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Q1275030
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INSTRUÇÃO: a questão deve ser respondida com base no texto a seguir.
Adapted from:< http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/consumerism-and-its-antisocial-effects-can-beturned-onor-off.html> and < http://grist.org/living/consumerism-plays-a-huge-role-in-climate-change/>Acessed on September 1st, 2016.
Os sinônimos que poderiam substituir as
palavras “stuff” (linha 5), “amount” (linha 14)
e “occasionally” (linha 24) são
Q1275029
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INSTRUÇÃO: a questão deve ser respondida com base no texto a seguir.
Adapted from:< http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/consumerism-and-its-antisocial-effects-can-beturned-onor-off.html> and < http://grist.org/living/consumerism-plays-a-huge-role-in-climate-change/>Acessed on September 1st, 2016.
O principal objetivo do autor do texto é
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Q1274958
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Texto II
How to make chocolate cookies
1. Melt chocolate in the microwave, stir until smooth.
2. Sift together baking powder, flour, cocoa and salt; set aside.
3. In a bowl, cream butter with brown sugar and white sugar until smooth.
4. Beat in eggs taking one at a time, then stir in vanilla and coffee granules until well blended.
5. Using a wooden spoon, stir in melted chocolate.
6. Then stir in the dry ingredients until it blends well.
7. Cover, and allow it to stand for half an hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
9. Place two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
10. Roll dough into walnut sized balls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
11. Then, bake it for ten minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies will still be very soft because of the chocolate.
12. Let the cookies cool for ten minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Fonte: Disponível em:<http://www.indobase.com/recipes/details/chocolate-cookies.php>. Acesso em: 28 set. de 2018. (Adaptado)
A receita apresentada no texto II refere-se a um tipo de:
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Q1274957
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Texto II
How to make chocolate cookies
1. Melt chocolate in the microwave, stir until smooth.
2. Sift together baking powder, flour, cocoa and salt; set aside.
3. In a bowl, cream butter with brown sugar and white sugar until smooth.
4. Beat in eggs taking one at a time, then stir in vanilla and coffee granules until well blended.
5. Using a wooden spoon, stir in melted chocolate.
6. Then stir in the dry ingredients until it blends well.
7. Cover, and allow it to stand for half an hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
9. Place two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
10. Roll dough into walnut sized balls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
11. Then, bake it for ten minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies will still be very soft because of the chocolate.
12. Let the cookies cool for ten minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Fonte: Disponível em:<http://www.indobase.com/recipes/details/chocolate-cookies.php>. Acesso em: 28 set. de 2018. (Adaptado)
Entre os ingredientes usados nessa receita, estão:
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Q1274956
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Texto II
How to make chocolate cookies
1. Melt chocolate in the microwave, stir until smooth.
2. Sift together baking powder, flour, cocoa and salt; set aside.
3. In a bowl, cream butter with brown sugar and white sugar until smooth.
4. Beat in eggs taking one at a time, then stir in vanilla and coffee granules until well blended.
5. Using a wooden spoon, stir in melted chocolate.
6. Then stir in the dry ingredients until it blends well.
7. Cover, and allow it to stand for half an hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
9. Place two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
10. Roll dough into walnut sized balls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
11. Then, bake it for ten minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies will still be very soft because of the chocolate.
12. Let the cookies cool for ten minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Fonte: Disponível em:<http://www.indobase.com/recipes/details/chocolate-cookies.php>. Acesso em: 28 set. de 2018. (Adaptado)
De acordo com a receita apresentada no texto II,
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Q1274955
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Texto I
What brain foods are good for remembering what you studied?
Need help remembering what you've just studied? Head to your kitchen. Research suggests certain foods are good for the brain and may boost your memory. Along with getting enough sleep and developing other healthy habits, eating brain foods can be an effective study aid.
Eggs: Eggs are good for your memory because they are a good source of protein, a nutrient that helps you concentrate, according to registered dietitian Elisa Zied, author of “Nutrition at Your Fingertips.” Eggs also contain choline, a precursor to a neurotransmitter needed for good memory.
