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TEACHER ANDREA BELO
Sumário
INTRODUÇÃO 3
LINKING WORDS 4
CONJUNCTIONS 12
QUESTÕES 25
GABARITO 58
QUESTÕES COMENTADAS 59
TRADUÇÕES 119
INTRODUÇÃO
Desta vez, vamos à nossa aula sobre os tópicos que proporcionam ligação de ideias:
linking words ou connectors (termos de ligação/conectivos) e palavras especiais que levam à
possibilidade de fazer perguntas: questions words, que também são chamados de Wh questions.
Sobre linking words, é muito importante lembrar que, na aula 05, quando foram explicadas
as conjunções inseridas nas compound sentences, foram apresentadas a você inúmeras
conjunções com a função de linking words.
Em se tratando dos question words, muitos textos das provas de vestibular trazem
questionamentos sobre temas polêmicos, descobertas, assuntos para reflexão, entre outros,
utilizando esses termos nos textos propriamente ditos e, são essenciais à compreensão do que se
pergunta – se refere a um lugar, ao tempo, a uma pessoa, ao motivo ou a qualquer tipo de
informação que se pergunta.
Vamos estudar cada um deles e a situação em que são inseridos nas leituras que você vai
fazer e precisa conhecê-los.
Os tópicos que vamos estudar hoje são palavras necessárias para o vocabulário de quem
busca acertar o máximo possível de questões do vestibular.
Elas têm a função de unir, explicar, contrastar ou exemplificar frases e, são muito
importantes porque, com o uso de variados termos como os que estudaremos, as ideias são
expressas com mais exatidão nos textos, do jeito que o vestibular exige de você.
Como eu sempre digo, o seu objetivo é ser aprovado e para conseguir a sua aprovação, os
estudos e aprimoramento de conteúdo e assuntos se faz necessário e válido, sempre.
Vamos então estudar, praticar exercícios, tanto durante a teoria como também no fim do
material, treinando tudo o que aprendeu, em junção ao aprendizado de cada aula.
LINKING WORDS
Os conectivos – linking words – são aquelas palavras ou expressões que servem para
estabelecer uma conexão lógica entre frases e elementos de um texto.
Muitas delas são conjunções ou locuções conjuntivas, mas há também muitos advérbios,
preposições, entre outros, que estão presentes nos textos no dia do vestibular. Veja um exemplo
com “according to”:
Esses termos podem ser identificados por diversos nomes: linking words, words of
transition, connectives, words of connection, logical connectors, transition devices, cohesive
devices, discourse markers ou até connective adjuncts.
São também conhecidos como articuladores, já que ligam ideias dentro de textos e, no
vestibular, conectam aquilo que as questões exigem que você descubra, através das análises que
sempre fazemos nas aulas e o conhecimento necessário que você precisa e estou proporcionando
mais para o seu sucesso.
O papel dos famosos linking words é estabelecer relações entre contextos – uma ideia
anterior e uma ideia posterior. Essas relações podem ser de muitos tipos, tais como exclusão,
concessão, adição, condição etc. O uso delas confere ao texto coerência e coesão.
É um assunto muito importante pois, uma vez que linking words são fundamentais para a
construção de sentenças, é, consequentemente, essencial na produção dos textos de jornais e
revistas, que são usados nas provas de vestibular, já que são termos que colaboram diretamente
com uma boa comunicação.
Lembrando que as linking words não sofre flexão de grau (aumentativo ou diminutivo),
número (singular ou plural) ou gênero (feminino ou masculino). Ou seja, são palavras invariáveis.
Linking words são fundamentais na língua inglesa, porque são como peças-chave na hora
da leitura dos textos para colaborar com o raciocínio da mensagem que as frases querem
proporcionar.
Para identificar os linking words nos textos que você vai ler, você precisa ter muito claro
qual é a ideia que o narrador quer expressar.
Como eu disse antes, a maioria desses termos ligam duas ideias numa sequência, como
também pode ligar duas ideias diferentes ou tentar dizer que uma coisa depende de outra.
Vejamos alguns exemplos com o que desejam expressar dentro do texto. Contudo, é
preciso entender que a lista de linking words é extensa e você deve, aula após aula, adicionar as
que aparecerem em uma lista de estudos e assim, aprender cada dia mais.
EXEMPLIFICAÇÃO
Para exemplificar, uma expressão muito comum é o tão usado “for example” (por
exemplo), que também pode ser substituído por “for instance” e aparece em muitos textos do
vestibular.
There are many topics to study, for example, countable and uncountable nouns.
Há muitos tópicos para estudar, por exemplo, substantivos contáveis e incontáveis, que já estudamos.
Para exemplificar e dar ênfase em palavras, em ideias, também são usados outros linking
words, vistos no quadro abaixo e um exercício para treinar e visualizar melhor no contexto das
provas típicas de vestibular:
EXAMPLES / SUPPORT / EMPHASIS
in other words important to realize notably markedly in fact such as
to put it differently another key point including especially in general for example
for one thing first thing to remember like specifically in particular for instance
as an illustration most compelling evidence to be sure expressively in detail to point out
in this case must be remebered namely surprisingly to demonstrate with this in mind
for this reason point often overlooked chiefly frequently to emphasize
to put it another way on the negative side truly significantly to repeat
that is to say on the positive side indeed to clarify
with attention to certainly to explain
by all means surely to enumerate
Para ilustrar os linking words de exemplificação, vejamos um texto retirado de uma prova,
em que aparece “for instance”.
Se a questão abordasse os exemplos decorrentes do parágrafo em que a expressão em
questão aparece, poderia ser assim:
Two in every three people on the planet–some 4 billion in total–are “excluded from the rule
of law.” In many cases, this begins with the lack of official recognition of their birth: around 40%
of the developing world’s five-year- old children are not registered as even existing.
Later, people will find that the home they live in, the land they farm, or the business that
they start, is not protected by legally enforceable property rights. Even in the rare cases when they
can afford to go to court, the service is poor. India, for example, has only 11 judges for every
1million people.
These alarming statistics are contained in a report from a commission on the legal
empowerment of the poor, released on June 3rd at the United Nations. It argues that not only are
such statistics evidence of grave injustice, they also reflect one of the main reasons why so much
of humanity remains mired in poverty. Because they are outside the rule of law, the vast majority
of poor people are obliged to work (if they work at all) in the informal economy, which is less
productive than the formal, legal part of the economy.
The Economist, June 7th 2008.
Questão – According to the sentence “... India, for example, has only 11 judges for every 1 million
people”, the underlined term refers to
(A) judges
(B) India
(C) 1 million people
(D) India population
(E) Every 1 million people
A resposta seria a letra A porque é a única que demonstra o exemplo exatos do que se trata a
referência de “for example” (por exemplo), logo após falar da India e, afirmar que há apenas 11
juízes para cada 1 milhão de pessoas.
Agora vejamos linking words de contraste a seguir.
CONTRASTE
Para contrastar, o linking word comum é o “but” (mas), que também pode ser substituído
por “however” e aparece em muitos textos do vestibular, inclusive, perguntando se pode haver a
devida substituição.
She loves going to the beach but never on Saturdays, it’s crowded.
Ela ama ir à praia, mas nunca aos sábados, é muito cheio.
She loves going to the beach however she never goes on Saturdays, it’s crowded.
Ela ama ir à praia mas ela nunca vai aos sábados, é muito cheio.
Podemos usar, também para contrastar, “despite” e “in spite of”, que são seguidas por
substantivos ou gerúndios.
Para exemplificar, com ideia de contraste, também muito usadas, vejamos o quadro:
OPPOSITION / LIMITATION / CONTRADICTION
although this may be true in reality although
in contrast after all instead
different from but whereas
of course ..., but (abd) still despite
on the other hand unlike conversely
on the contrary or otherwise
at the same time (and) yet however
in spite of while rather
even so / though albeit nevertheless
be that as it may besides nonetheless
then again as much as regardeless
above all even though notwithstanding
Para construções seguidas por sujeito e um verbo, precisa-se adicionar “the fact that”:
Despite the fact that they lost the match, the players celebrated their efforts.
Apesar do fato de perder o jogo, os jogadores comemoraram o esforço.
Ou
In spite of the fact that they lost the match, the players celebrated their efforts.
Apesar do fato de perder o jogo, os jogadores comemoraram o esforço.
RESUMO
Para resumir, há linking words comuns, tais como é o “in conclusion, in summary” (em
síntese/ em conclusão a, em suma), que são expressões geralmente usadas no começo das frases,
indicando que vamos resumir a ideia principal do que acabou de ser apresentada.
In conclusion, the meeting was very productive, and the ideas were well presented.
Em síntese, a reunião foi produtiva e as ideias foram bem apresentadas.
ADIÇÃO
Para adicionar, os linking words comuns são “and” e “also” e, outras expressões
geralmente usadas para adicionar ideias de maneira mais formal seriam “furthermore” e
“moreover”, usadas bastante em textos de vestibular.
The meeting was very productive. Moreover lots of ideas were presented.
A reunião foi muito produtiva. Além disso, muitas ideias foram apresentadas.
The meeting was very productive and lots of ideas were presented.
A reunião foi muito produtiva e muitas ideias foram apresentadas.
Para exemplificar, desta vez com ideia de adição, também muito usadas nas provas de vestibular,
vejamos o quadro abaixo e um exercício para treinar e visualizar melhor como nas provas:
AGREEMENT / ADDITION / SIMILARITY
in the first place by the same token too
not only ... But also again moreover
as a matter of fact to say nothing of as well as
in like manner and together with
in addition also of course
coupled with then likewise
in the same fashion / way equally comparatively
first, second, third identically correspondingly
in the light of uniquely similary
not to mention like furthermore
to say nothing of as a matter of fact additionally
equally important
Para ilustrar mais uma vez os linking words de adição, vejamos um texto retirado do jornal
The Guardian, fonte de várias provas, em que aparece “and” muitas vezes no texto. E a questão
poderia ser assim:
Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life is Adam Phillips's 17th book and is a characteristic
blend of literary criticism and philosophical reflection packaged around a central idea. The theme
here is missed opportunities, roads not taken, alternative versions of our lives and ourselves, all
of which, Phillips argues, exert a powerful hold over our imaginations. Using a series of examples
and close readings of authors including Philip Larkin and Shakespeare, the book suggests that a
broader understanding of life's inevitable disappointments and thwarted desires can enable us to
live fuller, richer lives. Good things come to those who wait.
Does he see himself as a champion of frustration? "I'm not on the side of frustration exactly, so
much as the idea that one has to be able to bear frustration in order for satisfaction to be
realistic. I'm interested in how the culture of consumer capitalism depends on the idea that we
cant bear frustration, so that every time we feel a bit restless or bored or irritable, we eat, or we
shop.”
The Guardian guardian.co.uk, 1 June 2012. Adaptado.
Comentários: A resposta seria a letra E porque a adição, representada desta vez pelo linking word
and, inúmeras vezes, mostra ideias de algo sendo adicionada a cada vez que aparece no texto,
conforme vimos exemplos acima. Perceba que, a única opção em que a ordem das palavras está
de acordo com o que é adicionado, ou seja, logo após book e o linking word “and”, é a letra B de
fato: “book... and ... a characteristic blend of literary criticismand philosophical reflection...”
Agora vejamos linking words com a função de dar a ideia de sequência a seguir.
SEQUÊNCIA
Para oferecer a ideia de sequência, há linking words fundamentais, tais como é o “first,
second, after, then, so”, entre outros, que são expressões geralmente usadas no começo das
frases, indicando que vamos resumir a ideia principal do que acabou de ser apresentada.
First, he decided to study. Then, he bought a good material and then dedicated a lot.
Primeiro, ele decidiu estudar. Daí, ele comprou um bom material e então dedicou-se muito.
Veja uma imagem com a sequência lógica muito usada nos textos, de uma forma geral e
que, uma vez conhecendo-os, você conseguirá identificar ideias questionadas no dia da sua prova.
CONJUNCTIONS
Vimos, na aula anterior, uma introdução às conjunções, pois, na maioria delas, o papel
desempenhado é de conectar frases.
As conjunções, chamadas também de linking words, connectors ou conectivos são palavras
que ligam duas partes de uma oração, para que a sentença possa fazer sentido. Observe:
✓ I wanted to text you. (Eu queria te mandar uma mensagem.)
✓ I don’t have your number. (Eu não tenho o número do seu celular.)
Elas têm uma relação, mas falta algo para unir essas frases e fazê-las ter um sentido maior:
I wanted to text you, but I don’t have your number.
(Eu queria te mandar uma mensagem, mas eu não tenho o número do seu celular.)
Essa palavra but exerceu o papel que precisávamos: uniu as duas sentenças e estabeleceu
uma lógica entre elas. Portanto, o but é uma conjunção.
TIPOS DE CONJUNÇÕES
Há três tipos de conjunções em inglês:
✓ Conjunções Coordenadas (Coordinating Conjunctions)
✓ Conjunções Subordinadas (Subordinating Conjunctions)
✓ Conjunções Correlativas (Correlative Conjunctions)
CONJUNÇÕES COORDENADAS
As conjunções coordenadas são as mais comuns e as que geralmente usamos ou
identificamos quando pensamos em linking words. Elas têm o papel de juntar orações.
Elas podem juntar orações independentes (ou seja, orações que possuem sentido
completo por si próprias, sem precisar de outra oração para fazer sentido), frases ou apenas
palavras.
Na língua inglesa há sete conjunções coordenadas importantes:
Nor [nem] – Utilizado para apresentar uma alternativa com ideia negativa à uma outra
ideia também negativa que já foi afirmada anteriormente.
The game in the park is entertaining in the winter, but it’s better in the heat of summer.
[O jogo no parque é divertido no inverno, mas é melhor no calor do verão.]
She is very old but still works.
[Ela é muito velha, mas ainda trabalha.]
Yet – Introduz uma ideia constratante que segue logicamente a ideia precedente, similar
ao “mas”.
I often take a book to read, yet I never seem to turn a single page.
[Eu frequentemente levo um livro para ler, mas parece que nunca viro uma só página.]
Dorian was the oldest of the girls, yet her accent was the most prominent.
[A Doriana era a mais velha das irmãs, mas seu sotaque era o mais proeminente.]
CONJUNÇÕES SUBORDINADAS
Dos três tipos que há de conjunções, as subordinadas são as mais complexas de se
reconhecer, mas intuitivas de dominar.
As conjunções subordinadas introduzem as orações dependentes (ou seja, orações que
não possuem sentido completo por si próprias, elas precisam de outra oração para fazer sentido)
prendendo-as a uma oração independente (a que possui sentido completo por si só).
As conjunções subordinadas estabelecem uma relação de sentido entre a oração
dependente com o resto da frase. Há inúmeras conjunções subordinadas em inglês, as mais
comuns são:
COMPARAÇÃO
POSSIBILIDADE LUGAR
CONTRASTE CAUSA E EFEITO TEMPO
CONDIÇÃO MODO
CONCESSÃO
ALTHOUGH BECAUSE AFTER AS IF AS IF
(Apesar, Embora) (Porque – nas respostas) (Depois) (Como se) (Como se)
EVEN THOUGH IN ORDER – THAT AS SOON AS ASSUMING THAT AS THOUGH
(Apesar de) (Para – que) (Assim que) (Assumindo que) (Como se)
RATHER THAN SINCE BEFORE EVEN IF HOW
(Ao invés de) (Desde) (Antes) (Mesmo se) (Como)
THAN SO THAT BY THE TIME IF NEXT
(Do que) (De modo que) (No momento que) (Se) (Próximo)
THOUGH WHY NOW THAT IN CASE – THAT WHERE
(Embora) (Por quê) (Agora que) (Em caso – que) (Onde)
WHERE AS ONCE ONLY IF WHEREVER
-
(Enquanto que) (Uma vez) (Somente se) (Onde quer que)
WHETHER SINCE PROVIDED THAT
- -
(Se) (Desde) (Devido a)
WHILE UNTIL UNLESS
- -
(Enquanto) (Até) (A menos que)
WHEN UNTIL
- - -
(Quando) (Até)
WHETHER
- - - -
(Se)
Exemplos:
Although I’ve been here before, he’s just too hard to forget.
Embora eu já tenha vindo aqui antes, ele é muito difícil de esquecer.
As orações podem ir em qualquer ordem, ou seja, tanto uma oração dependente como
uma independente podem começar a frase, mas o que nunca muda é que a conjunção
subordinada é a primeira palavra da oração dependente.
CONJUNÇÕES CORRELATIVAS
As conjunções correlativas estão sempre em grupo. Elas vêm em pares e você precisa
utilizar ambas em lugares diferentes em uma oração para fazer sentido.
Por esse motivo, elas têm esse nome justamente pelo fato delas trabalharem juntas (co-)
e por relacionar um elemento de uma sentença com outro (relação).
Sua correlação sempre denota igualdade, e mostra a relação entre as ideias expressas em
diferentes partes da sentença:
as . . . as [como . . . como]
both . . . and [ambos . . . e]
either . . . or [ou . . . ou]
hardly . . . when [dificilmente. . . quando]
if . . . then [se . . . então]
just as . . . so [assim como . . . assim]
neither . . . nor [nem . . . nem]
no sooner . . . than [não antes . . . do que]
not . . . but [não . . . mas]
not only . . . but also [não somente . . . mas também]
rather . . . than [em vez . . . do que]
scarcely . . . when [mal . . . quando]
what with . . . and [o que com . . . e]
whether . . . or [se. . . ou]
I didn’t know whether you’d want the pizza or hamburger, so I got you both.
Eu não sabia se você iria querer pizza ou hamburger, então eu peguei os dois para você.
WHAT
What significa o quê/qual e é usado para perguntar sobre objetos, situações, assuntos
diversos e tudo aquilo que não sabemos. É o Wh question mais genérico de todos e,
consequentemente, o mais usado em textos dos mais variados tipos.
A pergunta feita com WHAT é geral, como abaixo, qual é o seu nome, endereço, o que você
gosta, que horas são e o que você faz, a resposta pode ser qualquer uma e não possui escolhas,
como entre duas ou mais coisas que você goste.
Se perguntar “o que você gosta?” – What do you like, a resposta pode ser o que vier em
sua mente, diferente de WHICH, que veremos a seguir.
WHAT'S
YOUR
NAME?
WHAT'S
WHAT DO
YOUR
YOU DO?
ADDRESS?
WHAT
WHAT WHAT DO
TIME IS IT? YOU LIKE?
WHICH
Which também significa o quê/qual porém, é usado quando temos opções limitadas,
escolhas. Enquanto what é usado para perguntas de um modo geral, o which é usado quando são
oferecidas opções de respostas.
Por exemplo, a pergunta sobre o que você gosta – “What do you like?”, usando o which,
você provavelmente precisaria escolher algo que gosta, como: “Which do you like, pizza or ice-
cream?”, em que sua resposta tem que ser uma das duas ou mais opções.
Veja outros exemplos:
WHICH NAME
DO YOU
PREFER, TOM
OR JOHN?
WHICH
WHEN
When significa o quando e é usado para saber sobre tempo/período ou ocasião - quando
algo aconteceu, acontece ou irá acontecer.
WHEN IS
YOUR
BIRTHDAY?
WHEN?
WHEN WILL
WHEN DO
YOU
YOU GO TO
TRAVEL
THE GYM?
AGAIN?
WHERE
Where significa onde e é usado para saber sobre local, localização.
WHERE IS
YOUR
SCHOOL?
WHERE?
WHY
Why significa porquê e é usado para saber o motivo, a razão de algo acontecer, ter
acontecido ou porque vai acontecer. A resposta é sempre because – why para perguntar e
because para responder.
WHY ARE
YOU TIRED?
BECAUSE I
STUDIED A
LOT.
WHY?
WHO/WHOM
Who e Whom significam quem, para saber sobre pessoas mas, são usados em diferentes
situações – enquanto who tem a função de sujeito, whom tem a função de objeto, como vou
mostrar abaixo.
