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The end of life on Earth?
It weighted about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over
a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The metereorite that
showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide.
Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what had
happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago, when a relatively small object (approximately 50
metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it had
exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk, another
50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that
the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in theday had
been too small for anyone to spot.
Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It
was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65
million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region in Mexico
with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person alive on
Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than
20km in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all
animals and most plants. As we have seen even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross
Earth‘s orbit.
After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully
but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
Types of space rocks
• Comet – a ball of rock and ice that sends out a tail of gas and dust behind it. Bright comets only
appear in our visible night sky about once every ten years.
• Asteroid – a rock a few feet to several kms in diameter. Unlike comets, asteroids have no tail. Most
are to small to cause any damage and burn up in the atmosphere.
• Meteoroid – part of an asteroid or comet.
• Meteorite – what a meteoroid is called when it hits Earth.
The statement ―many people were injured by falling glass‖ stands for
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a) have injured
b) has injured
c) had injured
d) injured
a) lowest/ high
b) low / higher
c) low / highest
d) lower / higher
e) lower / highest
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Questão 4: Instituto Consulplan - Vest (FM RO)/FM RO/2020
a) Verb.
b) Noun.
c) Adverb.
d) Pronoun.
e) Adjective.
lt is important that female navy officers are now commanding vessels, not only becauseof
achievement in and of itself, but also because types of posts will
help advance even more in careers.
(Adapted from http://cimsec.org)
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Which option completes lhe sentences correctly?
Choose the correct alternative that shows a modal verb indicating an obligation.
a) Children can practice math during common activities such as baking or dining.
b) They do not need to sit at the table and work with a book.
c) Parents must be a substitute teacher.
d) It is not an easy task.
Speak, FIDO!
Imagine you're out for a walk with your family when a strange dog approaches. The dog isn't
aggressive, but it seems something because it nudges you with its snout, and barks. What you don't
know is that this dog is trained a person with a medical condition. Around lhe comer, lhe
dog's owner has collapsed, and lhe dog instinctively runs off help. That's you! But how can
lhe dog make you what's wrong?
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(Adapted from https://www.timeforkids.com)
a) is there
b) did it
c) isn't there
d) didn't it
e) does it
Choose the alternative that you can find Passive Voice tense:
ln 1984, Dallas, Texas, a call to the emergency services catastrophically wrong. An elderly
woman breathing in her home. Her son, clearly distressed, 911. His conversation with
lhe dispatcher soon out of control.
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a) had gone / stopped / had called / spiraled
b) was going / had stopped / has called / was spiraling
c) went / has stopped / had called / had spiraled
d) had gone/ has stopped / called / was spiraling
e) went / had stopped / called / spiraled
a) between / to / at / to / by / at
b) among / about / in / to / on / for
c) between / of / on /for/ in / for
d) among / about / in /for/ in / to
e) between / of / on / with / on / to
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The end of life on Earth?
It weighted about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over
a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The metereorite that
showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide.
Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what
had happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago, when a relatively small object (approximately
50 metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it
had exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk,another
50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that
the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in theday had
been too small for anyone to spot.
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Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It
was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65
million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region in Mexico
with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person alive on
Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than
20km in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all
animals and most plants. As we have seen even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross
Earth‘s orbit.
After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully
but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
Types of space rocks
• Comet – a ball of rock and ice that sends out a tail of gas and dust behind it. Bright comets only
appear in our visible night sky about once every ten years.
• Asteroid – a rock a few feet to several kms in diameter. Unlike comets, asteroids have no tail. Most
are to small to cause any damage and burn up in the atmosphere.
• Meteoroid – part of an asteroid or comet.
• Meteorite – what a meteoroid is called when it hits Earth.
In the sentence ―the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross Earth’s orbit‖, the underlined
word is similar to
a) must.
b) should.
c) could.
d) shall.
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―We were laying in bed when I heard sirens,‖ Jon St. Croix told the Midland Daily News. ―A fire truck
was driving around, broadcasting that (we needed) to evacuate. It‘s a scary thing — you‘re sleeping
and awake to sirens.‖
St. Croix, 62, his wife and a next-door neighbor were among more than a dozen people sheltering in
one of the schools. Their home was not flooded, but St. Croix said he had seen flooding in the area.
Volunteers at the schools said about 120 vehicles were in the parking lots and about 30 people had
been staying on cots inside, according to WNEM-TV.
Choose the alternative in which you can find the Past Perfect Continuous.
Which option completes the text correctly? A dash (-) indicates that no article is used.
China's first autonomous cargo ship, named Jin Dou Yun O Hao, has made its first voyage
in Zhuhai.
Yunzhou Tech, technology company based in Zhuhai, developed ship in collaboration
with Wuhan University of Technology and CCS . autonomous cargo ship will reduce 20%
construction cost, 20% operation cost and 15% fuel consumption.
a) A / the / - / A
b) - / a / the/ The
c) - / the / the/ A
d) The / a / - / An
e) The / - / a / The
- I have a question. What would happen if there were a beautiful and highly intelligent child up in heaven
waiting to be born and his or her parents decided that the children they already had were enough?
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- Your ignorance of theology and medicine is appalling!
- I still think it‘s a good question!
The words ―beautiful‖, ―highly‖, ―intelligent‖ and ―child‖, in the context, are:
a) I e III
b) II e IV
c) III e IV
d) I e II
a) lf you want to be an expert talker when speaking to real life emergency services dispatchers,
know your location.
b) lf the company pushed the update to everyone's TVs automatically, the servers would be badly
affected.
c) lf you don't like the idea of using metal to build your drone, you can use other materiais that are
flexible.
d) lf you will want to take aerial photos and record the surroundings while flying your drone, you will
need a camera.
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e) lf the callers are unable to answer the questions, the dispatcher taking emergency calls has to act
immediately.
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The end of life on Earth?
It weighted about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over
a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The metereorite that
showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide.
Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what
had happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago, when a relatively small object (approximately
50 metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it
had exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk, another
50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that
the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in theday had
been too small for anyone to spot.
Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It
was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65
million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region in Mexico
with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person alive on
Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than 20km
in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all animals
and most plants. As we have seen even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross
Earth‘s orbit.
After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully
but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
Types of space rocks
• Comet – a ball of rock and ice that sends out a tail of gas and dust behind it. Bright comets only
appear in our visible night sky about once every ten years.
• Asteroid – a rock a few feet to several kms in diameter. Unlike comets, asteroids have no tail. Most
are to small to cause any damage and burn up in the atmosphere.
• Meteoroid – part of an asteroid or comet.
• Meteorite – what a meteoroid is called when it hits Earth.
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―If it had exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed‖.
We can conclude from the information in this passage that
lf your child has no symptoms of vision problems and no family history of vision problems,
every one to two years. Otherwise, schedule eye exams based on the advice of
your eye doctor.
(Adapted from https://www.mayoclinic.org)
Brazilian airforce airlifted 4 Polish citizens from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city Wuhan
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has aided Poland by helping to evacuate 4 Polish citizens
from the Coronavirusstricken Chinese city Wuhan. A Brazilian air force plane landed in Warsaw to drop
the 4 Poles off, after which it continued its journey from Wuhan to Brazil. A total of 34 Brazilians were
quarantined for 18 days after returning back home.
https://polanddaily.com/959-brazilian-airforce-airlifted-4-polish-citizensfrom-the-coronavirus-stricken-chinese-city-wuhan
a) Present Continuous
b) Past Continuous
c) Present Perfect
d) Simple Past
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Questão 22: DIRENS Aeronáutica - Alun (EPCAR)/EPCAR/2020
TEXT
Your digital footprint
Every time you go online you leave a trail. This is just like a real footprint. It reveals where you‘ve been,
how long you stayed and what you‘ve been doing there. Every time you register for an online service,
send an email, download a video or upload a photo, the information can be accessed and your digital
footprint can be revealed. This shouldn‘t necessarily be worrying but it is advisable to be aware of your
digital footprint and to be cautious and sensible when you are online. Six top tips for taking care of your
digital footprint
Don‘t forget to log off when you leave a website, especially if you are using a shared computer. If you
don‘t, someone can easily pretend to be you!
