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  1. Questão 161

    ID 3172407

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: BNCC e Documentos Curriculares | BNCC And Curriculum Documents

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas Órgão: Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais

    READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 35 TO 40

    Text I

    English Language Learning In Brazil

    According to the BNCC1, learning English enables students to engage and participate in a globalized and pluralistic world. It allows students to develop a critical mindset and exercise their citizenship rights while expanding the possibilities of interaction and mobility. In this sense, the BNCC outlines three critical implications for the English curriculum. The first is the globalized nature of English, in which the concepts of language, territory and culture are reconsidered since English speakers are no longer found only in countries where English is the official language. The second implication concerns broadening the definition of literacy, bringing the concept of “multi-literacies” to the Brazilian curriculum as students expand their linguistic knowledge, and English becomes a symbolic asset for Brazilians to express themselves in a different language. Finally, the third implication concerns different teaching approaches, which implies embracing the culture and traditions of the language, not only the formal grammatical standards, breaking with aspects related to “correctness”, “accuracy”, and “proficiency”.

    […]

    Even in a challenging context, it is clear that Brazil has made significant progress by approving a new and flexible curriculum for upper secondary schools and putting English mandatory in the standard part of the curriculum. However, major efforts are still required to ensure the smooth implementation of this reform, which the pandemic and the difficulties in coordination across the national and subnational levels have already hindered.

    1 BNCC: Base Nacional Comum Curricular

    Adapted from: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/english-language-learning-in-brazil/



    Text I aims at

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  2. Questão 162

    ID 3172406

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Prefixos | Prefixes

    Ano: 2023 Banca: ITA - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica Órgão: Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

    Leia o texto a seguir para responder às questões de 25 a 30.

    Read Your Way Through Salvador

    By Itamar Vieira Junior and translated by Johnny Lorenz. July 19, 2028.

    I was born in Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, and lived in the general vicinity until I reached the age of 15. But it was when I left that really came to know my city. How was I able to discover more about my birthplace while traveling far from home? It might sound rather clichéd but, I assure you, literature made this possible: It took me on a journey, long and profound, back home, enveloping me in words and imagination.

    To understand the formation of our unique society and, consequently, the cityscape of Salvador, one should read, before anything else, “The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom and Islam in the Black Atlantic,” by João José Reis, Flávio dos Santos Gomes and Marcus J.M. de Carvalho. Rufino was an alufá, or Muslim spiritual leader, born in the Oyo empire in present-day Nigeria and enslaved during his adolescence. “The Story of Rufino” is an epic tale, encapsulating the life of one man in search of freedom as well as the history of the development of Salvador itself, a place inextricably linked with the diaspora across the Black Atlantic. Another book for which I have deep affection is “The City of Women,” by the American anthropologist Ruth Landes. It offers an intriguing perspective, focusing on matriarchal power in candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian sacred practice, and revealing how the social organization of its spiritual communities reverberates across the city.

    If you want to feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador, these two books, both by Amado, are indispensable: “Captains of the Sands” and “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.” The first is a coming-of-age story in which we follow a group of children and adolescents living on the streets and on the beaches around the Bay of All Saints. Written more than 80 years ago, the book was banned and even burned in the public square during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas in the first half of the 20th century. As a portrait of Salvador, it is still relevant and reveals our deep inequalities. “Dona Flor and her Two Husbands” is one of Amado's most popular novels, translated into more than 30 languages and adapted many times for theater, cinema, and television. The book is a kind of manifesto for a woman's liberation. Dona Flor possesses great culinary talent, and oppressed by a patriarchal society, finds herself divided between two men, one being her deceased husband. While the novel captures the daily life of the city in the 1940s, it is also a wonderful guide to the cuisine of Salvador, with its African and Portuguese influences.