Cereal: Cereal provides carbohydrates, which help you remember what you studied by boosting your mental energy. Carbs turn into glucose, a sugar your brain needs to think clearly. Cereals with whole grains also provide B vitamins, nutrients the nerves in your brain need to communicate, Zied says.
Fish: Salmon, tuna and other varieties of oily fish are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids. A symptom for someone low in omega-3s is poor memory. In addition to omega3 fatty acids, fish contains vitamin B-12, which is important for good memory, according to the NIH’s Office of Dietary Supplements.
Getting a good night’s sleep and eating a healthy breakfast will also help you remember what you studied. Research shows eating breakfast improves attention and boosts academic achievement. Additionally, keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure in check and avoiding smoking will help your brain health and may sharpen your memory, according to an article by nutritionist Joy Bauer on NBCNews.com.
Fonte: Disponível em:<https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/brain-foods-good-remembering-studied-5381.html>
A recomendação que NÃO está presente no texto I é:
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Q1274954
Inglês
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Texto I
What brain foods are good for remembering what you studied?
Need help remembering what you've just studied? Head to your kitchen. Research suggests certain foods are good for the brain and may boost your memory. Along with getting enough sleep and developing other healthy habits, eating brain foods can be an effective study aid.
Eggs: Eggs are good for your memory because they are a good source of protein, a nutrient that helps you concentrate, according to registered dietitian Elisa Zied, author of “Nutrition at Your Fingertips.” Eggs also contain choline, a precursor to a neurotransmitter needed for good memory.
Cereal: Cereal provides carbohydrates, which help you remember what you studied by boosting your mental energy. Carbs turn into glucose, a sugar your brain needs to think clearly. Cereals with whole grains also provide B vitamins, nutrients the nerves in your brain need to communicate, Zied says.
Fish: Salmon, tuna and other varieties of oily fish are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids. A symptom for someone low in omega-3s is poor memory. In addition to omega3 fatty acids, fish contains vitamin B-12, which is important for good memory, according to the NIH’s Office of Dietary Supplements.
Getting a good night’s sleep and eating a healthy breakfast will also help you remember what you studied. Research shows eating breakfast improves attention and boosts academic achievement. Additionally, keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure in check and avoiding smoking will help your brain health and may sharpen your memory, according to an article by nutritionist Joy Bauer on NBCNews.com.
Fonte: Disponível em:<https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/brain-foods-good-remembering-studied-5381.html>
Segundo o texto I, a ingestão dos alimentos apresentados e destacados auxilia nos estudos, pois esses
alimentos:
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Q1274721
Inglês
No diálogo da tirinha,
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Q1274720
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O principal objetivo do gráfico é revelar
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Q1274719
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A palavra “scholarship” (linha 1) pode ser traduzida como
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Q1274675
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Texto I
FANS BEG JUSTIN BIEBER TO CANCEL HIS CONCERT IN THE WAKE OF THE MANCHESTER
ATTACKS
By Alex Riccardi - Yesterday at 4:23 pm
No one should have to live in fear but right now, in the
wake of the Manchester attacks, some teens and young adults
are scared. And you have a good reason. Bombs went off just
minutes after Ariana Grande's performance in England taking the
lives of 22 people and injuring many others. But, it's important to
remember that concert venues and staff try to do everything they
can to keep the audience members safe.
Ariana has officially postponed her "Dangerous Woman"
until at least the beginning of June, however, there's no telling if
she will cancel more shows after that. In the wake of all of this,
fans are encouraging Justin Bieber to pull out of his
performances in the U.K. The "Sorry" singer is set to headline at the British Summertime Festival on July
2nd. But, fans don't think it's a good idea.
They have been expressing their concern on social media and even starting the trend,
#nopurposetour. One fan wrote, "@scooterbraun please. We're so worried about Justin's Security.... please
please cancel Justin's purpose tour #NoPurposeTour." Another fan said, "Justin, please cancel Purpose
Tour, we want you to be safe, we want you alive! We love you! #prayersforManchester #NoPurposeTour."