Don‘t tell anyone your passwords and don‘t write them down in an obvious place. Make them more
complex by using a combination of letters, numbers and punctuation marks.
Tell an adult if you come across anything online that makes you upset, anxious or concerned. There
are ways to report inappropriate or abusive content and in most cases web managers respond rapidly.
Remember your favourite websites by using the history button and the bookmark function on your
computer or mobile device. This is a way that your digital footprint can work in your favour, but
remember to clear your browser history regularly.
If you want to post comments online, you don‘t have to use your own name. Invent a nickname to use
instead. You can also use a picture instead of a real photo.
Protect your identity online. Be careful about who you share personal information with and always think
twice before sharing details like your email, home address, school or phone number with someone.
Think about the future
All kinds of people are interested in your digital footprint. It's now quite common for colleges,universities
and employers to check out the online profiles of possible candidates as part of their application
process. There are cases of people having missed out on jobs and places in college because their
digital footprint didn‘t impress the recruiters. So, remember: keep safe, don‘t put too much personal
information online and always think carefully before you post something. Ask yourself, ‗Would I be happy
for absolutely everyone to see this?‘
In ―you don‘t have to use your own name‖ , the underlined term shows that
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Questão 23: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFS (EEAR)/EEAR/Controle de Tráfego Aéreo/2020
a) him
b) herself
c) himself
d) yourself
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c) A superlative adjective form is present.
d) The verb to be is in its contracted form.
e) A comparative adjective form is present.
Which one from the underlined verbs in the text conveys a different verb tense?
a) has
b) handed
c) decided
d) knew
e) got
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Questão 26: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFS (EEAR)/EEAR/Controle de Tráfego Aéreo/2020
Hero pilot safely lands passenger plane with no front wheels as sparks fly from nose of jet
A pilot safely landed a passenger plane without using its front wheels after they failed to deploy on
arrival at the airport.
Video footage of the emergency touchdown showed sparks flying from the nose of the aircraft as it
slid along the runway in Myanmar.
None of the 82 passengers and seven flight crew were injured during the incident at Mandalay
International Airport.
Myanmar National Airlines said in a statement that the pilot, Captain Myat Moe Aung, was alerted to
the problem by the plane‘s Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS).
He informed the control tower and tried a backup emergency procedure to pull down the wheels on
the Brazilian-made Embraer 190-LR.
The pilot then carried out two fly-bys of the runway to allow air controllers to check visually whether
the landing gear had deployed.
After dumping fuel to reduce the landing weight, he brought the aircraft in to land on its rear wheels
before the nose slowly tipped down to make contact with the runway at 9.09am on Sunday.
―The pilot did a great job,‖ said Win Khant, permanent secretary of transportation and
telecommunication ministry.
A video posted online by one of the passengers showed smoke spreading through the plane before
they evacuated the aircraft.
Several of the passengers were smiling as they walked away from the plane.
Flight operations at the airport were suspended for several hours as a result of the incident, which is
now under investigation.
―Myanmar national airlines would like to thank all passengers and our crew on board,‖ the company
said in a statement.
Last week a Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane skidded off the runway after landing in bad weather in
Yangon. At least 15 crew and passengers were injured.
These are verbs from the text. Choose the alternative in which we can find only irregular verbs.
a) carry, suspend
b) deploy, walk
c) bring, do
d) try, land
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Questão 27: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFS (EEAR)/EEAR/Controle de Tráfego Aéreo/2020
Choose the alternative that indicates the plural of the words fish, life, woman.
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The end of life on Earth?
It weighted about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over
a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The metereorite that
showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide.
Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what had
happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago, when a relatively small object (approximately 50
metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it had
exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk,another
50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that
the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in theday had
been too small for anyone to spot.
Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It
was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65
million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region in Mexico
with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person alive on
Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than
20km in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all
animals and most plants. As we have seen even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross
Earth‘s orbit.
After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully
but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
Types of space rocks
• Comet – a ball of rock and ice that sends out a tail of gas and dust behind it. Bright comets only
appear in our visible night sky about once every ten years.
• Asteroid – a rock a few feet to several kms in diameter. Unlike comets, asteroids have no tail. Most
are to small to cause any damage and burn up in the atmosphere.
• Meteoroid – part of an asteroid or comet.
• Meteorite – what a meteoroid is called when it hits Earth.
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―Which‖ refers to
a) the sun.
b) comets and asteroids.
c) cosmic guardian.
d) Earth.
a) this
b) that
c) these
d) those
a) Chris.
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b) Dad.
c) Chris and Dad.
d) Many people.
e) The Giants.
Mark the option that completes the text with the right form of the verbs in parenthesis, respectively.
Betty's doctor told her to exercise more. So she began running. She (to enjoy) running.
She (to run) almost every day. Betty will run in the marathon next week. A marathon
(to be) 26 miles. She will run for three hours without stopping. She will try to
finish it.
There are different opinions on how water you should be drinking every day.
Health authorities commonly recommend eight 8-ounce glasses, which equals about 2 liters, or half a
gallon. This is called the 8x8 rule and is very easy to remember.
However, health gurus believe that you need to sip on water constantly throughout the day,
even when you're not thirsty.
As with most things, this depends on lhe individual. factors (both internai and external)
ultimately affect your need for water.
(https://www.healthline.com)
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Questão 33: DIRENS Aeronáutica - Alun (EPCAR)/EPCAR/2020
TEXT
Your digital footprint
Every time you go online you leave a trail. This is just like a real footprint. It reveals where you‘ve been,
how long you stayed and what you‘ve been doing there. Every time you register for an online service,
send an email, download a video or upload a photo, the information can be accessed and your digital
footprint can be revealed. This shouldn‘t necessarily be worrying but it is advisable to be aware of your
digital footprint and to be cautious and sensible when you are online. Six top tips for taking care of your
digital footprint
Don‘t forget to log off when you leave a website, especially if you are using a shared computer. If you
don‘t, someone can easily pretend to be you!
Don‘t tell anyone your passwords and don‘t write them down in an obvious place. Make them more
complex by using a combination of letters, numbers and punctuation marks.
Tell an adult if you come across anything online that makes you upset, anxious or concerned. There
are ways to report inappropriate or abusive content and in most cases web managers respond rapidly.
Remember your favourite websites by using the history button and the bookmark function on your
computer or mobile device. This is a way that your digital footprint can work in your favour, but
remember to clear your browser history regularly.
If you want to post comments online, you don‘t have to use your own name. Invent a nickname to use
instead. You can also use a picture instead of a real photo.
Protect your identity online. Be careful about who you share personal information with and always think
twice before sharing details like your email, home address, school or phone number with someone.
Think about the future
All kinds of people are interested in your digital footprint. It's now quite common for colleges,universities
and employers to check out the online profiles of possible candidates as part of their application
process. There are cases of people having missed out on jobs and places in college because their
digital footprint didn‘t impress the recruiters. So, remember: keep safe, don‘t put too much personal
information online and always think carefully before you post something. Ask yourself, ‗Would I be
happy for absolutely everyone to see this?‘
Access on 28/08/20)
Mark the option in which the verb of the sentence ―their digital footprint didn‘t impress the recruiters‖
is correctly changed into the affirmative form.
a) Has impressed.
b) Impresses.
c) Impress.
d) Impressed.
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Questão 34: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFOAV (AFA)/AFA/2020
TEXT
The end of life on Earth?
It weighted about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over
a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The metereorite that
showered pieces of rockA)A) over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres
wide. Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what
had happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago, when a relatively small object (approximately
50 metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it
had exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteoriteB)B) terrified the people of Chelyabinsk,
another 50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and
know that the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in the
day had been too small for anyone to spot.
Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It
was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65
million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region in Mexico
with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bombC)C) for every person
alive on Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than 20km
in diameter that hits EarthD)D) will result in the complete destruction of complex life, includingall
animals and most plants. As we have seen even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross
Earth‘s orbit.
