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Q1386890
Inglês
[…] “whereas our bees can collect data for hours […] (Singular Form)
Q1386888
Inglês
[…]”requires only a tiny battery” […] (Synonym)
Q1386881
Inglês
“Dear Great Pumpkin, I am looking forward to your arrival on that Halloween night.” (Synonym)
Ano: 2015
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2015 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1386152
Inglês
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Read the film review below and answer the questions that follow.
INSIDE JOB – REVIEW - 4/5 STARS
How did the financial crash of 2008 happen? This documentary, narrated by Matt Damon, does
a good job of explaining a complex story of credit and discredit.
(…)
This film is as gripping as any thriller. Aided by some fascinating interviews, Ferguson lays out an awful
story. In the 1980s, the markets and financial services were deregulated, and the driving force for this
liberalisation was Alan Greenspan, formidable chairman of the US federal reserve board from 1987 to
2006. Banks and loan companies were freer to gamble with their depositors' money; they were themselves freer to borrow more; they were free to offer investors dizzyingly complex financial instruments,
with income streams from different debts bundled up, including high-interest home loans offered to
high-risk borrowers – the so-called "sub-prime" market that offered mouthwateringly high returns.
(…)
Perhaps the most sensational aspect of this film is Ferguson's contention that the crash corrupted
the discipline of economics itself. Distinguished economists from America's Ivy League universities were drafted in by banks to compose reports sycophantically supporting reckless deregulation.
They were massively paid for these consultancies. The banks bought the prestige of the academics,
and their universities' prestige, too. Ferguson speaks to many of these economists, who clearly
thought they were going to be interviewed as wry, dispassionate observers. It is really something
to see the expression of shock, outrage and fear on their faces as they realise they're in the dock.
One splutters with vexation; another gives vent to a ripe Freudian slip. Asked by Ferguson if he has
any regrets about his behaviour, he says: "I have no comments … uh, no regrets."
This is what Ferguson means by "inside job". There is a revolving door between the banks and
the higher reaches of government, and to some extent the groves of academe. Bank CEOs become
government officials, creating laws convenient for their once and future employers.
Perhaps only the pen of Tom Wolfe could do justice to these harassed, bald, middle-aged masters of the universe, as they appear in Ferguson's film. The director shows how their body-language is always the same: somehow more guilty-looking when they are in the White House rose
garden in their career pomp, being introduced to the press, than when they are facing openly
hostile Senate hearings. They look uneasy, shifty, in weirdly ill-fitting suits, as if they are oppressed by the scrutiny, and worn out, possibly, by the strain of suppressing their own scruples.
Their financial capacity far outstrips their capacity for enjoying themselves. They look very unhappy. Occasionally, British figures including Mervyn King and Alistair Darling are to be glimpsed in
these photos, reminding us that we Brits have been ardent deregulators, as well.
(…)
I was reminded of Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker, his very funny book about the financial mentality of
the 80s boom. He noted that if a regular person won the lottery, he might roll around on the floor,
kicking his legs up with glee, but when bankers won their arbitrary lottery, they instead became
solemn, pompous, overwhelmed with their own importance and stateliness. Their recklessness
and excess coexisted with an almost priestly sense of worth. Even more than rich lawyers, rich
bankers felt that their money proved their superior cleverness and also moral worthiness as the
generators of prosperity. Yet that prosperity didn't trickle down very far.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/17/inside-job-review Access October 10, 2015.
On the sentence ‘There is a revolving door between the banks and the higher reaches of government.’, the expression underlined and in italic means:
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2009 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381043
Inglês
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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 translates the words: coup, boost, overthrew,
issued, covert.
Ano: 2009
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2009 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1381042
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 explains the meaning of the following words from
the text above: chaired, charges, guild, mogul, currency.
Ano: 2019
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2019 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
Q1380988
Inglês
Quais expressões a seguir não configuram um oximoro?
Ano: 2019
Banca:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Órgão:
CÁSPER LÍBERO
Prova:
CÁSPER LÍBERO - 2019 - CÁSPER LÍBERO - Vestibular |
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: 2017
Banca:
Univap
Órgão:
Univap
Prova:
Univap - 2017 - Univap - Vestibular - Processo Seletivo 3 |
Q1380860
Inglês
Texto associado
A questão referem-se ao quadrinho
abaixo.
A palavra "Screamed" siginifica
Ano: 2017
Banca:
Univap
Órgão:
Univap
Prova:
Univap - 2017 - Univap - Vestibular - Processo Seletivo 3 |
Q1380859
Inglês
Texto associado
A questao refere-se ao texto abaixo.
A palavra “while” na fala de Sun Tzu significa
Q1379206
Inglês
Texto associado
Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48277942
Leia o texto abaixo e responda à questão.
Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48277942
As palavras PRETEND (linha 2) e
CHARACTER (linha 10) são falsos cognatos cujos
reais significados são, respectivamente,
Q1378954
Inglês
A linking word that can best substitute the word despite, in “[d]espite the findings of this new study, the difficulty of
smoking cessation based on sex should not be discounted”, is:
Q1376778
Inglês
Texto associado
As we all know, electricity is a fundamental need. On a daily basis, we consume electricity even without us
knowing it. Just a simple task such as listening to your music player consumes electricity. Today, most of our electric
generators and power plants are fed with fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. However, due to the exponential
increase of power demand, fossil fuel supplies are slowly being depleted. Not only that, but also burning fossil fuels
has given off greenhouse gases and other unwanted byproducts. Because of this, the search for alternative energy
sources is now a necessity. One of the most promising alternative energy sources today is Wind Powered Generators.
So, what is a wind-powered generator? Basically it is the use of wind as a mechanical force needed to power an electric
generator. Utilizing wind as an energy source is not exactly a new idea. The ancient Persians were the first to use wind
to pump water, cut wood, and grind food and others by building windmills. Even today you can find windmills still
being used on some farms. It was the use of wind as an electric source that came into existence much later. The first
practical wind powered generators were built in 1970, but yet we rarely see them in widespread use today, why? Let’s
look at the advantages and disadvantages of the wind powered generator.
The main advantage of wind powered generators is that they have, ideally, zero gas emissions – unlike fossil-fueled
power generators. Because of the alarming effects of greenhouse gases and global warming, we want our power
generators to be as clean and as environmentally friendly as possible. Since there is no burning process in a wind
powered generator that produces toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas. Also, with proper
engineering and enough wind, these generators can provide a high rate of wattage that can go as high as the Megawatt
range. Another advantage is that it can be implemented using several small turbines connected together. This is a good
thing when there is not enough space for huge structures.
The major disadvantage of wind powered generators is that wind power varies greatly from one place to another
and from day to day and season to season. Sometimes wind may be strong enough to supply energy, but that strength
cannot be maintained due to changes in weather patterns. Needing strong, constant wind to most effectively power
wind generators is one reason they are often built in coastal areas. Another disadvantage is that the structure of most
practical wind powered generators is huge and bulky. Commonly, its size is proportional to the wind power it can
collect.
Research in wind power has now intensified because of its innate advantages over other power generators. With
this increase in interest in wind energy and alternative energy sources as a whole, our future will become brighter and
more and more remote areas will eventually enjoy the benefits of clean electric energy. In an electricity-dependent
world, power supplies must provide the required electricity for communities and businesses. Wind powered generators
might just be the solution for power shortages.
Disponível em: http://mysolarcellhome.org/articles/pros-and-cons-of-wind-powered-generators.
The word “since” in the statement: “Since there is no burning process in a wind powered generator that produces
toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas” may be substituted, with the same meaning as the
original sentence, for:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Prova:
UFAC - 2011 - UFAC - Vestibular - PRIMEIRO DIA - CADERNO A |
Q1375669
Inglês
On the first square, the expression “getting on
my nerves”, means:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
UFAC
Órgão:
UFAC
Prova:
UFAC - 2011 - UFAC - Vestibular - PRIMEIRO DIA - CADERNO A |
Q1375664
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT I
Google Instant promises live search results
by Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter,
BBC News, Silicon Valley
“Google has speeded up its internet search
engine by launching a product called Instant that
displays results as soon as users type in queries.
The service predicts a user's query and
modifies the displayed results as more letters are
typed into the search box.
The company described it as ‘search at the
speed of thought’.
Previously Google's suggested search terms
and did not reveal results until the ‘enter’ key was
hit or the ‘search’ button was clicked.
Google Instant goes live in the next week and on
mobile devices by autumn.
The service will initially be rolled out in the
US, UK, Spain, Germany, France and Russia.
Challenge to Microsoft?
In a demo event held at San Francisco's
Museum of Modern Art, Marissa Mayer, Google's
vice-president of search products and user
experience, typed in ‘sfm’ into the search box to
demonstrate the new service.
As she typed, results appeared instantly for
‘SF MOMA’ - the first predicted search result.
In another demo, when the letter ‘w’ was
entered, a list of links offering the ‘weather’
appeared along with images showing the
temperature.
‘We've actually predicting what query you
are likely to do and we're giving you results for
that,’ said Ms Mayer.
Google estimates that the typical user
spends nine seconds entering a query and 15
seconds looking for answers.
The company says Google Instant could
shave between two and five seconds off a typical
web search.
‘Google is betting all they have that speed is
everything,’ Harry McCracken of technology blog
Technologizer.com told the BBC.
‘Saving one or two seconds isn't that big of a
deal. One of my instant thoughts is that I am going
to see results I don't want because until I type
enough that it knows what I want, it is going to
show me links I am not interested in.’
Technology commentator Robert Scoble
said that the new feature would present a real
challenge to Microsoft search engine Bing, which
has been slowly chipping away at Google's lead in
the search market.
