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Q1735058 Inglês
Read the text below to answer the following question

Even the deepest, coldest parts of the ocean are getting warmer

    Thermometers moored at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean recorded an average temperature increase of about 0.02 degrees Celsius over the last decade. That warming may be a consequence of human-driven climate change, which has boosted ocean temperatures near the surface, but it’s unclear since so little is known about the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean.
    “The deep ocean, below about 2,000 meters, is not very well observed,” says Chris Meinen, an oceanographer at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The deep sea is so hard to reach that the temperature at any given research site is typically taken only once per decade. But Meinen’s team measured temperatures hourly from 2009 to 2019 using seafloor sensors at four spots in the Argentine Basin, off the coast of Uruguay.
    Temperature records for the two deepest spots revealed a clear trend of warming over that decade. This warming is much weaker than in the upper ocean, Meinen says, but he also notes that since warm water rises, it would take a lot of heat to generate even this little bit of warming so deep.
    It’s too soon to judge whether human activity or natural variation is the cause, Meinen says. Continuing to monitor these sites and comparing the records with data from devices in other ocean basins may help to clarify matters.
(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ocean-warming-deepest-coldest-temperature).
In the title, the phrase “coldest parts of the ocean” means, in Portuguese:
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Q1731949 Inglês

TEXT 2: A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old.


    “The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes. Some researchers think the scene could be the world's oldest-recorded story.

    Adam Brumm - an archaeologist at Griffith - first saw the pictures two years ago, after a colleague in Indonesia shimmied up a fig tree to reach the cave passage.

    The Indonesian drawing is not the oldest in the world. Last year, scientists said they found "humanity's oldest drawing" on a fragment of rock in South Africa, dated at 73,000 years old.”

(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50754303). 

In the Text 2, the word “rope”, in “creatures holding spears and possibly ropes”, could be translated to Portugueses as:
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Q1731946 Inglês

TEXT 1: How brightly the moon glows is a mystery, but maybe not for long.


    “The lunar dark side may be the moon’s more mysterious face, but there’s something pretty basic scientists still don’t know about the bright side — namely, just how bright it is.

    Current estimates of the moon’s brightness at any given time and vantage point are saddled with at least 5 percent uncertainty. That’s because those estimates are based on measurements from ground-based telescopes that gaze at the moon through the haze of Earth’s atmosphere.

    Now, scientists have sent a telescope beyond the clouds on a high-altitude airplane in hopes of gauging the moon’s glow within about 1 percent or less uncertainty, the National Institute of Standards and Technology reports in a Nov. 19 news release.

    Knowing the exact brightness of Earth’s celestial night-light could increase the reliability of data from Earth-observing satellites that use the moon’s steady glow to check that their sensors are working properly. Those satellites keep tabs on things like weather, crop health and dangerous algal blooms.”

(Adapted from https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-brightly-moon-glows-is-mystery-but-maybe-not-long).

In the text 1, the word “pretty”, in “there’s something pretty basic scientists still don’t know” could be translated to Portuguese as:
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Q1727357 Inglês
Text: Several decades ago I absolutely detested grammar, English, and related subjects. As priorities go, this was at the very bottom of the list of subjects and, as one would expect, my grades reflected this preference.      In later years, however, circumstances led me throughout 49 of our states and much of Western Europe. This exposure to various cultures, traditions, and languages has brought about a much greater appreciation of our languages and its evolution.      I have almost become obsessed with this subject now and have collected quite a few texts on language and etymology, to say nothing of hundreds of articles clipped from papers and periodicals.      The piece by Wen Smith, "It's Only Me", which appeared in the Sept./Oct. issue, is the type of article that turns me on, and it immediately became a piece of my collection. The author's excellent approach to the proper use of just a few words, enhanced by the artwork, almost makes this a classic work by itself.      I hope that this will become the first of many such articles, for it can only serve to increase the interest and understanding of our rich linguistic heritage for thousands of your readers. 
True or False?
1. brought about (2nd paragraph) means fez surgir. 2. turns me on (4th paragraph) means me interessa. 3. issue (4th paragraph) means item. 4. The author's excellent approach (4th paragraph) means o autor tem uma ótima aprovação. 5. a classic work by itself (4th paragraph) means um clássico por si só
Choose the correct alternative: 
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Q1725015 Inglês
Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise


    “Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish.
     While nutrient run-off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse. Around 700 ocean sites are now suffering from low oxygen, compared with 45 in the 1960s.
    Researchers say the depletion is threatening species including tuna, marlin and sharks.
     The scientists estimate that between 1960 and 2010, the amount of the gas dissolved in the oceans declined by 2%. That may not seem like much as it is a global average, but in some tropical locations the loss can range up to 40%.
    If countries continue with a business-as-usual approach to emissions, the world's oceans are expected to lose 3-4% of their oxygen by the year 2100.
    This is likely to be worse in the tropical regions of the world. Much of the loss is expected in the top 1,000m of the water column, which is richest in biodiversity.
    "Ocean oxygen depletion is menacing marine ecosystems already under stress from ocean warming and acidification," said Dan Laffoley, also from IUCN and the report's co-editor. "To stop the worrying expansion of oxygen-poor areas, we need to decisively curb greenhouse gas emissions as well as nutrient pollution from agriculture and other sources."”

