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1. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence:
A: Is there anything worth ……… on channel 5?
B: I think there’s a documentary about whales. Do you mind if I ……… it?
a) watch – watching
d) watching – watch
b) see – seeing
e) watch – watching
c) look – looked
Para a questão 2, assinale V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso):
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2. Unicap-PE — We will miss the train, ……… we?
( ) do
( ) would
( ) are
( ) wouldn’t
( ) aren’t
3. UFV-MG Match the question words with the appropriate sentences. All question words
must be used.
a) Where
b) How
c) Which
d) What
e) Why
f) Who
( ) … do you prefer: fish or meat?
( ) … didn’t they call the police?
( ) … are we going to help her?
( ) … should I spend my Christmas vacation?
( ) … will win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
( ) … was he doing when the lights went off?
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Para as questões 4 a 6, assinale V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso):
4. U. Católica de Brasília-DF
( ) “I can’t understand why Peter is late to work almost every day.”
“He wouldn’t be if he got up an hour earlier.”
( ) “Susan can’t find her jacket.”
Is this pink one of hers?”
( ) “Michael traveled all the way from New York this morning.”
“What time did he arrive here?”
( ) “Has Bruce finished writing that e-mail?”
“No, and he should finished one hour ago.”
( ) “Where was Robert all day?”
“He was at the library.”
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( ) “Where’s the Plaza Hotel?”
“It’s at Fifth Avenue.”
( ) “Is there a computer in Janet’s room?”
No, there isn’t. She doesn’t have a computer.
( ) “May I help you?”
“Yes, please. I’d like two can of peas.
( ) “Does Paul have a motorcycle?”
No, and he doesn’t have a bicycle either.
( ) “Does Julia go to bed early?”
“Yes, she goes to bed always early.”
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6. U. Católica de Brasília-DF
( ) The mountain ranges of the world are home to all kinds of wildlife.
( ) Four centuries ago, in Europe, kings and queens made all the laws and taxes they
collected.
( ) Charlemagne could hardly read or write, yet he built up a vast empire.
( ) In 1983, the fossilized claw and bones which is a dinosaur were found in Surrey,
England.
( ) Unlike most lizards, which run on four legs, the crested water dragon can run on two
legs if threatened, allowing for greater speed.
7. MED.Itajubá-MG Uma das alternativas apresenta somente verbos irregulares. Marque-a.
a) Bear – catch – feed – fight – rise
b) Clatter – feed – evoke – put – range
c) Range – throw – watch – evoke – clatter
d) Evoke – spread – curry – clatter – leave
e) Fight – feed – celebrate – leave – bear
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8. Fundeg Tom’s father ……… him how to drive when he was 17.
a) bought
d) taught
b) caught
e) got
c) spent
9. Fundeg Tony — Tell me, Leila, why is it important to save the rainforests?
Leila — There are a number of reasons. One is that many plants, which could be useful in
medicine ……… in the rainforests. Researchers ……… to discover their secrets before
they are destroyed.
a) grow / are trying
d) are growing / is trying
b) grows / are trying
e) grows / is trying
c) is growing / tries
10. Fundeg — How was your entrance examination?
— Not bad. It was ……… than I’d expected.
— So, you’ve passed?
— Yes, I have.
— Congratulations! That’s ……… news I’ve heard for ages.
a) easier / the best
d) the easiest / the best
b) the easiest / better
e) more easy / better
c) easier / better
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11. Fundeg — What time ……… your evening class ……… ?
— Half past ten.
— ……… and collect you?
— Thanks.
a) do / finish / shall I comes
d) doesn’t / finish / shall we come
b) does / finishes / are they coming
e) does / finish / shall I come
c) don’t / finish / are we coming
12. Fundeg I saw ……… accident this morning. ……… car crashed into ……… wall, but
……… driver was not hurt.
a) a / An / the / a
d) an / An / the / a
b) an / A / a / the
e) the / A / a / an
c) the / An / an / a
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13. Fundeg I’m a nurse. I finish work ……… 6.30. Then I go home, have a bath and try to be
……… bed ……… half past eight.
a) in / by / at
d) at / in / by
b) by / at / in
e) by / at / in
c) in / by / at
14. UFV-MG Make complete sentences by placing the following words in the correct order:
a) Maria – fluently – languages – three – speaks
____________________________________________________________________
b) Europe – has – years – she – in – ten – for – lived
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c) planning – is – trip – a – the USA – she – semester – to – next
____________________________________________________________________
d) will – on – she – leaving – be – January 1
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e) Maria – in – was – Brazil – born
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Para a questão 15, assinale V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso):
15. Unicap-PE ……… students are working better today.
( ) Both
( ) No
( ) Every
( ) Either
( ) Each
16. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentences:
……… new car is beautiful.
She studies ……… ideas.
Mary is in the ……… room.
a) Denis’ – Socrates’s – teachers’
b) Denis’s – Socrates’s – teachers’s
c) Denis’ – Socrates’s – teachers
d) Denis’s – Socrates’ – teachers’
e) Denis’s – Socrates’s – teachers’
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17. UFV-MG Complete the sentences using the comparative form of the adjective in parentheses.
a) Many rich people think pets are ……… than babies. (cute)
b) Life in the countryside is ……… than in a big city. (healthy)
c) One can’t really say that Rio is ……… than New York. (dangerous)
18. UFV-MG Fill each blank below with one of the following prepositions: for, about, on,
with, from, to.
a) Whose book is this ……… the table?
b) Everybody in that dorm shares a room ……… another student.
c) Let’s go ……… the movies tonight!
d) Americans usually have bacon and eggs ……… breakfast.
e) Brazilians are crazy ……… soccer.
f) Foreigners ……… all over the world visit Salvador’s Pelourinho each day.
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19. FAEF The meaning of the proverb, “Birds of a feather flock together” is:
a) People who are alike usually become friends.
b) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
c) Fine feathers do not make fine birds.
d) Birds usually migrate together.
e) Large birds usually live in groups.
GABARITO
20. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentences:
A: Who ……… me?
B: The teacher ……… you.
a) did see – saw
d) saw – sees
b) saw – saw
e) saw – see
c) sees – saw
21. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence:
She had a blue car, ……… ?
a) had she?
d) hadn’t it?
b) didn’t she?
e) doesn’t she?
c) hasn’t she?
22. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence:
Everbody ……… Peter.
a) knows
d) know
b) have known
e) are knowing
c) had knew
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Nas questões 23 e 24, cada alternativa deve vir marcada com verdadeiro (V) ou falsa (F).
23. Unicap-PE “I ……… time to talk to the coach of the visiting team.”
( ) haven’t had much;
( ) haven’t had little;
( ) had some;
( ) might have;
( ) don’t have any.
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24. Unicap-PE — “Will John come to class?”
— “Yes, he said he would be back ……… ”.
( ) soon
( ) in time
( ) on time
( ) as soon as possible
( ) the latest
25. UFV-MG Choose one of the words below to complete each of the following definitions:
an umbrella – a chair – a newspaper – a watch – a gun – a wallet
a) ……… is something that can kill people.
b) ……… is something that tells you the time.
c) ……… is something you read to know the major current events.
d) ……… is something you carry when it rains.
e) ……… is something for you to sit in.
f) ……… is someting where you keep your money.
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26. UFV-MG Many / Much / Few / Little. Fill the blanks below with the correct word:
a) I have too ……… assignments to do.
b) How ……… information can you get from a computer?
c) May I offer a ……… help?
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27. UFV-MG Commonly misused words. Choose the correct word:
a) He is ……… (to/two/too) young to drive.
b) I didn’t ……… (hear/here) what she was saying.
c) It is ……… (quiet/quite) cold out there in winter time.
d) We are sending messages ……… (to/two/too) the stars.
e) I exercise every day of the ……… (weak/week).
f) Mary ……… (set/sat) the table for dinner.
28. UFV-MG Write the correct form of each verb in parentheses to complete the sentences.
a) Last weekend, we ……… (drive) to the lake for a picnic.
b) He ……… (run) 5 kilometers yesterday.
c) I enjoy ……… (listen) to Brazilian music.
d) My father ……… (go) to work early every day.
e) The telephone is ……… (ring) now.
f) I have ……… (be) very busy lately.
29. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentences:
A: Where ……… Sally yesterday?
B: She ……… to her sister’s house.
A: How ……… she ……… here?
B: By car.
a) were – were – did – get
b) was – was – did – get
c) was – went – does – got
d) was – was – did – got
e) was – went – did – get
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Para as questões 30 a 32, assinale V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso):
30. Unicap-PE — “Did he ……… her a letter last week?”
— “Yes, he did”.
( ) sent
( ) send
( ) sends
( ) write
( ) wrote
31. Unicap-PE — “I know ……… ”.
( ) who taught this class;
( ) what time is it;
( ) why he want to go;
( ) whom is your teacher;
( ) this people.
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32. Unicap-PE — “Filling out the forms correctly, the captain got ……… a promotion”.
( ) it
( ) me
( ) a friend of mine
( ) herself
( ) himself
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33. UEPI The words which form their plurals in the same way as the word ladies are:
a) key, study, city, fly, day, jewelry
b) key, study, city, fly, sky, baby
c) key, study, city, fly, day, baby
d) spy, study, city, fly, day, belly
e) cherry, study, city, fly, sky, belly
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1. D
2. F-F-F-F-F
3. C-E-B-A-F-D
4. V-F-V-F-V
5. F-V-F-V-F
6. V-V-V-F-V
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. E
12. B
13. D
14. a) Maria speaks languages fluently.
b) She has lived in Europe for ten years.
c) She is planning a trip to the USA next semester.
d) She will be leaving on January 1.
e) Maria was born in Brazil.
15. V-F-F-V-F
16. D
17. a) cuter
b) healthier
c) more dangerous
18. a) on
b) with
c) to
d) for
e) about
f) from
19. A
20. B
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22. A
23. V-F-V-V-V
24. V-V-V-V-F
25. a) A gun
b) A watch
c) A newspaper
d) An umbrella
e) A chair
f) A wallet
26. a) many
b) much
c) little
27. a) too
b) hear
c) quite
d) to
e) week
f) set
28. a) drove
b) ran
c) listening
d) goes
e) ringing
f) been
29. E
30. F-V-F-V-F
31. V-F-F-F-F
32. F-V-V-V-V
33. E
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Dear Maria
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It’s good to hear you may want to visit ……… (1) United States. I think September is the best
time to come. It’s ……… (2) quite warm, ……… (3) there may be some rain, and it might be a bit
cold ……… (4) the evening, so bring a sweater. Best of all, there won’t be so many tourists. You
……… (5) like to stay in youth hostels, which are pretty cheap and convenient. When you get to
the U.S., give ……… (6) a call — I might be able to take some time off and go around with you!
Let me know if there’s anything else I can do.
I hope this is useful,
Take care,
Benita
From: Move Up. Pre-intermediate. Simon Greenall Heinemann, 1997.
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1. UFSC Read the letter Benita wrote to Maria and select the correct proposition(s) to
complete the gaps.
(01) (1) the; (2) usually; (3) although; (4) in; (5) may; (6) me
(02) (1) …; (2) frequently; (3) therefore; (4) for; (5) ought; (6) my
(04) (1) a; (2) very; (3) despite; (4) on; (5) have; (6) I
(08) (1) the; (2) often; (3) however; (4) in; (5) might; (6) me
(16) (1) an; (2) very; (3) never; (4) for; (5) may; (6) mine
The answer is the sum of the correct propositions.
2. UFSC Maria wrote to Benita to ask some questions about her trip to the United States.
Which of the questions below did Benita answer in the letter?
(01) What type of clothes should I bring?
(02) Where can I stay?
(04) How much money will I need?
(08) When might be the best time to come?
(16) What might the weather be like?
(32) Who will be waiting for me at the airport?
The answer is the sum of the correct propositions.
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The International English Language Testing System
The IELTS is an increasingly valuable worldwide test to assess your proficiency in English. It tests
all four skills — Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. There are two options offered —
Academic and General Training. The Academic option is for those who wish to undertake
undergraduate or postgraduate studies in an English-speaking country, whereas the General Training
option is for emigration purposes, to take a secondary course or a professional training course.
Universities in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a growing number in the USA
and Europe ask for the IELTS as proof that a foreign student is able to study and live in an Englishspeaking country. In Brazil, when applying for a grant, it is one of the English language tests
applicants are asked to present to CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP and other funding institutions, including
The British Council. Not only for study purposes but also for those who wish for funding to present
papers at conferences, do training courses or training programmes abroad.
A candidate may take the test more than once, however, there must be a three-month interval
between one test and the next. Additionally there is no expire date, but a University or agency may
ask for a more recent result if the test was taken a long time ago.
(Eddie Edmundson, R. Tumer, M. Hermens, A. Francis. New Routes, nº 10, July 2000.)
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3. Vunesp De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que o IELTS é:
a) um teste de proficiência na língua inglesa que avalia a capacidade de leitura, escrita e
compreensão e expressão oral. Ele é aceito, sem restrições, por universidades na GrãBretanha, Canadá, Austrália e Nova Zelândia.
b) um teste de habilidades, aceito em qualquer país do mundo. Ele deve ser feito por quem
deseja imigrar ou estudar no exterior.
c) um teste em inglês, dividido em duas partes: a primeira é acadêmica e a segunda é de
treinamento geral.
d) um teste que se destina a avaliar a proficiência em língua inglesa. No Brasil, ele deve
ser feito todas as vezes que alguém se candidatar a uma bolsa de estudos.
e) um teste que se destina a avaliar a capacidade que um aluno estrangeiro tem de ler,
escrever, ouvir e falar inglês. Ele é aplicado pelo CNPq, CAPES e FAPESP.
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4. Vunesp O texto que você leu também afirma que:
a) todas as universidades americanas, mas nem todas as européias, aceitam o IELTS.
b) no Brasil, o IELTS é o único teste de proficiência aceito pelas agências oficiais que
mantêm programas de bolsas de estudos para o exterior.
c) as agências brasileiras que concedem bolsas de estudos para países de língua inglesa e
que financiam a participação em conferências no exterior acreditam que o IELTS não é
necessário.
d) qualquer candidato pode fazer o IELTS uma vez por mês até, no máximo, três meses.
Depois disso, ele deve observar um intervalo entre um teste e outro.
e) várias universidades no exterior exigem o IELTS como prova de que o aluno estrangeiro
é capaz de estudar e viver em um país de língua inglesa.
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5. Vunesp Suponha que dois amigos brasileiros o procurem porque pretendem estudar na
Austrália. O primeiro quer terminar seu curso de graduação e o segundo pretende fazer um
curso profissionalizante. Partindo do que leu sobre o IELTS, você:
a) aconselharia que ambos fizessem o IELTS na modalidade acadêmica.
b) aconselharia que ambos fizessem o IELTS na modalidade treinamento geral.
c) aconselharia que o primeiro optasse pela modalidade acadêmica e que o segundo
escolhesse a de treinamento geral.
d) aconselharia que o primeiro optasse pela modalidade treinamento geral e que o segundo
escolhesse a acadêmica.
e) aconselharia que os dois fizessem as duas modalidades do exame.
6. Vunesp Candidates who get a poor result always regret: “If I had studied more before
sitting for the test, I ……… it”.
a) would pass
b) passed
c) have passed
d) would have passed
e) had passed
7. Vunesp Universities abroad may ……… a more recent result when the IELTS was taken
a long time ago.
a) requires
b) require
c) to require
d) requiring
e) required
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Escolha a única opção que completa as lacunas de número 8 a 17.
Beyond the horizon
by Chris Jones
Jeff Ashby, who earned a master’s degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee
Space Institute at Tulhahoma (UTSI), was the pilot of the space shuttle Columbia when it lifted
off last July 9, taking a powerful new NASA observatory into orbit.
“The closer it gets to launch, the busier my days are,” Ashby said during a break from training.
Ashby’s typical day before launch included a number of science lectures, medical training, camera
training, and a lot of time in NASA’s shuttle simulator.
It was the (8) ……… shuttle flight for the (9) ……… astronaut, an 18-year Navy (10) ………,
who earned his UTSI (11) ……… in 1993. For Ashby, (12) ……… biggest thrill of the (13) ………
flight wouldn’t be either (14) ……… the spacecraft, or making (15) ……… to space, or even (16)
……… the earth from orbit, (17) ………, as he had said once, “having the opportunity to contribute
something to our knowledge of the universe — where we come from and why we’re here.”
Ashby said his team would do that by developing the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The telescope
would help scientists study exotic space phenomena like exploding stars and black holes.
Adaptado de: Tennessee Alumnus, volume 79/number 3, summer 1999, p. 31.
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Glossário:
shuttle: ônibus espacial
lift off: decolar verticalmente
launch: lançamento
thrill: emoção, impressão
Novo Michaelis, volume I, SP: Melhoramentos, 1958
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8. UFPI
a) most
b) frequently
c) first
d) late
e) another
9. UFPI
a) other
b) Jeff
c) very
d) training
e) 45-year-old
10. UFPI
a) pilot
b) UTSI
c) simulator
d) science
e) report
11. UFPI
a) shuttle
b) degree
c) observation
d) systems
e) break
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a) the
b) your
c) many
d) much
e) most
13. UFPI
a) training
b) UTSI
c) simulation
d) 5-day
e) Tulhahoma
14. UFPI
a) fly
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b) busy
c) mission
d) piloting
e) training
15. UFPI
a) she
b) now
c) it
d) going
e) or
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16. UFPI
a) about
b) seeing
c) see
d) developing
e) saw
17. UFPI
a) but
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b) although
c) since
d) that
e) either
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The new singles
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The Single, long a stock figure in story, song and personal ads, was traditionally someone at the
margins of society: a figure of fun, pity or awe. As the sages would say, we are all ultimately
alone. But an increasing number of Europeans … (I) … to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn’t the
stuff of gloomy philosophical meditations, but a fact of Europe’s new economic landscape, … (II)
… by demographers, real-estate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family
life to solo lifestyle, observes French sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann, is part of the “irresistible
momentum of individualism” over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from
a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the work force
have wreaked havoc on Europeans’ private lives. More and more of them are remaining on their
own: they’re living longer, divorcing more and marrying later — if at all. British marriage rates are
the lowest in 160 years of records.
The home-alone phenomenon remains an urban and a Northern European trend: people … (III)
… live in rural areas — as well as the Spaniards, Greeks and Irish — tend to stick to families. By
contrast, the Scandinavians, Dutch and Germans like to live alone: 40 percent of all Swedes live
alone, as do 7 million Britons — three times as many as 40 years ago. According to the recent
report “Britain in 2010” by Richard Scase, professor of organizational behavior at the University of
Kent, single-person households will outnumber families and couples within a decade.
Europe’s new economic climate … (IV) … the trend toward independence. The current generation
of home-aloners came of age during Europe’s shift from social democracy to the sharper, more
individualistic climate of American-style capitalism. Women, it seems, enjoy singledom more than
do men. According to Scase, single women — unlike men — tend to live near single friends,
forming networks that serve as neofamilies. By contrast, the bachelor tends to stay in. “The man
… (V) … lives alone is very much the sad case,” says Scase. “They really do watch videos and drink
beer.”
Living alone doesn’t mean living without romance. Jan Trost, a sociologist at the University of
Uppsala, … (VI) … Europe’s rising incidence of … (VII) … he calls LAT, or living alone together, in
… (VIII) … committed couples opt for separate residences. In an increasingly mobile work culture,
professionals often work in separate cities or even countries, using e-mail, phones and meetings
on weekends to sustain relationships.
(Adapted from Newsweek)
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18. Mackenzie-SP As lacunas I, IV e VI devem ser preenchidas, corretamente, por:
a) I - chose
IV - fostered
VI - have studied
b) I - is choosing
IV - have fostered
VI - studied
c) I - are choosing
IV - has fostered
VI - has studied
d) I - will choose
IV - foster
VI - study
e) I - choose
IV - is fostering
VI - are studying
19. Mackenzie-SP As lacunas III, V, VII e VIII devem ser preenchidas, corretamente, por:
a) III - that
V - whose
VII - which
VIII - that
b) III - who
V - who
VII - what
VIII - which
c) III - whose
V - that
VII - that
VIII - whose
d) III - when
V - which
VII - where
VIII - whom
e) III - which
V - what
VII - which
VIII - who
20. Mackenzie-SP According to the text, a sage is:
a) a dead person who has been officially recognized by a Christian church as deserving
special honour, because their life was very good or holy.
b) someone who tells the authorities that a person they know has done something wrong.
c) a person such as a king, queen or prime minister, who rules or governs a country or
other area.
d) a person, especially an old man, who is regarded as being very wise.
e) a person who does things that are immoral or illegal.
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21. Mackenzie-SP According to the text, something or someone that wreaks havoc:
a) is considered boring and unsatisfactory.
b) is cruel, vicious and violent.
c) makes you feel frightened or alarmed.
d) is attractive because it has beautiful views and natural features.
e) causes a great amout of disorder or damage.
22. Mackenzie-SP A lacuna II deve ser preenchida corretamente por:
a) embraced
b) embroidered
c) embedded
d) embezzled
e) enameled
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23. Mackenzie-SP According to the text, if a situation is gloomy:
a) it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.
b) you see it very briefly and not very well.
c) it does not give you much hope of success or happiness.
d) it is pleasant and enjoyable.
e) it is silly or ridiculous, often in a strange or unusual way.
When we think of language, we think of the words and phrases that we use to communicate
with each other. However, language also involves bodily expression: glances and smiles, clothing,
gestures, facial expressions; an eloquent language of which we are not always conscious, but
which casts light on our words, enriching them and sometimes even contradicting them.
Entertaining and pleasant, the Expression and Behaviour exhibition invites you to observe the
behaviour of men and women placed in particular situations, and to influence their reations.
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Miniguide of Permanent Exhibitions. La Villette. Paris: Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie. 1997. p. 38.
24. UFRN O processo de comunicação envolve, além da linguagem verbal, outros recursos
expressivos.
De conformidade com o texto,
a) mencione quatro desses recursos;
b) explique de que forma a linguagem não-verbal auxilia a comunicação entre os seres
humanos.
25. UFRN Esclareça
a) qual é o convite feito no 2º parágrafo do texto;
b) o que poderá ser observado por quem atender ao convite.
A Florida panther rests quietly in the Everglades of southwestern Florida. Although protected by
the Endangered Species Act, only 30 Florida panthers are believed to survive in the Everglades —
victims of disease and shrinking habitat as well as illegal hunting and automobiles. With the
species’ fate hanging in the balance, some Florida panthers are being captured for a special breeding
program.
The Everglades, often called a “river of grass”, stretches more than 300 kilometers from the
headwaters of the Kissimmee River to the Florida Keys, with a 600,000-hectare national park at its
core. Made up of sawgrass, tree islands, marshes and sloughs, the Everglades is a unique subtropical
habitat for plants and wildlife. It is also an ecosystem under pressure from outside development,
pollution (especially agricultural runoff) and the diversion of water for use by the state’s growing
population. State and federal conservation authorities are now taking action to restore the
Everglades.
Environment: The Next Frontier, a publication of the U. S. Information Agency.
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26. UFSM A questão central apresentada no texto é o(a):
a) problema da caça ilegal nas fronteiras.
b) ameaça do ecossistema num local da Flórida.
c) programa de reprodução de felinos na Flórida.
d) poluição causada pelos visitantes dos parques florestais na Flórida.
e) busca de recursos financeiros para a proteção de espécies ameaçadas.
27. UFSM Em “Although protected by the Endangered Species Act”, a palavra destacada
estabelece uma relação de:
a) finalidade.
b) adição.
c) tempo.
d) concessão.
e) condição.
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28. UFMS Considerando o texto, pode-se afirmar que:
I. O parque nacional Everglades constitui-se num importante habitat para a vida selvagem.
II. Não há qualquer iniciativa por parte do governo para a preservação do parque.
III. A reserva de água do parque está ameaçada.
Está(ão) correta(s)
a) Apenas I.
b) Apenas II.
c) Apenas III.
d) Apenas I e III.
e) I, II e III.
29. UFMS A melhor tradução para o segmento destacado em “With the species’ fate hanging
in the balance” é:
a) em discussão.
b) totalmente aniquilada.
c) por um fio.
d) criticada.
e) medida cuidadosamente.
30. UFMS A palavra “often” pode ser substituída, sem mudança de sentido, por:
a) never.
b) hardly ever.
c) also.
d) frequently.
e) always.
31. UFMS A palavra “quietly” pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por:
a) pleasantly.
b) peacefully.
c) gladly.
d) beautifully.
e) lonely.
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32. UFMS Em “(…) victims of disease and shrinking habitat”, a palavra destacada remete para:
a) Everglades.
b) panthers.
c) species.
d) plants.
e) automobiles.
33. UFMS Em “The Everglades, often called a ‘river of grass’, stretches more than (…)”, a
palavra destacada pode ser substituída por:
a) increases.
b) extends across.
c) retracts.
d) tightens.
e) speeds.
Brand new cars for everyone
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From the beginning Henry Ford fought with his financial backers. Their idea was to make
automobiles to order and obtain the highest price possible for each car. Ford wanted to find a way
to mass-produce cars and make them available to everyone.
He began experimenting in order to find the simplest mechanism possible, something with the
fewest parts, that would be easy to repair. At the same time he wanted a car that was rugged and
powerful. There should be nothing elegant about it; in fact, the uglier the better. It must look to
be no more than what it was: utilitarian.
Once he found the right design for such a car, Ford thought he could spend all his time and
effort not on improving the car but rather on different methods of producing it. If he turned out
the same car every year he could lower his costs and thus his price to the buyer. Eventually Ford
was able to manufacture just the car he wanted to. He called it the Model T.
Stockholders in his company began to complain bitterly when they realized he planned to lower
the price every year.
“But how will you make any money?” they asked.
“By selling more cars,” he told them. And that is exactly what he did.
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(Michigan Proficiency Practice Test).
34. U. Católica de Brasília-DF According to the text, write V for true and F for false.
( ) The conclusion of this passage is that Henry Ford didn’t aim to make a fortune, so he
lowered the costs of the cars he was producing.
( ) It can be inferred from the text that Ford’s partners didn’t totally agree with him.
( ) The word “obtain” in line 2 can be correctly replaced by retail.
( ) According to the passage, Henry Ford wanted to produce luxurious cars with a different
design for every year.
( ) The word “spend” is a synonym for “lengthen”.
Many Norwegians were shocked and wrote to the newspapers when Princess Anne — President
of the Save the Children Fund — was shown on television snubbing a five-year-old while visiting a
hospital nursery in Oslo at the weekend. But a Buckingham Palace spokesman said last night that
the impression gained was “totally untrue,” and was the result of the film being edited and
“taken out of context.”
The Princess, in Norway for a fund-raising day for a national children’s charity, appeared on
television on Sunday night. When five-year-old Oeyvind Stroem tried to shake hands with her, he
appeared to have been spurned. “No cuddle, not even a smile…” the Dagbladet newspaper
bannered on its front page.
The media said it received “thousands” of phone calls objecting to the Princess’s manner and
suggesting that she should “go home.” Norway’s largest circulating newspaper, Verdens Gang,
said that most of its callers asked how a Princess, who was a mother herself, could show such
coolness towards a child.
A spokesman for Princess Anne said last night “The television clip was taken out of context and
gave a totally untrue impression.”
