Questões de Vestibular
Sobre aspectos linguísticos | linguistic aspects em inglês
Foram encontradas 172 questões
Ano: 2021
Banca:
UECE-CEV
Órgão:
UECE
Prova:
UECE-CEV - 2021 - UECE - Vestibular - Conhecimentos Específicos - 2ª Fase - Língua Inglesa |
Q1860169
Inglês
Texto associado
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/
2021/sep/27/
The sentence “The analysis found that
only those aged under 40 years today will live
to see the consequences of the choices made on
emissions cuts.” (lines 111-114) contains a/an
Ano: 2021
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UNESP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2021 - UNESP - Vestibular - Conhecimentos Gerais - Área de Exatas e Humanas |
Q1672477
Inglês
Examine a tira de Alex Culang e Raynato Castro.
Para que a história tivesse um desfecho favorável à garota,
seria necessário
Ano: 2018
Banca:
UNICENTRO
Órgão:
UNICENTRO
Prova:
UNICENTRO - 2018 - UNICENTRO - Vestibular - PAC - 3ª Etapa |
Q1405463
Inglês
“If you listen to them all day long, you will prevent them”(l. 18-19)
Without changing the meaning, the words in bold may be substituted by
Ano: 2018
Banca:
PUC - RS
Órgão:
PUC - RS
Prova:
PUC - RS - 2018 - PUC - RS - Vestibular - Segundo Dia |
Q1399017
Inglês
Texto associado
INSTRUÇÃO: Responder à questão com base no texto.
Adapted from: https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/being-a-better-online-reader
Consider the meaning of “as” in “As the letters continued to pour in, Wolf experienced a growing realization: reading had changed profoundly.” (lines 19 and 20) and in the segments below:
I. “we don’t read the same way online as we do on paper” (lines 28 and 29)
II. “when we scroll, we tend to read faster but less deeply, as a way of coping with an overload of information” (lines 38-40)
III. “As children move more toward an immersion in digital media, we have to figure out ways to read deeply in this new environment.” (lines 49-51)
The segment(s) in which the meaning of “as” is closest to the one in lines 19 and 20 is/are only
Ano: 2017
Banca:
IF Sudeste - MG
Órgão:
IF Sudeste - MG
Prova:
IF Sudeste - MG - 2017 - IF Sudeste - MG - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q1395627
Inglês
Leia o seguinte trecho de um artigo, ignorando os espaços vazios (1-5) por enquanto. Em seguida, verifique a alternativa que mostra a sequência em que todos os verbos foram
usados CORRETAMENTE :
O envelhecimento da população
O número de homens e mulheres nos EUA com 60 anos ou mais que ainda trabalham (1) __________ por mais de uma década. Economistas (2) __________ uma série de razões para essa tendência. Primeiro, desde 1985 a economia dos Estados Unidos (3) __________, portanto, tem havido um aumento da demanda por mão de obra. Ao mesmo tempo, o custo de alguns serviços, como cuidados de saúde, (4) __________, portanto, os trabalhadores precisam ganhar mais dinheiro mais tarde na vida. Além disso, as mudanças nas regras de benefícios da seguridade social (5) __________ um efeito considerável sobre os padrões de trabalho. (…)
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, Londres. 2008. p. 23
Verifique a alternativa CORRETA .
O envelhecimento da população
O número de homens e mulheres nos EUA com 60 anos ou mais que ainda trabalham (1) __________ por mais de uma década. Economistas (2) __________ uma série de razões para essa tendência. Primeiro, desde 1985 a economia dos Estados Unidos (3) __________, portanto, tem havido um aumento da demanda por mão de obra. Ao mesmo tempo, o custo de alguns serviços, como cuidados de saúde, (4) __________, portanto, os trabalhadores precisam ganhar mais dinheiro mais tarde na vida. Além disso, as mudanças nas regras de benefícios da seguridade social (5) __________ um efeito considerável sobre os padrões de trabalho. (…)
VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, Londres. 2008. p. 23
Verifique a alternativa CORRETA .
Q1395576
Inglês
Texto associado
The true potential of technology to change behavior
Technology could successfully change behaviours where decades of campaigns and legislation have failed. With the quantified self already walking among us and the internet of things within easy reach, digital technology is creating unprecedented opportunities to encourage, enable and empower more sustainable behaviours.
If we are to unlock the power of technology we must be more ambitious than simply digitising analogue strategies or creating another communications channel.
The true potential of technology lies in its ability to do things that nothing else can do. In behaviour change terms, the potential to succeed where decades of education programmes, awareness campaigns and product innovation have failed; to make a difference where government policy and legislation has had limited impact.
Using behavioural insights, it is possible to highlight the bottlenecks, drop out points and achilles heels of traditional behaviour change efforts — the reasons why we have failed in the past — and apply the unique possibilities of technology to these specific challenges.
