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Adaptado de: HOGAN, Linda. Sightings:
The Gray Whales’ Mysterious Journey. Washington,
D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. p. 29-30.
TAKING THE NEXT STEP
Texto 1
CAN A VIRUS MAKE YOU FAT?
Although the idea sounds more like the premise of a B movie than scientific theory two scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison believe they've found a virus that causes some people to get fat. Nikhil Dhurandhar and Richard Atkinson reported recently that when they injected a virus known as AD36 into mice and chickens, the animals' body fat increased. Because humans were unlikely to volinteer for such exiperimentation, the scientists decided to test for the presence of antibodies to the virus. Of 154 people tested, about 15 percent of those who were obese had the antibodies. None of the lean people did.
However, the findings don't necessarily prove that the virus caused obesity in the test group. As several virologists have pointed out, obese people may simply be more susceptible to such a virus.
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Professor Arvind Malhotra’s argument in paragraph 6 (lines 80-91) that “getting your hands dirty” (lines 81-82) enhances creativity, finds echo in Amy Jones’s creation of “an impressive artwork” (line 75), in high-technology companies’ usage of whiteboards (line 88) and in Angela Ceberano’s preference in creating “her own systems” (lines 94-95).
It is possible to affirm that the common denominator of the above examples is that
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Fonte:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/world/americas/18brazil
(acessado e adaptado em 03/04/10)
Associe as palavras da coluna da esquerda às suas respectivas traduções, na coluna da direita, de acordo com o sentido com que estão empregadas no texto.
( ) shoot-out (l. 15)
( ) chasm (l. 55)
( ) low -key (l. 60)
1. de baixo custo
2. abismo
3. tiroteio
4. discreto
5. conexão
6. explosão
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos
parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Considere as seguintes afirmações acerca do texto.
I - O segmento took on (l. 06) poderia ser substituído por assumed.
II - A expressão ne’er-do-wells (l. 23) confere um sentido enaltecedor aos soldados.
III- A palavra wonderment (l. 44) enfatiza a dúvida por parte das pessoas que ouviam o soldado.
Quais estão corretas?
Associe as palavras da coluna da esquerda aos seus respectivos sinônimos, na coluna da direita, de acordo com o sentido com que são empregadas no texto.
( ) longing (l. 05)
( ) sharpness (l. 06)
( ) digression (l. 44)
1. yearning
2. intensity
3. lengthening
4. diversion
5. delay
6. excuse
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Had the Earth been flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide this information (l. 30-31)
In relation to the rest of the statement, the underlined fragment has the objective of:
These and other flat-Earth assertions appear on the website of the FES, allegedly the world’s oldest official flat Earth organization, dating to the early 1800s. (l. 16-17)
In relation to the fragment above, the pieces of information introduced in the fifth paragraph (l. 18-20) serve the following purpose:
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