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35. UFES O objetivo da viagem da Princesa Anne à Noruega foi
a) comparecer a um programa de televisão.
b) fazer uma doação ao “Save the Children Fund”.
c) participar de uma campanha de caridade.
d) visitar um hospital em Oslo.
36. UFES A polêmica criada durante a estada da princesa na Noruega deve-se ao fato de ela ter
a) aparecido em um programa noturno de televisão.
b) gravado um comercial com uma criança norueguesa.
c) representado o Palácio de Buckingham.
d) sido indiferente a uma criança.
e) tocado uma criança de cinco anos.
37. UFES O que agravou as críticas da maioria dos noruegueses à atitude de Anne foi o fato de
ela ser
a) famosa.
d) princesa.
b) inglesa.
e) rica.
c) mãe.
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38. UFES Os ingleses defenderam a princesa dizendo que
a) a imprensa norueguesa não deu cobertura a sua visita.
b) as imagens de sua visita foram divulgadas de forma incorreta.
c) o garoto Oeyvind Stroem não sorriu para ela.
d) os jornais noruegueses não entrevistaram a princesa.
e) os noruegueses exageraram em sua reação.
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39. UFES O título mais apropriado para o artigo é
a) Buckingham Criticizes Princess.
b) Norway Greets Princess.
c) Princess Attacked by Five-Year-Old.
d) Princess Shocks Norwegians.
e) Princess Late for Fund-Raising.
Responda as questões 40 a 49 com base no texto abaixo.
A patch for love
Hormone-delivering patches could help endangered animals breed
For years, people have been able to wear patches (skin adhesives like band-aids) that help them
quit smoking, prevent seasickness or replace hormones in their aging bodies. But now patches
might help out when it comes to the birds and the bees — especially the birds. Rebecca L. Holberton,
a biologist at the University of Mississippi, is developing a patch that can safely deliver hormones
to encourage reproduction in endangered birds.
Free of surgical complications that may affect other methods, the patch delivers hormones
directly through the skin and is light and easy to make: it is derived from Band-Aids. The hormone
is mixed with vegetable oil and added to the gauze. The completed patch is attached just under
the wing; it falls off three to four days later.
In 1975 the New Zealand Department of Conservation gathered kakapos from their habitats
and transported them to islands that are now regulated for nonnative predators. In 1980, with the
discovery of a female still alive, breeding efforts began. But regardless of all the booming,
foghornlike calls of the males, the females are interested in food first, sex later. They care for their
chicks alone and will often hold off breeding unless fruit is abundant. When the birds are too
concerned about food to mate, the patch might change their attitude. “It could possibly be used
whenever the food crop is bad,” Holberton remarks.
From Scientific American, August 1999, p. 14.
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40. Unirio-Ence Os adesivos colados na pele humana até então eram usados, entre outras
coisas, para:
a) proteger do sol;
b) combater enjôo;
c) fazer tratamentos à base de óleo vegetal;
d) aliviar complicações cirúrgicas;
e) aliviar dores reumáticas.
41. Unirio-Ence A bióloga Rebecca L. Holberton está desenvolvendo um adesivo que:
a) fique colado na pele por muito tempo;
b) seja muito eficaz, embora pesado;
c) ajude no resgate de espécies ameaçadas;
d) possa combater o vício do fumo;
e) possa extrair hormônios através da pele.
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42. Unirio-Ence Aplicado a pássaros, o adesivo poderá:
a) causar danos às asas;
b) servir como método anticoncepcional;
c) repor óleos e sais minerais;
d) desprender-se dentro de poucos dias;
e) ajudar na identificação de cada espécie.
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43. Unirio-Ence O título e subtítulo sugerem que:
a) o adesivo visa a promover a multiplicação de animais em extinção;
b) o adesivo servirá de alimento para diferentes espécies;
c) o adesivo poderá rejuvenescer os usuários;
d) o adesivo será entregue gratuitamente a donos de animais;
e) ainda há deliberações quanto aos benefícios hormonais do adesivo.
44. Unirio-Ence De acordo com o texto, a grande vantagem no uso deste método é que:
a) a cirurgia é feita sem ônus, diferentemente dos outros métodos em uso;
b) a picada da abelha dói menos;
c) o rejuvenescimento acontece de imediato;
d) o usuário pode manter contato permanente com o seu especialista;
e) os hormônios passam do adesivo diretamente para a pele.
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45. Unirio-Ence A palavra that (em destaque) poderá ser substituída por:
a) who
b) whose
c) which
d) whom
e) where
46. Unirio-Ence O último parágrafo explica como as fêmeas kakapos:
a) cuidam de seus filhotes quando há fruta em abundância;
b) evitam cruzar quando não há fruta em abundância;
c) transportam seus filhotes para ilhas sem predadores naturais;
d) respondem à chamada dos machos kakapos;
e) se envolvem no processo de procriação.
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47. Unirio-Ence Em última análise, os biólogos poderão recorrer ao uso do adesivo sempre
que houver:
a) uma mudança de atitude;
b) uma mudança de hábitat;
c) uma mudança climática;
d) escassez de alimentos;
e) abundância de alimentos.
48. Unirio-Ence A palavra regardless (em destaque) significa:
a) por causa de;
b) por motivo de;
c) em virtude de;
d) a despeito de;
e) no entanto.
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49. Unirio-Ence O texto é claramente:
a) informativo
b) persuasivo
c) argumentativo
d) imaginativo
e) crítico
50. FAEF Read the text carefully and then choose the best alternative:
“…
Nuclear-power generation is well into its middle age. At plants around the globe, pipes,
vats and controls have worn down dangerously, vastly increasing the chances of mishaps, both
minor and major. Industrial executives insist that nuclear power in Asia, Western Europe and the
United States remains safe. But the public is no longer buying it. “Now, many European countries
are saying that the risk is unacceptably too high.”
…”
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taken from Newsweek, October 18, 1999.
a) Nuclear-power generation is in advanced level of development.
b) Public believes that nuclear power in Asia, Western Europe and the United States remains
safe.
c) Public does not buy nuclear weapons.
d) People don’t believe that nuclear power in Asia, Western Europe and the United States
is safe.
e) People believe that nuclear power is usually safe.
51. FAEF Choose the best alternative to substitute the underlined words:
I dont’t believe your story. You’re probably just making it up.
a) compensating
b) coming to a decision
c) inventing
d) making a mistake
e) making an effort
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Porto Seguro
How to get there
“This trek ……… as Trilha do Descobrimento and due to the remote places visited, with no
infra-structure at all, the eco-tourism agencies usually ……… trip packages only during the summer
and depending ……… the number of people interested. But, of course, if you have ……… own
group formed, the agencies can arrange a trip for you.
The prices ……… vary depending on the transport used (bus, airplane or jeep) and the number
of days. The accommodation is done in tents and the meals are included.
If you want an adventure on your own, check out the costs for the transportation to Porto
Seguro.”
Source: Porto Seguro — 500 years later, Speak up, July’00.
To fill in the blanks in the text above, select the correct sequence of words in item 52.
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52. UFPE
a) have known – offers – of – yours – would
b) has known – offered – in – it – will
c) is known – offer – on – your – may
d) are known – is offering – at – his – should
e) had known – are offering – to – their – must
53. UFPE According to the text, trip packages to Porto Seguro are offered:
a) throughout the year;
b) in the sunny season;
c) only to individuals;
d) at a unique price;
e) with excellent infra-structure.
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54. UFPE These packages do not include:
a) accommodation in tents;
b) visits to far-reaching places;
c) transportation to and from Porto Seguro;
d) tours on boats;
e) eco-tourism.
55. UFPE “With no infra-structure at all” means:
1. with very humble living conditions;
2. with very sophisticated resorts;
3. with a lively night life;
4. lacking infra-structure;
5. with ‘luxury’ restaurants
The correct meanings are:
a) 1, 3
b) 1, 4
c) 2, 5
d) 3, 4
e) 3, 5
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Instrução: As questões de números 56 a 62 referem-se ao texto abaixo.
When you check into a Hershey Resort, you and your people get something no other convention
center gives.
The assurance of Hershey quality. The same fine quality that you’ve come to expect from Hershey
Foods Corp. over the last 67 years. The very same quality that makes our other Hershey Resorts
outstanding convention centers.
With thoroughly professional staffs. The best and the newest facilities. Country locations easy
to reach by highways, interstates and airports. (Dozens of flights daily and free limousine services.)
Pick the Hershey that’s best for you. You’ll get unbeatable facilities for work and play. But
above all, you’ll find all those things you can still trust, alive and well and living in Hershey
Resorts.
Fonte: Meetings and Conventions. April 1980.
56. UFRS De acordo com o texto, Hershey é:
a) uma cidade turística;
b) um “shopping center”;
c) um recurso convencional;
d) uma corporação americana;
e) um clube esportivo.
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57. UFRS Duas características de Hershey Resorts que o texto enfatiza são:
a) qualidade e confiança;
b) qualidade e refinamento;
c) tradição e beleza;
d) tradição e refinamento;´
e) beleza e confiança.
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58. UFRS Podemos inferir que o texto se destina a:
a) famílias com crianças em férias;
b) idosos em busca de sossego;
c) empresários e executivos;
d) grupos de turistas estrangeiros;
e) esportistas e ecologistas.
59. UFRS A melhor tradução para “unbeatable facilities” é:
a) facilidades imperdíveis;
b) comodidades imbatíveis;
c) comodidades insuportáveis;
d) faculdades superiores;
e) facilidades inimagináveis.
60. UFRS A palavra “thoroughly” significa o mesmo que:
a) barely
b) greatly
c) thoughtfully
d) completely
e) partially
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61. UFRS Os antônimos corretos das partes grifadas da expressão “The best and the newest
facilities” são, respectivamente:
a) the most good – the youngest
b) the baddest – the oldest
c) the worst – the most old
d) the poorest – the most recent
e) the worst – the oldest
62. UFRS A expressão “alive and well and living [in Hershey Resorts]” significa o mesmo
que:
a) reserved and stored;
b) preserved and dwelling;
c) hiding and well-kept;
d) considered and restored;
e) breathing and sleeping.
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GOING TO THE doctor isn’t as safe as you might think. Medical mistakes kill between 44,000
and 98,000 people in the United States annually, reports the Institute of Medicine — a private
agency that advises the government and industry. The problem isn’t the cold you might catch in
the waiting room, but blunders like improper testing, incorrect diagnoses, and medicine mix-ups.
In an effort to reduce the number of errors, Web Information Transfer Systems, an Internet
start-up company based in Phoenix, has set up a Web site (www.webinfotrans.com) that allows
physicians to check medications prescribed by other doctors, prescribe medications electronically
to eliminate errors in deciphering handwriting, and check an online version of the Physician’s Desk
Reference for adverse drug interactions. Subscribers can also search for the latest information
about a specific condition. A similar site developed by Cigna Healthcare of Arizona reduced errors
in prescriptions for birth control pills by 15 percent. The new site should be fully operational by this
summer. — Gail Dutton
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(Source: Popular Science, Vol. 256, n. 4, April 2000, p. 30.)
63. UESPI The text says that:
a) It is safe for people go to the doctor when they are sick.
b) People should not go to the doctor when they are sick.
c) Medical mistakes kill a great number of people in the U.S.
d) Many people die in hospitals in the United States.
e) The Institute of Medicine advises people to consult the doctor.
64. UESPI According to the text, the solution to the problem presented in the text was:
a) to build more hospitals
b) to help people with health insurance
c) to distribute medications freely
d) to put an on-line service for consultation
e) to set up a web site to help doctors to eliminate errors.
65. UESPI The aim of setting up the web site on the Internet was to orient:
a) people to choose the best doctors.
b) people to select the best hospitals.
c) people to check medications in drugstores.
d) doctors to check medications electronically.
e) doctors to check other doctors’ handwriting.
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66. UESPI The text states that a Cigna Healthcare site helped:
a) increase people’s reliance on doctors.
b) reduce errors in prescriptions of medications.
c) reduce errors in diagnosing diseases.
d) decipher the doctor’s handwriting.
e) locate patients with fatal diseases.
67. UESPI According to the text, Web Information Transfer Systems is based in:
a) Phoenix.
b) Oregon.
c) Alabama.
d) New York.
e) California.
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68. UESPI A synonym for the word blunders (line 05) is:
a) tests.
b) mistakes.
c) medications.
d) exams.
e) diagnoses.
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69. UESPI A synonym for the word pbysicians (line 09) is:
a) doctors.
b) subscribers.
c) physicists.
d) patients.
e) researchers.
70. UESPI A synonym for the verb advise (line 03) is:
a) affirm.
b) authorize.
c) determine.
d) orient.
e) reduce.
71. UESPI The grammatical class of the word eletronically (line 11) is:
a) a noun.
b) a pronoun.
c) an adverb.
d) an adjective.
e) a conjunction.
72. UESPI The opposite form of the adjective new (line 16) is:
a) thin.
b) short.
c) big.
d) fad.
e) old.
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73. UESPI In the expression “… blunders like improper testing, …” (line 05), the word testing
is:
a) a noun.
b) a verb.
c) an article.
d) an adjective.
e) an adverb.
Technology
Do Not Store
With Kryptonite
Addicted to portable electronics but hate adding to the 60 billion or so alkaline batteries that
get thrown away every year? New research from Israel may help ease the guilt. By replacing the
standard manganese cathode with a compound called “super-iron”, Stuart Licht and his team
obtained up to 200 percent more energy from AAA-type cells. Super-iron can also improve the
output of rechargeables and watch batteries, the researchers say. And when the stuff finally ………
get discarded, it breaks down into harmless rust.
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74. UEL A sentença inicial do texto é uma pergunta redigida de forma coloquial. A forma
gramaticamente correta do verbo seria:
a) Where you addicted…
b) Are you addicted…
c) Do you addict…
d) Did you addict…
e) Are you addicting…
GABARITO
75. UEL No texto, the guilt refere-se à culpa:
a) dos fabricantes de pilhas.
b) dos pesquisadores de Israel.
c) da equipe da Stuart Licht.
d) do leitor do texto.
e) dos usuários de aparelhos eletrodomésticos.
76. UEL In the text, output means:
a) exit.
b) packaging.
c) performance.
d) price.
e) demand.
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77. UEL A lacuna do texto deve ser preenchida com uma forma que dê ênfase ao verbo. Essa
forma pode ser:
a) sure
d) do
b) too
e) does
c) is
78. UEL Infere-se do texto que:
a) os aparelhos eletrônicos portáteis são fonte de poluição sonora.
b) as pilhas e baterias em uso são todas de longa duração.
c) uma das vantagens do novo componente “super ferro” proposto pelos pesquisadores de
Israel é a de não ser poluente.
d) dos 60 bilhões de pilhas produzidas anualmente, apenas uma pequena parte é de pilhas
alcalinas.
e) o “super ferro” aumenta a duração das pilhas alcalinas, mas não das baterias de relógios.
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O texto About the Human Genome Project foi retirado da Internet e adaptado para fins de
vestibular. Encontra-se na íntegra no endereço
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/project/about.html
Leia o texto e responda as questões identificando a alternativa correta, com base nas informações
fornecidas.
Human Genome Project Information
Human Genome Project Information
Home
About HGP
Goals
Site
Index
News
Research
Education
Progress
History
Ethics
Benefits
ELSI
Medicine
Genetics 101
Media
FAQs
About the Human Genome Project
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What is the Human Genome Project?
Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project is a 13-year effort coordinated by the
U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned
to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances have accelerated the expected completion date
to 2003. Project goals are to
• identify all the approximately 1000,000 genes in human DNA,
• determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical bases that make up human DNA,
• store the information in databases,
• develop faster, more efficient sequencing technologies,
• develop tools for data analysis, and
• address the ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
To help achieve these goals, researchers also are studying the genetic makeup of several
nonhuman organisms. These include the common human gut bacterium Escherichia coli, the fruit
fly, and the laboratory mouse.
A unique aspect of the U.S. Human Genome project is that it is the first large scientific undertaking
to address the ELSI implications that may arise from the project.
Another important feature of the project is the federal government’s long-standing dedication
to the transfer of technology to the private sector. By licensing technologies to private companies
and awarding grants for innovative research, the project is catalyzing the multibillion-dollar U.S.
biotechnology industry and fostering the development of new medical applications.
What are some practical benefits to learning about DNA?
Knowledge about the effects of DNA variations among individuals can lead to revolutionary
new ways to diagnose, treat, and someday prevent the thousands of disorders that affect us.
Besides providing clues to understanding human biology, learning about nonhuman organisms’
DNA sequences can lead to an understanding of their natural capabilities that can be applied
toward solving challenges in health care, energy sources, agriculture, and environmental cleanup.
79. PUC-SP O Projeto Genoma Humano
a) foi iniciado em 1990 e terá a duração de 15 anos.
b) levou 10 anos para terminar a primeira fase e levará 3 para terminar a segunda.
c) terá a duração de 13 anos a partir de 1990.
d) entrará na fase acelerada em 2003.
e) já dura 13 anos e terminará em 2005.
80. PUC-SP Um dos objetivos do Projeto Genoma Humano é
a) endereçar os resultados do projeto a instituições e entidades.
b) identificar tecnologias de seqüenciamento do DNA.
c) desenvolver a análise de ferramentas para banco de dados.
d) determinar os 3 bilhões de genes químicos que compõem o DNA humano.
e) identificar praticamente todos os genes do DNA humano.
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81. PUC-SP No terceiro parágrafo do texto, “A unique aspect of the U.S. Human Genome
Project is that it is the first large scientific undertaking to address the ELSI implications
that may arise from the project”, a sigla ELSI refere-se
a) a questões éticas, legais e sociais.
b) a aspectos jurídicos de síndromes de origem genética.
c) a processos decorrentes da falta de ética médica.
d) a questões étnicas, litigiosas e servicos de internação.
e) à escassez de leitos, segurança e informação.
82. PUC-SP A transferência de tecnologia do Projeto Genoma Humano para o setor privado
a) torna esse projeto o primeiro a vincular verbas federais e particulares visando ao lucro.
b) será testada primeiro em ratos de laboratório.
c) permitiu que a indústria de biotecnologia deixasse de gastar bilhões de dólares.
d) está promovendo o desenvolvimento de novas aplicações médicas.
e) promove a destinação de empréstimos bancários para pesquisas inovadoras.
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83. PUC-SP Novas maneiras de diagnóstico, tratamento e futura prevenção de milhares de
doenças decorrem
a) da biologia humana.
b) das seqüências de DNA não humano.
c) do conhecimento dos efeitos das variações do DNA.
d) das capacidades naturais do organismo humano.
e) das novas formas de diagnóstico.
84. PUC-SP Na frase do último parágrafo, “Besides providing clues to understanding human
biology, learning about nonhuman organism’ DNA can lead…”, a palavra Besides indica
uma relação de
a) adição.
b) oposição.
c) conseqüência.
GABARITO
d) exemplificação.
e) finalidade.
85. PUC-SP Nas frases do último parágrafo, “Knowledge about the effects of DNA variations
among individuals can lead to revolutionary new ways…”.
“ … DNA sequences can lead to an understanding of their natural capabilities…”, a palavra
can indica a idéia de
a) conhecimento.
b) permissão.
c) habilidade.
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d) confirmação.
e) probabilidade.
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Getting a jump on breast cancer
What started with research on a parasite that makes its home in a freshwater snail may someday
end with a cure for breast cancer: Emmanuel Dias Neto, a researcher at the Ludwig Institute in São
Paulo, was investigating the genetics of schistosomiasis, a major killer in Brazil, when he developed
a new method of sifting through reams of genetic data. Dias Neto’s technique focuses on the
dead center of the genes. The central portion of the genes is…… most proteins are concentrated,
and proteins are what define the way in which each gene works. “These proteins make everything
happen,” says Andrew Simpson, director of Brazil’s Human Cancer Genome Project.
Neto’s method has helped unveil the structure of several human tumors, including breast cancer.
(Newsweek, October, 30, 2000).
86. UFSE Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna
do texto apresentado.
a) when
b) what
c) which
d) who
e) where
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87. UFSE In the text, its (line 1) refers to
a) home.
b) parasite.
c) snail.
d) cure.
e) research.
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88. UFSE According to the text, schistosomiasis
a) has killed a Brazilian mayor.
b) is a harmless parasite.
c) has killed many people in Brazil.
d) is a parasite that can be found in sea shells.
e) can cause the death of freshwater snails.
89. UFSE De acordo com o texto, o método desenvolvido por Dias Neto
a) levou à cura da esquistossomíase.
b) baseia-se na informação genética contida nas proteínas periféricas de um gene.
c) poderá servir para descobrir a estrutura de muitas proteínas desconhecidas.
d) camuflou a estrutura de diversos tumores humanos.
e) ajudou a desvendar a estrutura do câncer de mama.
90. UFSE According to the text,
a) what started as a research on schistosomiasis helped discover the structure of several
human tumors.
b) Dias Neto’s technique was innovative in that it discarded genetic information.
c) Dias Neto was very interested in finding out why the center of the genes died.
d) dead proteins are the cause of most human tumors.
e) nothing can be learned from studying genetic data.
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Swiss cheese? Roquefort? Is it Gouda? Well… we all know the moon isn’t really made of cheese.
Cheese is just one of the many different images seen in the charcoal-gray, black and white markings
created by various lunar craters and basins.
The most famous of these is “the man on the moon”, whose face looks like a jack-o’-lantern.
But that is not the only figure you can find. The Native American Haida people in British Columbia
see a woman who carries a bucket, while the ancient Greeks believed the full moon was the
goddess Selene riding her silver chariot across the sky.
Animal figures have also been popular. The Chinese see a rabbit in the dark areas and a toad in
the white. A rabbit may be the most common figure seen on the moon, with cultures in southeast
Asia, Korea, and Japan, as well as the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations all discerning a bunny’s
form with ears and tail.
So, the next time there is a full moon, go outside and take a look. What do you see?
(Fonte: Astronomy. Sept. 1999)
91. UFRS O título mais apropriado para esse texto é:
a) What Do You See?
b) The Man on the Moon.
c) The Moon and Ancient Civilizations.
d) Figures Made of Cheese.
e) Animals on the Moon.
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92. UFRS De acordo com o texto, as marcas na superfície lunar:
a) são fósseis de antigos animais.
b) são feitas de uma substância semelhante ao queijo.
c) podem ser interpretadas de muitas formas.
d) formam animais ou pessoas, conforme a fase da lua.
e) não são vistas no Extremo Oriente.
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GABARITO
93. UFRS A expressão “go outside and take a look”, tem como equivalente, em português,
a) Saia de casa e olhe para cima.
b) Saia daqui e tome conta.
c) Vá embora e olhe em volta.
d) Vá lá fora e dê uma olhada.
e) Vá lá fora e pegue um livro.
94. UFRS A expressão “created by” é uma forma passiva. Outra estrutura semelhante
encontrada no texto é:
a) isn’t made.
b) can find.
c) have been.
d) may be.
e) discerning.
95. UFRS De acordo com o texto, complete a sentença abaixo com a alternativa correta.
The Chinese can see ……… a rabbit ……… a toad on the lunar markings.
a) … neither … nor …
b) … and … or …
c) … either … and …
d) … both … or …
e) … both … and …
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96. UFRS Na expressão “The most famous of these”, these está substituindo:
a) images.
d) craters and basins.
b) markings.
e) basins.
c) craters.
97. UFRS Goddess é a forma feminina de god.
Indique a opção em que a formação do feminino está incorreta:
a) steward – stewardess.
b) priest – priestess.
c) duke – duchess.
d) emperor – empress.
e) consul – consuless
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Few inventions can match the home computer as a time-saving tool that adds to personal
productivity, enhances education and provides hours of entertainment.
Still, while home computers are proving to be the answer for many, they raise a number of
questions for first-time buyers:
How do I go about buying a computer? How can I choose from among all the computers
available? What do the technical terms mean?
This guide has been prepared to provide plain-language answers to these questions — and
many more — which often confront the first-time buyer. Information in the guide is organized so
that certain aspects of each topic are covered in different levels of detail.
(from A Free Guide to Buying your First PC — COMPAQ, 1994)
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GABARITO
98. UFMS According to the text, the home computer:
a) demands too much time from its owner.
b) saves time for its owner.
c) implies that its owner must be an expert.
d) is an unnecessary tool.
e) should be banned from households.
99. UFMS Having read the text above, one expects that:
a) the language of the guide will be easy to understand.
b) the glossary will be very useful.
c) the language of the guide will be difficult to understand.
d) the guide will be helpful for experienced buyers.
e) the guide will not help in deciding which computer the reader should choose.
100. UFMS In the clause “Still, while home computers are proving to be the answer for many,
they raise a number of questions for first-time buyers”.
a) many refers to computers and they refers to buyers.
b) many refers to answers and they refers to people.
c) many refers to inventions and they refers to computers.
d) many and they refer to home computers.
e) many refers to buyers and they refers to home computers.
101. UFMS The opposite meanings of the adjetives time-saving, first-time, and plain-language
are, respectively,
a) demanding, ancient and complex.
b) old-fashioned, new and easy.
c) time-consuming, experienced and complex.
d) easy, inexperienced and difficult.
e) first-time, old-fashioned and native.
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SF Gate
San Francisco Gate
Brazil flexes new muscle in another trade fight
GABARITO
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BRASÍLIA — First came a bitter trade dispute with Canada. Now Brazil’s leaders are standing
firm on another trade-related foreign policy issue, this time with the United States.
The dispute with Washington has to do with patents on AIDS drugs. The one with Canada is
over subsidies to aircraft makers and over mad cow disease.
What they have in common is the sight of Brazil as it sheds its image as eternally easygoing and
cordial and suddenly flexes the muscles that naturally accrue to a regional power with 170 million
people and a booming economy. (…)
Brazil is entitled to much greater international recognition and more of a leadership role because
of the country’s growing economic importance.
In the dispute on AIDS drugs, the United States has filed a complaint with the World Trade
Organization. It argues that a law here that would force foreign companies to provide their antiAIDS drugs at lower prices, or license Brazilian companies to do so in the event of a health emergency,
violates international trade rules. But Brazil shows no sign of backing down.
Indeed, Brazil runs a highly successful program to fight Aids, in part because it is able to provide
drugs at prices below those charged by major pharmaceutical companies. The United Nations
singled out the program for praise in early March.
In recent years, Brazil has been equally determined to defend Embraer, which builds commuter
jets and military planes, against its main rival, Bombardier, the Canadian company. A new front in
that conflict emerged in February when Canada suddenly announced a prohibition on imports of
Brazilian beef, supposedly because of fears of mad cow disease.
Brazilian officials argued that the beef ban was just an excuse to intimidate them in the aircraft
dispute and gave Canada until March 1 to rescind the ban. When the Canadians finally gave
Brazilian meat a clean bill of health on Feb. 27, government officials were able to treat the event
as a triumph and announced plans to file complaints against Canada at the World Trade
Organization.
“This was a win-win situation for Brazil, in that it got the attention of the Canadians and will
probably get more attention at the upcoming summit than it would have otherwise,” said Kenneth
Maxwell, director of the Brazil project at the Council on Foreign Relations, referring to a gathering
of Western Hemisphere leaders in April in Quebec. The agenda for that meeting focuses on
liberalizing trade, in particular on an American proposal to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas
as rapidly as possible, perhaps as early as 2003.