This is absolutely heartbreaking. A third Belieber wrote, "#NoPurposeTourUK @justinbieber I don't want you
to die, please do something."
Justin nor his manager Scooter Braun have yet to comment on the whole thing. However, we also
must note that Scooter is Ariana's manager too. He definitely has his clients' best interest and their safety in
mind. Now that Ariana has canceled some of her upcoming shows, Scooter definitely had a role in that
decision. While fans may be scared for Justin, we have a feeling he is in good hands. If there was any
chance of a threat or immediate danger, he wouldn't do the performance. However, the music can't be
stopped because of evil in this world. Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers, and Lorde have all vowed to continue
doing their upcoming shows in the wake of this tragedy.
Fonte: <http://www.j-14.com/posts/justin-bieber-tour-ariana-grande-manchester-attack-133157>
Acesso: 24 May 2017.
MARQUE a alternativa que, de acordo com o texto, indica o artista que adiou parte de suas apresentações
por causa de um atentado terrorista.
Q1274663
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THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.
Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
Tendo como referência o último parágrafo do texto, pode-se afirmar que a
expressão “The United Nations Adaptation Fund...remains an empty shell”,
corresponde melhor à seguinte idéia:
Q1274662
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THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.
Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
Após a leitura do texto, não se pode concluir:
Q1274661
Inglês
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THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.
Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
Marque a alternativa que confirma a idéia principal do texto.
Q1274660
Inglês
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THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It
As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December,
they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the
United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the
new accord. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India
and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well
as to assist the poorest countries in coping with the consequences of climate
change, like droughts and rising seas. This financing is an essential part of any
international climate agreement, negotiators and scientists say, because
developing nations must curb the growth of their emissions if the world is to limit
rising temperatures.
Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency for 2005 to 2030, 75
percent of the growth in energy demand will come from the developing world.
Many developing countries have made it clear that they will not sign a treaty
unless they get money to help them adapt to a warmer planet. Acknowledging that
a new treaty needs unanimity for success, industrialized nations like the United
States and those in Europe have agreed in principle to make such payments; they
have already been written into the agreed-upon structure of the treaty, to be
signed in Copenhagen in December. (…) At a United Nations summit meeting in
New York on climate change and at the Group of 20 meetings in Pittsburgh last
month, national leaders, including President Obama and President Hu Jintao of
China, stressed the urgency of combating climate change. But they offered no new
proposals for financing and put no new cash on the table.
Perhaps even more troublesome, the United Nations Adaptation Fund, which
officially began operating in 2008 to help poor countries finance projects to blunt
the effects of global warming, remains an empty shell, largely because rich nations
have failed to come through with the donations they promised.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: October 14, 2009
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15climate.html?ref=science
De acordo com a autora Elisabeth Rosenthal, é correto afirmar:
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Q1274513
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How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
David Keys
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
The world’s first great civilisations appear to have collapsed
because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to
new research carried out by scientists and archaeologists. Their
investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age ‘megacities’ of
the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined
during the 21st and 20th centuries BC and never recovered –
because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions. The
research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and India’s
Banaras Hindu University, reveals that a series of droughts
lasting some 200 years hit the Indus Valley zone – and was
probably responsible for the rapid decline of the great Bronze
Age urban civilisation of that region.
It’s now thought likely that the droughts at around that time
were partly responsible for the collapse not only of the Indus
Valley Civilisation, but also of the ancient Akkadian Empire,
Old Kingdom Egypt and possibly Early Bronze Age civilisations
in Greece. “Our evidence suggests that it was the most intense
period of drought – probably due to frequent monsoon failure
– in the 5000 year-long period we have examined,” said
University of Cambridge Palaeoclimate scientist Professor
David Hodell. The scientists studying the collapse of the Indus
Valley Civilisation obtained their new evidence from a dried-up
lake bed near India’s capital New Delhi which is just 40 miles
east of the eastern edge of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Indus Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up
to 100,000 – rapidly declined. Populations shrank and the old
urban civilisation, which had lasted 500 years, collapsed.
