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Q1338862

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338862 Inglês

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With respect to punishment, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

A

Because killing a human being disturbs public order and co-operation, it must always be punished severely.

B

Deciding how to punish often depends more on why a person committed an illegal act than on the result of that illegal act.

C

Certain serious crimes must be severely punished without exception, regardless of why those crimes were committed.

D

A sad personal history should not be used as a way to avoid punishment for a serious crime.

E

Punishing premeditated criminal activity severely is the most effective way to deter other premeditated criminal activity.

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Q1338861

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338861 Inglês

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Which of the following questions most likely expresses the “simple but eternal problem” mentioned in paragraph 3?

A

How should society deal with a person when his or her illegal act upsets public order and co-operation?

B

How can a legal system be designed to punish criminals in a way that will deter others from practicing illegal acts?

C

Should a society that puts a high value on co-operation tolerate the presence of criminals and psychopaths?

D

Since it is so advantageous to live in a co-operative society, why do some people engage in illegal or anti-social behavior?

E

What criteria should determine whether or not a person is truly responsible for the crime he or she commits?

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Q1338860

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338860 Inglês

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Which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

A

In general, it is easier to discover who committed a crime than to understand why that crime was committed.

B

If laws dealing with punishments are not clear and specific, judges and juries will tend to be too lenient with criminals.

C

In every society, the idea of what constitutes any crime is always evolving.

D

Abstract legal philosophy has nothing to do with the way the law really works.

E

In their essence, criminal law systems share a fundamental purpose.

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Q1338859

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338859 Inglês

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With respect to Freddie Hall, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

A

No prisoner on death row in the U.S is older than he is.

B

The U.S. Supreme Court can find no reason not to execute him.

C

Because of his precarious mental condition, he cannot be considered guilty of murdering Karol Hurst and Lonnie Coburn.

D

A certain Florida State rule determining who may or may not be executed no longer applies to him.

E

Because he is retarded and suffered many years of child abuse, he will not be executed for committing the crime of murder.

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Q1338858

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338858 Inglês

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According to the information in the article, Freddie Hall’s lawyers most likely believe that

A

Freddie Hall did not commit all of the crimes for which he was sent to prison.

B

the death penalty is a barbaric act and should never be permitted in any situation.

C

before Freddie Hall was sentenced to death, certain aspects of his life did not receive adequate consideration in his trial.

D

since mentally disturbed people cannot control their behavior, it is wrong to punish them.

E

a criminal’s IQ should not be a factor when a judge is deciding on an appropriate punishment.

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Q1338857

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338857 Inglês

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In paragraph 1, “The facts” in the sentence “The facts have never been in dispute” most likely refers to all of the following except

A

Freddie Hall was the co-participant in a terrible sex crime.

B

Freddie Hall helped to cause the death of a young woman and her unborn child.

C

The car that Freddie Hall and his companion used in a robbery attempt belonged to the murdered woman.

D

Freddie Hall and his companion killed an officer of the law in Florida State.

E

A jury decided that Freddie Hall must be executed as the punishment for his crimes.

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Q1338856

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338856 Inglês

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With respect to the sabbath, which of the following is not supported by the information in the article?

A

The sabbath occupies an area in which commercial and governmental interests do not predominate.

B

A rich person and a poor person may get equal benefit from the sabbath.

C

The sabbath should be observed collectively, that is, as a community activity.

D

Maintaining a sabbath can help to keep important parts of society healthy.

E

Without a sabbath, liberal democracy is destined to fail.

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Q1338855

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338855 Inglês

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At the end of paragraph 6, “This” in the sentence “This was, and remains, a fallacy” most likely refers to the belief that

A

respect for individual initiative and freedom of choice motivated Britain’s deregulation and privatisation of the national Sunday sabbath.

B

the British people would not observe the sabbath unless the law forced them to do so.

C

only Sunday should be the day reserved exclusively for national reflection and human interaction.

D

eliminating the restrictions normally associated with the sabbath would have a positive impact on the lives of all the British people.

E

when given freedom of choice, people never select the most beneficial option.

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Q1338854

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338854 Inglês

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In paragraph 5, the article most likely mentions time and space in order to

A

highlight an essential similarity between the sabbath and parks.

B

show how both the sabbath and parks have been misunderstood and neglected in recent years.

C

explain why ideas of wealth, power and morality are not applicable to the sabbath or to parks.

D

emphasize a subtle difference between the purpose of the sabbath and that of parks.

E

illustrate just two of the many ways that people can work together to strengthen the idea of community.

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Q1338853

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338853 Inglês

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With respect to the author’s conception of the sabbath, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

A

The sabbath’s only function is to impose limits on people.

B

The refusal to observe limits was the main factor that destroyed the Greek and Roman civilizations.

C

A rigid observation of the sabbath would make environmental regulations dealing with carbon consumption unnecessary.

D

A worldwide sabbath, with restrictions on the use of vehicles, could have an important impact on carbon consumption.

E

Only by understanding the idea of limits can people make sure that environmental devastation will never happen.