Overcoming our limitations
Luckily, the history of the human race is almost defined by its ability to invent stuff that bolsters its feeble capabilities. That stuff is, of course, what we generically refer to as 'technology'. And in the same way that the internal combustion engine and the light bulb allow us to overcome our relatively feeble powers of motion and perception, so digital technology can be directed to overcoming our relatively feeble powers of reasoning, selfcontrol, motivation, self-awareness and agency—the factors that make behaviour change so difficult.
Herein lies the true potential of technology: not in the laboratory or the workshop, but in an understanding of the behavioural dynamics that define the human condition, both generally and within the context of a specific user-group, market segment or community.
Fonte: JOHNSON, Steven. Recognising the true potential of technology to change behaviour. Disponível em:<https://www.theguardian.com/sustainablebusiness/behavioural-insights/true-potential-technology-change-behaviour>
Analisando-se aspectos linguísticos e estruturais do texto, constata-se que
Q1391457
Inglês
Texto associado
This is how UN scientists are preparing for the end of capitalism
Capitalism as we know it is over. So suggests a new report commissioned by a group of scientists
appointed by the UN secretary general. The main reason? We’re transitioning rapidly to a radically different global
economy, due to our increasingly unsustainable exploitation of the planet’s environmental resources and the shift
to less efficient energy sources .
Climate change and species extinctions are accelerating even as societies are experiencing rising
inequality, unemployment, slow economic growth, rising debt levels, and impotent governments. Contrary to the
way policymakers usually think about these problems these are not really separate crises at all.
These crises are part of the same fundamental transition. The new era is characterized by inefficient fossil
fuel production and escalating costs of climate change. Conventional capitalist economic thinking can no longer
explain, predict or solve the workings of the global economy in this new age.
Energy shift
Those are the implications of a new background paper prepared by a team of Finnish biophysicists who
were asked to provide research that would feed into the drafting of the UN Global Sustainable Development
Report (GSDR), which will be released in 2019.
For the “first time in human history”, the paper says, capitalist economies are “shifting to energy sources
that are less energy efficient.” Producing usable energy (“exergy”) to keep powering “both basic and non-basic
human activities” in industrial civilisation “will require more, not less, effort”.
At the same time, our hunger for energy is driving what the paper refers to as “sink costs.” The greater our
energy and material use, the more waste we generate, and so the greater the environmental costs. Though they
can be ignored for a while, eventually those environmental costs translate directly into economic costs as it
becomes more and more difficult to ignore their impacts on our societies.
Overall, the amount of energy we can extract, compared to the energy we are using to extract it, is
decreasing across the spectrum – unconventional oils, nuclear and renewables return less energy in generation
than conventional oils, whose production has peaked – and societies need to abandon fossil fuels because of
their impact on the climate.
Whether or not this system still comprises a form of capitalism is ultimately a semantic question. It
depends on how you define capitalism.
Economic activity is driven by meaning – maintaining equal possibilities for the good life while lowering
emissions dramatically – rather than profit, and the meaning is politically, collectively constructed. Well, this is the
best conceivable case in terms of modern state and market institutions. It can’t happen without considerable
reframing of economic-political thinking, in short words: rethinking capitalism as it is nowadays.
Disponível em: <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/capitalism-un-scientists-preparing-end-fossil-fuels-warning-demise-a8523856.html>. Acesso em: 12 mar. 2019. (Adaptado).
Considerando os aspectos linguísticos e estruturais presentes no texto, constata-se que
Q1388777
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the questions. Look at the return-and-refund policy. Circle the answers.
Return-and-Refund Policy
Full refunds:
We will refund 100% of the price for all books and for other new,
Unopened merchandise that is returned within 30 days. Items should be returned in their original
product packaging. You will receive your refund check in six weeks.
Partial refunds:
We will refund less than 100% of the price for:
- Any items that are returned after more than 30 days.
- Any CD, DVD, or video game that is not in its plastic wrapping.
- Any item not in perfect condition.
How to send your return:
1.Call 1-800-555-3132 and ask for a shipping label.
2.Pack the items along with the receipt in a box. You can use the box that the arrived in or
another box.
3.Put the shipping label on the outside of the box.
4.Bring the package to the post office.
Leia o texto e responda a questão, apenas uma alternativa.
I_____________late for work if the bus doesn’t arrive soon.
Q1388776
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the questions. Look at the return-and-refund policy. Circle the answers.
Return-and-Refund Policy
Full refunds:
We will refund 100% of the price for all books and for other new,
Unopened merchandise that is returned within 30 days. Items should be returned in their original
product packaging. You will receive your refund check in six weeks.
Partial refunds:
We will refund less than 100% of the price for:
- Any items that are returned after more than 30 days.