“Archaeologists get an opportunity to investigate how ancient
populations responded to climatic and environmental change,”
said University of Cambridge archaeologist, Dr. Cameron Petrie.
“For the Indus populations, it looks as though living in large
groups became untenable, and it was much more sustainable to
live in smaller groups. This is of course a huge simplification
of a complex process, but this transformation is the underlying
dynamicˮ.
(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)
The sentence fragment from the last paragraph – living in large
groups became untenable – implies that
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Q1274512
Inglês
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How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
David Keys
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
The world’s first great civilisations appear to have collapsed
because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to
new research carried out by scientists and archaeologists. Their
investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age ‘megacities’ of
the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined
during the 21st and 20th centuries BC and never recovered –
because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions. The
research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and India’s
Banaras Hindu University, reveals that a series of droughts
lasting some 200 years hit the Indus Valley zone – and was
probably responsible for the rapid decline of the great Bronze
Age urban civilisation of that region.
It’s now thought likely that the droughts at around that time
were partly responsible for the collapse not only of the Indus
Valley Civilisation, but also of the ancient Akkadian Empire,
Old Kingdom Egypt and possibly Early Bronze Age civilisations
in Greece. “Our evidence suggests that it was the most intense
period of drought – probably due to frequent monsoon failure
– in the 5000 year-long period we have examined,” said
University of Cambridge Palaeoclimate scientist Professor
David Hodell. The scientists studying the collapse of the Indus
Valley Civilisation obtained their new evidence from a dried-up
lake bed near India’s capital New Delhi which is just 40 miles
east of the eastern edge of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Indus Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up
to 100,000 – rapidly declined. Populations shrank and the old
urban civilisation, which had lasted 500 years, collapsed.
“Archaeologists get an opportunity to investigate how ancient
populations responded to climatic and environmental change,”
said University of Cambridge archaeologist, Dr. Cameron Petrie.
“For the Indus populations, it looks as though living in large
groups became untenable, and it was much more sustainable to
live in smaller groups. This is of course a huge simplification
of a complex process, but this transformation is the underlying
dynamicˮ.
(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)
A palavra megacities na frase do terceiro parágrafo – The Indus
Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up to 100,000 –
rapidly declined. – aparece entre aspas para indicar que
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
Faculdade Cultura Inglesa
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Q1274511
Inglês
Texto associado
How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
David Keys
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
The world’s first great civilisations appear to have collapsed
because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to
new research carried out by scientists and archaeologists. Their
investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age ‘megacities’ of
the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined
during the 21st and 20th centuries BC and never recovered –
because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions. The
research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and India’s
Banaras Hindu University, reveals that a series of droughts
lasting some 200 years hit the Indus Valley zone – and was
probably responsible for the rapid decline of the great Bronze
Age urban civilisation of that region.
It’s now thought likely that the droughts at around that time
were partly responsible for the collapse not only of the Indus
Valley Civilisation, but also of the ancient Akkadian Empire,
Old Kingdom Egypt and possibly Early Bronze Age civilisations
in Greece. “Our evidence suggests that it was the most intense
period of drought – probably due to frequent monsoon failure
– in the 5000 year-long period we have examined,” said
University of Cambridge Palaeoclimate scientist Professor
David Hodell. The scientists studying the collapse of the Indus
Valley Civilisation obtained their new evidence from a dried-up
lake bed near India’s capital New Delhi which is just 40 miles
east of the eastern edge of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Indus Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up
to 100,000 – rapidly declined. Populations shrank and the old
urban civilisation, which had lasted 500 years, collapsed.
“Archaeologists get an opportunity to investigate how ancient
populations responded to climatic and environmental change,”
said University of Cambridge archaeologist, Dr. Cameron Petrie.