Brazil argues that a deadline of 2005 is more adequate and appropriate because of the complex
issues involved. Brazil was almost alone in advocating a slower approach at first. But that position
has now been endorsed by small Caribbean nations and by Ecuador, which becomes chairman of
the trade talks in April.
“It’s not so important when, but rather how we are going to have this common market,”
Ecuador’s foreign minister, Heinz Moeller, said in Washington recently. “Are we really talking seriously
about free trade? Is free trade a two-way road between North and South?”
At the same time, though, Brazil is even looking to play a role beyond the hemisphere. It sees
itself as the natural Latin American candidate for a seat on an expanded United Nations Security
Council, a cause that it has advocated. (…)
Brazil belongs to a group of “monster countries” like Russia, China and India, which because of
their continental size have an inherent weight in international affairs.
But Brazil is inherently more pacific than other such countries because it has not been present at
the core of conflicts in the international system.
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Larry Rohter
http://www.sanfraciscogate.com
March 27.2001
102. UERJ From the idea expressed in the text and the title of the article one may infer that:
a) Brazil will fulfill its economic potential once it opens its borders and embraces free
trade.
b) The air industry will go bust when Brazil beats its bitterest rivals, thanks to effective
foreign policies.
c) Brazil will soon be in a position to wield decisive influence over the future of the
world trading system.
d) The establishment of free trade will be strongly supported by Brazilian leaders due to
reasonable tariffs.
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103. UERJ What they have in common is the sight of Brazil as it sheds its image as eternally
easygoing…
The two instances of the word as in the sentence above establish the following semantic
relations:
a) causality and addition
b) alternation and purpose
c) concession and contrast
d) temporality and comparison
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104. UERJ Recognition of the economic and political weight of Brazil in the international
arena is implied in the following excerpt:
a) “A new front in that conflict emerged in February when Canada suddenly announced
a prohibition on imports of Brazilian beef.”
b) “Brazilian officials argued that the beef ban was just an excuse to intimidate them in
the aircraft dispute and gave Canada until march 1 to rescind the ban.”
c) “When the Canadians finally gave Brazilian meat a clean bill of health on Feb. 27,
government officials were able to treat the event as a triumph and announced plans to
file complaints against Canada.”
d) “This was a win-win situation for Brazil, in that it got the attention of the Canadians
and will probably get more attention at the upcoming summit than it would have
otherwise.”
105. UERJ South American officials are cautious and not very confident about policy issues
concerning the:
a) reciprocity of commercial trade in the Americas.
b) adoption of peaceful political strategies by the US.
c) agenda of the Foreign Relations Council in Quebec.
d) candidacy of Brazil for a seat in the United Nations.
Responda as questões abaixo, em português, com base nos textos.
106. UERJ
GABARITO
A Surprise Hitch
The Founder of Ms. Magazine is now a Mrs. — at least technically. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem,
66, who once declared marriage “legalized oppression,” has made what seems like the most
radical statement possible for her: “I do.” The bride, who is keeping her name, married David
Bale, 61, an animal-rights activist and father of “American Psycho” star Christian Bale, last
week.
From Newsweek, Sept. 18, 2000: 57.
a) Qual é o evento mencionado no texto?
b) Por que ele causou surpresa?
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107. UERJ
After a while, news stories about Mars — the happy ones, that is — all begin to sound the
same. Scientists make new observations, find new evidence that the Red Planet used to gush with
liquid water. They speculate that it used to be cozier, that microbes used to live there. But the
latest observations by the Mars Global Surveyor space probe call for a dramatic revision. The
operative verb when talking about water on Mars may not be “used to be” but “is”.
From Scientific American, Sept. 2000: 12.
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Explicite a hipótese a que se refere cada uma das formas verbais entre aspas:
a) “used to be”;
b) “is”.
108. FAEF Choose the best alternative to complete the sentences in the strip cartoon:
(taken from “Hey! B. C.” by John Hart, Crest Book, Fawcett World Library, 1976)
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
have make – show
made – showing
have made – appears
done – appears
have done – appear
Instruções para as questões de números 109 a 113
Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas do texto
apresentado.
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(109) ……… are bleak times for South Americans. Brazil is (110) ……… from its chaotic January
devaluation, but living standards have fallen. Most of Spanish-speaking South America is in deep
recession. Ecuador (111) ……… announced the first ever default on Brady bonds, the instrument
created to forgive (mainly) Latin American countries some of their debts to commercial banks
from the 1980s. It seems as though the nineties will be another lost decade for the region.
109. Unifor-CE
a) The
b) That
c) Those
d) These
e) This
110. Unifor-CE
a) recovers
b) recovering
c) recover
d) to recovering
e) on recovering
111. Unifor-CE
a) can
b) is
c) are
d) will
e) has
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112. Unifor-CE A suitable title for the text would be:
a) Brazil is doing fine.
b) Things are getting better in Latin America.
c) Ecuador pays its debts.
d) Crisis in Latin America.
e) A decade of progress.
113. Unifor-CE O texto concentra-se:
a) em como o senador Brady mudou de lado;
b) na possibilidade de se reverter uma década perdida;
c) em aspectos econômicos de países da América Latina.
d) na queda do nível de vida no Equador.
e) no que se pode fazer para pagar a dívida externa.
Instruções para as questões de números 114 e 115. Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa
que preenche corretamente as lacunas do texto apresentado.
As questões de números 116 a 118 referem-se ao texto a seguir.
GABARITO
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Site specific
When You Care to Send the Very E-Best Lovers of schmaltz, take
note: electronic greeting cards (114). Coming to an in-box near
you, cards like this (115) one (right) help the occasion-impaired
say anything. An overview:
Blue Mountain Arts
www.bluemountain.com
Yahoo! Greetings
Greetings.yahoo.com
Activegrams
www.activegrams.com
Looks like
A 6-year-old’s art project.
Pastels, lots of flowers, cute
animals with big heads.
A graphics studio. Clean
images, with professional
art, photographs and
cartoons.
Fun, quirky cartoons pinned
to the wall of a doodler with
a dark sense of humor.
What’s there
Horoscopes, sonnets and
record-your-own voice
messages.
The most commercial site,
with tie-ins to brand names
like Comedy Central’s
‘Stouth Park’.
The usual, with a subversive
twist. These aren’t your
grandma’s Hallmark cards.
Aimed at
Everyone. With 65% of the
market, Blue Mountain is
the Wal-Mart of e-greetings.
Users who trust the Yahoo!
Brand name and the
corporate partnerships that
come with it.
Young, edgy customers who
want to send interesting
visual with bite.
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114. UEL-PR A forma verbal correta para preencher a lacuna do texto é:
a) arrive – porque a ação está ocorrendo no momento da fala;
b) have arrived – porque o tempo passado não está definido;
c) would arrive – por ser uma situação hipotética;
d) are arrived – por tratar-se da voz passiva;
e) arrived – porque o tempo passado está claramente expresso.
115. UEL-PR
a) Blue Mountain Arts
b) Wal-Mart
c) Hallmark
d) Yahoo! Greetings
e) Activegrams
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116. UEL-PR No texto, occasion-impaired refere-se às pessoas que:
a) não sabem como se comportar frente a determinadas pessoas;
b) sempre sabem o que dizer;
c) não se importam com as regras sociais;
d) sabem se comportar em qualquer situação;
e) não sabem o que dizer em certas situações.
117. UEL-PR A proposta do texto é:
a) estimular o uso de cartões de Natal;
b) comparar cartões convencionais com cartões eletrônicos;
c) divulgar alguns sites de cartões eletrônicos;
d) promover os cartões da Yahoo!;
e) ensinar as pessoas a criarem seus próprios cartões.
118. UEL-PR De acordo com o texto:
a) os cartões da Blue Mountain têm as imagens mais profissionais;
b) os únicos cartões que permitem gravar uma personagem personalizada são os da Activegrams;
c) os cartões mais populares são os da Yahoo;
d) os cartões mais irreverentes são os da Activegrams;
e) os cartões preferidos pelos jovens são os da Yahoo.
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‘Robocop’ to The Rescue
GABARITO
Beijing tries new tactics for protest control
WHO CAN FORGET THE IMAGES OF 1989, when country-bumpkin Chinese soldiers in rumpled
uniforms gunned down students on Tiananmen Square? It won’t happen that way again. On the
anniversary of the June 4 crackdown, unrest is simmering across China, and Beijing has unveiled a
modern new look and tacit new rules for what is now the capital’s elite corps of antiriot police.
Here’s the strategy:
Buy peace if you can. When 2,000 metalworkers who had not been paid in up to two years
blocked highways and clashed with police in the “Rust Belt” city of Liaoyang in May, authorities retreated.
Quiet returned after the deputy mayor promised that wages and pensions would be paid soon.
Let others do the dirty work. Since last summer, devotees of the banned Falun Gong sect
have come from all over China to stage silent protests in Beijing. Now Beijing is asking provincial
police to come to the capital and round up their own locals.
Smother student protests with kindness. Last month 2,000 students began protesting an
alleged cover-up of the rape and murder of a female student at Beijing university. Authorities
banned a memorial service, then reversed themselves and devoted a corner of the campus to
commemorations.
If all else fails, scare ‘em. Last week Beijing unveiled black high-tech armored uniforms, imported
from France at up to $2,700 apiece. The futuristic “Robocop” riot gear provides “head-to-toe
protection,” according to the state-run Beijing Evening News. They resist water, flame, “even
Molotov cocktails.” But if it comes to that, the new strategy has fallen short.
Newsweek June 12, 2000
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119. CEETEPS De acordo com o texto,
a) as autoridades enfrentaram o protesto dos 2000 metalúrgicos com austeridade.
b) Beijing está pedindo que a polícia da província venha até a capital e prenda os manifestantes.
c) a China se recusa a utilizar métodos modernos de combate a motins.
d) a China pretende combater os protestos estudantis com violência.
e) o governo chinês bloqueou estradas para impedir os manifestantes metalúrgicos.
120. CEETEPS Segundo o texto,
a) as autoridades chinesas organizaram um serviço memorial em homenagem à estudante
vítima de estupro e assassinato.
b) a seita “Falun Gong” é bem vista pelo governo chinês.
c) o governo chinês pretende punir os rebeldes que se manifestaram contra a seita “Falun Gong”.
d) na comemoração de 4 de junho a paz reina no território chinês.
e) as autoridades dedicaram um local do “campus” para as comemorações.
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121. CEETEPS De acordo com o texto, 2000 metalúrgicos
a) manifestaram-se contra as condições precárias de trabalho.
b) reivindicaram aumento salarial.
c) protestaram por não receberem salários há dois anos.
d) foram gravemente agredidos pelas autoridades chinesas.
e) protestaram contra a jornada de trabalho.
122. CEETEPS Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à voz passiva da frase “Authorities
banned a memorial service…”.
a) a memorial service is banned.
b) a memorial service has been banned.
c) a memorial service is being banned.
d) a memorial service was banned.
e) a memorial service was being banned.
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1998 was the “National Year of Reading” in the UK. Everyone, from babies to pensioners, was
invited to take part in the campaign which was launched by Government minister, David Blunkett.
“The campaign aims to encourage parents, grandparents and friends to read and to get children
to read,” he said. “It’s also about finding volunteers who will give a little time, both in and out of
school.” Part of the reason for the promotion is that around 40% of 11-year-olds are not reaching
expected standards in national tests in English. Particular efforts will be made to help boys, who
lag behind girls in English throughout their school careers. In a pilot scheme begun six years ago
with 300 Birmingham families, babies were given free books at their nine-month health check.
Both their literacy and numeracy had benefited by the time they started school.
READ all about it! SPEAK UP, Rio de Janeiro: Camelot, ano 12, n. 143, 1999. p. 11.
123. UFRN De conformidade com o texto,
a) o Reino Unido realizou, em 1998, uma grande campanha de incentivo à leitura.
b) o Reino Unido, em 1998, realizou sua primeira campanha de incentivo à leitura.
c) a campanha de incentivo à leitura foi idealizada no Reino Unido, em 1998, pelo ministro
David Blunkett.
GABARITO
d) a campanha de 1998, no Reino Unido, teve como alvo principal as crianças em processo
de escolarização.
124. UFRN Segundo o ministro David Blunkett, a campanha também visava encontrar
voluntários que a ela pudessem dedicar
a) mais tempo para leitura, fora da escola.
b) um pouco mais de seu tempo, em casa.
c) um pouco de seu tempo, dentro e fora da escola.
d) seu tempo livre para leitura, na escola.
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125. UFRN De acordo com os resultados dos testes nacionais realizados no Reino Unido,
cerca de 40% dos alunos de 11 anos
a) não estavam atingindo, em Inglês, os padrões esperados.
b) demonstraram não possuir o hábito da leitura.
c) revelaram não ter gosto pela leitura.
d) não apresentaram bom desempenho no processo de escolarização como um todo.
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126. UFRN No Reino Unido, no que se refere ao processo de escolarização,
a) as meninas são mais bem-sucedidas em Inglês do que os meninos.
b) os meninos são mais bem-sucedidos na escola do que as meninas.
c) as meninas são prejudicadas pelo fraco desempenho em línguas.
d) os meninos são prejudicados, apesar do bom desempenho em línguas.
The new millennium
A look on the bright side
Speak Up. Setembro 1998 – n 140 (adapted)
If the forecasts made twenty-five years ago were true, we
could confidently expect to be living now on a dying,
denuded planet. The catastrophes predicted for the late
1990s included the exhaustion of mineral resources, food
shortages and increasing pollution. Predictions state that
hundreds of millions of people would starve to death in
the 1970s and 1980s, and all important animal life in
the sea would be extinct by September 1979.
On the other hand, the futurologists Herman Khan
and Julian Simon predicted that the world in 2000 would
be less polluted, and that the perspective for food and other
necessities of life would be better.
But what is the environmental situation of the planet now,
when we approach the beginning of a new millennium?
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127. UFSC Choose the proposition(s) in which the definitions of the underlined words
correspond to the meaning used in the text.
(01) forecasts – Statements about the expected weather conditions.
(02) expect – To think or believe (something) will happen.
(04) denuded – Something whose protection or important qualities were taken away.
(08) late – Occurring, coming or being after the usual or proper time.
(16) shortages – Situations where there is not enough of something (or where the supply
of something begins to decrease).
(32) starve – To become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat.
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(64) approach – A road or path that leads to a place.
Hollywood
Hollywood was once all farmland. By 1910, however, filmmakers began moving there. Southern
California’s climate was perfect for shooting movies year-round. And the area had settings for just
about any movie — it had mountains, desert, and ocean. Soon “Hollywood” came to mean “the
American film industry.”
Today, of the major studios, only Paramount is still in Hollywood. If you go to Hollywood looking
for glamour and movie stars, you’ll probably be disappointed: Downtown Hollywood looks
somewhat rundown, and the stars are nowhere to be found. But then you’ll get over your
disappointment: Hollywood is no longer what it once was, but it still feels like Hollywood.
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(Spotlight in the U.S.A.)
128. U. Católica de Brasília-DF According to the text write V for true and F for false.
( ) It can be inferred from the text that Hollywood isn’t holding the American film
industry anymore.
( ) The word “Major” in line 5 can be correctly replaced by “chief”.
( ) According to the text Hollywood is still a city of glamour.
( ) In line 2 “settings” is closest in meaning to “sceneries”.
( ) Paramount is the only remaining studio in Hollywood.
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Fast-food and the labor force
Traditionally, America’s fast-food companies have hired teenagers. While teenagers provide cheap
labor, they are sometimes unreliable. Consequently, fast-food companies are looking into another
source of cheap labor — the elderly. Older people are less likely to skip a day of work or quit
without giving notice, but because they have not been brought up with computers, they view the
high-tech fast-food counter with terror. Training centers are being opened in order to teach “mature
workers” how to operate computerized tills, timed deep-fat fryers, and automatic drink-dispenser
software. These students are put into classrooms with their peers and, since mental arithmetic is a
thing of the past, are taught how to use a calculator.
(Cambridge preparation for the TOEFL)
129. U. Católica de Brasília-DF According to the text write V for true and F for false.
( ) According to the passage, American Fast-Food companies have hired teenagers
exactly because they are unreliable.
( ) In line 7 the phrase “These students” refers to the elderly.
( ) It can be inferred from the passage that teenagers are undependable.
( ) The word “labor” in line 2 can be correctly replaced by “job”.
( ) According to the passage, old people can deal with all modern technical machines
but a calculator.
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Rock ‘N’ revolution
The past two decades have been exceptionally fruitful for social comment in popular music,
which may be key to the battering it takes from politics. Popular music — punk, alternative, rap,
hip-hop, folk, rock, and R&B — is one of the few places left for anything resembling democratic
dialogue. The least capital-intensive mass medium, and until recently, the least subject to content
control on the class-race-gender spectrum, music lets those with no voice in our culture reach a
broad audience — a precious and increasingly rare opportunity.
The story begins with the original punk band’s snarl to the future that Thatcher / Reagan / Bush
/ Clinton had in store for us: “Anarchy in the U.K.”, by the Sex Pistols. The sound, as much as the
words, constitutes the rebellion.
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GABARITO
From Mother Jones magazine.
130. UFRRJ The text is about
a) decadence of popular music.
b) control on the class-race-gender spectrum.
c) social subjects in popular music.
d) political censorship on music.
e) music and mass-media.
131. UFRRJ According to the first paragraph of the text, a place where there is still democracy
is
a) U.K.
b) mass-media.
c) politics.
d) our culture.
e) popular music.
132. UFRRJ The word fruitful is formed by the addition of a suffix — ful. Which word below
may receive the same suffix?
a) Rich.
b) Tree.
c) Popular.
d) Head.
e) Use
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133. UFRRJ The option that is not a synonym for the word broad is:
a) extensive.
b) comprehensive.
c) expansive.
d) narrow.
e) large.
134. UFGO The question must be answered in Portuguese. Text A below is an advertisement
taken from Saúde (n. 189, junho, 1999). Text B, taken from the book Short & Sweet (vol.
1, 1994, Penguin English), is a poem. Read both texts and answer question 134.
Text A
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GABARITO
Text B
Read the advertisement and the poem. Do the word “coração” in text A and the picture of the
heart in text B mean the same thing? Justify your answer.
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Texto para as questões 135 a 138.
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PerPETuate, INC™
Tel.: 1-860-674-8404 Toll free: 1-877-4perPET Email: [email protected]
Attention Animal Breeders and Pet Owners!
PerPETuate, INC.™ offers you a unique new biotechnology aimed at giving you a head start on
cloning your prized animal!!
The PerPETuate, INC.™ Concept
PerPETuate, INC.™ concept is simple. Viable DNA is taken from your valued animal and stored
in a Bio-Shelter TM. Once animal cloning becomes a reality, you may be able to use the preserved
DNA to clone your prized animal.
The perPETuate, INC.™ Biotech Services
From your vet to our lab
Your veterinarian first submits tissue samples from your animal to PerPETuate’s laboratory. At
the lab, selected DNA from the tissue is harvested and processed using proprietary biotechnology.
The DNA from your animal is stored in a Bio-Barn™, Bio-Kennel™ or Bio-Stable™ at extremely
low temperatures.
Quality assurance
The PerPETuate, INC.™ protects you by:
• Creating a DNA signature of your animal that you can use for identification and verification.
• Storing duplicate vials of your pet’s DNA in separate Bio-Shelter to reduce storage risk.
• Having you maintain exclusive ownership of your animal’s DNA.
Frequently asked questions
What is cloning?
• A clone is a biological copy of another organism with the identical genetic makeup of the
founding individual. Natural examples of cloning include identical twins and organisms such as
bacteria, yeast, and some snails and shrimp species that reproduce by cloning.
Why clone animals?
• Animal owners have emotional, functional and commercial reasons for cloning. The possibility
of cloning a cherished pet provides its owner with a degree of hope. Cloning could provide blind
persons with more of the very best “sight” dogs. Dairy farmers would significantly increase efficiency
and productivity when they are able to clone their top cows. Horse breeders may want to propagate
their horse athletic and genetic qualities.
How long will it take to clone your animal?
• No one knows for certain when, or if, animal cloning will be technically and commercially
possible. What is known is that since a sheep, Dolly, was cloned in Scotland n 1996, scientists have
successfully cloned cattle and mice in their laboratories.
Why not wait until animal cloning becomes a reality?
• As cloning is expected to require DNA taken from live tissue, many animal owners cannot or
are not willing to risk the loss of their pet before cloning becomes a reality. Furthermore some
experts believe that cells taken from young animals may be more responsive to cloning.
What about human cloning?
• PerPETuate’s services are absolutely restricted to animals. PerPETuate, INC.™ is not involved
in human cloning in any way.
Who is PerPETuate, INC.™?
• PerPETuate, INC.™ is a biotechnology company founded by Dr. Heather Bessof, a veterinarian
and Ron Gillespie, an agribusinessman. The company’s headquarters are in Farmington, Connecticut
with its laboratory in Newington, CT. PerPETuate was founded in 1998 to offer pet and animal
owners a head start in cloning their prized animals.
135. UFU-MG Marque com V as alternativas que completem corretamente a sentença de
acordo com as idéias do texto e com F as demais.
PerPETuate, INC.™ ………
( ) made animal cloning a reality.
( ) gives you the chance to clone your pet in the future.
( ) has its central offices in Newington.
( ) is concerned about reducing storage risks.
( ) can store the DNA of your animal at very low temperatures.
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136. UFU-MG Marcar com V as afirmações verdadeiras e com F as falsas.
( ) Perpetuate INC. clones human beings.
( ) Some beings reproduce naturally by cloning.
( ) Perpetuate INC. has cloned prized animals.
( ) It is better to use cells from young animals.
( ) Nobody else will have your animal’s DNA.
137. UFU-MG Assinale com V as alternativas verdadeiras de acordo com o texto e com F as
demais.
( ) Identical twins are an example of natural cloning.
( ) The company assures you that cloning is technically possible.
( ) The veterinarian has to take the DNA from live tissue.
( ) A veterinarian and an agribusinessman founded PerPETuate, INC.™.
( ) The text is directed to pet owners and animal breeders.
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138. UFU-MG Entre as alternativas abaixo, identifique as verdadeiras (V) e as falsas (F) no
preenchimento das lacunas da seguinte afirmação:
The first cloned animal was a ……… which was ……… Dolly. That was in ………,
……… .
( ) sheep – called – Scotland – in 1996.
( ) cattle – known – Farmington – in 1998.
( ) mouse – named – Connecticut – in 1996.
( ) sheep – named – Scotland – 3 years ago.
( ) horse – told – Scotland – in 1998.
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GABARITO
Leia e analise o informe publicitário retirado da revista Photographic (agosto, 1999). As
questões 139, 140 e 141 referem-se a ele.
Just imagine how much easier it would be to find her if law enforcement actually had a
current picture. The fact is 1 out of every 7 missing children are found because someone saw
their picture. That’s why the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Canon are
asking you to keep updated photos of your children. And to look at pictures of missing children
carefully. Because a picture is worth more than a brief description.
Click on www.picturethemhome.com for more information.
Picture Them Home.
Vocabulary:
law enforcement: autoridades competentes
current: recente
updated: atuais
worth: vale
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139. Fafich-TO Com relação à figura em branco e ao texto dentro dela, assinale a alternativa
correta.
a) The advertisement tries to call readers’ attention to the problem of young children.
b) The girl’s description and the blank photo can help people find her.
c) The pronoun I in “I’m 6 years old” refers to the girl who cannot be seen.
d) 2.200 children are reported missing every year.
140. Fafich-TO De acordo com o texto que segue a figura em branco, é correto afirmar que:
a) 7 missing children are found because people see their picture;
b) the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Canon want parents to
throw away their children’s photos;
c) the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Canon want parents to
pay close attention to photos of missing children;
d) a brief description of the missing children is more helpful than a photo.
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141. Fafich-TO Sobre os elementos lingüísticos retirados do texto, assinale a alternativa
incorreta.
a) Easier gives the idea of comparison between having and not having a photo to find a
missing child.
b) Actually means de fato.
c) Missing, in missing children, qualifies children.
d) Are asking expresses an idea of future.
Fine vegetable cookery is the art of knowing how to select the best ingredients, how to hold all
their color and taste — even under the heat of a broiler or barbecue — and how to transform
ordinary ingredients into praise-winning creations.
You can master this rewarding art with the help of Vegetables, the introductory volume in THE
GOOD COOK series. It’s a fascinating way to explore new cooking skills, because it doesn’t just
tell you what to do — it actually shows you step by step, in mouth-watering, full-color photographs.
Vegetables and its elegant companion volumes are like no cookbooks you’ve ever seen. THE
GOOD COOK series helps you expand your abilities, one kind of food at a time: Poultry… Eggs &
Cheese… Salads… Fish… Classic Desserts and others.
We invite you to try out Vegetables for 10 days as our guest. See how THE GOOD COOK goes
about making you an even better cook! Mail the reply card today.
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GABARITO
Fonte: Time-Life Books. 1982.
142. UFRS O objetivo do texto é:
a) divulgar uma escola de culinária;
b) ensinar a preparar hortaliças;
c) promover uma coleção de livros de culinária;
d) deixar o leitor com água na boca;
e) ensinar a cozinhar em dez dias.
143. UFRS Qual pergunta não pode ser respondida a partir do texto?
a) Is the book illustrated?
b) What is the price of Vegetables?
c) How can Vegetables be purchased?
d) Why is it such a fascinating experience?
e) What kinds of food can be found in THE GOOD COOK?
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144. UFRS De acordo com o texto,
a) o comprador será convidado para uma festa;
b) todas as receitas venceram um concurso gastronômico;
c) as hortaliças não podem ser gratinadas;
d) nada do gênero se compara a esse lançamento;
e) Vegetables também ensina a fazer sobremesas.
145. UFRS A melhor tradução para “praise-winning creations” é:
a) criações que ganham elogios;
b) criações vencedoras de prêmios;
c) criaturas que ganharam prêmios;
d) criatividade recompensada;
e) criaturas dignas de elogio.
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146. UFRS O verbo “hold” poderia ser substituído, sem prejuízo ao sentido, por:
a) stop
b) increase
c) move
d) alter
e) keep
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147. UFRS Na expressão “It’s a fascinating way”, it refere-se a:
a) master
b) series
c) art
d) help
e) way
148. UFRS A palavra “master” está sendo usada com o mesmo sentido do texto em:
a) She’s had their master bedroom redecorated again.
b) He will master the language if he studies harder.
c) Cel. Barnes is the master of a large cotton plantation in Georgia.
d) Mr. M is a master of the occult.
e) All the lights can be controlled with a master switch.
One of the greatest meteor showers of our lifetime may — or may not — soon light up the
night sky. The annual Leonid shower, which comes every November, can produce a spectacular
“meteor” storm about every 33 years. That time is now approaching. But no one can say whether
we are in for an awesome spectacle or nothing unusual. The last great Leonid storm hit the Earth
in 1966. For nearly an hour the sky blazed from horizon to horizon with thousands of shooting
stars per minute. Astronomers predict it could happen again in November 1999 or perhaps 2000.
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Skywatch’99
149. UEL-PR According to the text,
a) the next storm will not light up the sky;
b) no one has ever seen a Leonid meteor storm before;
c) the next storm will be in 2003, if predictions are proved correct;
d) there will be another storm in 15 years’ time;
e) astronomers cannot tell what the next Leonid meteor storm will be like.