After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully
but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
Types of space rocks
• Comet – a ball of rock and ice that sends out a tail of gas and dust behind it. Bright comets only
appear in our visible night sky about once every ten years.
• Asteroid – a rock a few feet to several kms in diameter. Unlike comets, asteroids have no tail. Most
are to small to cause any damage and burn up in the atmosphere.
• Meteoroid – part of an asteroid or comet.
• Meteorite – what a meteoroid is called when it hits Earth.
In ―scientists were expecting that visit‖, the underlined word has the same use as in
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b) the same day that the meteorite.
c) that is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb.
d) any comet or asteroid [...] that hits Earth.
About the words purposefully, carefully and efficiently (paragraph 4) , it is correct to say that
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Questão 36: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFS (EEAR)/EEAR/Controle de Tráfego Aéreo/2019
Ben Graham
Shocked passengers watched as doctors and cabin crew tried to save the life of a critically ill passenger
on a Qantas flight to Sidney on Friday.
A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed that the passenger received tratment during the
medical emergency couldn‘t survive.
The flight from London, via Singapore, was forced to land in Adelaide because of the incident. No
passengers got off the flight while it was in Adelaide.
A witness on board told that everything started with a cabin announcement asking for any doctors on
board. There were two passengers with medical training, but nothing could be done to save the
passenger. The crew did everything they could, including performing CPR with a doctor on board, but
unfortunately the passenger has passed away.
In ―The crew did everything they could (...)‖, the modal ―could‖ is used to indicate
a) ability
b) obligation
c) permission
d) prohibition
Several years ago, Walter R. Wheeler, an architectural historian, began to notice a pattern. Many of
elderly colleagues - contractors, carpenters, historians - told that, while renovating
or dismantling older houses in the region, they had found strange, unsettling things hidden in the walls:
dead animals, dismembered dolls, children‘s shoes, broken knife blades, and also bottles filled
human hair, bent nails, or pins. Some of these objects secreted behind old planks
and floorboards. Others were concealed in nooks and voids that would have been inaccessible if not
the intrusive work of restoration - suggesting that they had been placed there deliberately,
permanent parts of the building.
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b) His, him, with, were, for, as.
c) His, his, at, was, on, same.
d) Him, him, with, was, on, as.
Complete lhe paragraph below, about Scotland, with the missing articles.
For many years, Scotland was poor country. But now things are better for most people. There is oil
and gas in sea between Scotland and Norway. Edinburgh is important place for money, and
there are big banks there, like lhe Royal Bank of Scotland. Tourists visit this beautiful country andthey
bring money to Scotland too. Many people love living and working there, and more than 20 million
visitors go to Scotland each year.
Now, mark the correct option, from top to bottom:
a) an /a/ an
b) a/ the/ a
c) a / the / an
d) an /a/ a
e) a/ a/ an
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Questão 40: DIRENS Aeronáutica - CFS (EEAR)/EEAR/Aeronavegantes e Não-
Aeronavegantes/2019
The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks had thought of it, so
Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing tohave
an idea; we can all of us guess and sometimes make a lucky guess.
The pronoun one, in bold in the text, refers to:
a) Greeks
b) Lamarck
c) Erasmus Darwin
d) Idea of Evolution
a) Simple Past
b) Simple Future
c) Simple Present
d) Present Continuous
Shocked passengers watched as doctors and cabin crew tried to save the life of a critically ill
passenger on a Qantas flight to Sidney on Friday.
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A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed that the passenger received treatment during the
medical emergency couldn‘t survive.
The flight from London, via Singapore, was forced to land in Adelaide because of the incident. No
passengers got off the flight while it was in Adelaide.
A witness on board told that everything started with a cabin announcement asking for any doctors on
board. There were two passengers with medical training, but nothing could be done to save the
passenger. The crew did everything they could, including performing CPR with a doctor on board, but
unfortunately the passenger has passed away.
a) who
b) what
c) which
d) whose
Two new icebergs have broken off from the Grey Glacier in Chile‘s Patagonia in recent weeks. Scientists
have linked the increased frequency ice breaks to rising temperature. According to Ricardo Jana,
researcher and member of the climate change area of the Chilean Antartic Institute (INACH) ―In recent
years temperature rises above the normal average and intense rainfall were registered with an increase
in water level in the lake, factors that could explain the separation. Reseachers from
universities in Germany and Brazil, together with experts from INACH and other local entities, have
been studing the Grey Glacier since 2015.
What‘s the active voice for ―intense rainfall was registered by scientists in the lake‖?
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d) Scientists were registering intense rainfall in the lake.
President Donald Trump‘s main healthcare policy initiative has been working to fulfill his campaign
promise to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(ACA), commonly known
as Obamacare. He expressed his support for the House and Senate bills that proposed
modifying(b) parts of the ACA. The House passed its bill — the American Health Care Act of 2017 — but
members of the Senate have been unable to agree on a final replacement plan, leaving most of the
provisions of the ACA in place.
Republicans did take one step towards changing the ACA by eliminating(d) the law's individual mandate,
which took effect in January 2019. In October 2017, the Trump administration took actionsto modify
the ACA. Trump issued an executive order directing members of his Cabinet to create rules that would
allow small businesses to collectively buy health insurance through association health plans, expand
shortterm health coverage, and expand the use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). The
order did not make direct changes to existing health insurance rules; instead, it directed agencies to
consider new rules that would be subject to a notice and comment period. Trump said that he is still
committed to passing (a) a bill to repeal and replace the ACA. Before signing the executive order on
October 12, 2017, Trump said, ―Today is only the beginning.(c)
In the coming months, we plan to take new measures to provide our people with even more relief and
more freedom. (…) And we‘re going to also pressure Congress very strongly to finish the repeal and
the replace of Obamacare once and for all. We will have great healthcare in our country..‖.
a) Passing.
b) Modifying.
c) Beginning.
d) Eliminating.
Dear
Jane,
Everybody says that people like to wear sunglasses. My mother has two and my sisters have many.
In my opinion, sunglasses make people look artificial. My friends disagree with me. They always do
that. Nobody understands me. Am I wrong?
The word Everybody in bold in the text is
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a) a pronoun.
b) an article.
c) a number.
d) a verb.
II- He carne to Daylin's house to bringing him a brand new bike and a helmet.
III- Daylin thanked lhe man while he worked to making sure lhe helmet fit.
IV - Daylin will be able to ride lhe bike alter he finishes his medical treatment.
V - Sheriff Grady Judd hopes this bike will help him enjoy to be a kid again.
The word tip comes from an old English slang. Americans usually tip people in places like restaurants,
airports, hotels, and hair salons.
People who work in these places often get paid low wages.
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Sometimes it‘s hard to know how much to tip. The size of the tip usually depends on the service.
People such as parking valets or bellshops usually get (small) tips.
The tip for people such as taxi drivers and waiters or waitresses is usually (large) .
When you‘re not sure about how much to tip, do what feels right. You don‘t have to tip for bad
services. And you can give a (big) tip for a very good service.
Remember, though, your behavior is (important) than your money. Always treat
service providers with respect.
Choose the alternative that completes the text with the correct comparatives.
Dear Frank,
I tried to phone you you were out. I hope the party went well.
Yours, Sammy
a) Modal Verbs
b) Regular Verbs
c) Irregular Verbs
d) Are not Verbs
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―In Brazil, countryside youth want to learn about new places, new cultures and people. However,
they think their everyday lives are an obstacle to that, because they imagine that country life has
nothing to do with other parts of the world‖, says Rafael Fonseca. Rafael teaches English in a language
school in a cooperative coffee cultivation in Paraguaçu. His learners are the children of ruralworkers.
Rafael tells us that the objective of the project being developed in the cooperative is to give the young
people more opportunities of growth in the countryside, and that includes the ability to communicate
with international buyers. ―In the future, our project may help overcome the lack of succession in
countryside activities because, nowadays, rural workers‘ children become lawyers, engineers,
teachers, and sometimes even doctors, but those children very rarely want to have a profession related
to rural work‖, says Rafael.
