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Ano: 2012
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Q1383019
Inglês
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A schematic summary would say as follows: At a founding time, romantic fiction saw the
peculiarities of the Brazilian family life under the picturesque and the national identity signs, over
which it laid some more or less feuilletonist fabling. The combination, in line with the needs of
the young country, was very successful. Although irreverent, the emphasis on mirroring and its
somewhat regressive accomplice character formed a positive sign on our particular traits. One
generation later, Machado used in a different manner the same thematic, ideological, and aesthetic complexity, this time without the covering mists of local color and patriotic self-congratulation. The
large Brazilian family was now observed from the point of view of the enlightened dependent,
who was part of it and transformed it into a problem. This is a special system of relationships, with
its own structure, resources and problems, which needed to be analyzed. Its difference was a sign
of primitiveness, because the tacit measure of the dependent was the Rights of Man, which were
effective, in principle, in other regions. The narrator’s fondness shifted to the heroine’s struggles
against injustice, which was also portrayed in a feuilletonist fashion. As for the opposing side, it was
inevitable that the conflict arrangement, as it developed from book to book, made more visible the
negative traits of the landowner. These traits absorbed and reflected precisely, as a fault, the absurd
lack of balance between the classes. Using the consequences of this very lack of balance, which
gave no signs of internal regeneration, Machado invented the formula that would characterize his
mature works and make him a great writer. He did not surrender to the easy delights of romantic
picturesqueness. Likewise, he now renounced the unanimous fondness towards the moderate
narrator and his good causes.
The new artistic device dealt indirectly with dependents’ frustrations and directly with their
abandonment by landowners – the peripheral society incapable of integration resonated. The
scope of the formal arrangement, which challenged the secular spirit’s superstitions, especially the
trust in progress and in benevolence, is uncomfortable to this day. The insinuating personification
of an elite narrator enviably civilized and deeply involved in oppressive relationships, which he
arranges and judges himself, is a chess move that disarranges the narrative board, making the game
more real. The process challenges readers in every line: it teaches them to think by themselves; to
discuss not only the issues, but also their presentation; to consider the narrators and authorities
– always the interested party – from a distance, even if they are eloquent; to doubt the civilizing
and national commitment of the privileged, particularly in young countries, where this intention
plays a major role; to feel an aversion to the imaginary consolations of romanticism, manipulated
by the narrative authority to its own benefit. The process teaches, above all, that the combination
of the cosmopolitan and the excluded spheres may be stable, without a feasible solution. This
demonstration is a juicy one because it illustrates and examines the nation’s “delicious” mechanisms
– to use the Machadian term – of the non-bourgeois reproduction of the bourgeois order. However,
the demonstration is also universal to some extent, because globally, unlike what it seems, this
reproduction is the rule, not the exception.
The heroines of the first novels are not very interesting because their precarious social status is
distorted by the romantic cliché. Their vicissitudes, however, stress the antagonistic class traits, whose
figure has literary originality. In the novels of the second phase, once the angle is inverted, it is the
poor who appear in the subjective mirror of owners, where the prisms are either that of bourgeois
individualism or of paternalistic domination, according to the selfish convenience impudence. The dependent becomes extraordinarily relevant in that light. They are portraits of the powerless that
get no recognition for the value of work, no rights protected, and no compensation by divine
providence. It is the social vacuum generated by modern slavery to freedom without possessions,
another issue that, mutatis mutandis, lives on.
In the same line of advanced resonance of the primitiveness, notice how the extra bourgeois aspect
of local issues works, and also the narrative relationship itself: at times it is only a shift in the rule;
at times it is a movement in its own right, which escapes the dominating definitions and discovers
unknown land. To give an idea, compare the part of authority in the definition and dissolution of
characters, themselves or others; the relationships between personal separation and the experience
of time, between command and insanity – often by the ones in charge; the extra scientific
dimensions of science, with its authoritarian and sadistic roles; the overall difference that generates
a point of view, etc. In this manner, Machadian fiction and the advanced literature of his time
converged – both tried to release other realities under the bourgeois reality. As a mere indication, it
is worth mentioning a few similarities, rather at random, in the innovative field, such as Dostoievski,
Baudelaire, Henry James, Tchekov, Proust, Kafka, and Borges. Machado’s classical derivations are
countless and have led critics to find his merit there, which hinders the understanding of the up-todateness and advanced character of his experimentation.