    I invite readers to travel into the interior of Bahia, many hours by car from Salvador to the region known as the Sertão, whose name translates loosely to “backwoods.” Two books can also transport you there, and they are sides of the same story: “Backlands: The Canudos Campaign,” by Euclides da Cunha, and “The War of the End of the World,” by Mario Vargas Llosa.

    “Backlands” is one of the most important works in the history of Brazilian literature. Itis a journalistic telling that introduces us not only to the brutal War of Canudos, but also to the intriguing landscape of the Sertão, a place so full of contradictions. In his writing of the conflict, da Cunha tells the story of the genesis of the tough sertanejo: a mythic, cowboyesque figure of the drought-stricken, lawless interior. “The War of the End of the World” is an essential epic that amplifies the narrative of “Backlands,” bringing a more imaginative, creative aspect to the story of Antônio Conselheiro, the spiritual leader of a rebellion, and of the multitude that followed him to their deaths.

    [Fonte: “Read Your Way Through Salvador”. In: The New York Times, 19/07/2028, <www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/b00ks/salvador-bahia-brazil-books.html>. Adaptado. Data de acesso: 01/09/2023.)



    No trecho do terceiro parágrafo “As a portrait of Salvador, it is still relevant and reveals our deep inequalities”, o termo sublinhado contém um prefixo de negação. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o termo que NÃO contém prefixo de negação.

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  3. Questão 163

    ID 3172405

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas Órgão: Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais

    READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 35 TO 40

    Text I

    English Language Learning In Brazil

    According to the BNCC1, learning English enables students to engage and participate in a globalized and pluralistic world. It allows students to develop a critical mindset and exercise their citizenship rights while expanding the possibilities of interaction and mobility. In this sense, the BNCC outlines three critical implications for the English curriculum. The first is the globalized nature of English, in which the concepts of language, territory and culture are reconsidered since English speakers are no longer found only in countries where English is the official language. The second implication concerns broadening the definition of literacy, bringing the concept of “multi-literacies” to the Brazilian curriculum as students expand their linguistic knowledge, and English becomes a symbolic asset for Brazilians to express themselves in a different language. Finally, the third implication concerns different teaching approaches, which implies embracing the culture and traditions of the language, not only the formal grammatical standards, breaking with aspects related to “correctness”, “accuracy”, and “proficiency”.

    […]

    Even in a challenging context, it is clear that Brazil has made significant progress by approving a new and flexible curriculum for upper secondary schools and putting English mandatory in the standard part of the curriculum. However, major efforts are still required to ensure the smooth implementation of this reform, which the pandemic and the difficulties in coordination across the national and subnational levels have already hindered.

    1 BNCC: Base Nacional Comum Curricular

    Adapted from: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/english-language-learning-in-brazil/



    By holding that English has a “globalized nature” (1st paragraph), the text implies that it

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  4. Questão 164

    ID 3172404

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Substituição de Palavras e Reescrita de Frases | Word Substitution And Sentence Rewriting

    Ano: 2023 Banca: QUADRIX - Instituto Quadrix Órgão: Conselho Regional de Medicina do Tocantins

    Text for the items from 31 to 37.

    1 Health technology is defined by the World

    Health Organization as the “application of organized

    knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines,

    4 vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve

    a health problem and improve quality of lives”. This

    includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and

    organizational systems used in the healthcare industry, as

    well as computer‑supported information systems.

    Internet:<http://www.en.wikipedia.org/> (with adaptations).

    According to the text, judge the items from 31 to 35.



    1 Health technology is defined by the World

    Health Organization as the “application of organized

    knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines,

    4 vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve

    a health problem and improve quality of lives”. This

    includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and

    7 organizational systems used in the healthcare industry, as

    well as computer‑supported information systems.

    Internet: <www.en.wikipedia.org> (with adaptations).

    With reference to the sentence “Technological change is the largest cause of long‑term economic growth.”, judge the items 36 and 37.

