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LONG, Gideon. Earthquake science. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/03/100405_witn_earthquake_science.shtml>. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2010.
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APPLE PIE RECIPE
6 cups thinly sliced apples
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 recipe pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie
Prepare your pastry for a two crust pie. Wipe, quarter, core, peel, and slice apples; measure to 6 cups. Combine sugar and cinnamon. The amount of sugar used depends on how tart your apples are. Arrange apples in layers in pastry lined pie plate. Sprinkle each layer with sugar and cinnamon. Dot top layer with small pieces of butter or margarine. Cover with top crust. Place on lowest rack in oven preheated to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer. Serve warm or cold.
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Homeopaths believe that illness-causing substances can, in minute doses, treat people who are unwell. By diluting these substances in water or alcohol, homeopaths claim the resulting mixture retains a “memory” of the original substance that triggers a healing response in the body.
These claims have been widely disproven by multiple studies, but the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has for the first time thoroughly reviewed 225 research papers on homeopathy to come up with its position statement, released on Wednesday: Homeopathy is not effective for treating any health condition.
(Adaptado de www.theguardian.com - acesso em 12/03/2015)
SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age.
This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child’s academic and intellectual development.
They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual’s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn’t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles.
The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind — like remembering a sequence of directions while driving.
The bilingual experience appears to influence the brain from infancy to old age. Nobody ever doubted the power of language. But who would have imagined that the words we hear and the sentences we speak might be leaving such a deep imprint?
“from scratch” (line 65) means “starting something without using anything that existed before”.
“virtual being” (line 55) refers to the pet people might have on their virtual farm.
“waste” (line 21), “trashy” (line 22) and “guilty” (line 25) are used in the text with a negative meaning, but they are words usually used in positive contexts in English.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Assinale a alternativa correta considerando os elementos gramaticais do texto.
The words “originally” (line 11) and “promptly”
(line 18) are adverbs.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Assinale a alternativa correta considerando os elementos gramaticais do texto.
The structures “had already developed” (line 4),
“had signed up” (line 15), and “had a profile”
(line 17) All refer to the same verb tense.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Assinale o que for correto afirmar em relação aos vocábulos e excertos do texto.
“US universities” (line 20) and “UK universities”
(line 25) both refer to American universities.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Assinale o que for correto afirmar em relação aos vocábulos e excertos do texto.
“eventually” (line 20) means “at some later
time”.
Texto
A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Assinale o que for correto afirmar em relação aos vocábulos e excertos do texto.
“keen” (line 3) and “attractiveness” (line 9) have
a positive meaning.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Choose the correct alternative according to the text.
The words “programmer” (line 3), “users” (line
43), and “founder” (line 51) all refer to someone
responsible for performing the actions related to
these verbs.
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A brief history of Facebook
(Adapted from a text available at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/techonolgy/2007/jul/25/media.
newmedia. Accessed on 02/6/2011, at 9h10min)
Choose the correct alternative according to the text.
The words “users” (line 43), is a synonym of
“members” (line 52). The verb “had signed up”
(line 15) is a synonym of “had registered” (line
47).
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