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Q1987284 Inglês
“I spent last year in London. I’m from a small town, and London is a very big city. (...) There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt embarrassed about my English. I missed my family and my two cats. My roommate was always listening to loud music, so I rarely had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. It was a good experience, but I am glad to be home!” Carla Fonseca – Resende (Neil J. Anderson, editado)

Active Skills for Reading, 2nd Edition, Student Book 1 
Write T for true and F for false, then choose the alternative with the right sequence.
According to the text, Carla Fonseca
( ) expected London to be a bigger place. ( ) didn’t feel confident about her English. ( ) sounds disappointed at her experience abroad. ( ) felt lonely because she had to live abroad on her own.  
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Q1987283 Inglês
“Studying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work. I had classes six hours a day, five days a week - with lots of homework. I also kept a journal of my experience. (...) On weekends, my homestay family took me to lots of __________ places. (...) I’m definitely glad I went!” Alvin Chen - Hong Kong (Neil J. Anderson, editado)

Active Skills for Reading, 2nd Edition, Student Book 1
Write T for true and F for false, then choose the alternative with the right sequence.
According to the text, Alvin Chen
( ) sounds disappointed at his experience abroad. ( ) had a good time abroad, despite studying hard. ( ) was able to make written notes about his daily routine. ( ) doesn’t think that he had enough English speaking practice.
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Q1986276 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question. 

COVID Airborne Transmission v. Monkeypox: Key Differences between viruses 

By Aristos Georgiou 


  More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed around the world in several countries where the disease is not usually found - including the United States - raising questions about how the virus is spreading. But can monkeypox, a rare disease that is usually restricted to parts of Central and West Africa, spread via airborne transmission like the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

  Some infectious diseases can spread through airborne transmission via tiny respiratory droplets known as aerosols that can become suspended in the air. These droplets are produced when an individual exhales, sneezes, coughs, talks, or sings, for example. These droplets can contain live viruses or other pathogens that can potentially infect healthy people if they land in the eyes, nose or mouth.

  Airborne transmission does not require face-toface contact, and, in fact, an infected person does not even have to be in the same room as another individual to infect them because the droplets can linger in the air for some time,  

 Several diseases spread through airborne transmission, including measles and chickenpox. Others, meanwhile, can spread via larger respiratory droplets that do not float in the air as easily and fall to the ground faster.

  SARS-CoV-2' spreads through exposure to respiratory fluids containirig the infectious virus, and, while it was not clear if the early stages of the: "CÓVID-19 pandemic, we now kriow that this can include âerosols. poa tt

(Adapted from https://www.neiuswesk com) 

Aerosols are so important for the scientific issues raised in the text because: 
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Q1986275 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question. 

COVID Airborne Transmission v. Monkeypox: Key Differences between viruses 

By Aristos Georgiou 


  More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed around the world in several countries where the disease is not usually found - including the United States - raising questions about how the virus is spreading. But can monkeypox, a rare disease that is usually restricted to parts of Central and West Africa, spread via airborne transmission like the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

  Some infectious diseases can spread through airborne transmission via tiny respiratory droplets known as aerosols that can become suspended in the air. These droplets are produced when an individual exhales, sneezes, coughs, talks, or sings, for example. These droplets can contain live viruses or other pathogens that can potentially infect healthy people if they land in the eyes, nose or mouth.

  Airborne transmission does not require face-toface contact, and, in fact, an infected person does not even have to be in the same room as another individual to infect them because the droplets can linger in the air for some time,  

 Several diseases spread through airborne transmission, including measles and chickenpox. Others, meanwhile, can spread via larger respiratory droplets that do not float in the air as easily and fall to the ground faster.

  SARS-CoV-2' spreads through exposure to respiratory fluids containirig the infectious virus, and, while it was not clear if the early stages of the: "CÓVID-19 pandemic, we now kriow that this can include âerosols. poa tt

(Adapted from https://www.neiuswesk com) 

According to the text, which fact called special attention to the spread of monkeypox around the world?  
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Q1986274 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question.. 


Unmanned Vessel Plans Need Improvement, Agency Says

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

  While the U.S. Navy is steaming full speed ahead in developing unmanned surface and undersea drones to augment the fleet of the future, the information technology and the artificial intelligence that will drive these platforms remain a work in progress. The sea service needs to better map out its efforts, according to a recent government watchdog report.

  Navy shipbuilding plans call for spending more than $4 billion on such drones over the next five years, but that plan “does not account for the full costs to develop and operate these systems,” a Government Accountability Office report found. 

   Replacing crews requires IT and Al capabilities that the Navy has just begun to examine.

  GAO's audit, which began in October 2020, found that the Navy is “only beginning to assess (unmanned systems”) effects on existing shipbuilding plans.”