    One can correctly replace “Technological change” by Changes in technology without altering the meaning of the sentence or interfering in the subject‑verb agreement.

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  5. Questão 165

    ID 3172403

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: IBAM - Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Municipal Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de São Pedro da Aldeia

    Attention! The following questions are not related to the previous text.



    There are several important aspects when choosing adequate exercises to help students become more proficient readers. Among the types below, one of them is inappropriate, which is:

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  6. Questão 166

    ID 3172402

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: IFES - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo Órgão: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo

    Read the text below and after answer questions 28 and 29:

    He converted a van into a mobile medical clinic. Now, he’s bringing care to thousands in rural Ghana

    By Meg Dunn, CNN

    Published 6:48 AM EDT, Fri August 11, 2023

    Somerset, NJ

    CNN — Growing up in a small village in southern Ghana, Osei Boateng watched many of his family members and neighbors struggle to access basic health care. In many regions of the country, it can take hours to get to the nearest hospital.

    Boateng said many people lost their lives due to preventable or treatable diseases. His grandmother and aunt were among them. “My grandmother was a very big part of my life,” said Boateng, 28. “It was very hard when we lost her, and it was due to something that could have been easily prevented. That is the painful part of it.”

    The average life expectancy in Ghana is 64 years old, and the most common causes of death are largely treatable conditions, such as malaria, stroke, and respiratory infections. Feeling an urgent call to help, Boateng decided he would make it his life’s mission to bring health care to remote communities in Ghana. He worked hard in school and got a scholarship to study biology at Cornell University in the US. “I was learning a lot about hypertension and diabetes and things that people back home didn’t know they could die from,” said Boateng, who ultimately earned his master’s in Healthcare Administration. “Early screening wasn’t an option for us.”

    He realized that education and preventative health care was lacking in many remote areas of Ghana. Yet telling people to go to the doctor wasn’t the answer. “I realized that these people don’t have the luxury of time,” Boateng said. “The food that they put on the table is determined by what they sell in the market. If I tell them to go to the hospital, there’s no way they are going to go.”

    Doctor’s office on wheels

    Boateng wanted to find a way to remove these barriers to health care access and education. He started his nonprofit, OKB Hope Foundation, and in 2021, he converted a van into a mobile doctor’s office and started bringing health care directly to those in need. A few times a week, the mobile clinic and medical team travel long distances to remote communities in Ghana and provide free routine medical care.

    On each trip, Boateng’s team consists of a nurse, physician’s assistant, doctor, and operation assistant. In the van, they can run basic labs like bloodwork and urinalysis as well as prescribe and provide medications. “It’s like a one-stop shop for people,” said Boateng, adding that most of the people they see have one health issue or another.

    Since its launch, Boateng says the Hope Health Van has served more than 4,000 Ghanaians across more than 45 rural communities who otherwise don’t have easily accessible medical care.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/world/ghana-van-mental-health-medical-care-cnnheroes/index.html – acesso em 04/09/23



    What information is NOT in the text?

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  7. Questão 167

    ID 3172401

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Sufixos | Suffixes

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas Órgão: Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais

    READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 35 TO 40

    Text I

    English Language Learning In Brazil

    According to the BNCC1, learning English enables students to engage and participate in a globalized and pluralistic world. It allows students to develop a critical mindset and exercise their citizenship rights while expanding the possibilities of interaction and mobility. In this sense, the BNCC outlines three critical implications for the English curriculum. The first is the globalized nature of English, in which the concepts of language, territory and culture are reconsidered since English speakers are no longer found only in countries where English is the official language. The second implication concerns broadening the definition of literacy, bringing the concept of “multi-literacies” to the Brazilian curriculum as students expand their linguistic knowledge, and English becomes a symbolic asset for Brazilians to express themselves in a different language. Finally, the third implication concerns different teaching approaches, which implies embracing the culture and traditions of the language, not only the formal grammatical standards, breaking with aspects related to “correctness”, “accuracy”, and “proficiency”.

