Questões de Vestibular de Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

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Q1264475 Inglês

ADOLESCENCE is universally...Disponível em:<www.integraloptions.blogspot.com> . Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). It’s stated in the text that


( ) teenagers usually have a carefree and adventurous behavior.

( ) most adolescents are reluctant to give up the safety of their homes.

( ) our social skills start developing during our teen years.

( ) adolescents are more than likely to avoid risky activities.


The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

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Q1264474 Inglês

Disponível em:<https:letras.mus.br><.letras.mus.br>jackson-five>. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017.

The sentence “If we don’t come together, my brother, it all can end very soon.” (v. 6) describes
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Q1264473 Inglês

Disponível em:<https:letras.mus.br><.letras.mus.br>jackson-five>. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017.

In the line “But instead we go and fight each other.” (v. 2), the song writer criticizes people’s
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Q1264472 Inglês

Disponível em:<https:letras.mus.br><.letras.mus.br>jackson-five>. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017.

In this excerpt from the song “We can change the world” by Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, the song writer stresses the importance of
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Q1264471 Inglês

SERIOUS injury could occur if the following safetyprecautions are not observed. Disponível em:<http://www.marpokinetics.com/pdf/vmx_manual.pdf>. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017. Adaptado. 

The text says that
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Q1264470 Inglês

SERIOUS injury could occur if the following safetyprecautions are not observed. Disponível em:<http://www.marpokinetics.com/pdf/vmx_manual.pdf>. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2017. Adaptado. 

This text expresses a
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Q1264407 Inglês

Adapted from The Economist, January 24, 2015.

In paragraph 5, “That” in the sentence “That has much to do with events elsewhere in the world” most likely refers to the
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Q1264401 Inglês

Adapted from Natural History, March 2015. 

According to the information in the article, the fact that zebra striping patterns can vary in accordance with geographical area may indicate that
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Q1264400 Inglês

Adapted from Natural History, March 2015. 

At the end of paragraph 4, when Brenda Larison says, “It’s something I want to follow up on,” she most likely means that
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Q1264398 Inglês

Adapted from Natural History, March 2015. 

With respect to the Food and Agricultural Organization, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?
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Q1264396 Inglês

Adapted from Natural History, March 2015. 

The information in the article most supports which of the following?
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Q1264363 Inglês

Last month, University of Washington sophomores Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT student prize for creating “SignAloud” – gloves that recognize the hand gestures of ASL (American Sign Language) and translate it into text and speech. The gloves are worn on both hands and contain sensors that record movement and send data wirelessly via Bluetooth to a central computer, which interprets words and phrases through a speaker.

The team was one of seven winners in the “Use It” undergraduate category that recognizes technology- -based inventions to improve consumer devices. They were awarded $10,000. For Azodi, the idea sprang from personal experience: At 18 months old, a severe seizure took away his speech. “I didn’t speak until I was seven years old,” he told NBC News. “I used non-verbal communication and basic sign language. For years, I had to go to speech therapy.” Doctors said Azodi would be handicapped and suggested he focus on English and sign language. Though he was born in the United States, Azodi’s parents were from Iran and spoke Farsi. “I understood what it was like to have a communication barrier and I could see how technology could be a useful tool,” he said. Azodi shared his story and the two inventors “bonded in problem solving,” according to Pryor, who studies astronautics engineering. Their prototype gloves, which cost about $100, are lightweight and compact, unlike other devices on the market. “They are a lot more ergonomic,” Pryor told NBC News. “Some devices use video input for gesture and others have impractical sensors all over the body. We wanted to focus on something that consumers would buy.” “We were not really expecting something of this magnitude,” Pryor told NBC News. “It was a personal project between the two of us and something fun to do. It goes to show what opportunities are around the corner.” The students reached out to the deaf community to guide them in grammar and syntax and how the gloves might be used. Pryor said getting feedback had been a “humbling experience.” The gloves have just as much potential for those who hear and want to learn ASL. They also have medical potential to help stroke victims during rehabilitation. Since the prize was announced, the students have received inquiries from investors and manufacturers, some offering technical support. But they caution that the gloves are just an early prototype and work still needs to be done before they are ready to market. “We want to take it further, to push it ahead,” Azodi said. “It has such great potential.”
(Adaptado de: JAMES, S. D. College Students Win $10,000 Prize for Gloves that Translate Sign Language. In NBC News.23 maio 2016. Disponível em: <http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/college-students-win-10-000-prize-glovestranslate-sign-language-n577636>. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2016.)
Com base no texto, considere as afirmativas a seguir.
I. Os times de competidores foram premiados pelo aperfeiçoamento de aparelhos. II. O invento de Pryor e Azodi derrotou sete outros competidores na disputa. III. Pryor e Azodi venceram dois prêmios universitários pela criação de “SignAloud”. IV. “Use it” premia inovações tecnológicas elaboradas por alunos de graduação.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
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Q1264362 Inglês