“These traits absorbed and reflected precisely, as a fault, the absurd lack of balance
between the classes.” This statement taken from the text might be interpreted as:
Ano: 2012
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CÁSPER LÍBERO
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Q1383018
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto a seguir e responda à questão.
A schematic summary would say as follows: At a founding time, romantic fiction saw the
peculiarities of the Brazilian family life under the picturesque and the national identity signs, over
which it laid some more or less feuilletonist fabling. The combination, in line with the needs of
the young country, was very successful. Although irreverent, the emphasis on mirroring and its
somewhat regressive accomplice character formed a positive sign on our particular traits. One
generation later, Machado used in a different manner the same thematic, ideological, and aesthetic complexity, this time without the covering mists of local color and patriotic self-congratulation. The
large Brazilian family was now observed from the point of view of the enlightened dependent,
who was part of it and transformed it into a problem. This is a special system of relationships, with
its own structure, resources and problems, which needed to be analyzed. Its difference was a sign
of primitiveness, because the tacit measure of the dependent was the Rights of Man, which were
effective, in principle, in other regions. The narrator’s fondness shifted to the heroine’s struggles
against injustice, which was also portrayed in a feuilletonist fashion. As for the opposing side, it was
inevitable that the conflict arrangement, as it developed from book to book, made more visible the
negative traits of the landowner. These traits absorbed and reflected precisely, as a fault, the absurd
lack of balance between the classes. Using the consequences of this very lack of balance, which
gave no signs of internal regeneration, Machado invented the formula that would characterize his
mature works and make him a great writer. He did not surrender to the easy delights of romantic
picturesqueness. Likewise, he now renounced the unanimous fondness towards the moderate
narrator and his good causes.
The new artistic device dealt indirectly with dependents’ frustrations and directly with their
abandonment by landowners – the peripheral society incapable of integration resonated. The
scope of the formal arrangement, which challenged the secular spirit’s superstitions, especially the
trust in progress and in benevolence, is uncomfortable to this day. The insinuating personification
of an elite narrator enviably civilized and deeply involved in oppressive relationships, which he
arranges and judges himself, is a chess move that disarranges the narrative board, making the game
more real. The process challenges readers in every line: it teaches them to think by themselves; to
discuss not only the issues, but also their presentation; to consider the narrators and authorities
– always the interested party – from a distance, even if they are eloquent; to doubt the civilizing
and national commitment of the privileged, particularly in young countries, where this intention
plays a major role; to feel an aversion to the imaginary consolations of romanticism, manipulated
by the narrative authority to its own benefit. The process teaches, above all, that the combination
of the cosmopolitan and the excluded spheres may be stable, without a feasible solution. This
demonstration is a juicy one because it illustrates and examines the nation’s “delicious” mechanisms
– to use the Machadian term – of the non-bourgeois reproduction of the bourgeois order. However,
the demonstration is also universal to some extent, because globally, unlike what it seems, this
reproduction is the rule, not the exception.
The heroines of the first novels are not very interesting because their precarious social status is
distorted by the romantic cliché. Their vicissitudes, however, stress the antagonistic class traits, whose
figure has literary originality. In the novels of the second phase, once the angle is inverted, it is the
poor who appear in the subjective mirror of owners, where the prisms are either that of bourgeois
individualism or of paternalistic domination, according to the selfish convenience impudence. The dependent becomes extraordinarily relevant in that light. They are portraits of the powerless that
get no recognition for the value of work, no rights protected, and no compensation by divine
providence. It is the social vacuum generated by modern slavery to freedom without possessions,
another issue that, mutatis mutandis, lives on.
In the same line of advanced resonance of the primitiveness, notice how the extra bourgeois aspect
of local issues works, and also the narrative relationship itself: at times it is only a shift in the rule;
at times it is a movement in its own right, which escapes the dominating definitions and discovers
unknown land. To give an idea, compare the part of authority in the definition and dissolution of
characters, themselves or others; the relationships between personal separation and the experience
of time, between command and insanity – often by the ones in charge; the extra scientific
dimensions of science, with its authoritarian and sadistic roles; the overall difference that generates
a point of view, etc. In this manner, Machadian fiction and the advanced literature of his time
converged – both tried to release other realities under the bourgeois reality. As a mere indication, it
is worth mentioning a few similarities, rather at random, in the innovative field, such as Dostoievski,
Baudelaire, Henry James, Tchekov, Proust, Kafka, and Borges. Machado’s classical derivations are
countless and have led critics to find his merit there, which hinders the understanding of the up-todateness and advanced character of his experimentation.
