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Q633229 Inglês
               Genetically Modified Foods, Pros and Cons. 
 
      Genetically modified foods (GMs)are becoming increasingly coirtmon in many countries. However, before one opts for any of these foods, it is very important to know about their pros and cons.
           There are a variety of reasons for developing GMs. For instance, some foods are genetically modified to prevent the occurrence of allergies after consumption, while some are developed to improve their shelf life.
            Though the seeds of GMs are quite expensive, their cost of production is said to be lesser than that of the traditional crops for these foods do have natural resistance towards damaging pests and insects. This reduces the necessity of exposing crops to hazardous Chemicals. It is also said that GMs grow faster. Due to this, productivity increases, providing the population with more food. At times, GMs crops can be grown at places with unfavorable climatic conditions whereas a normal crop can grow only in specific season or under some favorable climatic conditions.
            The biggest threat caused by GMs is that they can have harmful effects on the human body. It is believed that they can cause diseases which are immune to antibiotics. Moreover, according to some experts, people who consume such foods have high chances of developing câncer. Besides, not much is known about their long-term effects on human beings.
            In many countries, manufacturers do not mention on the labei that foods are genetically modified because they think that this would affect their business. However, this is not a good practice as consumers do not get the chance to decide whether they should really opt for these foods, Experts are of the opinion that with the increase of genetically modified foods, developing countries would start depending more on industrial countries because it is likely that the food production would be controlled by them in the time to come.

(Adapted from http://www.buzzle.com)
Which alternat:ive below is INCORRECT, basied on the above?
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Q615841 Inglês
                       Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors

      Two Brazilian sailors died and one was injured Saturday after a fire broke out at a naval research station in Antarctica, authorities reported. The fire occurred at the Comandante Ferraz Station on King George Island, said Adm. Julio Soares de Moura Neto, commander of the Brazilian Navy. The three sailors were trying to extinguish a fire that broke out in the engine room of the facility. Brazilian military police are investigating the cause. The station is home to researchers who conduct studies on the effects of climate change in Antarctica and its implications on the planet, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation. Researchers at the base also study marine life and the atmosphere.


                                          Adaptado de http://articles.cnn.com, consulta em 26/02/2012
In the sentence “The station is home to researchers who conduct studies...", the word who refers to
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Q615838 Inglês
  Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours and militant culture

      Chengdu, China (CNN) — Miss Chen (we changed her name for this story), an 18-year-old student from a village outside of the southern megacity of Chongqing, is one of more than one million factory workers at a Chinese company that helps manufacture products for Apple Inc.'s lucrative global empire, which ranked in a record $46.3 billion in sales last quarter. They work day or night shifts, eating and sleeping at company facilities, as they help build electronics products for Apple and many other global brand names, such as Amazon's Kindle and Microsoft's Xbox.

      As a poor college student with no work experience, looking for a job in China's competitive market is an uphill battle. So when Chen was offered a one-month position at Foxconn with promises of great benefits and little overtime, she jumped at the chance. But when she started working, she found out that only senior employees got such benefits.

      “During my first day of work, an older worker said to me, 'Why did you come to Foxconn? Think about it again and leave right now'," said Chen, who plans to return to her studies at a Chongqing university soon.

      Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices, stating its employees are entitled to numerous benefits including access to health care and opportunities for promotions and training. In response to questions from CNN, Apple also released a statement: “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain. We insist that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made. Our suppliers must live up to these requirements if they want to keep doing business with Apple."

      After three weeks of applying more than 4,000 stickers a day onto iPad screens by hand and working 60 hours a week in an assembly line, Chen says she's ready to go back to school and study hard so she'll never have to return to Foxconn. “It's so boring, I can't bear it anymore. Everyday is like: I get off from work and I go to bed. I get up in the morning, and I go to work. It is my daily routine and I almost feel like an animal," said Miss Chen. When asked why humans do machine-like work at Foxconn, she responds, “Well, humans are cheaper."