Last month, University of Washington sophomores Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT student prize for creating “SignAloud” – gloves that recognize the hand gestures of ASL (American Sign Language) and translate it into text and speech. The gloves are worn on both hands and contain sensors that record movement and send data wirelessly via Bluetooth to a central computer, which interprets words and phrases through a speaker.

The team was one of seven winners in the “Use It” undergraduate category that recognizes technology- -based inventions to improve consumer devices. They were awarded $10,000. For Azodi, the idea sprang from personal experience: At 18 months old, a severe seizure took away his speech. “I didn’t speak until I was seven years old,” he told NBC News. “I used non-verbal communication and basic sign language. For years, I had to go to speech therapy.” Doctors said Azodi would be handicapped and suggested he focus on English and sign language. Though he was born in the United States, Azodi’s parents were from Iran and spoke Farsi. “I understood what it was like to have a communication barrier and I could see how technology could be a useful tool,” he said. Azodi shared his story and the two inventors “bonded in problem solving,” according to Pryor, who studies astronautics engineering. Their prototype gloves, which cost about $100, are lightweight and compact, unlike other devices on the market. “They are a lot more ergonomic,” Pryor told NBC News. “Some devices use video input for gesture and others have impractical sensors all over the body. We wanted to focus on something that consumers would buy.” “We were not really expecting something of this magnitude,” Pryor told NBC News. “It was a personal project between the two of us and something fun to do. It goes to show what opportunities are around the corner.” The students reached out to the deaf community to guide them in grammar and syntax and how the gloves might be used. Pryor said getting feedback had been a “humbling experience.” The gloves have just as much potential for those who hear and want to learn ASL. They also have medical potential to help stroke victims during rehabilitation. Since the prize was announced, the students have received inquiries from investors and manufacturers, some offering technical support. But they caution that the gloves are just an early prototype and work still needs to be done before they are ready to market. “We want to take it further, to push it ahead,” Azodi said. “It has such great potential.”
(Adaptado de: JAMES, S. D. College Students Win $10,000 Prize for Gloves that Translate Sign Language. In NBC News.23 maio 2016. Disponível em: <http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/college-students-win-10-000-prize-glovestranslate-sign-language-n577636>. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2016.)
Com base no texto, assinale a alternativa correta.
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Q1264361 Inglês

Last month, University of Washington sophomores Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT student prize for creating “SignAloud” – gloves that recognize the hand gestures of ASL (American Sign Language) and translate it into text and speech. The gloves are worn on both hands and contain sensors that record movement and send data wirelessly via Bluetooth to a central computer, which interprets words and phrases through a speaker.