―That happens‖, he adds, ―because their parents understand that life in the countryside can be hard
work and they do not want to see their children running the same type of life that they have. Their
children also believe that life in the country does not allow them to have contact with other parts of
the world, meet other people and improve cultural bounds. The program intends to show them that by
means of a second language they can travel, communicate with new people and learn about new
cultures as a means of promoting and selling what they produce in the country, and that includes
receiving visitors in their workplace from abroad.‖
Rafael‘s strategy is to contextualize the English language and keep learners up-to-date with what
happens in the global market. ―Integrating relevant topics about countryside living can be transformative
in the classroom. The local regional and cultural aspects are a great source ofinspiration and learning
not only for the young, but for us all.‖
Choose the alternative with the correct reference for the underlined words from the text.
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TEXT
Music therapy with cancer patients
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, in Germany and in many other
industrialized countries. In 2007, about 12 million people were diagnosed with cancer worldwide with
a mortality rate of 7.6 million (American Cancer Society, 2007). In the industrial countries, the most
commonly diagnosed cancers in men are prostate cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Women
are most commonly diagnosed with breast cancer, gastric cancer and lung cancer.
The symptoms of cancer depend on the type of the disease, but there are common symptoms caused
by cancer and/or by its medical treatment (e.g., chemotherapy and radiation). Common physical
symptoms are pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, nausea (feeling sick, vomiting),
dizziness, limited physical activity, hair loss, a sore mouth/throat and bowel problems. Cancer also often
causes psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, mood disturbances, stress, insecurity,
grief and decreased self-esteem. This, in turn, can implicate social consequences. Social isolation can
occur due to physical or psychological symptoms (for example, feeling too tired to meet friends, cutting
oneself off due to depressive complaints).
Besides conventional pharmacological treatments of cancer, there are treatments to meet
psychological and physical needs of the patient. Psychological consequences of cancer, such as
depression, anxiety or loss of control, can be counteracted by psychotherapy. For example, within
cognitive therapy cancer patients may develop coping strategies to handle the disease. Research
indicates that music therapy, which is a form of psychotherapy, can have positive effects on both
physiological and psychological symptoms of cancer patients as well as in acute or palliative situations.
There are several definitions of music therapy. According to the World Federation of Music Therapy
(WFMT, 1996), music therapy is: ―the use of music and/or its music elements (sound, rhythm, melody
and harmony) by a qualified music therapist, with a client or group, in a process designed to facilitate
and promote communication, relationship, learning, mobilization, expression, organization, and other
relevant therapeutic objectives, in order to meet physical, emotional, mental, social and cognitive
needs‖.
The Dutch Music Therapy Association (NVCT, 1999) defines music therapy as ―a methodological form
of assistance in which musical means are used within a therapeutic relation to manage changes,
developments, stabilisation or acceptance on the emotional, behavioural, cognitive, social or on the
physical field‖.
The assumption is that the patient's musical behaviour conforms to their general behaviour. The
starting points are the features of the patient's specific disorder or disease pattern. There is ananalogy
between psychological problems and musical behaviour, which means that emotions can be expressed
musically. For patients who have difficulties in expressing emotions, music therapy can be a useful
medium. Music therapy might be a useful intervention for breast cancer patients in order to facilitate
and enhance their emotional expressivity. Besides analogy, there are further qualities of music that can
be beneficial within therapeutic treatment. One of these qualities is symbolism: music can symbolize
persons, objects, incidents, experiences or memories of daily life. Therefore, music is areality, which
represents another reality. The symbolism of the musical reality enables the patient to deal safely with
the other reality for it evokes memories about persons, objects or incidents. These associations can be
perceived as positive or negative, so they release emotions in the patient.
Music therapy both addresses physical and psychological needs of the patient. Numerous studies
indicate that music therapy can be beneficial to both acute cancer patients and palliative cancer patients
in the final stage of disease.
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Most research with acute cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, surgery or stem cell transplantation
examined the effectiveness of receptive music therapy. Listening to music during chemotherapy, either
played live by the music therapist or from tape has a positive effect on pain perception, relaxation,
anxiety and mood. There was also found a decrease in diastolic blood pressure or heart rate and an
improvement in fatigue; insomnia and appetite loss could be significantly decreased in patients older
than 45 years. Further improvements by receptive music therapy were found for physical comfort,
vitality, dizziness and tolerability of the chemotherapy. A study with patients undergoing surgery found
that receptive music therapy led to decreased anxiety, stress and relaxation levels before, during and
after surgery. Music therapy can also be applied in palliative situations, for example to patients with
terminal cancer who live in hospices.
Studies indicate that music therapy may be beneficial for cancer patients in acute and palliative
situations, but the benefits of music therapy for convalescing cancer patients remain unclear. Whereas
music therapy interventions for acute and palliative patients often focus on physiological and
psychosomatic symptoms, such as pain perception and reducing medical side-effects, music therapy
with posthospital curative treatment could have its main focus on psychological aspects. A cancer
patient is not free from cancer until five years after the tumour ablation. The patient fears that the cancer
has not been defeated. In this stage of the disease, patients frequently feel insecure, depressive and
are emotionally unstable. How to handle irksome and negative emotions is animportant issue for many
oncology patients. After the difficult period of the medical treatment, which they often have overcome
in a prosaic way by masking emotions, patients often express the wish to become aware of themselves
again. They may wish to grapple with negative emotions due to their disease. Other patients wish to
experience positive feelings, such as enjoyment and vitality.
The results indicate that music therapy can also have positive influences on well-being of cancer
patients in the post-hospital curative stage as well as they offer valuable information about patients'
needs in this state of treatment and how effects can be dealt with properly.
a) superlative.
b) comparative of superiority.
c) comparative of inferiority.
d) comparative of equality.
Like any technology, artificial intelligence has both positive aspects and more worrying aspects, ?
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a) haven't they
b) hasn't it
c) doesn't it
d) don't they
e) aren't they
Leadership
way to lead is to lead by example. A good leader te/Is you how it's done, a great one shows you
how.
As a leader, thing that you can give your team members is your time. A lot of them will go through
a bad phase or will be clueless about what to do. AI those times, they need to /<now you are there.
Peop/e wi/1 /ook up to you. A! times, even for things in which they are far than you. You don't
have to take their decisions, just provide !hem your confidence so that they can take their decisions.
Roller skating
R.Jordania
Roller skating used to be strictly for children. Nowadays, with the new neoprene wheels and frictionless
ballbearings, rollerskating has become popular with people with of all ages and all social classes.
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Not only do people skate, they also dance on roller skates – the term roller-disco.
To cater to the new fad, many indoor roller – disco rinks are opening all over the country. There people
can dance on roller skates in winter when there is snow and ice on the ground.
In ―Roller skating used to be strictly for children.‖, the verb ―used to‖, in bold type is closest in meaning
to:
A 16-year-old boy died after he was stabbed a number of times in north-west London by a group who
had chased him, police have said.
The Metropolitan police were called to Munster Square in Camden, close to Regent's Park, at about
11.10pm on Monday. The boy was pronunced dead at the scene, with paramedics in attendance, and
his next of kin were informed.
DCI Paul Healy said in a statement that police were in the early stages of their murder investigation
and appealed for members of the public to "do the rigth thing and speak to us", with no arrests yet
made.
"We believe the victim was chased around the square by a number of suspects prior to being stabbed
a number of times," he said. "The suspects made off in a vehicle which was discovered burnt out nearby.
Another vehicle believed to be involved in the incident was also found burnt out some distance away."
At the scene on Tuesday afternoon next to Munster Square, which sits in the middle of a number of tall
council blocks, a large police cordon remained in place and stretched across a number of nearby roads.
Residents said the cordon was so large because the boy had been chased.
A resident, Rosanara Begum, told the Evening Standard: "The boy was running away from them, Then
we saw the two boys holding him and the other one stabbing him"
"As soons as I heard: 'Help me, help me', I was on the phone to the ambulance. He was bleending a
lot. The attackers were skinny and just looked like teenagers. They were running off and they were
screaming and laughing."