                                          Adaptado de http://edition.cnn.com, consulta em 06/02/2012
In the sentence “Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices...", the word its refers to
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Q287376 Inglês
No trecho do oitavo parágrafo – … it was still as high as 28 per cent in some medium-sized municipalities in the poorer north-east. –, a palavra it refere-se a

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Q664068 Inglês

The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.

                                                                                (Adapted from Speak up)

GLOSSARY

ticklish – ter cócegas

laterality – lateralidade 

In “The right foot is more ticklish than the left one”, the word, in bold type, is
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Q664058 Inglês

                     How to prepare well for an interview

It’s important to be well prepared for a job interview and practice the best answers to possible questions an interviewer could ask. It is common for the interviewer to ask why you are unemployed, why you want to work in that company, what you know about it and what salary you are looking for. Some interviewers can ask questions about current affairs in Brazil and the world (so it is always good to be well informed).

                                                               (Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

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current affairs – assuntos atuais 

The pronoun “it”, (line 4), in bold type in the text, refers to:
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Q664045 Inglês

Flooding, chaotic traffic, a lack of security, and a deficient public health service. These and other problems are routine for people living in the capital of São Paulo State. However, ___ residents are happier with the city today than they were nine years ago. Despite these problems, São Paulo has much to offer, such as great job and good chances of business, and an excellent range of leisure and service options.

                                                                      (Adapted from Maganews #53)

GLOSSARY

range – variedade 

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:

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Q658688 Inglês

                               Leave Out All The Rest (Linking Park)

                                                Soundtrack of Twilight

I dreamed I was missing

You were so scared

But no one would listen

‘Cause no one else cared


After my dreaming

I woke with this fear

What am I leaving

When I’m done here

[...]


(Chorus)

When my time comes

Forget the wrong that I’ve done

Help me leave behind some

Reasons to be missed

[...]


Don’t be afraid

I’ve taken my beating

I’ve shared what

I made

[...]


Pretending

Someone else can come and save me from myself

I can’t be who you are  

Observe the reflexive pronoun in italics (myself) and then read the sentences below.

I. Just help yourself, won’t you?

II. I hope the children behave themselves.

III. The chef himself welcomes the customers to the restaurant.

Considering the letters A (reflexive), B (emphatic) and C (idiomatic), match the sentences to the letters and choose the correct alternative.

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Q658687 Inglês

                               Leave Out All The Rest (Linking Park)

                                                Soundtrack of Twilight

I dreamed I was missing

You were so scared

But no one would listen

‘Cause no one else cared


After my dreaming

I woke with this fear

What am I leaving

When I’m done here

[...]


(Chorus)

When my time comes

Forget the wrong that I’ve done

Help me leave behind some

Reasons to be missed

[...]


Don’t be afraid

I’ve taken my beating

I’ve shared what

I made

[...]


Pretending

Someone else can come and save me from myself

I can’t be who you are  

The line “I’ve shared what I made” is the answer to one question. Mark it.
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Q481761 Inglês
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Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:
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Q326051 Inglês

Para as questões, leia o texto seguinte e complete as lacunas com a palavra ou expressão correta.


Atmospheric Physics is the study of physical processes in the atmosphere; understanding the climate and the weather, and the physical reasons  it is as it is and how it might change in the future. My own particular research background is in radiative transfer and  I mean the transport of electromagnetic radiation through the atmosphere; the Sun’s radiation coming in, getting absorbed and scattered in the air, and the transfer of heat radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface. From a  physics perspective there’s an awful lot of things about the atmosphere that we don’t understand, and of course, it’s very classical physics in the  that it’s looking at fluid dynamics and thermodynamics applied to the natural environment. What motivates us really is to try and explain what we see in the environment, what  it and what might change it in the future, both in of local weather but also climate, by __________ I mean larger areas and larger timescales. My background has led me to an interest in how solar radiation  in the atmosphere, so at how changes in the Sun might affect the climate for the past year.