  “While the Navy has outlined a plan to spend $4.3 billion on uncrewed maritime systems in its shipbuilding plan, we found that this understates the costs associated with these systems because it does not account for all costs - specifically operations and sustainment, and the digital infrastructure necessary to enable them," the report states.

  Funding unmanned development could also come under pressure from competing shipbuilding demands. The report found that the Navy has yet to stand up criteria for evaluating prototypes or developing better schedules for such prototype efforts. 

  The Navy is looking to introduce several unmanned systems into the fleet in the coming decades, according to GAO, and while some software will be unique to each platform, the Navy also wants to have a lot of common digital infrastructure among these vehicles.

  This digital infrastructure would involve Al capabilities built over time to better help the platforms communicate, sense their surroundings and manage reams of data, the report states.

  Navy officials told GAO that the sea service needs a host of technologies, including simulation software, software for autonomy and mission planning, large datasets for machine learning, as well as commercial tech and software that can be quickly bought and melded into Navy systems.

  Among its recommendations, the report states that the Navy should provide Congress with a cost estimate for the full scope of work that will be required to make unmanned systems part of the fleet, while developing an approach to refine this estimate in the next shipbuilding plan.  

  The service should also establish an “uncrewed maritime systems portfolio” and offer more detail about how it intends to reach its unmanned objectives.

(Adapted from Navy Times. May 2022, p. 15.https://www .navytimes.com/)  

in the sentence “While the U.S. Navy is steaming full speed ahead in developing unmanned surface and undersea drones to augment the fieet [...]" (para. 1), the verb “augment" means:  
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Q1986273 Inglês

Read the text below and answer the question.. 


Unmanned Vessel Plans Need Improvement, Agency Says

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

  While the U.S. Navy is steaming full speed ahead in developing unmanned surface and undersea drones to augment the fleet of the future, the information technology and the artificial intelligence that will drive these platforms remain a work in progress. The sea service needs to better map out its efforts, according to a recent government watchdog report.

  Navy shipbuilding plans call for spending more than $4 billion on such drones over the next five years, but that plan “does not account for the full costs to develop and operate these systems,” a Government Accountability Office report found. 

   Replacing crews requires IT and Al capabilities that the Navy has just begun to examine.

  GAO's audit, which began in October 2020, found that the Navy is “only beginning to assess (unmanned systems”) effects on existing shipbuilding plans.”

  “While the Navy has outlined a plan to spend $4.3 billion on uncrewed maritime systems in its shipbuilding plan, we found that this understates the costs associated with these systems because it does not account for all costs - specifically operations and sustainment, and the digital infrastructure necessary to enable them," the report states.

  Funding unmanned development could also come under pressure from competing shipbuilding demands. The report found that the Navy has yet to stand up criteria for evaluating prototypes or developing better schedules for such prototype efforts. 

  The Navy is looking to introduce several unmanned systems into the fleet in the coming decades, according to GAO, and while some software will be unique to each platform, the Navy also wants to have a lot of common digital infrastructure among these vehicles.

  This digital infrastructure would involve Al capabilities built over time to better help the platforms communicate, sense their surroundings and manage reams of data, the report states.

  Navy officials told GAO that the sea service needs a host of technologies, including simulation software, software for autonomy and mission planning, large datasets for machine learning, as well as commercial tech and software that can be quickly bought and melded into Navy systems.

  Among its recommendations, the report states that the Navy should provide Congress with a cost estimate for the full scope of work that will be required to make unmanned systems part of the fleet, while developing an approach to refine this estimate in the next shipbuilding plan.  

  The service should also establish an “uncrewed maritime systems portfolio” and offer more detail about how it intends to reach its unmanned objectives.

(Adapted from Navy Times. May 2022, p. 15.https://www .navytimes.com/)  

According to the text, which option is correct?
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Q1977487 Inglês
The following excerpt refer to question.

Nineties fashion was hard to pin down. A clash of trends screamed for our attention while others were so quietly cool they're still sartorial staples in our collective wardrobes: slip dresses, Doc Martens, chokers, crop tops.
While the 1980s were all about volume – padded shoulders, puffed jackets, big hair and an obsession with designer wear – style in the early 1990s was decidedly low maintenance.

(Available in: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/1990s-fashion-history/index.html.) 
The excerpt presents:
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Q1977486 Inglês
The following excerpt refer to question.

Nineties fashion was hard to pin down. A clash of trends screamed for our attention while others were so quietly cool they're still sartorial staples in our collective wardrobes: slip dresses, Doc Martens, chokers, crop tops.
While the 1980s were all about volume – padded shoulders, puffed jackets, big hair and an obsession with designer wear – style in the early 1990s was decidedly low maintenance.