Se a pergunta for “Quem é o ator principal desse filme?”, é “Who is this movie main actor?”
(a resposta do who será o ator, que é o sujeito da pergunta).
Mas, se a pergunta for “Sobre quem é esse filme?”, é “Whom is this movie about?” (a
resposta será sobre quem é o filme, sendo o sujeito da frase o filme e não sobre quem é). Sobre
quem é o objeto. I o whom faz exatamente esse papel: de objeto direto ou indireto nas frases.
E ainda podem aparecer, nos textos do vestibular, perguntas com a preposição “to” no
final, como por exemplo: “To whom was she talking?” (Com quem ela estava falando?), também
na função de objeto. Vejamos exemplos.
WHO ARE
YOU
TALKING
TO?
WHO IS THE
AUTHOR? WHO IS
WHOM IS YOUR
THIS STORY TEACHER?
ABOUT? WHO?
WHOM?
WITH
TO WHOM
WHOM DID
SHOULD I
YOU GO
TALK?
OUT?
WHOSE
Whose significa de quem e é usado para saber quem é o dono de algo, para saber a quem
pertence alguma coisa. É sempre seguido de um nome e um verbo.
WHOSE
PEN IS
THIS?
WHOSE
WHOSE
TEACHE
BOOK IS
R IS THE
THIS?
BEST?
WHOSE?
WHOSE WHOSE
CARDS ARE
ARE THOSE
THOSE? BOOKS?
HOW
Usamos a Question Word HOW (como) quando queremos descrever a forma como algo é
feito e a condição ou qualidade. Veja alguns exemplos abaixo e outros para melhor compreensão.
HOW ARE
YOU DOING?
HOW MANY
HOW FAST IS STUDENTS?
THAT BUS? HOW MUCH
MONEY?
HOW HIGH IS
HOW OLD
THE
ARE YOU?
MONUMENT?
HOW?
HOW BIG IS
HOW TALL
YOUR
ARE YOU?
HOUSE?
Outros exemplos:
How was your class? - Como está sua aula?
How do you cook vegetables? - Como você cozinha verduras?
How do you know his name? - Como você sabe o nome dele?
How can I speak English fast? - Como eu posso falar Inglês rápido?
How far: usando para perguntar a distância entre uma coisa e outra.
How far is the hotel from the school? Qual é a distância entre o hotel e a escola?
How many: quantos - usado para substantivos contáveis, quando o plural é possível.
How many students can you see? Quantos alunos você consegue ver?
How much: quanto - usado para substantivos incontáveis, quando o plural não é possível.
How much money do you need? Quanto de dinheiro você precisa?
QUESTÕES
Você vai, agora, responder questões selecionadas de provas já realizadas em anos
anteriores. Depois, como em todas as nossas aulas, haverá o gabarito e as questões comentadas.
Vamos começar com questões ESA, de acordo coma sua instituição escolhida e depois,
vamos treinar de outras Carreiras Militares, para adquirir experiência e treinar vocabulário.
QUESTÕES ESA
Read the text and answer questions 01, 02 and 03
Children who ate ‘cannabis sweets’ risked serious harm, say Surrey police
Investigation begins after two boys, 12 and 13, and a girl, 12, were taken to hospital after
falling unconscious
Four children who were taken to hospital after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis
are not believed to have suffered long-term effects, police have said.
The youngsters were found vomiting uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness on
Saturday afternoon on Pound Lane in Epsom, according to Surrey police. A 12-year-old girl, 12-
year-old boy and 13-year-old boy were taken to hospital by the South East Coast ambulance
service and are lucky not to have been more seriously affected by whatever they ate, the police
said.
They suffered “a violent reaction from eating the jelly sweets that they believed contained
cannabis”, police said.
Another 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital by his family because he was also believed to have
eaten the sweets.
One of the 12-year-old boys was discharged from hospital late on Saturday and the other three
were expected to leave on Sunday. The source of the sweets is still being investigated and police
do not have a clear idea of what they look like, although a similar report from Friday night involved
“jelly apple rings” which look like green jelly circles.
DS Lisa Betchley said: “These children were incredibly lucky that they were not more seriously
affected by whatever it was that they ate – and this is thanks, in great part, to the prompt actions
of two medical students who happened to be nearby and assisted in the early stages, as well as
the South East Coast ambulance service and hospital staff for their rapid response and treatment.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/02/children-who-ate-cannabis-sweets-risked-serious-harm-say-surrey-police)
QUESTÃO 01 (ESA/INÉDITA) – Concerning the information in the text, is correct to state that
(A) The impacts caused by the food eaten by the children are likely to be short-term
(B) The children's symptoms were severe headaches and nausea
(C) The content of the sweets is still completely unknown
(D) What happened to the children reached the worst possible scenario
(E) The children were saved, mainly, by the small amount of toxic food ingested
QUESTÃO 02 (ESA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “One of the 12-year-old boys was discharged
from hospital late on Saturday and the other three were expected to leave on Sunday”
(paragraph 4), the word “discharged” means
(A) Accomplished
(B) Done
(C) Dismissed
(D) Retired
(E) Hospitalized
QUESTÃO 04 (ESA/INÉDITA) – Concerning the information in the text, is correct to say that
(A) The vaccine completely prevents the organism from being infected by the virus
(B) Vaccines have the potential to significantly reduce the rate of virus infection
(C) The first dose of the vaccine starts to take effect when the second dose is applied
(D) The two vaccines studied and cited in the text had significant differences in their results
(E) The drop in the rate of infections in the period prior to vaccine doses occurred by pure
coincidence
QUESTÃO 05 (ESA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “Did the virus have magical precognition and
keep away? More plausible is the idea of ‘reverse causation’” (paragraph 3), the word
“plausible” means
(A) Reasonable
(B) Improbable
(C) Irrational
(D) Partial
(E) Impartial
QUESTÕES EPCAR
Why We Must Improve Vaccine Manufacturing Before the Next Pandemic
It should worry everyone that experts surveyed by TIME regarded both increasing funding in a post-
COVID-19 world for vaccine development and scaling up of manufacturing capacity feasible—but
improving equitable vaccine distribution was not.
To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are protected
quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place. The good news is, all these elements are
feasible, and indeed starting to work today.
On vaccine R&D, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), was set up with the
precise purpose of identifying and investing in R&D for vaccines against emerging infectious diseases
with epidemic potential. So, when it came to COVID-19, with CEPI’s and other R&D support, as well
as industry engagement, the scientific and vaccine manufacturing community rallied, producing the
first safe and effective vaccine in record time—just 327 days. Today we have not just one but 15 in
widespread use.
Increased investment now could get us there even faster the next time, particularly given the
potential of the relatively new RNA vaccine technologies that have proved so effective with COVID-
19. These plug-and-play vaccine technologies not only make it possible to identify and develop
antigens rapidly, but much of the regulatory testing and approval can be done in advance, even before
we know what the threat is.
As for manufacturing, it may be difficult to immediately discern when there are severe supply
shortages, but the world has actually rapidly built up manufacturing capacity during COVID-19.
Waiving intellectual property has been talked about a lot as a potential solution for boosting
production. But the growth we have seen in the past year has been achieved through technology
transfers, where both the intellectual property and the vital know-how needed to make vaccines is
shared between manufacturers.
However, we need to do more. Given the extremely large number of doses needed during a pandemic,
export bans of vaccines and essential components and supply bottlenecks have led to a vaccine divide.
Currently, more than a third of adults in high-income countries have now been vaccinated, while less
than 1% of those in low-income countries have had their first jab.
To prevent this kind of scenario from happening the next time round and ensure that those most at
risk are prioritized wherever they are, it is not distribution channels we are lacking, but global
manufacturing capacity. We already have highly effective distribution channels, through COVAX and
its partners, and we already have access to doses, enough to protect 1.8 billion people in lower-
income economies by early next year, enough to protect almost 30% of people in these countries.
But through investments now to increase global manufacturing capacity, particularly in emerging
economies, and support of technology transfers, the next time a pandemic strikes we can get there
sooner.
(Adapted from https://time.com/6072101/improve-vaccine-manufacturing/)
QUESTÃO 01 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that can replace the word “improve” in the
title without changing its meaning
A) Blow
B) Help
C) Recuperate
D) Enhance
QUESTÃO 03 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option with the suitable question to answer the
underlined fragment below
“To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place”.
A) How will mass vaccination work in a possible next pandemic?
B) How can the next pandemic occur?
C) What can be done to stop a possible next pandemic from going forward?
D) What are the advantages of vaccination?
QUESTÃO 04 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that can replace the underlined word keeping
the same meaning
“To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place”.
A) Exclude
B) Encompass
C) Indeed
D) Rid
QUESTÃO 05 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the alternative that can answer the question below
according to the text
How was the COVID-19 vaccine development process?
A) It was unusually fast and effective
B) It was fast, like all vaccine development
C) It was time-consuming but effective
D) It was time-consuming and ineffective
QUESTÕES EFOMM
Online school to continue into next academic year amid risk of further disruption
A virtual school will stay open for at least most of the next academic year amid a rise in the number
of pupils selfisolating.
Oak National Academy has been used by pupils and teachers to support remote learning - which
has taken place during lockdowns and - during the Covid pandemic.
The Reach Foundation, which the school is part of, said it will keep operating at no cost for at least
the next two terms.
The charity said this will help teachers to plan for the start of the next academic year by being
able to access Oak National Academy’s online lessons and learning resources.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of rising Covid infections in the UK and the large
numbers of children self-isolating as the school year drew to a close.
More than one million children were out of school last week due to Covid-related reasons - such
as a positive test, suspected Covid case or being told to isolate - just before schools broke up for
the summer holiday.
In the final weeks of term, over 300,000 pupils used Oak National Academy’s online learning
lessons and resources.
Schools are already considering what measures they may need to put in place should pupils test
positive, or they are asked to self-isolate in the next academic year.
The extension of the virtual school into the autumn and spring terms is backed by £2.1m in funding
from the Department for Education (DfE).
Ed Vainker from the Reach Foundation - which has incubated Oak since its launch - said the charity
understood teachers wanted the online school to continue.
“We are also mindful that Covid-19 will be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and
the autumn and winter may bring further disruption,” the chief executive said.
“I’m therefore pleased the DfE will continue to support Oak, so it remains open and free as part
of resilience planning for the next two terms.”
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said: “From being set up by a small group of teachers in under
two weeks, Oak National Academy has become one of the great success stories as we tackle the
pandemic.”
He said the online school helped millions of pupils and teachers while most children were not
allowed to set foot in school during a lockdown last spring and one at the start of this year.
But even since after all students were allowed back on since in March, Oak National Academy said
30,000 teachers have used its services a week, with demand rising amid the spread of the Delta
variant.
“The impact Oak has made and the good it has done for the sector and children is immeasurable,
and we will now look for the best way to harness that for the future,” Mr Gibb added.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-online-school-two-terms-b1888491.html
QUESTÃO 01 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “The announcement comes
against a backdrop of rising Covid infections in the UK [...]” (paragraph 5). The word in bold is
closest in meaning to
A) Scenery
B) Decrease
C) Increase
D) Scene
E) View
QUESTÃO 02 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “We are also mindful that Covid-
19 will be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and the autumn and winter may
bring further disruption” (paragraph 12), the verb “to bring” means
A) To refuse
B) To carry
C) To hold
D) To serve
E) To consider
QUESTÃO 04 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “[…] which has incubated Oak
since its launch […] (paragraph 10), the word “which” refers to
A) Reach foundation
B) Oak
C) Ed Vainker
D) Teachers
E) Department for Education
Read the text below to answer question 05:
Cannabis part of the future says tobacco giant
The UK's largest tobacco firm says it __________ cannabis as part of its future as it tries to move
away from selling traditional cigarettes. British American Tobacco said it wanted to "accelerate"
its transformation by reducing the health impact of its products.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57995285
The chocolate is melted before _____ poured into a syringe which is attached to the printer and
since the chocolates are hard to transport, the company _____ to open other shops around the
world.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/chocolate-3d-printing-level-3/
QUESTÃO 06 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct way to complete the text above?
A) Using / being / hopes
B) Uses / being / hoped
C) Uses / being / is hoping
D) Using / being / was hoping
E) Using / being / had hoped
QUESTÃO 08 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct way to complete the paragraph below?
The small town of Pelhrimov in the Czech Republic _______ thousands of strange records and hosted a
festival to show them off. Some of the records were racing with folding ladders and folding pink scarves.
The president of the festival _______ that he was happy to have people come and understand the
‘essence’ of what the people in this town _______. He wants to show that life is more than being on
Facebook or sitting at a computer. It is good to do something!
Adapted from: https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/town-has-strange-records-level-3/
A) Holds / said / do
B) Holds / says / do
C) Hold / said / do
D) Holds / said / does
E) Holds / says / does
QUESTÕES EAM
Read the following text to answer questions 01 to 07.
Lost Dog
Sam saw a dog on the sidewalk. The dog looked lost. Sam approached the dog and patted its head.
The dog wagged his tail. The dog had a collar. Sam looked at the collar and it read the dog's name.
Its name was Spike. Spike was a small dog and looked well-groomed. “Come on, Spike,” he said to
the dog. The dog followed him home. He brought the dog upstairs to his room. He had a jar of
dog food because he used to have a dog. He poured the dog food into a bowl and placed it in front
of Spike. Spike started eating. “I'll take care of you, Spike,” he said to the dog. He knew the dog
did not belong to him. He printed posters of Spike that said “Found Dog”. He went around hanging
the poster but nobody came to find Spike.
(Adapted from <https://www.eslfast.com/begin2/b2/b2014.htm>)
QUESTÃO 03 (EAM/INÉDITA) – How many people reached Sam looking for Spike?
(A) zero
(B) many.
(C) two.
(D) some.
(E) much.
QUESTÃO 05 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Read the following sentence. Sam looked at the collar and it
read the dog's name. The pronoun IT refers to:
(A) Sam.
(B) the dog.
(C) the collar.
(D) name.
(E) the dog’s name.
QUESTÃO 06 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that is FALSE about the text.
(A) Sam was Spike’s dog.
(B) Spike was not Sam’s dog.
(C) Spike seemed lost.
(D) Spike was little.
(E) Spike went to Sam’s home.
QUESTÃO 07 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Read the following sentence. Its name was Spike. The possessive
adjective ITS refers to:
(A) the man.
(B) the dog.
(C) the dog’s owner.
(D) the collar.
(E) Sam.
QUESTÃO 08 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Which items of clothing can you see in the picture below?
QUESTÃO 09 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that completes the sentences with the right
form of the verbs in parenthesis, respectively.
Lucy __________ (to go) to the gym every day, but she __________ (to go) this morning,
because she was __________ (to feel) sick.
(A) goes / went / feeling
(B) gos / didn’t go / felt
(C) going / went / feeling
(D) goes / didn’t go / feeling
(E) go / didn’t go / feels
QUESTÃO 10 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that completes the blanks with the right
preposition of time or place.
I arrived __________ New York __________ noon.
(A) in / on
(B) at / at
(C) at / in
(D) on / at
(E) in / at
But prices also reflected a broader surge in consumer demand as restrictions eased, with the costs
of meals in restaurants and cafes, hotel stays and airline tickets all rising last month.
(https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57573387)
QUESTÃO 01 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In the title we can affirm that the prices are
(A) increasing
(B) dropping down
(C) decreasing
(D) at the same level
(E) in equal measures
QUESTÃO 02 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Compete the gap in the sentence: “5% ____ previous
month.”
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) of
(E) no article
QUESTÃO 03 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Complete the blank space: “_____ August 2008”
(A) from
(B) with
(C) for
(D) since
(E) about
QUESTÃO 04 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In the sentence, “Inflation, which measures the rate
cause
(…)”, the word in bold refers to
(A) rate
(B) cause
(C) the
(D) measures
(E) inflation
QUESTÃO 05 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In, “which could prompt the Federal Reserve to push
up interest rates”. The underline verb gives an idea of
(A) obligation
(B) possibility
(C) ability
(D) advice
(E) permission
QUESTÃO 07 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – The word “however”, in bold in the text can be
replaced by
(A) also
(B) otherwise
(C) nevertheless
(D) so
(E) then
QUESTÃO 08 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – “It has sparked fears that prices ____ increasing too
quickly.” The correct verb form to fill in the blank.
(A) is
(B) to be
(C) will be
(D) are
(E) do
QUESTÃO 10 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – “___ June, the Labor Department said ___ Tuesday.”
Complete the spaces with the suitable prepostitions
(A) in / on
(B) in / in
(C) on in
(D) at / in
(E) in / at
QUESTÕES AFA
Read Text I to do questions 01, 02 and 03 based on it
Text I
February’s Gonna Be a Big Month for Mars On the 9th, the first of three spacecraft will arrive
at the Red Planet and inaugurate a new era of Martian exploration.
_______ FEBRUARY 9, the United Arab Emirates’ Hope spacecraft is expected to enter orbit
around Mars after a six-month, 300-million-mile journey from Earth. It will mark the beginning of
a historic month for the Red Planet, which will see three separate national missions enter orbit or
touch down on the surface. Two of the countries behind these missions, the UAE and China, will
be visiting Mars for the first time; they will become the fifth and sixth countries to pull off that
feat, respectively. The third mission, launched _______ NASA, is expected to become the United
States’ 15th mission to successfully orbit or land on Mars.
The UAE is the only country that will not attempt a soft landing during the February Mars invasion.
Instead, its Hope orbiter will study the Martian atmosphere from more than 12,000 miles above
the surface. Planetary scientists hope that the UAE’s robo-meteorologist will fill in gaps in our
understanding of the Martian climate and help validate environmental data captured by rovers
and landers on the ground. For the country’s first foray into deep-space exploration, the UAE
space agency worked with an international team of researchers at the University of Colorado,
Boulder, to help plan the mission and build the spacecraft.
“There’s really no point in exploring outer space without adding to knowledge, and we’ve never
run a science mission,” Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, the UAE minister of state for advanced sciences
and science lead for the Emirates Mars Mission, said during a press conference last week. “It
wasn’t an easy journey, but it was such an enjoyment to rethink how you develop a planetary
exploration mission.”
The Hope spacecraft will be the first new orbiter around Mars since the European Space Agency’s
ExoMars spacecraft arrived in 2016, but it won’t be the newcomer for long. China’s Tianwen-1
mission—which is a lander, rover, and orbiter rolled up into one—is expected to arrive less than
a day later. China’s space agency has been quiet about its plans for visiting the Red Planet, but
the craft is expected to attempt a landing shortly after it achieves orbit.
Unlike NASA’s car-sized Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, China’s Tianwen-1 rover is small
enough to stow away inside the stationary lander that will carry it to the surface. Once it has safely
touched down, the six-wheeled rover will detach itself from the lander and spend the next three
months exploring its landing site, Utopia Planitia, the planet’s largest impact crater. The rover and
lander will both relay data _______ the surface to the Tianwen-1 orbiter, which will send it back
to Earth. Although the Chinese National Space Administration hasn’t provided a lot of details
about the exact scientific goals of its mission, a paper about it published last year in Nature
Astronomy says the agency’s goal is to “perform a global and extensive survey of the entire
planet.”
On February 18, a little more than a week after this robotic delegation arrives, NASA’s
Perseverance rover is expected to touch down. This will involve a harrowing descent to the
surface, during which the rover must reduce its speed from more than 10,000 miles an hour to
just a few feet per second over the course of 15 minutes. The descent will end with some aerial
acrobatics, during which a rocket-powered sky crane will gently deposit the rover on the surface
while hovering a few dozen feet above the ground.
“Don’t let anybody tell you different—landing _______ Mars is hard to do,” John McNamee,
project manager for the Perseverance mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a
statement. “But the women and men on this team are the best in the world at what they do.
