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Captulo 1
Texto para as questes de 01 a 03. 0 2. UFU-MG
Images of child labor A partir da leitura do texto, possvel armar que:
Any Brazilian with a minimum of common sense I. labor laws are not enough without effective proposals.
will admit that our children are being exploited in the II. poor children chew gum on street corners.
coal mines of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the hemp har- III. children who are educated can alter their reality.
vests of Bahia, in the sugarcane elds of Pernambuco,
IV. there are not enough classrooms for all the
in the brickyards of Campos (Rio de Janeiro) and in
children.
the quarries of Cear and Bahia. This kind of work is
umbearably strenuous, demanding and unhealthy. V. child labor is a crime in Zambia, The Dominican
Right under our eyes, here in So Paulo, ten or Republic, Guatemala and Thailand.
twelve-year-old children earn 1 to 3 reais a day collec- Assinale a alternativa correta.
ting cardboard, working as servants in family homes a) Somente III e IV esto corretas.
and selling chewing gum on street corners. They are
b) Somente II e V esto corretas.
forced to help in their families survival; if they dont do
it, they know they will not survive. c) Somente I, III e IV esto corretas.
Today, at least 4.5 million Brazilian children have d) Somente II, III e V esto corretas.
their future threatened because they are forced to work.
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), 03. UFU-MG
16% of children between the ages of ten and fourteen No primeiro pargrafo, na frase Any Brazilian with a
work in Brazil, a rate similar to that of countries like Zam- minimum of common sense will admit that our chil-
bia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Thailand. These dren are being exploited in the coal mines of Mato
children should be in school. If duly prepared, they could Grosso..., o termo em destaque pode ser substitudo
in the future change their own reality. But in this way they pela expresso:
only repeat the countrys vicious circle of misery.
a) taken advantage of.
To deprive a child from school, from its right to
play and live fully its childhood should be considered b) explored.
a crime. Anyone who has gone through this knows c) inquired into.
how much this experience is important. Child labor is d) looked into.
illegal. But the mere existence of a law is not enough if
intense and thorough measures are not taken to alter Texto para as questes de 04 a 06.
this picture. In the few areas the federal government
has begun to ght child labor, there are not enough The most precious curse
schools for all the children: precarious classrooms By Erin Prelypehan
full of students are set in minuscule makeshift rooms For Wensley and Lilian Hidalgo, the choice was
of humble houses. In these regions, a teacher earns clear. The devout Roman Catholic Couple living in the
monthly much less than the citizenship voucher given misty northern Philippine city of La Trindad couldnt
to families to help them assure their livelihood (25 to afford to have a third child. No more children! Lifes too
150 reais, at the most). Nevertheless, children like hard now, says 40-year-old Lilian laughing, bundled in
Elis Veneldio dos Santos, from the Valente region in sweaters against the chill. I rst heard about the necklace
the northeast of Bahia, never give up their dream. I from a midwife in our neighborhood. It seemed simple
am going to be a judge. Im sure of it. Son of a gold and natural, so we decided to try it. What she and her
prospector and motherless, Elis earns 2.50 reais to husband decided to experiment with is a relatively recent
work with his grandmother from 6:00 in the morning, idea in population control the standard days or necklace
breaking stones under a 40 sun. method. Women use color-coded beads on a necklace
Adapted from: http://galeria.nonamdia.com.br/ingles/opinioes. to determine when its safe to have sex without getting
htm#Gilberto
pregnant. Beads for the fertile days of the month glow in
the dark, giving couples no excuses for missing the point
0 1. UFU-MG in an unlit bedroom. At rst the husbands were hesitant,
No segundo pargrafo, no trecho They are forced to especially about the middle part of the necklace. It was
help in their families survival; if they dont do it, they too long, they said, 12 days without sex, says midwife
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know they will not survive, as palavras destacadas Virginia Rivera, referring to the white beads that indicate
referem-se a: the unsafe days for sex. But many of the husbands got
a) families survive. c) children force. used to it.
b) children help. d) families help. Newsweek, 10/02/2003

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04. Vunesp themes with boys but not with girls, who tend to prefer ga-
Assinale a alternativa que indica a idia principal do mes that emphasize a story line, cooperation and character
texto. development. Manufacturers, recognizing that girls are
a) O uso de cdigos para o controle populacional nas an untapped market, are now working to produce games
Filipinas. Os cdigos mudam de cor no escuro. for them. Educators hope that the new software and
games will keep girls interested in computer technology
b) Nas Filipinas, mulheres de 40 anos no querem
long after they stop playing games.
ter mais lhos por causa do frio. O controle popu-
lacional importante nesse pas. 07. Unir-RO
c) O uso de um colar de contas por mulheres lipinas The author emphasizes a problem that happens
que no querem mais engravidar. Essas contas specically to ______________.
brilham no escuro e avisam quando a mulher est
a) children and technology
no perodo frtil.
b) boys and video games
d) Uma idia recente de controle populacional pro-
posta por maridos lipinos que no queriam car c) girls and boys
12 dias sem sexo. d) video games and computers
e) Um mtodo contraceptivo simples e natural que e) girls and games
s pode ser usado no escuro e que assusta os
maridos quando acende. 08. Unir-RO
The word its marked in the text refers to ________
05. Vunesp _______.
Nas frases I rst heard about the necklace from a a) games d) industry
midwife in our neighborhood. It seemed simple and b) female e) consumer
natural, so we decided to try it, os pronomes pessoais c) girls
I, it e we referem-se, respectivamente, a:
a) midwife, La Trindad, children. 09. Unir-RO
b) midwife, the necklace, children. Education experts think that part of the problem comes
c) midwife, the necklace, Lilian and her husband. from ________________.
d) Lilian, La Trindad, children. a) unpopular themes
e) Lilian, the necklace, Lilian and her husband. b) cooperative cartridges
c) violent games
06. Vunesp d) character development
A concluso do texto em relao ao assunto a de que: e) computer software
a) embora os maridos tenham cado hesitantes quan-
to ao mtodo no princpio, muitos deles acabaram Texto para as questes 10 e 11.
se acostumando com ele. One of the greatest meteor showers of our
b) o perodo de 12 dias sem sexo no era respeitado, lifetime may or may not soon light up the night
pois a opinio da parteira no era considerada sky. The annual Leonid shower, which comes every
pelos homens. November, can produce a spectacular meteor storm
c) o mtodo era pouco eciente na opinio dos maridos, about every 33 years. That time is now approaching.
pois muitas mulheres acabaram engravidando. But no one can say whether we are in for an awesome
d) o perodo sem sexo era muito longo e muitos spectacle or nothing unusual. The last great Leonid
maridos procuravam outras mulheres, mas no storm hit the Earth in 1966. For nearly an hour the
se sentiam satisfeitos. sky blazed from horizon to horizon with thousands of
e) as contas brancas eram difceis de serem identi- shooting stars per minute. Astronomers predict it could
cadas no princpio, mas no nal os maridos se happen again in November 1999 or perhaps 2000.
acostumaram.
10. UEL-PR
No texto, o pronome our refere-se a:
Texto para as questes de 07 a 09.
a) all of us. d) the readers.
Getting girls to play video games b) astronomers. e) lives.
Why do adolescent boys seem to be better c) the writers.
than girls at computer and video games? It could be
that the industry has been ignoring its young female 11. UEL-PR
consumers. Studies have shown that boys and girls In the text, nearly means:
tend to be equally interested in computers until about
a) since.
age eleven or twelve, when girls begin losing interest.
Eventually, this can put girls at a tremendous disadvantage, b) close.
especially in todays computer age. Child-education c) away.
experts think that part of the problem may be that most d) approximately.
of the computer and video software on the market e) time.
emphasizes violence, competition and action popular

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Texto para as questes de 12 a 19. 14. UFRGS-RS
I was taken to meet a gorgeous cheetah who The expression motor bike (l. 06) is used in the text
would share a scene with me and I fell in love with to express a connection with:
him instantly. In order to get him used to me, I had a) sound.
b) power.
to take him around with me everywhere on a lead
c) speed.
05 like a dog. He had a wonderful loud purr like a cat
d) shape.
trying to impersonate a motor bike. We looked like
e) make.
becoming inseparable. Then there were a few...
incidents. Every day a car took us to the set. He 15. UFRGS-RS
would sit with me on the back seat, purring away
The word then (l. 07) introduces in the text:
10 happily, fascinated by everything in the car,
including the shiny button on the back of the a) an opposed idea.
chauffeurs cap. b) a logical conclusion.
One day the sun caught the button at c) a follow up.
a certain angle and the bright light started to d) a hypothesis.
15 utter and sparkle. This caught his attention and e) an argument.
he grabbed it, taking a considerable part of the
chauffeurs scalp with it. After that we travelled to 16. UFRGS-RS
the set separately. I was still allowed to take him for The expression every day (l. 08) is spelt incorrectly
walks, though, until the day he spotted the catering in the sentence:
20 managers German Shepherd dog sitting on the a) Let me know what changes every day.
steps outside the unit canteen. He took off like the b) He calls me up early every day.
wind, and the heavy chain which was his lead was c) The every day routine is dreadful.
torn out of my hand, taking half the skin with it. d) Every day there is something new.
The German Shepherd spotted him coming, e) The watch needs cleaning every day.
25 and quicker than I have ever seen any dog move, he
had bounded up the steps and into the canteen and 17. UFRGS-RS
I swear this is true shut the door behind him. The use of would in the text (l. 09) indicates the same
The cheetah came to a skidding halt like Sylvester as its use in the sentence:
the cartoon cat, but he was going at such a pelt he a) I would rather move to London than to York.
30 went head over heels on the steps and knocked
b) He would always turn and wave at the corner.
himself out. That was the end of that friendship.
c) Would you call me the moment you get there?
CAINE, Michael. What it all about?, 1993.
d) He said he would see me before travelling.
e) He promised that he would help us nish this.
12. UFRGS-RS 18. UFRGS-RS
Based on the information given in the text, we can say The pronoun it (l. 16) refers to:
that Caine did not admire the cheetahs: a) car.
a) friendliness. b) cap.
b) beauty. c) sun.
c) swiftness. d) button.
d) perceptiveness. e) scalp.
e) voracity.
19. UFRGS-RS
13. UFRGS-RS The expression at such a pelt (l. 29) could be substi-
The question that cannot be answered with the tuted, without any change in meaning, by:
information given in the text is: a) at a glance.
a) Who is Sylvester? b) forcefully.
b) Who owned that particular dog? c) by a long range.
c) Why was Caine with the cheetah? d) so fast.
d) How far was the cheetah from the canteen? e) desperately.
e) What did the driver wear on his head?
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Captulo 2
Texto para as questes de 20 a 24. d) podem se tornar mais sensveis dor e ao sofri-
mento alheios, mais apreensivas com o mundo ao
Violence on television seu redor e menos sujeitas a apresentar compor-
Psychological research has shown three major tamento agressivo em relao aos outros.
effects of seeing violence on television: e) podem se tornar mais sensveis dor e sofrimento
Children may become less sensitive to the pain alheios, mais corajosas em relao ao mundo ao
and suffering of others. seu redor e comportarem-se mais agressivamente
Children may be more fearful of the world around com os outros.
them.
21. Vunesp
Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive
Ao argumentar sobre a violncia na TV, o texto:
or harmful ways toward others.
Children who watch a lot of TV are less aroused by a) arma que, como as crianas reagem diferen-
violent scenes than are those who only watch a little; in temente ao assistir a programas violentos na
other words, theyre less bothered by violence in general, TV, esta no pode ser apontada como causa de
and less likely to see anything wrong with it. One example: agressividade infantil.
in several studies, those who watched a violent program b) arma que pesquisas psicolgicas no revelam di-
instead of nonviolent one were slower to intervene or to ferenas marcantes entre crianas que assistem a
call for help when, a little later, they saw younger children programas violentos e a programas inofensivos.
ghting or playing destructively. c) garante que, embora programas infantis conte-
Studies by George Gerbner, Ph.D., at the nham 20 atos violentos por hora, eles jamais levam
University of Pennsylvania, have shown that childrens as crianas a ver o mundo como um lugar ruim e
TV shows contain about 20 violent acts each hour perigoso.
and also that children who watch a lot of television d) arma que o hbito de assistir a programas violen-
are more likely to think that the world is a mean and tos na TV faz com que as crianas se acostumem
dangerous place. a atitudes destrutivas, que passam a ser vistas por
Children often behave differently after theyve elas como normais.
been watching violent programs on TV. In one study e) comprova, atravs de pesquisas, que as crianas que
done at Pennsylvania State University, about 100 no assistem TV no esto sujeitas agressividade
preschool children were observed both before and after com colegas e desobedincia s regras.
watching television; some watched cartoons that had a
lot of aggressive and violent acts in them, and others 22. Vunesp
watched shows that didnt have any kind of violence. When children are frequently exposed to violent scenes
The researchers noticed real differences between the on TV, they ................. about violence anymore because
kids who watched the violent shows and those who they ................. anything wrong in it.
watched nonviolent ones.
a) care dont see
Children who watch the violent shows, even
b) dont care cant see
just funny cartoons, were more likely to hit out at their
playmates, argue, disobey class rules, leave tasks c) dont care didnt see
unnished, and were less willing to wait for things than d) didnt care couldnt see
those who watched the nonviolent programs, says e) dont care couldnt see
Aletha Huston, Ph D, now at the University of Kansas.
Extrado de www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html 23. Vunesp
The text ................. a study in which 100 preschool children
20. Vunesp ................. both before and after watching TV.
Conforme o texto, pesquisas revelam que crianas a) reported is observed
expostas violncia na TV: b) reports observed
a) podem se tornar menos sensveis dor e ao so- c) reported had been observed
frimento alheios, mais apreensivas com o mundo
d) had reported were observed
ao seu redor e mais sujeitas a apresentar um com-
e) reports had observed
portamento agressivo em relao aos outros.
b) podem se tornar menos sensveis dor e sofri- 24. Vunesp
mento alheios, menos apreensivas com o mundo
Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo signicado
ao seu redor e estar menos sujeitas a apresentar
de: Children who watch TV are sometimes aroused by
comportamento agressivo em relao aos ou-
violent scenes.
tros.
a) Violent scenes sometimes aroused children who
c) podem se tornar menos sensveis dor e ao sofri-
watch TV.
mento alheios, menos apreensivas com o mundo
ao seu redor e mais sujeitas a apresentar compor- b) Violent scenes sometimes arouse children who
tamento agressivo em relao aos outros. watched TV.