The team was one of seven winners in the “Use It” undergraduate category that recognizes technology- -based inventions to improve consumer devices. They were awarded $10,000. For Azodi, the idea sprang from personal experience: At 18 months old, a severe seizure took away his speech. “I didn’t speak until I was seven years old,” he told NBC News. “I used non-verbal communication and basic sign language. For years, I had to go to speech therapy.” Doctors said Azodi would be handicapped and suggested he focus on English and sign language. Though he was born in the United States, Azodi’s parents were from Iran and spoke Farsi. “I understood what it was like to have a communication barrier and I could see how technology could be a useful tool,” he said. Azodi shared his story and the two inventors “bonded in problem solving,” according to Pryor, who studies astronautics engineering. Their prototype gloves, which cost about $100, are lightweight and compact, unlike other devices on the market. “They are a lot more ergonomic,” Pryor told NBC News. “Some devices use video input for gesture and others have impractical sensors all over the body. We wanted to focus on something that consumers would buy.” “We were not really expecting something of this magnitude,” Pryor told NBC News. “It was a personal project between the two of us and something fun to do. It goes to show what opportunities are around the corner.” The students reached out to the deaf community to guide them in grammar and syntax and how the gloves might be used. Pryor said getting feedback had been a “humbling experience.” The gloves have just as much potential for those who hear and want to learn ASL. They also have medical potential to help stroke victims during rehabilitation. Since the prize was announced, the students have received inquiries from investors and manufacturers, some offering technical support. But they caution that the gloves are just an early prototype and work still needs to be done before they are ready to market. “We want to take it further, to push it ahead,” Azodi said. “It has such great potential.”
(Adaptado de: JAMES, S. D. College Students Win $10,000 Prize for Gloves that Translate Sign Language. In NBC News.23 maio 2016. Disponível em: <http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/college-students-win-10-000-prize-glovestranslate-sign-language-n577636>. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2016.)
Com relação às características e às funções da “SignAloud”, considere as afirmativas a seguir.
I. “contain sensors that record movement and send data wirelessly” II. “cost about $ 100, are lightweight and compact” III. “have medical potential to help stroke victims during rehabilitation” IV. “use video input for gesture”
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Q1264359 Inglês
“All right”, said Mr Wonka, “stop here for a moment and catch your breath, and take a peek through the glass panel of this door. But don’t go in! Whatever you do, don’t go into THE NUT ROOM! If you go in, you’ll disturb the squirrels!”
“Who says I can’t!” shouted Veruca. “I’m going in to get myself one this very minute!
The moment she entered the room, one hundred squirrels stopped what they were doing and turned their heads and stared at her with small black beady eyes. Veruca Salt stopped also, and stared back at them. Then her gaze fell upon a pretty little squirrel sitting nearest to her at the end of the table. The squirrel was holding a walnut in its paws.
“All right”, Veruca said, “I’ll have you!”
She reached out her hands to grab the squirrel... but as she did so... in that first split second when her hands started to go forward, there was a sudden flash of movement in the room, like a flash of brown lightning, and every single squirrel around the table took a flying leap towards her and landed on her body.
Twenty-five of them caught hold of her right arm, and pinned it down.
Twenty-five more caught hold of her left arm, and pinned that down.
Twenty-five caught hold of her right leg and anchored it to the ground.
Twenty-four caught hold of her left leg.
And the one remaining squirrel (obviously the leader of them all) climbed up on to her shoulder and started tap-tap-tapping the wretched girl’s head with its knuckles.
“Save her!” screamed Mrs Salt. “Veruca! Come back! What are they doing to her?”
“They’re testing her to see if she’s a bad nut”, said Mr Wonka. “You watch”.
Veruca struggled furiously, but the squirrels held her tight and she couldn’t move. The squirrel on her shoulder went tap-tap-tapping the side of her head with his knuckles. Then all at once, the squirrels pulled Veruca to the ground and started carrying her across the floor.
My goodness, she is a bad nut after all”, said Mr Wonka. “Her head must have sounded quite hollow”.

(DAHL, R. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Puffin Books, 2007. p.110.) 

Com base nas expressões retiradas do texto, considere as afirmativas a seguir.


I. A expressão “a flash of brown lightning” enfatiza a velocidade da movimentação dos esquilos.


II. A frase “I’ll have you!” indica que a personagem havia decidido previamente qual esquilo escolheria.


III. Ao utilizar a frase “You watch”, o enunciador destaca uma habilidade permanente do enunciatário, no caso, a habilidade de olhar.


IV. Em “Her head must have sounded quite hollow”, o trecho sublinhado indica que o enunciador tem certeza de que sua afirmação é a verdade.


Assinale a alternativa correta.

