Questões Militares de Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Texto 2

Brazil to replace oil rigs with ‘underwater cities’

Traditional oil rigs will be replaced with “underwater cities” within a decade under ambitious plans being drawn up by Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned energy group.

A Petrobras oil platform at Guabanara bay in Rio de Janeiro.

Petrobras plans to turn science fiction into reality to extract oil from the vast pre-salt oil fields discovered off the south east coast of Brazil.
The plan is to construct ‘cities’ more than 2,000 metres under water, containing machines, giant pieces of equipment and robots that could inspect the systems being used to extract millions of barrels of oil. Many operations would be fully automated while others would be controlled by humans at a distance.
Petrobras already owns virtual reality laboratories where engineers can inspect 3D images of oil fields. But now they want to take a further technological leap by installing floating rig equipment on the sea bed.
The machinery under the sea would be capable of separating oil, gas, water and sand, compressing substances and generating enough energy to keep the operation functioning. 

Texto 1

Mayday Call

If a boat or a member of a crew is in danger do the following:

• ⋅ Press the alarm signal, if so equipped, on the transmitter for 30 to 60 seconds. This will alert people that a distress call is going to be made.
  
  
• ⋅ Say Mayday three times. Give the following:
  --Name of your boat
  --Report your position by giving latitude and longitude or distance and direction from a known object on a chart.
  --Describe your boat and number of people on board.
  --Describe the situation
  (http://www.sailingusa.info/sailing_safety.htm)

                                                            TEXT II

                                                  Why Join the Navy?

The Navy experience can shape your future through outstanding financial benefits, unparalleled career potential, and the lifestyle of freedom and personal growth that you’ve been waiting for.

(from http://www.navy.com/navy/) 

                               TEXTO I

      Ecology and History of the Amazon Rain Forest

Biodiversity and Symbiosis of South America's Vulnerable Habitat 

No place on Earth is as full of diverse life and landscape as the Amazon Rainforest. It spreads its tall trees and rich biodiversity over 40% of the South American continent. The Amazon River shares its name with its host, and is 11 times the volume of the Mississippi river. The massive water system begins in the Andes Mountains and winds its way 4,080 miles eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, rushing through the forests with tremendous force. The annual outflow of the river is responsible for 1/5 of the entire world’s freshwater flow. Everything about this habitat is super-sized.

(http://www.suite101.com/content/lungs-of-the-earth-a55287) 

                               TEXTO I

      Ecology and History of the Amazon Rain Forest

Biodiversity and Symbiosis of South America's Vulnerable Habitat 

No place on Earth is as full of diverse life and landscape as the Amazon Rainforest. It spreads its tall trees and rich biodiversity over 40% of the South American continent. The Amazon River shares its name with its host, and is 11 times the volume of the Mississippi river. The massive water system begins in the Andes Mountains and winds its way 4,080 miles eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, rushing through the forests with tremendous force. The annual outflow of the river is responsible for 1/5 of the entire world’s freshwater flow. Everything about this habitat is super-sized.

(http://www.suite101.com/content/lungs-of-the-earth-a55287) 

                               TEXTO I

      Ecology and History of the Amazon Rain Forest

Biodiversity and Symbiosis of South America's Vulnerable Habitat 

No place on Earth is as full of diverse life and landscape as the Amazon Rainforest. It spreads its tall trees and rich biodiversity over 40% of the South American continent. The Amazon River shares its name with its host, and is 11 times the volume of the Mississippi river. The massive water system begins in the Andes Mountains and winds its way 4,080 miles eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, rushing through the forests with tremendous force. The annual outflow of the river is responsible for 1/5 of the entire world’s freshwater flow. Everything about this habitat is super-sized.

(http://www.suite101.com/content/lungs-of-the-earth-a55287) 

Read the text and answer question.

Another plane returns to Guarulhos airport

    For the second day consecutive, an airplane had to return to Guarulhos airport, after being hit by birds.

    The incident happened on Wednesday (27) with a Boeing 737- 800 belonging to the airline Gol _____ took off for Fortaleza. The bird entered one of the two motors, causing serious troubles. Because of the problem, the plane returned to Guarulhos almost two hours after taking off. The aircraft had to use fuel to land with less weight.

Read the text and answer question.

April

    There was a nice little girl which name was April. 

    One day, she asked her parents why she was called April. They answered that it was because she was born in April. The little girl liked her name and the month April too. Her parents made her a party, all her friends celebrated with her, and she received a lot of presents.

    One day her mother became pregnant and April had a little brother. Her brother was born in February and everybody came and suggested names for the new baby.

    April didn’t understand what the problem was. If the baby was born in February, the correct name should be February.

Read the text and answer the question.

Olympic Sports

    The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece, in the year 1896. Athletes from only 13 countries participated in the Games that year. They competed in 43 different events in just 9 sports (track and field, swimming, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, tennis, weight lifting, and wrestling). In 2004, the Olympic Games took place once again in Athens. This time athletes from 202 countries competed in 300 events in 28 sports. Only five sports have been in every Olympic Games.

Fonte: adapted from Thoughts and Notions.