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150. UEL-PR According to the text, the 1966 Leonid storm
a) lasted two days;
b) was too light;
c) was spectacular;
d) could have destroyed the Earth;
e) was invisible.
151. ITA-SP
The land of happy
Have you been to The Land of Happy,
Where everyone is happy all day,
Where they joke and they sing
Of the happiest things,
And everything’s jolly and gay?
There’s no one unhappy in Happy,
There’s laughter and smiles galore.
I have been to The Land of Happy —
What a bore!
Where the Sidewalk Ends
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GABARITO
Assinale a alternativa que NÃO corresponde a afirmações do texto.
a) Não há risos, mas há sorrisos na Terra da Felicidade.
b) Não há ninguém infeliz na Terra da Felicidade.
c) Todos contam piadas e cantam na Terra da Felicidade.
d) A Terra da Felicidade é muito chata.
e) Na Terra da Felicidade todo mundo é feliz o dia todo.
152. UFP-RS Na história em quadrinhos abaixo, foram omitidas as seguintes frases que
constituem as falas de alguns personagens:
1.I can’t remember.
2. Hi, Stan. I borrowed
your bike yesterday.
3. But he was definitely
wearing a checked
shirt and jeans.
4. Or was he fat and
stocky with curly
black hair?
5. Oh, yes. I saw him
with my own eyes.
6. I think.
Escolha a alternativa
em que as falas aparecem na seqüência
correta.
a) 6 – 5 – 3 – 2 – 4 – 1
b) 5 – 6 – 4 – 1 – 3 – 2
c) 5 – 3 – 6 – 1 – 4 – 2
d) 1 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 3 – 5
e) 1 – 6 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 2
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In the century from AD 1480 to 1580 Portugal gave her people, her religion, her language, her
technology, her buildings and decorative arts, her culture and habits, to Brazil, to West and East
Africa, to the Red Sea, to India and Sri Lanka, to China and Japan, to the East Indies.
Through Lisbon flowed not only the gold of Brazil and West Africa and the spices of the East
Indies, but new treasures of knowledge, new maps, accounts of different peoples and societies,
new animal and botanical species.
The voyages of the great Portuguese explorers, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Fernão
de Magalhães (better known to history through his Spanish employers as Magellan) were matched
or exceeded by ordinary Portuguese, crisscrossing their oceanic empire as servants of the Crown
or Christ. Camoens, the Homeric poet of this empire, saw, as a soldier, North Africa, the Gulf, the
Red Sea, India, Indochina and the Moluccas.
Highlife, London: British Airways. July 1997. p. 121-122.
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153. UFRN Entre os séculos XV e XVI, Portugal:
a) construiu edifícios decorados artisticamente, tanto no Brasil quanto em outras partes
do mundo;
b) modificou a língua, a cultura, a religião e os hábitos de várias colônias do continente
americano;
c) trouxe para o seu povo os hábitos, a religião, a língua, a tecnologia e a cultura de
várias partes do mundo;
d) espalhou, por várias partes do mundo, seu povo, sua religião, sua língua, sua tecnologia,
sua cultura e seus hábitos.
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154. UFRN O texto afirma que, através de Lisboa, ocorreu:
a) a troca de produtos do Brasil com a África Oriental e a Ocidental, a China e a Índia;
b) o fluxo, dentre outros, de produtos brasileiros e africanos e de espécies botânicas;
c) o comércio de tesouros, mapas e espécies animais entre o Brasil e a Índia;
d) a venda de ouro, levado do Brasil, para o Sri Lanka, o Japão e as Índias Orientais.
155. UFRN Segundo o texto:
a) Camões, além de poeta, era também explorador, tendo viajado para a África do Norte,
o Golfo, o Mar Vermelho, a Índia, a Indochina e as Molucas.
b) Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama e Fernão de Magalhães eram grandes viajantes
portugueses que atravessavam o oceano, trazendo, para o Brasil, súditos da coroa e de
Cristo.
c) os portugueses que cruzavam o oceano como súditos da Coroa ou de Cristo viajaram
tanto quanto os exploradores Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama e Fernão de Magalhães,
ou mais do que eles;
d) os exploradores portugueses, ordinariamente, atravessavam o oceano como súditos da
Coroa de Cristo, com destino à África do Norte.
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156. UFRN No primeiro parágrafo do texto o vocábulo her ocorre seis vezes e, em todas
essas situações, refere-se a:
a) cultura
b) povo
c) China
d) Portugal
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How are your genes?
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Some 200,000 babies are born in the United States each year with deformed bodies, impaired
minds and possibly fatal abnormalities in body chemistry — often because of defective genes or
chromosomes. If a way could be found to “test” routinely the genes of prospective married couples
— much as the couples now take Wassermann tests to detect syphilis — the toll might be reduced
drastically. This is the goal of genetic counseling. And while it is still far off — testing is expensive
and elaborate — genetic counseling centers in hospitals and clinics across the United States are
already helping parents. Such centers help the parents of a defective child in their decision whether
or not to have more children, and they advise couples with family histories of genetic diseases
even before marriage.
The genes that help determine a person’s individual chracteristics — from the color of his eyes
to the score he makes on an IQ test — are located on chromosomes within the cells of his body.
Half of a person’s chromosomes come from his father, half from his mother. Many diseases are the
result of a single defective gene on one of the chromosomes. Achondroplastic dwarfism, for
example, is caused by a dominant gene and any child who inherits it will have the disease. A
genetic counselor confronted by a parent with such a disease could warn that half of his children
risk the disease. More often, genetic diseases are caused by recessive genes. The most
common is cystic fibrosis, a disorder that affects at least one in every 1,600 babies and causes
their lungs and other body organs to become congested with mucus. A child who inherits only
one of these recessive genes will not have the disease, but will be a carrier. If both parents are
carriers, one in four of their children will have cystic fibrosis, two will be carriers, and one will be
normal.
Some diseases, such as the bloodclotting disorder, hemophilia, are sex-linked recessive defects
carried on the female X chromosome. These genes generally produce disease only in male children
when the X chromosome bearing the faulty gene pairs with the father’s Y chromosome. Half the
sons of a female hemophilia carrier risk the disease; half the daughters may be carriers.
Until recently, much of genetic counseling has relied on estimates based on the law of averages.
But researchers have begun to develop lab tests for carriers. There are blood, urine and other tests
which show promise in detecting more than 100 genetic diseases, including cystic fibrosis,
phenylketonuria (PKU), hemophilia and some forms of muscular dystrophy. As a result, a genetic
counselor can tell the sister of a man with hemophilia with reasonable certainty whether she is a
carrier.
Researchers are also detecting genetic defects even before a child is born. By amniocentesis, a
process in which a needle is inserted through the mother’s abdomen and into her uterus, researchers
can withdraw samples of the fluid surrounding the fetus. By growing these fetal cells in tissue
culture, researchers can detect chromosome defects or chemical abnormalities. “Intra-uterine
detection,” notes Dr. Henry L. Nadler of Northwestern University Medical School, “brings a new
dimension to genetic counseling. The physician may now inform the parents that they will have
either an affected or a normal child.”
HIRASAWA, L. & MARKSTEIN, L. Developing reading skills. Rowley, Massachusetts:
Newbury House Publishers, 1978. p. 76-79. (Adapted text)
157. UFMG According to the text, the goal of genetic counseling is
a) to increase the number of people with genetic defects.
b) to reduce the high cost of syphilis tests.
c) to routinely test the genes of parents and future families.
d) to transform hospitals in counseling centers.
158. UFMG In the text, such refers to
a) achondroplastic dwarfism.
b) cystic fibrosis.
c) hemophilia.
d) muscular dystrophy.
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159. UFMG “More often, genetic diseases are caused by recessive genes”. The sentence above
is connected in the text with
a) the first sentence in the second paragraph.
b) the third sentence in the second paragraph.
c) the fourth sentence in the second paragraph.
d) the fifth sentence in the second paragraph.
160. UFMG In the text, the word their refers to the
a) babies’.
b) counselors’.
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c) genes’.
d) parents’.
161. UFMG In the text, the word faulty means
a) crazy.
b) defective.
c) healthy.
d) repressive.
162. UFMG According to the text, it is incorrect to state that today genetic counseling is
a) developing lab tests for carriers of genetic diseases.
b) promising to detect more than 100 genetic diseases.
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c) relying only on estimates based on the law of averages.
d) telling a hemophilic man’s sister wheter she’s a carrier.
163. UFMG According to the text, the objective of an amniocentesis test is to
a) detect chromosome defects or chemical abnormalities.
b) grow the mother’s cells in tissue culture.
c) insert a needle into the baby’s abdomen.
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d) withdraw some samples of the fluid inside the fetus.
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Para responder à prova de Língua Inglesa, assinale (V) para as proposições verdadeiras e (F)
para as proposições falsas, transportando, depois, o resultado para o cartão-resposta.
Central do Brasil
Central Station
(1998)
Vinícius de Oliveira as Josué and Fernanda Montenegro as Dora in
Walter Salle’s Central Station.
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Director: Walter Salles
Writers: João Emmanoel Carneiro and Marcos Bernstein.
Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pera, Othon Bastos and Socorro Nobre.
Rio bravo
Cinema
Jonathan Romney
Central Station, you might say, has something for everyone, which would explain why it’s done
so well on the international circuit. This is the sort of foreign-language film that has always stood
the best chance of crossover success — an intimate humanist tale that lets you get close to its
characters for a couple of hours, then makes you quite sorry to see them go.
Veteran performer Fernanda Montenegro, nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, plays Dora, an
elderly world-weary ex-teacher who writes letters for illiterate customers at Rio’s Central Station
(most of their heartfelt outpourings destined directly for her rubbish bin). One of her clients is a
woman with her nine-year-old son in tow; they want to contact his estranged father Jesus,
somewhere in the rural north.
When the mother is run over, the boy Josué is left alone at the station to await his fate. In a
brief, horrifying scene, Salles reveals what could be in store for him, as a shoplifting youth is given
chillingly brisk treatment by security guards. What follows is a traditional redemption narrative, as
Dora accompanies the boy north, to the home that might not actually be there.
Central Station is content to merely hint at the perils facing Brazil’s street children. That may make
it something less than cuttingedge, but the film makes no secret about the levels of desperation at
work in Brazilian life. Central Station may have a tender heart, but it isn’t a soft touch.
The film is a finely executed balancing act, a story that suggests the universal, but is rooted in
modern Brazil, in the contrast between the crowded city and the neglected expanses.
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Guardian Weekly, March 21, 1999.
164. UCG-GO Observe o título, o subtítulo e as informações gerais sobre o filme Central do
Brasil e responda:
( ) o filme foi produzido em 1998 e traduzido para o inglês como Central Station:
( ) Walter Salles dirigiu o filme escrito por João Emmanoel Carneiro e Marcos Bernstein;
( ) as personagens do filme, aqui citadas, são: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de
Oliveira, Marília Pera, Othon Bastos e Socorro Nobre;
( ) a foto das personagens centrais do filme (Fernanda Montenegro e Othon Bastos)
ilustra uma festa religiosa brasileira, local onde aconteceu parte das gravações;
( ) o artigo escrito por Jonathan Rommey foi retirado da seção Cinema, do jornal mensal
Guardian Weekly, datado do dia 21 de maio de 1999;
( ) o título do artigo Rio Bravo faz alusão à cidade em que está localizada a estação
Central do Brasil, o Rio de Janeiro.
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165. UCG-GO De acordo com o primeiro parágrafo, o autor:
( ) explica o porquê de Central do Brasil ser um sucesso nos circuitos internacionais;
( ) justifica que o filme trata de questões do interesse de todos os telespectadores norteamericanos;
( ) argumenta que, de todos os filmes que concorrem ao Oscar na categoria de filmes
falados em língua estrangeira, Central do Brasil é o que tem as melhores chances de
vitória;
( ) comenta sobre como o enredo permite a aproximação entre público e personagens;
( ) demonstra como os atores conseguem envolver o público, durante as quatro horas
de filme;
( ) afirma que o público sente pesar em ver que a personagem vai embora, na última
cena do filme.
166. UCG-GO O segundo parágrafo traz os seguintes comentários sobre o papel de Fernanda
Montenegro, em Central do Brasil:
( ) uma veterana que, interpretando Dora, foi indicada ao Oscar de melhor atriz;
( ) uma ex-professora cansada da vida;
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( ) o relacionamento afetivo que tem com seus fregueses analfabetos, que requisitam
gratuitamente seu trabalho de escritora;
( ) o hábito de jogar todas as cartas que escrevia no lixo, ao invés de colocá-las no
correio;
( ) o encontro com uma freguesa que tenta encontrar o pai estrangeiro de seu filho de
nove anos;
( ) a procura por Jesus, um ruralista que vive no norte do Brasil.
167. UCG-GO No terceiro parágrafo aparecem as seguintes informações sobre o enredo de
Central do Brasil:
( ) o atropelamento da mãe do menino Josué;
( ) o abandono da criança, largada à própria sorte, na estação;
( ) a cena de horror do castigo aplicado pelo guarda da segurança da estação;
( ) o fato de Josué furtar uma banca na estação;
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( ) a redenção do personagem Josué que segue as tradições religiosas do norte;
( ) a viagem de Dora e a criança rumo ao norte, à procura de um lar que talvez nem
exista.
168. UCG-GO De acordo com as informações dos últimos parágrafos, o filme Central do
Brasil menciona os seguintes fatos:
( ) o problema dos meninos de rua, no Brasil;
( ) o nível de desespero presente na vida dos brasileiros;
( ) a inércia deste povo de ‘coração mole’;
( ) o toque de brutalidade presente na segurança civil carioca;
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( ) a negligência dos órgãos governamentais que não expandem suas grandes metrópoles;
( ) que esta é uma história universal, contada a partir da realidade de um Brasil moderno.
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When I was a student of Roman history, my favorite politician was Marcus Licinius Crassus, a
man so rich and so enamored of ostentatious display that his name evokes an English adjective.
The crass Mr. Crassus had business interests ranging from silver mines to the slave trade, but
perhaps the most lucrative operation was his private fire department. When a house caught fire,
his horse-drawn water tank would clatter through the stone streets. Then Crassus would start
negotiating a price for his services — while the hapless customer watched the flames spread. A
common result was that Crassus acquired the property, with the former owner obliged to pay him
rent for life.
Crassus was perhaps the biggest property owner in Rome, but he yearned for something more:
political power. To curry public favor, he threw his money around. When he put down the slave
revolt led by Spartacus in 71 B.C. (crosses bearing crucified slaves lined the Appian way for more
than a hundred miles), Crassus celebrated by setting up 10.000 banquet tables in the Forum,
feeding all of Rome for days.
He also invested in carefully selected politicians. One of his fiscal beneficiaries was a young upand-comer named Julius Caesar. As Caesar’s star rose in Roman firmament, Crassus trailed along.
In 60 B.C. he reached the pinnacle of his career, as one of three triumvirs who controlled the
apparatus of the state. After that, the only thing to acquire was military glory, so Crassus hired his
own army. Caesar obligingly sent him off to Syria to fight the treacherous Parthians.
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169. Med. Itajubá-MG O texto afirma que Marcos Crasso possuía
a) 10.000 mesas de banquete.
b) a aprovação pública.
c) mais de cem milhas de estradas.
d) um corpo de bombeiros particular e um exército.
e) um fiscal beneficiário.
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170. Med. Itajubá-MG Embora grande proprietário, Crasso ambicionava também
a) ter poder político.
b) crucificar escravos.
c) construir um tanque de água.
d) alimentar os cidadãos romanos.
e) caminhar ao lado de César.
171. Med. Itajubá-MG A atuação de Crasso na revolta dos escravos demonstra que ele podia
ser, ao mesmo tempo:
a) membro do triunvirato.
b) grande apreciador de banquetes.
c) cruel e esbanjador.
d) adulador e conciliador.
e) mão-aberta e compreensivo.
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172. Med. Itajubá-MG O ponto alto da vida de Crasso foi atingido
a) na Síria.
b) na Via Ápia.
c) no Forum romano.
d) quando Júlio César era jovem.
e) com o triunvirato.
173. Med. Itajubá-MG Todas as informações a seguir são corretas, exceto:
a) O autor deste texto foi um estudioso da história de Roma.
b) Muitos romanos perderam suas casas para Crasso.
c) César, feito imperador, esqueceu-se de Crasso.
d) Espartaco foi o líder da insurreição dos escravos em 71 a.C.
e) Os Partos eram considerados traidores ou ardilosos.
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174. Med. Itajubá-MG Qual a melhor tradução para “to curry public favor”?
a) Por apressar o favor do público.
b) Para conquistar a aprovação do público.
c) Favorecer o público para correr.
d) Publicar o favor conseguido.
e) Para ocorrer ao público favor.
175. Med. Itajubá-MG Qual o melhor antônimo para “ostentatious”?
a) Controverso.
b) Alardoso.
c) Flagrante.
d) Ostensivo.
e) Comedido.
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176. Med. Itajubá-MG Marque a opção que dá mais exatamente o oposto de “… while the
hapless costomer watched the flames spread.”
a) … assim que as chamas se propaguem.
b) … antes que o venturoso freguês veja o fogo apagar-se.
c) … enquanto olhava as chamas que subiam.
d) … no momento em que as chamas subiam, era infeliz.
e) … o comprador, por sorte, via o fogo espalhar-se.
177. Med. Itajubá-MG “He threw his money around”. This same sentence in the past perfect
continuous would be:
a) He threwed his money around.
b) He would throw his money around.
c) He had been throwing his money around.
d) He will be throwing his money around.
e) He has thrown his money around.
What’s in a smile
(
universal. In his travels, Charles Darwin discovered that smiling was the only facial expression
which was recognised instantly all over the world.
(
easy to see. It is possible to recognise a smile on someone’s face at a distance of 45 metres.
You’d have to be much closer to decide whether the person was showing surprise, anger or
fear.
(
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Smiling is…
simple. You only use one facial muscle to smile. This is the zygomatic major muscle, which
reaches down from the cheekbone to the corners of the lips. To look sad or angry, you need
to use at least two muscles.
attractive. According to American dentists Melvin and Elaine Denholtz, an attractive smile should
show most of the upper teeth, at least two thirds of the length, and just the tips of the lower
teeth.
(
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(
good for you. Studies in the USA have shown that when you smile your heart rate slows down,
your blood pressure goes down and the body begins to relax. This happens whether you are
feeling happy or not. In fact, if you’re feeling unhppy, the simple act of smiling is the first step
to feeling better.
(DOFF, Adrian & JONES, Christopher. Language in use. Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.)
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178. União Ed. de Brasília-DF The text informs:
a) Charles Darwin believed that people who had a smiling expression were best adapted
to new situations.
b) Happiness is the most difficult feeling to hide.
c) Darwin found out that smiling was a human reaction, present in every culture.
d) There are situations in which a person smiles and cries at the same time.
e) Smiling is different from laughing because one is silent and the other is noisy.
179. União Ed. de Brasília-DF In order to be sure if a man shows surprise, anger or fear, you
should be
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a) placed at a distance.
b) not easily seen by him.
c) considerably far from him.
d) as far as you can.
e) quite near him.
180. União Ed. de Brasília-DF According to the text, when people smile they
a) become pale whenever they are afraid.
b) make an involuntary noise with the mouth.
c) do not change their facial expression.
d) use just an upward curve of the mouth, provoked by the zygomatic muscle.
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e) need to use several muscles to show sadness and bitterness.
181. União Ed. de Brasília-DF Researches in the United States have shown that
a) it is very difficult to smile when people have contradictory feelings.
b) smiling is healthy because the blood pressure falls and then becomes less tense.
c) the eyes are more expressive to demonstrate feeling than smiles.
d) people who suffer from heart diseases should refrain from smiling overmuch.
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e) funny jokes always make people laugh spontaneously.
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Você está recebendo dados biográficos da vida de um dos mais eminentes escritores da
Literatura Americana: Ernest Hemingway. A matéria foi publicada pela revista Speak
Up, em sua edição de n. 144.
Ernest Hemingway — An American Giant
21ST July, 1899: Born in Oak Park, Illinois, the second child of a doctor and a talented singer and
music teacher.
1917: Graduates from high school.
1918: Serves as an ambulance driver in Italy, where he is badly wounded.
1925: Publication of first major work IN OUR TIME, a collection of short stories.
1926: Publication of first novel, THE SUN ALSO RISES, which gained him fame at the age of 27
that would last for the rest of his life.
1937: Serves as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War.
1940: Publication of FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL, his best-selling novel.
1945: Settles in Cuba until the Castro regime forces him out.
1953: Wins the Pulitzer Prize for THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA.
1954: Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1961: Kills himself with a shotgun in Ketchum, Idaho, after bouts of depression.
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182. UFPEL Das informações abaixo:
1. Ernest Hemingway settled in Cuba for a time.
2. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature when he was 54 years old.
3. Hemingway was a single child.
4. He won fame after his twenties.
5. Hemingway was suicidal.
6. Because of a bout of depression he was killed.
São verdadeiras:
a) 2 – 5 – 6.
b) 2 – 3 – 5.
c) 3 – 5 – 6.
d) 3 – 4 – 5.
e) 1 – 4 – 5.
Louis Taylor* kept his handgun unloaded in a locked case. The bullets were kept hidden in
another part of the house. How did his six-year-old son, Ron, end up dead? Like every child there
was nothing in his house he didn’t know about. If you think you can keep your handgun out of
the hands of your children… please, think again.
CEASE FIRE
10 CHILDREN ARE KILLED BY A HANDGUN EVERY DAY.
CEASE FIRE P.O. BOX 33424 WASHINGTON D.C. 20033-0424
OR
www.ceasefire.org
*THIS IS A TRUE STORY. THE NAMES HAVE BEEN
CHANGED TO PROTECT THE FAMILIES INVOLVED.
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LOUIS TAYLOR HID HIS 357 MAGNUM SO WELL,
IT TOOK HIS SON
6 YEARS TO FIND IT.
183. UFPI Qual a responsabilidade de Louis Taylor em relação ao ocorrido com seu filho?
a) Vendeu uma arma de fogo a um garoto de seis anos.
b) Estava brincando com o garoto de “mocinho e bandido”.
c) Não teve o cuidado de guardar a arma devidamente descarregada.
d) Já havia surpreendido o garoto brincando com a arma anteriormente e nada fez.
e) Mantinha uma arma de fogo e munição em casa, embora ocultos em locais separados.
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184. UFPI Coloque V nos parênteses se as asserções abaixo forem verdadeiras ou F, se falsas.
( ) Ron, ao morrer, tinha somente seis anos de idade.
( ) Um amigo do garoto encontrou o revólver e as balas.
( ) O revólver e as balas estavam trancados no cofre da casa.
( ) Subentende-se que o próprio Ron deva ter carregado a arma.
( ) Dez crianças morrem, diariamente, vtimas de acidentes com armas de fogo.
A opção correta é:
a) V-V-F-V-F
d) F-V-F-V-V
b) V-F-F-V-V
e) F-V-F-V-F
c) V-F-V-F-F
185. UFPI A única alternativa correta, de acordo com o texto é:
Louis Taylor
Ron
Cease Fire
a)
possuía uma arma de fogo
carregou a arma do pai e
atirou
fabricante de armas de
fogo
b)
mantinha sua arma
Magnum.357 descarregada
morreu aos 6 anos de
idade
c)
matou seu filho
acidentalmente
morreu ao disparar sua
arma enquanto a limpava
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d)
e)
possuía uma Magnum há
6 anos
promotor de campanha
contra o desarmamento
domiciliar
criador de um novo tipo de
escondeu a arma do pai
trava para revólveres
sabia onde o pai guardava patrocinador da campanha
contra a morte diária de
a arma e as balas
crianças
era filho do proprietário de protetor de crianças
uma loja de armas de fogo vítimas da violência dos
pais
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186. UFPI O principal objetivo do texto é:
a) ironizar uma campanha contra o uso de armas de fogo, por crianças.
b) orientar a população para licenciar armas ilegais mantidas em casa.
c) conscientizar os leitores dos perigos de se guardar armas de fogo em casa.
d) mostrar os locais mais seguros para se guardar uma arma dentro de casa.
e) alertar a população no sentido de manter a Magnum .357 fora do alcance das crianças.
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As questões 187 a 189 referem-se ao texto abaixo:
Singapore
In the 1950s a bilingual educational system was introduced in Singapore, with English used as a
unifying and utilitarian medium alongside Chinese, Malay, or Tamil. However, English remained
the language of government and the legal system, and retained its importance in education and
the media. Its use has also been steadily increasing among the general population. In a 1975
survey, only 27 per cent of people over age 40 claimed to understand English, whereas among 15
– 20-year-olds, the proportion was over 87 per cent. There is also evidence of quite widespread
use in family settings. In such an environment, therefore, it is not surprising that a local variety
(‘Singaporean English’) should have begun to emerge.
Malaysia
The situation is very different in Malaysia where, following independence (1957), Bahasa Malaysia
was adopted as the national language, and the role of English accordingly became more restricted.
Malay-medium education was introduced, with English as an obligatory subject but increasingly
being seen as a value for international rather than intranational purposes — more a foreign language
than a second language. The traditional prestige attached to English still exists, for many speakers,
but the general sociolinguistic situation is not one which motivates the continuing emergence of
a permanent variety of ‘Malaysian English’.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language David Crystal - CUP, 1995
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187. ITA-SP Sinônimos para therefore (texto sobre Singapura) e para rather than (texto sobre
Malásia) são, respectivamente:
a) however – more than
b) altogether – before
c) thus – despite
d) as a consequence – and
e) consequently – instead of
188. ITA-SP Considere as seguintes afirmações sobre Singapura e Malásia.
SINGAPURA: A língua inglesa passou a ter um papel unificador e utilitário nos anos 50.
MALÁSIA:
O papel da língua inglesa tornou-se mais restrito após 1957.
SINGAPURA: Mais de 87% da população jovem era capaz de compreender a língua
inglesa em 1975.
MALÁSIA:
Apesar de ser matéria obrigatória nas escolas, o inglês passou a ser visto
cada vez mais como língua estrangeira após 1957.
SINGAPURA: Parece haver amplo uso do inglês em contextos familiares.
MALÁSIA:
Não parece haver motivo para a emergência de um “inglês malaio”.
Está(ão) condizente(s) com o texto:
a) apenas a I.
b) apenas a III.
c) apenas a II e III.
d) todas.
e) nenhuma.
189. ITA-SP Da leitura dos dois textos, depreende-se que:
a) em situações educacionais bilingües, a tendência é a língua materna prevalecer sempre.
b) o inglês como segunda língua não evolui, necessariamente, para uma variedade de
inglês mista com a língua local.
c) em contextos bilíngües, o prestígio do inglês sempre se sobressai em detrimento do
prestígio da língua materna.
d) o inglês passa a ser falado cada vez menos por adolescentes em situações bilíngües.
e) em contextos bilíngües, as duas línguas geralmente mantêm o mesmo valor durante a
maior parte do tempo.
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The world can manage with much less fossil fuel. Many studies show that rich countries could
cut energy use by a third without risking growth. Renewable sources are finally beginning to be
available: wind power is the world’s fastest growing type of energy, and use of solar cells has
doubled in the past three years.