When our spacecraft hits the top of the Mars atmosphere at about three and a half miles per
second, we’ll be ready.”
Perseverance is essentially a nuclear-powered self-driving car, and its primary mission is to collect
samples that will be picked up by another spacecraft later this decade and returned to Earth. With
any luck, this red dust will contain evidence that Mars once hosted microbial life. But whether
scientists will recognize extraterrestrial life when they see it remains an open question. Aside from
hunting for aliens, Perseverance will also enable a first-of-its-kind technology demonstration
involving a small helicopter called Ingenuity. A few days after landing, Perseverance will jettison
the helicopter in a clearing where it will attempt several short flights. If it works, it will be the first
time an aircraft has flown on another planet.
The arrival of three national missions on Mars within two weeks of one another is a historic
moment in the history of space exploration. It underscores the rapid development of space
capabilities around the world and the true internationalization of planetary exploration. Mars was
once the exclusive stomping grounds of the United States and the Soviet Union, but it is now also
an accessible destination for the European Union, Japan, India, the UAE, and China. Getting to
Mars is still a major challenge—historically only 40 percent of Mars missions have been
successful—and there’s no guarantee that all three missions will succeed in their objectives. But
launching a trio of spacecraft to our closest planetary neighbor is a major achievement and bodes
well for the future of space exploration.
(Adapted from https://www.wired.com/story/februarys-gonna-be-a-big-month-for-mars/)
QUESTÃO 01 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the gaps in the text?
(A) On – by – from – on
(B) At – to – from – by
(C) On – by – to – by
(D) In – by – on – by
(E) In – to – to – on
QUESTÃO 04 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that correctly substitutes the expression rather
than (line 02).
(A) Instead of.
(B) Despite of.
(C) As well as.
(D) In addition to.
(E) At last.
Ruzhnikov told the Guardian that the exhibition included at least 20 fakes, and that he thought
the exhibition, which is the first big Fabergé event at the St Petersburg institution since 1993,
should close immediately. He said: “I want the shame to end. I want this show to be closed and
forgotten, and that’s it. You cannot subject the Hermitage to such shame.”
The Hermitage and Alexander Ivanov have denied the claims and the billionaire produced
documents that support the authenticity of the items that were loaned from the Fabergé Museum
in Baden-Baden, which he established in 2009.
Piotrovsky and the Hermitage did not respond to a request for comment.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/russian-faberge-exhibition-contains-fakes-expert-says)
QUESTÃO 05 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the gap in the text?
(A) has asked
(B) had been asked
(C) had asked
(D) has been asked
(E) was asked
QUESTÃO 06 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In the phrase “…a Fabergé exhibition that contains items loaned
from the personal collection of a billionaire” (paragraph 1), the underlined word is a synonym
for
(A) donated
(B) purchased
(C) acquired
(D) borrowed
(E) lent
“Being together enables greater collaboration, which is key to our culture,” said David M.
Solomon, Goldman’s chief. But Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan acknowledged that some working
habits may have changed permanently, which “will ultimately reduce the space you need for your
employees.” Terrance R. Dolan, the finance chief at U.S. Bancorp, told analysts that the bank will
most likely “consolidate” its corporate real estate to reflect “the new horizon.”
Is that a problem? Steven J. Goulart, the chief investment officer at MetLife, said at a regulatory
round table that the “pressure to de-densify” offices to support social distancing could support
demand for real estate even if buildings aren’t as full as before.
And as executives conduct more business remotely, going back to in-person meetings and pitches
seems less urgent. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons,
said in an interview with The New York Times that he used to fly from India to the United States
to pitch a $50,000 project. But recently, he said, his firm’s consultancy business closed $2 billion
worth of deals in “five or six Zoom calls.”
There are other perks from working at home. BlackRock’s Laurence D. Fink is excited about what
employees could do with the time they save on daily commutes. “They could spend two hours
improving their health by exercising,” he said on a conference call. “They could spend two hours
more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.”
Paul Draovitch of Duke Energy said at an investor event that working from home was “not without
risks,” but also brought certain benefits: “When my Pomeranians walk into the room, it's really a
pleasure.”
Adapted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/business/when-will-offices-be-full-again-maybe-never-some-executives-say.html
QUESTÃO 07 (AFA/INÉDITA) – The correct form of the sentence “They could spend two hours
more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.” in the indirect speech is:
(A) It said that they could have spent two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient
family.
(B) It said that they could spent two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.
(C) It said that they will spend two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.
(D) It said that they spend two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.
(E) It said that they have spended two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient
family.
QUESTÃO 08 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In “There are other perks from working at home” the underlined
word is closest in meaning to:
(A) goods
(B) benefits
(C) harms
(D) losses
(E) ways
QUESTÃO 09 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “They could spend two hours improving their
health by exercising,” extracted from the text the pronoun they refers to:
(A) daily commutes
(B) BlackRock’s Laurence D. Fink
(C) Employees
(D) Many companies
(E) Family
QUESTÃO 10 (AFA/INÉDITA) – “They could spend two hours improving their health by
exercising,” The underlined word can be replaced by:
(A) coming up with
(B) puting up with
(C) puting away
(D) turning down
(E) brushing up on
QUESTÕES EEAR
Read Text I to do questions 01, 02 and 03 based on it.
Text I
We must not let hope abandon us, because God, with his love, walks with us. “I hope, because
God is beside me”: we can all say this. Each one of us can say: “I hope, I have hope, because God
walks with me.” He walks and he holds my hand. God does not leave us to ourselves. The Lord
Jesus has conquered evil and has opened the path of life for us. Let us allow the Lord to teach us
what it means to hope. ___________, let us listen to the words of Sacred Scripture, beginning
with the prophet Isaiah, the great messenger of hope.
By Pope Francis
QUESTÃO 01 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – “We must not let hope abandon us” The underlined modal verb
expresses the idea of:
(A) prohibition
(B) obligation
(C) possibility
(D) suggestion
(E) deduction
QUESTÃO 04 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – What is the main verb tense used in the text above?
(A) Simple Past
(B) Past Perfect
(C) Simple Present
(D) Past Perfect Continuous
(E) Present Perfect Continuous
QUESTÃO 05 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the best alternative according to the dialogue in the
cartoon
(A) The boy does not seem irritated by the attitude of his cat and dog.
(B) According to the boy, Garfield was happy and thin because he had had a good breakfast.
(C) We can see in the text that the boy was being ironic and he was irritated by the attitude of
the dog and the cat.
(D) Garfiel fails to realize that he had done something wrong.
(E) The dog ate the boy's breakfast while garfield chewed up his slipper.
QUESTÃO 06 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the option with the correct tag questions for the
sentences below.
1) Listen to me, _________________?
2) Let's go to the movies, _______________?
3) I’m right, ________________?
(A) won’t you / won’t we / aren’t.
(B) won’t you / shall we / aren’t I.
(C) will you /shall we / aren’t I.
(D) will you / won’t we / am I not.
(E) will you / shan’t we / am I not.
Read text III and answer questions 07 and 08 based on it.
Text III
Adele – Someone Like You
I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over
(Adapted from https://www.letras.mus.br/adele/1778689/)
QUESTÃO 07 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – What is the main verb tense used in the first paragraph of the
text above?
(A) Present Perfect.
(B) Past Perfect.
(C) Simple Present.
(D) Past Perfect Continuous.
(E) Simple Past.
QUESTÃO 08 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – In the excerpt “I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited” the
expression in bold means
(A) blue as the sky.
(B) unexpectedly.
(C) once in a blue moon.
(D) rarely.
(E) promptly.
QUESTÃO 09 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the option that contains only uncountable nouns
(A) beauty, iron, information, newspaper, baggage.
(B) beauty, bee, information, newspaper, wool.
(C) song, iron, information, paper, wool.
(D) song, bee, information, newspaper, baggage.
(E) beauty, iron, information, paper, wool.
QUESTÃO 04 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – According to the text, which option completes the
sentence below correctly?
Alcohol consumption __________ to affect only some parts of the brain
(A) Was thought
(B) Is thought
(C) Has been thought
(D) Will be thought
(E) Is being thought
QUESTÃO 07 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the paragraph
below?
“___ Covid-19 crisis has been difficult on people across the globe, including India. In the past few
days there has been intense discussion ___ the decision of our government and Indian vaccine
manufacturers, including SII, ___ export vaccines”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/19/poorer-countries-face-long-delays-receiving-covid-vaccines)
(A) X / on / to
(B) The / in / to
(C) The / on / at
(D) X / on / at
(E) The / on / to
QUESTÃO 08 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which option completes the dialogue below correctly?
Ed: _____ at the party yesterday?
Jack: Yes, didn't you see me?
(A) Was you
(B) Did you go
(C) Were you
(D) Do you go
(E) You were
QUESTÃO 09 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the paragraph
below?
“A few weeks ago, I __________ my first shot of a vaccine against Covid-19. As the newly
vaccinated exited the clinic, there was a mix of relief and elation on people’s faces. We exchanged
little smiles of solidarity. If we could have burst into spontaneous applause, I __________ sure we
would have done”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-against-covid-vaccines)
(A) Received / am
(B) Received / was
(C) Receive / am
(D) Receive / was
(E) Received / will be
QUESTÃO 10 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which word best completes the question below?
How _______ hours does it take to walk around the entire city?
(A) Much
(B) Many
(C) Often
(D) Very
(E) Lot of
QUESTÕES EsPCEx
Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 01, 02 e 03
Can New Zealand's tourism industry make a sustainable return?
New Zealand is hopeful that a recently opened travel bubble with Australia will rekindle its
pandemic-battered tourism industry. However, many are also seeing an opportunity to rethink
how to make the sector more climate friendly.
New Zealand's Queenstown - __________ (1) popular tourist spot - is throbbing with activity.
"To see and hear all the boats and the screaming and the complete joy… it puts a smile on all of
our faces," said Jolanda Cave, the general manager at Shotover Jet - one of the most established
adventure companies there.
It's a busy time __________ (2) the company, named after the river, where for more than half a
decade, boats have been whizzing, spinning and splashing to the delight of tourists.
But even so, the numbers it is seeing are a fraction of what it was used to before the pandemic
closed the country's borders. It used to operate eight boat rides an hour. Sometimes, that was
down to just one.
"It's been real eye opener for us to go from 1,200 (visitors) a day to 200 a day," Ms Cave said.
Like many tourism operators across New Zealand Ms Cave is excited about the recently opened
travel bubble with Australia, its biggest market.
"It's given people hope. Australians represent a huge part of our business. (The bubble) will mean
that we will see some growth. I think a lot of Queenstown will," she says.
In 2019, international tourism was worth $12.6bn (£9bn) in total, __________ (3) Australians
contributing $1.94bn.
Between 1.18 and 1.5 million Australians came to New Zealand annually, accounting for 40% of
the country's overseas visitors.
Those numbers dropped to zero when New Zealand closed its borders.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56967636)
QUESTÃO 03 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “To see and hear all the boats and the
screaming and the complete joy… it puts a smile on all of our faces” (paragraph 2), the word joy
means
A) Melancholy
B) Happiness
C) Sorrow
D) Courage
E) Calm
QUESTÃO 04 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “Could it be that the rich world was more
vulnerable, somehow, because its populations were older, or more individualistic, or had
forgotten to be scared of infectious disease?” (paragraph 1), the word scared means
A) Bold
B) Cautious
C) Brave
D) Afraid
E) Partial
QUESTÃO 05 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Choose the alternative containing the correct verb forms to
complete the gaps (1), (2) and (3) in paragraphs 1, 1 and 3 respectively
A) Is, was, are
B) Was, were, are
C) Is, were, are
D) Was, was, are
E) Was, were, were
The WHO was then hindered by its own regulations that travel restrictions should be a last resort,
the panel said, adding that Europe and the US wasted the entire month of February and acted
only when their hospitals began to fill up.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57085505)
QUESTÃO 07 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Choose the most appropriate title for the text
A) Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, report says
B) The return to the pre-pandemic routine in the USA and Europe
C) More recent data shows an increase in the number of deaths due to COVID-19
D) Why is Covid-19 more intense in poorer countries?
E) Why the pandemic has intensified socioeconomic inequalities around the world
QUESTÃO 08 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – What kind of text is this?
A) Letter
B) Essay
C) Opinion article
D) Textbook
E) News report
QUESTÃO 09 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “The WHO was then hindered by its own
regulations that travel restrictions should be a last resort…” (paragraph 14), the word hindered
means
A) Encouraged
B) Burdened
C) Approved
D) Neutralized
E) Supported
The green light was based on review of data the two companies released in March showing that
two doses of their vaccine provided similar protection from COVID-19 disease among this age
group as it did for adults. Among the more than 2,200 teens in the study group the FDA reviewed,
16 developed COVID-19—none of them were in the vaccinated group.
The companies’ studies found that levels of virus-fighting antibodies were on average higher
among the 12- to 15-year-olds that got the vaccine than among vaccinated 16- to 25-year-olds in
previous studies.
“This is part of the totality of getting our country protected against COVID-19, which is just waiting
around ___ (3) corner to come have another wave if we don’t get a sufficient degree of
vaccination,” said Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at
the FDA, during a briefing discussing the decision.
The authorization was based on a so-called “bridging” study, in which researchers used data from
the previous study in adults to set thresholds for safety and efficacy. Building off of the success of
the adult studies enabled the scientists to enroll some 2,000 12- to 15-year-olds, rather than the
tens of thousands of adults that the earlier studies required.
(Adapted from https://time.com/6047384/teens-pfizer-covid-vaccine/)
GABARITO
GABARITO ESA
01 – A 02 – C 03 – E 04 – B 05 – A
GABARITO EPCAR
01 – D 02 – B 03 – C 04 – B 05 – A
GABARITO EFOMM
01 – A 02 – B 03 – E 04 – A 05 – C
06 – A 07 – D 08 – A 09 – E 10 – B
GABARITO EAM
01 – D 02 – E 03 – A 04 – C 05 – C
06 – A 07 – B 08 – B 09 – D 10 – E
GABARITO AFA
01 – A 02 – B 03 – D 04 – A 05 – D
06 – D 07 – A 08 – B 09 – C 10 – E
GABARITO EEAR
01 – A 02 – C 03 – D 04 – A 05 – C
06 – C 07 – E 08 – B 09 – E 10 – B
GABARITO EsPCEx
01 – E 02 – A 03 – B 04 – D 05 – B
06 – C 07 – A 08 – E 09 – B 10 – D
QUESTÕES COMENTADAS
QUESTÕES ESA
Read the text and answer questions 01, 02 and 03
Children who ate ‘cannabis sweets’ risked serious harm, say Surrey police
Investigation begins after two boys, 12 and 13, and a girl, 12, were taken to hospital after
falling unconscious
Four children who were taken to hospital after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis
are not believed to have suffered long-term effects, police have said.
The youngsters were found vomiting uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness on
Saturday afternoon on Pound Lane in Epsom, according to Surrey police. A 12-year-old girl, 12-
year-old boy and 13-year-old boy were taken to hospital by the South East Coast ambulance
service and are lucky not to have been more seriously affected by whatever they ate, the police
said.
They suffered “a violent reaction from eating the jelly sweets that they believed contained
cannabis”, police said.
Another 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital by his family because he was also believed to have
eaten the sweets.
One of the 12-year-old boys was discharged from hospital late on Saturday and the other three
were expected to leave on Sunday. The source of the sweets is still being investigated and police
do not have a clear idea of what they look like, although a similar report from Friday night involved
“jelly apple rings” which look like green jelly circles.
DS Lisa Betchley said: “These children were incredibly lucky that they were not more seriously
affected by whatever it was that they ate – and this is thanks, in great part, to the prompt actions
of two medical students who happened to be nearby and assisted in the early stages, as well as
the South East Coast ambulance service and hospital staff for their rapid response and treatment.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/02/children-who-ate-cannabis-sweets-risked-serious-harm-say-surrey-police)
QUESTÃO 01 (ESA/INÉDITA) – Concerning the information in the text, is correct to state that
(A) The impacts caused by the food eaten by the children are likely to be short-term
(B) The children's symptoms were severe headaches and nausea
(C) The content of the sweets is still completely unknown
(D) What happened to the children reached the worst possible scenario
(E) The children were saved, mainly, by the small amount of toxic food ingested
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que os
impactos causados pelos alimentos ingeridos pelas crianças são provavelmente de curto prazo,
assim como esta opção indica. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “Four children who were
taken to hospital after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis are not believed to have
suffered long-term effects…”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que os sintomas das
crianças eram fortes dores de cabeça e náuseas, mas sim, que eram vômitos intensos e perda de
consciência. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “The youngsters were found vomiting
uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness on Saturday afternoon on Pound Lane in
Epsom, according to Surrey police”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que o conteúdo dos
doces ainda é completamente desconhecido, mas sim, que é possível que tivesse maconha na
composição. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “Four children who were taken to hospital
after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis are not believed to have suffered long-term
effects…”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que o que
aconteceu com as crianças atingiu o pior cenário possível, mas sim, que elas tiveram sorte de
não ter sido pior. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “These children were incredibly lucky
that they were not more seriously affected by whatever it was that they ate…”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que as crianças
foram salvas, principalmente, pela pequena quantidade de alimentos tóxicos ingeridos, mas sim,
que foi principalmente pelo trabalho dos outros. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “...and
this is thanks, in great part, to the prompt actions of two medical students who happened to be
nearby and assisted in the early stages, as well as the South East Coast ambulance service and
hospital staff for their rapid response and treatment”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 02 (ESA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “One of the 12-year-old boys was discharged
from hospital late on Saturday and the other three were expected to leave on Sunday”
(paragraph 4), the word “discharged” means
(A) Accomplished
(B) Done
(C) Dismissed
(D) Retired
(E) Hospitalized
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “discharged” significa dispensado e não
pode ser comparada com a palavra “accomplished”, que significa realizado.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A palavra “discharged” significa dispensado e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “done”, que significa feito.
A alternativa C está correta. A palavra “discharged” significa dispensado e pode ser comparada
com a palavra “dismissed”, que significa dispensado.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “discharged” significa dispensado e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “retired”, que significa aposentado.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “discharged” significa dispensado e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “hospitalized”, que significa internado/hospitalizado.
GABARITO: C
the vaccination only if they have not tested positive or shown recent symptoms, so it is inevitable
there were fewer recorded infections before vaccinations took place. Statistics can be tricky
things.
Most important, the studies showed that if you are infected after vaccination, it tends to be much
milder, both in terms of self-reported symptoms and viral load.
If vaccinated people develop a weaker infection, then they might be less likely to pass on the virus.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2021/may/02/vaccinated-people-less-likely-to-pass-covid-on)
QUESTÃO 04 (ESA/INÉDITA) – Concerning the information in the text, is correct to say that
(A) The vaccine completely prevents the organism from being infected by the virus
(B) Vaccines have the potential to significantly reduce the rate of virus infection
(C) The first dose of the vaccine starts to take effect when the second dose is applied
(D) The two vaccines studied and cited in the text had significant differences in their results
(E) The drop in the rate of infections in the period prior to vaccine doses occurred by pure
coincidence
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que a
vacina evita completamente que o organismo seja infectado pelo vírus, mas sim, que previne a
infecção, não impede. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There are two ways that getting
vaccinated can slow the spread of the virus. First, it can help prevent you getting infected…”.
