Questões de Concurso
Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694630
Inglês
Texto associado
Why bats are not to blame, say scientists
“Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit
the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers
of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the
narrow chambers of caves. People in this part of Zimbabwe call bats "winged dragons", "flying
rats" or simply the "evil ones".
Like elsewhere in the world, the flying mammals are much misunderstood. For this wildlife
ecologist, they're beautiful and incredible creatures. "They are fascinating," he says. "People are
frightened of something they don't know."
"The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as
fertiliser for their crops. It is therefore essential to know the pathogens carried by the bats,
because they could be transmitted to humans," says Dr Elizabeth Gori of the University of
Zimbabwe.
Bat experts have launched a campaign, Don't Blame Bats, to dispel unfounded fears and
myths about bats, which are threatening conservation. They say bats are some of the most
misunderstood and undervalued animals on the planet.
Long the target of disdain, persecution and cultural prejudice, they have been blamed for a
host of evils visited upon humans. And fears and myths about bats have only intensified in the
time of Covid.
The precise origin of the virus that has wreaked such havoc across the world has not been
pinned down. But the vast majority of scientists agree that it crossed into humans from an animal
species, most likely a bat. That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference
with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.”
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473)
A campanha mencionada no texto é:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de São José do Cedro - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694629
Inglês
Texto associado
Why bats are not to blame, say scientists
“Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit
the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers
of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the
narrow chambers of caves. People in this part of Zimbabwe call bats "winged dragons", "flying
rats" or simply the "evil ones".
Like elsewhere in the world, the flying mammals are much misunderstood. For this wildlife
ecologist, they're beautiful and incredible creatures. "They are fascinating," he says. "People are
frightened of something they don't know."
"The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as
fertiliser for their crops. It is therefore essential to know the pathogens carried by the bats,
because they could be transmitted to humans," says Dr Elizabeth Gori of the University of
Zimbabwe.
Bat experts have launched a campaign, Don't Blame Bats, to dispel unfounded fears and
myths about bats, which are threatening conservation. They say bats are some of the most
misunderstood and undervalued animals on the planet.
Long the target of disdain, persecution and cultural prejudice, they have been blamed for a
host of evils visited upon humans. And fears and myths about bats have only intensified in the
time of Covid.
The precise origin of the virus that has wreaked such havoc across the world has not been
pinned down. But the vast majority of scientists agree that it crossed into humans from an animal
species, most likely a bat. That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference
with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.”
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473)
De acordo com o texto, moradores da região apelidaram os animais da caverna de:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC - Professor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q1694246
Inglês
Texto associado
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
The Popa langur, named after its home on Mount Popa, is critically endangered with
numbers down to about 200 individuals.
Langurs are a group of leaf-eating monkeys that are found across south east Asia.
The newly described animal is known for its distinctive spectacle-like eye patches and
greyish-coloured fur. It is at risk from habitat loss and hunting.
Scientists have long suspected there might be a new species in Myanmar, based on DNA
extracted from the droppings of wild monkeys, but evidence has been hard to find.
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
O trecho “evidence has been hard to find” significa que a evidência:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC - Professor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q1694242
Inglês
Texto associado
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
The Popa langur, named after its home on Mount Popa, is critically endangered with
numbers down to about 200 individuals.
Langurs are a group of leaf-eating monkeys that are found across south east Asia.
The newly described animal is known for its distinctive spectacle-like eye patches and
greyish-coloured fur. It is at risk from habitat loss and hunting.
Scientists have long suspected there might be a new species in Myanmar, based on DNA
extracted from the droppings of wild monkeys, but evidence has been hard to find.
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
Os macacos descobertos se alimentam de:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Itapiranga - SC - Professor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q1694241
Inglês
Texto associado
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
The Popa langur, named after its home on Mount Popa, is critically endangered with
numbers down to about 200 individuals.
Langurs are a group of leaf-eating monkeys that are found across south east Asia.
The newly described animal is known for its distinctive spectacle-like eye patches and
greyish-coloured fur. It is at risk from habitat loss and hunting.
Scientists have long suspected there might be a new species in Myanmar, based on DNA
extracted from the droppings of wild monkeys, but evidence has been hard to find.
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
De acordo com o texto:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Alpestre - RS
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Alpestre - RS - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694189
Inglês
Texto associado
(Avaliable in: https://theplaylist.net/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-script-20200608/ – text adapted specially
for this test).
Which information is NOT mentioned in the text?
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694107
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below to answer the question.
Parker Solar Probe: How Nasa is trying to 'touch' the Sun
Nasa is all set to launch one of the most ambitious missions in its history. It's sending a satellite called the Parker Solar Probe into the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Scheduled for launch on Saturday, the spacecraft promises to crack some longstanding mysteries about our star's behaviour.