“For the Indus populations, it looks as though living in large
groups became untenable, and it was much more sustainable to
live in smaller groups. This is of course a huge simplification
of a complex process, but this transformation is the underlying
dynamicˮ.
(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)
O segundo parágrafo afirma que as civilizações estudadas
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
Faculdade Cultura Inglesa
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Q1274510
Inglês
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How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
David Keys
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
The world’s first great civilisations appear to have collapsed
because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to
new research carried out by scientists and archaeologists. Their
investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age ‘megacities’ of
the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined
during the 21st and 20th centuries BC and never recovered –
because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions. The
research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and India’s
Banaras Hindu University, reveals that a series of droughts
lasting some 200 years hit the Indus Valley zone – and was
probably responsible for the rapid decline of the great Bronze
Age urban civilisation of that region.
It’s now thought likely that the droughts at around that time
were partly responsible for the collapse not only of the Indus
Valley Civilisation, but also of the ancient Akkadian Empire,
Old Kingdom Egypt and possibly Early Bronze Age civilisations
in Greece. “Our evidence suggests that it was the most intense
period of drought – probably due to frequent monsoon failure
– in the 5000 year-long period we have examined,” said
University of Cambridge Palaeoclimate scientist Professor
David Hodell. The scientists studying the collapse of the Indus
Valley Civilisation obtained their new evidence from a dried-up
lake bed near India’s capital New Delhi which is just 40 miles
east of the eastern edge of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Indus Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up
to 100,000 – rapidly declined. Populations shrank and the old
urban civilisation, which had lasted 500 years, collapsed.
“Archaeologists get an opportunity to investigate how ancient
populations responded to climatic and environmental change,”
said University of Cambridge archaeologist, Dr. Cameron Petrie.
“For the Indus populations, it looks as though living in large
groups became untenable, and it was much more sustainable to
live in smaller groups. This is of course a huge simplification
of a complex process, but this transformation is the underlying
dynamicˮ.
(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)
In the excerpt from the second paragraph –– It’s now thought
likely that the droughts –, the word likely can be replaced,
without changing the meaning of the sentence, by
Ano: 2014
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
Faculdade Cultura Inglesa
Prova:
VUNESP - 2014 - Faculdade Cultura Inglesa - Vestibular - Prova 01 |
Q1274509
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How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
David Keys
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
The world’s first great civilisations appear to have collapsed
because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to
new research carried out by scientists and archaeologists. Their
investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age ‘megacities’ of
the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined
during the 21st and 20th centuries BC and never recovered –
because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions. The
research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and India’s
Banaras Hindu University, reveals that a series of droughts
lasting some 200 years hit the Indus Valley zone – and was
probably responsible for the rapid decline of the great Bronze
Age urban civilisation of that region.
It’s now thought likely that the droughts at around that time
were partly responsible for the collapse not only of the Indus
Valley Civilisation, but also of the ancient Akkadian Empire,
Old Kingdom Egypt and possibly Early Bronze Age civilisations
in Greece. “Our evidence suggests that it was the most intense
period of drought – probably due to frequent monsoon failure
– in the 5000 year-long period we have examined,” said
University of Cambridge Palaeoclimate scientist Professor
David Hodell. The scientists studying the collapse of the Indus
Valley Civilisation obtained their new evidence from a dried-up
lake bed near India’s capital New Delhi which is just 40 miles
east of the eastern edge of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Indus Valley ‘megacities’ – some with populations of up
to 100,000 – rapidly declined. Populations shrank and the old
urban civilisation, which had lasted 500 years, collapsed.
“Archaeologists get an opportunity to investigate how ancient
populations responded to climatic and environmental change,”
said University of Cambridge archaeologist, Dr. Cameron Petrie.
“For the Indus populations, it looks as though living in large
groups became untenable, and it was much more sustainable to
live in smaller groups. This is of course a huge simplification
of a complex process, but this transformation is the underlying
dynamicˮ.
(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)
De acordo com o primeiro parágrafo, grandes civilizações da
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