constraints imposed by
institutions, curricula, and textbooks. It also promotes the
ability of teachers to know how to develop a critical approach
in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate
their own teaching practice with a view to effecting desired
changes.
(B. Kumaravadivelu, Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for language
teaching. Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2003. Adaptado)
The end of the first paragraph “even as the methodological
band played on, practicing teachers have been marching
to a different drum” transported to second language
teaching, means that, although methods have frequently
been in use, practicing teachers have
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