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190. UFSC Select the correct proposition(s) to answer the following question:
What does the text say about wind power?
(01) It is a renewable type of energy.
(02) It is energy used only in rich countries.
(04) It will be obtained after the studies are concluded.
(08) It has been available for the past three years.
(16) It is an expensive source of energy.
(32) It is the kind of energy that grows more quickly.
The answer is the sum of the correct propositions.
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Texto para as questões 191 a 200.
Americans today are offered many sources of news, some of which are available twenty-four
hours a day. Some say that the United States has become a nation of “news junkies,” or people
who are addicted to the news. In a recent survey of Americans, more than 65 percent responded
that they spend from one-half to two hours per day watching, listening to, reading the news.
Twenty percent said they pay attention to the news for more than two hours each day.
With the increased demand for news, serious questions have emerged about the role of the
news media in society. There is criticism that the news media in general is increasingly following
the lead of the tabloid newspapers and television shows, which focus on negative stories of violence,
crime, and scandal. Many critics say that the media is focusing too much on exposing the private
lives of celebrities and politicians, and on reporting murder and mayhem*. These types of stories
help to sell more papers and attract bigger TV audiences.
Critics say that the media’s focus on tabloid journalism has a number of serious consequences.
For example, as the media pays attention to stories about celebrities, crime, and scandal, it
increasingly ignores the more important social, political, and economic issues that we face. Also,
some critics fear that media attention to violence might lead people to become less sensitive to its
effects or even to act violently themselves.
*”mayhem”: violent disorder.
Ferree, Tess & Sanabria, Kim. NorthStar: Focus on Listening and Speaking.
High intermediate. New York: Longman, 1998. p. 3.
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Nas questões a seguir, dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas:
191. UFBA Segundo o texto, são tendências atuais da mídia nos Estados Unidos:
(01) Criatividade da imprensa falada e escrita por influência de novas tecnologias.
(02) Concessão de notícias ao gosto do público, com vistas a garantir a audiência.
(04) Divulgação de notícias como pretexto de conceder espaço à reflexão e ao pensamento
crítico.
(08) Concorrência entre jornais e emissoras de TV, objetivando patrocinar pesquisas de
opinião.
(16) Preocupação, por parte de órgãos governamentais, com a credibilidade da TV na sociedade.
(32) Invasão da privacidade de figuras públicas com intuitos comerciais.
(64) Banalização da violência e transmissão de notícias sensacionalistas.
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192. UFBA A partir da leitura do texto, pode-se inferir:
(01) Os americanos conferem credibilidade social à mídia nacional devido ao alto controle
da qualidade de notícias.
(02) Quase a totalidade da população norte-americana é aficionada pelo mundo das
notícias.
(04) A imprensa falada e escrita procura conciliar os interesses do mercado com o
compromisso de denunciar os problemas sociais.
(08) O interesse acentuado dos americanos em acompanhar noticiários não
necessariamente revela o espírito de cidadania do povo.
(16) Vários setores da sociedade norte-americana vêm se mobilizando contra a falta de
responsabilidade ética da imprensa.
(32) A conduta dos indivíduos pode estar condicionada aos desmandos veiculados pelos
meios de comunicação.
(64) As pessoas demonstram preocupação em manter certos critérios de seletividade
devido à grande quantidade de noticiários na TV americana.
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193. UFBA Apresentam correspondência de significado:
(01) “available” – credible
(02) “role” – amount
(04) “increasingly” – more and more
(08) “lead” – guide
(16) “papers” – documents
(32) “issues” – questions
(64) “face” – assure
194. UFBA São manchetes que têm correlação de idéia com os tipos de notícia mencionadas
no segundo e no terceiro parágrafo do texto:
(01) A Shove Toward Extinction
Fires and development are destroying the habitat of wild orangutans. Unless
Indonesia protects its forest, the great red primates soon may vanish.
(02) On TV, Tomorrow’s Events Today
There are two separate programs for the XVIII Winter Olympics: the live events in
Nagano, Japan, and the television schedule in the United States.
(04) Leave Us Alone, Say Royal Family
(08) Soap Star’s Suicide: ‘I Blame the Press’ says girlfriend.
(16) Exclusive!
Secret toxic waste dumps: they do exist.
We reveal the truth behind the lies.
(32) Love scene cut from TV play.
(64) Bill Gates’Pipe Dream
The Microsoft chief sinks $ 1 billion into cable giant Comcast to spur the development
of interactive TV.
195. UFBA Quanto ao uso da língua no texto, é correto afirmar:
(01) O uso da forma passiva “are offered” justifica-se porque o sujeito é indeterminado.
(02) O vocábulo “that” está empregado como demonstrativo.
(04) A forma verbal “have emerged” expressa uma ação dissociada do presente.
(08) O termo “news” está empregado como modificador do nome.
(16) A terminação – ing, em “exposing”, foi usada porque a preposição rege gerúndio.
(32) O ’s, em “media’s”, é forma contrata do verbo to be.
(64) O modal “might” expressa possibilidade no futuro e pode ser substituído por could.
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Does America Have a Soul?
Since the publication of Care of the soul four years ago, I’ve traveled the country giving talks,
signing books, and having conversations on talk radio. I have learned there are large numbers of
Americans (maybe not the majority) who are passionate about, or at least interested in, shaping
their lives to be humane, individual, socially tolerant and contributing, and spiritual by some
definition. They are hungry for whatever it is that makes life worth living and are concerned about
their own souls and the soul of their country.
One moment in my travel stands out. I was giving a talk in a large auditorium in New
England when a woman sitting in the balcony stood up and told the story of having just quit
her job. She had young children and was full of anxiety about her financial future, but she knew the
work she had been doing was hurting her soul, so she made the tough decision to take the leap and
hope something better. The audience reacted to her story with wild foot-stomping, whistles, screams,
and prolonged applause. I was shocked by their intensity, their obvious identification with her
plight, but I have since witnessed these emotions in other parts of the country.
From Mother Jones magazine.
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196. UFR-RJ In the first paragraph, the author says that:
a) most Americans are interested in shaping their lives to be humane;
b) few Americans are interested in shaping their lives to be humane;
c) many Americans are interested in shaping their lives to be humane;
d) the majority of Americans is interested in shaping their lives to be humane;
e) all Americans are interested in shaping their lives to be humane.
197. UFR-RJ “I was giving a talk in a large auditorium in New England when a woman
sitting in the balcony stood up”. The selected passage expresses an idea of:
a) purpose.
b) cause.
c) place.
d) time.
e) condition.
198. UFR-RJ The word their in “their obvious identification with her plight” refers to:
a) the audience;
d) these emotions;
b) foot-stomping, whistles, screams;
e) other parts of the country.
c) their intensity;
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Latino America
Latinos are changing the way the country looks, feels and thinks, eats, dances and votes. From
teeming immigrant meccas to small-town America, they are filling churches, building businesses and
celebrating their Latin heritage. In a special NEWSWEEK poll of Latinos, 83 percent said being Hispanic
was important to their identity. They are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic; 42 percent go to church
once a week. They’ve become a potent, increasingly unpredictable political force: 37 percent of 18to 34-year-old Latinos say they are independent, about twice as many as their Hispanic elders. In
America, a country that constantly redefines itself, the rise of Latinos also raises questions about
race, identity and culture — and whether the United States will ever truly be one nation.
The numbers couldn’t be clearer. Fueled by massive (and mostly legal) immigration and high birthrates,
the Latino population has grown 38 percent since 1990 — to 31 million — while the overall population
has grown just 9 percent. And with more than a third of Latino population still under 18, the boom is
just beginning. By the year 2005, Latinos are projected to be the largest minority in the country, passing
non-Hispanic blacks for the first time. By 2050, nearly one quarter of the population will be Latino.
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199. UEG-GO Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) De acordo com o texto, 42 por cento dos latinos católicos que vivem nos Estados
Unidos vão à igreja uma vez por semana.
( ) O(a) autor(a) afirma que o crescimento da população latina coloca em questão a
unidade dos Estados Unidos como nação.
( ) Devido à imigração massiva e às altas taxas de natalidade, o crescimento da
população latina é superior ao da população geral americana.
( ) Atualmente a população negra não-hispânica constitui o maior grupo minoritário
dos Estados Unidos.
( ) Cerca de um quarto da população americana atual é de latinos.
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200. UEG-GO Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) Na sentença “They are filling churches, building businesses and celebrating their
Latin heritage”, os verbos encontram-se no ‘Present Continuous Tense’.
( ) Na seqüência “In America, a country that constantly (1) redefines itself (2) the rise
of Latinos also raises questions about race, identity (3) and culture”, os termos
grifados são, respectivamente: (1) advérbio; (2) pronome reflexivo e (3) advérbio.
( ) Na sentença “They’ve become a potent, increasingly unpredictable political force”,
o substantivo “force” é qualificado pelos adjetivos “potent”, “unpredictable”,
“increasingly” e “political”.
( ) Na sentença “Latinos are changing the way the country looks, feels and thinks,
eats, dances and votes”, na forma negativa, seria “Latinos arent’t changing the way
the country doesn’t look, doesn’t feel and doesn’t think, doesn’t eat, doesn’t dance
and doesn’t vote”.
( ) Na sentença “37 percent of 18- to 34-year-old Latinos say they are independent”, os
termos sublinhados podem ser considerados adjetivos.
202. UEG-GO Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) A sentença “83 percent said being Hispanic was important to their identity” está na
forma do discurso direto.
( ) O singular dos substantivos “churches”, “Latinos” e “elders” são, na seqüência:
“church”, “Latino” e “elder”.
( ) Em: “From teeming immigrant meccas to small-town America”, “To” funciona como
preposição.
( ) A sentença “The numbers couldn’t be clearer”, no presente, seria: “The numbers
can be clearer”.
( ) A sentença “The boom is just beginning” está no ‘Present Perfect Continuous’.
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201. UEG-GO Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) Na sentença “A country that constantly redefines itself”, o pronome “that” pode ser
substituído por: “which” ou “Whom”.
( ) Os termos “As many as” e “clearer” são, respectivamente, comparativos de igualdade
e de superioridade do adjetivo.
( ) A forma negativa de “The United States will ever truly be one nation”, seria: “The
United States will never truly be one nation”.
( ) A sentença “The Latino population has grown 38 percent since 1990”, no ‘Present
Perfect Continuous Tense’, seria: “The Latino population has been growing 38
percent since 1990”.
( ) Na frase “Non-Hispanic blacks”, os termos sublinhados são, respectivamente,
adjetivo singular e adjetivo plural.
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After Cats, a Rerun of Rex
Rome’s Colosseum, the gladiatorial arena built in the first century of our era, was the setting for
Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex last week. The building — usually left to stray cats and vagrants at night
— had not hosted a public spectacle in 1,500 years, but the Italian authorities promise that
Sophocles’ 5th century B.C. drama of inescapable fate is only the start of the arena’s renaissance.
The National Theater of Greece’s production, which ran for three nights, received mainly
complimentary reviews. Some critics, however, complained that it wasn’t easy to follow the printed
Italian translation in the dark — the actors spoke their lines in modern Greek. The set was simple,
with the chorus, masked and dressed in white, nearly indistinguishable from the statues set across
the specially built stage. Only one end of the semi-ruined monument was used for the play, although
the actors made their entrance along a wooden bridge spanning the entire floor area. The scene
was illuminated by a full moon, the heavenly body which has witnessed the deaths of gladiators
and kings — only in this case it was a balloon lit from within, and if you looked closely you could
see the wires keeping it down to earth.
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203. UFES A peça teatral em questão foi apresentada
a) com o texto traduzido.
b) em forma de monólogo.
c) em grego antigo.
d) em versão musical.
e) sob forma de adaptação.
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204. UFES O tema principal da peça é a impossibilidade de se escapar à (ao)
a) amor.
b) destino.
c) morte.
d) sofrimento.
e) solidão.
205. UFES Para esta apresentação, o Coliseu foi
a) pintado de branco.
b) reavaliado quanto à segurança.
c) reconstruído por dentro.
d) reformado em parte.
e) totalmente reaberto.
206. UFES A iluminação do palco vinha de
a) altos postes externos.
b) canhões de luz nas arquibancadas.
c) holofotes fincados na arena.
d) lanternas nas mãos dos atores.
e) uma lua cheia artificial.
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Nas questões 207 a 210, cada proposição deve ser marcada com verdadeiro (V) ou falso (F).
207. UFMT Observe a figura e julgue os itens.
Me encanta
visitar con mis
amigos
latinos…
My taxemation
plant will easify
and simplificate
the katrillions of
terriers and barrifs
for paxtayers…
Did you know
George W. Bush
spoke Spanish?
Do you think
he’ll ever learn
Enghish?
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(Newsweek, September 18, 2000)
( ) Na charge o ouvinte do político se surpreende e em seguida se decepciona.
( ) A charge ironiza o fato de Bush não se expressar bem em sua língua materna.
( ) A ouvinte afirma que Bush aprenderá inglês.
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Human Clones
Thanks to a report
published last week by
the British Department
of Health, the future of human
cloning may soon be the present.
In the fall Parliament will
vote on the legality of “therapeutic
cloning,” enabling scientists to
create human embryos — allowed
to live for 14 days — to produce a
powerful weapon against incurable
illnesses such as heart disease and
Alzheimer’s. As the new measures
would not affect the current ban on
reproductive cloning to create babies,
Parliament is expected to back the
legislation. After Dolly the sheep, this
will assure Britain a jump-start
in the global cloning race.
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(Newsweek, August 28, 2000)
208. UFMT
( ) O artigo foi escrito após a votação oficial do parlamento americano.
( ) Pessoas portadoras de doenças cardíacas e mal de Alzheimer terão maiores chances
de cura com a criação de embriões humanos.
( ) O prazo para o início das pesquisas é de quatorze dias.
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209. UFMT
( ) A criação de embriões humanos dará destaque à Inglaterra.
( ) Quando o artigo foi escrito, a clonagem terapêutica já estava legalizada.
( ) Os cientistas responsáveis pela criação dos clones humanos são da mesma equipe
que criou Dolly.
210. UFMT
( ) Houve falta de quorum no parlamento para boicotar a votação sobre a criação dos
embriões humanos.
( ) Existe legislação que regulamenta questões sobre clonagem de bebês.
( ) current ban (l. 14) significa proibição atual.
( ) O destino de Dolly também será definido pela votação do parlamento.
Genetic Engineering
Getting rid of a parasite
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Malaria kills two people every minute, reports the World Health Organisation. While there are
efforts to develop a vaccine, some researchers are taking a different track: they are genetically
manipulating mosquitoes so that they simply can’t transmit the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium
falciparum.
Researchers for the first time reported a way to genetically manipulate the mosquito strain
Anopheles stephensi, one of the major malaria carriers in India. The researchers first packaged a
gene for florescence (for tracking purposes) together with a fruit-fly gene that can jump from one
place in a segment of DNA to another. The two genes were spliced into a circular piece of DNA
and then injected into A. stephensi eggs. The fruit-fly gene jumped into the mosquito genome,
taking the florescent gene with it. In theory, the florescent gene could be swapped with a gene for
some other trait.
Some mosquito strains cannot transmit P. falciparum even though they are infected with the
parasite, explains Andrea Crisanti, one of the researchers at Imperial College of Science, Technology
& Medicine in London. Scientists first want to use genetic manipulation to understand why some
mosquitoes cannot transmit the parasite. Once that process is better understood, it will open the
possibility of replacing the wild population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes with an engineered
strain that cannot transmit the parasite.
Given the studies assessing ecological impact that have yet to be done, it’s unlikely that scientists
will be unleashing engineered mosquitoes soon. Meanwhile, the National Institute of Health is
trying to hash out guidelines on how such research should proceed. — G. S.
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(Adapted from Popular Science, Medicine and Health. October 2000, p. 32)
211. Fempar-PR According to the information from the text, use T for true, F for false and M
for maybe.
( ) Researchers are trying to find a vaccine against malaria, a disease caused by the
parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
( ) Anopheles stephensi is a species of malaria carrier which exists both in India and in
Africa.
( ) The efforts to develop a vaccine to avoid the malaria transmission will be successful.
( ) All mosquitoes infected with P. falciparum parasite can transmit malaria.
( ) The National Institute of Health is trying to create rules on how the research should
proceed about engineered mosquitoes.
The correct sequence is:
a) F – F – M – F – T
b) T – F – M – F – T
c) T – M – F – T – F
d) F – T – T – T – M
e) T – T – M – T – F
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212. Fempar-PR There are two groups of people involved with studies on how to avoid the
transmission of malaria. It is correct to say that both of them:
a) are still looking for a solution to the malaria transmission.
b) are using ecological methods.
c) are spending a lot of money on their projects.
d) have already concluded the studies.
e) are trying to build a special laboratory to study that disease.
213. Fempar-PR Choose the alternative that shows two different actions:
a) The National Institute of Health is trying to hash out guidelines on how such research
should proceed.
b) While scientists make efforts to develop a vaccine, some researchers are genetically
manipulating mosquitoes.
c) The two genes were spliced into a circular piece of DNA.
d) Some engineered mosquitoes cannot transmit the malaria-causing parasite.
e) It’s unlikely that scientists will be unleashing engineered mosquitoes soon.
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214. Fempar-PR In the third paragraph, the words “that process” are related to the following
fact:
a) Researchers are genetically manipulating mosquitoes for developing a vaccine.
b) The National Institute of Health is developing an ecological project in order to avoid
vaccine production.
c) In some years there will be a large population of engineered strain of malaria-causing
mosquitoes.
d) Some mosquito strains do not transmit Plasmodium falciparum even though they are
infected with the parasite.
e) The Indian people are facing a big problem caused by the malaria transmission.
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Six pandas born in baby boom at China reserve
“BEIJING (Reuters) China’s Wolong Giant Panda Reserve has had a baby boom with six cubs
born in four days,” scientists said on Friday.
“Ten-year-old mother Bai Xue (White Snow) bore twins last Sunday and two days later a female
known as Number 20 had a cub. Another set of twins and a single cub were born on Thursday,”
the panda researchers said.
“The cubs were in good health and receiving round-the-clock care at the 494,200-acre reserve
in the southwestern province of Sichuan,” they added.
The giant panda is China’s national symbol. But it is an endangered species, with just 1,000
animals believed to exist in the wild, where they are threatened by human encroachment and the
rampant logging that has plagued China’s forests.”
(From The Internet, CNN.com.nature, September 9, 2000.)
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215. UFPE The main idea of the text is:
a) Researchers observed a sudden reduction in the pandas’ birth rate at a China reserve.
b) There was a sudden increase in the pandas’ birth rate at a China reserve.
c) The giant panda is China’s national symbol.
d) The China reserve has created a special panda nursery.
e) Scientists believe that there are only about 1,000 pandas in the wild in China.
216. UFPE In “But it is an endangered species …” the connective “BUT” gives the idea of:
a) consequence.
d) addition.
b) conclusion.
e) emphasis.
c) contrast.
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217. UFPE In “The cubs were in good health and receiving round-the-clock care …” the
expression “round-the-clock” is equivalent to:
a) every half hour.
d) every twelve hours.
b) every six hours.
e) all the time.
c) every fifteen minutes.
218. UFPE In “But it is an endangered species …” the expression “endangered species” is
similar to:
a) a species that is in danger of extinction.
b) a species that is out of danger.
c) a species that endangers other species.
d) a species that may be dangerous to other species.
e) a species that does good to other species.
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It is a nice irony, given that scientific genetics started with the manipulation of a crop plant, the
pea, that the most vehement public opposition to it in recent years has come from those who
object to the genetic manipulation of crops.
At the moment, so-called genetically modified (GM) crops are in disgrace. Consumers, particularly
in Europe, are wary of buying food that may contain them. Environmental activists are ripping up
fields where they are being tested experimentally. And companies that design them are selling off
their GM subsidiaries, or even themselves, to anyone willing to take on the risk.
Yet the chances are that this is just a passing fad. No trial has shown a health risk from a
commercially approved GM crop (or, more correctly, a transgenic crop, as all crop plants have been
genetically modified by selective breeding since time immemorial). And while the environmental
risks, such as cross-pollination with wild species and the promotion of insecticide-resistant strains
of pest, look more plausible, they also look no worse than the sorts of environmental havoc
wreaked by more traditional sorts of agriculture.
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The Economist July 1st 2000
219. Fuvest-SP According to the passage,
a) after peas started being manipulated, the public became strongly opposed to scientific
genetics.
b) even the most vehement supporters of scientific genetics are opposed to the genetic
manipulation of crops.
c) the latest experiments carried out by genetic engineers have been regarded with irony.
d) there has been strong opposition to the manipulation of peas to improve crops in recent
years.
e) the strongest opponents of scientific genetics are the ones who disapprove of the genetic
manipulation of crops.
220. Fuvest-SP Choose the correct active voice form for … “fields where they are being
tested experimentally”
a) fields where scientists have been testing them experimentally.
b) fields where environmentalists are testing them experimentally.
c) fields where genetic engineers had been testing them experimentally.
d) fields where genetic engineers are testing them experimentally.
e) fields where one has been testing them experimentally.
221. Fuvest-SP The passage tells us that GM crops
a) are the object of widespread disapproval now.
b) are not being sold in Europe at the moment.
c) can no longer be experimentally tested in European fields.
d) can only be sold by subsidized companies.
e) are being designed only by companies willing to run risks.
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222. Fuvest-SP Which of these statements is true according to the passage?
a) Consumers will become more receptive to GM foods when trials show that they are
not hazardous to health.
b) The hostility to GM crops is likely to be short-lived.
c) The environmentalists’ hostility to GM crops is unfounded, as they pose no danger to
the environment.
d) GM foods are unlikely to be accepted even in the long run.
e) Even if environmentalists stop protesting, consumers will keep on regarding GM foods
with suspicion.
223. Fuvest-SP According to the passage, the term GM crop
a) is totally incorrect unless selective breeding is involved.
b) has been used since time immemorial.
c) is not quite accurate.
d) applies only to commercially approved crops.
e) has never been used to mean the same as transgenic crop.
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224. Fuvest-SP The passage tells us that
a) tests have shown that only a few GM crops may be hazardous to health.
b) the environmental risks of GM crops are practically non-existent.
c) only a few GM products consumed in Europe have been commercially approved.
d) it is highly improbable that GM crops promote pest varieties resistant to insecticides.
e) commercially approved GM crops are safe for consumption, although they may harm
the environment.
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225. Fuvest-SP According to the passage, more traditional sorts of agriculture
a) appear to be just as damaging to the environment as GM crops.
b) seem to cause less damage to the environment than GM crops.
c) may cause greater damage to the environment than GM crops.
d) have been proved to cause no damage to the environment.
e) are far less damaging to the environment than GM crops.
Travelling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but we
have to know and understand each other. There are some tips we should know in order to behave
better abroad. According to Norman Ramshaw: in France you shouldn’t sit down in a café until
you’ve shaken hands with everyone you know; in Afghanistan you should spend at least five
minutes saying hello; in Pakistan you mustn’t wink. It’s offensive; in Russia you must always match
your hosts in a drink or they will think you are unfriendly; and in Thailand you should clasp your
hands together and lower your head and your eyes when you greet someone.
226. Univali-SC Considering the tips above why is it not a good idea to go to Russia if you
don’t drink alcohol?
a) People will think you do not like them.
b) People will think you do not want to greet them.
c) People will think you are very reserved.
d) People will think you want to eat something.
e) People will think you are a careful person.
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Middle-Income Families Have Housing Problems
Walter Lasky, Bob Edwards and David Thompson (not their real names) live in New York. Walter
Lasky, head of a famous banking family, rents a nine-room apartment in the city and owns a house
in the country. Bob Edwards, a bus driver, rents a three-bedroom apartment in a government
housing project. David Thompson, a tax accountant, is not as wealthy as Walter Lasky, but he
makes more money than Bob Edwards. Where does he live? David Tompson and his wife and
daughter live in a one-bedroom apartment in an old building in a dangerous neighborhood.
“We’ve been looking for an apartment we can afford in a better neighborhood for over a year,
but we haven’t found anything”, said Mr. Thompson. “Everything is too expensive.”
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The Thompsons have a common but difficult problem: they are not poor enough or rich enough
to find a good place to live. People with low incomes like Mr. and Mrs. Edwards can find a place to
live with the help from the government. People like the Thompsons make too much money to get
government help, but they cannot pay the high rent for a big apartment in a nice part of town.
Even though they both have good jobs (Mrs. Thompson is a pharmacist) they live in an old, rundown apartment building in a dangerous neighborhood. If the Thompsons move to a better
apartment, they will have to pay over half of their combined salaries in rent.
Since housing costs are increasing every year, the government is planning low-rent housing
projects for middle-income families. However, it may be four or five years before these projects are
finished. Until then, middle-income families like the Thompsons will probably have to stay where
they are.
227. UFGO According to the text:
( ) The Thompsons live in a dangerous neighborhood.
( ) The Thompsons aren’t poor enough to get help from the government to live in a
good place.
( ) The government doesn’t have a project to help middle-income families to be finished
now.
( ) Mr. Lasky is the most well-to-do man cited in the text.
( ) The Thompsons live in a one-bedroom apartment in an old building.
228. UFGO According to the text:
( ) Both Mr. and Mrs. Thompson work.
( ) The Thompsons have been looking for an apartment they can afford in a better
place for more than a year.
( ) The Thompsons will have to pay over half of their combined salaries in rent if they
move to a better apartment.
( ) Bob Edwards is the poorest man of the three mentioned in the text.
( ) Housing is a problem only for poor people.
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(By William Hawthorn. US News)
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SHALL WE DANCE?
Nightclubs in London
Fabric
77A Charterhouse Street, EC1.
Tel: 0044-20-74900444
Capacity: 2,000
Entrance fee: £7-£15
Best night: Addiction,
Sundays 9pm-5am
Bagley’s
Kings Cross Depot, Goods Way, N1
Tel: 0044-20-72782171
Capacity: 3,000
Entrance fee: £10-£14
Best night: Freedom,
Saturdays 10pm-7am
Notting Hill Arts Club
58
21 Notting Hill Gate, W11
Tel: 0044-20-74604459
Capacity: 200
Entrance fee: free
Best night: Fortnightly on
Sundays 4pm-11pm
Mass
The Brix, St Matthews Church,
Brixton Hill, London W2
Tel: 0044-20-77371016
Capacity: 1,000
Entrance fee: £6-£8
Best night: Movement,
Monthly on Saturdays.
10pm-6am
Nightclubs outside London
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In Manchester
The Music Box
Oxford Street.
Tel: 0044-161-8195205
Capacity: 800
Entrance fee: £7-£8
Best night: Electric Chair,
Monthly on Saturdays,
9pm-4am
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In Liverpool
Nation
Wolstenholme Square
Tel: 0044-151-7091693
Capacity: 3,500
Entrance fee: £8-£10
Best night: Cream,
Saturdays 10pm-4am
229. PUC-RJ Check the only source in which the text could not be found.
a) A website.
d) A phone book.
b) A travel guide.
e) An international magazine.
c) A British newspaper.
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230. PUC-RJ You are visiting the United Kingdom and want to dance in fashionable clubs.
Check the item which presents a suitable choice according to the information found in
the text.