A alternativa B está correta. De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que as vacinas têm o
potencial de reduzir significativamente a taxa de infecção do vírus, assim como esta opção
indica. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There are two ways that getting vaccinated can
slow the spread of the virus. First, it can help prevent you getting infected. Second, even if you
are unlucky and catch the virus, it may reduce the risk of passing it on”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que a primeira dose
da vacina começa a fazer efeito quando a segunda dose é aplicada, mas sim, que as infecções
diminuíram 65% em voluntários após a primeira dose. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho
“An Oxford-ONS analysis of more than 370,000 survey participants found infections were
reduced by 65% after a single dose”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que as duas vacinas
estudadas e citadas no texto tiveram diferenças significativas em seus resultados, mas sim, que
não houve grandes diferenças entre as duas vacinas. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho
“There was no major difference between the two available vaccines”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que a queda na taxa
de infecções no período anterior às doses da vacina ocorreu por pura coincidência, mas sim, que
provavelmente havia um motivo. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “More plausible is the
idea of “reverse causation”. People can have the vaccination only if they have not tested positive
or shown recent symptoms, so it is inevitable there were fewer recorded infections before
vaccinations took place”.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 05 (ESA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “Did the virus have magical precognition and
keep away? More plausible is the idea of ‘reverse causation’” (paragraph 3), the word
“plausible” means
(A) Reasonable
(B) Improbable
(C) Irrational
(D) Partial
(E) Impartial
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. A palavra “plausible” significa plausível e pode ser
comparada com a palavra “reasonable”, que significa razoável.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A palavra “plausible” significa plausível e não pode ser comparada
com a palavra “improbable”, que significa improvável.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “plausible” significa plausível e não pode ser comparada
com a palavra “irrational”, que significa irracional.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “plausible” significa plausível e não pode ser comparada
com a palavra “partial”, que significa parcial.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “plausible” significa plausível e não pode ser comparada
com a palavra “impartial”, que significa imparcial.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÕES EPCAR
Why We Must Improve Vaccine Manufacturing Before the Next Pandemic
It should worry everyone that experts surveyed by TIME regarded both increasing funding in a
post-COVID-19 world for vaccine development and scaling up of manufacturing capacity
feasible—but improving equitable vaccine distribution was not.
To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place. The good news is, all these
elements are feasible, and indeed starting to work today.
On vaccine R&D, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), was set up with the
precise purpose of identifying and investing in R&D for vaccines against emerging infectious
diseases with epidemic potential. So, when it came to COVID-19, with CEPI’s and other R&D
support, as well as industry engagement, the scientific and vaccine manufacturing community
rallied, producing the first safe and effective vaccine in record time—just 327 days. Today we have
not just one but 15 in widespread use.
Increased investment now could get us there even faster the next time, particularly given the
potential of the relatively new RNA vaccine technologies that have proved so effective with
COVID-19. These plug-and-play vaccine technologies not only make it possible to identify and
develop antigens rapidly, but much of the regulatory testing and approval can be done in advance,
even before we know what the threat is.
As for manufacturing, it may be difficult to immediately discern when there are severe supply
shortages, but the world has actually rapidly built up manufacturing capacity during COVID-19.
Waiving intellectual property has been talked about a lot as a potential solution for boosting
production. But the growth we have seen in the past year has been achieved through technology
transfers, where both the intellectual property and the vital know-how needed to make vaccines
is shared between manufacturers.
However, we need to do more. Given the extremely large number of doses needed during a
pandemic, export bans of vaccines and essential components and supply bottlenecks have led to
a vaccine divide. Currently, more than a third of adults in high-income countries have now been
vaccinated, while less than 1% of those in low-income countries have had their first jab.
To prevent this kind of scenario from happening the next time round and ensure that those most
at risk are prioritized wherever they are, it is not distribution channels we are lacking, but global
manufacturing capacity. We already have highly effective distribution channels, through COVAX
and its partners, and we already have access to doses, enough to protect 1.8 billion people in
lower-income economies by early next year, enough to protect almost 30% of people in these
countries.
But through investments now to increase global manufacturing capacity, particularly in emerging
economies, and support of technology transfers, the next time a pandemic strikes we can get
there sooner.
(Adapted from https://time.com/6072101/improve-vaccine-manufacturing/)
QUESTÃO 01 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that can replace the word “improve” in the
title without changing its meaning
A) Blow
B) Help
C) Recuperate
D) Enhance
Comentário: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “improve” significa “melhorar” e não pode
ser substituída pela palavra “blow”, que significa “explodir”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A palavra “improve” significa “melhorar” e não pode ser
substituída pela palavra “help”, que significa “ajudar”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “improve” significa “melhorar” e não pode ser
substituída pela palavra “recuperate”, que significa “recuperar”.
A alternativa D está correta. A palavra “improve” significa “melhorar” e pode ser substituída
pela palavra “enhance”, que significa “aprimorar”.
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 03 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option with the suitable question to answer the
underlined fragment below
“To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place”.
A) How will mass vaccination work in a possible next pandemic?
B) How can the next pandemic occur?
C) What can be done to stop a possible next pandemic from going forward?
D) What are the advantages of vaccination?
Comentário: A alternativa A está incorreta. A frase “Para impedir a próxima pandemia em
andamento, precisamos garantir que as pessoas em todo o mundo sejam protegidas
rapidamente” não responde à pergunta “Como funcionará a vacinação em massa em uma
possível próxima pandemia?”, mas sim, à pergunta “O que pode ser feito para impedir o avanço
de uma possível próxima pandemia?”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A frase “Para impedir a próxima pandemia em andamento,
precisamos garantir que as pessoas em todo o mundo sejam protegidas rapidamente” não
responde à pergunta “Como pode ocorrer a próxima pandemia?”, mas sim, à pergunta “O que
pode ser feito para impedir o avanço de uma possível próxima pandemia?”.
A alternativa C está correta. A frase “Para impedir a próxima pandemia em andamento,
precisamos garantir que as pessoas em todo o mundo sejam protegidas rapidamente” responde
à pergunta “O que pode ser feito para impedir o avanço de uma possível próxima pandemia?”,
assim como esta opção indica.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A frase “Para impedir a próxima pandemia em andamento,
precisamos garantir que as pessoas em todo o mundo sejam protegidas rapidamente” não
responde à pergunta “Quais são as vantagens da vacinação?”, mas sim, à pergunta “O que pode
ser feito para impedir o avanço de uma possível próxima pandemia?”.
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 04 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that can replace the underlined word keeping
the same meaning
“To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place”.
A) Exclude
B) Encompass
C) Indeed
D) Rid
Comentário: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “entail” significa implicar e não pode ser
substituída pela palavra “exclude”, que significa excluir.
A alternativa B está correta. A palavra “entail” significa implicar e pode ser substituída pela
palavra “encompass”, que significa englobar.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “entail” significa implicar e não pode ser substituída
pela palavra “indeed”, que significa de fato.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “entail” significa implicar e não pode ser substituída
pela palavra “rid”, que significa livrar/livrar-se.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 05 (EPCAR/INÉDITA) – Mark the alternative that can answer the question below
according to the text
How was the COVID-19 vaccine development process?
A) It was unusually fast and effective
B) It was fast, like all vaccine development
C) It was time-consuming but effective
D) It was time-consuming and ineffective
Comentário: A alternativa A está correta. A pergunta “Como foi o processo de desenvolvimento
da vacina COVID-19?” é bem respondida com “Foi excepcionalmente rápido e eficaz”, assim
como esta opção indica. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “...producing the first safe and
effective vaccine in record time—just 327 days”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A pergunta “Como foi o processo de desenvolvimento da vacina
COVID-19?” não é bem respondida com “Foi rápido, como todo desenvolvimento de vacina”,
mas sim, com “Foi excepcionalmente rápido e eficaz”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho
“...producing the first safe and effective vaccine in record time—just 327 days”.
respondida com “Foi demorado, mas eficaz”, mas sim, com “Foi excepcionalmente rápido e
eficaz”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “...producing the first safe and effective vaccine
in record time—just 327 days”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A pergunta “Como foi o processo de desenvolvimento da vacina
COVID-19?” não é bem respondida com “Foi demorado e ineficaz”, mas sim, com “Foi
excepcionalmente rápido e eficaz”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “...producing the first
safe and effective vaccine in record time—just 327 days”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÕES EFOMM
Online school to continue into next academic year amid risk of further disruption
A virtual school will stay open for at least most of the next academic year amid a rise in the number
of pupils selfisolating.
Oak National Academy has been used by pupils and teachers to support remote learning - which
has taken place during lockdowns and - during the Covid pandemic.
The Reach Foundation, which the school is part of, said it will keep operating at no cost for at least
the next two terms.
The charity said this will help teachers to plan for the start of the next academic year by being
able to access Oak National Academy’s online lessons and learning resources.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of rising Covid infections in the UK and the large
numbers of children self-isolating as the school year drew to a close.
More than one million children were out of school last week due to Covid-related reasons - such
as a positive test, suspected Covid case or being told to isolate - just before schools broke up for
the summer holiday.
In the final weeks of term, over 300,000 pupils used Oak National Academy’s online learning
lessons and resources.
Schools are already considering what measures they may need to put in place should pupils test
positive, or they are asked to self-isolate in the next academic year.
The extension of the virtual school into the autumn and spring terms is backed by £2.1m in funding
from the Department for Education (DfE).
Ed Vainker from the Reach Foundation - which has incubated Oak since its launch - said the charity
understood teachers wanted the online school to continue.
“We are also mindful that Covid-19 will be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and
the autumn and winter may bring further disruption,” the chief executive said.
“I’m therefore pleased the DfE will continue to support Oak, so it remains open and free as part
of resilience planning for the next two terms.”
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said: “From being set up by a small group of teachers in under
two weeks, Oak National Academy has become one of the great success stories as we tackle the
pandemic.”
He said the online school helped millions of pupils and teachers while most children were not
allowed to set foot in school during a lockdown last spring and one at the start of this year.
But even since after all students were allowed back on since in March, Oak National Academy said
30,000 teachers have used its services a week, with demand rising amid the spread of the Delta
variant.
“The impact Oak has made and the good it has done for the sector and children is immeasurable,
and we will now look for the best way to harness that for the future,” Mr Gibb added.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-online-school-two-terms-b1888491.html
QUESTÃO 01 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “The announcement comes
against a backdrop of rising Covid infections in the UK [...]” (paragraph 5). The word in bold is
closest in meaning to
A) Scenery
B) Decrease
C) Increase
D) Scene
E) View
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. A palavra “backdrop” significa “cenário” e pode ser
comparada com a palavra “scenery”, que significa “cenário”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A palavra “backdrop” significa “cenário” e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “decrease”, que significa “diminuição”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “backdrop” significa “cenário” e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “increase”, que significa “aumento”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “backdrop” significa “cenário” e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “scene”, que significa “cena”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “backdrop” significa “cenário” e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “view”, que significa “vista”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 02 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “We are also mindful that Covid-
19 will be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and the autumn and winter may
bring further disruption” (paragraph 12), the verb “to bring” means
A) To refuse
B) To carry
C) To hold
D) To serve
E) To consider
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. O verbo “to bring” significa “trazer” e não pode ser
comparado ao verbo “to refuse”, que significa “recusar”.
A alternativa B está correta. O verbo “to bring” significa “trazer” e pode ser comparado ao verbo
“to carry”, que significa “carregar/trazer”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. O verbo “to bring” significa “trazer” e não pode ser comparado ao
verbo “to hold”, que significa “segurar”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O verbo “to bring” significa “trazer” e não pode ser comparado ao
verbo “to serve”, que significa “servir”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O verbo “to bring” significa “trazer” e não pode ser comparado ao
verbo “to consider”, que significa “considerar”.
GABARITO: B
A alternativa B está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que Oak National
Academy perdeu sua popularidade durante o período de isolamento social resultante da
pandemia Covid-19, mas sim, que ela tem sido muito usada por estudantes e professores para
ajudar no ensino remoto, ou seja, ganhou popularidade. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho
“Oak National Academy has been used by pupils and teachers to support remote learning -
which has taken place during lockdowns and - during the Covid pandemic”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que mais de um
milhão de alunos estiveram fora da escola na semana passada por causa das férias de verão,
mas sim, que esses alunos estiveram fora por conta de razões relacionadas à Covid-19, isso logo
antes das férias de verão. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “More than one million
children were out of school last week due to Covid-related reasons … just before schools broke
up for the summer holiday”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. De acordo com o texto, não é correto afirmar que o próximo ano
letivo não precisará ter medidas de proteção contra Covid-19, mas sim, que é possível que
sejam necessárias. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “Schools are already considering
what measures they may need to put in place should pupils test positive, or they are asked to
self-isolate in the next academic year”.
A alternativa E está correta. De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que dadas as condições
pandêmicas, Oak continuará a atuar como uma grande ajuda para alunos e professores, assim
como esta opção indica. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “...it will keep operating at no
cost for at least the next two terms … this will help teachers to plan for the start of the next
academic year by being able to access Oak National Academy’s online lessons and learning
resources”.
GABARITO: E
QUESTÃO 04 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – In the extract from the text: “[…] which has incubated Oak
since its launch […] (paragraph 10), the word “which” refers to
A) Reach foundation
B) Oak
C) Ed Vainker
D) Teachers
E) Department for Education
Comentários: A palavra “which” em “Ed Vainker da Reach Foundation - que incubou Oak desde
seu lançamento - disse que a instituição de caridade entendeu que os professores queriam que
a escola online continuasse” se refere à Reach Foundation, citada anteriormente na frase.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 06 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct way to complete the text above?
A) Using / being / hopes
B) Uses / being / hoped
C) Uses / being / is hoping
D) Using / being / was hoping
E) Using / being / had hoped
Comentários: A primeira lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to use” (usar) no present
continuous “is [now] using”, indo de acordo com o tempo verbal indicado anteriormente na
frase.
A segunda lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to be” (ser/estar) no present participle
“being” (ser), ou seja, “O chocolate é derretido antes de ser colocado em uma seringa...”.
A terceira lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to hope” (esperar) no simple present
“hopes” (espera), ou seja, “...a empresa espera abrir outras lojas ao redor do mundo”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 08 (EFOMM/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct way to complete the paragraph below?
The small town of Pelhrimov in the Czech Republic _______ thousands of strange records and
hosted a festival to show them off. Some of the records were racing with folding ladders and
folding pink scarves. The president of the festival _______ that he was happy to have people come
and understand the ‘essence’ of what the people in this town _______. He wants to show that life
is more than being on Facebook or sitting at a computer. It is good to do something!
Adapted from: https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/town-has-strange-records-level-3/
A) Holds / said / do
B) Holds / says / do
C) Hold / said / do
D) Holds / said / does
E) Holds / says / does
Comentários: A primeira lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to hold” (segurar) no simple
present referindo-se ao pronome “it”, ou seja, “holds” (segura/possui); “A pequena cidade de
Pelhrimov na República Tcheca possui milhares de registros estranhos...”.
A segunda lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to say” (dizer) no simple past referindo-se
ao pronome “he”, ou seja, “said” (disse); “O presidente do festival disse que estava feliz...”.
A terceira lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo “to do” (fazer) no simple present referindo-
se ao pronome “they”, ou seja, “do” (fazem); “...do que as pessoas nesta cidade fazem”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÕES EAM
Read the following text to answer questions 01 to 07.
Lost Dog
Sam saw a dog on the sidewalk. The dog looked lost. Sam approached the dog and patted its head.
The dog wagged his tail. The dog had a collar. Sam looked at the collar and it read the dog's name.
Its name was Spike. Spike was a small dog and looked well-groomed. “Come on, Spike,” he said to
the dog. The dog followed him home. He brought the dog upstairs to his room. He had a jar of
dog food because he used to have a dog. He poured the dog food into a bowl and placed it in front
of Spike. Spike started eating. “I'll take care of you, Spike,” he said to the dog. He knew the dog
did not belong to him. He printed posters of Spike that said “Found Dog”. He went around hanging
the poster but nobody came to find Spike.
(Adapted from <https://www.eslfast.com/begin2/b2/b2014.htm>)
QUESTÃO 03 (EAM/INÉDITA) – How many people reached Sam looking for Spike?
(A) zero
(B) many.
(C) two.
(D) some.
(E) much.
Comentários: Quantas pessoas entraram em contato com Sam procurando pelo Spike?
a) zero
b) muitas.
c) duas.
d) algumas.
e) “muitas” (mas lembre-se que much só é usado com substantivos incontáveis, e people,
pessoas, é contável). “He went around hanging the poster but nobody came to find Spike.” = Ele
andou pendurando o pôster, mas ninguém apareceu para encontrar o Spike.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 06 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that is FALSE about the text.
(A) Sam was Spike’s dog.
(B) Spike was not Sam’s dog.
(C) Spike seemed lost.
(D) Spike was little.
(E) Spike went to Sam’s home.
QUESTÃO 08 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Which items of clothing can you see in the picture below?
tuxedo = smoking
blouse = blusa
skirt = saia
pants = calça
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 09 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that completes the sentences with the right
form of the verbs in parenthesis, respectively.
Lucy __________ (to go) to the gym every day, but she __________ (to go) this morning,
because she was __________ (to feel) sick.
(A) goes / went / feeling
(B) gos / didn’t go / felt
(C) going / went / feeling
(D) goes / didn’t go / feeling
(E) go / didn’t go / feels
Comentários: Lucy goes to the gym every day = Simple Present, por conta da expressão every
day (todo dia) e conjugado na terceira pessoa do singular – Lucy vai à academia todo dia. but
she didn’t go this morning = mas ela não foi essa manhã (but indicando contraste de ideias)
because she was feeling sick. = porque ela estava se sentindo mal. (algo contínuo, mas
temporário – Past Continuous)
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 10 (EAM/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that completes the blanks with the right
preposition of time or place.
I arrived __________ New York __________ noon.
(A) in / on
(B) at / at
(C) at / in
(D) on / at
(E) in / at
Comentários: Para cidades usamos a preposição in, e para horários (noon = meio-dia) a
preposition at.
GABARITO: E
QUESTÃO 01 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In the title we can affirm that the prices are
(A) increasing
(B) dropping down
(C) decreasing
(D) at the same level
(E) in equal measures
Comentários: A letra A está correta. O título diz que: Inflação: Carros usados e alimentação
puxam os preços para cima. Portanto, a expressão “higher”, coloca como aumento. Sinônimo de
“increasing”, que significa “aumento”.
A letra B está incorreta. dropping down = queda.
A letra C está incorreta. decreasing = decrescer.
A letra D está incorreta. at the same level = no mesmo nível.
A letra E está incorreta. in equal measures = em níveis/medidas iguais.
Portanto, as expressões das outras opções fogem do contexto do título.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 02 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Compete the gap in the sentence: “5% ____ previous
month.”
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) of
(E) no article
Comentários: A letra A está incorreta. “a” é artigo indefinido e somente poderia ser mencionado
em casos genéricos. Na sentença é um mês específico. “O mês anterior.”
A letra B está incorreta. “an" é artigo indefinido e somente poderia ser mencionado em casos
genéricos diante de sons de vogais. Na sentença é um mês específico. “O mês anterior.”
A letra C está correta. “The” é artigo definido; usado para coisas específicas e já mencionadas
anteriormente. Logo, é o gabarito de acordo com a gramática.
A letra D está incorreta. Of = de/do/da; é uma preposição, a qual não deve ser usada nesse
contexto.
A letra E está incorreta. O uso de “não artigo” não se perfaz, tendo em vista as explicações
anteriores.
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 03 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Complete the blank space: “_____ August 2008”
(A) from
(B) with
(C) for
(D) since
(E) about
Comentários: A letra A está incorreta. from = de (origem). Não se encaixa no contexto “desde
Agosto de 2008.”
A letra B está incorreta. with = com. Não se encaixa no contexto “desde Agosto de 2008.”
A letra C está incorreta. for = por, durante (duração da ação). Não se encaixa no contexto “desde
Agosto de 2008.”
A letra D está correta. since = desde (início da ação). Encaixa no contexto “desde Agosto de
2008.”
A letra E está incorreta. about = sobre. Não se encaixa no contexto “desde Agosto de 2008.”
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 04 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In the sentence, “Inflation, which measures the rate
cause
(…)”, the word in bold refers to
(A) rate
(B) cause
(C) the
(D) measures
(E) inflation
Comentários: A questão versa sobre o uso do relativo “which”, o qual retoma coisas, objetos,
animais etc. (não sendo pessoa). Conectando-se a substantivos (nouns).