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-45113552).
In the text, the “Parker Solar Probe” is:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694105
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below to answer the question.
Parker Solar Probe: How Nasa is trying to 'touch' the Sun
Nasa is all set to launch one of the most ambitious missions in its history. It's sending a satellite called the Parker Solar Probe into the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Scheduled for launch on Saturday, the spacecraft promises to crack some longstanding mysteries about our star's behaviour.
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-45113552).
According to the text, Nasa is sending a satellite to study the behaviour of the:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1694100
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below to answer the question.
How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching
Octopus arms have minds of their own. Each of these eight supple yet powerful limbs can explore the seafloor in search of prey, snatching crabs from hiding spots without direction from the octopus’ brain. But how each arm can tell what it’s grasping has remained a mystery.
Now, researchers have identified specialized cells not seen in other animals that allow octopuses to “taste” with their arms. Embedded in the suckers, these cells enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste by detecting chemicals produced by many aquatic creatures. This may help an arm quickly distinguish food from rocks or poisonous prey, Harvard University molecular biologist Nicholas Bellono and his colleagues report online October 29 in Cell.
The findings provide another clue about the unique evolutionary path octopuses have taken toward intelligence. Instead of being concentrated in the brain, two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus are distributed among the arms, allowing the flexible appendages to operate semiindependently.
(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-taste-touch-arm-suckers).
According to the text:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Descanso - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Descanso - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1692838
Inglês
Texto associado
Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus show how science works
It was one of those “big, if true” stories.
In September, scientists reported that Venus’ atmosphere seems to be laced with
phosphine, a possible sign of life.
Now there’s increasing emphasis on the “if.” As scientists take fresh looks at the data
behind the Venus announcement, and add other datasets to the mix, the original claim of
inexplicable amounts of phosphine is being called into doubt. And that’s a good thing, many
scientists say.
“It’s exactly how science should work,” says planetary scientist Paul Byrne of North Carolina
State University in Raleigh, who studies Venus but was not involved in any of the phosphine
papers. “It’s too early to say one way or the other what this detection means for Venus.”
(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/venus-phosphine-possible-sign-life-doubts-how-science-works).
De acordo com o texto:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Descanso - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2020 - Prefeitura de Descanso - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q1692836
Inglês
Com relação à leitura e compreensão de textos em língua inglesa, é correto afirmar que:
Ano: 2020
Banca:
IDIB
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE
Prova:
IDIB - 2020 - Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE - Professor - Inglês |
Q1692534
Inglês
Texto associado
GEORGE FLOYD, FROM ‘I WANT TO TOUCH THE WORLD’ TO ‘I CAN’T BREATHE’
Mr. Floyd had big plans for life nearly 30 years ago. His death in police custody is powering a movement against police brutality and racial injustice.
HOUSTON — It was the last day of 11th grade at Jack Yates High School in Houston, nearly three decades ago. A group of close friends, on their way home, were contemplating what senior year and beyond would bring. They were black teenagers on the precipice of manhood. What, they asked one another, did they want to do with their lives?
“George turned to me and said, ‘I want to touch the world,’” said Jonathan Veal, 45, recalling the aspiration of one of the young men — a tall, gregarious star athlete named George Floyd whom he had met in the school cafeteria on the first day of sixth grade. To their 17-year-old minds, touching the world maybe meant the N.B.A. or the N.F.L.
“It was one of the first moments I remembered after learning what happened to him,” Mr. Veal said. “He could not have imagined that this is the tragic way people would know his name.”
The world now knows George Perry Floyd Jr. through his final harrowing moments, as he begged for air, his face wedged for nearly nine minutes between a city street and a police officer’s knee.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html
“[...] their way home, were contemplating what senior year and
beyond would bring. They were black teenagers on the
precipice of manhood. What, they asked one another, did they
want to do with their lives? [...]”
What do bold words refer to?
What do bold words refer to?
Ano: 2020
Banca:
IDIB
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE
Prova:
IDIB - 2020 - Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE - Professor - Inglês |
Q1692531
Inglês
Texto associado
GEORGE FLOYD, FROM ‘I WANT TO TOUCH THE WORLD’ TO ‘I CAN’T BREATHE’
Mr. Floyd had big plans for life nearly 30 years ago. His death in police custody is powering a movement against police brutality and racial injustice.
HOUSTON — It was the last day of 11th grade at Jack Yates High School in Houston, nearly three decades ago. A group of close friends, on their way home, were contemplating what senior year and beyond would bring. They were black teenagers on the precipice of manhood. What, they asked one another, did they want to do with their lives?