What you seek
Best choice(s)
a)
A club outside London that opens before 10pm
Nation
b)
A large London club that closes past 6am
Bagley’s
c)
An expensive club with limited capacity
Notting Hill Arts Club
d)
An entrance fee not higher than £10 and the largest
capacities in London
Mass
e)
To have a great Sunday afternoon
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Instrução: Leia o texto e julgue os itens das questões de 236 a 238
Dial By Voice
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The promise of high-tech phones is
that they will make a lot of tasks easier.
But you might wonder if you need a
degree in computer programming to
use them. Here’s one phone that
makes keeping a list of frequently
called numbers a snap. Uniden’s EXV
98 VoiceDial telephone (suggested retail price $79.95) is a 900-Mhz system
that lets you store the numbers using
simple voice commands. Later, when
you want to call someone, you just lift
the handset and say the name. The
EXV 98 does the rest, using the latest
advances in speech-recognition technology. If you have trouble remembering numbers or seeing those tiny digits, this may the model for you.
Joel Dreyfuss, a senior editor at Fortune magazine, has been covering technology and computers
for 15 years.
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Dailly News. July, 1999, p. 14.
231. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) Os telefones apresentados no texto tornam mais fáceis todas as tarefas do usuário.
( ) O usuário só pode armazenar os números no telefone, digitando os comandos através
do seu teclado.
( ) O modelo EXV 98 não é indicado para pessoas com problemas de visão porque os
dígitos são muito pequenos.
232. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) O modelo é interessante para quem tem dificuldade de enxergar números muito
pequenos.
( ) A companhia Uniden pesquisou durante quinze anos a tecnologia do uso da voz
para telefones.
( ) Os números podem ser armazenados através da voz.
233. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) “this” refere-se a modelo.
( ) “them” refere-se a telefones com tecnologia avançada.
( ) “retail” significa venda a varejo.
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Responda a questão 234 em português, com base no texto.
Left in the lurch
“Sinistral”, which means located on the left side of the body, or left-handed, is archaically
connected to the word “sinister”. In Roman times left-handedness was believed to be unlucky
and, remarkably, connections with devilishness persisted until fairly recently.
Thankfully, the 10% of the population who were once considered to hold pencils, cutlery and
other implements “the wrong way round” are no longer likely to get their knuckles rapped in
schools or have their left-hands tied behind backs by way of punishment. But modern living is still
frustratingly geared to the dextral majority.
Professor Stanley Cohen, a Canadian psychologist, claims that left-handers are 89% more accident
prone than right-handed people and 25% more likely to have an accident in the workplace. This
is hardly surprising in a world where sinistral office-workers have to make do with office equipment
that not only makes their lives difficult, but sometimes dangerous, too.
The Guardian, May 17, 1999:5.
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234. UFRJ-RJ No caderno de respostas, preencha o quadro de acordo com as informações
obtidas no texto.
a) Indique o grupo de pessoas descritas.
Identifique os problemas enfrentados por esse grupo:
b) na Roma Antiga;
c) na escola;
d) ao lidar com equipamentos.
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From Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy,
unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-inlaw, Mr. Hurst, merely looked like a gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention
of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in
general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The
gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer
than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his
manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud,
to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could
then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy
to be compared with his friend.
Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was
lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of
giving one himself at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast
between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss
Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking
about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was
the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never
come there again.
McNamara, M. G. and Burns. C. J. Literature A close study.
Australia. Mcmillan. 1995. pp. 54.
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Based on the text Pride and Prejudice, answer the questions from 235 to 256. Choose the
correct alternative.
235. UEPI Mr. Bingley is described in the text as:
a) a gentleman, with good manners;
b) a gentleman-like businessman;
c) a person of good countenance only;
d) a handsome gentleman;
e) a tall, elegant man.
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236. UEPI In the sentence “his sisters were fine women, with a decided fashion”. The
expressions fine women and decided fashion, mean respectively:
a) polite and decided women;
d) beautiful and elegant women;
b) good and well dressed women;
e) decided and polite women.
c) steady elegant ladies of high status;
237. UEPI In contrast to Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley’s behavior is described as:
a) an easy going and lively man acquainted with people;
b) a very proud and talkative man;
c) everybody likes him because he is a nice person;
d) few people like him because he is a rough man;
e) he is a friendly, reserved and proud man.
238. UEPI The word decided in the expression “decided fashion” is:
a) an adverb
d) an adjective
b) a noun
e) a pronoun
c) a verb
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239. UEPI When the text refers to Mr. Hurst, it describes him as “merely looked like a
gentleman.” It means that:
a) He is not a gentleman.
b) He is a real gentleman.
c) He used to be a gentleman.
d) He is not polite.
e) He behaves like a true gentleman but he isn’t.
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240. UEPI The word merely is:
a) a noun
b) an adjective
c) an adverb
d) a verb
e) a preposition
241. UEPI Mr. Darcy is described in two different ways. The women describe him as …
while the men describe him as …
a) a good looking gentleman … a nice person
b) a handsome gentleman … a handsome man
c) an elegant, polite man … a fine person
d) a fine good man … an elegant person
e) a fine man … polite man
242. UEPI The women at the party changed their minds in relation to Mr. Darcy because they
………
a) realized that he was only a handsome man
b) realized that he was only a gentleman
c) realized that he was an ordinary man
d) realized how handsome and arrogant he was
e) realized that he was the proudest and most disagreeable man
243. UEPI In the sentence “Mr. Darcy was flattered by the women till the party was half over,
till his manners gave a disgust”. The word disgust means:
a) revolt
d) admiration
b) repugnance
e) reputation
c) respect
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244. UEPI The expression “turned the tide of,” means:
a) he was discovered as being impolite;
d) people got to know his real self;
b) his popularity was aroused;
e) his behavior was distinguishing
c) his popularity vanished in the air;
245. UEPI In the sentence “… not all the estate in Derbyshire would save him from a most
forbidden disagreeable countenance,” the word estate refers to:
a) not all his properties could save him…
b) not all his friends could save him…
c) not all his land could save him…
d) not all his wealth could save him…
e) not all his farm could save him…
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246. UEPI During the ball Mr. Darcy behaves:
a) in a friendly manner, without any reserve;
b) proudly, arrogantly and selfishly;
c) proudly and with unaffected manners;
d) politely and lively;
e) rudely and lively.
247. UEPI The words looking, having, and forbidding are respectively:
a) verb, adjective, verb
d) verb, noun, verb
b) noun, verb, verb
e) adjective, verb, adjective
c) noun, noun, adjective
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248. UEPI The word countenance in the sentence “he had a pleasant countenance” refers to:
a) face
b) body
c) eyes
d) complexion
e) hands
249. UEPI The words circulation, popularity and disagreeable are using:
a) prefix, suffix, prefix, prefix
b) suffix, suffix, prefix, prefix
c) prefix, prefix, prefix, suffix
d) suffix, suffix, prefix, suffix
e) prefix, suffix, prefix, suffix
250. UEPI The words unreserved, pronounced are respectively:
a) noun and verb
b) noun and adjective
c) verb and adjective
d) verb and verb
e) adjective and verb
251. UEPI The passive voice of the sentence “The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine
figure of a man” is:
a) He was pronounced by the gentlemen as being a fine figure of a man.
b) He had been pronounced by the gentlemen as being a fine figure of a man.
c) He had pronounced by the gentlemen as a fine figure of a man.
d) He is pronounced by the gentlemen to be a fine figure of a man.
e) The gentlemen had pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man.
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252. UEPI In the sentence “He was the proudest … man” … the adjective “proudest” is in
the:
a) comparative degree of superiority;
b) comparative degree of inferiority;
c) superlative degree of superiority;
d) comparative degree of equality;
e) superlative degree of inferiority.
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253. UEPI In the sentence “Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal
people”, the word soon is:
a) an adjective
b) an adverb
c) a verb
d) a noun
e) a conjunction
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254. UEPI “……… the most violent ……… him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his
general behavior was sharpened ……… particular resentment…”
a) because – against – in
b) amongst – against – on
c) amongst – because – in
d) amongst – against – into
e) because – because – into
255. UEPI In the sentences… “Mr. Bingley was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked
of giving one himself at Netherfield.” “Mr. Darcy… declined being introduced to any
other lady, … speaking occasionally to one of his own party”, the word one is respectively:
a) noun – pronoun
b) noun – noun
c) pronoun – numeral
d) pronoun – pronoun
e) numeral – numeral
256. UEPI In the sentence “Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine tall
person, handsome features, noble mien…”, the verb drew is in the:
a) simple present
b) present perfect
c) future tense
d) simple past
e) past perfect
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As questões 257 e 258 baseiam-se no poema a seguir.
A wise old owl
Sat in an oak
The more he sat
The less he spoke
The less he spoke
The more he heard
Why can’t we all be like that
Wise old owl?
Os britânicos, tendo como objetivo a divulgação de sua literatura, desenvolvem o programa
“Poems on the Underground”, patrocinado por instituições altamente renomadas, tais como
The Compton Poetry Fund., Faber and Faber, The British Library, Queen Mary College of
London, The British Council e Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Escritores e poetas
anônimos depositam seus trabalhos em caixas coletoras, situadas em locais de grande
movimento, para posterior divulgação. Os versos acima são exemplos dessa prática popular.
257. UFP-RS Explicite a mensagem do poema acima.
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258. UFP-RS Usando, no máximo, três palavras, crie um título, em Inglês, que contenha a
idéia principal do poema.
Catching the Corrupt
Chen Shui-bian reopens a political murder case
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GABARITO
By MAHLON MEYER AND WILLIAM IDE
1. The gold silk blouse and earrings are signs that Li Mei-kuei is finally coming out of mourning.
Seven years ago her husband’s bloated corpse washed ashore in the northern Taiwanese fishing
port of Suao. Capt. Yin Ching-feng had been the chief naval officer overseeing Taiwan’s purchases
of foreign weapons, including six French Lafayette frigates that cost $2.7 billion. At first the Navy
insisted he had drowned. But an outside autopsy showed he was bludgeoned to death. Li, his 49year-old widow, insists he was murdered for uncovering a corruption ring within the military. But
the Kuomintang regime, which was closely tied to the military, never cracked the case. Earlier this
month Chen Shui-bian, the first opposition president in Taiwan’s history, vowed to reopen the
investigation. “I had given up all hope,” says Li, “but now a ray of light has been shown in.”
2. Chen wants to illuminate a half century of darkness. Despite emerging as one of Asia’s few
true democracies, Taiwan has been unable to rid itself of a legacy of corruption. Vote-buying,
insider trading, bribes and kickbacks in the private sector and the government became part of the
fabric of society under the Kuomintang, which ruled Taiwan for 50 years. Fed up with “blackmoney politics,” the Taiwanese voted in March for Chen, who promised to clean up society. Chen
has launched a major campaign against political corruption, the first in Taiwan, with indictments
of two legislators, investigations of several public officials and the high-profile Yin case. Symbolically,
he is taking on the Kuomintang’s entire legacy. “Even if this case shakes the nation to its very
foundations,” Chen said in mid-August, “it must still be solved, no matter how high it may go.’
3. The blame could reach right to the top. Former president Lee Teng-hui, the first native-born
president, fought for greater democracy. But as he consolidated his power against mainland-born
hard-liners, he cultivated close ties with local factions and shady businessmen. During his tenure
the local media uncovered hundreds of corruption cases. Finance committees in the legislature
became dominated by men with criminal records.
Some crusaders want to include the entire party, of which Lee was chairman, in a witch hunt.
Chen Ding-nan, Chen’s new Justice minister, seems ready to purge everyone. “The Kuomintang
government,” he says, “was just a group of [criminal] accomplices that included government
officials, large enterprises and gangsters.”
259. FGV-SP According to the information in the article, Yin Ching-feng
a) was killed by fellow naval officers.
b) was drowned by members of Taiwan’s Kuomintang regime.
c) was part of a corruption scandal involving more than US$2 billion in bribes.
d) was beaten to death.
e) had proof that senior Taiwanese military officers were involved in corruption.
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260. FGV-SP In Paragraph 2, the sentence “Chen wants to illuminate a half century of darkness”
means most approximately the same as which of the following?
a) Taiwan’s current president hopes to expose 50 years of nationwide corruption.
b) Taiwan’s current president is intent on finding the murderers of Yin Ching-feng.
c) Taiwan’s current president hopes that for the next 50 years Taiwanese politics will be
open and honest.
d) Taiwan’s Justice minister wants to put, once and for all, Taiwan’s corrupt politicians
and businessmen behind bars.
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e) Taiwan’s current president has decided to tell the truth about the hypocrisy of Taiwanese
society.
261. FGV-SP You can infer from the information in Paragraph 2 that the expression “blackmoney politics” most likely refers to
a) money used in the illegal presidential campaign of Lee Teng-hui.
b) the corruption and bribery that helped the Kuomintang maintain power for so many
years.
c) the corruption and bribery that has traditionally been a part of Taiwan’s purchase and
sale of military weapons.
d) the desire of most Taiwanese voters to put an end to political corruption.
e) the political agreements that allowed the Kuomintang to share power for 50 years.
262. FGV-SP According to the information in the article, which of the following is true with
respect to Chen Shui-bian?
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a) He is continuing the anti-corruption campaign started by his predecessor.
b) He is Taiwan’s first native-born president.
c) His wife was murdered in her sleep, most likely by agents of the Kuomintang.
d) He has proof that Yin Ching-feng was murdered by members of Taiwan’s military.
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e) He is Taiwan’s first non-Kuomintang president.
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What is beauty? Define beauty. One may as well dissect a soap bubble. We know it when
we see it — or so we think.
Philosophers define it as a moral equation. What is beautiful is good, said Plato. Poets look for
high standards, “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty”, wrote John Keats.
Science examines beauty and pronounces it a strategy. “Beauty is health”, a psychologist tells
me. “It’s a sing saying ‘I’m healthy and fertile. I can pass on your genes’.”
At its best, beauty celebrates. From the painted Txikão Indian in Brazil to Madonna in her metal
bra, humanity likes to abandon its everyday look and masquerade as a more powerful, romantic,
or sexy being.
At its worst, beauty discriminates. Studies suggest attractive people make more money, get
more attention in class and are seen as friendlier. We do judge people by their looks. In an era of
feminist and politically correct values, not to mention the belief that all men and women are
created equal, the fact that all men and women are not — and that some are more beautiful than
others — disturbs, confuses, even angers.
The search for beauty is costly. In the United States last year people spent six billion dollars on
fragrance and another six billion on make up. In the mania to lose weight 20 billion were spent on
diet products and services — in addition to the billions that were paid out for health club
memberships and cosmetic surgery.
The sad, sometimes ugly side of beauty: In a 1997 magazine survey, 15 percent of women and 11
percent of men sampled said they’d sacrifice more than five years of their life to be at their ideal
weight. According to one study, 80 percent of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. In one of its
worst manifestations, discontent with one’s body can wind up as an eating disorder, such as anorexia
or bulimia. Both can be fatal. Today eating disorders, once mostly limited to wealthy Western cultures,
occur around the world, in countries as different as Fiji, Japan and Argentina.
The preoccupation with beauty can be a neurosis, and yet there is something therapeutic about
paying attention to how we look and feel. “People are so quick to say beauty is superficial”, says Ann
Marie Gardner, beauty director of W magazine. “They’re fearful. They say: ‘It doesn’t have substance’.
What many don’t realize is that it’s fun to reinvent yourself, as long as you don’t take it too seriously.”
GABARITO
263. PUC-RS The main purpose of the text is to:
a) tell of the sacrifices people make to become beautiful;
b) inform that most women are dissatisfied with their bodies;
c) show that the notion of beauty is still an enigma;
d) warn people about eating disorders;
e) argue that it is therapeutic to worry about beauty.
264. PUC-RS According to the text:
a) humanity likes to change its looks;
b) people who are beautiful are discriminated;
c) all men and women are equal;
d) everyone spends on diet products;
e) to be at your ideal weight you need to suffer from eating disorders.
IMPRIMIR
265. PUC-RS The author thinks that:
a) beauty is a soap bubble;
b) many men are doing cosmetic surgery;
c) you can only be beautiful if you invest a lot of money;
d) society values beautiful people;
e) beautiful people are neurotic.
266. PUC-RS The question that cannot be answered with the information given in the text is:
a) How do philosophers define beauty?
b) Where are the Txikão Indians from?
c) How much did North Americans spend on diet products and services last year?
d) What is the cause of anorexia or bulimia?
e) When is it fun to reinvent yourself?
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267. PUC-RS By “One may as well dissect a soap bubble”, the author wants to say that:
a) beauty is hard to define;
b) everybody knows what beauty is;
c) beauty does not last long;
d) attractiveness is very fragile;
e) soap bubbles are very beautiful.
268. PUC-RS The word “it” refers to:
a) beauty
b) science
c) truth
d) moral equation
e) soap bubble
269. PUC-RS Which of the following words does not form the comparative in the same way
as “friendly” in “friendlier”?
a) high
d) costly
b) healthy
e) ugly
c) sexy
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270. PUC-RS The word “even” is used in the same meaning as in alternative:
a) We will not be even until you pay me.
b) Even if he attends, he may not participate.
c) He is willing, even eager, to do it.
d) She numbered all the even pages of the book.
e) After washing, the colors may not by even.
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271. PUC-RS All the adjectives below may be synonyms for “costly” but:
a) valuable
d) expensive
b) high-priced
e) sumptuous
c) corrosive
272. PUC-RS “Today” can be substituted by all the alternatives except:
a) these days
b) nowadays
c) currently
d) presently
e) actually
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273. PUC-RS The word “realize” can be translated by:
a) realizam
b) praticam
c) percebem
d) aplicam
e) defendem
274. PUC-RS The expression “as long as” can be translated by
a) no tempo em que
b) quanto
c) contanto que
d) tão longo quanto
e) conforme
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1997 World refugee population by region of asylum/residence
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Adapted from: http://www.unhcr.ch/un%26ref/numbers/graprefs.htm
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
276. UFCE Decide if the statements below are TRUE or FALSE.
( ) North America accepted 19% less refugees than Europe.
( ) Europe had the second largest number of refugees in the world.
( ) The number of refugees in Oceania was the lowest in the world.
( ) The number of refugees in Latin America was the highest in the world.
The correct option is:
a) F – T – T – F
b) T – F – T – F
c) T – F – F – T
d) F – F – T – T
e) T – T – F – T
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275. UFCE Choose the correct option according to the statistics above.
a) Oceania is an important area of refuge.
b) North America was the main area of refuge in 1998.
c) Asia was the principal world refugee destination in 1997.
d) The vast majority of the world’s estimated refugees were in Europe.
e) The statistics represented here cover the global refugee situation in the past two years.
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The Shakespeare Mystery
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Many people have denied that Shakespeare wrote
Shakespeare. Candidates for the “real” author have ranged from
Francis Bacon to Queen Elizabeth. Currently, Edward de Vere,
the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, is the leading contender for the
Bard’s throne.
Yes. In recent studies, scholars have come to the conclusion
that Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was the mastermind behind
the greatest sonnets and plays of the Elizabeth Age.
Beginning with de Vere’s class distinction, he was of the
nobility; therefore, he would disgrace his family name by being
known as an author of poetry. The high-class society did not
write poetry or plays. As a result, scholars believe William
Shakespeare was de Vere’s pseudonym. The pseudonym was a
facade for de Vere, so he could continue to write his classic
poetry.
Next, the author of the sonnets expressed a lot of knowledge about court life that only insiders
would know about. When did William Shakespeare have time to experience court life? He was
brought up by a poor family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Furthermore, the sonnets are believed to have been written in 1590, and made public in
1598. If this is true, de Vere would have been forty and Shakespeare twenty-six. Sonnets 62, 73,
and 138 depict an older author of the sonnets. As a result, de Vere would be the favorite in this
debate.
Adding to the sonnet controversy, it is believed de Vere hinted his name in the sonnets. For
example, Sonnet 76 states, “That every word doth almost tell my name.” When the letters of
“every word” are rearranged to Eyword Ver, they resemble Edward de Vere.
Based on the evidence it is highly probable that Edward de Vere wrote the sonnets; however,
according to Charlton Ogburn, a famous critic and author, the Shakespeare controversy is “the
greatest literary mystery of all time.”
John Koubaroulis
http://www.vmi.edu/~gen/shakespeare.html
277. UFRJ-RJ Based on the text about the Shakespeare Mystery, write down two arguments
which could prove that Edward de Vere wrote Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
Instrução: Leia o texto e julgue os itens das questões de 278 a 280.
GABARITO
It’s All in the Face
Clues to one’s personality can be found by taking measurements of one’s face, reports The
Sunday Times.
Naomi Tickle, an established personologist and the author of It’s All in the Face, believes that
examining the face will reveal all you need to know about yourself and others. Using a plastic
ruler, she “reads” her subject by measuring more than 100 points on the face. Did you know, for
example, that people with long upper lips are sarcastic, while a short upper lip means you are
proud of your appearance? Learning more about your personality from your facial features can
help one find the right career and improve the quality of relationships.
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Speak up, Ano 11, nº 134.
278. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) Um repórter do jornal The Sunday Times tirou medidas de um rosto.
( ) As medidas do rosto de uma pessoa podem revelar sua personalidade.
( ) Para ser feita a análise da personalidade, as medidas do rosto devem ser tiradas
somente com uma régua de plástico.
( ) Para se “ler” o rosto de alguém, são medidos mais de 100 pontos.
( ) A expressão “facial features” significa características faciais.
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279. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) Pessoas com lábios superiores longos são sarcásticas.
( ) A técnica de medir o rosto das pessoas pode ser utilizada para orientação profissional.
( ) A qualidade dos relacionamentos pode ser melhorada através do conhecimento obtido
pelas medidas do rosto.
( ) A expressão “one’s face” se refere ao rosto de uma pessoa específica.
( ) No texto, “her subject” significa o assunto em questão.
280. UFMT Cada proposição deve ser marcada com (V) verdadeiro ou (F) falso.
( ) “you” se refere a Naomi Tickle.
( ) Naomi Tickle ainda está se firmando na profissão.
( ) A expressão “proud of your appearance” significa orgulhoso de sua aparência.
( ) A tradução do trecho “Clues to one’s personality” é Dicas para quem quer ter uma
personalidade marcante.
( ) A personologia afirma que tudo que é necessário saber sobre uma pessoa pode ser
revelado pelo exame do rosto.
“So you wanna be a hacker?”
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Hackers are called many names: Hackerz, Hackings, Crackerz, Phreakerz, and Cyberpunks. These
labels are names given to them, and ones that they themselves have adopted. Their roles in the
information age still remains for the most part a mystery, though. Some brand them as criminals.
Some have suggested that they are geniuses. Most think that they are a danger.
The majority of people have very little knowledge about hackers and their movement. They are
paranoid and suspicious of anyone who identifies himself or herself as a hacker. People are motivated
by fear, fear of the unknown. Unfortunately, their fear is not wholly injustified, but as history has
shown it is wrong to condemn a whole group for the actions of a few hackers that use or change the
information in other people’s computer systems without their knowledge or permission.
Hackers can find solutions for many serious problems involving computing because they know
almost everything about computer and software systems.
In part, the fear happens because of the news media and the government that only give accounts
of hackers who are involved in illegal activity. Hollywood is also responsible for shaping the popular
view of the cyberelite through movies such as Tron, The Net, Johnny Mnemonic, and Hackers.
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(http://ecletic.ss.uci.edu/-drwhite/home/jason/research.html - with adaptations)
281. Unimontes-MG O texto lido
a) é um informativo sobre programas de computador.
b) diz que nem todo hacker é criminoso.
c) diz que todos os hackers são uma ameaça à população.
d) afirma que todos que lidam com computadores são hackers.
282. Unimontes-MG As pessoas costumam condenar qualquer um que se identifique como hacker
a) por causa da influência de Hollywood sobre eles.
b) porque todos os hackers praticam atividades ilegais.
c) porque elas possuem pouco conhecimento a respeito deles.
d) pelo fato de eles não conseguirem sanar problemas surgidos nos sistemas atuais.
283. Unimontes-MG Tron, The Net, Johnny Mnemonic e Hackers
a) são noticiários de TV.
b) são filmes “hollywoodianos”.
c) retratam as atitudes da população de Hollywood.
d) são documentários sobre os hackers.
284. Unimontes-MG “So you wanna be a hacker?”
Wanna é o mesmo que
a) want and.
c) going to.
b) wanted.
d) want to.
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Instrução: Marque nas questões de números 285 e 286 as palavras que têm sentido oposto
às destacadas.
285. Unimontes-MG “People are motivated by fear, fear of the unknown.”
a) Instigated.
b) Stimulated.
c) Unenthusiastic.
d) Incited.
286. Unimontes-MG “People are motivated by fear, fear of the unknown.”
a) Understandable.
b) Unfamiliar.
c) Unaware.
d) Uncommon.
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287. Unimontes-MG … a few hackers that use or change the information…”
Na frase acima, as palavras em destaque podem ser substituídas por:
a) many hackers.
b) some hackers.
c) a lot of hackers.
d) all hackers.
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GABARITO
288. Unimontes-MG “The majority of people have very little knowledge about hackers and
their movement. They are paranoid and suspicious of any one who identifies himself or
herself as a hacker.”
A que se refere a palavra destacada acima?
a) The majority of people.
b) Hackers.
c) Suspicious.
d) Himself or herself.
289. Unimontes-MG “They are paranoid and suspicious of anyone…”
As palavras destacadas, na frase acima, são
a) advérbios.
b) substantivos.
c) verbos
d) adjetivos.
290. Unimontes-MG “Hollywood is also responsible for shaping…”
Assinale a alternativa que contém a palavra que equivale à palavra also, em destaque na
frase acima.
a) only.
b) too.
c) very.
d) itself.
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Boy? Girl? Up to You
The long-sought ability to choose a baby’s gender may finally be a reality
By Frederic Golden
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THE IMPULSE TO CHOOSE A BABY’S gender is probably older than human history, and prospective
parents have tried no end of ingenious ways to do it. In ancient Greece, men would lie on their
right side during sex to guarantee a boy; in 18th century France they would tie off their left testicle
for the same result. Medieval Germans preferred to put a hammer under the bed to produce a
boy, while their Danish cousins placed scissors there to make a girl. None of it worked, of course,
and despite impressive advances in other aspects of reproductive science, modern medicine hasn’t
managed to do much better.
Not until now, anyway. Geneticist Edward Fugger and his colleagues at Genetics & IVF Institute,
a fertility center in Fairfax, Virginia, surprised the obstetrical world last week with a report in the
journal Human Reproduction asserting that the clinic can offer couples an 85% chance of ensuring
they will have a girl. “I’m impressed,” says Dr. Alan DeCherney, chairman of the department of
obstetrics and gynecology at the UCLA School of Medicine and editor of the journal Fertility and
Sterility. “It really seems to work.”
IVF’s breakthrough is based on the long-known fact that sperm cells have a gender, in a manner
of speaking: some carry an X chromosome and some carry a Y. If the former fertilizes an egg, the
baby will be a girl; if the latter, a boy. Over the years, fertility gurus have tried to boost production
of X or Y-bearing sperm through diet, or attempted to pick out Ys by their supposedly faster
swimming speed or distinct electric charge — with dubious success.