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Q326044 Inglês

Para a questão, leia o texto seguinte e complete as lacunas com a palavra ou expressão correta.


Atmospheric Physics is the study of physical processes in the atmosphere; understanding the climate and the weather, and the physical reasons __________ it is as it is and how it might change in the future. My own particular research background is in radiative transfer and I mean the transport of electromagnetic radiation through the atmosphere;  the Sun’s radiation coming in, getting absorbed and scattered in the air, and the transfer of heat radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface. From a physics perspective there’s an awful lot of things about the atmosphere that we don’t understand, and of course, it’s very classical physics in the  that it’s looking at fluid dynamics and thermodynamics applied to the natural environment. What motivates us really is to try and explain what we see in the environment, what  it and what might change it in the future, both in  of local weather but also climate, by  I mean larger areas and larger timescales. My background has led me to an interest in how solar radiation  in the atmosphere, so  at how changes in the Sun might affect the climate for the past year.

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Q267608 Inglês
Complete the text with the missing words, then choose the correct alternative.


________ best friend´s name is Kathy. ________ is ____________ the United States. _________ husband Jack lives with _________ in a beautiful house _________ Berkeley, California. Kathy comes _________Brazil every two years.


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Q244858 Inglês
- Which sequence best completes the text below?

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Q244599 Inglês

Brazilian Forces Claim Victory in Gang Haven


       RIO DE JANEIRO - In a quick and decisive military operation, Brazilian security forces took control of this city’s most notorious slum on Sunday, celebrating victory over drug gangs after a weeklong battle.

       In the early afternoon, the military police raised the flags of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro atop a building on the highest hill in the Alemão shantytown complex, providing a rare moment of happiness and celebration in a decades-long battle to rid this city’s violent slums of drug gangs.

       An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets. Dozens of children ran from their houses in shorts and bikinis to jump into a swimming pool that used to belong to a gang leader. Residents congregated around televisions in bars and restaurants, cheering for the police as if they were cheering for their favorite soccer teams. “Now the  community is ours,” Jovelino Ferreira, a 60-year-old pastor, said, his eyes filling with tears. “This time it will be different. We have to have faith. Many people who didn’t deserve have suffered here.”

http://www.nytimes.com, consulta em 28/11/2010
In the sentence “An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets”, the possessive adjective their refers to
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Q207191 Inglês
Based on the text, judge the items below.

There are countries where people have two options to pay for their treatment.
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Q207189 Inglês
Based on the text, judge the items below.

Those who pay taxes are not entitled to receive free treatment.
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Q724308 Inglês



Instrução: Leia o artigo 11 da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, em inglês, para responder a questão, assinalando a alternativa que completa corretamente as respectivas lacunas.

 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 11 (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent —— 71 proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he —— 72 all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission — 73 — did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. (www.un.org. Adaptado.)

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Q659427 Inglês

Many South Africans remain poor and unemployment is high − a factor blamed for a wave of violent attacks against migrant workers from other African countries in 2008 and protests by township residents over poor living conditions during the summer of 2009.

Land redistribution is a crucial problem that continues existing. Most farmland is still white-owned. ________ land acquisition on a "willing buyer, willing seller" basis, officials have signaled that large-scale expropriations are on the cards. The government aims to transfer 30% of farmland to black South Africans by 2014.

               http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm

Mark the correct question to the answer below.

“The government aims to transfer 30% of farmland to black South Africans by 2014.”

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Q645317 Inglês

Choose the correct option to complete the gaps:

The opponents had spent long hours preparing ________________ t fight _______________ but the battle _______________ didn’t take long.

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Respostas
141: E
142: B
143: B
144: A
145: C
146: C
147: B
148: B
149: D
150: B
151: A
152: D
153: B
154: E
155: C
156: C
157: E
158: E
159: C
160: B