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Q1264358 Inglês
“All right”, said Mr Wonka, “stop here for a moment and catch your breath, and take a peek through the glass panel of this door. But don’t go in! Whatever you do, don’t go into THE NUT ROOM! If you go in, you’ll disturb the squirrels!”
“Who says I can’t!” shouted Veruca. “I’m going in to get myself one this very minute!
The moment she entered the room, one hundred squirrels stopped what they were doing and turned their heads and stared at her with small black beady eyes. Veruca Salt stopped also, and stared back at them. Then her gaze fell upon a pretty little squirrel sitting nearest to her at the end of the table. The squirrel was holding a walnut in its paws.
“All right”, Veruca said, “I’ll have you!”
She reached out her hands to grab the squirrel... but as she did so... in that first split second when her hands started to go forward, there was a sudden flash of movement in the room, like a flash of brown lightning, and every single squirrel around the table took a flying leap towards her and landed on her body.
Twenty-five of them caught hold of her right arm, and pinned it down.
Twenty-five more caught hold of her left arm, and pinned that down.
Twenty-five caught hold of her right leg and anchored it to the ground.
Twenty-four caught hold of her left leg.
And the one remaining squirrel (obviously the leader of them all) climbed up on to her shoulder and started tap-tap-tapping the wretched girl’s head with its knuckles.
“Save her!” screamed Mrs Salt. “Veruca! Come back! What are they doing to her?”
“They’re testing her to see if she’s a bad nut”, said Mr Wonka. “You watch”.
Veruca struggled furiously, but the squirrels held her tight and she couldn’t move. The squirrel on her shoulder went tap-tap-tapping the side of her head with his knuckles. Then all at once, the squirrels pulled Veruca to the ground and started carrying her across the floor.
My goodness, she is a bad nut after all”, said Mr Wonka. “Her head must have sounded quite hollow”.

(DAHL, R. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Puffin Books, 2007. p.110.) 
A partir da leitura dos trechos sublinhados no conto, assinale a alternativa correta.
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Q1264357 Inglês
Com relação ao texto, atribua V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) às afirmativas a seguir.

( ) Medidas de proteção aos tubarões foram discutidas no Canadá e na reunião da CITES, indicando que há interesse pela conservação dos oceanos.
( ) Um plano para patrocinar as reservas florestais para proteção dos tigres incluiu o envio de mensagens a milhares de pessoas, na esperança de conseguir apoio financeiro.
( ) Os treze países que abrigam populações de tigres uniram esforços para demarcar uma reserva internacional para preservação desses mamíferos.
( ) A esperança de recuperação da população de rinocerontes, abatidos por causa de seus chifres, pode estar no nascimento de três filhotes de fêmeas que foram realocadas.
( ) Duas ações visaram à proteção dos elefantes na Tailândia: o envio de uma petição ao governo tailandês, exigindo o fim do comércio de marfim, e a celebração de uma cerimônia budista em homenagem aos elefantes mortos.

Assinale a alternativa que contém, de cima para baixo, a sequência correta.
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Q1264355 Inglês

Leia o infográfico a seguir e responda à questão.



(EDMONDS, K. Report Back: your action against Illegal Wildlife Trade. In WWF-Canada Blog. 16 abr. 2013. Disponível em: <http://blog.wwf.ca/blog/2013/04/16/report-back-your-action-against-illegal-wildlife-trade/>. Acesso em: 23 jul. 2016.)

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, o principal objetivo do texto.
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Q1264196 Inglês
How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people?

Europe is an urban continent. The vast majority of the EU population – four out of every five people – live in a town or city. For the roughly 80 million EU citizens who have some form of disability, navigating the bustling maze of a city can pose all sorts of challenges. People with disabilities would often like to be more mobile and independent, so are there better ways to design cities so they are more accessible for everybody?
There might be no wheelchair lifts on local buses, or no Braille on signposts, or perhaps there are annoying steps that block people in wheelchairs (or people with prams, or mobility strollers) from entering a building. Should city planners and architects consider these issues more carefully? And, where there are accessibility challenges, can technology help us overcome them?
How can cities be made more accessible? Can new technology help us to achieve that goal? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!  

How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people? I see it the other way around. How can disabled people adapt better and faster to evolving cities? No offence, but I see it as a more rational solution. 

More rational? We already pay out for expensive wheelchairs and mobility aids as it, without being expected to pay more. Especially in this era when disabilities benefits are being stripped away from us. Forward planning is what needed to ensure that all European towns and cities are accessible to all. 