According to the text, Machado de Assis’ prose might be considered different
because:
Ano: 2012
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Q1383017
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto a seguir e responda à questão.
A schematic summary would say as follows: At a founding time, romantic fiction saw the
peculiarities of the Brazilian family life under the picturesque and the national identity signs, over
which it laid some more or less feuilletonist fabling. The combination, in line with the needs of
the young country, was very successful. Although irreverent, the emphasis on mirroring and its
somewhat regressive accomplice character formed a positive sign on our particular traits. One
generation later, Machado used in a different manner the same thematic, ideological, and aesthetic complexity, this time without the covering mists of local color and patriotic self-congratulation. The
large Brazilian family was now observed from the point of view of the enlightened dependent,
who was part of it and transformed it into a problem. This is a special system of relationships, with
its own structure, resources and problems, which needed to be analyzed. Its difference was a sign
of primitiveness, because the tacit measure of the dependent was the Rights of Man, which were
effective, in principle, in other regions. The narrator’s fondness shifted to the heroine’s struggles
against injustice, which was also portrayed in a feuilletonist fashion. As for the opposing side, it was
inevitable that the conflict arrangement, as it developed from book to book, made more visible the
negative traits of the landowner. These traits absorbed and reflected precisely, as a fault, the absurd
lack of balance between the classes. Using the consequences of this very lack of balance, which
gave no signs of internal regeneration, Machado invented the formula that would characterize his
mature works and make him a great writer. He did not surrender to the easy delights of romantic
picturesqueness. Likewise, he now renounced the unanimous fondness towards the moderate
narrator and his good causes.
The new artistic device dealt indirectly with dependents’ frustrations and directly with their
abandonment by landowners – the peripheral society incapable of integration resonated. The
scope of the formal arrangement, which challenged the secular spirit’s superstitions, especially the
trust in progress and in benevolence, is uncomfortable to this day. The insinuating personification
of an elite narrator enviably civilized and deeply involved in oppressive relationships, which he
arranges and judges himself, is a chess move that disarranges the narrative board, making the game
more real. The process challenges readers in every line: it teaches them to think by themselves; to
discuss not only the issues, but also their presentation; to consider the narrators and authorities
– always the interested party – from a distance, even if they are eloquent; to doubt the civilizing
and national commitment of the privileged, particularly in young countries, where this intention
plays a major role; to feel an aversion to the imaginary consolations of romanticism, manipulated
by the narrative authority to its own benefit. The process teaches, above all, that the combination
of the cosmopolitan and the excluded spheres may be stable, without a feasible solution. This
demonstration is a juicy one because it illustrates and examines the nation’s “delicious” mechanisms
– to use the Machadian term – of the non-bourgeois reproduction of the bourgeois order. However,
the demonstration is also universal to some extent, because globally, unlike what it seems, this
reproduction is the rule, not the exception.
The heroines of the first novels are not very interesting because their precarious social status is
distorted by the romantic cliché. Their vicissitudes, however, stress the antagonistic class traits, whose
figure has literary originality. In the novels of the second phase, once the angle is inverted, it is the
poor who appear in the subjective mirror of owners, where the prisms are either that of bourgeois
individualism or of paternalistic domination, according to the selfish convenience impudence. The dependent becomes extraordinarily relevant in that light. They are portraits of the powerless that
get no recognition for the value of work, no rights protected, and no compensation by divine
providence. It is the social vacuum generated by modern slavery to freedom without possessions,
another issue that, mutatis mutandis, lives on.
In the same line of advanced resonance of the primitiveness, notice how the extra bourgeois aspect
of local issues works, and also the narrative relationship itself: at times it is only a shift in the rule;
at times it is a movement in its own right, which escapes the dominating definitions and discovers
unknown land. To give an idea, compare the part of authority in the definition and dissolution of
characters, themselves or others; the relationships between personal separation and the experience
of time, between command and insanity – often by the ones in charge; the extra scientific
dimensions of science, with its authoritarian and sadistic roles; the overall difference that generates
a point of view, etc. In this manner, Machadian fiction and the advanced literature of his time
converged – both tried to release other realities under the bourgeois reality. As a mere indication, it
is worth mentioning a few similarities, rather at random, in the innovative field, such as Dostoievski,
Baudelaire, Henry James, Tchekov, Proust, Kafka, and Borges. Machado’s classical derivations are
countless and have led critics to find his merit there, which hinders the understanding of the up-todateness and advanced character of his experimentation.