‘Playing with it, it dramatically changes the
way I do searches. I think it is a pretty major leap
forward but this means that Bing becomes far less
interesting and they now have to step up,’ said Mr.
Scoble.
Microsoft currently commands around 11%
of the US search market compared to Google's
66%, according to research firm Comscore.
Bing has gradually increased its market
share since launch, although its growth has
recently slowed.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newstechnology-11239037.
In the sentence, “I think it is a pretty major
leap forward but this means that Bing becomes far
less interesting and they now have to step up”, the
verb “to step up” would best be replaced by:
Ano: 2010
Banca:
UEFS
Órgão:
UEFS
Prova:
UEFS - 2010 - UEFS - Vestibular - Língua Portuguesa e Literatura Brasileira - Inglês |
Q1373143
Inglês
The correct sign for the number “three thousand seven hundred”
(l. 23) is in
Ano: 2010
Banca:
UEFS
Órgão:
UEFS
Prova:
UEFS - 2010 - UEFS - Vestibular - Língua Portuguesa e Literatura Brasileira - Inglês |
Q1373134
Inglês
The word or expression from the text can be grammatically and
semantically replaced by the one on the right in
Ano: 2014
Banca:
IF-BA
Órgão:
IF-BA
Prova:
IF-BA - 2014 - IF-BA - Vestibular - CURSOS SUPERIORES - INGLÊS |
Q1370997
Inglês
Consider the statements given and mark the
correct option, according to their grammar
features:
I. In the sentence “President Lula took part in a ceremony that focused firmly on the future” the relative pronoun that can be replaced by which without changing the meaning of the sentence.
II. In the sentence “We have a chip, we have a level that can be used on frontier control, we can guarantee citizenship, and it can guarantee transactions in the virtual world” the modal verb can indicates an ability.
III. The word currently in the sentence “Currently, Brazilians have to deal with a confusing array of identity numbers” can be substituted by the word nowadays without changing the meaning of the sentence.
I. In the sentence “President Lula took part in a ceremony that focused firmly on the future” the relative pronoun that can be replaced by which without changing the meaning of the sentence.
II. In the sentence “We have a chip, we have a level that can be used on frontier control, we can guarantee citizenship, and it can guarantee transactions in the virtual world” the modal verb can indicates an ability.
III. The word currently in the sentence “Currently, Brazilians have to deal with a confusing array of identity numbers” can be substituted by the word nowadays without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
IF-BA
Órgão:
IF-BA
Prova:
IF-BA - 2014 - IF-BA - Curso Técnico - MODALIDADE SUBSEQUENTE - INGLÊS |
Q1370416
Inglês
Observe the propositions that follow. Decide if
they are correct or incorrect according to Text 01
and mark the alternative in which there are only
correct propositions.
Excerpt 01: "Protesters say the poorest are being short-changed while the government spends the large bills on new stadiums and glitzy infrastructure for the soccer competition Brazil is hosting next year and the Olympic Games coming in 2016."
I – There is an example of passive voice.
II – There is an example of comparative of adjectives.
III – The noun phrase “glitzy infrastructure for the soccer competition” is formed by a determiner, a pre modifier, a noun and a post modifier.
IV - “while” indicates simultaneous actions.
Excerpt 01: "Protesters say the poorest are being short-changed while the government spends the large bills on new stadiums and glitzy infrastructure for the soccer competition Brazil is hosting next year and the Olympic Games coming in 2016."
I – There is an example of passive voice.
II – There is an example of comparative of adjectives.
III – The noun phrase “glitzy infrastructure for the soccer competition” is formed by a determiner, a pre modifier, a noun and a post modifier.
IV - “while” indicates simultaneous actions.
Ano: 2019
Banca:
FAG
Órgão:
FAG
Prova:
FAG - 2019 - FAG - Vestibular - Segundo Semestre - Medicina |
Q1369795
Inglês
Texto associado
Text 2
Text 2a. Second Language Learning
One of the principles of all learning is that we make sense of new information and ideas by relating them to
our previous knowledge. There are two main kinds of previous language knowledge which second language learners
can use in order to make sense of the new language they encounter: the first is their knowledge of their mother
tongue and the second is the knowledge they already possess about the second language itself.
LITTLEWOOD, W. Second Language Learning. In DAVIES, A. e ELDER, C. The Handbook of Applied Linguistics,
pp.504/5, Blackwell Publishing, 2010.
Text 2b. National Curriculum Parameters
Every text is organized within a specific genre according to its communicative purposes, as part of the
conditions of discourse production, which generate social uses that determine any and every text. Genres are,
therefore, historically determined, and constitute relatively stable forms of utterances available in a culture.
(National Curriculum Parameters, Brasil, 1988, p.21) (adaptado)
Answer the two questions below considering also texts "Second Language Learning" and "National Curriculum
Parameters", above.
Choose the correct option about some features of the texts 2a and 2b above:
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