The Virginia scientists, though, adapted a technique that has been used for more than a decade
to select the sex of cows, horses and pigs. Working with U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist
Lawrence Johnson, who invented the method, they stained sperm with a fluorescent dye that
latches onto DNA. Measuring the glow of the sperm cells under laser light, they could gauge how
much genetic material each one carried. As it happens, X chromosomes have about 2,8% more
DNA than Ys. Once the sperm had been distinguished this way, an automated sorting machine
separated the Xs from the Ys, and doctors could perform artificial insemination.
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(Time Magazine, September 21, 1998)
291. UFGO Ao abordarmos o texto de forma global, podemos afirmar que:
( ) o texto pressupõe que o receptor será apenas o público especializado.
( ) a reação que se espera do leitor é aversão e raiva.
( ) o assunto do texto é estabelecido logo na primeira frase: “The impulse to choose a
baby’s gender…”.
( ) o artigo, de autoria de Frederic Golden, foi publicado em um jornal britânico, em
1998.
( ) embora o artigo inicie com uma abordagem histórica do assunto, o foco é a mais
recente descoberta na área da ciência da reprodução quanto à escolha do sexo do
bebê.
292. UFGO Releia o texto cuidadosamente para verificar a veracidade das afirmações que se
seguem.
( ) Ao longo da história, o uso de receitas populares para determinar o sexo do bebê
leva-nos a inferir que tal assunto tem sido objeto de atenção do ser humano.
( ) Na era medieval, tanto os alemães quanto os holandeses acreditavam que um martelo
sob a cama ajudava a gerar um menino; um par de tesouras ajudava a gerar uma
menina.
( ) Nota-se uma postura machista, nas receitas populares, para a escolha do sexo da
criança.
( ) As receitas populares e a medicina moderna não têm sido eficazes nesta área. A
expressão que inicia o 2º parágrafo — “Not until now, any way.” — reforça esta
idéia.
( ) A equipe do Genetics & IVF Institute foi liderada por um geneticista.
( ) Os estudos realizados neste centro asseguram 85% de chance de sucesso na definição
do sexo do bebê.
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293. UFGO Ainda quanto às informações fornecidas pelo texto:
( ) a comunidade científica recebeu a notícia com cautela.
( ) o método foi previamente testado em animais para depois ser utilizado em seres
humanos.
( ) a técnica, inventada por Lawrence Johnson, em parceria com o U.S. Department of
Agriculture, foi adaptada por Edward Fugger e sua equipe.
( ) a técnica baseia-se no fato de que os cromossomos X e Y são responsáveis pela
determinação do sexo da criança no ato da fertilização.
( ) a técnica envolve a identificação do tipo de cromossomo que as células reprodutivas,
masculinas e femininas, carregam, usando-se o raio laser.
( ) as fases de seleção das células são: tingimento por processo químico • identificação
do cromossomo • separação dos espermatozóides • inseminação artificial.
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294. UFGO Quanto à estrutura textual, podemos afirmar que:
( ) None of it (linha 5) refere-se a no end of ingenious ways (linha 2).
( ) The former e the latter (linha 15 e linha 16) referem-se aos cromossomos X e Y,
respectivamente.
( ) Pelo texto, os sinônimos para as palavras breakthrough (linha 14), dye (linha 21) e
gauge (linha 22) são, respectivamente: success, colouring e determine.
( ) Sperm (linha 14) e material (linha 20) são exemplos de palavras que indicam o
plural sem o acréscimo de s.
( ) No texto sperm (linha 14) significa sêmen.
( ) While (linha 5) e once (linha 21) têm significado temporal.
295. UFGO Ainda sobre a estrutura do texto, observamos que:
( ) o uso do tempo ‘simple past’, no 1º parágrafo, se justifica, pois o assunto é abordado
sob uma visão histórica.
( ) há o uso da voz passiva, no 4º parágrafo, em has been used e had been distinguished,
porque, neste parágrafo, ocorre a descrição do processo e separação das células
‘femininas’ e ‘masculinas’.
( ) no 1º parágrafo, o uso do modal would indica um hábito passado.
( ) o pronome who (linha 21) pode ser omitido.
( ) a forma do ‘past participle’ tem função adjetiva em surprised (linha 9), impressed
(linha 11) e long-known (linha 14).
( ) nos exemplos older than (linha 1) e much better (linha 7) ocorre a forma do grau
comparativo de superioridade.
Male rejection
Liver donated by men are more likely to be rejected than livers from female donors. James
Neuberger’s team at the Queen Elisabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, followed up 423 liver
transplant patients over five years and found that about 5 per cent of the livers had eventually
been rejected.
The team found that both men and women were more likely to reject male livers. But most
cases of rejection were in women who had received livers donated by men. The team believes this
is the first time that the sex of donors has been asscociated with organ rejection in liver transplant.
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New Scientist, 4 November 1998.
296. Univali-SC According to the text,
a) Men and women cannot have sex after a liver transplant because they can be rejected.
b) Men reject livers from female donors.
c) 423 liver transplant patients died after five years.
d) Both men and women are more likely to reject male livers, but cases of rejection are
higher in women.
e) Men are always better liver donators.
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Bahian music, a national institution
Axé Music maintains the musical and rhythmic tradition of Bahia
Every city or State, anywhere on this planet, has a unique characteristic that distinguishes it
from the others. And that seems to take on new meaning when talking about Bahia. The Bahian,
as they say, isn’t born… but debuts. And, today, especially the capital city of Salvador, is the
temple of music in Brazil, the essence of rhythm, and the vector of summer dancing and fads.
To speak of Bahia brings to mind the caliente rhythm of the salsa, merengue, fricote, gute-gute
and galope, all under a single label: Axé Music. The land is a cultural crucible, a magical boiling pot
of mystique and rhythms. With the arrival of summer, Salvador takes on new colors and another
type of movement which is more and more frenetic, propelling itself toward Carnival. At the same
time, new dances that will stir the blood all around the country begin to pop up in far-off places
like Porto Seguro, Ilhéus and Canavieiras.
In a land well known for its special features, like food and the Barra Lighthouse, it has been
music that has taken Bahia’s influence to the far corners of the country, over the past several
decades. But what makes Bahia the Mecca of rhythms? Maybe the answer lies in its origins. While
Rio residents, in a classic polemical issue, boast that the samba was born with the Mangueira
samba club, Bahians claim that they were already doing samba in the 16th century.
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297. UNEB The text informs that Axé Music
a) forces musicians to keep the same musical rhythm.
b) embodies the new patterns of youth from the sixties.
c) has the inspiration from rock stars of some decades ago.
d) allows people to enjoy themselves, but it is difficult to perform it.
e) keeps alive the old traditions of rhythms combined with different types of dances.
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298. UNEB In the summertime
a) visitors like tasting typical Bahia dishes.
b) the sun rises early and sets late in Salvador.
c) tourists enjoy watching the sunset from Barra Lighthouse.
d) the capital of Bahia becomes a dazzling and constant show.
e) there are festivals of folk dances in Porto Seguro, Ilhéus and Canavieiras.
299. UNEB According to the text, one can say that
a) most people make a mistake when classifying Bahian music.
b) the influence of Mangueira samba club has spread through the country.
c) the original samba from Mangueira “school” is the most noticeable one in Bahians’ opinion.
d) people from Bahia consider they perform the most authentic and the oldest samba.
e) the giant parades of samba “schools” exported the musical influence throughout the world.
300. UNEB “The Bahian, as they say, isn’t born… but debuts.”
This sentence means that people from Bahia
a) have a bad temper.
b) like to talk in public.
c) enjoy dancing as well as working.
d) have a special talent for music.
e) have been seen as lazy for working.
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As cartas abaixo foram escritas por leitores de um artigo publicado na revista Time em
04/09/2000. Leia-as e responda as questões 301 e 302.
AFTER READING YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT
genetically modified foods [July 31], I am sure
that the public debate about this subject is
too serious to be left to organizations that rate
high in theatrics but low in public education.
If genetically engineered and enriched food
could help starving people around the world,
it would be a pity to lose this opportunity
because of some well-fed protesters in silly
costumes.
IF THE THIRD WORLD DOES NOT CURB its
exploding population growth, no amount of
genetically altered food will save it. Family
planning that will result in fewer children will
improve the standard of living far more
effectively than enriched rice.
Edward Robb
Vancouver
Silvina Beatriz Codina
Buenos Aires
301. Unicamp-SP
a) Considerando o teor das cartas, qual era o tema discutido no artigo em questão?
b) Com base em que hipótese Silvina Beatriz Codina constrói seu argumento?
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302. Unicamp-SP As duas cartas assumem posições diferentes sobre o assunto em pauta.
Qual é a posição de Edward Robb?
Leia, abaixo, um trecho do livro East of Eden de John Steinbeck e responda as questões
303 e 304, sobre a personagem Cathy.
Cathy’s lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility,
and they were used for profit. Most liars are tripped up either because they forget what they have
told or because the lie is suddenly faced with an incontrovertible truth. But Cathy did not forget her
lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so
that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also — either to interlard her lies with
truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth,
there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths.
304. Unicamp-SP Por que as estratégias utilizadas por Cathy eram eficientes?
305. UFMA Read the text and
answer questions a and b.
a) According to what the
woman is saying to her
husband, what’s the matter
with her?
b) What should she do? Give
her some advice.
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303. Unicamp-SP A que estratégias Cathy recorria para não ser desmascarada?
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306. IME Translate into Portuguese.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes are the most lethal of all natural disasters. What causes them? Geologists explain
them in terms of a theory known as plate tectonics. Continents are floating apart from each other;
this is referred to as the continental drift. About sixty miles below the surface of the sea, there is a
semi-molten bed of rock over which plates carry continents and sea floors at a rate of several
inches a year. As the plates separate from each other, a new sea floor is formed by the molten
matter that was formerly beneath. Volcanic islands and large mountain ranges are created by this
type of movement. The collision of plates causes geological instability such as that in California
called the San Andreas Fault, located between the Pacific and North American plates. The plates
there are constantly pushing and pulling adjacent plates, thereby creating constant tremors and a
potential for earthquakes in the area.
Instrução: Leia o texto e julgue os itens das questões de 307 a 310.
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A widely-spread (although strange) fashion has recently taken hold of many athletes and other
body builders: the use of medicine and products exclusively for horses. These are usually sold
without a doctor’s prescription. Although absurd, and without any scientific validation, the belief
that those products were more effective than those for humans, skyrocketed the sales of shampoos,
vitamins and veterinary ointments, among others. About five months ago, death took its toll. This
was the first tragic outcome reported. A twenty-three-year-old student from Ceará suddenly died
while taking part in a jiu-jitsu championship, right in the middle of a fight. It was a fatal heart
attack. It is strongly believed that Potenay, a medicine for anemia-stricken horses, may have caused
the student’s death.
Anabolic steroids are easily found in many gyms. These are the substances preferred by those
desiring to become strong. Those products contain hormones which increase muscle mass in a
very short period of time. They are almost identical to those intended for human use; however,
taking massive doses of them has become common among certain people. There lies the danger.
The belief that the veterinary products are more effective than those for humans has no scientific
backup. Research has shown that there is absolutely no difference in terms of a greater volume of
muscle mass with the use of one type or the other.
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Veja, magazine, August 9, 2000. (with adaptations)
307. UnB-DF The text states that veterinary products
( ) are harmless to human beings if used in excess.
( ) are very difficult to obtain.
( ) used to increase muscle mass haven’t been proven to be more effective than those
for humans.
( ) may cause anemia in horses.
308. UnB-DF According to the text, judge the following items:
( ) “the sales of shampoos, vitamins and veterinary ointments” can be correctly replaced
by “shampoo sales as well as those of vitamins and veterinary ointments”.
( ) “took” can be correctly replaced by has taken.
( ) If needed, a correct tag question for the sentence “It was a fatal heart attack” would
be “wasn’t it?”
( ) Another correct way of stating “Anabolic steroids are easily found in many gyms”
is: People easily find anabolic steroids in many gyms.
309. UnB-DF In relation to the usage of the words in the text, judge the following items:
( ) “humans” is the same as “human beings”.
( ) “suddenly” means “all of a sudden”.
( ) “lies” is the plural of “lie”.
( ) “belief” is a noun while “believe” is a verb.
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310. UnB-DF In accordance with the text, it is correct to state that:
( ) anabolic steroids for animals and for humans are exactly alike.
( ) steroids are organic substances.
( ) sales of veterinary products increased tremendously after their effectiveness on
humans was scientifically proven.
( ) Potenay could have caused the student’s death in Ceará.
311. Fatec-MG Cartoons are not only sources of humour but also sources for strong statements
about political or social situations. After the Colorado massacre in the United States last
year, a lot of cartoons were divulged by American newspapers.
Below, one of those cartoons.
They’re
so cute.
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Yeah I wonder
what they’re
talking about?
I was
shot at
while I
was at
school.
I was
shot at
while I
was at
day care.
I was
shot at
while I
was at
summer
camp.
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Reprodução, “USA today”
The cartoon ironically shows
a) an exaggerated situation of violence in which even little children talk about their
experience as victims.
b) mother’s attention to their children when they are playing in the yard.
c) curious children who are interested in talking about their funs.
d) innocent children afraid of the police punishment.
e) mothers who always like praising their children.
Nas questões 312 e 313, cada proposição deve ser marcada com verdadeiro (V) ou falso (F).
312. UFGO A respeito das duas manchetes estampadas na capa,
( ) there are erotic programmes on Brazilian TV.
( ) Brazilian TV programmes are new every
week.
( ) AIDS is a disease that can be treated.
( ) medicines for AIDS are expensive and not
everybody can afford them.
313. UFGO Quanto ao tipo de revista,
( ) Newsweek is an international fashion
magazine.
( ) Newsweek is a national Irish magazine.
( ) Newsweek is a national magazine with news
from the USA.
( ) Newsweek is a maganize with news from all
over the world.
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Come to the most popular sightseeing tour around London.
It’s the only one to show you the sights of London from a traditional double-decker bus and
offer a choice of taped commentary or qualified English speaking guide. Tours depart from
convenient Central London locations and last about one and a half hours.
Or with a London Plus ticket, you can hop-on and off all day at bus stops displaying the London
Plus sign. (The Original London Sightseeing Tour bus).
314. Univali-SC De acordo com as alternativas oferecidas, ao visitar Londres, a melhor opção
seria:
a) comprar a passagem London Plus que permite subir e descer do ônibus em pontos
previamente estabelecidos.
b) partir da estação central a bordo de um moderno ônibus de dois andares com guia
turístico ou gravação em inglês.
c) estar na estação central até uma e meia da tarde, pois este é o último horário dos
ônibus.
d) esperar o ônibus nos pontos identificados com o símbolo “hop-on all day”.
e) comprar a passagem na estação central e esperar por uma hora.
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Maiasaura made nests in the ground. Their babies came
out of eggs, like baby birds and crocodiles.
About 80-65 million years ago, North America was the
home of a plant-eating dinosaur called Maiasaura. It was
unusual because it made nests and looked after its babies.
The name Maiasaura means “good mother lizard”.
In Montana (USA) scientists found about 10,000 Maiasaura
fossils in a huge group. The dinosaurs probably lived in herds. It is possible that they moved
together from place to place, looking for fresh plant food.
(ELT Graded Readers, Dinosaurs, DK, 2000)
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315. UFPB The text suggests that scientists
a) found all kinds of dinosaurs in North america.
b) concluded that all dinosaurs made nests in the ground.
c) found out a herbivorous species of dinosaurs.
d) believed some dinosaurs lived alone.
e) discovered bird and crocodile fossils in North America.
316. UFPB According to the text, the female Maiasaura
a) did not guard its babies.
b) was a tyrant lizard.
c) was not a fierce predator.
d) was different from other female dinosaurs.
e) liked eating a mixed diet of plants and meat.
317. UFPB The sentence “Bird, crocodile and Maiasaura babies came out of eggs” means
that
a) none of them were mammals.
b) one of them lived in nests.
c) two of them ate eggs.
d) half of them were born in nests.
e) all of them belonged to the same species.
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Brazilian Scene
Noah’s ark
Electrical power runs the future, but CESP proves that it can also help preserve nature
Once upon a time there was a virgin forest, with clear blue skies and very clean rivers. Mr.
Swamp Deer, Mrs. Jacutinga and Mrs. Piabanha ran, flew and swam, according to their nature.
Then man arrived and life in that little paradise became very difficult, even impossible. It’s not
because he went around hunting and fishing (which he did, but not only that). As he sought for a
better life for himself, he cut down forests to make space to plant foods and to raise cattle,
dammed the water courses to generate electrical power; and affected everyone’s home. Suddenly,
Mr. Swamp Deer could no longer find the little shoots he liked so much to eat. Mrs. Jacutinga had
no palm heart to eat. Mrs. Piabanha could find no place to spawn… They either moved or
disappeared.
The São Paulo Power Company (CESP), in order to tell a different story, is working to preserve
the flora and fauna, the environment and even man. All of this while it produces electrical power,
which is its reason for being. If you see a contradiction between electricity and environmental
protection, you should pay attenttion to three points: the flooding of areas to form reservoirs has
an ecological or socioeconomic impact; society needs electrical power; but it also needs to mitigate
or compensate for that impact. Based on these points, and certain that it is not the villain of the
fable, CESP is carrying out its twofold mission in a transparent manner: The alternative to
hydroelectric plants, which are not pollutant and depend on renewable resources, the options
would be thermoelectric or nuclear plants — that is, pollution and risk.
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Viaje Bem. Revista de Bordo da VASP. Ano 27, n. 19, p. 44, 1998.
318. Uniderp-MS By remembering the biblical character Noah, who saved animals in his
ark, the title of the text refers to:
a) Noah’s personal belongings.
b) any ship for navigating.
c) the rich Brazilian fauna.
d) an old furniture for keeping things.
e) a famous ecologist named Noah.
319. Uniderp-MS Electrical power runs the future, but CESP proves that it can also help
preserve nature (subtitle).
This statement gives evidence of the contrast.
a) Technology / Environment protection.
b) Progress / Environment degration.
c) Advances / Overpopulation.
d) Economic access / Biological diversity.
e) Mobilization / Pollution.
320. Uniderp-MS The first paragraph is narrated in a style of a
a) fable.
b) newspaper report.
c) common talk.
d) friendly letter.
e) public lecture.
321. Uniderp-MS “a virgin forest, with clear blue skies and very clean rivers.”
This phrase suggests:
a) a beautiful and quiet field where people go after wild animals for food.
b) an extensive land where some species were already exterminated.
c) a wild wood under the open sky where people go fishing and hunting.
d) a large area where the sky is dirty of smoke from factories.
e) a jungle in its original condition and never polluted.
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322. Uniderp-MS “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and its usage as proper nouns are employed to:
a) attribute human and personal characteristics to animals.
b) give examples of all nature kingdoms.
c) compare rational with irrational beings.
d) show animals are men’s best friends.
e) play tricks on the readers.
323. Uniderp-MS CESP’s intention is to
a) organize movements against pollution.
b) provide good jobs for future generations.
c) avoid ecological problems in the next century.
d) develop more and more hydroelectric plants carelessly.
e) protect the environment to mantain ecological and technological equilibrium.
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324. Uniderp-MS In relation to verb forms, the correct alternative is
a) “swam” – irregular verb in the Simple Past.
b) “cut” – a verb that has different forms in the Present and Past Tense.
c) “could” – it expresses possibility in the Present.
d) “is working” – it is in the Past Continuous Tense.
e) “compensate” – this verb form is in the Simple Present.
325. Uniderp-MS The term that is correctly classified is
a) “that” – demonstrative pronoun.
b) “himself” – indefinite pronoun.
c) “everyone” – reflexive pronoun.
d) “its” – possessive adjective.
e) “you” – object pronoun.
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Brazil
A Drought for the Record Books
DROUGHTS OF near-Biblical proportions have plagued the semi-arid back lands of northeast Brazil
for as long as anyone can remember. The worst on record, in 1877, took half a million lives. This
year’s dry spell is billed as the most severe this century, affecting some 10 million people and reducing
millions of acres to a dustbowl of bone-dry river beds, cracked mud and the bleached skulls of dead
cattle. Crop losses could top $4 billion. With their beans and corn withering in the fields, hungry
peasants have stormed markets and warehouses, and even attacked trucks bearing food aid. One
desperate looter was run over last week. The drought this year is largely the work of a familiar
culprit, El Niño, whose fickle winds have kept much of South America hot and dry. El Niño was also
blamed for the huge fires that swept through the northern Amazon rain forest in March.
(From NEWSWEEK, May 18, 1998: 48f)
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326. UFRJ Qual é a semelhança entre as duas secas mencionadas no texto?
327. UFRJ Cite duas reações dos camponeses frente ao problema da seca em 1998.
328. UFRJ
a) A que o autor atribui a responsabilidade pela seca de 1998?
b) Por quê?
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Acupuncture
The Chinese believe that all forms of life are controlled by movements of energy. There are two
basic movements. One is outward moving, and is called Yin. The other is inward moving, and is
called Yang. When an outward movement reaches its limit, it changes direction and starts to move
inwards. Similarly, when an inward movement reaches its limit, it changes direction and starts to
move outwards. The operation is like a pump, and this constant pumping movement may be seen
in almost every form of life — the human heart, for example.
Understanding the idea of Yin and Yang is important when looking at acupuncture, which is a
method of healing that goes back thousands of years.
The theory is this. In each person there is a life force, and this life force consists of both Yin and
Yang. Yang is the force which tends to increase activity, and Yin is the force which tends to
produce calm. The health of the body depends on the correct balance between the two. If this
balance is not maintained, then the body becomes sick.
(Mark Ellis & Printha Ellis. Take it as read.
Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1986, p. 15 — with adaptations.)
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329. UnB-DF Judge the items that follow.
( ) Only a few forms of life are under the control of energy movements, according to
the Chinese.
( ) An energy movement can start being Yin and later become Yang, and vice-versa.
( ) Acupuncture is not a recent discovery.
( ) The correct balance between Yin and Yang determines the health of the body.
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330. UnB-DF Judge the items below.
( ) Acupuncture is a Chinese technique that helps maintain the equilibrium of energy
movements of the body.
( ) The main life force that drives an athlete during a 100-yard race is Yang.
( ) A Yin-Yang relationship cannot be established in the breathing process.
( ) In order to have a healthy body, the more Yin force one has, the less Yang one
should have.
The dramatic story of war among angels existed in heaven even before earth was formed. The
great 17th century poet John Milton described in his masterpiece Paradise Lost what he considered
the first test of free will: the fall of angels. His story begins when Lucifer is ordered to obey the Son
of God. Lucifer refuses, the rebellious angels join him and challenge the power of God. On the first
day, one of the powerful Seraphs and Lucifer meet, angel against angel. On the second day, the
archangel Michael enters the battle, and wounds Lucifer. Michael asks for assistance and on the
third day the Son of God comes forward. He pursues the enemy to the bounds of heaven and the
bad angels throw themselves into the bottomless pit. The war in heaven is over, but Lucifer is far
from finished. God has created a new race — humans. The struggle between good and evil begins.
(Fonte: The Teacher’s Magazine, February 1998)
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331. UFRGS The title that is not appropriate for this text is:
a) John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
b) The Story of Genesis.
c) The War of the Angels.
d) Strife in Heaven.
e) The Fall of Lucifer.
332. UFRGS The text contains:
a) an analysis of the causes of the angels’ war in heaven.
b) a detailed account of the fight between Michael and Lucifer.
c) a brief summary of Milton’s narrative poem.
d) an explanation for the existence of free will.
e) a tale about the creation of the world.
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333. UFRGS According to the text,
a) Michael was powerless against Lucifer.
b) Lucifer refused to obey the first man.
c) The bad angels hurt Michael.
d) A Seraph is a kind of angel.
e) Lucifer was defeated forever.
334. UFRGS The best Portuguese translation for the verb “challenge” is:
a) desafiar.
b) contradizer.
c) atacar.
d) desconsiderar.
e) repudiar.
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335. UFRGS The phrase “the bounds of heaven” means, in Portuguese,
a) os portões celestiais.
b) as amarras celestes.
c) as fronteiras do firmamento.
d) os limites do céu.
e) os recantos do paraíso.
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336. UFRGS The phrase “the bottomless pit” means the same as:
a) the deep sea.
b) the endless hole.
c) the continuous road.
d) the huge well.
e) the fearless abyss.
337. UFRGS Complete the sentence below with these appropriate verb forms:
When earth ……… to be, the angels’ war in heaven ………
a) came – had ended
b) comes – has ended
c) had come – ended
d) came – had been ending
e) comes – was ending
338. UFRGS The sentence “Lucifer is ordered to obey the Son of God” means the same as:
a) The Son of God orders Lucifer to obey Him.
b) Lucifer orders the Son of God to obey him.
c) God orders His Son to obey Lucifer.
d) Lucifer obeys the orders of the Son of God.
e) Someone orders Lucifer to obey the Son of God.
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Instrução: Para responder esses itens, preencha os parênteses ao lado de cada afirmativa
com V, se for considerada verdadeira, e com F, se for considerada falsa.
Globalization: Making the World Smaller
As leading multinationals establish a presence in more and more countries, telecommunications
companies are beginning to resolve themselves into a few global operators, each with an armful
of affiliates or associates around the world.
There is a cluster of compelling reasons for the trend. Linking up with international operators
can provide a source of funds for a local company. It can make new technology available or help
a company gain international clients. (…)
According to Fernando Xavier Ferreira of Telebras: “Eventually, only worldwide
telecommunications consortiums will be able to provide worldwide service. In order to ensure
access to local markets, these consortiums will try to form local alliances.”
So the process of globalization rolls on, made possible by Latin America’s wave of competition
and privatization. (…) “People are demanding to be able to communicate while they’re on the
move, to compute while they’re on the move. It’s a need global companies can satisfy best.”
TIME. The revolution has begun. v. 147, p. 34, 10 jun. 1996.
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339. U. Salvador-BA Marque com V as idéias contidas no texto e com F, as demais.
( ) A globalização, com a melhoria dos serviços de telecomunicação, tem contribuído
para diminuir a distância entre os povos.
( ) A participação de companhias internacionais, no sistema de telecomunicação está
criando raízes e se espalhando pelo mundo.
( ) Grupos estrangeiros estão competindo para impor suas tecnologias e criar novos
postos de emprego.
( ) A privatização de companhias telefônicas, contribuindo para ampliar o processo da
globalização, tende a trazer reflexos benéficos para os usuários.
( ) Os grupos de consórcios da telecomunicação têm ameaçado o desenvolvimento da
tecnologia na área.
340. U. Salvador-BA Considere verdadeiras as frases relacionadas com o texto e falsas, as
demais.
( ) After the economic disaster in 1995, Latin America’s economies promise steady
growth in the years ahead.
( ) Telecommunications are growing in Latin America for the same reasons that have
made the industry rise in the U.S. and Europe.
( ) Worldwide companies should try to form local alliances in order to have acess to a
particular market.
( ) The next winner in the electronics industry may be the world’s first multimedia
device.
( ) Throughout Latin America a common approach is being taken. Competition,
privatization or both have been embraced in almost every country.
341 . U. Salvador-BA “People are demanding to be able to communicate while they’re on
the move, to compute while they’re on the move. It’s a need global companies can satisfy
best.”
Assinale com V as afirmativas que expressam o sentido implícito da frase em destaque e
com F, as que não o expressam.
( ) People are tired of the competition that the privatized companies bring.