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Q1338852

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338852 Inglês

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At the end of paragraph 3, the sentence “It’s when we make space for the things that are important but not urgent” most likely refers to which of the following?

A

The fast pace of modern society has made the sabbath more important than ever for our spiritual and physical health.

B

The sabbath encourages us to disregard certain matters that normally would demand our immediate attention.

C

Normally, things we consider urgent are, in reality, almost always unimportant.

D

Without the sabbath to support and protect it, religion would become unimportant in modern society.

E

The more people neglect the sabbath, the more important it becomes.

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Q1338851

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338851 Inglês

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According to the information in the article,

A

the sabbath was first conceived by slaves who wanted to put limits on how much they had to work.

B

in the ancient world, Jews who owned slaves were forbidden to make them work every day.

C

if the Jewish people had never been slaves, the sabbath would not exist.

D

nowadays, only the orthodox Jewish religion still actively promotes the idea of a collective, institutionalized day of rest.

E

nowadays, the slavery imposed by our modern inventions and communication devices is as severe as the slavery practiced in the ancient world.

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Q1338850

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338850 Inglês

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With respect to the Greeks and Romans, the author most likely believes which of the following?

A

The Greeks and Romans rejected the idea that a government or religion should designate a day of rest.

B

The Greek and Roman rejection of the Jewish sabbath was an example of their deep-rooted anti-semitism.

C

The Greeks and Romans believed that a Jewish character flaw was the reason for the existence of the weekly sabbath.

D

The Greek and Roman civilizations would have been even more developed if they had adopted many of the principles of Jewish culture.

E

Their rejection of the sabbath was the reason the Greek and Roman civilizations disappeared.

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Q1338849

Ano: 2014 Banca: FGV Órgão: FGV Prova: FGV - 2014 - FGV - Administração Pública - Vestibular |

Q1338849 Inglês

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Which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

A

The sabbath, as we know it today, is inherently connected to the subdivision of months into weeks.

B

It would be more natural to have a monthly day of rest instead of a weekly day of rest.

C

A weekly day of rest is an ancient concept that has no meaning in the modern world.

D

Though unnatural, a seven-day week is the most practical way to divide up a year.

E

In the ancient world, using the appearance of the moon and the sun to structure time made it impossible to establish a sabbath day.

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Q1338643

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338643 Inglês

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The reading of the fourth paragraph implies that the author of the text

A

condemns any use of cameras in the intimacy of the home or semi-private environments.

B

agrees with the assertion that evading from surveillance is not a simple matter of personal choice.

C

consents to the idea that people should as much as possible avoid ambient surveillance.

D

defends the need for more conscious monitoring in our cities worldwide.

E

believes that prosperity depends on the freedom people enjoy in their private lives.

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Q1338642

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338642 Inglês

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Rio de Janeiro is mentioned in the third and fourth paragraphs because it

A

was the first Olympic Games host city to have an integrated urban surveillance center.

B

is a smart city from South America placed side by side with smart cities from highly developed northern countries.

C

illustrates the argument that certain uses of technology to collect data about citizens are also a kind of policing.

D

has been seen as the perfect example of a smart city with very low efficiency levels.

E

contradicts the illusion that smart cities necessarily offer their population a safer life.

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Q1338641

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338641 Inglês

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The second paragraph mentions a contradiction, which is the fact that

A

a Chinese tech company is the one responsible for most of the surveillance services in western countries.

B

considerably greater fear about exaggerated surveillance is felt in the west than in countries like China nowadays.

C

the social use of technology is far more worrying and potentially dangerous than the technology itself.

D

surveillance measures taken to protect peoples and countries are in fact harming them.

E

people in older enforced regimens were less subject to monitoring than are the people in the open societies of today.

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Q1338640

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338640 Inglês

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In the first paragraph, the word “terrifying” is being used to refer to

A

an act to preserve one’s own privacy being interpreted as an attempt to conceal something.

B

the fact anyone walking on the street these days is a potential suspect of “disorderly behavior”.

C

the violence with which the police tend to treat simple common people.

D

the arrest of a man just because he tried to hide from a camera by covering his face.

E

documentaries which improperly identify ordinary people from the streets.

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Q1338639

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338639 Inglês

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The text discusses an issue of worldwide concern in the present days, namely,

A

the main gains and losses brought about by the newest surveillance technologies.

B

changes in people´s everyday behavior due to the spread of face tracking cameras.

C

the dispute over the legitimacy of facial recognition technology use.

D

the unprecedented scale in which actions of citizens are being monitored.

E

governments’ outrageous policies to control their populations’ every step.

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Q1338629

Ano: 2019 Banca: VUNESP Órgão: EINSTEIN Prova: VUNESP - 2019 - EINSTEIN - Vestibular 2020 - Prova 1 |

Q1338629 Inglês

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No cartum, a criança

A

mostra-se inconformada com o destino da excursão escolar.

B

sente-se responsável por um fenômeno climático.

C

sente-se frustrada com o final das férias.

D

mostra-se preocupada com as condições climáticas de seu destino turístico.

E

sente-se triste por não poder viajar durante o verão.

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