“The romantic fiction saw the peculiarities of the Brazilian family life under the
picturesque and the national identity signs, over which it laid some more or less
feuilletonist fabling”. By this proposition we could deduce that:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
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Q1381601
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage from “The Chicken”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“But when everyone was quiet in the house and seemed to have forgotten her, she puffed up
with modest courage, the last traces of her great escape. She circled the tiled floor, her body
advancing behind her head, as unhurried as if in an open field, although her small head betrayed
her, darting back and forth in rapid vibrant movements, with the age-old fear of her species now
ingrained. Once in a while, but ever more infrequently, she remembered how she had stood out
against the sky on the roof edge ready to cry out. At such moments, she filled her lungs with the
stuffy atmosphere of the kitchen and, had females been given the power to crow, she would not
have crowed but would have felt much happier. Not even at those moments, however, did the
expression on her empty head alter. In flight or in repose, when she gave birth or while pecking
grain, hers was a chicken head, identical to that drawn at the beginning of time.”
According to the text, the chicken:
Ano: 2011
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CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
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Q1381600
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage from “The Chicken”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“But when everyone was quiet in the house and seemed to have forgotten her, she puffed up
with modest courage, the last traces of her great escape. She circled the tiled floor, her body
advancing behind her head, as unhurried as if in an open field, although her small head betrayed
her, darting back and forth in rapid vibrant movements, with the age-old fear of her species now
ingrained. Once in a while, but ever more infrequently, she remembered how she had stood out
against the sky on the roof edge ready to cry out. At such moments, she filled her lungs with the
stuffy atmosphere of the kitchen and, had females been given the power to crow, she would not
have crowed but would have felt much happier. Not even at those moments, however, did the
expression on her empty head alter. In flight or in repose, when she gave birth or while pecking
grain, hers was a chicken head, identical to that drawn at the beginning of time.”
Without loss of meaning, the word “ingrained” could be replaced by:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2011 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381599
Inglês
The sentence “And no matter how abject the prey, the cry of victory was in the air”
means that:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2011 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381598
Inglês
Read the following extract from “The Chicken”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer
question.
“The master of the house, reminding himself of the twofold necessity of sporadically engaging in sport and of getting the family some lunch, appeared resplendent in a pair of swimming trunks and resolved to follow the path traced by the chicken: in cautious leaps and bounds, he scaled the roof where the chicken, hesitant and tremulous, urgently decided on another route. The chase now intensified. From roof to roof, more than a block along the road was covered. Little accustomed to such a savage struggle for survival, the chicken had to decide for herself the paths she must follow without any assistance from her race. The man, however, was a natural hunter. And no matter how abject the prey, the cry of victory was in the air.”
According to the text, the father:
“The master of the house, reminding himself of the twofold necessity of sporadically engaging in sport and of getting the family some lunch, appeared resplendent in a pair of swimming trunks and resolved to follow the path traced by the chicken: in cautious leaps and bounds, he scaled the roof where the chicken, hesitant and tremulous, urgently decided on another route. The chase now intensified. From roof to roof, more than a block along the road was covered. Little accustomed to such a savage struggle for survival, the chicken had to decide for herself the paths she must follow without any assistance from her race. The man, however, was a natural hunter. And no matter how abject the prey, the cry of victory was in the air.”
According to the text, the father:
Ano: 2010
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2010 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381473
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage of “The Dinner”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“I leaned over my meal, lost. When I finally managed to confront him from the depths of my pallid face, I observed that he, too, was leaning forward, his elbows resting on the table, his head between his hands. And obviously he could bear it no longer. His bushy eyebrows were touching. His food must have lodged just below his throat under the stress of his emotion, for when he was able to continue, he made a visible effort to swallow, dabbing his forehead with his napkin. I could bear it no longer, the meat on my plate was raw… and I really could not bear it another minute. But he – he was eating.
The waiter brought a bottle in a bucket of ice. I noted every detail without being capable of discrimination. The bottle was different, the waiter in tails, and the light haloed the robust head of Pluto which was now moving with curiosity, greedy and attentive. For a second the waiter obliterated my view of the elderly gentleman and I could only see his black coattails hovering over the table as he poured red wine into the glass and waited with ardent eyes – because here was a surely man who would tip generously, one of those elderly gentlemen who still command attention… and power. The elderly gentleman, who now seemed larger, confidently took a sip, lowered his glass, and sourly considered the taste in his mouth. He compressed his lips and smacked them with distaste, as if the good were also intolerable. I waited, the waiter waited, and we both leaned forward in suspense. Finally he made a grimace of approval. The waiter curved his shiny head in submission to the man’s words of thanks and went off with lowered head, while I sighed with relief.