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c) Children sometimes aroused violent scenes when him person of the century, and just about anyone
they watch TV. can cite his most famous equation. For all this brand
d) Children sometimes aroused TV when they recognition, though, its safe to say that comparatively
watched violent scenes. few people know what Einsteins theories of relativity
e) Violent scenes sometimes arouse children who actually describe. In Einsteins Cosmos: How Albert
watch TV. Einsteins Vision Tranformed Our Understanding of
Space and Time (Norton, $23), City University of New
Texto para as questes 25 e 26. York physicist and accomplished science writer Michio
Kaku skims through the biographical and anecdotal
details of the great scientists life topics exhaustively
covered in Einsteins numerous biographies and
focuses instead on how he thought. More specically,
Kaku explores the visual metaphors Einstein used
while devising the special and general theories of
relativity. In doing so, Kaku enables the reader to
see and think as Einstein did, leading us to a simpler,
more complete understanding of several of the most
important scientic ideas of our time.
Gregory Mone. Popular Science, May, 2004

27. UFMG
The author of this text is:
Revista Natural Health, Maro de 2004, p.115. a) Michio Kaku.
b) Albert Einstein.
25. UFMT
c) Gregory Mone.
Em relao ao texto, assinale a armativa correta.
d) Popular Science.
a) um anncio que apresenta um novo produto ao
mercado.
28. UFMG
b) Barleygreen um xarope com grande poder de cura.
In the text, Einsteins popularity is contrasted with the
c) Barleygreen recomendado para pessoas com number of people who:
mais de 30 anos.
a) recognize the scientists image.
d) Barleygreen o suco verde mais popular do mundo.
b) can cite his famous equation.
e) Os interlocutores visados pelo anncio so os
c) identify him as person of the century.
consumidores do produto.
d) understand his theories well enough.
26. UFMT
29. UFMG
Em YH lnternational is now seeking new MLM
distributors..., o sentido do vocbulo destacado The book reviewed concentrates mostly on the
equivale ao de: scientists:
a) contracting. a) thinking processes.
b) ring. b) life and achievement.
c) paying. c) metaphorical theories.
d) changing. d) visual relativity.
e) looking for. 30. UFMG
The word did (line 19) refers to:
Texto para as questes de 27 a 30.
a) see and think.
b) do and enable.
c) explore and devise.
d) use and lead.

Texto para as questes de 31 a 34.


I used to think I could quit checking my e-mail
any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years
ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a
day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can
go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself
stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer
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Einstein mental chalkboard e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the
Albert Einsteins image is everywhere, adorning nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue
posters in college dorms, advertisements on the web, but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip
T-shirts and coffee mugs. Times magazine anointed was worth it.
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I know how she felt. You never know when a substance called casein which will bind to the
youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your spices and carry them away. Alcohol also dissolves
inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with oily spices.
a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. http://www.didyouknow.cd/why/why.htm
Time, June 10, 2002
35. Cefet-PR
31. Fuvest-SP
What can we do to calm the tongue after eating hot
The passage tells us that the writer: spicy food?
a) believes its about time he stopped thinking he can I. Eat bread.
break the e-mail habit any time.
II. Drink milk.
b) is fully aware that hes a compulsive e-mail
III. Drink an alcoholic beverage.
checker.
c) used to think only kids wasted whole hours
checking their e-mail. a) Only I answers the question.
d) didnt think it would take him years to break the b) Only II answers the question.
e-mail habit. c) Only III answers the question.
e) thinks that once hes able to stay away from his d) Only I and II answer the question.
e-mail for 24 hours, hell get rid of his addiction. e) I, II and III answer the question.

32. Fuvest-SP 36. Cefet-PR


Choose the correct translation for: Whole hours can Mark the alternative that is true, according to the
go missing. text.
a) No sinto falta das horas perdidas. a) Spices are oily in most hot foods.
b) Vale a pena desperdiar vrias horas. b) Water calms down the tongue after eating hot spicy
c) Sou capaz de perder horas inteiras. food.
d) Posso perder totalmente a noo das horas. c) Oily spices dissolve alcohol.
e) No me importo em car at altas horas. d) Science teachers eat spicy food.
e) Casein is a substance that makes your tongue ache.
33. Fuvest-SP
What did the writers friend nd when she was able to Texto para as questes de 37 a 41.
check her e-mail, according to the passage?
a) Unimportant messages. SNORING Half of men over 50 do it,
b) The writers message. but the real danger comes from apnea
c) An invitation to dinner.
d) No message at all.
e) Her uncles message.

34. Fuvest-SP
According to the passage, the writers friend:
a) was own to Panama because the cruise ship had
made her feel sick.
b) regretted having chartered a helicopter, after she
checked her e-mail in the caf.
c) left the cruise ship on a helicopter sent by her uncle Marcel Ascue used to snore so loudly that his
to check her e-mail in the nearest Internet caf. 5-year-old son Nathan made a joke of ZZZing whenever
d) was offered a helicopter to take her to Panama he came near. Tired of being a punch line (and just plain
when her cruise ship was stuck.
tired), Ascue, 44, nally went to the doctor and found
e) was glad she had left the cruise ship on a helicopter
he had sleep apnea. Last month he started sleeping
to check her e-mail in the caf.
with a mask, hooked to an air pressurizer, that covers
Texto para as questes 35 e 36. his nose and forces a steady stream of air down his
throat. The jokes havent stopped yet now his wife
Why does water not calm the tongue quips that shes sleeping with Darth Vader but at least
after eating hot spicy food?
the snoring has.
The spices in most of the hot foods that we
eat are oily, and, like your elementary school science Ascues story might amuse people who dont
teacher taught you, oil and water dont mix. In this case, snore or have bed partners who do. But thats not many
the water just rolls over the oily spices. people. By 50, half of men and a quarter of women
What can you do to calm your aching tongue? snore; 10 to 20 percent of Americans seek treatment
Eat bread. The bread will absorb the oily spices. for snoring each year. The numbers are expected to
A second solution is to drink milk. Milk contains jump as baby boomers age, since snoring is a side
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effect of growing old, gaining weight and losing muscle 42. UFMA
tone. During the day, the brain keeps the throat muscles Look at the following picture and choose Snoopys
taut and the airway open. When sleep descends, the answer to his friend.
muscles relax and vibrate as air rushes by.
Mary Carmichael, Newsweek (adapted)

37. Mackenzie-SP
The word do in the title of the article refers to:
a) men.
b) apnea.
c) snoring.
d) danger. a) Yes, of course I do!
e) half. b) No, I didnt have time!
c) In fact, I ever wrote it!
38. Mackenzie-SP d) No, but Ill think about it!
Choose the correct information according to the text. e) Yes, I have seen it!
a) Nathan made a ZZZing sound as soon as his father
snored. Texto para as questes de 43 a 47.
b) The doctor suggested that Marcel wear a Darth (...) Languages have always died. As cultures
Vader mask in order to breathe steadily. have risen and fallen, so their languages have emerged
c) Marcel hasnt been able to tell jokes due to his and disappeared. We can get some sense of it following
apnea treatment. the appearance of written language, for we now have
d) Bed partners who snore admit that 10 to 20 percent records (in various forms inscriptions, clay tablets,
of Americans seek treatment for snoring by 50. documents) of dozens of extinct languages from
e) As people age and get fat, they are more prone to classical times Bithynian, Cilician, Pisidian, Phrygian,
snore. Paphlagonian, Etruscan, Sumerian, Elamite, Hittite...
We know of some 75 extinct languages which
39. Mackenzie-SP have been spoken in Europe and Asia Minor. But the
The same verb tense used in The jokes havent extinct languages of which we have some historical
stopped yet is appropriately used in: record in this part of the world must be only a fraction of
those for which we have nothing. And when we extend
a) The books have been read last week.
our coverage to the whole world, where written records
b) Theyve done that before. of ancient languages are largely absent, it is easy to
c) The noise has stopped when I went to bed. see that no sensible estimate can be obtained about the
d) The lm has started at 6:00 p.m. before long. rate at which languages have died in the past. We can
e) Weve seen each other the night before. of course make guesses at the size of the population in
previous eras, and the likely size of communities, and
40. Mackenzie-SP (on the assumption that each community would have
had its own language) work out possible numbers of
In which sentence the word hooked cant be
languages.(...)
used?
Crystal, D. Language Death.C.U.P. 2000:68
a) We were afraid she was getting hooked on
painkillers. 43. ITA-SP
b) During the Olympics, I got hooked on beach Considere as seguintes asseres:
soccer.
I. H registro de cerca de 75 lnguas, hoje extintas,
c) We just moved and I havent hooked up my stereo que j foram faladas na Europa e na sia Menor.
yet.
II. Os registros sobre o surgimento da linguagem
d) Were hooking our annual New Years Day party escrita pode nos dar pistas sobre as razes do apa-
again. recimento e do desaparecimento das lnguas.
e) He hooked his arm through hers. III. As lnguas extintas das quais temos registro hoje
em dia representam a maior parte das Inguas
41. Mackenzie-SP conhecidas.
According to the text, the verb to quip can be Das armaes acima, est(o)correta(s):
replaced by: a) apenas I e II.
a) to complain. b) apenas I e III.
b) to jest. c) apenas II e III.
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c) to misjudge. d) todas.
d) to confess. e) nenhuma.
e) to despise.

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44. ITA-SP Texto para as questes de 48 a 52.
Assinale a opo que contm os respectivos referentes
dos itens abaixo relacionados.
Linha 2: their, em ...so their languages have
emerged...
Linha 13: which, em ...of those for which we have
nothing...
Linha 14: where, em where written records of ancient
languages...
a) languages; historical record; ancient languages.
b) cultures; extinct languages; the whole world.
c) written languages; a fraction of languages; the
past.
d) cultures; extinct languages; the past.
e) cultures; a fraction of languages; the whole
world.