“George turned to me and said, ‘I want to touch the world,’” said Jonathan Veal, 45, recalling the aspiration of one of the young men — a tall, gregarious star athlete named George Floyd whom he had met in the school cafeteria on the first day of sixth grade. To their 17-year-old minds, touching the world maybe meant the N.B.A. or the N.F.L.
“It was one of the first moments I remembered after learning what happened to him,” Mr. Veal said. “He could not have imagined that this is the tragic way people would know his name.”
The world now knows George Perry Floyd Jr. through his final harrowing moments, as he begged for air, his face wedged for nearly nine minutes between a city street and a police officer’s knee.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html
“The world now knows George Perry Floyd Jr. through
his final harrowing moments, as he begged for air, his face
wedged for nearly nine minutes between a city street and a
police officer’s knee.
” Which expression can be used to replace that one in bold, but keeping the same meaning?
” Which expression can be used to replace that one in bold, but keeping the same meaning?
Ano: 2020
Banca:
IDIB
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE
Prova:
IDIB - 2020 - Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE - Professor - Inglês |
Q1692530
Inglês
Texto associado
GEORGE FLOYD, FROM ‘I WANT TO TOUCH THE WORLD’ TO ‘I CAN’T BREATHE’
Mr. Floyd had big plans for life nearly 30 years ago. His death in police custody is powering a movement against police brutality and racial injustice.
HOUSTON — It was the last day of 11th grade at Jack Yates High School in Houston, nearly three decades ago. A group of close friends, on their way home, were contemplating what senior year and beyond would bring. They were black teenagers on the precipice of manhood. What, they asked one another, did they want to do with their lives?
“George turned to me and said, ‘I want to touch the world,’” said Jonathan Veal, 45, recalling the aspiration of one of the young men — a tall, gregarious star athlete named George Floyd whom he had met in the school cafeteria on the first day of sixth grade. To their 17-year-old minds, touching the world maybe meant the N.B.A. or the N.F.L.
“It was one of the first moments I remembered after learning what happened to him,” Mr. Veal said. “He could not have imagined that this is the tragic way people would know his name.”
The world now knows George Perry Floyd Jr. through his final harrowing moments, as he begged for air, his face wedged for nearly nine minutes between a city street and a police officer’s knee.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html
“It was one of the first moments I remembered after
learning what happened to him.”
Which sentence below has the same justification about the use of -ing as in the one above?
Which sentence below has the same justification about the use of -ing as in the one above?
Ano: 2020
Banca:
IDIB
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE
Prova:
IDIB - 2020 - Prefeitura de Jaguaribe - CE - Professor - Inglês |
Q1692521
Inglês
The Political Pedagogical Project involves some stages. These
stages complement themselves and they are also
interconnected, which provides the effectiveness of the
process. What are the steps?
Ano: 2020
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2020 - Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE - Professor de Educação Básica - Inglês |
Q1692511
Inglês
Texto associado
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
Imagine that a teacher wanted to further the reading skills of her
pupils, and that, to do so, she decided to work with text 22A1-II in
her class. Considering this and the reading strategies that can be
developed in English classes, judge the following statements.
I By asking her pupils to guess the overall sense of the text just from its title, she would be promoting the use of the technique known as skimming.
II Exercises based on the skimming technique would demand her pupils to have a high level of vocabulary.
III If she asks the students to find out the name of the university in which Dr Barret works, they would be making a prediction.
Choose the correct option.
I By asking her pupils to guess the overall sense of the text just from its title, she would be promoting the use of the technique known as skimming.
II Exercises based on the skimming technique would demand her pupils to have a high level of vocabulary.
III If she asks the students to find out the name of the university in which Dr Barret works, they would be making a prediction.
Choose the correct option.
Ano: 2020
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2020 - Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE - Professor de Educação Básica - Inglês |
Q1692510
Inglês
Texto associado
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
About text 22A1-II, choose the correct option.
Ano: 2020
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2020 - Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE - Professor de Educação Básica - Inglês |
Q1692509
Inglês
Texto associado
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
According to text 22A1-II,
Ano: 2020
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2020 - Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE - Professor de Educação Básica - Inglês |
Q1692508
Inglês
Texto associado
Nel Noddings. Philosophy of education. New York: Routledge, 2018 (adapted).
In each of the options below a passage of text 22A1-I is followed
by a suggestion for its replacement. Choose the option in which the
meaning and the grammatical correctness of the text are maintained.
Ano: 2020
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2020 - Prefeitura de Barra dos Coqueiros - SE - Professor de Educação Básica - Inglês |
Q1692507
Inglês
Texto associado
Nel Noddings. Philosophy of education. New York: Routledge, 2018 (adapted).
The main purpose of text 22A1-I is to
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