(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50690995)
The word “worse”, in “this is likely to be worse in the tropical regions of the world” means, in Portuguese:
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Q1725014 Inglês
Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise


    “Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish.
     While nutrient run-off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse. Around 700 ocean sites are now suffering from low oxygen, compared with 45 in the 1960s.
    Researchers say the depletion is threatening species including tuna, marlin and sharks.
     The scientists estimate that between 1960 and 2010, the amount of the gas dissolved in the oceans declined by 2%. That may not seem like much as it is a global average, but in some tropical locations the loss can range up to 40%.
    If countries continue with a business-as-usual approach to emissions, the world's oceans are expected to lose 3-4% of their oxygen by the year 2100.
    This is likely to be worse in the tropical regions of the world. Much of the loss is expected in the top 1,000m of the water column, which is richest in biodiversity.
    "Ocean oxygen depletion is menacing marine ecosystems already under stress from ocean warming and acidification," said Dan Laffoley, also from IUCN and the report's co-editor. "To stop the worrying expansion of oxygen-poor areas, we need to decisively curb greenhouse gas emissions as well as nutrient pollution from agriculture and other sources."”

(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50690995)
In the text, the word “”greenhouse”, in “greenhouse gas emissions”, means, in Portuguese:
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Q1724243 Inglês

English Language Day

What is English Language Day?


English Language Day was first celebrated in 2010, alongside Arabic Language Day, Chinese Language Day, French Language Day, Russian Language Day and Spanish Language Day. These are the six official languages of the United Nations, and each has a special day, designed to raise awareness of the history, culture and achievements of these languages.

Why is English Language Day celebrated on 23 April?

This day was chosen because it is thought to be Shakespeare’s birthday, and the anniversary of his death. As well as being the English language’s most famous playwright, Shakespeare also had a huge impact on modern-day English. At the time he was writing, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the English language was going through a lot of changes and Shakespeare’s creativity with language meant he contributed hundreds of new words and phrases that are still used today. For example, the words ‘gossip’, ‘fashionable’ and ‘lonely’ were all first used by Shakespeare. He also invented phrases like ‘break the ice’, ‘all our yesterdays’, ‘fainthearted’ and ‘love is blind’.

The story of the English language began in the fifth century when Germanic tribes invaded Celticspeaking Britain and brought their languages with them. Later, Scandinavian Vikings invaded and settled with their languages too. In 1066 William I, from modern-day France, became king, and Norman-French became the language of the courts and official activity. People couldn’t understand each other at first, because the lower classes continued to use English while the upper classes spoke French, but gradually French began to influence English. An estimated 45 per cent of all English words have a French origin. By Shakespeare’s time, Modern English had developed, printing had been invented and people had to start to agree on ‘correct’ spelling and vocabulary. […]


De acordo com o contexto apresentado pelo artigo, as seguintes palavras têm quais traduções?
I. Awarness -> consciência Achievements -> conquistas Developed -> desenvolveu Changes -> mudanças
II. Settled -> consciência Achievements -> conquistas Developed -> desenvolveu Changes -> mudanças
III. Creativity -> criatividade Achievements -> conquistas Gossip -> desenvolveu Changes -> mudanças
IV. Awarness -> consciência Achievements -> conquistas Developed -> desenvolveu Chosen -> escolhido
Assinale a alternativa que contém apenas traduções corretas.
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Q1719604 Inglês
Um estudante, ao tentar ler um texto em inglês, teve dificuldades para entender o seguinte trecho:
It's unclear what actually happened that day”. Por isso, utilizou um aplicativo de traduções, obtendo o seguinte resultado: Não está claro atualmente o que aconteceu naquele dia. O resultado apresentado pelo aplicativo está:
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Q1719602 Inglês

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Arecibo Observatory will be demolished

      Arecibo’s days are done. After two support cables failed in recent months, the radio observatory’s 305-meter-wide dish is damaged beyond repair, the National Science Foundation announced on November 19. It will be decommissioned and dismantled.

     The telescope, famous for appearances in movies like GoldenEye and Contact, consists of a wide dish to collect radio waves from space and focus them into detectors housed in a dome suspended above the dish.

     In August, one of the cables that holds up the dome slipped out of a socket and punched a hole in the dish. Then a second cable unexpectedly broke on November 6. If a third cable were to break, it could send the platform holding up the dome swinging, or the whole structure could collapse. 