A letra A está incorreta. “Rate” não é o antecedente. Está após a menção do relativo.
A letra B está incorreta. “Cause” não é o antecedente. Está após a menção do relativo.
A letra C está incorreta. “The” não é o antecedente. Também não é substantivo. Está após a
menção do relativo.
A letra D está incorreta. “measures” é verbo. Medir. Não podendo ser relativo de “which”.
A letra E está correta. Inflation = inflação; é substantivo e antecedente de “which”.
GABARITO: E
QUESTÃO 05 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – In, “which could prompt the Federal Reserve to push
up interest rates”. The underline verb gives an idea of
(A) obligation
(B) possibility
(C) ability
(D) advice
(E) permission
Comentários: A questão trata sobre modais. O CN diz sobre CAN, mas Could é o passado de
CAN. Podendo ser cobrado.
A letra A está incorreta. Could não expressa obrigação. E sim: must, have to.
A letra B está correta. Could nesse contexto expressa “possibilidade”. “no qual poderá...”
A letra C está incorreta. Could poderia até expressar uma habilidade, mas não se aplica nesse
contexto.
A letra D está incorreta. Could não expressa “conselho”. E sim: should / ought to.
A letra E está incorreta. Could poderia até expressar uma “permissão, mas não nesse contexto.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 07 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – The word “however”, in bold in the text can be
replaced by
(A) also
(B) otherwise
(C) nevertheless
(D) so
(E) then
Comentários: A conjunção “however” = mas, porém. (adversativa).
A letra A está incorreta. also = também (conjunção aditiva)
A letra B está incorreta. otherwise = por outro modo (conjunção alternativa)
A letra C está correta. nevertheless = mas, porém (adversativa). Logo, sinônimo de “however”.
A letra D está incorreta. so = então (conjunção conclusiva)
A letra E está incorreta. then = então (conjunção conclusiva)
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 08 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – “It has sparked fears that prices ____ increasing too
quickly.” The correct verb form to fill in the blank.
(A) is
(B) to be
(C) will be
(D) are
(E) do
Comentários: A questão trata de verbos. Verbo to be = ser/estar
A letra A está incorreta. “is” não conjuga com “prices”
A letra B está incorreta. to be = verbo sem estar conjugado
A letra C está incorreta. will be = futuro (não encaixa nesse contexto)
A letra D está correta. prices (they) are. Conjugação correta.
A letra E está incorreta. do = fazer; não encaixa gramaticalmente no contexto.
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 10 (COLÉGIO NAVAL/INÉDITA) – “___ June, the Labor Department said ___ Tuesday.”
Complete the spaces with the suitable prepostitions
(A) in / on
(B) in / in
(C) on in
(D) at / in
(E) in / at
Comentários: A questão versa sobre o uso adequado das preposições.
A letra A está correta. In = mês / On = dias da semana.
A letra B está incorreta. In não pode ser usado para dias da semana.
A letra C está incorreta. Está invertido o uso correto.
A letra D está incorreta. At não se aplica no uso e in também não.
A letra E está incorreta. In está correto, mas At não.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÕES AFA
Read Text I to do questions 01, 02 and 03 based on it
Text I
February’s Gonna Be a Big Month for Mars On the 9th, the first of three spacecraft will arrive
at the Red Planet and inaugurate a new era of Martian exploration.
_______ FEBRUARY 9, the United Arab Emirates’ Hope spacecraft is expected to enter orbit
around Mars after a six-month, 300-million-mile journey from Earth. It will mark the beginning of
a historic month for the Red Planet, which will see three separate national missions enter orbit or
touch down on the surface. Two of the countries behind these missions, the UAE and China, will
be visiting Mars for the first time; they will become the fifth and sixth countries to pull off that
feat, respectively. The third mission, launched _______ NASA, is expected to become the United
States’ 15th mission to successfully orbit or land on Mars.
The UAE is the only country that will not attempt a soft landing during the February Mars invasion.
Instead, its Hope orbiter will study the Martian atmosphere from more than 12,000 miles above
the surface. Planetary scientists hope that the UAE’s robo-meteorologist will fill in gaps in our
understanding of the Martian climate and help validate environmental data captured by rovers
and landers on the ground. For the country’s first foray into deep-space exploration, the UAE
space agency worked with an international team of researchers at the University of Colorado,
Boulder, to help plan the mission and build the spacecraft.
“There’s really no point in exploring outer space without adding to knowledge, and we’ve never
run a science mission,” Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, the UAE minister of state for advanced sciences
and science lead for the Emirates Mars Mission, said during a press conference last week. “It
wasn’t an easy journey, but it was such an enjoyment to rethink how you develop a planetary
exploration mission.”
The Hope spacecraft will be the first new orbiter around Mars since the European Space Agency’s
ExoMars spacecraft arrived in 2016, but it won’t be the newcomer for long. China’s Tianwen-1
mission—which is a lander, rover, and orbiter rolled up into one—is expected to arrive less than
a day later. China’s space agency has been quiet about its plans for visiting the Red Planet, but
the craft is expected to attempt a landing shortly after it achieves orbit.
Unlike NASA’s car-sized Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, China’s Tianwen-1 rover is small
enough to stow away inside the stationary lander that will carry it to the surface. Once it has safely
touched down, the six-wheeled rover will detach itself from the lander and spend the next three
months exploring its landing site, Utopia Planitia, the planet’s largest impact crater. The rover and
lander will both relay data _______ the surface to the Tianwen-1 orbiter, which will send it back
to Earth. Although the Chinese National Space Administration hasn’t provided a lot of details
about the exact scientific goals of its mission, a paper about it published last year in Nature
Astronomy says the agency’s goal is to “perform a global and extensive survey of the entire
planet.”
On February 18, a little more than a week after this robotic delegation arrives, NASA’s
Perseverance rover is expected to touch down. This will involve a harrowing descent to the
surface, during which the rover must reduce its speed from more than 10,000 miles an hour to
just a few feet per second over the course of 15 minutes. The descent will end with some aerial
acrobatics, during which a rocket-powered sky crane will gently deposit the rover on the surface
while hovering a few dozen feet above the ground.
“Don’t let anybody tell you different—landing _______ Mars is hard to do,” John McNamee,
project manager for the Perseverance mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a
statement. “But the women and men on this team are the best in the world at what they do.
When our spacecraft hits the top of the Mars atmosphere at about three and a half miles per
second, we’ll be ready.”
Perseverance is essentially a nuclear-powered self-driving car, and its primary mission is to collect
samples that will be picked up by another spacecraft later this decade and returned to Earth. With
any luck, this red dust will contain evidence that Mars once hosted microbial life. But whether
scientists will recognize extraterrestrial life when they see it remains an open question. Aside from
hunting for aliens, Perseverance will also enable a first-of-its-kind technology demonstration
involving a small helicopter called Ingenuity. A few days after landing, Perseverance will jettison
the helicopter in a clearing where it will attempt several short flights. If it works, it will be the first
time an aircraft has flown on another planet.
The arrival of three national missions on Mars within two weeks of one another is a historic
moment in the history of space exploration. It underscores the rapid development of space
capabilities around the world and the true internationalization of planetary exploration. Mars was
once the exclusive stomping grounds of the United States and the Soviet Union, but it is now also
an accessible destination for the European Union, Japan, India, the UAE, and China. Getting to
Mars is still a major challenge—historically only 40 percent of Mars missions have been
successful—and there’s no guarantee that all three missions will succeed in their objectives. But
launching a trio of spacecraft to our closest planetary neighbor is a major achievement and bodes
well for the future of space exploration.
(Adapted from https://www.wired.com/story/februarys-gonna-be-a-big-month-for-mars/)
QUESTÃO 01 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the gaps in the text?
(A) On – by – from – on
(B) At – to – from – by
(C) On – by – to – by
(D) In – by – on – by
(E) In – to – to – on
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta.
Lacuna 1: Deve-se usar a preposição “on” para dia do mês (data completa – dia e mês). Cuidado,
pois caso apareça somente o mês não devemos usar a preposição “on” e sim a preposição “in”.
Lacuna 2: Na frase em questão trata-se de uma voz passiva e o sujeito da voz ativa torna-se
agente da passiva precedido por by. “The third mission, launched by NASA” (A Terceira missão,
lançada pela NASA.)
Lacuna 3: A preposição que melhor se encaixa nessa lacuna é “from”, pois indica procedência,
origem de alguém ou algo. “The rover and lander will both relay data from the surface to the
Tianwen-1 orbiter” (O veículo e o módulo de pouso transmitirão dados da superfície para o
orbitador Tianwen-1). Neste caso, os dados têm como origem a superfície de Marte.
Lacuna 4: Land on = pousar (A preposição “on” é usada para indicar que alguma coisa está em
uma superfície)
A alternativa B está incorreta. A sequência correta é On – by – from – on.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A sequência correta é On – by – from – on.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A sequência correta é On – by – from – on.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A sequência correta é On – by – from – on.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 04 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Mark the option that correctly substitutes the expression rather
than (line 02).
(A) Instead of.
(B) Despite of.
(C) As well as.
(D) In addition to.
(E) At last.
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. rather than = instead of = ao invés de.
A alternativa B está incorreta. Despite of = apesar de.
A alternativa C está incorreta. As well as = assim como, também.
A alternativa D está incorreta. In addition to = além de.
A alternativa E está incorreta. At last = afinal.
GABARITO: A
should close immediately. He said: “I want the shame to end. I want this show to be closed and
forgotten, and that’s it. You cannot subject the Hermitage to such shame.”
The Hermitage and Alexander Ivanov have denied the claims and the billionaire produced
documents that support the authenticity of the items that were loaned from the Fabergé Museum
in Baden-Baden, which he established in 2009.
Piotrovsky and the Hermitage did not respond to a request for comment.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/russian-faberge-exhibition-contains-fakes-expert-says)
QUESTÃO 05 (AFA/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the gap in the text?
(A) has asked
(B) had been asked
(C) had asked
(D) has been asked
(E) was asked
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. Esta alternativa não se encontra na voz passiva e
sim na voz ativa e por isso não preenche corretamente a lacuna do texto.
A alternativa B está incorreta. Apesar de estar na voz passiva, o tempo verbal utilizada na
alternativa não está correto. Deveria ser utilizado o present perfect e não past perfect, por se
tratar de uma oração que expressa uma ação que o correu num passado indeterminado.
A alternativa C está incorreta. Esta alternativa não se encontra na voz passiva e sim na voz ativa
e por isso não preenche corretamente a lacuna do texto.
A alternativa D está correta. Nessa questão trata-se de uma voz passiva. “A Russian museum has
been asked to close a Fabergé exhibition” (Um museu russo foi convidado a encerrar uma
exposição de Fabergé.). O tempo verbal a ser utilizado na oração deve ser o present perfect por
se tratar de uma ação que ocorreu num passado indeterminado.
A alternativa E está incorreta. Apesar de estar na voz passiva, o tempo verbal utilizada na
alternativa não está correto. Deveria ser utilizado o present perfect e não o simple past, por se
tratar de uma oração que expressa uma ação que o correu num passado indeterminado.
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 06 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In the phrase “…a Fabergé exhibition that contains items loaned
from the personal collection of a billionaire” (paragraph 1), the underlined word is a synonym
for
(A) donated
(B) purchased
(C) acquired
(D) borrowed
(E) lent
There are other perks from working at home. BlackRock’s Laurence D. Fink is excited about what
employees could do with the time they save on daily commutes. “They could spend two hours
improving their health by exercising,” he said on a conference call. “They could spend two hours
more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.”
Paul Draovitch of Duke Energy said at an investor event that working from home was “not without
risks,” but also brought certain benefits: “When my Pomeranians walk into the room, it's really a
pleasure.”
Adapted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/business/when-will-offices-be-full-again-maybe-never-some-executives-say.html
QUESTÃO 07 (AFA/INÉDITA) – The correct form of the sentence “They could spend two hours
more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.” in the indirect speech is:
(A) It said that they could have spent two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more
resilient family.
(B) It said that they could spent two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient
family.
(C) It said that they will spend two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient
family.
(D) It said that they spend two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient family.
(E) It said that they have spended two hours more in building a deeper, stronger, more resilient
family.
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. O discurso indireto do modal could é: could + have +
verbo no particípio portanto a única opção que atende esse requisito é a alternativa A.
A alternativa B está incorreta. Could + spent está errado, após verbol modais o verbo deve estar
na forma infinitivo sem to.
A alternativa C está incorreta. Will não é a forma de discurso indireto de could.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O discurso indireto do modal could é could + have + verbo no
particípio portanto essa alternativa não atende aos requisitos necessários.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O discurso indireto do modal could é could + have + verbo no
particípio portanto essa alternativa não atende aos requisitos necessários.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 08 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In “There are other perks from working at home” the underlined
word is closest in meaning to:
(A) goods
(B) benefits
(C) harms
(D) losses
(E) ways
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. Goods = bens, mercadorias.
A alternativa B está correta. Perks = benefícios (benefits). O texto fala dos benefícios de se
trabalhar em casa.
A alternativa C está incorreta. Harm = malefícios, danos.
A alternativa D está incorreta. Losses = perdas, prejuízos.
A alternativa E está incorreta. Ways = maneiras, meios.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 09 (AFA/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “They could spend two hours improving their
health by exercising,” extracted from the text the pronoun they refers to:
(A) daily commutes
(B) BlackRock’s Laurence D. Fink
(C) Employees
(D) Many companies
(E) Family
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. O pronome they não faz referência a “viagens
diárias”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. O pronome they não faz referência a “BlackRock’s Laurence D.
Fink”.
A alternativa C está correta. De acordo com o texto as pessoas que poderiam melhorar sua
saúde através de exercícios eram os empregados. Portanto o pronome they faz referência a
employees.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O pronome they não faz referência a “many companies”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O pronome they não faz referência a “family”. Dica: O pronome
they é um pronome de 3ª pessoas do plural, logo não irá fazer referência a singulares.
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 10 (AFA/INÉDITA) – “They could spend two hours improving their health by
exercising,” The underlined word can be replaced by:
(A) coming up with
(B) puting up with
(C) puting away
(D) turning down
(E) brushing up on
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. Come up with significa pensar/falar algo novo ou
aparecer com algo e portanto não se encaixa no contexto.
QUESTÕES EEAR
Read Text I to do questions 01, 02 and 03 based on it.
Text I
We must not let hope abandon us, because God, with his love, walks with us. “I hope, because
God is beside me”: we can all say this. Each one of us can say: “I hope, I have hope, because God
walks with me.” He walks and he holds my hand. God does not leave us to ourselves. The Lord
Jesus has conquered evil and has opened the path of life for us. Let us allow the Lord to teach us
what it means to hope. ___________, let us listen to the words of Sacred Scripture, beginning
with the prophet Isaiah, the great messenger of hope.
By Pope Francis
QUESTÃO 01 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – “We must not let hope abandon us” The underlined modal verb
expresses the idea of:
(A) prohibition
(B) obligation
(C) possibility
(D) suggestion
(E) deduction
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. Must not = prohibition (proibição)
A alternativa B está incorreta. Must até pode ter ideia de obrigação, em alguns casos, mas must
not é proibição.
A alternativa C está incorreta. Must not não expressa a ideia de possibilidade.
A alternativa D está incorreta. Must not não expressa a ideia de sugestão.
A alternativa E está incorreta. Must até pode ter ideia de dedução, em alguns casos, mas must
not é proibição.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 04 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – What is the main verb tense used in the text above?
(A) Simple Past
(B) Past Perfect
(C) Simple Present
(D) Past Perfect Continuous
(E) Present Perfect Continuous
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. There was = havia, was = estava, ate = comeu,
chewed = mastigou. Todos os verbos citados anteriormente encontram-se no simple past.
A alternativa B está incorreta. O tempo verbal principal utilizado no texto acima é o simple past.
A alternativa C está incorreta. O tempo verbal principal utilizado no texto acima é o simple past.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O tempo verbal principal utilizado no texto acima é o simple past.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O tempo verbal principal utilizado no texto acima é o simple past.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 05 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the best alternative according to the dialogue in the
cartoon
(A) The boy does not seem irritated by the attitude of his cat and dog.
(B) According to the boy, Garfield was happy and thin because he had had a good breakfast.
(C) We can see in the text that the boy was being ironic and he was irritated by the attitude of
the dog and the cat.
(D) Garfiel fails to realize that he had done something wrong.
(E) The dog ate the boy's breakfast while garfield chewed up his slipper.
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. De acordo com o cartoon, o garoto estava
claramente irritado com a atitude do Garfield e do cachorro.
A alternativa B está incorreta. De acordo com o cartoon, o gato era gordo (“the cat was fat”) e o
cacho que estava feliz.
A alternativa C está correta. De acordo com o cartoon, o garoto estava sendo irônico ao narrar
uma suposta história em quadrinhos mas na verdade estava relatando um fato ocorrido e
mostrava-se irritado com a atitude de Garfield e do cachorro.
A alternativa D está incorreta. No final do cartoon, Garfield diz que a história parecia familiar, e
portanto mostrando que tinha noção de que havia feito algo que tinha desagradado o garoto.
A alternativa E está incorreta. De acordo com o cartoon, Garfield comeu o café da manhã do
menino e o cachorro é quem rasgou o chinelo dele.
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 06 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the option with the correct tag questions for the
sentences below.
1) Listen to me, _________________?
2) Let's go to the movies, _______________?
3) I’m right, ________________?
(A) won’t you / won’t we / aren’t.
(B) won’t you / shall we / aren’t I.
(C) will you /shall we / aren’t I.
(D) will you / won’t we / am I not.
(E) will you / shan’t we / am I not.
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A sequência correta é will you /shall we / aren’t I.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A sequência correta é will you /shall we / aren’t I.
A alternativa C está correta. A sequência correta é will you /shall we / aren’t I.
1. Observe que a oração “Listen to me” encontra-se no imperativo e a question tag de verbos no
imperativo é sempre “will you”
2. A question tag de “let’s” é sempre “shall we”.
3. Cuidado com essa opção pois a question tag de “I am” não é “am not I” e sim “aren’t I”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A sequência correta é will you /shall we / aren’t I.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A sequência correta é will you /shall we / aren’t I.
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 07 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – What is the main verb tense used in the first paragraph of the
text above?
(A) Present Perfect.
(B) Past Perfect.
(C) Simple Present.
(D) Past Perfect Continuous.
(E) Simple Past.
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. O tempo verbal predominante no primeiro
parágrafo do texto é o simple past.
A alternativa B está incorreta. O tempo verbal predominante no primeiro parágrafo do texto é o
simple past.
A alternativa C está incorreta. O tempo verbal predominante no primeiro parágrafo do texto é o
simple past.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O tempo verbal predominante no primeiro parágrafo do texto é o
simple past.
A alternativa E está correta. “Heard” é o passado do verbo hear (ouvir), “settled down” é o
passado de settle down (sossegar), “found” é o passado de find (encontrar), “came true” é o
passado de come true (tornar-se realidade), gave é o passado de give (dar). Todos os verbos
citados anteriormente estão no simple past.
GABARITO: E
QUESTÃO 08 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – In the excerpt “I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited” the
expression in bold means
(A) blue as the sky.
(B) unexpectedly.
(C) once in a blue moon.
(D) rarely.
(E) promptly.
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A expressão “out of the blue” não significa blue as
the sky (azul como o céu).
A alternativa B está correta. A expressão “out of the blue” significa aparecer do nada, sem aviso.
E portanto, é sinônimo de inesperadamente (unexpectedly)
A alternativa C está incorreta. A expressão “once in a blue moon” significa raramente e
portanto, não é sinônimo de “out of the blue” que significa inesperadamente.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O advérbio “raraly” (raramente) não é sinônimo de “out of the
blue” que significa inesperadamente.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O advérbio “promptly” (prontamente) não é sinônimo de “out of
the blue” que significa inesperadamente.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 09 (EEAR/INÉDITA) – Choose the option that contains only uncountable nouns
(A) beauty, iron, information, newspaper, baggage.
