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

“Human eyes are most sophisticated organs with perfect and interrelated subsystems such as retina, pupil, iris, cornea, lens and optic nerve. The eye disorder such as cataract is a major health problem in the old age.”     

(Available on:<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/> . Accessed on: 14 Oct. 2010.) 

“A major part of it deals with topics around agerelated macular degeneration. […] There are overall 74 high-quality figures, most of them in colour, and 6 tables. […] The chapters are well structured, and the layout of the book makes its reading convenient. The overall size is just right. The book is useful for all ophthalmologists, both for those in private practice and for those working in a clinical setting. […] worth reading for a quick update in medical retina.” 

​(Available on: <http://www.amazon.com/Medical-RetinaRetinal-Essentials-Ophthalmology>. Accessed on: 15 Oct.2010.)

“text and photographs on facing pages makes it exceptionally efficient [...] Clinical Retina is an essential source of information for […] ophthalmologists.” 

(Available on: <http://www.amazon.com/Clinical-RetinaDavid-Quillen>. Accessed on: 15 Oct. 2010.)

“Twelve South African children between the ages of 10 and 13, from different parts of the country, different cultures, different religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism), and eight language groups (Afrikaans, English, Kwe, Sotho, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) were equipped with cameras and diaries to record their lives over a three-month period. The children reflect obvious cultural and regional differences, but also vastly different material circumstances. They have different expectations and dreams. What they have in common is a love for life and a pride in who they are and what they do.”

(Available on: . Accessed on: 15 Oct. 2010).

Memory

All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then

I remember the time I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again

(Musical “Cats” - Song “Memory”. Available on . Accessed on: 17 Oct. 2010.)

Memorial Day is a holiday that has evolved dramatically over the years. Memorial Day observances began after the Civil War to honor the Union soldiers who gave their lives in the conflict. They were expanded after World War I to become a tribute to the dead of all the nation’s wars. The holiday’s original name, Decoration Day, came from the day’s main activity: leaving flowers at cemeteries.

(Available on http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/ Accessed on: 20 Oct. 2010.)

“History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.” Malcolm X

(Available on <http://www.quotesdaddy.com>. Accessed on: 17 Oct. 2010.)

Drought is a gradual phenomenon and differs from typical emergency events. Most natural disasters, such as floods, occur relatively rapidly and afford little time for preparing for disaster response. Droughts occur slowly, over an extended time period, and it is often not obvious or easy to quantify when a drought begins and ends. Drought occurs when a normal amount of moisture is not available to satisfy an area’s usual water-consuming activities. 

(Adapted from: <http://www.town.harrison.ny.us/HHMP/ draftdocs/H%20pdh%20drought.pdf>. Accessed on: 17 Oct. 2010.) 

Though one winter of heavy precipitation could bring water supplies to normal levels, California’s complex water supply issues will remain. Increased water needs for environmental purposes, regulatory cutbacks on water supply and population growth have created much more serious water problems than the state faced in the early 1990s. In the future, the impacts of climate change will complicate the state’s water supply difficulties even further. 

(Available on: <http://www.water.ca.gov/drought/docs/CalDrought.pdf>. Accessed on: 17 Oct. 2010.)

Hydrological drought is brought about when the water reserves available in sources such as aquifers, lakes and reservoirs falls below the statistical average. Kazakhstan was recently awarded a large amount of money by the World Bank to restore water that had been diverted to other nations from the Aral Sea under Soviet rule. 

(Available on: <www.hugedisasters.com/>. Accessed on:17 Oct. 2010.).