He now mingled gulps of wine with the meat in his great mouth and his false teeth
ponderously chewed while I observed him… in vain. Nothing more happened. The
restaurant appeared to radiate with renewed intensity under the tinkling of glass and
cutlery; in the brightly lit dome of the room the whispered conversation rose and fell
in gentle waves; the woman in the large hat smiled with half closed eyes, looking
slender and beautiful as the waiter carefully poured the wine into her glass. But now
he was making another gesture.”
The sentence “while I observed him… in vain” suggests that the narrator:
Ano: 2010
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2010 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381472
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage of “The Dinner”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“I leaned over my meal, lost. When I finally managed to confront him from the depths of my pallid face, I observed that he, too, was leaning forward, his elbows resting on the table, his head between his hands. And obviously he could bear it no longer. His bushy eyebrows were touching. His food must have lodged just below his throat under the stress of his emotion, for when he was able to continue, he made a visible effort to swallow, dabbing his forehead with his napkin. I could bear it no longer, the meat on my plate was raw… and I really could not bear it another minute. But he – he was eating.
The waiter brought a bottle in a bucket of ice. I noted every detail without being capable of discrimination. The bottle was different, the waiter in tails, and the light haloed the robust head of Pluto which was now moving with curiosity, greedy and attentive. For a second the waiter obliterated my view of the elderly gentleman and I could only see his black coattails hovering over the table as he poured red wine into the glass and waited with ardent eyes – because here was a surely man who would tip generously, one of those elderly gentlemen who still command attention… and power. The elderly gentleman, who now seemed larger, confidently took a sip, lowered his glass, and sourly considered the taste in his mouth. He compressed his lips and smacked them with distaste, as if the good were also intolerable. I waited, the waiter waited, and we both leaned forward in suspense. Finally he made a grimace of approval. The waiter curved his shiny head in submission to the man’s words of thanks and went off with lowered head, while I sighed with relief.
He now mingled gulps of wine with the meat in his great mouth and his false teeth
ponderously chewed while I observed him… in vain. Nothing more happened. The
restaurant appeared to radiate with renewed intensity under the tinkling of glass and
cutlery; in the brightly lit dome of the room the whispered conversation rose and fell
in gentle waves; the woman in the large hat smiled with half closed eyes, looking
slender and beautiful as the waiter carefully poured the wine into her glass. But now
he was making another gesture.”
“And obviously he could bear it no longer”. In this sentence, the pronoun “it”
refers to:
Ano: 2010
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
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Q1381471
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage of “The Dinner”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“I leaned over my meal, lost. When I finally managed to confront him from the depths of my pallid face, I observed that he, too, was leaning forward, his elbows resting on the table, his head between his hands. And obviously he could bear it no longer. His bushy eyebrows were touching. His food must have lodged just below his throat under the stress of his emotion, for when he was able to continue, he made a visible effort to swallow, dabbing his forehead with his napkin. I could bear it no longer, the meat on my plate was raw… and I really could not bear it another minute. But he – he was eating.
The waiter brought a bottle in a bucket of ice. I noted every detail without being capable of discrimination. The bottle was different, the waiter in tails, and the light haloed the robust head of Pluto which was now moving with curiosity, greedy and attentive. For a second the waiter obliterated my view of the elderly gentleman and I could only see his black coattails hovering over the table as he poured red wine into the glass and waited with ardent eyes – because here was a surely man who would tip generously, one of those elderly gentlemen who still command attention… and power. The elderly gentleman, who now seemed larger, confidently took a sip, lowered his glass, and sourly considered the taste in his mouth. He compressed his lips and smacked them with distaste, as if the good were also intolerable. I waited, the waiter waited, and we both leaned forward in suspense. Finally he made a grimace of approval. The waiter curved his shiny head in submission to the man’s words of thanks and went off with lowered head, while I sighed with relief.
He now mingled gulps of wine with the meat in his great mouth and his false teeth
ponderously chewed while I observed him… in vain. Nothing more happened. The
restaurant appeared to radiate with renewed intensity under the tinkling of glass and
cutlery; in the brightly lit dome of the room the whispered conversation rose and fell
in gentle waves; the woman in the large hat smiled with half closed eyes, looking
slender and beautiful as the waiter carefully poured the wine into her glass. But now
he was making another gesture.”