( ) Global companies have offered a reasonable phone service for those who don’t
leave their countries.
( ) International telecommunications companies are supposed to better answer the
people’s needs than local companies.
( ) Global companies can do a good job in the telecommunications sector. Their service
has been required by the people who are always travelling.
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342. U. Salvador-BA Identifique com V os pares de palavras que apresentam semelhanças de
significado e com F, os que não as apresentam.
( ) “trend” — tendency.
( ) “source” — origin.
( ) “available” — remarkable.
( ) “provide” — supply.
( ) “move” — space.
343. U. Salvador-BA Marque com V as palavras que, no quadro a seguir, aparecem na coluna
adequada de acordo com a sua função no texto e com F, as demais.
Verb
(
(
(
(
(
(
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)
)
)
)
)
Other function
“Making” (title)
“leading”
“beginning”
“compelling”
“According”
“demanding”
344. U. Salvador-BA Indique com V as afirmativas verdadeiras e com F, as falsas.
A expressão “will be able to” pode ser substituída, sem alterar o sentido, por
( ) can.
( ) may.
( ) should.
( ) will have to.
( ) will have the capacity to.
His sickness has made it hard for James Black to find a job, a place to live or friends to talk to. At
33, Black would like to work. He would like to live in an apartment. He would like to ease his
loneliness.
He is a slight, silent man, with large, watchful eyes, who makes himself easy to ignore. He
prefers the edges of a group, not its center. He lets others speak while he is still and quiet.
His shyness seems to be James Black’s only defense. A victim of a schizophrenic personality
disorder, he feels unwelcome in the world. There are a lot of people like him. An estimated 2,4
million people in the United States are chronically mentally ill, more than 30,000 of them in South
Florida.
Florida News
345. IESB-DF According to the text:
a) Finding a job has been tough for James Black due to his illness.
b) There are no people like James Black.
c) James Black prefers to speak instead of listening to people.
d) James Black suffers from schizophrenia.
e) There are more than 2,4 million people in Florida who are mentally sick.
346. IESB-DF According to the text:
a) James Black feels unwelcome in the world because of his disease.
b) In spite of his illness, James Black works so hard.
c) James Black’s family thinks he is a lonely man so he needs to get married.
d) James Black is a shy person.
e) James Black is a talkative man.
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Lost in America
Many low-skilled Latinos — and their children — have yet to find a place in the United States. A
new underclass is being born. BY ROBERTO SURO
For many immigrants, the journey north is an attempt to overcome centuries-old barriers of race
and class. What they find is new barriers of class and race. The immigrants who have the strongest
memories of home do best in the States; however bad, it is still an improvement. But for their
children, who often have no memory of home, America seems like a raw deal. They watch their
parents and see only toil and poverty. They watch American TV and see only affluence. Publicschool systems on the brink of collapse fail to give them the tools they need. “I can tell by looking
in their eyes how long they’ve been here, “says the Rev. Virgil Elizondo, of San Antonio, Texas.
“They come sparkling with hope, and the first generation finds that hope rewarded. Their children’s
eyes no longer sparkle. They have learned only to want jobs and money they can’t have”.
(From NEWSWEEK, June 15, 1998: 18)
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347. UFRJ Find in the text:
a) a verb in the passive voice;
b) the reference for “them”;
c) a synonym for “hard work”;
d) an expression that replaces “close to”.
We’ve got mail — always
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It saves time and wastes it, makes life simpler and
more complicated, brings us together and pushes us apart.
Love it and hate it, it’s everywhere, all the time and here to stay.
Is e-mail a blessing or a curse? Last month, after a week’s vacation, I discovered 1,228 unread email messages waiting in my Inbox. I pretended to be dismayed, but secretly I was pleased. This is
how we measure our wired worth in the late 1990s — if you aren’t overwhelmed by e-mail, you
must be doing something wrong.
Never mind that after subtracting the stale office chitchat, spam, flame wars, dumb jokes
forwarded by friends who should have known better and other e-mail detritus, there were perhaps
seven messages actually worth reading. I was doomed to spend half my workday just deleting
junk. E-mail sucks.
But wait — what about those seven? A close friend in Taipei I haven’t seen in five years tells me
he’s planning to start a family. A complete stranger in Belgium sends me a hot story tip. Another
stranger offers me a job. I’d rather lose an eye than lose my e-mail account. E-mail rocks!
Special Report, Newsweek, October 11, 1999.
Responda em Português:
348. Unirio Quais as razões dadas pelo autor do texto para considerar as mensagens eletrônicas
como:
a) muito boas? (cite três)
b) muito ruins? (cite três)
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Answer in English in your own words. Don’t copy straight from the text.
349. Unirio
a) How many of the messages received did the author consider to be really significant?
b) How long would it take the author to clean up his Inbox?
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Nas questões 350 e 351, cada proposição deve ser marcada com verdadeiro (V) ou falso (F)
Energy
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A new electricity system, based on renewable resources and small-scale power technologies, is
needed badly; their economics and other efficiencies over conventional central power generation
with fossil fuels (non-renewable resources from the earth: oil, gas, coal etc) is clear. Fossil fuel is
held responsible now for environmental pollution, resource depletion and possibly global climate
change.
There are three ways in which people are trying to solve the energy problem. The first is greater
production of energy by increasing common energy sources. This means more nuclear power
stations, more money spent looking for oil and gas, and more coal taken from the ground. The
problem with all these energy sources is that they are not renewable.
The other two ways are energy conservation and the use of renewable energy sources, such as
solar, wind, and micro-hydroelectric technologies.
Energy conservation means using energy more efficiently. It does not mean that our houses will
be colder or that we will have no light at night. It does mean that we do not waste the energy we
use. Sweden is a country which imports seventy per cent of its energy. Its people are very aware of
the cost of energy and the importance of not wasting it. In Uppsala — where temperatures are
frequently aound zero degrees Celsius — a man built a house for which he pays only twenty-five
pounds a year to heat. The reason for this is insulation. Insulation really means protection. In this
case it means placing material in the roof and between the inside and the outside of the walls of
the house to keep the cold out and the warmth in.
(Mark Ellis & Printha Ellis. Take it as read.
350. UnB-DF Judge the following items.
( ) Small-scale power technology is a bad need.
( ) Non-renewable energy sources are still considered an option.
( ) The author advocates the use of fossil fuels.
( ) Conventional central power generation with fossil fuels is less expensive and more
efficient than small-scale power technologies.
351 . UnB-DF Judge the following items.
( ) A way still used to attempt to solve the energy problem is to increase production by
usual technologies.
( ) Solar and wind energy are fully responsible for global weather change.
( ) Energy conservation means that people have to live in dark and cold houses.
( ) Nuclear, gas and coal are renewable energy sources.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1986, p. 30 — with adaptations.)
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A
THE MURDEROUS ACTIONS OF THE SERB nationalists in Kosovo against ethnic Albanians pose
a threat to all Europe [April 12]. If we do not act, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania will be the
next targets, leaving Europe with the same radical nationalism but on a larger scale.
It is imperative that the West act together to neutralize Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
and his nationalist henchmen as quickly as possible. Again and again, we have witnessed the
pattern of Milosevic’s talking peace while readying forces for another assault against innocents.
Attempts to negotiate only help the cause of Serb nationalism.
Walter G. Aiello. Durham, N. C.
B
MILOSEVIC THINKS A BIG SERBIAN nation containing only Serbs will make the people stronger,
but it will only make them weaker. The way for a nation’s people to keep strong and vibrant is to
live and interact with different human beings.
Bob Elkjer San Rafael, Calif.
C
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NATO’S WEAPONS MAY WORK IN A WAR fought on political beliefs, but not one based on
differences of culture, ethnicity and above all religion. A conflict that goes back to the 1300s
cannot be solved by bombing the warring parties. The solution can come only from within the
Balkans and its people.
Adrian Chew Bruce, Australia.
Time, Latin American Edition, May 3, 1999. p. 4
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352. UFSM Pode-se dizer que os textos A, B e C foram extraídos da Revista Time, na seção de:
a) Science and Society.
d) Traveler’s Advisory.
b) The Arts.
e) Letters.
c) Business.
353. UFSM Os textos A, B e C discutem o mesmo tema sob pontos de vista diferentes. Assim,
pode-se afirmar que:
I. O texto A defende a negociação pacífica como forma de conter a febre nacionalista
sérvia.
II. O texto B defende um ponto de vista oposto àquele defendido pelo presidente Milosevic.
III. O texto C defende o bombardeamento imediato como solução para o conflito cultural,
étnico e religioso dos Bálcãs.
Está(ão) correta(s)
a) apenas I.
d) apenas I e II.
b) apenas II.
e) apenas II e III.
c) apenas III.
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354. UFSM O fragmento destacado em “The murderous actions of the Serb nationalists in
Kosovo against ethnic Albanians pose a threat to all Europe [April 12].” pode ser
substituído por:
a) set standards for.
d) avoid any risk to.
b) bring peace to.
e) place responsibility on.
c) put in danger.
355. UFSM A melhor tradução para a expressão “from within” é:
a) dos.
d) à moda dos.
b) até o fim dos.
e) desde o início dos.
c) de fora dos.
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356. UFSM Em relação à informação contida no trecho “Again and again, we have witnessed
the pattern of Milosevic’s talking peace while readying forces for another assault against
innocents.”, é correto afirmar que:
a) o autor do texto A considera que, embora equivocado em sua visão nacionalista, o
presidente Milosevic cumpre acordos.
b) Milosevic não parece estar predisposto à paz.
c) cumprir acordos de paz é mais fácil do que assaltar inocentes.
d) Milosevic foi neutralizado pelas forças da OTAN.
e) os sérvios são inocentes na guerra de Kosovo.
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357. UFBA A análise do cartum permite afirmar:
(01) O executivo apresenta posições contraditórias em relação aos efeitos sociais da TV.
(02) O discurso do executivo corresponde aos seus interesses comerciais.
(04) O cliente não ficou totalmente convencido da qualidade dos serviços da empresa de
telecomunicações.
(08) A conversa telefônica ilustrada na primeira situação ocorre entre dois sócios da
empresa.
(16) O executivo, a depender do tipo de interlocutor, manifesta diferentes formas de
discurso.
(32) O uso de uma linguagem sutil e não convincente está presente em ambas as situações.
(64) O comportamento do executivo demonstra dificuldade em lidar com a escolha de
palavras adequadas a seus interesses.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
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“LAS VEGAS SUN”. In: Folha de S.Paulo, 19 maio, 1999. Caderno 1, p. 11.
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Mice Can Be Dangerous to Humans’ Health
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Many people think mice are harmless and cute. That idea may come from Walt Disney’s Mickey
and Minnie. But experts say mice are dangerous to your health.
Glenn Dudderar is a wildlife biologist at Michigan State University. He says, “When people get
bats in their house, they go nuts. But the real threat to human homes and health is mice.”
Dudderar says mice spread illness. They can also gnaw through wiring and start fires.
“If you have mice in your house, it’s your fault,” Dudderar says. “You’re feeding them, sheltering
them, providing them with health insurance and a pension.”
How do you get rid of the vermin? The experts say find out what the mice are eating. Then cut
off their food supply.
Mouse-proof your kitchen cupboards, if possible. At least put your grains and cereals where
mice can’t enter. The same goes for apples and other produce.
Make sure that pet food and birdseed are stored in metal or heavy plastic containers with lids.
Do the same with garbage.
After you stop feeding mice, you can catch them with traps. Load the traps with gumdrops,
popcorn, or peanut butter on a bit of bread or cracker. Forget giving them cheese, say the experts.
Try to keep the mice from coming back. Seal all openings into your house or garage. A mouse
can squeeze through spaces as small as a dime.
Use sheet metal, steel wool, or cement to close gaps. Check spaces around pipes, vents, and
ducts. Of course, doors and windows must close tightly.
Experts also advise getting rid of nesting sites for mice. Throw out old newspapers. Keep cardboard
boxes, firewood, and building supplies off the floor and away from walls.
Chasing mice out of your home is worth the trouble. A single pair of mice can produce 15,000
offspring in a year.
(News for You, vol 43 n. 33, August 23, 1995.)
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358. UFSM Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) correta(s), de acordo com o texto.
(01) Na ratoeira devem ser colocados, entre outros alimentos, pipoca e queijo.
(02) O primeiro passo para combater os ratos na nossa casa é dificultar-lhes o acesso à comida.
(04) Os morcegos são mais prejudiciais ao homem do que os ratos.
(08) O texto aborda os perigos que os ratos representam à saúde mas não apresenta
medidas para evitar que eles apareçam.
(16) Os desenhos de Walt Disney nos passam a falsa imagem de que os ratos são
inofensivos e engraçadinhos.
(32) Segundo o autor, o dono da casa é responsável pelo fato de ter ratos em casa.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
359. UFSM De acordo com o último parágrafo do texto,
(01) expulsar os ratos é quase impossível mas vale a pena.
(02) expulsar os ratos é problemático porque os laboratórios se interessam em comprálos por um alto valor.
(04) não vale a pena expulsar os ratos de casa porque eles voltam e se proliferam rapidamente.
(08) vale a pena expulsar os ratos de casa já que eles se proliferam de maneira espantosa.
(16) a prole anual de um casal de ratos pode chegar a 15.000 (quinze mil) filhotes.
(32) apesar de os ratos se reproduzirem de maneira espantosa o ano todo, a taxa é maior
na primavera.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
360. UFSM According to the text,
(01) bats are more dangerous than mice.
(02) bats are as dangerous as mice.
(04) bats are less dangerous than mice.
(08) bats are not so dangerous as mice.
(16) bats are as cute as mice.
(32) bats are cuter than mice.
(64) mice are more dangerous than bats.
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361. UFSM Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) em que o modal assinalado corresponde à noção
mencionada na coluna de baixo.
(01) That idea may come from Walt Disney’s Mickey and Minnie (l. 1/2)
(02) …where mice can’t enter (l. 11)
(04) you can catch them with traps (l. 14)
(08) a mouse can squeeze through (l. 17)
(16) doors and windows must close tightly (l. 19)
(32) a single pair of mice can produce (l. 22)
probability
advice
obligation
necessity
obligation
advice
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
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362. UFSM Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) em que as palavras com –ing sejam exemplos de verbos
no present continuous.
(01) …you’re sheltering them, providing them with health insurance and a pension.
(02) After you stop feeding mice, you can catch them with traps.
(04) Seal all openings into your house or garage.
(08) The experts say find out what the mice are eating.
(16) Keep cardboard boxes, firewood and building supplies off the floor.
(32) Chasing mice out of your home is worth the trouble.
(64) If you have mice in your house, it is because you’re, feeding them.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
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How do you know what an English teenager is saying?
Teen jargon changes so often that it can be hard to keep up.
But a survey of school children by Oxford Dictionaries has uncovered some of their usage. If you
are “eggy”, it means you’re stressed, if you are “chonged”, you are tired.
When asked how you are “hanging”, you are being asked about how you are feeling. The
correct reply would be either “high” (happy) or “low” (sad). If you have had a good time, then
you are “bonkers” and your day will have been “buzzing” or “dogs”! (excellent).
Some words, such as “bogging” (horrible), “boyf” (boyfriend) and “top banana” (excellent)
that were popular last year, are already out of favour.
From: Speak Up. Julho 1998. nº 137
363. UFSC Which of the following titles best summarize(s) the topic of the text?
(01) The teenage culture of pop music.
(02) A survey of adult language.
(04) Teen-speak.
(08) The adolescents and their jargon.
(16) American children versus British adolescents.
(32) Conflicts and stress.
364. UFSC Select the CORRECT proposition(s) according to the text.
(01) A survey has shown the way English teenagers speak.
(02) Boys and girls differ about the usage of their language.
(04) Some words used by teenagers one year ago are now out of favour.
(08) British adolescents are not allowed to use jargon in pubs.
(16) Most people like slang.
(32) A book gives information on where teenagers can use jargon.
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Technology and ethics
In the twentieth century, in particular, there have been many advances in technology. Scientists
have sent people out into space and even to the moon.
Television, cars and computers have changed our lives profoundly. New medicines and medical
treatments have offered hope and even life itself to severely ill people. We have come a long way
because of technology. Yet the great possibilities of technology have created equally troubling
problems involving ethics. More and more, these questions are being asked: Is everything that is
technologically possible desirable from an ethical point of view? Should there be ethical limits to
technological development? If so, how do we decide where to draw the ethical lines? And who
should decide?
MARKSTEIN, Linda & HIRASAWA, Louise. Expanding reading skills. Advanced. 2. ed.
New York: Heinle & Heinle, 1990. p. 41.
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365. UFBA A partir da leitura do texto, pode-se afirmar:
(01) A discussão sobre a ética dos avanços científicos e tecnológicos, com o decorrer do
tempo, passou a ser uma preocupação.
(02) As novas tecnologias trazem benefícios sociais, porém, quando mal aplicadas, podem
ferir a ética.
(04) Existe, atualmente, um questionamento sobre a quantidade de produtos gerados
pela tecnologia.
(08) O homem, utilizando-se de novas tecnologias, consegue adotar cuidados médicos
pioneiros no tratamento de doenças graves.
(16) O século XX caracterizou-se por constantes mudanças de comportamento entre as
classes sociais.
(32) Os remédios descobertos têm mostrado eficiência para prolongar a vida de pacientes
em estado muito grave.
(64) O homem, com as viagens espaciais, começou a temer por seu próprio poder na
conquista do universo.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
Brave new world
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Aldous Huxley, an English novelist, essayist, and satirist, wrote his most famous novel, Brave
New World, in 1932. In this book, Huxley paints a grim picture of the world in the future, a world
created by scientific technology and social planning on a massive scale. All phases and stages of
reproduction are carried out in the laboratory in Brave New World, and people are programmed
and completely controlled from the moment of conception on.
MARKSTEIN, Linda & HIRASAWA, Louise. Expanding reading skills. Advanced. 2. ed.
New York: Heinle & Heinle, 1990. p. 69.
366. UFBA A leitura do texto permite inferir:
(01) As visões futuristas de Huxley foram moldadas pelos comportamentos da sociedade
inglesa dos anos 30 do século XX.
(02) Huxley previu o avanço da capacidade criativa dos cientistas no campo da engenharia
genética.
(04) “Brave New World” constitui uma antevisão do futuro, irrelevante para a realidade
atual.
(08) “Brave New World” apresenta relatórios extraídos de experiências vividas pelo autor
em laboratórios científicos.
(16) Huxley previu que seres humanos poderiam ser programados em laboratórios.
(32) O livro de Huxley enfatiza a idéia de que o avanço tecnológico poderá controlar o
perfil das pessoas.
(64) “Brave New World” estabelece princípios morais que dificultam o avanço
tecnológico.
Dê, como resposta, a soma das alternativas corretas.
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1. 09
2. 27
3. A
4. E
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. E
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. E
22. A
23. C
24. a) Olhares e sorrisos, vestuário, gestos e expressões faciais.
b) A linguagem não-verbal, ainda que nem sempre consciente, torna mais claras nossas
palavras, enriquece-as e às vezes chega até a contradizê-las.
25. a) O segundo parágrafo convida o leitor a visitar a exposição “Expressão e Comportamento”.
b) O comportamento de homens e mulheres colocados em determinadas situações.
26. B
27. D
28. D
29. C
30. D
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. F-V-F-F-F
35. C
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36. D
37. C
38. B
39. D
40. B
41. C
42. D
43. A
44. E
45. C
46. B
47. D
48. D
49. A
50. D
51. C
52. C
53. B
54. D
55. B
56. D
57. A
58. C
59. B
60. D
61. E
62. B
63. C
64. E
65. D
66. B
67. A
68. B
69. A
70. D
71. C
72. E
73. A
74. B
75. D
76. C
77. E
78. C
79. C
80. E
81. A
82. D
83. C
84. A
85. E
86. E
87. B
88. C
89. E
90. A
91. C
92. C
93. D
94. A
95. E
96. A
97. E
98. B
99. A
100. E
101. C
102. C
103. D
104. D
105. A
106. a) O casamento da feminista Gloria Steinem.
b) Porque, certa vez, ela havia declarado que o casamento era uma opressão legalizada.
107. a) A hipótese de que já existiu água no planeta Marte.
b) A hipótese de que existe água no planeta Marte.
108. C
109. D
110. B
111. E
112. D
113. C
114. B
115. A
116. E
117. C
118. D
119. B
120. E
121. C
122. D
123. A
124. C
125. A
126. A
127. 63
128. V-V-V-V-F
129. F-V-V-F-F
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131. E
132. E
133. D
134. No texto A, a palavra ‘coração’ é empregada em dois sentidos: a sede dos sentimentos e
emoções e o órgão que recebe e bombeia o sangue. No texto B, o desenho do coração só
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135. F-V-F-V-V
136. F-V-F-F-V
137. V-F-V-V-V
138. V-F-F-V-F
139. C
140. C
141. D
142. C
143. B
144. D
145. A
146. E
147. B
148. B
149. E
150. C
151. D
152. B
153. D
154. B
155. C
156. D
157. C
158. A
159. A
160. A
161. B
162. C
163. A
164. V-V-F-V-F-V
165. V-F-F-V-F-F
166. V-V-F-F-F-V
167. V-V-V-F-F-V
168. V-V-F-V-F-V
169. D
170. A
171. C
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172. E
173. C
174. B
175. E
176. B
177. C
178. C
179. E
180. D
181. B
182. E
183. E
184. B
185. B
186. C
187. E
188. D
189. B
190. 33
191. 98
192. 40
193. 44
194. 60
195. 89
196. C
197. D
198. A
199. F-F-V-F-F
200. V-F-F-V-V
201. F-V-V-V-F
202. F-F-V-F-F
203. A
204. B
205. D
206. E
207. V-V-F
208. F-V-F
209. V-F-F
210. F-V-V-F
211. B
212. A
213. B
214. D
215. B
216. C
217. E
218. A
219. D
220. D
221. A
222. B
223. C
224. E
225. A
226. A
227. V-V-V-V-V
228. V-V-V-V-F
229. D
230. B
231. F-F-F
232. V-F-V
233. F-V-V
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235. A
236. A
237. C
238. D
239. E
240. C
241. A
242. E
243. B
244. D
245. A
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246. B
247. E
248. A
249. D
250. E
251. A
252. C
253. B
254. D
255. C
256. D
257. A intenção do poeta parece ter sido a de sugerir que as pessoas falem menos e ouçam
mais.
258. Silence is golden.
259. D
260. A
261. B
262. E
263. C
264. A
265. D
266. E
267. A
268. A
269. A
270. C
271. C
272. E
273. C
274. C
275. C
276. B
277. O autor dos sonetos atribuídos a Shakespeare tinha profundo conhecimento da vida na
corte, o que somente um membro da nobreza como de Vere poderia ter. Shakespeare, por
seu turno, vinha de uma família pobre.
Além disso, os sonetos vieram a público em 1590, quando Shakespeare tinha apenas 26
anos e de Vere, 40. Os sonetos 62, 73 e 138 sugerem que o autor teria de ser uma pessoa
já madura.
278. F-V-F-V-V
279. V-V-V-F-F
280. F-F-V-F-V
281. B
282. C
283. B
284. D
285. C
286. A
287. B
288. A
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289. D
290. B
291. F-F-V-F-V
292. V-F-V-V-V-V
293. F-V-V-V-V-V
294. V-V-V-F-V-V
295. V-V-V-F-F-V
296. D
297. E
298. D
299. D
300. D
301. a) O artigo era sobre a utilidade dos alimentos geneticamente modificados, sobretudo em
países do terceiro mundo, onde muita gente passa fome.
b) O argumento apresentado por Silvina Beatriz Codina se baseia na hipótese de os
alimentos geneticamente enriquecidos poderem contribuir para aliviar a fome das pessoas
em todo o mundo.
302. Edward Robb acha que sem planejamento familiar, os alimentos geneticamente
modificados não conseguirão salvar o mundo.
303. Em primeiro lugar, Cathy, que jamais se esquecia das mentiras que contava, dava versões
que ficavam bem próximas da verdade. Além disso, ela também misturava mentira com
verdade e às vezes contava a verdade como se fosse mentira.
304. Porque quando uma pessoa é acusada de mentir e depois se descobre que ela disse a
verdade, essa pessoa adquire uma credibilidade que dura um bom tempo e a protege de
muitas inverdades.
305. a) She is quite unhappy because her husband does not respect her as a human being.
b) If her husband doesn’t change his attitude toward her, I think she should leave him.
306. Os terremotos são, de todos os desastres naturais, os mais letais. O que os causa? Os geólogos
dão uma explicação baseada na teoria das placas tectônicas. Os continentes estão flutuando
e afastando-se uns dos outros. A isso se dá o nome de deslocamento continental. Cerca de
sessenta milhas abaixo da superfície do mar, existe uma camada semiderretida de rocha
sobre a qual as placas deslocam os continentes e o leito dos mares a uma velocidade de
várias polegadas por ano. À medida que as placas se afastam umas das outras, forma-se um
novo leito do mar com a matéria derretida que antes ficava em baixo. As ilhas vulcânicas e
as grandes cadeias de montanhas são criadas por este tipo de movimento. A colisão das
placas causa uma instabilidade geológica, tal como a da Califórnia, chamada de Falha de
San Andreas, localizada entre as placas do Pacífico e da América do Norte. As placas ali
estão constantemente empurrando e puxando as placas adjacentes, provocando assim
constantes tremores e um potencial para terremotos na região.
307. F-F-V-F
308. V-F-V-V
309. V-V-F-V
310. F-V-F-V
311. A
312. V-F-V-V
313. F-F-F-V
314. A
315. C
316. D
317. A
318. C
319. A
320. A
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321. E
322. A
323. E
324. A
325. D
326. Foram as piores secas registradas nos séculos em que ocorreram.
327. Saquearam supermercados e armazéns e atacaram caminhões que traziam alimentos
doados.
328. a) Ao fenômeno El Niño.
b) Porque seus ventos aqueceram e ressecaram grande parte da América do Sul.
329. F-V-V-V
330. V-V-V-V
331. B
332. C
333. D
334. A
335. D
336. B
337. A
338. E
339. V-V-F-V-F
340. F-F-V-F-V
341. F-F-V-V
342. V-V-F-V-F
343. V-V-F-F-V-V
344. V-F-F-F-V
345. A
346. D
347. a) is being born / b) immigrants’ children / c) toil / d) on the brink of
348. a) Poupam tempo / simplificam a vida / unem as pessoas / trazem notícias de amigos
distantes / dão “dicas” profissionais / trazem possíveis ofertas de emprego.
b) Desperdiçam tempo / complicam a vida / separam as pessoas / apresentam “conversa
fiada chata” do escritório / inundam a nossa caixa de entrada / provocam brigas verbais
acaloradas / contam piadas inadequadas / trazem lixo eletrônico em geral.
349. a) The author considered that only seven messages were really worth receiving.
b) It would take him half a day to clean up his Inbox.
350. F-V-F-F
351. V-F-F-F
359. 24 (08+16)
352. E
360. 76 (04+08+64)
353. B
361. 17 (01+16)
354. C
362. 73 (01+08+64)
355. A
363. 12 (04+08)
356. B
364. 05 (01+04)
357. 19 (01+02+16)
365. 43 (01+02+08+32)
358. 50 (02+16+32)
366. 50 (02+16+32)
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