(B) beauty, bee, information, newspaper, wool.
(C) song, iron, information, paper, wool.
(D) song, bee, information, newspaper, baggage.
(E) beauty, iron, information, paper, wool.
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. Newspaper = jornal (contável)
A alternativa B está incorreta. Bee = abelha e Newspaper = jornal (contáveis)
A alternativa C está incorreta. Song = música (contável). Cuidado, pois o substantivo “music” é
incontável.
A alternativa D está incorreta. Song = música, Bee = abelha e Newspaper = jornal (contáveis)
A alternativa E está correta. Todos os substantivos da lista são incontáveis.
GABARITO: E
being, benefit your physical health, help get rid of negative feelings, provide a sense of
belonging and reduce isolation.
Research has found further evidence of the health benefits that come specifically from donating
blood.
Higher volume of alcohol consumption per week was associated with lower grey matter density –
the researchers found, with alcohol explaining up to a 0.8% change in grey matter volume, even
after accounting for individual biological and behavioural characteristics.
This might seem like a small figure, but it is a larger contribution than any other modifiable risk
factors. For example, it is four times the contribution of smoking or BMI, said Topiwala.
Widespread negative associations were also seen between alcohol consumption and integrity of
white matter, the brain fibres that scaffold the billions of neurons that make up grey matter. In
addition, an individual’s underlying conditions such as high blood pressure and high BMI made the
negative association between alcohol and brain health stronger, the researchers found.
Contrary to previous research that suggested there is a benefit to drinking wine in moderation
compared with beer or spirits, the study found no evidence to suggest alcoholic beverage type
conferred differences in risks to the brain.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/18/any-amount-of-alcohol-consumption-harmful-to-the-brain-finds-study)
com o trecho “There is no safe amount of alcohol consumption for the brain, with even
‘moderate’ drinking adversely affecting nearly every part of it…”.
GABARITO: E
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “it” não se refere ao estudo, mas sim, ao cérebro, ou
seja, “Não há uma quantidade segura de consumo de álcool para o cérebro, mesmo com o
consumo ‘moderado’ afetando adversamente quase todas as partes dele...”.
A alternativa D está correta. A palavra “it” se refere ao cérebro, ou seja, “Não há uma
quantidade segura de consumo de álcool para o cérebro, mesmo com o consumo ‘moderado’
afetando adversamente quase todas as partes dele...”, assim como esta opção indica.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “it” não se refere ao Reino Unido, mas sim, ao cérebro,
ou seja, “Não há uma quantidade segura de consumo de álcool para o cérebro, mesmo com o
consumo ‘moderado’ afetando adversamente quase todas as partes dele...”.
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 04 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – According to the text, which option completes the
sentence below correctly?
Alcohol consumption __________ to affect only some parts of the brain
(A) Was thought
(B) Is thought
(C) Has been thought
(D) Will be thought
(E) Is being thought
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. O tempo verbal correto do verbo to be, nesse caso, é
o simple past; ou seja, “Acreditava-se que o consumo de álcool afetava apenas uma parte do
cérebro”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There’s no threshold drinking for harm – any
alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems to be affected – not just specific areas, as
previously thought”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. O tempo verbal correto do verbo to be, nesse caso, não é o simple
present, mas sim, o simple past; ou seja, “Acreditava-se que o consumo de álcool afetava apenas
uma parte do cérebro”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There’s no threshold drinking
for harm – any alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems to be affected – not just
specific areas, as previously thought”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. O tempo verbal correto do verbo to be, nesse caso, não é o
presente perfect, mas sim, o simple past; ou seja, “Acreditava-se que o consumo de álcool
afetava apenas uma parte do cérebro”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There’s no
threshold drinking for harm – any alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems to be
affected – not just specific areas, as previously thought”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O tempo verbal correto do verbo to be, nesse caso, não é o simple
future, mas sim, o simple past; ou seja, “Acreditava-se que o consumo de álcool afetava apenas
uma parte do cérebro”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There’s no threshold drinking
for harm – any alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems to be affected – not just
specific areas, as previously thought”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O tempo verbal correto do verbo to be, nesse caso, não é o
presente continuous, mas sim, o simple past; ou seja, “Acreditava-se que o consumo de álcool
afetava apenas uma parte do cérebro”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “There’s no
threshold drinking for harm – any alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems to be
affected – not just specific areas, as previously thought”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 07 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the paragraph
below?
“___ Covid-19 crisis has been difficult on people across the globe, including India. In the past few
days there has been intense discussion ___ the decision of our government and Indian vaccine
manufacturers, including SII, ___ export vaccines”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/19/poorer-countries-face-long-delays-receiving-covid-vaccines)
(A) X / on / to
(B) The / in / to
(C) The / on / at
(D) X / on / at
(E) The / on / to
Comentários: A primeira lacuna deve ser preenchida com “the” pois a frase se refere a uma crise
específica, ou seja, “A crise da Covid-19 tem sido difícil para as pessoas em todo o mundo,
incluindo a Índia”.
A segunda lacuna deve ser preenchida com “on” pois a frase a uma discussão acerca de um
assunto, ou seja, “Nos últimos dias, tem havido intensa discussão sobre a decisão do nosso
governo...”.
A terceira lacuna deve ser preenchida com “to” pois a frase se refere a decisão de exportar
vacinas, ou seja, “Nos últimos dias, tem havido intensa discussão sobre a decisão do nosso
governo e dos fabricantes indianos de vacinas, incluindo SII, para exportar vacinas”.
GABARITO: E
QUESTÃO 08 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which option completes the dialogue below correctly?
Ed: _____ at the party yesterday?
Jack: Yes, didn't you see me?
(A) Was you
(B) Did you go
(C) Were you
(D) Do you go
(E) You were
Comentários: A lacuna em questão deve ser preenchida com “were you”, considerando que
segue o pronome necessário, a situação de interrogação e o tempo verbal (passado),
considerando o indicador “yesterday” (ontem).
GABARITO: C
QUESTÃO 09 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which is the correct option to complete the paragraph
below?
“A few weeks ago, I __________ my first shot of a vaccine against Covid-19. As the newly
vaccinated exited the clinic, there was a mix of relief and elation on people’s faces. We exchanged
little smiles of solidarity. If we could have burst into spontaneous applause, I __________ sure we
would have done”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-against-covid-vaccines)
(A) Received / am
(B) Received / was
(C) Receive / am
(D) Receive / was
(E) Received / will be
Comentários: A primeira lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo to receive no simple past,
seguindo o tempo da frase, tal qual indica algo que acontece há algumas semanas, ou seja,
“Algumas semanas atrás, recebi minha primeira injeção de vacina contra Covid-19”.
A segunda lacuna deve ser preenchida com o verbo to be no simple present pois, apesar de se
tratar de algo que poderia ter acontecido no passado, o autor, nesta parte, indica um sentimento
atual, ou seja, “Se pudéssemos explodir em aplausos espontâneos, tenho certeza de que
teríamos feito”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 10 (ESCOLA NAVAL/INÉDITA) – Which word best completes the question below?
How _______ hours does it take to walk around the entire city?
(A) Much
(B) Many
(C) Often
(D) Very
(E) Lot of
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra que melhor completa a frase não é
“much” (quanto/muito), mas sim, “many” (quanto/muito), por se encaixar com substantivos
contáveis, que é o caso de “horas”. Isso pode ser confirmado com a frase “How many hours does
it take to walk around the entire city?” (Quantas horas leva para passear pela cidade inteira?).
A alternativa B está correta. A palavra que melhor completa a frase é “many” (quanto/muito),
por se encaixar com substantivos contáveis, que é o caso de “horas”, assim como esta opção
indica. Isso pode ser confirmado com a frase “How many hours does it take to walk around the
entire city?” (Quantas horas leva para passear pela cidade inteira?).
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra que melhor completa a frase não é “often”
(frequentemente), mas sim, “many” (quanto/muito), por se encaixar com substantivos
contáveis, que é o caso de “horas”. Isso pode ser confirmado com a frase “How many hours does
it take to walk around the entire city?” (Quantas horas leva para passear pela cidade inteira?).
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra que melhor completa a frase não é “very” (muito -
intensidade), mas sim, “many” (quanto/muito), por se encaixar com substantivos contáveis, que
é o caso de “horas”. Isso pode ser confirmado com a frase “How many hours does it take to walk
around the entire city?” (Quantas horas leva para passear pela cidade inteira?).
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra que melhor completa a frase não é “lot of” (muitos),
mas sim, “many” (quanto/muito), por se encaixar com substantivos contáveis, que é o caso de
“horas”. Isso pode ser confirmado com a frase “How many hours does it take to walk around the
entire city?” (Quantas horas leva para passear pela cidade inteira?).
GABARITO: B
QUESTÕES EsPCEx
Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 01, 02 e 03
Can New Zealand's tourism industry make a sustainable return?
New Zealand is hopeful that a recently opened travel bubble with Australia will rekindle its
pandemic-battered tourism industry. However, many are also seeing an opportunity to rethink
how to make the sector more climate friendly.
New Zealand's Queenstown - __________ (1) popular tourist spot - is throbbing with activity.
"To see and hear all the boats and the screaming and the complete joy… it puts a smile on all of
our faces," said Jolanda Cave, the general manager at Shotover Jet - one of the most established
adventure companies there.
It's a busy time __________ (2) the company, named after the river, where for more than half a
decade, boats have been whizzing, spinning and splashing to the delight of tourists.
But even so, the numbers it is seeing are a fraction of what it was used to before the pandemic
closed the country's borders. It used to operate eight boat rides an hour. Sometimes, that was
down to just one.
"It's been real eye opener for us to go from 1,200 (visitors) a day to 200 a day," Ms Cave said.
Like many tourism operators across New Zealand Ms Cave is excited about the recently opened
travel bubble with Australia, its biggest market.
"It's given people hope. Australians represent a huge part of our business. (The bubble) will mean
that we will see some growth. I think a lot of Queenstown will," she says.
In 2019, international tourism was worth $12.6bn (£9bn) in total, __________ (3) Australians
contributing $1.94bn.
Between 1.18 and 1.5 million Australians came to New Zealand annually, accounting for 40% of
the country's overseas visitors.
Those numbers dropped to zero when New Zealand closed its borders.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56967636)
QUESTÃO 03 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “To see and hear all the boats and the
screaming and the complete joy… it puts a smile on all of our faces” (paragraph 2), the word joy
means
A) Melancholy
B) Happiness
C) Sorrow
D) Courage
E) Calm
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “joy” significa alegria e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “melancholy”, que significa melancolia.
A alternativa B está correta. A palavra “joy” significa alegria e pode ser comparada com a palavra
“happiness”, que significa alegria.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “joy” significa alegria e não pode ser comparada com a
palavra “sorrow”, que significa tristeza.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “joy” significa alegria e não pode ser comparada com a
palavra “courage”, que significa coragem.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “joy” significa alegria e não pode ser comparada com a
palavra “calm”, que significa calma.
GABARITO: B
QUESTÃO 04 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “Could it be that the rich world was more
vulnerable, somehow, because its populations were older, or more individualistic, or had
forgotten to be scared of infectious disease?” (paragraph 1), the word scared means
A) Bold
B) Cautious
C) Brave
D) Afraid
E) Partial
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “scared” significa assustado/com medo e
não pode ser comparada com a palavra “bold”, que significa corajoso.
A alternativa B está incorreta. A palavra “scared” significa assustado/com medo e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “cautious”, que significa cauteloso.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “scared” significa assustado/com medo e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “brave”, que significa corajoso.
A alternativa D está correta. A palavra “scared” significa assustado/com medo e pode ser
comparada com a palavra “afraid”, que significa com medo.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “scared” significa assustado/com medo e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “partial”, que significa parcial.
GABARITO: D
QUESTÃO 05 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Choose the alternative containing the correct verb forms to
complete the gaps (1), (2) and (3) in paragraphs 1, 1 and 3 respectively
A) Is, was, are
B) Was, were, are
C) Is, were, are
D) Was, was, are
E) Was, were, were
Comentários: A primeira lacuna deve ser preenchida com “was”, pois a frase se refere à uma
pergunta feita no ano passado, ou seja, “Existe uma pandemia ou duas? Essa foi uma pergunta
que foi feita há um ano...”.
A segunda lacuna deve ser preenchida com “were”, pois a frase se refere à algo que aconteceu
no passado, ou seja, “Será que o mundo rico era mais vulnerável, de alguma forma, porque suas
populações eram mais velhas...”.
A terceira lacuna deve ser preenchida com “are”, pois a frase se refere a algo que está
acontecendo agora, ou seja, “...que também relata que infecções e hospitalizações em pessoas
com idade entre 25 e 59 anos estão aumentando a uma taxa alarmante”.
GABARITO: B
While the US and Europe are beginning to ease restrictions and resume some aspects of pre-
pandemic life, the virus is still devastating parts of Asia.
India in particular is seeing record-breaking numbers of new cases and deaths, with severe oxygen
shortages in hospitals across the country.
Countries neighbouring India, such as Nepal, are also seeing surges of the virus.
What did the report say?
Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic, was compiled by the Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response.
Its aim was to find answers as to how the virus had killed more than 3.3 million people and infected
more than 159 million.
"The situation we find ourselves in today could have been prevented," co-chair Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, a former president of Liberia, told reporters.
"It is due to a myriad of failures, gaps and delays in preparedness and response."
The panel argued that the WHO's Emergency Committee should have declared the outbreak in
China an international emergency a week earlier than it did.
It should have done so at its first meeting on 22 January last year, the report said, instead of waiting
until 30 January.
The month following the WHO's declaration was "lost" as countries failed to take appropriate
measures to halt the spread of the virus.
The WHO was then hindered by its own regulations that travel restrictions should be a last resort,
the panel said, adding that Europe and the US wasted the entire month of February and acted
only when their hospitals began to fill up.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57085505)
QUESTÃO 07 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Choose the most appropriate title for the text
A) Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, report says
B) The return to the pre-pandemic routine in the USA and Europe
C) More recent data shows an increase in the number of deaths due to COVID-19
D) Why is Covid-19 more intense in poorer countries?
E) Why the pandemic has intensified socioeconomic inequalities around the world
Comentários: A alternativa A está correta. O título mais apropriado para o texto é “A pandemia
de Covid-19 era evitável, diz o relatório”, assim como esta opção indica. Isso pode ser
confirmado com o trecho “The situation we find ourselves in today could have been prevented”.
A alternativa B está incorreta. O título mais apropriado para o texto não é “O retorno à rotina
pré-pandêmica nos EUA e na Europa”, mas sim, “A pandemia de Covid-19 era evitável, diz o
relatório”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “The situation we find ourselves in today could
have been prevented”.
A alternativa C está incorreta. O título mais apropriado para o texto não é “Dados mais recentes
mostram aumento no número de óbitos por COVID-19”, mas sim, “A pandemia de Covid-19 era
evitável, diz o relatório”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “The situation we find ourselves
in today could have been prevented”.
A alternativa D está incorreta. O título mais apropriado para o texto não é “Por que a Covid-19 é
mais intensa nos países mais pobres?”, mas sim, “A pandemia de Covid-19 era evitável, diz o
relatório”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “The situation we find ourselves in today could
have been prevented”.
A alternativa E está incorreta. O título mais apropriado para o texto não é “Por que a pandemia
intensificou as desigualdades socioeconômicas em todo o mundo”, mas sim, “A pandemia de
Covid-19 era evitável, diz o relatório”. Isso pode ser confirmado com o trecho “The situation we
find ourselves in today could have been prevented”.
GABARITO: A
QUESTÃO 09 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “The WHO was then hindered by its own
regulations that travel restrictions should be a last resort…” (paragraph 14), the word hindered
means
A) Encouraged
B) Burdened
C) Approved
D) Neutralized
E) Supported
Comentários: A alternativa A está incorreta. A palavra “hindered” significa impedido e não pode
ser comparada com a palavra “encouraged”, que significa encorajado.
A alternativa B está correta. A palavra “hindered” significa impedido e pode ser comparada com
a palavra “burdened”, que significa sobrecarregado/impedido.
A alternativa C está incorreta. A palavra “hindered” significa impedido e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “approved”, que significa aprovado.
A alternativa D está incorreta. A palavra “hindered” significa impedido e não pode ser
comparada com a palavra “neutralized”, que significa neutralizado.
A alternativa E está incorreta. A palavra “hindered” significa impedido e não pode ser comparada
com a palavra “supported”, que significa apoiado.
GABARITO: B
CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS
Outra aula alcançada com sucesso – outro passo até a sua aprovação!
E, dia após dia, os tópicos aprendidos aumentam, seu conhecimento fica mais amplo, o
vocabulário que você conhece se estende e a tendência é melhorar e ser capaz de alcançar a
aprovação de fato.
Nota-se o avanço em seus estudos e, provavelmente, uma maior tranquilidade para
enfrentar os exercícios que surgem. E você vai se acostumando a equilibrar seus estudos de forma
sistematizada, estudando cada vez mais e com mais dedicação.
Outro detalhe importante para seu sucesso nos estudos é continuar fazendo listas de
palavras e verbos, participar das aulas complementares, fazer simulados e pedir ajuda quando
precisar.
Isso te ajudará nas questões futuras e torna você, como eu disse antes, um candidato mais bem
preparado e confiante para realizar uma excelente prova de vestibular.
É importante lembrar também do nosso Fórum de dúvidas, exclusivo do Estratégia
Militares. Será minha forma de responder você, esclarecer o que mais você precise saber para
que os conteúdos fiquem ainda mais claros em seus estudos, certo?
E, caso queira, acesse minhas redes sociais (Teacher Andrea Belo) para aprender mais
palavras e contar com dicas importantes, que colaboram diretamente com seus estudos dia após
dia.
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TRADUÇÕES
February’s Gonna Be a Big Month for Mars On the 9th, the first of three spacecraft will arrive at
the Red Planet and inaugurate a new era of Martian exploration.
_______ FEBRUARY 9, the United Arab Emirates’ Hope spacecraft is expected to enter orbit around
Mars after a six-month, 300-million-mile journey from Earth. It will mark the beginning of a historic
month for the Red Planet, which will see three separate national missions enter orbit or touch down
on the surface. Two of the countries behind these missions, the UAE and China, will be visiting Mars
for the first time; they will become the fifth and sixth countries to pull off that feat, respectively. The
third mission, launched _______ NASA, is expected to become the United States’ 15th mission to
successfully orbit or land on Mars.
The UAE is the only country that will not attempt a soft landing during the February Mars invasion.
Instead, its Hope orbiter will study the Martian atmosphere from more than 12,000 miles above the
surface. Planetary scientists hope that the UAE’s robo-meteorologist will fill in gaps in our
understanding of the Martian climate and help validate environmental data captured by rovers and
landers on the ground. For the country’s first foray into deep-space exploration, the UAE space agency
worked with an international team of researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to help plan
the mission and build the spacecraft.
“There’s really no point in exploring outer space without adding to knowledge, and we’ve never run
a science mission,” Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, the UAE minister of state for advanced sciences and
science lead for the Emirates Mars Mission, said during a press conference last week. “It wasn’t an
easy journey, but it was such an enjoyment to rethink how you develop a planetary exploration
mission.”
The Hope spacecraft will be the first new orbiter around Mars since the European Space Agency’s
ExoMars spacecraft arrived in 2016, but it won’t be the newcomer for long. China’s Tianwen-1
mission—which is a lander, rover, and orbiter rolled up into one—is expected to arrive less than a day
later. China’s space agency has been quiet about its plans for visiting the Red Planet, but the craft is
expected to attempt a landing shortly after it achieves orbit.