Her daughter added: "We saw three boys all wearing hoods all covered in black, the middle one had
a long black, marchete-type knife. It was really long".
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If the writer decides to write the article in the present, which form of the verb will he use in the
sentences below?
"At the scene on Tuesday afternoon next to Munster Square, which (1) in the middle of a
number of tall council blocks, a large police cordon (2) in place and
(3) across a number of neraby roads. Residents (4) the cordon
(5) so large because the boy (6) ."
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/985813-rekt
a) subject
b) relative
c) reflexive
d) possessive
Dear Frank,
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I could not come I had to take my cousin the airport.
I tried to phone you you were out. I hope the party went well.
Yours, Sammy
a) in – if – on – but
b) on – but – at – so
c) on – because – at – but
d) at – however – to – because
Abstract
In ―Comprehensive lifestyle changes may be able to bring about regression…‖ may expresses:
a) certainty.
b) prohibition.
c) permission.
d) obligation.
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e) possibility.
Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to the text.
TEXT
We have always been fascinated by the thought of alien life elsewhere in the universe. The idea has
provided the basis for a huge wealth of science fiction stories that have been limited only by our
imaginations. But can other creatures exist in the vast reaches of space or on other planets ormoons?
And are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something much
simpler?
Our Sun is just one star among billions in our galaxy. In the last few years, scientists have detected
thousands of planets around other stars and it seems that most stars have planetary systems. It‘s
therefore likely that there will be large numbers of habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond
that are capable of supporting intelligent life. Some of these intelligent civilisations, if they‘re out there,
may have even developed interstellar travel.
Are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something
much simpler?
But Earth hasn‘t been visited by any intelligent aliens (yet?). This apparent high probability of life,
combined with a lack of evidence for its existence, is called the Fermi Paradox, named for the physicist
Enrico Fermi who first outlined 1 the argument back in 1950. This begs the question: whereis
everybody?
Back in 1961, astronomer Francis Drake tried to rationalise this question by developing an equation
that takes into account 2 all the factors relevant to finding alien civilisations and gives an estimate of the
number of civilisations out there in the galaxy that should be able to communicate with us. It considers
factors such as the rate 3 of new star formation, how many planets around those new and existing stars
might be able to support life, the number of planets supporting intelligent life, how many of those
civilisations might have technology we can detect, whether they‘re likely to communicate withus here
on Earth, and so on.
Scientists and radio astronomers have started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in a
systematic manner. Several international organisations, including the SETI Institute and the SETI
League, are using radio telescopes to detect signals that might have been produced by intelligent life.
In 1995, the SETI Institute started Project Phoenix, which used three of the most powerful radio
telescopes in the world: the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, USA; the Arecibo telescope
in Puerto Rico; and the Parkes radio telescope in NSW, Australia. During its initial phase, Project
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Phoenix used the Parkes telescope to search for signals coming from 202 Sun-like stars as distant as
155 light years away. By the end of its operations, Project Phoenix had scanned a total of 800 ‗nearby‘
4 (up to 240 light years away) stars for signs of life. The project detected some cosmic noises,but none
of that could be attributed to aliens.
These days, anyone can become involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through their
personal computer.
While there‘s currently excitement about sending human crews to Mars, missions beyond the Red
Planet are at this stage pretty much not feasible 5 the distances and travel times involved are simply too
great. Basically, all exploration for life beyond Earth will need to be done using robotic space probes 6
and landing rovers. These instruments can provide a huge wealth of information and are
capable of exploring as far away as Pluto, perhaps even beyond our solar system. But as for life beyond
the solar system, the nearest stars are several light years away, and even communications by
electromagnetic waves (which all travel at the speed of light) are essentially going to be a one-way
message.
While we probably won‘t find intelligent life too close to home, there‘s a chance we may still find much
simpler life forms. Do we have neighbours beyond Earth? Time will tell—and the search continues.
Glossary:
3. rate – expansion
a) will use
b) using
c) use
d) are going to use
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Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to the text.
TEXT
The search for life beyond Earth
We have always been fascinated by the thought of alien life elsewhere in the universe. The idea has
provided the basis for a huge wealth of science fiction stories that have been limited only by our
imaginations. But can other creatures exist in the vast reaches of space or on other planets or moons?
And are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something much
simpler?
Our Sun is just one star among billions in our galaxy. In the last few years, scientists have detected
thousands of planets around other stars and it seems that most stars have planetary systems. It‘s
therefore likely that there will be large numbers of habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond
that are capable of supporting intelligent life. Some of these intelligent civilisations, if they‘re out there,
may have even developed interstellar travel.
Are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something
much simpler?
But Earth hasn‘t been visited by any intelligent aliens (yet?). This apparent high probability of life,
combined with a lack of evidence for its existence, is called the Fermi Paradox, named for the physicist
Enrico Fermi who first outlined 1 the argument back in 1950. This begs the question: whereis
everybody?
Back in 1961, astronomer Francis Drake tried to rationalise this question by developing an equation
that takes into account 2 all the factors relevant to finding alien civilisations and gives an estimate of the
number of civilisations out there in the galaxy that should be able to communicate with us. It considers
factors such as the rate 3 of new star formation, how many planets around those new and existing stars
might be able to support life, the number of planets supporting intelligent life, how many of those
civilisations might have technology we can detect, whether they‘re likely to communicate withus here
on Earth, and so on.
Scientists and radio astronomers have started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in a
systematic manner. Several international organisations, including the SETI Institute and the SETI
League, are using radio telescopes to detect signals that might have been produced by intelligent life.
In 1995, the SETI Institute started Project Phoenix, which used three of the most powerful radio
telescopes in the world: the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, USA; the Arecibo telescope
in Puerto Rico; and the Parkes radio telescope in NSW, Australia. During its initial phase, Project
Phoenix used the Parkes telescope to search for signals coming from 202 Sun-like stars as distant as
155 light years away. By the end of its operations, Project Phoenix had scanned a total of 800 ‗nearby‘
4 (up to 240 light years away) stars for signs of life. The project detected some cosmic noises,but none
of that could be attributed to aliens.
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These days, anyone can become involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through their
personal computer.
While there‘s currently excitement about sending human crews to Mars, missions beyond the Red
Planet are at this stage pretty much not feasible 5 the distances and travel times involved are simply too
great. Basically, all exploration for life beyond Earth will need to be done using robotic space
probes 6 and landing rovers. These instruments can provide a huge wealth of information and are
capable of exploring as far away as Pluto, perhaps even beyond our solar system. But as for life beyond
the solar system, the nearest stars are several light years away, and even communications by
electromagnetic waves (which all travel at the speed of light) are essentially going to be a one-way
message.
While we probably won‘t find intelligent life too close to home, there‘s a chance we may still find much
simpler life forms. Do we have neighbours beyond Earth? Time will tell—and the search continues.
Glossary:
3. rate – expansion
a) No, we haven't.
b) Probably not.
c) I don't think so.
d) No, we don't.
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Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to the text.
TEXT
We have always been fascinated by the thought of alien life elsewhere in the universe. The idea has
provided the basis for a huge wealth of science fiction stories that have been limited only by our
imaginations. But can other creatures exist in the vast reaches of space or on other planets or moons?
And are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something much
simpler?
Our Sun is just one star among billions in our galaxy. In the last few years, scientists have detected
thousands of planets around other stars and it seems that most stars have planetary systems. It‘s
therefore likely that there will be large numbers of habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond
that are capable of supporting intelligent life. Some of these intelligent civilisations, if they‘re out there,
may have even developed interstellar travel.
Are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something
much simpler?
But Earth hasn‘t been visited by any intelligent aliens (yet?). This apparent high probability of life,
combined with a lack of evidence for its existence, is called the Fermi Paradox, named for the physicist
Enrico Fermi who first outlined 1 the argument back in 1950. This begs the question: whereis
everybody?