45. ITA-SP
Available< www.uol.com.br/bichos > Captured 15/08/2004.
Assinale a opo que contm as respectivas melhores
tradues para os verbos destacados nos trechos a ON WHICH SIDE OF THE COUNTER will you
seguir: be in June 2010? In an aquarium or in the ocean?
People are scared by this proposition. They
Linhas de 10 a 13: But the extinct languages of which think its either too late, or too early, to make such
we have some historical record in this part of the world 05 serious decision. The fact is that people have become
must be only a fraction of those for which... unaccustomed to dreaming. They have lost the
Linhas 16 e 17 ...no sensible estimate can be obtained courage to place themselves in the future and, from
about the rate at which... there, look at the present. They still dont understand
the need to manage the present, with an eye on the
Linhas 17 e 18: We can of course make guesses... 10 future. Worse yet: their thinking is always based on
a projection from the past. Most spend about 90%
a) devem; pode; pode.
of the time remembering from where they came, 9%
b) devem; pode; podem. justifying where they are, and 1% thinking about
c) devem; pode; podemos. were they want to be.
15 Well, lets turn this pyramid upside down. Its not
d) deve; podem; pode.
important where you came from, or where you are, but
e) deve; podem; podemos. where you want to be! Those who keep their eyes on the
past are unable to move toward the ocean that awaits
46. ITA-SP them, where they can swim with big strokes. They get
20 comfortable, surround themselves with envious and
Assinale a opo que contm outra forma de expressar
pessimistic people, quash any initiative taken by
a frase on the assumption that each community would
one of their children, a student, or a subordinate to
have had... (linhas 20 e 21).
nd the way to the ocean. They create rituals and
a) has each community had... rules in the aquarium as thought it were the size of
b) had each community had... 25 the world. Its not.
c) if we assume that each community will have What is this aquarium that holds most people
had... prisoner? It may be a company, a position, or a
manipulative boss. It could be a love relationship,
d) if each community has had... a poorly draw contract, or a credit card that holds us
e) assuming each community will have... 30 hostage to our debts. It could also be an unwanted
event, an illness, or a catastrophe.
But the aquarium is mainly what we carry inside
47. ITA-SP
ourselves: a mental model lled with values, beliefs,
Assinale a opo que contm uma conjuno que no prejudice, standards and truths that end up blocking
pode substituir for em for we now have... (linha 4). 35 our way to the sea. The aquarium is inside us, We
a) as are our biggest competitor.
The rst step to freedom is to think about June
b) due to the fact that
2010 and make the inner choice: aquarium or ocean?
c) since Thats the question.
d) because caro, June 2004, p. 20.

e) so
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48. UFR-RJ a) Possibility d) Progress
People may think of the future: b) Volition e) Determination
a) with great desire and anxiety. c) Obligation
b) no matter what their past was.
c) taking into account the past. 51. UFR-RJ
d) considering either the past or present time. In the sentence, It may be a company, a position, or a
manipulative boss (lines 27-28) the marked word
e) as a way out to success.
could be replaced by:
49. UFR-RJ a) host.
In the sentences, ...to move toward the ocean that b) hostage.
awaits them (lines 18-19), quash any initiative c) clerk.
taken by (line 21) and It could also be an unwanted d) thief.
event, an illness, or a catastrophe (lines 30-31), the e) chief.
marked words are equivalent to:
a) keeps clarify anxiety. 52. UFR-RJ
b) waits for reject ailment. The sentence, People are scared by this proposition
c) frightens stimulate exasperation. (line 3) is equivalent to:
d) excites avoid enchantment. a) This proposition scared people.
e) threatens accept exploitation.
b) This proposition scares people.
50. UFR-RJ c) This proposition has scared people.
What do the marked words express in the sentences, d) This proposition had scared people.
It may be a company, a position (line 27) and e) This proposition is scaring people.
It could be a love relationship (line 28)?

Captulo 3
53. FCMSC-SP sheepishly and studied during her entire senior year
Assinale a alternativa em que o emprego do reexivo for the vestibular, the national college entrance exam.
estiver errado. 25 She did very well, scoring 82.5 percent, better than half
a) He killed himself with an Arabian knife. the students admitted ahead of her. But her application
b) I cut myself last Sunday. was rejected, essentially because she is neither black
nor poor.
c) The little boy was talking to himself.
d) Why are all of you shaving themselves? I just dont understand how you can justify
30 someone with a lower grade getting into the school,
e) Those three men were insulting themselves.
and turning me down. Why, because I have blond
hair? said Fracescutti, the daughter of an architect
Texto para as questes de 54 a 57. and a botanist. I have friends who are whiter than me
Afrmative action debate forces and didnt study and didnt do well on the test, but they
Brazil to take a look in the mirror 35 wrote down they were [black] on their application
With more blacks than any country outside and they got in. My grandmother is black. I could
of Africa on a continent where few of its neigh- have written down that I am black, but I didnt feel right
bors have a black population of any signicant size about that. In a country like Brazil, everyones blood
Brazil is divided over new government policies is mixed together.
05 to begin closing the yawning gap* between rich 40 [...]
and poor by establishing rigid quotas for college
The biggest advantage of this quota system,
admissions, contracts and jobs. But in this blended
said Paulo Fabio Salgueiro, the admissions director
population of 180 million, where virtually everyone
at the State University, is that it has broken this myth
claims an ancestor who is either much lighter or
of a nonracial society. Brazilians have by and large
10 much darker, Brazilians are struggling to answer a
45 always believed there are no white Brazilians or
question that is central to afrmative action: Who,
black Brazilians, just Brazilians. But the debate over
and what, is black? Among Brazils largest and most
quotas has forced everyone to confront the fact that
prestigious colleges, the State University of Rio is
racism, discrimination and social exclusion are alive
the countrys rst public institution to implement afr-
and well here.
15 mative action. Virtually overnight it has doubled and
in some cases tripled the enrollment of black and 50 [...]
mixed-race students in elite professional schools In a country where the distribution of we-
such as medicine, law and engineering. alth is more uneven than in virtually any other
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Gabriella Fracescutti, 19 has led one of nearly 300 place in the world, the question of racial identity
20 lawsuits against the State University because of its quota is hardly academic. Race does indeed matter
policy. She has dreamed of being a surgeon since she 55 here, sorting rich Brazilians from poor Brazilians
was a high school freshman I like blood, she says in much the same way it does Americans and
57
South Africans. [...] The unemployment rate for 59. Unicap-PE
Brazilians considered either black or mixed race is twi- Julgue (V ou F) as armativas a seguir.
ce that of whites, according to the Brazilian Institute of I. The Millers have two children. Their rst names is
60 Geography and Statistics, a government agency Charles and Mary.
known by its Portuguese acronym, IBGE. White II. There is many people in front of the theater waiting
Brazilians generally earn 57 percent more than to buy their tickets.
black Brazilians working in the same eld, and a
III. His car is as well as mine.
white Brazilian without a high school diploma earns
65 more, on average, than a black Brazilian with a IV. Do you know whose house this is? No, I dont.
college degree. V. Do you know whom is the man standing over there
at the reception desk?
Blacks in Brazil die younger, are more likely both to
be arrested and to be convicted of crimes, and are half
Texto para as questes de 60 a 65.
as likely as whites to have running water or a working
70 toilet in their homes, according to IBGE. And of the Rice with Vitamin A
1.4 million students admitted to universities in Brazil Rice does not contain very much vitamin A. In the
each year, only 3 percent identify themselves as black poorer parts of Asia, where rice is almost the only food
or mixed race; only 18 percent come from the public of the rural population, a vitamin A deciency is common,
schools, where most black Brazilians study. leading to early blindness. Now Drs. Ingo Potrykus and
*gap (l. 05) hiato, lacuna. Peter Beyer, two genetic enginners, have transferred the
JETER, John. Afrmative action debate forces Brazil to take look genes for vitamin A from other species into rice, creating
in the mirror. Washington Post, June 16, 2003. Disponvel em: a strain of rice which is rich in vitamin A the amount of rice
<http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/brazil/1518.html>. in a typical third world diet could provide about tteen
Acessado em: 28 jun. 2004.
percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A,
54. UFBA sufcient to prevent blindness. Now that a few plants with
Based on Gabriella Fracescuttis experience and the this trait have been created, they are being cross bred
with other varieties of rice using conventional breeding
admissions directors opinion, state the advantage and
techniques, as has been done for centuries. Such cross
the disadvantage of the quota system. breeding could further increase the vitamin A content.
55. UFBA The development of rice with vitamin A was
Indicate three pieces of evidence given in the article that carried out at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technolo-
support the fact that blacks are less privileged than whites. gy, making free use of patented technology and of the
earlier research which had established the basic facts
56. UFBA about how plants synthesize vitamins. The corporations
In the following examples, analyze the use of the word holding the various patents all agreed to cost-free use
black, explaining its form, its grammatical class and of their patents as long as the rice was to be provided
its position. free to poor third-world farmers. The new nice strain
was then turned over to the International Rice Research
black population (l.3): Institute, a non-profit organization based in the
My grandmother is black. (l. 36): Philippines, where it will be evaluated for its adaptability
black Brazilians (l. 46): to various growing conditions, food safety, and
environmental impacts etc. The IRRI preserves thousands
Blacks in Brazil die younger (l. 67): of varieties of rice with different genetic characteristics,
57. UFBA so the new strain can be cross bred to produce varieties
Rewrite the following sentences according to the suitable for almost any locality. The result is that rural
instructions below. Make the necessary changes. Asians can soon expect to retain normal eyesight.
Available < http://members.tripod.com/c_rader0/gemod.htm#intro>
Replace the word since by when: Captured 10/07/2004

She has dreamed of being a surgeon since she


60. UFR-RJ
was a high school freshman. (l. 21-22)
Many people in rural Asia today:
Use a different form of negative:
a) are born poor and blind.
there are no white Brazilians or black Brazilians, b) do not like eating rice.
just Brazilians. (l. 45-46)
c) eat more chicken than recommended.
58. Unicap-PE d) prevent blindness eating rice.
Julgue (V ou F) as armativas a seguir. e) suffer from lack of vitamin A.
I. I am from Recife. Where are you from? I am from
Costa Rica. 61. UFR-RJ
II. Carlos visited Rio last week. He is visiting another Drs. Potrykus and Beyers creation of a rice variety
city now. with vitamin A may:
III. The news we received this morning is discouraging. a) end poverty in Asia and Philippines.
b) enhance rice production worldwide.
IV. This dress is the least expensive. This is why I am
going to buy it. c) ght third world diseases like anemia.
d) prevent poor rural Asians blindness.
V. Please read to yourself, not aloud.
e) produce a new strain rich in iron.
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62. UFR-RJ 65. UFR-RJ
The several corporations that hold the patents about Assinale a alternativa que completa corretamente a
how plants synthesize vitamins: frase There will always be conict between ________
a) agreed to sell the rice to poor farmers. poor and ________ rich. ________ poor people want
b) determined the rice should be given, not sold. ________ change but ________ rich people want
c) intended to produce more rice varieties. ________ things to stay ________ way they are.
d) produced the rice strain together. a) ///////
e) wanted the commercialization of the new rice strain. b) the/the/////the
c) the/the/The//the/the/
63. UFR-RJ d) //The/the/the//
Which option contains a correct pair of synonymous
e) the//The//the//the
words?
a) deciency lack 66. Unicap-PE
b) allow prevent Julgue (V ou F) as armativas a seguir.
c) content free I. An English language has many consonant
d) early late sounds and the Spanish language has many vowel
e) rural poor sounds.
II. I do not have any difculty studying the Mathematics.
64. UFR-RJ
The text can be classied, according to its discourse, as: III. Only a few families escaped the hurricane. What
a terrible scene!
a) poetic.
IV. Does Mr. Miller prefer bananas or oranges? She
b) narrative.
prefers oranges.
c) informative.
V. I believe that this job is going to be nished by the
d) descriptive. end of the month.
e) argumentative.