(Available in: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/1990s-fashion-history/index.html.) 
In the first line of the excerpt, the underlined and in bold type expression can be substituted without losing its meaning by:
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Q1977485 Inglês
Consider the following text:
(CNN) Researchers at Yale University say they have been able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after the animals' deaths, suggesting that cells don't die as quickly as scientists had assumed. With more research, the cutting-edge technique could someday potentially help preserve human organs for longer, allowing more people to receive transplants. The researchers used a system they developed called OrganEx, which enables oxygen to be recirculated throughout a dead pig's body, preserving cells and some organs after a cardiac arrest.
(Available in: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/03/health/dead-pigs-restore-cellular-function-scn/index.html.)
Mark the alternative that presents an adequate title for the excerpt: 
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Q1977484 Inglês
The following text refer to question.

'I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,' says man who biked from London to Lagos

   Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days.
   But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos.
   The journey took 41 days as he traveled 13,000 kilometers (8,080 miles) through 11 countries and 31 cities.
   Adeyanju embarked on the trip partly to raise money for polio, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro, Nigeria, where he is president-elect. He says he chose the cause because of a childhood friend who suffered from the debilitating illness.
   "Polio is a personal thing for me... as a boy, my best friend had polio and when we go swimming or play football, he could do none of those things. Sadly, my friend passed away some years back. If he hadn't had polio, he probably will still be alive today."

(Available in: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/kunle-adeyanju-london-to-lagos-lgs-cmd-intl/index.html.) 
According to the text, Kunle Adeyanju took the journey from London to Lagos in order to:
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Q1977483 Inglês
The following text refer to question.

'I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,' says man who biked from London to Lagos

   Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days.
   But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos.
   The journey took 41 days as he traveled 13,000 kilometers (8,080 miles) through 11 countries and 31 cities.
   Adeyanju embarked on the trip partly to raise money for polio, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro, Nigeria, where he is president-elect. He says he chose the cause because of a childhood friend who suffered from the debilitating illness.
   "Polio is a personal thing for me... as a boy, my best friend had polio and when we go swimming or play football, he could do none of those things. Sadly, my friend passed away some years back. If he hadn't had polio, he probably will still be alive today."

(Available in: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/kunle-adeyanju-london-to-lagos-lgs-cmd-intl/index.html.) 
According to the text, it is correct to say that Kunle Adeyanju:
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Q1977482 Inglês
The following text refer to question.

Kevin Adkins almost kicked the Ice Age skull to the side because he thought it was just debris from a recent flood – then he saw that it had teeth.

   When Kevin Adkins took his father-in-law, Tony Hager, on his first turkey hunt on May 8, 2022, the two West Virginians spotted an animal skull in a Putnam County creek. Covered in mud from a flood that had hit the region two days earlier, it was initially unidentifiable. So Adkins took it home – and later learned that it belonged to an 11,000-year-old giant sloth.
   While 36-year-old Adkins had hunted turkeys in Putnam County plenty of times before, he had never come across something like this. Trudging through the muddy wilderness, the Red House resident and his father-in-law were primarily interested in nabbing some wild birds when they encountered the relic.
   “We were running and gunning for toms,” Adkins told Outdoor Life. “We’d worked a gobbler for about 30 minutes, then the bird moved off, so we picked up and headed up the creek. I looked down in the middle of the creek as we crossed it and saw a big blob of something I thought was a root ball, so I almost kicked it away.”
   “But I noticed something different about it and looked closer,” Adkins went on. “That’s when I saw some molar teeth, so I picked it up.”
   Determined not to let the potential find of a lifetime distract from his turkey hunt, Adkins propped the skull next to the creek and forged ahead. When he and Hager concluded their hunt later that morning, they retrieved the skull and carried it home.
   “[My wife] thought it was a cow skull because it was so big,” Adkins said. The skull weighed about 30 pounds and sported tufts of hair. It had four molar teeth on either side of its jawbone.
   “But my father-in-law said no, it was something very different,” continued Adkins. “That’s when we started searching the internet, sending photos to family and friends, and then I posted it on social media. That really got things moving along with trying to ID what I’d found.”

(Available in: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tag/news.)
According to the text, it is correct to say that:
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Q1977480 Inglês
The following text refer to question.

Kevin Adkins almost kicked the Ice Age skull to the side because he thought it was just debris from a recent flood – then he saw that it had teeth.