Back in 1961, astronomer Francis Drake tried to rationalise this question by developing an equation
that takes into account 2 all the factors relevant to finding alien civilisations and gives an estimate of the
number of civilisations out there in the galaxy that should be able to communicate with us. It considers
factors such as the rate 3 of new star formation, how many planets around those new and existing stars
might be able to support life, the number of planets supporting intelligent life, how manyof those
civilisations might have technology we can detect, whether they‘re likely to communicate withus here
on Earth, and so on.
Scientists and radio astronomers have started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in a
systematic manner. Several international organisations, including the SETI Institute and the SETI
League, are using radio telescopes to detect signals that might have been produced by intelligent life.
In 1995, the SETI Institute started Project Phoenix, which used three of the most powerful radio
telescopes in the world: the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, USA; the Arecibo telescope
in Puerto Rico; and the Parkes radio telescope in NSW, Australia. During its initial phase, Project
Phoenix used the Parkes telescope to search for signals coming from 202 Sun-like stars as distant as
155 light years away. By the end of its operations, Project Phoenix had scanned a total of 800 ‗nearby‘
4 (up to 240 light years away) stars for signs of life. The project detected some cosmic noises,but none
of that could be attributed to aliens.
149
.
These days, anyone can become involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through their
personal computer.
While there‘s currently excitement about sending human crews to Mars, missions beyond the Red
Planet are at this stage pretty much not feasible 5 the distances and travel times involved are simply too
great. Basically, all exploration for life beyond Earth will need to be done using robotic space
probes 6 and landing rovers. These instruments can provide a huge wealth of information and are
capable of exploring as far away as Pluto, perhaps even beyond our solar system. But as for life beyond
the solar system, the nearest stars are several light years away, and even communications by
electromagnetic waves (which all travel at the speed of light) are essentially going to be a one-way
message.
While we probably won‘t find intelligent life too close to home, there‘s a chance we may still find much
simpler life forms. Do we have neighbours beyond Earth? Time will tell—and the search continues.
Glossary:
3. rate – expansion
a) Milky Way is the galaxy where there will probably be a large number of habitable planets.
b) 1961 is the year when the astronomer Francis Drake developed an equation.
c) Scientists and astronomers were the ones who started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
d) Robotic space probes are instruments what can provide a huge wealth of information.
Choose the correct active form for the sentence: ―The history of humankind has been marked by
patterns of growth and decline.‖
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c) The history of humankind has marked patterns of growth and decline.
d) Patterns of growth and decline have marked the history of humankind.
a) inability.
b) obligation.
c) permission.
d) prohibition.
Every day we make thousands of decisions. From the more trivial – The Crown or Succession? – to the
more pivotal, like whether you should take that job or stay in that relationship. It doesn‘t help that, these
days, we have thousands of options – literally – at our fingertips. For instance, there are 5863
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movies and TV shows on Netflix to choose from and more than 80,000 different drink options at
Starbucks.
Given we are so spoiled for choice, some degree of fence-sitting is understanding. However, if you find
yourself crippled with indecision, even when, say, all the available options are acceptable, you might
be suffering from Fobo. Like Fomo, Fobo‘s anxious sibling, which describes that
icky feeling(E) we get when we feel like we are missing out on something, Fobo(E), aka ―fear of better
options‖(C), is used to describe the anxiety(B) that accompanies choice(A) overload.
The term has been coined by US venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis, who also created Fomo. Those
afflicted by Fobo, he says, will typically find themselves overwhelmed by the possibilities of what could
be, even when no outcome is guaranteed, and therefore are likely to hold back on commitment or will
decide to commit but then cancel.
McGinnis, who has been researching Fomo and Fobo for his forthcoming book, says this is not a new
behaviour but reflective of our ―biology of wanting the best‖. ―Our ancestors a million years ago were
programmed to wait for the best because it meant they were more likely to succeed,‖ he says, as
per The Guardian. However, our ability to compare both options and ourselves via technology and
social media has accelerated this tendency, sometimes escalating to crippling levels, he explains.
The rise of Fobo reflects an emerging trend on how choice overload can, despite appearances, make
us miserable. In an episode on her podcast, The Happiness Lab, Dr Laurie Santos points out we are
more spoiled for choice than ever. However, research shows we usually end up less satisfied with our
decision because of it. What‘s more, filtering out all these options is proven to be mentally draining,
which can lead to worse decision making or ―decision fatigue‖.
, those who are presented with fewer options are more likely to end up satisfied. Forexample,
a study offered customers samples of either six or 24 different jams on alternate days. Researchers
found 30% of people in the first group purchased at least one of the six jams they tried, while only 3%
of the other group made a purchase. In other words, when we are overwhelmed with choice, we are
less likely to make a decision at all.
So how do we beat Fobo? It all comes down to being decisive. ―I have two helpful tips I use almost
every day,‖ McGinnis tells the New York Times. ―For everyday things, I do what I call ‗Ask the Watch‘.
I whittle something down to two options and then assign each item to a side of my watch. Then I look
down and see where the second hand is at that moments. Decision made. It sounds silly, but if you try
it you will thank me,‖ he says. ―For the big things, I try to think like a venture capitalist. I write everything
down on the topic - pros, cons, etc – and I read it out loud.‖
So next time you find yourself distressed by what to watch on Netflix, why not try something different?
Look at your watch.
a) choice.
b) anxiety.
c) options.
d) Fobo.
e) feeling.
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Questão 64: Marinha - Asp Of (EN)/EN/2019
You , eat vegetables every day. Vegetables contain essential vitamins and substances that
are very important for your organism.
You , only eat what you like to eat because to stay healthy you also need to eat what your
organism needs you to eat.
a) can't/ can
b) should / can
c) shouldn'I / can'I
d) should / shouldn't
e) shouldn't / should
Monday May 24, 1976, two Concorde jets crossed the Atlantic ocean three hours and
fifty minutes. The planes took off and landed the same time.
a) in / on / at
b) on / in / at
c) at / on / in
d) on / from / in
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Gregory ―Greg‖ Heffley is an American middle school student and also the main protagonist of the book
series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Greg is lazy, petty, slightly narcissistic, sociopathic, egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually
backstabbing, and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and apparently lacks talent. He hardly
has any skills aside from video games and possibly singing. However, despite all this, Greg has had his
kind and caring moments, but not that often.
a) Greg doesn‘t have his kind and caring moments, but not that often.
b) Greg haven‘t had his kind and caring moments, but not that often.
c) Greg hasn‘t have his kind and caring moments, but not that often.
d) Greg hasn‘t had his kind and caring moments, but not that often.
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Choose the alternative containing the correct verb forms to complete gaps (1), (2) and (3) in
paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 respectively.
The correct QUESTION TAG to complete this sentence in the text is:
a) isn‘t she
b) isn‘t it
c) does it
d) doesn‘t it
The doctor Peggy if she lhe blood pressure pill. Peggy to lhe doctor that she
taking it severa! weeks before. The doctor Peggy taking lhe medicine again.
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(Adapted from McAslan, Mary Sue. Read lhe Prescriplion Label. Balboa Press, 2012, p.150-151)
AII 12 members oi lhe Wild Soar soccer team and their coach alter more than two weeks trapped inside
a cave in Thailand. The rescue mission was complicated. Here's how it went down.
First, experts to teach lhe boys how to use scuba gear. During the hours-long trip out oi lhe cave, each
boy underwater by two divers. The boys and their escorts to squeeze through a narrow, flooded
channel. Having completed that narrow section, the boys to separate, specialist rescue teams, who
them through the remainder oi the cave.
a) were rescued / were sent in / accompanied / were required / were handed over / were helped
b) were rescued / were sent in / was accompanied / were required / were handed over / helped
e) was rescued / were sent in / accompanied / were required / handed over / helped
Back to School
For generations in the United States, a nineteenth century invention known as the public school system
was seen as the best way to give students the knowledge and skills to become nice citizens. Around
the 1960s, experts began questioning the system, citing the need for new types of schoolsto meet
the changing demands of the twentieth century. These reformers eventually won for parentsa much
broader range of educational choices – including religious, alternative, and charter schools and home
schooling – but they also sparked a debate on teaching and learning that still divides experts to this
day.