     The NSF determined that there was no safe way to repair the telescope. 

Adaptado de https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arecibo-telescope-observatory-icon-puerto-rico-science-demolished. 

No texto, o trecho “the whole structure could collapse” significa que:
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Q1718401 Inglês
Read the text below and answer the question:

CHINA PLANS TO REDUCE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
China has unveiled ambitious plans to drastically reduce single-use plastics by 2025. China's National Development and Reform Commission is fast-tracking a number of measures designed to slash the production and use of plastics over the next five years. It announced that by the end of 2020, non-biodegradable plastic bags will be banned in supermarkets and shopping malls in major cities. The ban will also apply to food delivery services, which use vast amounts of the plastics. Single-use plastic straws and cutlery used by food takeaway services will be banned nationwide by the end of this year. China will encourage the use of alternative materials such as non-plastic products and biodegradable shopping bags.
Single-use plastics are one of the world's biggest sources of plastic pollution. They have become a ubiquitous part of daily life and a part of our throwaway culture. The Chinese authorities set a goal of reducing the "intensity of consumption" in order to reverse our reliance on single-use plastics. Previous regulations to curb plastic use, in 2008, led to an estimated cut in plastic bag production of 67 billion bags. The United Nations said it is urgent that all countries adopt policies similar to those China is introducing. It said: "We are already unable to cope with the amount of plastic waste we generate, unless we rethink the way we manufacture, use and manage plastics."
 Available on: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200122-single-use-plastics.html. Accessed on January, 22nd 2020.
They have become a ubiquitous part of daily life...” The underlined word can be translated as:
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Q1709237 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. Em inglês, a frase “to cut a lomg story short”, possui um verbo reflexivo cujo significado principal é equivalente a “reutilizar” ou “reformar”. Assim, essa frase pode ser melhor traduzida como “para reutilizar algo” ou “para reformar algo”. II. O trecho a seguir, em inglês, está corretamente grafado: to keep to oneself (isolar-se dos outros espontaneamente).
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Q1709236 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O trecho “there are no get files on him”, em inglês, está corretamente grafado e seu significado equivale a “ele não é bobo e não se deixa enganar”. II. A grafia do trecho a seguir em inglês está correta: you can now rim from his brother. A tradução mais correta para essa frase é: você não pode opinar sobre essa situação; ou você deve permanecer imparcial.
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Q1709235 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O trecho “wite life”, em inglês, está corretamente grafado e seu significado equivale a “mentira inocente” ou “mentira justificável”. II. A grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: to take something off one’s hands (encarregar-se de alguma coisa), estão corretas.
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Q1709234 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. A grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: first comy, first serve (quem primeiro chega, primeiro é servido), estão corretas. II. O trecho “white lie”, em inglês, está corretamente grafado e seu significado equivale a “mentira inocente” ou “mentira justificável”.
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Q1709233 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. A grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: I have known him for three weeks (conheço-o há três semanas), estão corretas. II. Estão corretas a grafia e a tradução do seguinte trecho, em inglês: to rayse hopis (encorajar, dar esperanças).
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Q1709232 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O trecho em inglês “in a moment the dog was upon him” possui a grafia correta e pode ser adequadamente traduzido para: em um instante o cachorro estava em cima dele. II. Estão corretas a grafia e a tradução do seguinte trecho, em inglês: to keep one’s end up (prosseguir, não desistir).
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Q1709231 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. A grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: you can’t know him from his brother (você não pode distingui-lo do seu irmão), estão corretas. II. O trecho “to cut a long story short”, em inglês, está corretamente grafado e possui um verbo cuja ideia principal é equivalente a “reduzir”, “cortar” ou “encurtar”.
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Q1709230 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. Está correta a grafia do trecho seguinte: a person-to-person phone call (ligação telefônica de pessoa para pessoa). II. Estão corretas a grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: to come down to earth (voltar à realidade, pôr os pés no chão).
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Q1709229 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. A grafia e a tradução do trecho a seguir em inglês: please let me know your arrival (queira por favor informar-me da sua chegada), estão corretas. II. O trecho em inglês “it is for him to escuse hinself” possui a grafia correta e pode ser adequadamente traduzido para: ele é quem deve pedir desculpas.
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Q1709216 Inglês
Analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O trecho “there are no flies on him”, em inglês, está corretamente grafado e seu significado equivale a “ele não é bobo e não se deixa enganar”. II. A grafia do trecho a seguir, em inglês, está correta: please lety me know your arrival. A tradução mais correta para esse trecho é: reunir-se com a família; reencontrar os familiares.
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Respostas
181: B
182: C
183: C
184: D
185: D
186: A
187: C
188: C
189: D
190: E
191: C
192: D
193: C
194: C
195: B
196: A
197: A
198: A
199: B
200: B