- Any CD, DVD, or video game that is not in its plastic wrapping.
- Any item not in perfect condition.
How to send your return:
1.Call 1-800-555-3132 and ask for a shipping label.
2.Pack the items along with the receipt in a box. You can use the box that the arrived in or
another box.
3.Put the shipping label on the outside of the box.
4.Bring the package to the post office.
Leia o texto e responda a questão, apenas uma alternativa.
I’d rather____________the movie. It’s supposed to be good.
Q1388775
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the questions. Look at the return-and-refund policy. Circle the answers.
Return-and-Refund Policy
Full refunds:
We will refund 100% of the price for all books and for other new,
Unopened merchandise that is returned within 30 days. Items should be returned in their original
product packaging. You will receive your refund check in six weeks.
Partial refunds:
We will refund less than 100% of the price for:
- Any items that are returned after more than 30 days.
- Any CD, DVD, or video game that is not in its plastic wrapping.
- Any item not in perfect condition.
How to send your return:
1.Call 1-800-555-3132 and ask for a shipping label.
2.Pack the items along with the receipt in a box. You can use the box that the arrived in or
another box.
3.Put the shipping label on the outside of the box.
4.Bring the package to the post office.
Leia o texto e responda a questão, apenas uma alternativa.
Circle the letter of the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. Maria often goes to the movies by____________.
Q1387029
Inglês
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a forma plural correta da frase No culture is static. (linha 01).
Q1386886
Inglês
Texto associado
Should we relax about screen time?
The UK government's plans for regulation of the internet and social media contained a long list of online
harms. Among them was excessive screen use by teenagers.
On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we ask whether there is
convincing evidence that spending hours staring at smartphones
and other screens is damaging the mental health of young people.
f you read news headlines - or indeed the government's Online
Harms White Paper - you might think that the case against screen
time was a no-brainer.
But this week, a study by the Oxford Internet Institute suggested
that it had little obvious effect on the mental wellbeing of
teenagers, even if they were spending hours staring at screens at bedtime.
"We look at general wellbeing," one of the researchers, Amy Orben, tells us. "We do not find a relationship
between digital screen use 30 minutes, one hour and two hours before bed and a decrease in wellbeing."
The research examined data from more than 17,000 teenagers in the UK, Ireland and the United States
Source: www.bbc.com/news/technology-47910524
“If you read news headlines or indeed the government’s Online Harms White Paper […] (Discourse
Marker)
Ano: 2019
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2019 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1380988
Inglês
Quais expressões a seguir não configuram um oximoro?
Ano: 2019
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2019 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1380987
Inglês
1. Once upon a time there ______________ a king called Arthur.
2. I ___________ to visit my cousins to enjoy ________ hospitality.
3. Something ________ to be done about this pathetic situation.
Assinale a opção que contém a sequência de palavras que preenche corretamente as lacunas das três frases 1, 2 e 3, nessa ordem.
Assinale a opção que contém a sequência de palavras que preenche corretamente as lacunas das três frases 1, 2 e 3, nessa ordem.
Q1376780
Inglês
Texto associado
As we all know, electricity is a fundamental need. On a daily basis, we consume electricity even without us
knowing it. Just a simple task such as listening to your music player consumes electricity. Today, most of our electric
generators and power plants are fed with fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. However, due to the exponential
increase of power demand, fossil fuel supplies are slowly being depleted. Not only that, but also burning fossil fuels
has given off greenhouse gases and other unwanted byproducts. Because of this, the search for alternative energy
sources is now a necessity. One of the most promising alternative energy sources today is Wind Powered Generators.
So, what is a wind-powered generator? Basically it is the use of wind as a mechanical force needed to power an electric
generator. Utilizing wind as an energy source is not exactly a new idea. The ancient Persians were the first to use wind
to pump water, cut wood, and grind food and others by building windmills. Even today you can find windmills still
being used on some farms. It was the use of wind as an electric source that came into existence much later. The first
practical wind powered generators were built in 1970, but yet we rarely see them in widespread use today, why? Let’s
look at the advantages and disadvantages of the wind powered generator.
The main advantage of wind powered generators is that they have, ideally, zero gas emissions – unlike fossil-fueled
power generators. Because of the alarming effects of greenhouse gases and global warming, we want our power
generators to be as clean and as environmentally friendly as possible. Since there is no burning process in a wind
powered generator that produces toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas. Also, with proper
engineering and enough wind, these generators can provide a high rate of wattage that can go as high as the Megawatt
range. Another advantage is that it can be implemented using several small turbines connected together. This is a good
thing when there is not enough space for huge structures.