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Nunan, David - Listen in book 2, second edition.
The words ―become‖ and ―meet‖, in bold type in the text, are
―Of course they‘re fake videos, everyone can see they're not real. All the same, they really did say
those things, didn't they?‖ These are the words of Vivienne Rook, the fictional politician played by Emma
Thompson in the brilliant dystopian BBC TV drama Years and Years. The episode in question, set in
2027, tackles the subject of ―deepfakes‖ – videos in which a living person's face and voice are digitally
manipulated to say anything the programmer wants.
Rook perfectly sums up the problem with these videos – even if you know they are fake, they leave a
lingering impression. And her words are all the more compelling because deepfakes are real and among
us already. Last year, several deepfake porn videos emerged online, appearing to show celebrities such
as Emma Watson, Gal Gadot and Taylor Swift in explicit situations.
[…]
In some cases, the deepfakes are almost indistinguishable from the real thing – which is particularly
worrying for politicians and other people in the public eye. Videos that may initially have been created
for laughs could easily be misinterpreted by viewers. Earlier this year, for example, a digitally altered
video appeared to show Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, slurring
drunkenly through a speech. The video was widely shared on Facebook and YouTube, before being
tweeted by President Donald Trump with the caption: ―PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS
CONFERENCE‖. The video was debunked, but not before it had been viewed millions of times.Trump
has still not deleted the tweet, which has been retweeted over 30,000 times.
The current approach of social media companies is to filter out and reduce the distribution of deepfake
videos, rather than outright removing them – unless they are pornographic. This can resultin victims
suffering severe reputational damage, not to mention ongoing humiliation and ridicule from viewers.
―Deepfakes are one of the most alarming trends I have witnessed as a Congresswoman to date,‖ said
US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in a recent article for Quartz. ―If the American publiccan be made
to believe and trust altered videos of presidential candidates, our democracy is in grave danger. We
need to work together to stop deepfakes from becoming the defining feature of the 2020 elections.‖
Of course, it‘s not just democracy that is at risk, but also the economy, the legal system and even
individuals themselves. Clarke warns that, if deepfake technology continues to evolve without acheck,
video evidence could lose its credibility during trials. It is not hard to imagine it being used by disgruntled
ex-lovers, employees and random people on the internet to exact revenge and ruin people‘s reputations.
The software for creating these videos is already widely available.
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No trecho: ―it‘s not just democracy that is at risk, but also the economy‖, a expressão sublinhada
expressa uma ideia de
a) oposição.
b) concessão.
c) concordância.
d) adição.
e) contraste.
A businesswoman‘s desperate need for a cigarette on an 8-hour flight from American Airlines
in her being arrested and handcuffed, after she was found lighting up in the toilet of a Boeing
747, not once but twice. She because she violent when the plane
landed in England, where the police subsequently arrested and handcuffed her. Joan Norrish, aged 33,
yesterday the first person to be prosecuted under new laws for smoking on board aplane, when she
was fined £440 at Uxbridge magistrates‘ court.
Complete the sentence adapted from the text using the Passive Voice: She when the
plane landed in England.
a) is arrested
b) was arrested
c) was arresting
d) will be arrested
TV addiction
The amount of time people spend watching television is astonishing. On average, individuals in the
industrialized world devote three hours a day to the pursuit, fully half of their leisure time, and more
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than on any single activity save work and sleep. Someone who lives to 75 would spend nine years
in front of the tube. To some commentators, this devotion means simply that people enjoy TV and
make a conscious decision to watch it. But if that is the whole story, why do so many people experience
misgivings about how much they view?
a) verb.
b) noun.
c) adverb.
d) adjective.
An increasing body of evidence suggests that the time we spend on our smartphones is interfering with
our sleep, self-esteem, relationships, memory, attention spans, creativity, productivity and problem-
solving and decision-making skills. But there is another reason for us to rethink our relationships with
our devices. By chronically raising levels of cortisol, the body‘s main stress hormone, our phones may
be threatening our health and shortening our lives.
If they happened only occasionally, phone-induced cortisol spikes might not matter. But the average
American spends four hours a day staring at their smartphone and keeps it within arm‘s reach nearly
all the time, according to a tracking app called Moment.
―Your cortisol levels are elevated when your phone is in sight or nearby, or when you hear it or even
think you hear it,‖ says David Greenfield, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine and founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. ―It‘s a stress
response, and it feels unpleasant, and the body‘s natural response is to want to check the phone to
make the stress go away.‖
But while doing so might soothe you for a second, it probably will make things worse in the long run.
Any time you check your phone, you‘re likely to find something else stressful waiting for you, leading
to another spike in cortisol and another craving to check your phone to make your anxiety go away.
This cycle, when continuously reinforced, leads to chronically elevated cortisol levels. And chronically
elevated cortisol levels have been tied to an increased risk of serious health problems, including
depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, Type 2 diabetes, fertility issues, high blood pressure, heart
attack, dementia and stroke.
No trecho do primeiro parágrafo ― But there is another reason for us to rethink our relationships with
our devices‖, o termo sublinhado introduz uma
a) oposição.
b) conclusão.
b) exclusão.
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d) adição.
e) explicação.
a) The boy is not interested in taking a shower for the next years.
b) The boy is in love. Due to it, he‘s going to take a shower.
c) The girl doesn't want to take a shower anymore.
d) The girl accepts the boy the way he is.
When Debbie Carr collapsed unconscious on the floor alter an epileptic fit, son might easily have
panicked. But lhe youngster showed the kind oi coolness in a crisis - and conversational skill - that was
way beyond years.
picked up the phone, dialled 999 and gave the operator full name, mother's name and lhe
number oi the house and the street where lived. An ambulance was duly dispatched to
Whinfield Terrace in Rowlands Gill, near Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
The operator kept on the line until for around half an hour, awaiting the arrival oi the ambulance.
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e) her / his / He / his / his / they / him
Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to the text.
TEXT
We have always been fascinated by the thought of alien life elsewhere in the universe. The idea has
provided the basis for a huge wealth of science fiction stories that have been limited only by our
imaginations. But can other creatures exist in the vast reaches of space or on other planets ormoons?
And are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something much
simpler?
Our Sun is just one star among billions in our galaxy. In the last few years, scientists have detected
thousands of planets around other stars and it seems that most stars have planetary systems. It‘s
therefore likely that there will be large numbers of habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond
that are capable of supporting intelligent life. Some of these intelligent civilisations, if they‘re out there,
may have even developed interstellar travel.
Are there other intelligent forms of life out there—or are we more likely to find something
much simpler?
But Earth hasn‘t been visited by any intelligent aliens (yet?). This apparent high probability of life,
combined with a lack of evidence for its existence, is called the Fermi Paradox, named for the physicist
Enrico Fermi who first outlined 1 the argument back in 1950. This begs the question: whereis
everybody?
Back in 1961, astronomer Francis Drake tried to rationalise this question by developing an equation
that takes into account 2 all the factors relevant to finding alien civilisations and gives an estimate of the
number of civilisations out there in the galaxy that should be able to communicate with us. It considers
factors such as the rate 3 of new star formation, how many planets around those new and existing stars
might be able to support life, the number of planets supporting intelligent life, how many of those
civilisations might have technology we can detect, whether they‘re likely to communicate withus here
on Earth, and so on.
Scientists and radio astronomers have started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in a
systematic manner. Several international organisations, including the SETI Institute and the SETI
League, are using radio telescopes to detect signals that might have been produced by intelligent life.
In 1995, the SETI Institute started Project Phoenix, which used three of the most powerful radio
telescopes in the world: the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, USA; the Arecibo telescope
in Puerto Rico; and the Parkes radio telescope in NSW, Australia. During its initial phase, Project
Phoenix used the Parkes telescope to search for signals coming from 202 Sun-like stars as distant as
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155 light years away. By the end of its operations, Project Phoenix had scanned a total of 800 ‗nearby‘
4 (up to 240 light years away) stars for signs of life. The project detected some cosmic noises,but none
of that could be attributed to aliens.