Captulo 4
Texto para as questes de 67 a 72. a) H pouca variedade de entretenimento nas noites
Athens at night atenienses.
Athens, like New York City, is called a city b) Atenas e Nova Iorque tm uma vida noturna agitada.
that never sleeps... c) Atenas, mais que Nova Iorque, oferece muito lazer
Athens gives new meaning to the word ni- noite.
ghtlife. Whether you start with dinner and then hit d) A comida grega a melhor opo para um jantar
05 the clubs, or begin with a couple of drinks and then na madrugada ateniense.
make your way to one of the many bouzoukia (clubs e) Nova Iorque oferece mais diverso noturna que
specializing in Greek music played on bouzoukis), Atenas.
the city is sure to keep you entertained until the early
hours. Clubs offering live music are located primarily 68. UFMT
10 on Syngrou and Poseidonos Avenues and are the Segundo o texto:
best places to party. Drinks cost 10 Euro while a
a) Perivoli est fechado s segundas e teras-feiras.
bottle of whiskey costs 150 Euro.
(Note: We do not make recommendations these b) Stoa Athanaton ca aberto at s 7h30 das manhs
are popular spots but you are on your own!) de domingo.
15 NTOYZENI 8 Makroyianni near the Acropolis. Open c) Ntoyzeni localiza-se prximo a Perivoli Toyranou.
Thursday through Sunday with four Rembetika d) pode-se comer e beber em Stoa Athanaton.
singers. (tel. 9227597, 9219427) e) pode-se ouvir msica ao vivo em Perivoli Toyranou
PERIVOLI T OYRANOU Lisikratous 19, Plaka. aos domingos.
Six Rembetika singers, cozy atmosphere. Closed
20 Sunday and Monday. (tel. 3235517, 3222048) 69. UFMT
STOA ATHANATON Sofokleos 19. Six Rembetika Sobre a intencionalidade do texto, assinale a armativa
singers. Food & drinks. Open 3:30 p.m 7:30 p.m. correta.
and at night. Closed Sunday. [] a) Informar sobre a vida noturna em Atenas.
<www.athenshousing.com/athens2004cityguide/athens_nightlife. b) Recomendar os melhores bares de Atenas.
html> c) Criticar o preo das bebidas em Atenas.
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67. UFMT e) Classicar bares e restaurantes de Atenas.
Assinale a informao que est contida no texto.

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70. UFMT 74. PUC-PR
Em ...or begin with a couple of drinks (linha 5), a ex- The second question is a reference to:
presso destacada pode ser substituda, sem prejuzo a) lenght.
de sentido, por: b) time.
a) exactly two drinks. c) height.
b) one drink. d) size.
c) a small number of drinks. e) price.
d) lots of drinks.
e) many drinks. Texto para as questes de 75 a 77.

71. UFMT Offer


Who who am I to be blue
These are popular spots (linhas 13-14) refere-se a: Look at my family and fortune
a) Plaka, Sofokleos e Makroyianni. Look at my friends and my house
b) Ntoyzeni, Perivoli TOyranou e Stoa Athanaton.
Who who am I to feel dead end
c) Acropolis, Lisikratous e Syngrou. Who am I to feel spent
d) Bouzoukia e Rembetika. Look at my health and my money
e) Athens e New York. And where where do I go to feel good
Why do I still look outside me
72. UFMT When clearly Ive seen it wont work
Considerando os aspectos lingsticos utilizados no Is it my calling to keep on when Im unable
texto, assinale a armativa correta. And is it my job to be seless extraordinary
a) ... never (linha 2) um advrbio. And my generosity has me disabled
By this my sense of duty to offer
b) ... meaning (linha 3) um verbo no gerndio.
c) ... then (linha 4) um pronome pessoal. Why why do I feel so ungrateful
d) ... through (linha 16) um artigo denido. Me who is far beyond survival
e) ... the best (linhas 10 e 11) um adjetivo no grau Me who seen life as an oyster
comparativo.
And how how dare I rest on my laurels
How dare I ignore an outstretched hand
Texto para as questes 73 e 74. How dare I ignore a third world country
Calvin & Hobbes. Bill Watterson
Who who am I to be Blue
MORISSETE, Alanis. Feast on Scraps.
Canada: Maverick Recording Company, 2002. 1 CD. Faixa 5.

Vocabulrio:
To be blue: estar triste, deprimida
To be seless extraordinaire: ser altrusta, notvel
Oyster: ostra
Rest on my laurels: acomodar-se
An outstretched hand: uma mo estendida

75. UFG-GO
Os vrios questionamentos presentes na letra da
msica:
a) evidenciam a busca pela aceitao social.
b) enfatizam a diculdade de ascenso econmica.
c) criticam a generosidade da sociedade burgesa.
d) comprovam a complexidade de relacionar-se com
sexo oposto.
e) demonstram o conito entre o ser e o fazer.

76. UFG-GO
73. PUC-PR Qual dos seguintes versos questiona a idia expressa
Why is Calvin so anxious? na comparao Me whos seen life as an oyster?
a) He didnt want to drive to the mountains. a) Who am I to be blue?
b) Hes hungry and thirsty. b) Who am I to feel dead end?
c) He wants to get to his vacation place soon. c) Who am I to feel spent?
d) His parents did not want to take a plane. d) Where do I go to feel good?
e) Its a two day trip. e) How dare I ignore a third world country?
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77. UFG-GO 79. UFTM-MG
Na letra da msica de Alanis Morissete, h vrios ver- A mortalidade infantil:
sos que expressam perguntas. Em qual dos seguintes a) causada por doenas tropicais, como diarria e
versos a palavras em destaque est sendo utilizada pneumonia.
com um propsito diferente? b) atinge mais de 60% das crianas com menos de 5
a) Who am I to be blue anos.
b) Where do I go do feel good c) ser reduzida em 60% no milnio atual.
c) Why do still look outside me d) apresentou uma reduo menor na dcada passada.
d) When clearly Ive seen it wont work. e) ameaa, principalmente, as crianas que j sofre-
e) How dare I rest on my laurels ram de pneumonia.

80. UFTM-MG
Texto para as questes de 78 a 82.
De acordo com o texto, Jennifer Bryce:
Medics call for action on child health crisis
a) estudou pediatria na Sua.
The health of the worlds children is in an
abysmal state, say medical experts in a series of b) trabalha na OMS, em Genebra.
reports, the rst of which is published today. Only cash c) desenvolveu projetos de saneamento para a cida-
and coordinated effort can end the crisis, they warn. de de Gnova.
Each year, 10.8 million under-ves die. More d) considera o tratamento atual da diarria muito
than 60% of these infants are killed by preventable bsico.
illnesses such as diarrhea and pneumonia, the reports e) especializou-se em sade infantil, mas trabalha na
reveal. We could save 6 million children every year by rea administrativa.
doing what we know how to do, says Jennifer Bryce,
81. UFTM-MG
a child health specialist at the World Health Organiza-
tion (WHO) in Geneve, Switzerland namely, tackling Na frase do primeiro pargrafo: The health of the
malnutrition and sanitation, and giving basic treatment worlds children is in abysmal state, say medical
for respiratory diseases and diarrhea. experts in a series of reports, the rst of which is
published today, a palavra which se refere a:
Bryce coordinated the effort, which presents the
rst comprehensive analysis of child survival data for a) abysmal state.
two decades. The reports highlight a worsening trend b) health.
in child health. c) children.
Worldwide child mortality fell by about 2.5% each d) medical experts.
year between 1960 and 1990. This slowed to 1.1% be- e) reports.
tween 1990 and 2001. Focus has drifted away from child
survival, says child health epidemiologist Saul Morris of 82. UFTM-MG
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Na ltima frase do texto: All this despite the United
Donations to child health care are also down. At Nations resolution in 2000 , a palavra despite sig-
$1.9 billion, this years US overseas health aid budget nica, em portugus:
is larger than ever, but funds earmarked for child a) a respeito de.
survival are just $326 million, their lowest since 1995. b) conforme.
All this despite the United Nations resolution in 2000 c) apesar de.
that made a 60% reduction in child mortality by 2015 d) devido a.
one of its eight Millennium Development Goals. e) alm de.
Tom Clarke, Nature Science Update
83. Mackenzie-SP
78. UFTM-MG People ____________ lose their memories are said
Segundo as informaes fornecidas no texto, a sade to be suffering from amnesia. Amnesia is a condition
infantil no mundo: in ___________ people can forget even their own
a) melhorou na ltima dcada devido aos esforos names. Sometimes a person _____________ memory
da OMS e da ONU. is seriously affected may never regain it.
b) est ameaada por falta de campanhas de vaci- Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as
nao e saneamento. lacunas do texto apresentado.
c) no est recebendo a ateno que merece e, a) which / who / whose
portanto, encontra-se em estado calamitoso. b) who / which / whose
d) piorou devido m gesto de verbas pblicas c) which / who / who
destinadas sade como um todo. d) who / which / who
e) estar em situao melhor nos prximos 15 anos, e) whose / who / which
pois os resultados dos esforos atuais estaro
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84. UFMA c) given to a group of business leaders willing to
Provide the appropriate tag question to complete the participate in the project.
dialogue. d) for the voluntary participation of business.
e) rejected by the Confederation of Industry.

Texto para as questes de 87 a 96.

Water
1. When the wells dry, we know the worth of water.
Benjamin Franklin quoted those prophetic words
nearly two and a half centuries ago, when Americas
wells both literally and guratively overowed
with water.
2. Today those same wells are in danger of running dry,
A: Please Edu, help me wash the dishes, ________ and along with the rest of the world we face a critical
________? shortage of clean, fresh water.
B: Sure, dad. I am your best assistant, __________ 3. The problem is not the supply of water; earth
______? has virtually the same amount today as it did when
dinosaurs roamed the planet. Ninety-seven percent of
C: Hey Sandra, youve found the spaghetti recipe, that supply is in the form of salt water. Only 3 percent
___________? is fresh, and two-thirds of that is ice.
D: Yes, dad. Spaghetti with tuna sh is delicious, 4. The problem is simply people our increasing
____________? numbers and our agrant abuse of one of our most
precious, and limited, resources.
a) wont you / aint I / havent you / isnt that
5. A computer-graphics rendition of the United States
b) will you / arent I / havent you / isnt it dramatizes the problem. According to it, California and
c) dont you / am I / didnt you / is it Idaho show the areas of highest use, thanks largely to
d) would you / aint I / did you / isnt it crop irrigation. In California, for example, 78 percent of
e) will you / arent I / have you / doesnt it the water used goes to agriculture and only 22 percent
for urban needs.
6. Altogether the United States withdraws 339 billion
85. FGV-SP gallons of ground and surface water a day.Although
Caste and Cash four trillion gallons of water falls on us daily in the form
Indias business leaders have recently been enjoying of precipitation, much of that disappears in evaporation
the benets of becoming internationally competitive, and run off, and our rivers and springs are being
after decades of leaden regulation. Now, they have dangerously polluted and exhausted. Occasionally, as
taken fright. The reason is an inferred warning that the with the catastrophic ooding of the upper Mississippi Valley
last summer, we seem cursed with an overabundance of
government is thinking of setting quotas for the number
water, but such events are mercifully rare.
of people from the poorly-educated bottom end of the 7. There is, of course, no substitute for water; it has
Hindu caste system they should employ. What seemed already begun to replace oil as a major cause of
to make matters worse was that it was none other confrontation in the Middle East. The confrontations
than Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, who gave can only grow and widen.
the warning, when he said, on April 18th at the annual 8. A team of top photographers, writers, and editors
conference of the Confederation of Industry, that it crisscrossed North America, exploring peoples
would be the best for them to take action voluntarily. attitudes, habits, and perceptions of water. The team
The Economist, Sunday April 30 th 2006. found historic mismanagement of water, blatant cases
of waste and pollution, and widespread ignorance
According to the text, business leaders in India: of water problems. Yet they also found a growing
a) are enjoying themselves. awareness of the challenges water presents and an
b) are getting worried. encouraging readiness to face them.
c) tend to reect the anxiousness of the social castes 9. One thing is certain: We must mend our ways. The
in their society. United States uses three times as much water a day
d) are unable to compete internationally. 2,100 liters per person as the average European
country, and astronomically more water than most
e) dont really believe in the advantages of competition. developing nations.When we realize that it can take
1,500 liters of fresh water merely to produce one
86. UFG-GO 250-gram steak, then as Benjamin Franklin put it we
According to the text, the prime ministers suggestion know the worth of water.
was: 10. The question is how well we will use that
a) voluntary. knowledge.
b) given days before the Confederation of Industrys Adaptado de William Graves, Introduction, in

meeting. National Geographic Special Edition: Water. Washington, D. C., Nov. 1993.

