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1. (Feevale 2012) According to the second paragraph, choose the correct alternative.
a) The name Hamza was chosen because it is the name of the sports team of the researchers.
b) The name Hamza was chosen after the researchers discovered the head of their team in the
Amazon river.
c) The name Hamza was chosen because this is a new river that flows underneath the Amazon.
d) The name Hamza was chosen because of the head of the team of researchers' last name.
e) The name Hamza was chosen after the head of the researchers team found the groundwater
flow.
2. (Feevale 2012) Com base no texto, considere verdadeiras (V) ou falsas (F) as afirmaes
que seguem.
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) A Petrobrs abandonou 241 poos na Amaznia por causa da descoberta do rio Hamza.
Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientific officer at Weight Watchers, comments on Jessica Hosler's
weight-loss success:
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Her progress is exceptional, especially when you consider that she takes the weightunfriendly medicine prednisone for her asthma. Prednisone can be a real diet-buster.
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She is adding to a sizable weight loss already. The fact that she had already lost 33 pounds
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(from April 2005 until she started the Challenge in March 2006) makes it harder to continue to
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lose now. After six months of weight loss, most people plateau, and it becomes difficult to
lose.
She is working very hard to get the weight off, and what she is doing is really effective. Losing it
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this way means she's more likely to keep it off long-term. In an ideal world, as she loses weight,
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her asthma will improve.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-weight-loss-challenge.htm - 28/06/06
Scientists will present 2,060 papers drawn from research in 114 different countries at
the four-day conference. The event opened as Bill Clinton, the former US president, launched a
programme to double the number of children receiving treatment for HIV infection in Kenya by
the end of the year. An estimated 100,000 children there are infected with HIV, but only 1,200
receive treatment. The Clinton Foundation aims to have 10,000 children on anti-retroviral
treatment in at least 10 countries by the end of 2005.
(Guardian Unlimited Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005 www.guardian.co.uk)
9. (Unifesp 2006) In the sentence of the third paragraph "The Brazilian health minister, Jos
Saraiva Felipe, later denied the deal had been finalised.", the word "DEAL" refers to
a) breaking the patent on anti-AIDS drugs.
b) linking foreign aid to discriminatory policies.
c) help developing countries to confront AIDS.
d) interference in national sovereignty.
e) sell drugs to the government at a great discount.
10. (Unifesp 2006) The sentence of the last paragraph, "The event opened as Bill Clinton, the
former US president, launched a programme to double the number of children receiving
treatment for HIV infection in Kenya by the end of the year.", indicates that, by the end of 2005,
the number should be
a) 100,000.
b) 20,000.
c) 10,000.
d) 2,400.
e) 1,200.