Consider the two following passages: “For a second the waiter obliterated
my view of the elderly gentleman” and “But now he was making another
gesture”. They lead to the conclusion that the narrator:
Ano: 2010
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
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Q1381470
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the following passage of “The Dinner”, by Clarice Lispector, and answer question.
“I leaned over my meal, lost. When I finally managed to confront him from the depths of my pallid face, I observed that he, too, was leaning forward, his elbows resting on the table, his head between his hands. And obviously he could bear it no longer. His bushy eyebrows were touching. His food must have lodged just below his throat under the stress of his emotion, for when he was able to continue, he made a visible effort to swallow, dabbing his forehead with his napkin. I could bear it no longer, the meat on my plate was raw… and I really could not bear it another minute. But he – he was eating.
The waiter brought a bottle in a bucket of ice. I noted every detail without being capable of discrimination. The bottle was different, the waiter in tails, and the light haloed the robust head of Pluto which was now moving with curiosity, greedy and attentive. For a second the waiter obliterated my view of the elderly gentleman and I could only see his black coattails hovering over the table as he poured red wine into the glass and waited with ardent eyes – because here was a surely man who would tip generously, one of those elderly gentlemen who still command attention… and power. The elderly gentleman, who now seemed larger, confidently took a sip, lowered his glass, and sourly considered the taste in his mouth. He compressed his lips and smacked them with distaste, as if the good were also intolerable. I waited, the waiter waited, and we both leaned forward in suspense. Finally he made a grimace of approval. The waiter curved his shiny head in submission to the man’s words of thanks and went off with lowered head, while I sighed with relief.
He now mingled gulps of wine with the meat in his great mouth and his false teeth
ponderously chewed while I observed him… in vain. Nothing more happened. The
restaurant appeared to radiate with renewed intensity under the tinkling of glass and
cutlery; in the brightly lit dome of the room the whispered conversation rose and fell
in gentle waves; the woman in the large hat smiled with half closed eyes, looking
slender and beautiful as the waiter carefully poured the wine into her glass. But now
he was making another gesture.”
“He compressed his lips and smacked them with distaste, as if the good were
also intolerable” means that:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2009 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381043
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Choose the alternative that best translates the words: coup, boost, overthrew,
issued, covert.
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Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Choose the alternative that best explains the meaning of the following words from
the text above: chaired, charges, guild, mogul, currency.
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Texto associado
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Choose the alternative that best translates the word string: ...formerly secret U.S.
documents that shed considerable new light ....
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Texto associado
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Say which sentence is true according to the text above.
Ano: 2009
Banca:
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Inglês
Texto associado
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Say which sentence is true according to the text above.
Ano: 2019
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Q1380988
Inglês
Quais expressões a seguir não configuram um oximoro?
Ano: 2019
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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.
Ano: 2019
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Fonte: https://steemit.com/meme/@ epicdave/whats-the-difference-between-ignorance-and-apathy
A resposta dada pela garota neste meme significa:
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Inglês
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Leia o texto a seguir para responder à questão.
McDonald’s new paper straws – described as “eco-friendly” by the US fast food giant – cannot
be recycled. Last year, it axed plastic straws, even though they were recyclable, in all its UK branches
as part of a green drive. But the US fast food giant says the new paper straws are not yet easy to
recycle and should be put into general waste. McDonald’s says the materials are recyclable, but their
thickness makes it difficult for them to be processed.
The firm switched from plastic straws to paper ones in its restaurants in the UK and Republic
of Ireland last autumn. The straws are manufactured by Transcend Packaging, based in Ebbw Vale,
South Wales.
But some customers were unhappy with the new straws, saying they dissolved before a drink
could be finished, with milkshakes particularly hard to drink.
“As a result of customer feedback, we have strengthened our paper straws, so while the
materials are recyclable, their current thickness makes it difficult for them to be processed by our
waste solution providers, who also help us recycle our paper cups,” a McDonald’s spokesman said.
The firm said it was working to find a solution, and that current advice, as first reported by The
Sun, to put paper straws in general waste was therefore temporary.
“This waste from our restaurants does not go to landfill, but is used to generate energy,” the
company added.
A petition by irate McDonald’s customers to bring back plastic straws has so far been signed
by 51,000 people. The restaurant chain uses 1.8 million straws a day in the UK, so the move to paper
was a significant step in helping to reduce single-use plastic. Some single-use plastic products can
take hundreds of years to decompose if not recycled.
Extracted from BBC News, 5th of August, 2019 (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49234054)
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