These days, anyone can become involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through their
personal computer.
While there‘s currently excitement about sending human crews to Mars, missions beyond the Red
Planet are at this stage pretty much not feasible 5 the distances and travel times involved are simply too
great. Basically, all exploration for life beyond Earth will need to be done using robotic space probes 6
and landing rovers. These instruments can provide a huge wealth of information and are capable of
exploring as far away as Pluto, perhaps even beyond our solar system. But as for life
beyond the solar system, the nearest stars are several light years away, and even communications by
electromagnetic waves (which all travel at the speed of light) are essentially going to be a one-way
message.
While we probably won‘t find intelligent life too close to home, there‘s a chance we may still find much
simpler life forms. Do we have neighbours beyond Earth? Time will tell—and the search continues.
Glossary:
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a) putting
b) putted
c) puts
d) put
A businesswoman‘s desperate need for a cigarette on an 8-hour flight from American Airlines
in her being arrested and handcuffed, after she was found lighting up in the toilet of a Boeing
747, not once but twice. She because she violent when the plane
landed in England, where the police subsequently arrested and handcuffed her. Joan Norrish, aged 33,
yesterday the first person to be prosecuted under new laws for smoking on board aplane, when she
was fined £440 at Uxbridge magistrates‘ court.
Choose the best alternative to complete the text using verbs in the Simple Past:
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TEXT
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, in Germany and in many other
industrialized countries. In 2007, about 12 million people were diagnosed with cancer worldwide with
a mortality rate of 7.6 million (American Cancer Society, 2007). In the industrial countries, the most
commonly diagnosed cancers in men are prostate cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Women
are most commonly diagnosed with breast cancer, gastric cancer and lung cancer.
The symptoms of cancer depend on the type of the disease, but there are common symptoms caused
by cancer and/or by its medical treatment (e.g., chemotherapy and radiation). Common physical
symptoms are pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, nausea (feeling sick, vomiting),
dizziness, limited physical activity, hair loss, a sore mouth/throat and bowel problems. Cancer also often
causes psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, mood disturbances, stress, insecurity,
grief and decreased self-esteem. This, in turn, can implicate social consequences. Social isolation can
occur due to physical or psychological symptoms (for example, feeling too tired to meet friends, cutting
oneself off due to depressive complaints).
Besides conventional pharmacological treatments of cancer, there are treatments to meet
psychological and physical needs of the patient. Psychological consequences of cancer, such as
depression, anxiety or loss of control, can be counteracted by psychotherapy. For example, within
cognitive therapy cancer patients may develop coping strategies to handle the disease. Research
indicates that music therapy, which is a form of psychotherapy, can have positive effects on both
physiological and psychological symptoms of cancer patients as well as in acute or palliative situations.
There are several definitions of music therapy. According to the World Federation of Music Therapy
(WFMT, 1996), music therapy is: ―the use of music and/or its music elements (sound, rhythm, melody
and harmony) by a qualified music therapist, with a client or group, in a process designed to facilitate
and promote communication, relationship, learning, mobilization, expression, organization, and other
relevant therapeutic objectives, in order to meet physical, emotional, mental, social and cognitive
needs‖.
The Dutch Music Therapy Association (NVCT, 1999) defines music therapy as ―a methodological form
of assistance in which musical means are used within a therapeutic relation to manage changes,
developments, stabilisation or acceptance on the emotional, behavioural, cognitive, social or on the
physical field‖.
The assumption is that the patient's musical behaviour conforms to their general behaviour. The
starting points are the features of the patient's specific disorder or disease pattern. There is ananalogy
between psychological problems and musical behaviour, which means that emotions can be expressed
musically. For patients who have difficulties in expressing emotions, music therapy can be a useful
medium. Music therapy might be a useful intervention for breast cancer patients in order to facilitate
and enhance their emotional expressivity. Besides analogy, there are further qualities of music that can
be beneficial within therapeutic treatment. One of these qualities is symbolism: music can symbolize
persons, objects, incidents, experiences or memories of daily life. Therefore, music is areality, which
represents another reality. The symbolism of the musical reality enables the patient to deal safely with
the other reality for it evokes memories about persons, objects or incidents. These associations can be
perceived as positive or negative, so they release emotions in the patient.
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Music therapy both addresses physical and psychological needs of the patient. Numerous studies
indicate that music therapy can be beneficial to both acute cancer patients and palliative cancer patients
in the final stage of disease.
Most research with acute cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, surgery or stem cell transplantation
examined the effectiveness of receptive music therapy. Listening to music during chemotherapy, either
played live by the music therapist or from tape has a positive effect on pain perception, relaxation,
anxiety and mood. There was also found a decrease in diastolic blood pressure or heart rate and an
improvement in fatigue; insomnia and appetite loss could be significantly decreased in patients older
than 45 years. Further improvements by receptive music therapy were found for physical comfort,
vitality, dizziness and tolerability of the chemotherapy. A study with patients undergoing surgery found
that receptive music therapy led to decreased anxiety, stress and relaxation levels before, during and
after surgery. Music therapy can also be applied in palliative situations, for example to patients with
terminal cancer who live in hospices.
Studies indicate that music therapy may be beneficial for cancer patients in acute and palliative
situations, but the benefits of music therapy for convalescing cancer patients remain unclear. Whereas
music therapy interventions for acute and palliative patients often focus on physiological and
psychosomatic symptoms, such as pain perception and reducing medical side-effects, music therapy
with posthospital curative treatment could have its main focus on psychological aspects. A cancer
patient is not free from cancer until five years after the tumour ablation. The patient fears that the cancer
has not been defeated. In this stage of the disease, patients frequently feel insecure, depressive and
are emotionally unstable. How to handle irksome and negative emotions is animportant issue for many
oncology patients. After the difficult period of the medical treatment, which they often have overcome
in a prosaic way by masking emotions, patients often express the wish to become aware of themselves
again. They may wish to grapple with negative emotions due to their disease. Other patients wish to
experience positive feelings, such as enjoyment and vitality.
The results indicate that music therapy can also have positive influences on well-being of cancer
patients in the post-hospital curative stage as well as they offer valuable information about patients'
needs in this state of treatment and how effects can be dealt with properly.
In the fragment ―music therapy with post-hospital curative treatment could have its main focus on
psychological aspects‖ the pronoun refers to
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report with officer to make sure that all important information is
documented.
(Adapted from https://help.citibikenyc.com)
a) an / a / lhe / lhe / a / an
b) an /a/ - /a/ lhe/ an
c) lhe/ lhe/ a/ lhe/ lhe/ a
d) a/ lhe/ lhe/ a/ a/ a
e) a/ lhe/ a/ a/ - / a
Grounding
Grounding is a common form of punishment for young people who disobey their parents. Grounding
means that they are not allowed to go out, after school or on weekends, for a certain period of
time. This could be from one day to month or more, depending upon the gravity of the offense. During
that time, though, they must continue to go to school, to work if they have a job, and do other errands
approved by their parents.
term ―grounding‖ is aviation term. A plane is grounded when it is not allowed to fly for any reason.
Similarly, pilots or other flying personnel are grounded when they are not allowed to fly because of
illness or for disobeying the rules.
a) advice
b) possibility
c) obligation
d) lack of necessity
More than 200,000 people evacuated as a typhoon made landfall on China‘s east
coast, state media say.
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Typhoon Yagi hit China‘s Zhejiang province shortly before midnight on Sunday packing winds of up to
102km/h, the official Xinhua news agency reports, citing provincial flood control headquarters.
A total of 204,949 people in 10 cities, including Taizhou, Zhoushan, and Wenzhou, have been
evacuated and almost 21,000 fishing boats called back to port, it said.
The storm will also bring heavy rain and will gradually weaken as it moves slowly inland to the
northwest, Xinhua said.
Summer is China‘s typhoon season, although casualties minimised in recent years by
early government planning and evacuations from potencial danger zones.
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