In many European cities the biggest access problem is finding an accessible toilet. Either because they don’t exist or because they are hard to find. 

A good starting point is to start PLANNING! It is as simple as that, PLAN for the accessibility of disabled and limited mobility people. The European population is aging, in case planners have not noticed, and they also need and will continue needing more accessibility. There has been no planning. Only bandaids applied here and there.  

It would take a lot more than a few dropped curbs and disabled spaces to make any impact and to be brutally honest, how can you make things any easier for the disabled when even the able bodied struggle to negotiate many cities at certain times of the day? 

Necessary ramps on beaches! In Greece, they have a University that manufactures specific ramps beaches and is funded by donors. 

Please add to the list accessible toilet facilities. 

Maybe Tokio is a good example, but Japan is not. Most train/metro stations do not have a lift. 

Hey, we’re living in the 21st century! Isn’t it better to make robotized aids for the people with disabilities in such a way that they can go anywhere a healthy person can, instead of making the environment accessible?
 
Sometimes the issue is having adequate, reliable and affordable transportation accessible to all in one’s community. I hardly go anywhere because I don’t drive. 

(Adapted from http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2016/04/05/how-can-cities-be-made-more-accessible-for-disabled people/#.V_vRCOUrLIU, accessed in September/2016) 

No terceiro parágrafo, o termo that goal refere-se a:
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Q1264195 Inglês
How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people?

Europe is an urban continent. The vast majority of the EU population – four out of every five people – live in a town or city. For the roughly 80 million EU citizens who have some form of disability, navigating the bustling maze of a city can pose all sorts of challenges. People with disabilities would often like to be more mobile and independent, so are there better ways to design cities so they are more accessible for everybody?
There might be no wheelchair lifts on local buses, or no Braille on signposts, or perhaps there are annoying steps that block people in wheelchairs (or people with prams, or mobility strollers) from entering a building. Should city planners and architects consider these issues more carefully? And, where there are accessibility challenges, can technology help us overcome them?
How can cities be made more accessible? Can new technology help us to achieve that goal? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!  

How can cities be made more accessible for disabled people? I see it the other way around. How can disabled people adapt better and faster to evolving cities? No offence, but I see it as a more rational solution. 

More rational? We already pay out for expensive wheelchairs and mobility aids as it, without being expected to pay more. Especially in this era when disabilities benefits are being stripped away from us. Forward planning is what needed to ensure that all European towns and cities are accessible to all. 

In many European cities the biggest access problem is finding an accessible toilet. Either because they don’t exist or because they are hard to find. 

A good starting point is to start PLANNING! It is as simple as that, PLAN for the accessibility of disabled and limited mobility people. The European population is aging, in case planners have not noticed, and they also need and will continue needing more accessibility. There has been no planning. Only bandaids applied here and there.  

It would take a lot more than a few dropped curbs and disabled spaces to make any impact and to be brutally honest, how can you make things any easier for the disabled when even the able bodied struggle to negotiate many cities at certain times of the day? 

Necessary ramps on beaches! In Greece, they have a University that manufactures specific ramps beaches and is funded by donors. 

Please add to the list accessible toilet facilities. 

Maybe Tokio is a good example, but Japan is not. Most train/metro stations do not have a lift. 

Hey, we’re living in the 21st century! Isn’t it better to make robotized aids for the people with disabilities in such a way that they can go anywhere a healthy person can, instead of making the environment accessible?
 
Sometimes the issue is having adequate, reliable and affordable transportation accessible to all in one’s community. I hardly go anywhere because I don’t drive. 

(Adapted from http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2016/04/05/how-can-cities-be-made-more-accessible-for-disabled people/#.V_vRCOUrLIU, accessed in September/2016) 

Cada um dos leitores que comentaram o texto apresentou algum ponto importante sobre acessibilidade. Em qual dos itens abaixo o problema levantado NÃO corresponde ao que disse o leitor indicado?
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2861: A
2862: B
2863: D
2864: C
2865: C
2866: B
2867: B
2868: C
2869: A
2870: D
2871: E
2872: B
2873: A
2874: D
2875: B
2876: D
2877: C
2878: E
2879: B
2880: C