Unlike NASA’s car-sized Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, China’s Tianwen-1 rover is small
enough to stow away inside the stationary lander that will carry it to the surface. Once it has safely
touched down, the six-wheeled rover will detach itself from the lander and spend the next three
months exploring its landing site, Utopia Planitia, the planet’s largest impact crater. The rover and
lander will both relay data _______ the surface to the Tianwen-1 orbiter, which will send it back to
Earth. Although the Chinese National Space Administration hasn’t provided a lot of details about the
exact scientific goals of its mission, a paper about it published last year in Nature Astronomy says the
agency’s goal is to “perform a global and extensive survey of the entire planet.”
On February 18, a little more than a week after this robotic delegation arrives, NASA’s Perseverance
rover is expected to touch down. This will involve a harrowing descent to the surface, during which
the rover must reduce its speed from more than 10,000 miles an hour to just a few feet per second
over the course of 15 minutes. The descent will end with some aerial acrobatics, during which a
rocket-powered sky crane will gently deposit the rover on the surface while hovering a few dozen feet
above the ground.
“Don’t let anybody tell you different—landing _______ Mars is hard to do,” John McNamee, project
manager for the Perseverance mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a statement. “But
the women and men on this team are the best in the world at what they do. When our spacecraft hits
the top of the Mars atmosphere at about three and a half miles per second, we’ll be ready.”
Perseverance is essentially a nuclear-powered self-driving car, and its primary mission is to collect
samples that will be picked up by another spacecraft later this decade and returned to Earth. With
any luck, this red dust will contain evidence that Mars once hosted microbial life. But whether
scientists will recognize extraterrestrial life when they see it remains an open question. Aside from
hunting for aliens, Perseverance will also enable a first-of-its-kind technology demonstration involving
a small helicopter called Ingenuity. A few days after landing, Perseverance will jettison the helicopter
in a clearing where it will attempt several short flights. If it works, it will be the first time an aircraft
has flown on another planet.
The arrival of three national missions on Mars within two weeks of one another is a historic moment
in the history of space exploration. It underscores the rapid development of space capabilities around
the world and the true internationalization of planetary exploration. Mars was once the exclusive
stomping grounds of the United States and the Soviet Union, but it is now also an accessible
destination for the European Union, Japan, India, the UAE, and China. Getting to Mars is still a major
challenge—historically only 40 percent of Mars missions have been successful—and there’s no
guarantee that all three missions will succeed in their objectives. But launching a trio of spacecraft to
our closest planetary neighbor is a major achievement and bodes well for the future of space
exploration.
(Adapted from https://www.wired.com/story/februarys-gonna-be-a-big-month-for-mars/)
Fevereiro vai ser um grande mês para Marte No dia 9, a primeira das três espaçonaves chegará ao
Planeta Vermelho e inaugurará uma nova era de exploração marciana.
_______ 9 de fevereiro, espera-se que a espaçonave Hope dos Emirados Árabes Unidos entre em
órbita ao redor de Marte após uma viagem de 300 milhões de milhas da Terra de seis meses. Isso
marcará o início de um mês histórico para o Planeta Vermelho, que verá três missões nacionais
separadas entrarem em órbita ou tocarem na superfície. Dois dos países por trás dessas missões, os
Emirados Árabes Unidos e a China, visitarão Marte pela primeira vez; eles se tornarão o quinto e o
sexto países a realizarem essa façanha, respectivamente. A terceira missão, lançada _______ da
NASA, deverá se tornar a 15ª missão dos Estados Unidos a orbitar ou pousar em Marte com sucesso.
Os Emirados Árabes Unidos são o único país que não fará um pouso suave durante a invasão de Marte
em fevereiro. Em vez disso, seu orbitador Hope estudará a atmosfera marciana a mais de 12.000
milhas acima da superfície. Cientistas planetários esperam que o robô meteorologista dos Emirados
Árabes Unidos preencha as lacunas em nossa compreensão do clima marciano e ajude a validar os
dados ambientais capturados por rovers e pousadores no solo. Para a primeira incursão do país na
exploração do espaço profundo, a agência espacial dos Emirados Árabes Unidos trabalhou com uma
equipe internacional de pesquisadores da Universidade do Colorado, em Boulder, para ajudar a
planejar a missão e construir a espaçonave.
“Não há realmente nenhum ponto em explorar o espaço sideral sem adicionar conhecimento, e nunca
dirigimos uma missão científica”, disse Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, a ministra de estado dos Emirados
Árabes Unidos para ciências avançadas e liderança científica da Missão dos Emirados Marte, durante
uma conferência de imprensa na semana passada. “Não foi uma jornada fácil, mas foi um prazer
repensar como você desenvolve uma missão de exploração planetária.”
A espaçonave Hope será a primeira nova órbita em torno de Marte desde que a espaçonave ExoMars
da Agência Espacial Europeia chegou em 2016, mas não será a nova nave por muito tempo. A missão
Tianwen-1 da China - que é um módulo de pouso, rover e orbital reunidos em um só - deve chegar
menos de um dia depois. A agência espacial da China não disse nada sobre seus planos de visitar o
Planeta Vermelho, mas a nave deve tentar pousar logo após entrar em órbita.
Ao contrário dos rovers de Marte Curiosity and Opportunity do tamanho de um carro da NASA, o
rover chinês Tianwen-1 é pequeno o suficiente para ser guardado dentro do módulo de pouso
estacionário que o levará para a superfície. Assim que pousar com segurança, o rover de seis rodas se
separará da sonda e passará os próximos três meses explorando seu local de pouso, Utopia Planitia,
a maior cratera de impacto do planeta. O rover e o módulo de pouso irão retransmitir dados _______
da superfície para o orbitador Tianwen-1, que os enviará de volta à Terra. Embora a Administração
Espacial Nacional chinesa não tenha fornecido muitos detalhes sobre os objetivos científicos exatos
de sua missão, um artigo sobre o assunto publicado no ano passado na Nature Astronomy afirma que
o objetivo da agência é “realizar uma pesquisa global e extensa em todo o planeta . ”
Em 18 de fevereiro, um pouco mais de uma semana após a chegada desta delegação robótica, o rover
Perseverance da NASA deve pousar. Isso envolverá uma descida angustiante à superfície, durante a
qual o rover deve reduzir sua velocidade de mais de 16 mil quilômetros por hora para apenas alguns
pés por segundo ao longo de 15 minutos. A descida terminará com algumas acrobacias aéreas,
durante as quais um guindaste do céu movido a foguete depositará suavemente o rover na superfície
enquanto paira algumas dezenas de metros acima do solo.
“Não deixe ninguém lhe dizer algo diferente - pousar _______ em Marte é difícil”, disse John
McNamee, gerente de projeto da missão Perseverance no Laboratório de Propulsão a Jato da NASA,
em um comunicado. “Mas as mulheres e os homens desta equipe são os melhores do mundo no que
fazem. Quando nossa espaçonave atingir o topo da atmosfera de Marte a cerca de três milhas e meia
por segundo, estaremos prontos. ”
O Perseverance é essencialmente um carro autônomo movido a energia nuclear, e sua missão
principal é coletar amostras que serão coletadas por outra espaçonave no final desta década e
devolvidas à Terra. Com alguma sorte, essa poeira vermelha conterá evidências de que Marte já
hospedou vida microbiana. Mas se os cientistas reconhecerão a vida extraterrestre quando a virem,
permanece uma questão em aberto. Além de caçar alienígenas, o Perseverance também permitirá
uma demonstração de tecnologia inédita envolvendo um pequeno helicóptero chamado Ingenuity.
Poucos dias após o pouso, o Perseverance lançará o helicóptero em uma clareira onde tentará vários
voos curtos. Se funcionar, será a primeira vez que uma aeronave voará em outro planeta.
A chegada de três missões nacionais a Marte com duas semanas de diferença é um momento histórico
na história da exploração espacial. Ele ressalta o rápido desenvolvimento das capacidades espaciais
em todo o mundo e a verdadeira internacionalização da exploração planetária ação. Marte já foi o
reduto exclusivo dos Estados Unidos e da União Soviética, mas agora também é um destino acessível
para a União Europeia, Japão, Índia, Emirados Árabes Unidos e China. Chegar a Marte ainda é um
grande desafio - historicamente, apenas 40 por cento das missões a Marte foram bem-sucedidas - e
não há garantia de que todas as três missões terão sucesso em seus objetivos. Mas lançar um trio de
naves espaciais ao nosso vizinho planetário mais próximo é uma grande conquista e um bom
presságio para o futuro da exploração espacial.
IN LOS ANGELES, the corner of Melrose and Harper has become a tourist destination to rival the
Eiffel Tower, or the graffitied remains of the Berlin Wall. Rather than an architectural marvel or a
piece of living history, people line up (or did, in pre-Covid times) to visit the bright pink exterior
wall of Paul Smith, a clothing retailer. The wall—repainted every three months in the Pantone
shade “Pink Ladies”—is the background to hundreds of thousands of photos, making it one of the
most Instagrammed places in Los Angeles, and even the world.
(Adapted from https://www.wired.com/story/fake-famous-review-instagram-influencers-documentary/)
EM LOS ANGELES, a esquina da Melrose com a Harper tornou-se um destino turístico que rivaliza
com a Torre Eiffel ou com os restos grafitados do Muro de Berlim. Em vez de uma maravilha
arquitetônica ou um pedaço da história viva, as pessoas fazem fila (ou faziam, em tempos pré-
Covid) para visitar a parede externa rosa brilhante de Paul Smith, um varejista de roupas. A parede
– repintada a cada três meses no tom Pantone “Pink Ladies” - é o plano de fundo para centenas
de milhares de fotos, tornando-se um dos lugares mais Instagrammed em Los Angeles, e até
mesmo no mundo.
Em uma carta, o negociante de arte Andre Ruzhnikov acusou o diretor do Museu Hermitage,
Mikhail Piotrovsky, de "destruir a autoridade do museu" ao hospedar a mostra Fabergé: Joalheiro
da Corte Imperial, que vai até 14 de março.
Ruzhnikov disse ao Guardian que a exposição incluía pelo menos 20 falsificações e que ele achava
que a exposição, que é o primeiro grande evento Fabergé na instituição de São Petersburgo desde
1993, deveria fechar imediatamente. Ele disse: “Quero que a vergonha acabe. Eu quero que esse
show seja encerrado e esquecido, e é isso. Você não pode sujeitar l'Hermitage a tal vergonha. ”
O Hermitage e Alexander Ivanov negaram as reivindicações e o bilionário produziu documentos
que comprovam a autenticidade dos itens que foram emprestados do Museu Fabergé em Baden-
Baden, que ele fundou em 2009.
Piotrovsky e o Hermitage não responderam a um pedido de comentário.
Paul Draovitch of Duke Energy said at an investor event that working from home was “not without
risks,” but also brought certain benefits: “When my Pomeranians walk into the room, it's really a
pleasure.”
Adapted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/business/when-will-offices-be-full-again-maybe-never-some-executives-say.html
Lost Dog
Sam saw a dog on the sidewalk. The dog looked lost. Sam approached the dog and patted its head.
The dog wagged his tail. The dog had a collar. Sam looked at the collar and it read the dog's name.
Its name was Spike. Spike was a small dog and looked well-groomed. “Come on, Spike,” he said to
the dog. The dog followed him home. He brought the dog upstairs to his room. He had a jar of
dog food because he used to have a dog. He poured the dog food into a bowl and placed it in front
of Spike. Spike started eating. “I'll take care of you, Spike,” he said to the dog. He knew the dog
did not belong to him. He printed posters of Spike that said “Found Dog”. He went around hanging
the poster but nobody came to find Spike.
(Adapted from <https://www.eslfast.com/begin2/b2/b2014.htm>)
Cachorro perdido
Sam viu um cachorro na calçada. O cachorro parecia perdido. Sam se aproximou do cachorro e
acariciou sua cabeça. O cachorro abanou o rabo. O cachorro tinha uma coleira. Sam olhou para a
coleira e leu o nome do cachorro. Seu nome era Spike. Spike era um cachorro pequeno e parecia
bem cuidado. “Vamos, Spike”, ele disse ao cachorro. O cachorro o seguiu para casa. Ele levou o
cachorro para seu quarto no andar de cima. Ele tinha um pote de comida de cachorro porque
costumava ter um cachorro. Ele despejou a comida de cachorro em uma tigela e colocou na frente
de Spike. Spike começou a comer. “Vou cuidar de você, Spike”, disse ele ao cachorro. Ele sabia
que o cachorro não pertencia a ele. Ele imprimiu pôsteres de Spike que diziam “Cachorro
Encontrado”. Ele andou pendurando o pôster, mas ninguém apareceu para encontrar Spike.
We must not let hope abandon us, because God, with his love, walks with us. “I hope, because
God is beside me”: we can all say this. Each one of us can say: “I hope, I have hope, because God
walks with me.” He walks and he holds my hand. God does not leave us to ourselves. The Lord
Jesus has conquered evil and has opened the path of life for us. Let us allow the Lord to teach us
what it means to hope. ___________, let us listen to the words of Sacred Scripture, beginning
with the prophet Isaiah, the great messenger of hope.
By Pope Francis
Não devemos deixar a esperança nos abandonar, porque Deus, com seu amor, caminha conosco.
“Espero, porque Deus está ao meu lado”: todos podemos dizer isso. Cada um de nós pode dizer:
“Espero, tenho esperança, porque Deus caminha comigo”. Ele caminha e segura minha mão. Deus
não nos deixa sozinhos. O Senhor Jesus venceu o mal e abriu o caminho da vida para nós. Vamos
permitir que o Senhor nos ensine o que significa ter esperança. ___________, ouçamos as
palavras da Sagrada Escritura, começando pelo profeta Isaías, o grande mensageiro da esperança.
There’s no end to the benefits of donating blood for those who need it.
According to the American Red Cross, one donation can save as many as three lives, and someone
in the United States needs blood every two seconds.
It turns out that donating blood doesn’t just benefit recipients. There are health benefits for
donors, too, on top of the benefits that come from helping others.
Donating blood has benefits for your emotional and physical health. According to a report by the
Mental Health Foundation, helping others can: reduce stress, improve your emotional well-being,
benefit your physical health, help get rid of negative feelings, provide a sense of belonging and
reduce isolation.
Research has found further evidence of the health benefits that come specifically from donating
blood.
Online school to continue into next academic year amid risk of further disruption
A virtual school will stay open for at least most of the next academic year amid a rise in the number
of pupils selfisolating.
Oak National Academy has been used by pupils and teachers to support remote learning - which
has taken place during lockdowns and - during the Covid pandemic.
The Reach Foundation, which the school is part of, said it will keep operating at no cost for at least
the next two terms.
The charity said this will help teachers to plan for the start of the next academic year by being
able to access Oak National Academy’s online lessons and learning resources.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of rising Covid infections in the UK and the large
numbers of children self-isolating as the school year drew to a close.
More than one million children were out of school last week due to Covid-related reasons - such
as a positive test, suspected Covid case or being told to isolate - just before schools broke up for
the summer holiday.
In the final weeks of term, over 300,000 pupils used Oak National Academy’s online learning
lessons and resources.
Schools are already considering what measures they may need to put in place should pupils test
positive, or they are asked to self-isolate in the next academic year.
The extension of the virtual school into the autumn and spring terms is backed by £2.1m in funding
from the Department for Education (DfE).
Ed Vainker from the Reach Foundation - which has incubated Oak since its launch - said the charity
understood teachers wanted the online school to continue.
“We are also mindful that Covid-19 will be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and
the autumn and winter may bring further disruption,” the chief executive said.
“I’m therefore pleased the DfE will continue to support Oak, so it remains open and free as part
of resilience planning for the next two terms.”
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said: “From being set up by a small group of teachers in under
two weeks, Oak National Academy has become one of the great success stories as we tackle the
pandemic.”
He said the online school helped millions of pupils and teachers while most children were not
allowed to set foot in school during a lockdown last spring and one at the start of this year.
But even since after all students were allowed back on since in March, Oak National Academy said
30,000 teachers have used its services a week, with demand rising amid the spread of the Delta
variant.
“The impact Oak has made and the good it has done for the sector and children is immeasurable,
and we will now look for the best way to harness that for the future,” Mr Gibb added.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-online-school-two-terms-b1888491.html
Escola online para continuar no próximo ano letivo em meio ao risco de mais interrupções
Uma escola virtual permanecerá aberta pelo menos durante a maior parte do próximo ano letivo
em meio a um aumento no número de alunos que se auto-isolam.
A Oak National Academy tem sido usada por alunos e professores para apoiar o aprendizado
remoto - que ocorreu durante bloqueios e - durante a pandemia de Covid.
A Fundação Reach, da qual a escola faz parte, disse que continuará operando sem custo pelo
menos nos próximos dois períodos.
A instituição de caridade disse que isso ajudará os professores a planejarem o início do próximo
ano acadêmico, podendo acessar as aulas online e os recursos de aprendizagem da Oak National
Academy.
O anúncio vem em um cenário de aumento de infecções por Covid no Reino Unido e o grande
número de crianças se isolando enquanto o ano letivo se aproximava.
Mais de um milhão de crianças estiveram fora da escola na semana passada devido a motivos
relacionados à Covid - como um teste positivo, suspeita de caso Covid ou ser informada para se
isolar - pouco antes do término das aulas para as férias de verão.
Nas últimas semanas do semestre, mais de 300.000 alunos usaram as lições e recursos de
aprendizagem online da Oak National Academy.
As escolas já estão considerando quais medidas podem precisar implementar caso os alunos
tenham resultados positivos, ou se eles forem solicitados a isolar-se no próximo ano letivo.
A extensão da escola virtual para os períodos de outono e primavera é apoiada por £ 2,1 milhões
em financiamento do Departamento de Educação (DfE).
Ed Vainker da Reach Foundation - que incubou Oak desde seu lançamento - disse que a instituição
de caridade entendeu que os professores queriam que a escola online continuasse.
“Também estamos cientes de que a Covid-19 estará conosco de alguma forma no futuro
previsível, e o outono e o inverno podem trazer mais perturbações”, disse o presidente-executivo.
“Estou, portanto, satisfeito que o DfE continuará a apoiar o Oak, então ele permanece aberto e
gratuito como parte do planejamento de resiliência para os próximos dois mandatos.”
Nick Gibb, o ministro das escolas, disse: “Tendo sido criada por um pequeno grupo de professores
em menos de duas semanas, a Oak National Academy tornou-se uma das grandes histórias de
sucesso no combate à pandemia.”
Ele disse que a escola online ajudou milhões de alunos e professores, enquanto a maioria das
crianças não teve permissão para colocar os pés na escola durante um bloqueio na última
primavera e outro no início deste ano.
Mas mesmo depois que todos os alunos foram autorizados a voltar em março, a Oak National
Academy disse que 30.000 professores usaram seus serviços por semana, com a demanda
crescendo em meio à disseminação da variante Delta.
“O impacto que a Oak fez e o bem que fez para o setor e as crianças é incomensurável, e agora
vamos procurar a melhor maneira de aproveitar isso para o futuro”, acrescentou o Sr. Gibb.
A Belgian chocolate company is now ____ 3D printers which allow the company to create more
intricate, difficultto-mould chocolates. The chocolates are intended for people who seek original
designs.
The chocolate is melted before _____ poured into a syringe which is attached to the printer and
since the chocolates are hard to transport, the company _____ to open other shops around the
world.
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Uma empresa de chocolate belga agora ____ impressoras 3D, o que permite à empresa criar
chocolates mais complexos e difíceis de moldar. Os chocolates são destinados a pessoas que
buscam designs originais.
O chocolate é derretido antes de _____ despejar em uma seringa acoplada à impressora e como
os chocolates são difíceis de transportar, a empresa _____ abrirá outras lojas ao redor do mundo.
The small town of Pelhrimov in the Czech Republic _______ thousands of strange records and hosted a
festival to show them off. Some of the records were racing with folding ladders and folding pink scarves.
