Questões de Concurso Público Prefeitura de Corumbá - MS 2018 para Professor - Inglês

Read the sentences below; then answer the question that follows.

• Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis in 1928.
• Maya Angelou was the first woman poet to write and recite a poem at a presidential inaugural ceremony.

Which of the sentences combines most accurately and concisely the two sentences above? 

Mark the word that belongs to a different part of the speech.

What is the most approximate synonym of ‘to soothe’ (l.13)?

The penultimate paragraph of the text (line 40) has been taken off, and it was divided in the four following segments:
( ) I remind her of the time a few years ago when someone in her home told a derogatory joke and she doled out what I call a skinning—the sharp words of correction she will give anyone who demeans her or others while in her presence. ( ) At Maya's home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we greet each other with hugs, grins and our favorite exchange: "Hey, you girl!". ( ) Yet all of Maya's friends know that beneath such chastisement is a layer of kindness and generosity you don’t often find in people in these times. ( ) At 72 Maya exudes confidence and extraordinary intelligence—and her wit is as acute as her wisdom.
Considering notions of paragraph and cohesion, mark the correct order.

What is the writer’s perception of Maya Angelou?

I. She believes Angelou was sucessful only because of a gritty childhood.
II. She feels Angelou was a mixture of mentor, mother, sister, and friend.
III. She thinks Angelou is someone with whom she could feel comfortable.

Which ones are correct?