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87. UFSCar-SP d) a reduo na produo de carne bovina poder
reduzir o desperdcio de gua.
Segundo o texto, as palavras profticas de Benjamin
Franklin: e) a produo de carne bovina compromete o abas-
a) levam os americanos a enfrentar o problema da tecimento de gua nas cidades.
falta de gua da mesma forma que os povos das
outras partes do mundo. 91. UFSCar-SP
b) fazem com que os americanos reitam sobre o Os suxos das palavras highest, do quinto pargrafo, e
problema da falta de gua que os povos da Europa upper, do sexto, indicam, respectivamente, os graus:
e da sia enfrentam. a) superlativo e superlativo.
c) despertam na mente dos americanos a curiosida- b) superlativo e comparativo.
de com relao estratgia que os outros povos c) comparativo e superlativo.
utilizam para enfrentar a falta de gua.
d) comparativo e comparativo.
d) indicam que os poos correm o risco de secar e,
assim como os demais povos do mundo, os ame- e) comparativo e normal.
ricanos enfrentam o problema da falta de gua.
92. UFSCar-SP
e) sugerem que os outros povos deveriam se preo-
cupar mais com o sentido gurado dos poos e da A palavra Yet, que se encontra no oitavo pargrafo,
falta de gua. indica uma relao de:
a) razo. d) exceo.
88. UFSCar-SP b) conseqncia. e) adio.
A informao prestada por Graves nos pargrafos de c) exemplicao.
3 a 5 indica que:
93. UFSCar-SP
a) a quantidade de gua doce vem diminuindo desde
o tempo em que os dinossauros vagavam pelo Com base nas informaes dadas no incio e no m
planeta. do texto, responda ao que se pede.
b) as reservas de gua doce deixariam de diminuir, a) Qual o significado das palavras profticas de
se os Estados da Califrnia e do Idaho utilizassem Benjamin Franklin?
menos gua na agricultura. b) O que o autor quer dizer quando arma que os
c) o problema da falta de gua doce no a sua poos da Amrica transbordavam literal e gurati-
quantidade, que continua sendo a mesma do vamente?
tempo dos dinossauros.
d) a falta de gua seria amenizada, se Estados como 94. UFSCar-SP
Califrnia e Idaho deixassem de atender todas as Retorne ao texto e responda s questes.
necessidades urbanas. a) Qual a nalidade do grco mencionado no quinto
e) as reservas de gua doce aumentariam, se o Esta- pargrafo?
do da Califrnia economizasse gua nas cidades, b) Como os dois Estados americanos, Califrnia e
para preservar a agricultura. Idaho, utilizam a gua?
89. UFSCar-SP 95. UFSCar-SP
Segundo o texto: Segundo o texto, responda ao que se pede.
a) a poluio dos rios e mananciais da Amrica do a) O que vem acontecendo no Oriente Mdio com
Norte, assim como de outras partes do mundo, relao gua?
est sob controle. b) Por que um grupo de fotgrafos e outros especia-
b) o controle da poluio e do desperdcio nos rios e listas percorrem a Amrica do Norte?
mananciais dos Estados Unidos vem se tornando
uma atividade perigosa. 96. UFSCar-SP
c) se as enchentes que ocorrem no Vale do Mississippi De acordo com texto, responda ao que se pede.
se tornarem mais raras, a poluio poder ser a) O que o grupo de especialistas encontrou de
controlada nos Estados Unidos. positivo?
d) as enchentes no Vale do Mississippi tm impedido a b) Por que os americanos devem mudar com relao
poluio dos rios e mananciais da Amrica do Norte. gua?
e) os rios e mananciais da Amrica do Norte esto
sendo perigosamente poludos e exauridos. Texto para as questes de 97 a 101.
Could You or Someone You Care About
90. UFSCar-SP Have an Eating Disorder?
O texto arma que: In a culture where thinness is too often equated
a) podem ser necessrios at 1.500 litros de gua with physical attractiveness, success, and happiness,
limpa para produzir um l de 250 gramas. nearly everyone has dealt with issues regarding the effect
their weight and body shape can have on their self-image.
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b) para lavar 1.500 kg de carne, torna-se necessria


a mesma quantidade de gua. However, eating disorders are not about dieting or
vanity; theyre complex psychological disorders in
c) a produo de carne se d de acordo com a ne- which an individuals eating patterns are developed
cessidade de aproveitamento da gua.
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and then habitually maintained in an attempt to c) arma que eles j atingiram 5 milhes de ameri-
cope with other problems in their life. canos que, por no receberem tratamento, sofrem
Each year, more than 5 million Americans are conseqncias emocionais, psicolgicas e fsicas
affected by serious and often life-threatening eating que podem ser devastadoras ou fatais.
disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge-eating, bulimia d) arma que, a cada ano, eles afetam 5 milhes de
nervosa, compulsive eating, and obesity. Left americanos, perseguindo-os ao longo da vida.
untreated, the emotional, psychological and physical Como eles so deixados sem tratamento, acabam
consequences can be devastating, even fatal. Eating
tendo conseqncias emocionais, psicolgicas e
disorders know no class, cultural, or gender boundaries
fsicas devastadoras.
and can affect men, women, adolescents, and even
children, from all walks of life. e) garante que eles podem atingir a todos, sem exce-
Extrado de http://www.eating-disorder.com
o, e que, mesmo com tratamento, as conseqn-
cias emocionais, psicolgicas e fsicas so srias e
97. Vunesp acompanham os atingidos pela vida toda.
Indique a alternativa correta.
a) Em uma cultura na qual a boa forma fsica est 99. Vunesp
freqentemente associada atrao, ao sucesso e Eating disorders class, cultural, or gender
felicidade, quase todos j lidaram com os efeitos boundaries. Therefore, they can affect
de seu peso e da aparncia de seu corpo em sua a) knows no anyone.
auto-imagem. b) know no someone.
b) Distrbios alimentares so alteraes psicolgicas c) know some nobody.
complexas nas quais padres de alimentao so
d) can know nobody.
desenvolvidos e mantidos como forma de lidar com
certos problemas. Relacionam-se, portanto, mais e) dont know any anyone.
dieta alimentar do que vaidade pessoal.
c) Embora vivamos em uma cultura em que a boa 100. Vunesp
forma fsica est sempre associada ao sucesso e Eating disorders are about dieting . vanity.
felicidade, poucos se preocupam com os efeitos
a) not and
que o peso e a aparncia do corpo podem causar
b) not but
na auto-imagem.
c) just and
d) Distrbios alimentares so alteraes psicolgicas
complexas nas quais padres de alimentao so d) neither nor
desenvolvidos e mantidos como forma de lidar com e) just or
certos problemas. Relacionam-se, portanto, a uma
dieta alimentar que afeta a vaidade pessoal. 101. Vunesp
e) Embora nossa cultura no relacione a forma fsica
Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo signi-
atrao, ao sucesso e felicidade, todos se preo-
cado de:
cupam com os efeitos que o peso e a aparncia do
More than 5 million Americans are affected by serious
corpo podem causar na auto-imagem.
and often life-threatening eating disorders.
98. Vunesp a) Serious and often life-threatening eating disorders
Ao ilustrar os distrbios alimentares, o texto: affect more than 5 million Americans.
a) garante que eles no fazem distino de classe, b) Serious and often life-threatening eating disorders
cultura e gnero, mas podem afetar, de modo affected more than 5 million Americans.
diferenciado, homens, mulheres, adolescentes e c) More than 5 million Americans affect serious and
crianas, como conrmam os 5 milhes de ameri- often life-threatening eating disorders.
canos atingidos. d) More than 5 millions serious and life-threatening
b) arma que eles podem atingir a todos, sem exce- eating disorders often affect Americans.
o, e que, na falta de tratamento, as conseqn- e) Serious and life-threatening eating disorders have
cias emocionais, psicolgicas e fsicas podem ser been often affected by more than 5 millions Ame-
devastadoras e, at mesmo, fatais. ricans.

Captulo 5
Texto para as questes de 102 a 106. weight gained from the holiday.
Well theres a better way. We offer healthy eating
Healthy eating tips Action plan for life tips to help you keep the weight off. The problem is
Millions of people make a resolution to lose weight that most people think of weight loss as a temporary
and stop over eating after New Years. Thousands join endeavor instead of a life long action plan. Any worthy thing
health clubs and many more try desperate weight loss in life requires effort and effort requires action on our part.
gimmicks to shed holiday pounds. Unfortunately, many Losing weight will not happen by taking some type of miracle
people quit after the rst week or two and maintain the solution but requires real action from us.
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Design an action plan for 6 months to a year of c) It is not popular. People do not want to hear that
healthy eating and exercise. Several months into your losing weight demands some type of sacrice. But
action plan will change your habits for a lifetime so the bottom line is: you must burn more calories than
that you can continue to lose weight after 6 months. you take in to lose weight.
Contrary to popular belief, YOU are the most qualied d) Write down your decisions and strategies, and be
person to create a diet and tness plan because you committed to follow it on most days. However, when
know your eating habits better than anyone else. What you cant follow your decisions, forgive yourself and
goes into this action plan? move on to the next day. Remember: a good diet
Below are 5 tings to help you lose weight. design is essential.
(1) Written diet plan. e) Any diet plan must consist of foods that you normally
(2) Include foods you like. eat. The trick is to cut portions. Small portions of
meats (stick with poultry), pasta and other carbs
(3) Limit calorie consumption.
combined with larger portions of vegetables.
(4) Give yourself a free day.
(5) Include exercise in your plan. 104. Vunesp
Extrado de http://mydietbuddy.com/healthy-eating-tips.htm Unfortunately, many people after the rst
week or second week.
a) stop dieting
102. Vunesp
b) stop not diet
Escolha a alternativa correta, com base nas informa- c) dont stop dieting
es contidas no texto. d) dont stop to diet
a) Milhes de pessoas decidem perder peso e redu- e) stop and go on a diet
zir a quantidade de alimentos ingeridos aps as
festas de nal de ano. Para isso, milhares delas 105. Vunesp
se associam a clubes e tentam medidas extremas, People ............... weight loss is a temporary
conseguindo perder, em uma ou duas semanas, o endeavor, ........ a life long action plan.
peso adquirido. a) who thought dont design
b) O grande problema com a perda do peso adquirido b) that thought has never designed
aps as festas de m de ano que poucas pessoas
c) who design think of
acreditam que isso seja uma tarefa temporria que
d) who think dont care about designing
se resolve com uma dieta balanceada, feita por
voc mesmo, para o perodo de 6 meses. e) who think design
c) Embora milhes de pessoas resolvam perder peso
106. Vunesp
aps as festas de nal de ano e milhares delas se
associem a clubes ou tentem medidas extremas, According to popular belief, you are .........
muitas acabam abandonando essa deciso em person to design a diet plan.
uma ou duas semanas e mantendo o peso adqui- a) the most qualied
rido. b) one of the most qualied
d) No adianta tentar medidas extremas para perder c) probably the less qualied
o peso adquirido em um determinado perodo do d) an expert
ano, pois isso s acontecer se voc encontrar
e) certainly well qualied
quem elabore uma dieta de um ano que inclua
alimentao saudvel e exerccios. 107. ITA-SP
e) A perda de peso no ocorre por meio de solues
milagrosas e nem de planos reais de ao. Con-
trariamente ao que se pensa, voc a pessoa
melhor indicada para elaborar um programa de
emagrecimento, porque voc conhece seus pr-
prios hbitos alimentares.

103. Vunesp
Com base nas informaes contidas no texto, escolha a
alternativa que explica o signicado da recomendao:
Written diet plan.
a) All plans become cumbersome if you dont allow
some freedom. Always allow one free day of eating
every 7 to 10 days. Na frase Secrets of the New Matrix: Were the FIRST
b) Write down the day and time you will do it. The to see the movie and play the videogame! If we told
best option would be walking at a fast pace. This you everything, theyd have to kill us., extrada da
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can be done at lunch, before work or immediately manchete da revista Time, os pronomes we e you
after work, 3 or 6 times each week. referem-se, respectivamente, a:

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a) editores da Time pblico que assistiu estria
do lme.
b) diretores do lme The Matrix Reloaded pblico
em geral.
c) pblico que assistiu estria do lme pblico em
geral.
d) editores da Time leitores da revista Time.
e) pblico que assistiu estria do lme leitores da
revista Time.