The major disadvantage of wind powered generators is that wind power varies greatly from one place to another
and from day to day and season to season. Sometimes wind may be strong enough to supply energy, but that strength
cannot be maintained due to changes in weather patterns. Needing strong, constant wind to most effectively power
wind generators is one reason they are often built in coastal areas. Another disadvantage is that the structure of most
practical wind powered generators is huge and bulky. Commonly, its size is proportional to the wind power it can
collect.
Research in wind power has now intensified because of its innate advantages over other power generators. With
this increase in interest in wind energy and alternative energy sources as a whole, our future will become brighter and
more and more remote areas will eventually enjoy the benefits of clean electric energy. In an electricity-dependent
world, power supplies must provide the required electricity for communities and businesses. Wind powered generators
might just be the solution for power shortages.
Disponível em: http://mysolarcellhome.org/articles/pros-and-cons-of-wind-powered-generators.
Might in “wind powered generators might just be the solution for power shortages…” and Must in “In an
electricity-dependent world, power supplies must provide the required electricity for communities and
businesses” express respectively the ideas of:
Q1376779
Inglês
Texto associado
As we all know, electricity is a fundamental need. On a daily basis, we consume electricity even without us
knowing it. Just a simple task such as listening to your music player consumes electricity. Today, most of our electric
generators and power plants are fed with fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. However, due to the exponential
increase of power demand, fossil fuel supplies are slowly being depleted. Not only that, but also burning fossil fuels
has given off greenhouse gases and other unwanted byproducts. Because of this, the search for alternative energy
sources is now a necessity. One of the most promising alternative energy sources today is Wind Powered Generators.
So, what is a wind-powered generator? Basically it is the use of wind as a mechanical force needed to power an electric
generator. Utilizing wind as an energy source is not exactly a new idea. The ancient Persians were the first to use wind
to pump water, cut wood, and grind food and others by building windmills. Even today you can find windmills still
being used on some farms. It was the use of wind as an electric source that came into existence much later. The first
practical wind powered generators were built in 1970, but yet we rarely see them in widespread use today, why? Let’s
look at the advantages and disadvantages of the wind powered generator.
The main advantage of wind powered generators is that they have, ideally, zero gas emissions – unlike fossil-fueled
power generators. Because of the alarming effects of greenhouse gases and global warming, we want our power
generators to be as clean and as environmentally friendly as possible. Since there is no burning process in a wind
powered generator that produces toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas. Also, with proper
engineering and enough wind, these generators can provide a high rate of wattage that can go as high as the Megawatt
range. Another advantage is that it can be implemented using several small turbines connected together. This is a good
thing when there is not enough space for huge structures.
The major disadvantage of wind powered generators is that wind power varies greatly from one place to another
and from day to day and season to season. Sometimes wind may be strong enough to supply energy, but that strength
cannot be maintained due to changes in weather patterns. Needing strong, constant wind to most effectively power
wind generators is one reason they are often built in coastal areas. Another disadvantage is that the structure of most
practical wind powered generators is huge and bulky. Commonly, its size is proportional to the wind power it can
collect.
Research in wind power has now intensified because of its innate advantages over other power generators. With
this increase in interest in wind energy and alternative energy sources as a whole, our future will become brighter and
more and more remote areas will eventually enjoy the benefits of clean electric energy. In an electricity-dependent
world, power supplies must provide the required electricity for communities and businesses. Wind powered generators
might just be the solution for power shortages.
Disponível em: http://mysolarcellhome.org/articles/pros-and-cons-of-wind-powered-generators.
All the statements below, with the exception of one, make use of "that" as a relative pronoun or a conjunction.
Select THE EXCEPTION.
Ano: 2011
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Prova:
UFAC - 2011 - UFAC - Vestibular - PRIMEIRO DIA - CADERNO A |
Q1375670
Inglês
“Wanna” in the second square is used in
informal language, during conversation. It is the
short form of:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Prova:
UFAC - 2011 - UFAC - Vestibular - PRIMEIRO DIA - CADERNO A |
Q1375665
Inglês
Choose the alternative that best completes the
sentence:
Charles normally ________ water, but now he ________ coke.
Charles normally ________ water, but now he ________ coke.
Ano: 2010
Banca:
UEFS
Órgão:
UEFS
Prova:
UEFS - 2010 - UEFS - Vestibular - Língua Portuguesa e Literatura Brasileira - Inglês |
Q1373135
Inglês
“so they did know that they have to evacuate from dangerous
structures.” (l. 14-15)
The verb form did is being used in this sentence
The verb form did is being used in this sentence
Ano: 2014
Banca:
IF-BA
Órgão:
IF-BA
Prova:
IF-BA - 2014 - IF-BA - Vestibular - CURSOS SUPERIORES - INGLÊS |
Q1370994
Inglês
All these sentences represent an action that is
still in progress, EXCEPT:
Conheça nossos planos