The president of the festival _______ that he was happy to have people come and understand the
‘essence’ of what the people in this town _______. He wants to show that life is more than being on
Facebook or sitting at a computer. It is good to do something!
Adapted from: https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/town-has-strange-records-level-3/
Jeff Bezos, _______ richest man __________ Earth, visited space on Tuesday. He and three other
crew members soared about 107 kilometers above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue
Origin´s New Shepard rocket.
_______ historic unpiloted sub-orbital flight helped to inaugurate a new era of private commercial
space tourism. The trip to the edge of space lasted about 10 minutes and 20 seconds, including a
few minutes of weightlessness. The crew included his brother Mark, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old
pioneering female aviator, and Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old Dutch physics student.
Bezos, who recently stepped down as Amazon´s CEO, thanked employees and customers _______
the company that he founded, saying that their hard work and Amazon purchases had made his
space flight possible. His words sparked criticism, with some politicians saying that Amazon
abused its market power to hurt small businesses. They also said Bezos should have spent
_______ money to pay his workers fairly and protect their health.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/the-worlds-richest-man-visits-space-level-3/
Jeff Bezos, _______ homem mais rico __________ Terra, visitou o espaço na terça-feira. Ele e três
outros membros da tripulação voaram cerca de 107 quilômetros acima do deserto do Texas a
bordo do foguete New Shepard de sua empresa, Blue Origin.
_______ o histórico voo suborbital não-piloto ajudou a inaugurar uma nova era de turismo
espacial comercial privado. A viagem até a borda do espaço durou cerca de 10 minutos e 20
segundos, incluindo alguns minutos sem gravidade. A tripulação incluía seu irmão Mark, Wally
Funk, uma aviadora pioneira de 82 anos, e Oliver Daemen, um estudante holandês de física de 18
anos.
Bezos, que recentemente deixou o cargo de CEO da Amazon, agradeceu aos funcionários e
clientes _______ a empresa que fundou, dizendo que seu trabalho árduo e as compras da Amazon
tornaram seu voo espacial possível. Suas palavras geraram críticas, com alguns políticos dizendo
que a Amazon abusou de seu poder de mercado para prejudicar pequenos negócios. Eles também
disseram que Bezos deveria ter gasto _______ dinheiro para pagar seus trabalhadores de forma
justa e proteger sua saúde.
To prevent this kind of scenario from happening the next time round and ensure that those most
at risk are prioritized wherever they are, it is not distribution channels we are lacking, but global
manufacturing capacity. We already have highly effective distribution channels, through COVAX
and its partners, and we already have access to doses, enough to protect 1.8 billion people in
lower-income economies by early next year, enough to protect almost 30% of people in these
countries.
But through investments now to increase global manufacturing capacity, particularly in emerging
economies, and support of technology transfers, the next time a pandemic strikes we can get
there sooner.
(Adapted from https://time.com/6072101/improve-vaccine-manufacturing/)
adultos em países de alta renda já foram vacinados, enquanto menos de 1% daqueles em países
de baixa renda receberam sua primeira vacina.
Para evitar que esse tipo de cenário aconteça na próxima vez e garantir que aqueles que estão
em maior risco sejam priorizados onde quer que estejam, não são os canais de distribuição que
faltam, mas a capacidade de produção global. Já temos canais de distribuição altamente eficazes,
por meio da COVAX e seus parceiros, e já temos acesso a doses, o suficiente para proteger 1,8
bilhão de pessoas em economias de baixa renda até o início do próximo ano, o suficiente para
proteger quase 30% das pessoas nesses países.
Mas, por meio de investimentos agora para aumentar a capacidade de manufatura global,
especialmente nas economias emergentes, e do apoio a transferências de tecnologia, na próxima
vez que ocorrer uma pandemia, poderemos chegar lá mais cedo.
“To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are
protected quickly, and that will entail having all these pieces in place”.
“Para parar a próxima pandemia em seu caminho, precisamos garantir que as pessoas em todo
o mundo sejam protegidas rapidamente, e isso implicará em ter todas essas peças no lugar”.
Children who ate ‘cannabis sweets’ risked serious harm, say Surrey police
Investigation begins after two boys, 12 and 13, and a girl, 12, were taken to hospital after
falling unconscious
Four children who were taken to hospital after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis
are not believed to have suffered long-term effects, police have said.
The youngsters were found vomiting uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness on
Saturday afternoon on Pound Lane in Epsom, according to Surrey police. A 12-year-old girl, 12-
year-old boy and 13-year-old boy were taken to hospital by the South East Coast ambulance
service and are lucky not to have been more seriously affected by whatever they ate, the police
said.
They suffered “a violent reaction from eating the jelly sweets that they believed contained
cannabis”, police said.
Another 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital by his family because he was also believed to have
eaten the sweets.
One of the 12-year-old boys was discharged from hospital late on Saturday and the other three
were expected to leave on Sunday. The source of the sweets is still being investigated and police
do not have a clear idea of what they look like, although a similar report from Friday night involved
“jelly apple rings” which look like green jelly circles.
DS Lisa Betchley said: “These children were incredibly lucky that they were not more seriously
affected by whatever it was that they ate – and this is thanks, in great part, to the prompt actions
of two medical students who happened to be nearby and assisted in the early stages, as well as
the South East Coast ambulance service and hospital staff for their rapid response and treatment.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/02/children-who-ate-cannabis-sweets-risked-serious-harm-say-surrey-police)
Crianças que comeram "doces de cannabis" correram risco de sofrer sérios danos, diz a polícia
de Surrey
A investigação começa depois que dois meninos, de 12 e 13 anos, e uma menina de 12 anos,
foram levados ao hospital após ficarem inconscientes
Segundo a polícia, quatro crianças que foram levadas ao hospital após comerem doces que
pensavam conter cannabis não teriam sofrido efeitos de longo prazo.
Os jovens foram encontrados vomitando incontrolavelmente e perdendo e perdendo a
consciência na tarde de sábado em Pound Lane, em Epsom, de acordo com a polícia de Surrey.
Uma menina de 12 anos, um menino de 12 anos e um menino de 13 anos foram levados ao
hospital pelo serviço de ambulância da Costa Sudeste e têm sorte de não ter sido mais seriamente
afetados por tudo o que comeram, disse a polícia. .
Eles sofreram “uma reação violenta ao comer os doces de geléia que eles acreditavam conter
cannabis”, disse a polícia.
Outro menino de 12 anos foi levado ao hospital por sua família porque ele também teria comido
os doces.
Um dos meninos de 12 anos recebeu alta do hospital na noite de sábado e os outros três deveriam
sair no domingo. A origem dos doces ainda está sendo investigada e a polícia não tem uma ideia
clara de como eles se parecem, embora um relatório semelhante na sexta-feira à noite envolvesse
“anéis de gelatina de maçã” que se parecem com círculos de gelatina verdes.
A DS Lisa Betchley disse: “Essas crianças tiveram uma sorte incrível de não terem sido afetadas
mais seriamente pelo que quer que comessem - e isso se deve, em grande parte, às ações
imediatas de dois estudantes de medicina que por acaso estavam por perto e ajudaram nos
estágios iniciais, bem como ao serviço de ambulância da Costa Sudeste e à equipe do hospital por
sua rápida resposta e tratamento.
65% after a single dose. For protection against the virus, one dose was similar _______ (3) having
had a prior infection. There was no major difference between the two available vaccines.
Curiously, infection rates were lower up to three weeks before the jab. Did the virus have magical
pre-cognition and keep away? More plausible is the idea of “reverse causation”. People can have
the vaccination only if they have not tested positive or shown recent symptoms, so it is inevitable
there were fewer recorded infections before vaccinations took place. Statistics can be tricky
things.
Most important, the studies showed that if you are infected after vaccination, it tends to be much
milder, both in terms of self-reported symptoms and viral load.
If vaccinated people develop a weaker infection, then they might be less likely to pass on the virus.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2021/may/02/vaccinated-people-less-likely-to-pass-covid-on)
The study, which is still to be peer-reviewed, suggests that the more alcohol consumed, the lower
the brain volume. In effect, the more you drink, the worse off your brain.
“There’s no threshold drinking for harm – any alcohol is worse. Pretty much the whole brain seems
to be affected – not just specific areas, as previously thought,” said the lead author, Anya Topiwala,
a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford.
Using the UK Biobank, a substantial database designed to help researchers decode the genetic
and environmental factors that lead some people to develop diseases while others do not,
researchers in this study analysed data from 25,378 participants such as age, sex, education, self-
reported alcohol consumption, brain size and health from MRI scans, information about hospital
and outpatient visits, and memory tests.
Higher volume of alcohol consumption per week was associated with lower grey matter density –
the researchers found, with alcohol explaining up to a 0.8% change in grey matter volume, even
after accounting for individual biological and behavioural characteristics.
This might seem like a small figure, but it is a larger contribution than any other modifiable risk
factors. For example, it is four times the contribution of smoking or BMI, said Topiwala.
Widespread negative associations were also seen between alcohol consumption and integrity of
white matter, the brain fibres that scaffold the billions of neurons that make up grey matter. In
addition, an individual’s underlying conditions such as high blood pressure and high BMI made the
negative association between alcohol and brain health stronger, the researchers found.
Contrary to previous research that suggested there is a benefit to drinking wine in moderation
compared with beer or spirits, the study found no evidence to suggest alcoholic beverage type
conferred differences in risks to the brain.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/18/any-amount-of-alcohol-consumption-harmful-to-the-brain-finds-study)
“___ Covid-19 crisis has been difficult on people across the globe, including India. In the past few
days there has been intense discussion ___ the decision of our government and Indian vaccine
manufacturers, including SII, ___ export vaccines”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/19/poorer-countries-face-long-delays-receiving-covid-vaccines)
“___ A crise da Covid-19 tem sido difícil para as pessoas em todo o mundo, incluindo a Índia. Nos
últimos dias, tem havido intensa discussão ___ sobre a decisão de nosso governo e dos fabricantes
de vacinas indianos, incluindo SII, ___ exportar vacinas ”.
“A few weeks ago, I __________ my first shot of a vaccine against Covid-19. As the newly
vaccinated exited the clinic, there was a mix of relief and elation on people’s faces. We exchanged
little smiles of solidarity. If we could have burst into spontaneous applause, I __________ sure we
would have done”.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-against-covid-vaccines)
“Há algumas semanas, __________ minha primeira injeção de vacina contra a Covid-19. Quando
os recém-vacinados saíram da clínica, havia uma mistura de alívio e alegria nos rostos das pessoas.
Trocamos pequenos sorrisos de solidariedade. Se pudéssemos explodir em aplausos espontâneos,
eu __________ certeza que teríamos feito ”.
Mesmo assim, os números que ele está vendo são uma fração do que era antes de a pandemia
fechar as fronteiras do país. Costumava operar oito viagens de barco por hora. Às vezes, isso era
reduzido para apenas um.
"Foi uma verdadeira revelação para nós passar de 1.200 (visitantes) por dia para 200 por dia",
disse a Sra. Cave.
Como muitas operadoras de turismo na Nova Zelândia, a Sra. Cave está animada com a bolha de
viagens recentemente aberta com a Austrália, seu maior mercado.
"Isso dá esperança às pessoas. Os australianos representam uma grande parte do nosso negócio.
(A bolha) significará que veremos algum crescimento. Acho que muito em Queenstown, sim", diz
ela.
Em 2019, o turismo internacional valia $ 12,6 bilhões (£ 9 bilhões) no total, __________ (3)
australianos contribuindo com $ 1,94 bilhões.
Entre 1,18 e 1,5 milhão de australianos vieram para a Nova Zelândia anualmente, representando
40% dos visitantes estrangeiros do país.
Esses números caíram para zero quando a Nova Zelândia fechou suas fronteiras.
Rich countries close their eyes to the global Covid surge at their own peril
The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is
not done yet
Is there one pandemic, or two? That ___ (1) a question being asked a year ago, when wealthy
countries accounting for only 15% of the global population had 80% of the Covid deaths. Could it
be that the rich world was more vulnerable, somehow, because its populations ___ (2) older, or
more individualistic, or had forgotten to be scared of infectious disease?
Even then, some were warning that the worst was yet to come, once the disease took hold in
poorer countries. World Bank analysts Philip Schellekens and Diego Sourrouille, for example,
predicted a “massive shift” in disease burden to the developing world. Just in terms of
demography, they said, you’d expect those countries to account for around 70% of deaths.
As things stand they account for a little over half of it, which is probably an underestimate due to
variations in data quality – and the pandemic is far from over.
Last week saw more than 5.8 million new cases of Covid globally, the highest number yet. More
than 3 million people have now died from Covid, according to the World Health Organization
(WHO), which also reports that infections and hospitalisations in those aged at 25 to 59 ___ (3)
increasing an alarming rate. “It took nine months to reach 1 million deaths, four months to reach
2 million, and three months to reach 3 million,” WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, said last week.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/27/rich-countries-covid-pandemic-death-developing-nations)
Os países ricos fecham os olhos para o aumento global da Covid por sua própria conta e risco
O número de mortes da pandemia agora está sendo sentido de forma mais grave nas nações
em desenvolvimento. Este vírus ainda não acabou
Existe uma pandemia ou duas? Isso ___ (1) uma pergunta feita há um ano, quando os países ricos,
responsáveis por apenas 15% da população global, tinham 80% das mortes de Covid. Será que o
mundo rico era mais vulnerável, de alguma forma, porque suas populações ___ (2) mais velhas,
ou mais individualistas, ou se esqueceram de ter medo de doenças infecciosas?
Mesmo assim, alguns alertavam que o pior ainda estava por vir, uma vez que a doença se alastrou
nos países mais pobres. Os analistas do Banco Mundial Philip Schellekens e Diego Sourrouille, por
exemplo, previram uma “mudança massiva” na carga de doenças para o mundo em
desenvolvimento. Apenas em termos de demografia, eles disseram, você espera que esses países
sejam responsáveis por cerca de 70% das mortes.
Do jeito que as coisas estão, eles respondem por pouco mais da metade, o que provavelmente é
uma estimativa subestimada devido às variações na qualidade dos dados - e a pandemia está
longe de terminar.
Na semana passada, assistimos a mais de 5,8 milhões de novos casos de Covid em todo o mundo,
o maior número até agora. Mais de 3 milhões de pessoas morreram de Covid, de acordo com a
Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), que também relata que infecções e hospitalizações em
pessoas com idade entre 25 e 59 anos ___ (3) aumentam em uma taxa alarmante. “Demorou nove
meses para chegar a 1 milhão de mortes, quatro meses para chegar a 2 milhões e três meses para
chegar a 3 milhões”, disse o diretor geral da OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, na semana
passada.
The panel, set up by the World Health Organization, said the combined response of the WHO and
global governments was a "toxic cocktail".
The WHO should have declared a global emergency earlier than it did, its report said, adding that
without urgent change the world was vulnerable to another major disease outbreak.
More than 3.3 million people around the world have now died of Covid.
While the US and Europe are beginning to ease restrictions and resume some aspects of pre-
pandemic life, the virus is still devastating parts of Asia.
India in particular is seeing record-breaking numbers of new cases and deaths, with severe oxygen
shortages in hospitals across the country.
Countries neighbouring India, such as Nepal, are also seeing surges of the virus.
What did the report say?
Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic, was compiled by the Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response.
Its aim was to find answers as to how the virus had killed more than 3.3 million people and infected
more than 159 million.
"The situation we find ourselves in today could have been prevented," co-chair Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, a former president of Liberia, told reporters.
"It is due to a myriad of failures, gaps and delays in preparedness and response."
The panel argued that the WHO's Emergency Committee should have declared the outbreak in
China an international emergency a week earlier than it did.
It should have done so at its first meeting on 22 January last year, the report said, instead of waiting
until 30 January.
The month following the WHO's declaration was "lost" as countries failed to take appropriate
measures to halt the spread of the virus.
The WHO was then hindered by its own regulations that travel restrictions should be a last resort,
the panel said, adding that Europe and the US wasted the entire month of February and acted
only when their hospitals began to fill up.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57085505)
O painel, organizado pela Organização Mundial da Saúde, disse que a resposta combinada da OMS
e dos governos globais foi um "coquetel tóxico".
A OMS deveria ter declarado uma emergência global mais cedo do que o fez, disse seu relatório,
acrescentando que, sem uma mudança urgente, o mundo estava vulnerável a outro grande surto
de doença.
Mais de 3,3 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo já morreram de Covid.
Embora os Estados Unidos e a Europa estejam começando a reduzir as restrições e a retomar
alguns aspectos da vida pré-pandêmica, o vírus ainda está devastando partes da Ásia.
A Índia, em particular, está registrando um número recorde de novos casos e mortes, com grave
escassez de oxigênio em hospitais de todo o país.
Países vizinhos à Índia, como o Nepal, também estão observando surtos do vírus.
O que disse o relatório?
Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic, foi compilado pelo Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response.
Seu objetivo era encontrar respostas sobre como o vírus matou mais de 3,3 milhões de pessoas e
infectou mais de 159 milhões.
"A situação em que nos encontramos hoje poderia ter sido evitada", disse a repórteres a co-
presidente Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ex-presidente da Libéria.
"É devido a uma miríade de falhas, lacunas e atrasos na preparação e resposta."
O painel argumentou que o Comitê de Emergência da OMS deveria ter declarado o surto na China
uma emergência internacional uma semana antes.
Deveria ter feito isso em sua primeira reunião em 22 de janeiro do ano passado, disse o relatório,
em vez de esperar até 30 de janeiro.
O mês seguinte à declaração da OMS foi "perdido", pois os países não tomaram as medidas
adequadas para conter a propagação do vírus.
A OMS foi então impedida por seus próprios regulamentos de que as restrições às viagens
deveriam ser o último recurso, disse o painel, acrescentando que a Europa e os EUA
desperdiçaram todo o mês de fevereiro e agiram apenas quando seus hospitais começaram a
encher.
Teens Aged 12 to 15 Can Now Get Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S.
___ (1) May 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended authorization of the Pfizer-
BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds. It’s the first COVID-19 shot authorized for this
younger population.
“I cannot tell you how many people have been anxiously awaiting this day to get their kids
vaccinated,” says Dr. Flor Munoz, a pediatric infectious disease specialist ___ (2) Texas Children’s
Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, and a member of the infectious disease committee of
the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The green light was based on review of data the two companies released in March showing that
two doses of their vaccine provided similar protection from COVID-19 disease among this age
group as it did for adults. Among the more than 2,200 teens in the study group the FDA reviewed,
16 developed COVID-19—none of them were in the vaccinated group.
The companies’ studies found that levels of virus-fighting antibodies were on average higher
among the 12- to 15-year-olds that got the vaccine than among vaccinated 16- to 25-year-olds in
previous studies.
“This is part of the totality of getting our country protected against COVID-19, which is just waiting
around ___ (3) corner to come have another wave if we don’t get a sufficient degree of
vaccination,” said Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at
the FDA, during a briefing discussing the decision.
The authorization was based on a so-called “bridging” study, in which researchers used data from
the previous study in adults to set thresholds for safety and efficacy. Building off of the success of
the adult studies enabled the scientists to enroll some 2,000 12- to 15-year-olds, rather than the
tens of thousands of adults that the earlier studies required.
(Adapted from https://time.com/6047384/teens-pfizer-covid-vaccine/)
Adolescentes de 12 a 15 anos agora podem receber a vacina Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 nos EUA.
___ (1) Em 10 de maio, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dos EUA estendeu a autorização da
vacina Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 para crianças de 12 a 15 anos. É a primeira injeção COVID-19
autorizada para esta população mais jovem.
“Eu não posso dizer quantas pessoas estão esperando ansiosamente por este dia para vacinar seus
filhos”, disse a Dra. Flor Munoz, uma especialista em doenças infecciosas pediátricas ___ (2) Texas