108. ITA-SP
Com base no texto anterior, considere as seguintes 03. Tennis is very popular ______________ England,
asseres. where the Wimbledon tournament takes place.
Em Were e theyd, re e d so, respectivamente, Players _________ all over the world wish to take
contraes de exes verbais I e II. part _________ it.
Uma outra forma de expressar a orao If we told
you everything, theyd have to kill us. III.
A opo que melhor preenche as lacunas I, II e III :
I II III
a) are would Theyd kill us, unless we told you
everything.
b) are had They had to kill us, unless we told
you everything.
c) were would Unless we told you everything, they
would have to kill us.
d) were could Unless we told you everything, they 04. A lot of boys are interested _________ football
could kill us. because they dream of a successful future. Most
e) are would They wouldnt have to kill us, unless girls who play it, however, do it _________ fun.
we told you everything.

109. UFMG
Fill in the blanks using the correct preposition to complete
the information on some well-known sports.
(The rst one is done for you as an example.)

05. Sky-diving takes a lot of courage. People jump


_________ a plane and only open their parachutes
when they are very close _________ the ground.

Texto para as questes de 110 a 114.


Teen depression
Depression is dened as an illness when the
feelings of sadness, hopelessness and despair
01. Climbing is a sport that depends on a lot of training
persist and interfere with a child or adolescents
and skill. Its dangerous particularly when it is
ability to function.
practiced _________ the winter.
Though the term depression can describe a
normal human emotion, it also can refer to a mental health
illness. Depressive illness in children and teens is dened
when the feelings of depression persist and interfere with
a child or adolescents ability to function.
Depression is common in teens and younger
children. About 5 percent of children and adolescents
in the general population suffer from depression at
02. This popular form of skiing is practiced _________
any given point in time. Children under stress, who
water. People wearing a pair of skis are pulled
experience loss, or who have attentional, learning,
_________ boats and there they go!
conduct or anxiety disorders are at a higher risk for
depression. Teenager girls are at especially high risk, as

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are minority youth. Depressed youth often have problems b) O comportamento de um adulto e o de uma criana
at home. In many cases, the parents are depressed, as ou adolescente com depresso nunca so diferen-
depression tends to run in families. Over the past 50 years, ciados, ainda que a criana ou adolescente tenha
depression rises, so does the teen suicide rate. distrbios psiquitricos adicionais.
It is important to remember that the behavior of c) Nos ltimos 50 anos, os ndices de depresso entre
depressed children and teenagers may differ from adultos aumentaram consideravelmente e, como
the behavior of depressed adults. The characteristics conseqncia, o ndice de suicdios de adultos
vary, with most children and teens having additional tambm aumentou.
psychiatric disorders, such as behavior disorders of d) Crianas que vivem sob presso, que vivenciam
substance abuse problems. perdas e que sofrem de ansiedade correm menos
Mental health professionals advise parents to be riscos de depresso do que adolescentes nas
aware of signs of depression in their children. Some mesmas condies.
of these signs may be: frequent sadness, tearfulness, e) Crianas que vivem sob presso, que vivenciam per-
crying; hopelessness; decreased interest in activities or das e que sofrem de ansiedade, entre outros fatores,
inability to enjoy previously favorite activities; apresentam maior tendncia a sofrer de depresso.
persistent boredom; low energy; social isolation; poor
112. Vunesp
communication; poor concentration; extreme sensitivity
to rejection or failure, and increased irritability, anger, Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo signi-
or hostility; among others. cado de:
Extrado de www.focusas.com/depression.html
Depression is dened by doctors as an illness that
affects the ability to function.
110. Vunesp a) Doctors had dened depression as an illness that
afects the ability to function.
Escolha a alternativa correta. b) Doctors dene depression as an illness that affects
a) Depresso um termo usado para indicar uma the ability to function.
emoo humana normal ou uma doena mental c) Doctors would dene depression as an illness that
que afeta a maior parte das crianas e adoles- affects the ability to function.
centes. Manifesta-se como doena quando senti- d) Doctors are dening depression as an illness that
mentos como tristeza, desesperana e desencanto affects the ability to function.
persistem e interferem no comportamento do indi- e) Doctors are used to dening depression as an
vduo. illness that affects the ability to function.
b) Depresso um termo usado para indicar uma
emoo humana normal ou uma doena que 113. Vunesp
tambm pode afetar crianas e adolescentes. Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo signicado
Pode ser diagnosticada como doena, quando da expresso destacada na sentena: It is important to
sentimentos como tristeza, desesperana e desen- remember that the behavior of depressed children
canto persistem e interferem no comportamento do may change.
indivduo. a) the depressed childrens behavior
c) Depresso um termo usado para indicar uma b) the behaviors depressed children
emoo normal ou uma doena mental que afeta c) the behavior of the depressed childrens
5% das crianas pequenas. Pode ser diagnosti- d) the childrens depressed behavior
cada na adolescncia, quando sentimentos como e) the depressed behaviors children
tristeza, desesperana e desencanto interferem
no comportamento do indivduo. 114. Vunesp
d) Depresso um termo usado para indicar uma Indique a alternativa que preenche corretamente
emoo humana normal que, quando persiste, a lacuna da sentena: When one or more signs of
gera uma doena que tambm pode afetar crian- depression persist, parents ..........................................
as e adolescentes. Caracteriza-se pela tristeza, professional help.
desesperana e pelo desencanto manifestados na
adolescncia. a) would have to look for
e) Depresso um termo usado para indicar uma b) are looking for
emoo ou uma doena que afeta apenas as c) have to look for
mulheres na adolescncia. Pode ser diagnosticada d) would have had to look for
quando sentimentos como tristeza, desesperana e) looked for
e desencanto persistem e interferem no compor-
tamento do indivduo. 115. Mackenzie-SP
A voz passiva de Somebody must send me the new
111. Vunesp books :
Escolha a alternativa correta, de acordo com o texto. a) I will be sent the new books.
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a) O comportamento de um adulto e o de uma criana b) The new books must be send by somebody.
ou adolescente com depresso podem ser diferen- c) The new books must be sent to me.
ciados, pois o adulto sempre est consciente de
d) I must send the new books.
que sofre de depresso.
e) The new books must be send to me.
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Texto para as questes 116 e 117. Lunch time means cellphone time for Gray
Taylor, 15, fellow students at Eastern High in Lansing,
I want to be six again Mich Carol T. Powers, NYT
A man asked his wife what shed like for her LANSING, Mich. Sitting in his second-period
birthday. Id love to be six again,she replied. computer class at Eastern High School, Gray Taylor,
On the morning of her birthday, he got her up 15, felt his cellphone vibrate. To avoid being caught by
bright and early and off they went to a local theme the teacher, he answered quietly and discovered an
park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park: unexpected caller.
the Death Slide, the Screaming Loop, the Wall of Fear Why are you answering the phone in class?
everything there was! Grays mother asked. He whispered back, Youre the
Wow! Five hours later she staggered out of one who called me. His mother said she had intended
the theme park, her head reeling and her stomach to leave a question on Grays voice mail.
upside down. Right to McDonalds they went, where her Such scenes are playing out across the country,
husband ordered a Big Mac for her along with extra fries as hundreds of high schools have reluctantly agreed
and a Cola and M&Ms. What a fabulous adventure! to relax their rules about cellphones in schools. Rather
Finally she wobbled home with her husband and than banning the phones outright, as many once did,
collapsed into bed. they are capitulating to parent demands and market
He leaned over and lovingly asked, Well, dear, realities, and allowing students to carry phones in
what was it like being six again? school though not to use them in class.
One eye opened. You idiot, I meant my dress size. The reversal is a signicant change from policies of
The moral of this story is: if a woman speaks the 1990s, when school administrators around the country
and a man is there to hear her, he will get it wrong viewed cellphones as the tools of drug dealers. In Florida,
anyway. carrying a cellphone in school could be punishable by a
10-day suspension. In Louisiana, it was deemed a crime,
116. ITA-SP
with a potential penalty of 30 days in jail.
Segundo o texto:
But now the phones have become tools used by
a) o marido em questo tem por costume proporcio- parents to keep in touch with, and keep track of, their
nar esposa experincias que a fazem se sentir
children, and schools are facing a more basic reality:
jovem e feliz.
it is no longer possible to enforce such bans.
b) voltar a ser criana era o desejo da referida esposa
Thanks to the falling prices of mobile phones, and
no dia de seu aniversrio.
the aggressive efforts by carriers to market family plans
c) a esposa em questo do tipo de pessoa que
come compulsivamente. to parents and teenagers, the phones have become so
commonplace that trying to keep them out of school would
d) no aconselhvel tentar repetir, na idade adulta,
o padro de atividade fsica exercido na infncia. be like trying to enforce a ban on lip gloss or combs.
Adapted from The New York Times, September 2004,
e) os homens nunca entendem o que as mulheres
www.nytimes.com
pretendem comunicar-lhes.
118. Mackenzie-SP
117. ITA-SP
According to the text, schools are now allowing the
O texto revela uma mulher: use of cellphones:
a) imatura. a) due to students parents requests.
b) jovial. b) because drug dealers no longer use them.
c) rancorosa. c) in order to offer students one more tool to cheat on
d) de mal com a vida. tests.
e) preocupada com a forma fsica. d) to help cellphone companies sell their products.
e) so that students can tell their parents their grades
Texto para as questes de 118 a 122. before getting home.
The New York Times 119. Mackenzie-SP
Schools Relax Cellphone Bans, Nodding to Trend The text says that:
By MATT RICHTEL a) cellphones should be set to the vibrating mode
when unexpected callers call students.
b) parents use their childrens cellphone to keep in
touch with the school.
c) using a cellphone in class can be punishable by a
10-day suspension.
d) students are only allowed to use their cellphone
voice mail in class.
e) carrying a cellphone to school is as common as
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120. Mackenzie-SP d) was a protest against variety shows
The question Why are you answering the phone in e) wanted to give participants a discount
class? in the reported speech will be:
a) Grays mother asked him why is he answering the 125.
phone in class? According to the text, it is correct to say:
b) Grays mother wanted to know the reason why was I. The protest was against the poor quality of TV
he answering the phone in class. programs.
c) Grays mother wondered why he was answering II. In order to get a discount in some places, people
the phone in class. should take with them a TV remote control.
d) Grays mother inquired him about the reason that III. The organizers thought it would be equally difcult
he has been answering the phone in class. to persuade both men and women.
e) Grays mother doubted why he was answering the a) FFT
phone in class.
b) FTT
121. Mackenzie-SP c) TFT
The only alternative that contains words from the text d) TTF
formed by prexes and sufxes is: e) TTT
a) allowing; cellphone; policies; second-period;
reluctantly. Read the text below and answer the questions
given.
b) mobile; aggressive; comb; used; longer.
Jane Austen is one of Britains best loved authors. Her
c) jail; dealer; rather; penalty; ban. six novels have been continuously in print since they
d) quietly; administrator; reversal; punishable; rst appeared. Pride and Prejudice, originally published
unexpected. in 1813, is a favourite with Austens fans.
e) though; suspension; hundreds; outright; signicant. Jane Austen wrote the rst draft of the novel, originally
called First Impressions, in the 1790s, while living at
122. Mackenzie-SP home with her family at Steventon Rectory in Hampshire.
The corresponding synonym of the marked word in: In 1811 Sense and Sensibility became the rst Jane
Rather than banning the phones outright ... is: Austen novel to be published. This was followed by
a) completely. Pride and Prejudice in 1813, Manseld Park in 1814
b) professionally. and Emma in 1815. All four were anonymously as By a
c) enthusiastically. lady. Two further novels were published posthumously:
d) criminally. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both in 1818.
Speak up, number 227, April 2006
e) friendly.