   When Kevin Adkins took his father-in-law, Tony Hager, on his first turkey hunt on May 8, 2022, the two West Virginians spotted an animal skull in a Putnam County creek. Covered in mud from a flood that had hit the region two days earlier, it was initially unidentifiable. So Adkins took it home – and later learned that it belonged to an 11,000-year-old giant sloth.
   While 36-year-old Adkins had hunted turkeys in Putnam County plenty of times before, he had never come across something like this. Trudging through the muddy wilderness, the Red House resident and his father-in-law were primarily interested in nabbing some wild birds when they encountered the relic.
   “We were running and gunning for toms,” Adkins told Outdoor Life. “We’d worked a gobbler for about 30 minutes, then the bird moved off, so we picked up and headed up the creek. I looked down in the middle of the creek as we crossed it and saw a big blob of something I thought was a root ball, so I almost kicked it away.”
   “But I noticed something different about it and looked closer,” Adkins went on. “That’s when I saw some molar teeth, so I picked it up.”
   Determined not to let the potential find of a lifetime distract from his turkey hunt, Adkins propped the skull next to the creek and forged ahead. When he and Hager concluded their hunt later that morning, they retrieved the skull and carried it home.
   “[My wife] thought it was a cow skull because it was so big,” Adkins said. The skull weighed about 30 pounds and sported tufts of hair. It had four molar teeth on either side of its jawbone.
   “But my father-in-law said no, it was something very different,” continued Adkins. “That’s when we started searching the internet, sending photos to family and friends, and then I posted it on social media. That really got things moving along with trying to ID what I’d found.”

(Available in: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tag/news.)
According to the text, it is correct to say that the skull both men found as they were hunting turkeys was of:
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Q1944827 Inglês
Direction: Read the comic strip below and answer question from according to it.




Source: https://raesidecartoon.com/vault/global-warming-climatechange/ Accessed on March 16th, 2022.


Glossary:

1. Mudslide: a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain

2. To drown out: to cover 
Considering texts I and II, it is correct to say that in both cases  
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Q1944826 Inglês
Direction: Read the comic strip below and answer question from according to it.




Source: https://raesidecartoon.com/vault/global-warming-climatechange/ Accessed on March 16th, 2022.


Glossary:

1. Mudslide: a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain

2. To drown out: to cover 
Choose the correct option about the guy in the cartoon. 
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Q1944825 Inglês
Direction: Read the comic strip below and answer question from according to it.




Source: https://raesidecartoon.com/vault/global-warming-climatechange/ Accessed on March 16th, 2022.


Glossary:

1. Mudslide: a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain

2. To drown out: to cover 
According to the first sentence of the text, it is possible to state that the situation that is being presented  
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Q1944824 Inglês
Direction: Read the comic strip below and answer question from according to it.




Source: https://raesidecartoon.com/vault/global-warming-climatechange/ Accessed on March 16th, 2022.


Glossary:

1. Mudslide: a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain

2. To drown out: to cover 
Mark the correct option. 
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Q1944823 Inglês
Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to it.  




Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211206-howclimate-change-has-altered-christmas.
Accessed on March 05th, 2022


Glossary:

1. To threaten: to announce or warn of something bad, disastrous or dangerous

2. To rise: to move upwards, to increase

3. To flood: to become covered with water

4. To gather: to come together in a group

5. Mud: wet earth that is soft and sticky

6. Basement: a room in a house below the level of the ground

7. Despite: not prevented/influenced by; although

8. Drought: a long period when there is little or no rain

9. Dutch: people from the Netherlands  
Choose the INCORRECT statement about Puerto Rico.  
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Q1944821 Inglês
Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to it.  




Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211206-howclimate-change-has-altered-christmas.
Accessed on March 05th, 2022


Glossary:

1. To threaten: to announce or warn of something bad, disastrous or dangerous

2. To rise: to move upwards, to increase

3. To flood: to become covered with water

4. To gather: to come together in a group

5. Mud: wet earth that is soft and sticky

6. Basement: a room in a house below the level of the ground

7. Despite: not prevented/influenced by; although

8. Drought: a long period when there is little or no rain

9. Dutch: people from the Netherlands  
About the Christmas season, it is correct to say that
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Q1944820 Inglês
Direction: Read the text below and answer question according to it.  




Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211206-howclimate-change-has-altered-christmas.
Accessed on March 05th, 2022


Glossary:

1. To threaten: to announce or warn of something bad, disastrous or dangerous

2. To rise: to move upwards, to increase

3. To flood: to become covered with water

4. To gather: to come together in a group

5. Mud: wet earth that is soft and sticky

6. Basement: a room in a house below the level of the ground

7. Despite: not prevented/influenced by; although

8. Drought: a long period when there is little or no rain

9. Dutch: people from the Netherlands  
Read the statements related to the text.

I - Elfstedentocht didn’t happen last year.
II - People from Netherlands have been participating in a race covering 200km for 24 years.
III - Dutches at all ages usually ice skate during Christmas season.
IV - The northern province Friesland is the only place that preserves the beloved winter tradition.

The correct sentences are  
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Respostas
181: D
182: A
183: B
184: E
185: E
186: D
187: D
188: A
189: E
190: C
191: E
192: C
193: B
194: B
195: C
196: A
197: C
198: D
199: C
200: B