123. Cefet-PR 126. PUC-PR


Basta! Jane Austen is:
In protest against trash TV, the game and variety shows a) a British actress. d) a British writer.
featuring scantily clad dancers that make up much of b) a British fan. e) a British director.
the prime time schedule a Milan viewers association
c) a British novel.
launched a three-day nationwide television strike. To
encourage Italians to get off their sofas, venues including
127. PUC-PR
museums, theaters and restaurants offered a discount to
anyone turning up with a TV remote control. Organizers Jane Austens fans enjoy reading specially her novel
were hoping that up to 400,000 people would participate, entitled:
but conceded that it might be difcult to persuade some a) Hampshire.
mostly male-viewers away from the weekends football b) Pride and Prejudice.
matches.
c) Steventon Rectory.
Time, Dec. 22, 2003; p. 22
d) Britains best loved.
In line 1, the word trash means:
e) Persuasion.
a) poor quality.
b) good quality. 128. PUC-PR
c) ok quality.
The novels Northanger and Persuasion were
d) terric quality. published:
e) excellent quality. a) before Austens death.
b) rst.
124.
c) by a lady.
The television strike _______________.
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b) had 400,000 participants e) after Austens death.
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Texto para as questes de 129 a 134. 132. UFC-CE
Two years ago at the age of seven, Anwar started After reading lines 03-15, we may say that Anwar:
weaving carpet in a village in Pakistans province a) was beaten only once.
of Sindh. He was given some food, little free time, b) has never made any error.
and no medical assistance. He was told repeatedly c) has never tried to run away.
05 that he could not stop working until he earned d) has made some errors already.
enough money to pay an alleged family debt. He e) has tried to run away at least twice.
was never told who in his family had borrowed
money nor how much he had borrowed. Any time 133. UFC-CE
he made an error with his work he was ned and
After reading the text, we may infer that Anwar:
10 the debt increased. Once when his work was
considered to be too slow, he was beaten with a) and his family did not get along well.
a stick. Once after a particular painful beating, b) can use his working hours as he pleases.
he tried to run away, only to be apprehended by c) can make a fortune working as a carpet weaver.
the local police who forcibly returned him to the d) is a lazy worker who is always trying to run away.
15 carpet looms. e) was fooled into thinking his family was heavily in
Extracted from: http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm debt.

134. UFC-CE
After reading the text, we are led to conclude that:
Helping vocabulary: a) Anwar is engaged in child labor.
Weave (wove, woven) (line 02) tecer, tranar b) Anwar will pay off his family debt very soon.
Earn (line 05) ganhar c) Anwars family is truly heavily in debt with his
Alleged (line 06) suposto master.
To be ned (line 09) ser multado
d) the local police face difculties to apprehend and
Stick (line 12) vara
return fugitives.
Be apprehended (line 13) ser capturado
Carpet loom (line 15) tear para tapetes, mquina e) Anwar is the only weaver dissatised with the
para tecer tapetes working conditions offered by his master.

129. UFC-CE 135. Unicap-PE


Julgue (V ou F) as armativas a seguir.
After reading lines 01-03, we can say that Anwar:
I. If I had money enough I will buy me a yatch to
a) is over age to work. travel around the world.
b) is below 12 years of age. II. Our teachers like us, do they?
c) is legally old enough to work. III. He hasnt come to class for a week now. He must
d) is aged between 5 and 7 years old. be sick.
e) started working two years before he turned IV. My cousins had left when Mary arrives.
seven. V. Do you know that he went to Chicago next
week?
130. UFC-CE
Anwar:
136. Unicap-PE
a) used to weave carpets before he was seven years
Julgue (V ou F) as armativas a seguir.
old.
I. Mr. Smith is never late for class. He is always on
b) may very soon become a carpet weaver in Sindh. time.
c) has been a carpet weaver since he was seven. II. Did they walk to store? Yes, they did. They went
d) has woven carpets ever since he was born. by taxi.
e) is yet to learn how to weave carpets. III. This pen is yours. Do you know where my is?
IV. Edward came here many times yesterday to talk
131. UFC-CE about the project we are working on.
The sentence Any time he made an error with his work V. The class is excellent. Only few students did not
he was ned (lines 08-09) is equivalent in meaning pass the exams.
to Anwar was:
a) hardly ever ned.
b) occasionally ned.
c) ned once in a while.
d) ned every single day.
e) ned every time he made an error.

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Captulo 6
Texto para as questes de 137 a 145. Brazilian culture and even national sovereignty and the
media covered it accordingly. And it was at MPBs huge
The New York Times Magazine
televised festivals that the world of students interacted
September 22, 2002
with that of the wide masses of TV spectators. (The latter
Tropical truth
were naturally much more numerous than the record
by Caetano Veloso
buyers.) At these events, one could encounter the more
In 1995, the Brazilian daily Folha de S. Paulo
or less conscious illusion that this was where the problems
bore this headline: World Bank Report Indicates Brazil
of national afrmation, social justice, and advances in
Is the Country with the Greatest Social and Economic
modernization were to be resolved. Market questions,
Disparity in the World. The article reports that 51.3
often the only decisive ones, did not seem noble enough
percent of Brazilian income is concentrated in 10
to be included in heated discussions. Of course girls
percent of the population. The wealthiest 20 percent
would scream beautiful when Chico Buarque came
own 67.5 percent of Brazil, while the 20 percent who
onstage (and, with far less reason, started screaming
are the poorest have only 2.1 percent. It was that way
at me), but the conversations and hostilities between
when I was a boy, and it is still that way. As we reached
the groups would focus as much on an artists political
adolescence, my generation dreamed of inverting this
attitude and his delity to national characteristics as on
brutal legacy.
his harmonic or rhythmic daring. That it should be so
In 1964, the military took power, motivated by the
was a luxury. As silly as this state of things could be,
need to perpetuate those disparities that have proven
we were living in an exceptionally stimulating period for
to be the only way to make the Brazilian economy
composers, singers and musicians. And one thing
work (badly, needless to say) and, in the international
rang true: the recognition of MPBs power among us.
arena, to defend the free market from the threat of the
Everything heightened the instinctive rejection of the
communist bloc (another American front of the Cold
military dictatorship, which seemed to unify the whole
War). Students were either leftist or they would keep
of the artistic class around a common objective: to
their mouth shut. Within the family or among ones
oppose it.
circle of friends, there was no possibility of anyones
sanely disagreeing with a socialist ideology. The Right 137. PUC-SP
existed only to serve vested or unspeakable interests. A manchete do jornal Folha de S. Paulo World
Thus, the rallies With God and for Freedom organized Bank Report Indicates Brazil Is the Country with the
by the Catholic ladies in support of the military coup Greatest Social and Economic Disparity in the World
appeared to us as the cynical, hypocritical gestures of signica:
evil people. a) Os principais bancos do mundo reportam que
The coup, carried out in the name of the war against h indcios de o Brasil ser a maior sociedade do
international communism, had put in power a man called mundo que apresenta disparidade econmica.
Marshal Castelo Branco, a military ofcer of the so-cal- b) A disparidade econmica mundial est atingindo
a sociedade brasileira, conforme indica o Banco
led American line of thinking, meaning that he, unlike
Mundial.
those called Prussians (who yarned to be centralizing
c) O crescimento social do Brasil est afetado pelos
nationalists), wanted to wipe out the Left and corruption bancos que questionam a desigualdade econmica.
in Brazil in order to turn it over to the modernity of the d) A desigualdade social e econmica no Brasil a
free market. Almost all of us were unaware of those maior do mundo, segundo indica o relatrio do
nuances back then, and even if we had been, it would Banco Mundial.
have change nothing; we saw the coup simply as a de- e) O jornal Folha de S. Paulo discorda do relatrio
cision to halt the redress of the horrible social inequities apresentado pelos bancos mundiais.
in Brazil and, simultaneously, to sustain North American
supremacy in the hemisphere. 138. PUC-SP
The trend toward establishing a political art, As porcentagens apresentadas no primeiro pargrafo
sketched out in 1963 the Centros Populares de Cultura do texto indicam que:
(Centers of Popular Culture) of UNE (the National Stu- a) h uma relao inversamente proporcional entre
dents Union) became widespread in all conventional riqueza e nmero de habitantes.
artistic production, and, in spite of repression at the b) h uma mesma porcentagem de 20% de ricos e
universities and censorship of the media, show business pobres no Brasil.
fell under the hegemony of the Left. In a highly politicized c) os 10% mais ricos produzem mais.
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student environment, MPB (Msica Popular Brasileira) d) 2,1% da populao muito pobre.
functioned as an arena for important decisions concerning e) 67,5% dos brasileiros so de classe mdia.

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139. PUC-SP a) excluso. d) predominncia.
No terceiro pargrafo do texto, os Prussians: b) incluso. e) enumerao.
a) queriam eliminar a esquerda e a corrupo no c) gradao.
Brasil.
145. PUC-SP
b) apoiavam as mesmas idias do marechal Castelo
Branco. Na frase do nal do ltimo pargrafo do texto And one
thing rang true: the recognition of MPBs power among
c) eram considerados modernos.
us., o pronome us refere-se a:
d) simpatizavam com o comunismo internacional.
a) militares.
e) se auto-denominavam nacionalistas.
b) artistas.
c) Chico Buarque e Caetano Veloso.
140. PUC-SP
d) grupos ideolgicos.
A MPB, em um ambiente estudantil politizado:
e) artistas e estudantes.
a) foi uma arena para experimentar estticas tropicais.
b) estabeleceu a tendncia da arte politizada, a partir
Texto para as questes de 146 a 153.
dos Centros Populares de Cultura da UNE.
c) foi palco de discusso e de decises sobre a 01. A group of the townspeople stood on the station
cultura brasileira. 02. siding of a little Kansas town, awaiting the coming of
d) inuenciou todos os campos artsticos, sobretudo 03. the night train, which was already twenty minutes
o teatro. 04. overdue. The snow had fallen thick over everything;
e) foi conivente com a censura e a represso militar 05. in the pale starlight the line of bluffs across the wide,
que cerceavam a liberdade de expresso.
06. white meadows south of the town made soft, smoke
07. colored curves against the clear sky. The men on
141. PUC-SP
08. the siding stood rst on one foot and then on the
Os festivais de MPB: 09. other, their hands thrust deep into their trousers
a) serviam para impulsionar a venda de discos. 10. pockets, their overcoats open, their shoulders
b) promoviam o contato entre os estudantes e as 11. screwed up with the cold; and they glanced from time
massas de telespectadores. 12. to time towards the southeast, where the railroad
c) tentavam resolver os problemas nacionais por 13. track wound along the river shore. They conversed
meio das letras de msicas e do comportamento
14. in low tones and moved around restlessly, seeming
dos artistas.
15. uncertain as to what was expected of them. There
d) eram avanados e modernos para a poca e, por
isso, no foram bem aceitos pelas massas. 16. was but one in the company who looked as if he
e) eram os nicos eventos em que a linha entre a 17. knew exactly why he was there, and he kept
conscincia e a iluso se fundia. 18. conspicuously apart; walking to the far end of the
19. platform, returning to the station door, then pacing
142. PUC-SP 20. up the track again, his chin sunk in the high collar or
Segundo Caetano Veloso, a classe artstica: 21. his overcoat, his burly shoulders drooping forward,
a) considerava Chico Buarque atraente. 22. his gait heavy and dogged.
The Sculptors Funeral, Willa Cather (1873-1947).
b) dividiu-se em grupos hostis que apoiavam deter-
minados lderes estudantis.
c) valorizava a ousadia harmnica e rtmica, mas 146. PUC-RS
no as letras das msicas, que eram discutidas The atmosphere of the scene described in the text is
politicamente. one of:
d) opunha-se instintivamente ditadura militar. a) painful despair.
e) estimulava compositores, cantores e msicos a b) great excitement.
produzirem um tipo de msica unicado. c) silent tension.
d) extreme fear.
143. PUC-SP e) deep sorrow.
Na frase do primeiro pargrafo do texto As we reached
adolescence, my generation dreamed..., a palavra
147. PUC-RS
As pode ser substituda, sem mudar o sentido, por:
a) like. d) as well as. Which of the statements below is not true according
to the text?
b) whatever. e) then.
a) There were a few local people at a small train
c) when.
station.
144. PUC-SP b) It was extremely cold for the people.
Na frase do segundo pargrafo Students were either c) Both the river and the train tracks ran in curves.
leftist or they would keep their mouths shut, a expres- d) The men couldnt take their eyes off the tracks.
so either...or indica idia de: e) One man behaved differently from the others.

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148. PUC-RS and renewing themselves for long periods; they are
The prex over as in overdue (line 04) has the same unspecialized; and they can give rise to specialized
meaning in all the alternatives below, except in: cell types.
a) overbook. d) overprice. Stem cells are unspecialized. One of the funda-
b) overcoat. e) oversleep. mental properties of a stem cell is that it does not have
c) overdo. any tissue-specic structures that allow it to perform
specialized functions. A stem cell cannot work with
149. PUC-RS its neighbors to pump blood through the body (like a
The dictionary denition which matches the expression heart muscle cell); it cannot carry molecules of oxygen
screwed up (line 11) is: through the bloodstream (like a red blood cell); and it
a) to make something into a smaller shape by cannot re electrochemical signals to other cells that
squeezing or twisting it. allow the body to move or speak (like a nerve cell).
b) to pull ones forehead down to show that one However, unspecialized stem cells can give rise
dislikes something. to specialized cells, including heart muscle cells, blood
c) to make a serious mistake or spoil something. cells or nerve cells.
Stem cells are capable of dividing and renewing
d) to feel unhappy or confused because of a bad
experience. themselves for long periods. Unlike muscle cells, blood
cells or nerve cells which do not normally replicate
e) to cheat someone so unfairly that his personality
is affected. themselves stem cells may replicate many times.
When cells replicate themselves many times over it is
called proliferation. A starting population of stem cells
150. PUC-RS that proliferates for many months in the laboratory can
The opposite of the adjective low (line 14) as it is yield millions of cells. If the resulting cells continue to
used in the text is: be unspecialized, like the parent stem cells, the cells
a) tall. d) heavy. are said to be capable of long-term self-renewal.
b) rich. e) deep. Stem cells can give rise to specialized cells.
c) loud. When unspecialized stem cells give rise to specialized
cells, the process is called differentiation. Scientists
151. PUC-RS are just beginning to understand the signals inside and
False cognates are words which look similar but have outside cells that trigger stem cell differentiation. The
different meanings in two languages. There is a false internal signals are controlled by a cells genes, which
cognate in: are interspersed across long strands of DNA, and carry
a) conversed (line 13). coded instructions for all the structures and functions
of a cell. The external signals for cell differentiation
b) conspicuously (line 18).
include chemicals secreted by other cells, physical
c) platform (line 19). contact with neighboring cells and certain molecules
d) returning (line 19). in the environment.
e) collar (line 20). Therefore, many questions about stem cells
remain. For example, are the internal and external signals
152. PUC-RS for cell differentiation similar for all kinds of stem cells?
A traduo correta para a expresso There was but Can specic sets of signals be identied that promote
one (linhas 15 e 16) neste texto : differentiation into specic cell types? Addressing these
a) porm havia um. questions is critical because the answers may lead
b) mas no havia nenhum. scientists to find new ways of controlling stem cell
c) havia mais do que um. differentiation in the laboratory, thereby growing cells or
tissues that can be used for specic purposes including
d) mas havia um l.
call-based therapies.
e) havia somente um. Adult stem cells typically generate the cell types
of the tissue in which they reside. A blood-forming adult
153. PUC-RS
stem cell in the bone marrow, for example, normally
A expresso as if (linha 16) equivale a: gives rise to the many types of blood cells such as
a) tanto quanto. d) ainda assim. red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Until
b) mas se. e) assim se. recently, it had been thought that a blood forming cell in
c) como se. the bone marrow which is called a hematopoietic stem
cell could not give rise to the cells of a very different
Texto para as questes de 154 a 160. tissue, such as nerve cells in the brain. However, a
number of experiments over the last several years have
Stem cell basics raised the possibility that stem cells from one tissue may
What are the unique properties of all stem cells? be able to give rise to cell types of a completely different
tissue, a phenomenon known as plasticity. Examples of
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body. All stem cells regardless of their source have liver cells that can be made to produce insulin, and
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muscle. Therefore, exploring the possibility of using 157. Unifesp
adult stem cells for cell-based therapies has become a O fenmeno da plasticidade:
very active area of investigation by researchers. a) j est sendo usado para gerar terapias celulares
Fonte: http://stemcells.nih.gov/infocenter/stemCellBasics.asp#4 com clulas-tronco de adultos e de certos animais.
b) ocorre quando as clulas-tronco so capazes de
154. Unifesp se especializar em clulas de tecidos diferentes
O processo de diferenciao ocorre quando: dos de sua origem.
a) os sinais internos e externos das clulas desen- c) uma possibilidade que ocorre somente com clu-
cadeiam a diviso celular. las-tronco retiradas da medula ssea de adultos.
b) os genes das clulas que controlam os sinais d) pode ser exemplicada pelo uso de clulas neu-
internos se dispersam pelas longas cadeias de ronais para recriar neurnios perdidos.
DNA. e) foi comprovado por meio de pesquisas com clu-
c) determinadas molculas do microambiente indu- las-tronco hematopoticas, que se replicaram por
zem a secreo de elementos qumicos diferen- vrios meses.
ciais que inibem a produo de clulas-tronco.
d) as instrues codicadas de todas as estruturas e 158. Unifesp
funes das clulas so ativadas por contato com As clulas especializadas:
clulas adjacentes. a) no se replicam, quando funcionam normalmen-
e) as clulas-tronco no especializadas originam te.
clulas especializadas por meio de certos sinais. b) podem se proliferar durante vrios meses.
c) tm a capacidade de auto-renovao a longo
155. Unifesp
prazo.
As questes colocadas no quinto pargrafo do texto:
d) apresentam estruturas inespeccas adaptveis.
a) j foram solucionadas pelos cientistas.
e) agregam-se a clulas-tronco para executarem
b) levaro os cientistas a descobrirem respostas funes especializadas em conjunto.
crticas para a diviso celular no laboratrio.
c) promovero pesquisas que identicaro o funcio- 159. Unifesp
namento de tipos especcos de clulas. Na ltima frase do texto, Therefore, exploring the
d) podem originar pesquisas que produzam terapias possibility of using adult stem cells for cell-based
com base em clulas ou a produo de clulas e therapies has become a very active area of investigation
tecidos para determinados ns. by researchers., a palavra Therefore indica:
e) indicam que h suspeita de que as clulas-tronco a) contraste. d) condio.
se diferenciem de modo semelhante com os outros
b) causa. e) conseqncia.
tipos de clulas.
c) concesso.
156. Unifesp
160. Unifesp
A palavra However, na frase do ltimo pargrafo However,
a number of experiments over the last several years A frase do primeiro pargrafo All stem cells regard-
have raised the possibility ..., pode ser substituda, less of their source have three general properties: ...
sem mudar o sentido, por: apresenta-se como:
a) therefore. d) even so. a) exemplo. e) ressalva.
b) meanwhile. e) furthermore. b) generalizao. d) argumento.
c) nevertheless. c) suposio.

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Ingls Gabarito
01. B 02. C 03. A os negros no Brasil morrem 58. V, V, V, V, V
04. C 05. E 06. A mais cedo; 59. F, F, F, V, F
07. E 08. D 09. A os negros tm maior proba- 60. E 61. D 62. B
10. A 11. D 12. E bilidade de serem presos ou 63. A 64. C 65. B
condenados por crimes;
13. D 14. A 15. C 66. F, F, V, F, V
os negros tm metade de
16. C 17. B 18. D 67. B 68. D 69. A
chance de ter gua corrente
19. D 20. A 21. D 70. C 71. B 72. A
e saneamento bsico em
22. B 23. C 24. E suas casas. 73. C 74. B 75. E
25. D 26. E 27. C 56. Nos trs primeiros exemplos, 76. E 77. D 78. C
28. D 29. A 30. A a palavra black tem funo de 79. D 80. B 81. E
31. B 32. C 33. A adjetivo, sendo, portanto, inva- 82. C 83. B 84. B
34. E 35. E 36. A rivel quanto ao nmero e ao 85. B 86. D 87. D
37. C 38. E 39. B gnero. Entretanto, nos exem- 88. C 89. E 90. A
40. D 41. B 42. D plos black population e black 91. B 92. D
Brazilians, o adjetivo est posi-
43. A 44. B 45. C 93. a) Benjamin Franklin quer dizer
cionado antes do substantivo,
46. B 47. E 48. E que voc s d valor s
e, no exemplo My grandmother
49. B 50. A 51. E coisas quando as perde.
is black, o adjetivo posiciona-se
52. B 53. D aps os verbos de ligao (be), b) O autor quer dizer que,
funcionando como predicativo na verdade, esses poos
54. A desvantagem do sistema de
do sujeito. No exemplo Blacks signicam poos de gua e
cotas, segundo a aluna Ga-
in Brazil die younger, a palavra fartura, isto , abundncia.
briella Fracescutti, privilegiar
o ingresso de concorrentes que, black um substantivo exiona- 94. a) O grco demonstra o efeti-
ao preencherem o formulrio do no plural. vo uso da gua nos Estados
de inscrio, consideram-se da 57. H trs possibilidades de respos- Unidos.
raa negra e de condio social ta para a primeira sentena: b) Tanto Califrnia como Idaho
inferior, em detrimento do es- She had dreamed of being utilizam a maior parte do
foro individual e de sua capa- a surgeon when she was a fornecimento de gua na
cidade intelectual. A vantagem high school freshman(...). agricultura (irrigao da
desse sistema, segundo Paulo plantao).
She dreamed of being a
Salgueiro, estimular o debate surgeon when she was a 95. a) No Oriente Mdio, a gua
sobre as questes sociais e high school freshman(...). comeou a substituir o petr-
raciais no Brasil, quebrando leo como a principal causa
She used to dream of being
o mito de uma sociedade no do confronto.
a surgeon when she was a
racial, e despertar os brasileiros b) Para vericar os hbitos e
high school freshman(...).
para a existncia do racismo, as atitudes, bem como a
da discriminao e da excluso H cinco possibilidades de
percepo da gua usada
social. respostas para a segunda
na Amrica do Norte.
sentena:
55. O candidato dever indicar 96. a) O grupo encontrou cons-
trs dos fatores a seguir, que There are not any white
cientizao crescente nos
evidenciam a desigualdade Brazilians or black Brazi-
desaos que gua represen-
social entre negros e brancos lians, just Brazilians.
ta e prontido em enfrentar
no Brasil: There arent any white tais desaos.
a taxa de desemprego Brazilians or black Brazi-
b) Porque eles gastam trs
duas vezes maior para os lians, just Brazilians.
vezes mais quantidade de
negros; There are not either white gua que os europeus e
os brancos ganham 57% Brazilians or black Brazi- muito mais que a maioria
mais do que os negros que lians, just Brazilians. dos pases em desenvolvi-
trabalham na mesma rea; There arent either white mento.
um indivduo branco com Brazilians or black Brazi- 97. A 98. B 99. E
lians, just Brazilians.
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diploma de Ensino Mdio 100. D 101. A 102. C


ganha mais do que um in- There are neither white
103. D 104. A 105. D
divduo negro com diploma Brazilians nor black Brazi-
lians, just Brazilians. 106. C 107. D 108. E
universitrio;
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109. 01.In: antes de estaes do 04.In, for: o adjetivo interested 128. E 129. B 130. C
ano, a preposio in deve acompanhado de in para 131. E 132. D 133. E
ser usada. indicar interessado em e a 134. A
02.In, by: a preposio in deve preposio for acompanha
135. F, F, V, F, F
ser usada para indicar que a palavra fun para formar a
136. V, F, F, V, V
o esporte praticado na expresso por diverso.
137. D 138. A 139. E
gua e a preposio by an- 05.Out of, to: Jump out of sig-
tecede o agente da ao. nica pular para fora e a 140. C 141. B 142. D
03.In, from, in: antes de nomes preposio to acompanha 143. C 144. A 145. B
de pases, deve-se usar a close para indicar prximo 146. C 147. D 148. B
preposio in. A preposio de 149. A 150. C 151. E
from usada para indicar 110. B 111. E 112. B 152. E 153. C 154. E
origem (de todos as partes 113. A 114. C 115. C 155. D 156. C 157. B
do mundo). E a preposio 116. E 117. E 118. A 158. A 159. E 160. B
in usada, no caso, para
119. E 120. C 121. D
indicar as pessoas que
122. A 123. A 124. C
querem tomar parte do
torneio. 125. D 126. D 127. B

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