    […]

    Even in a challenging context, it is clear that Brazil has made significant progress by approving a new and flexible curriculum for upper secondary schools and putting English mandatory in the standard part of the curriculum. However, major efforts are still required to ensure the smooth implementation of this reform, which the pandemic and the difficulties in coordination across the national and subnational levels have already hindered.

    1 BNCC: Base Nacional Comum Curricular

    Adapted from: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/english-language-learning-in-brazil/



    The word “citizenship” (1st paragraph) is formed by

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  8. Questão 168

    ID 3172400

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Falsos Cognatos | False Cognates

    Ano: 2023 Banca: CESPE CEBRASPE - Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB Órgão: Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil S/A

    In the quest for technological advancements that can revolutionize our world, the scientific community has always been captivated by the elusive phenomenon of superconductivity. For decades, researchers have strived to unlock its full potential, seeking to discover materials that can exhibit superconducting properties at room temperature. And now, the wait might finally be over! Enter LK-99, a groundbreaking potential room-temperature superconductor that has sent shockwaves through the scientific world, spearheaded by a team of brilliant minds from Korea University, led by esteemed researchers Sukbae Lee and Ji-Hoon Kim.

    Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance, leading to unprecedented energy efficiency and technological advancements. In summary, LK-99 represents an exciting prospect as a potential room-temperature superconductor, but its superconducting properties have yet to be confirmed and independently verified.

    Room temperature superconductors could revolutionize the energy sector by enabling lossless power transmission over long distances. With reduced energy dissipation during transmission, electricity could be distributed more efficiently, lowering carbon footprints and electricity costs.

    Internet: <dataconomy.com/> (adapted).

    According to the preceding text, judge the following items.



    It is correct to affirm that the word “elusive” (first sentence of the first paragraph) has a similar meaning to its cognate word in Portuguese.

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  9. Questão 169

    ID 3172399

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: VUNESP - Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Órgão: Câmara Municipal de São José dos Campos

    Leia o texto.

    Interfaces Between Layers

    The passing of the data and network information down through the layers of the sending device and back up through the layers of the receiving device is made possible by an interface between each pair of adjacent layers. Each interface defines the information and services a layer must provide for the layer above it. Well-defined interfaces and layer functions provide modularity to a network.

    (…)

    (Fonte: Forouzan, B.A. (2007) Data Communications and Networking. 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Higher Education, New York)

    I. Choose the only correct statement, according to the text:

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  10. Questão 170

    ID 3172398

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Discurso Direto e Indireto | Reported Speech

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas Órgão: Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais

    READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 41 TO 45

    Text II

    From: https://www.facebook.com/photo



    The correct form of reporting the first sentence of the speech in the second panel is:

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  11. Questão 171

    ID 3172397

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Substituição de Palavras e Reescrita de Frases | Word Substitution And Sentence Rewriting

    Ano: 2023 Banca: ADVISE Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Maravilha

    Want to keep your memory sharp? Here's what science recommends.

    1. Have you ever frantically searched for your phone using the light on your
    2. phone? lt's embarrassing for sure, but that and other things-forgetting a word or
    3. missing an appointment -aren't signs that you're on the road to dementia. ln
    4. fact, we shouldn't accept that our memory will gel worse and worse alter middle
    5. age, because there's a body of research saying otherwise.
    6. While many things about our memory are outside of our control71enetics and
    7. aging for starters-we can tweak our recall ability through lifestyle choices. Just
    8. because we are experiencing normal, age-related memory decline doesn't mean
    9. we can't do something about lt.
    10. Having a higher expectation of our memory skills as we age helps us engage
    11. in more of the very things that maintain recall. Studies show that in cultures
    12. where the older population is not stereotyped as being forgetful, such as in China,
    13. people score better on memory tests. ln other words, folks there aren't
    14. conditioned to give in to the idea that aging and memory loss go hand in hand, so
    15. they naturally put forth more effort into staying mentally engaged.
    16. What are those activities and factors that can grease the wheels of our
    17. memory machinery? The same things that help lower our risk of diseases such as
    18. heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and depression: exercising, eating healthfully,
    19. getting good sleep, socializing, and challenging our mind. ln addition, there are
    20. several memory tricks that people of all ages can learn that can help.
    21. [...]

    Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/top-tips-memory-sharp-age-dementia: 08/06/23. Published June 29, 2023 By Tula Karras



    Analyze the propositions and select the right alternative:

    I- ‘age-related’ (l.8) is a hyphenated compound word;

    II- ‘middle age’ (l.4, 5) is working as a noun;

    III- ‘healthfully’ (l.18) is an adverb built by prefixation;

    IV- ‘outside’ (l.6) is a preposition.

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  12. Questão 172

    ID 3172396

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: VUNESP - Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Guararema

    Leia o texto para responder às questões de 35 a 43.

    Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) was a 1970s reaction to much that had gone before - namely the grammatical patterning of structural-situationalism and the rigidity of the drill-type methodology that Audio-lingualism made varying use of.

    CLT has two main guiding principles: the first is that language is not just patterns of grammar with vocabulary items slotted in, but also involves language functions such as inviting, agreeing and disagreeing, suggesting, etc, which students should learn how to perform using a variety of language exponents (e.g. we can invite by saying ‘Would you like to come to the cinema?’, ‘D’you fancy coming to the cinema?’, ‘What about coming to the cinema?’, ‘How about a film?’, ‘Are you on for a film?’, etc). Students also need to be aware of the necessity for appropriacy when talking and writing to people in terms of the kind of language they use (formal, informal, tentative, technical, etc). CLT is not just about the language, in other words, it is about how it is used.

    The second principle of Communicative Language Teaching is that if students get enough exposure to language, and opportunities for language use - and if they are motivated - then language learning will take care of itself. As a result, the focus of much CLT has been on students communicating real messages, and not just grammatically controlled language. The deployment of many communicative activities, where students use all and any language they know to communicate, shows this aspect of CLT at work. Communicative Language Teaching has had a thoroughly beneficial effect since it reminded teachers that people learn languages not so that they know about them, but so that they can communicate with them. Giving students different kinds of language, pointing them towards aspects of style and appropriacy, and above all giving them opportunities to try out real language within the classroom humanized what had sometimes been too rigidly controlled.

    (HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach English. Longman, 1998. P. 50. Adaptado)



    No trecho retirado do texto “language is not just patterns of grammar” a palavra em negrito pode ter significado diferente, dependendo do contexto. Leia a sentença abaixo, onde o mesmo acontece com a palavra multiply, que cria uma ambiguidade.

    We’ll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

    A parte da linguística que lida com esse aspecto da língua é a

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  13. Questão 173

    ID 3172395

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Substituição de Palavras e Reescrita de Frases | Word Substitution And Sentence Rewriting

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDEP Gestão de Concursos Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Lavras

    INSTRUCTION: Read the text below to answer questions 38 and 39.

    Available at: https://newh.org/news/back-to-school/. Accessed on: April 26, 2022.



    The meaning of the verb to wean, in this context, is

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  14. Questão 174

    ID 3172394

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Defining Relative Clauses

    Ano: 2023 Banca: VUNESP - Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Guararema

    Leia o texto para responder às questões de 35 a 43.

    Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) was a 1970s reaction to much that had gone before - namely the grammatical patterning of structural-situationalism and the rigidity of the drill-type methodology that Audio-lingualism made varying use of.

    CLT has two main guiding principles: the first is that language is not just patterns of grammar with vocabulary items slotted in, but also involves language functions such as inviting, agreeing and disagreeing, suggesting, etc, which students should learn how to perform using a variety of language exponents (e.g. we can invite by saying ‘Would you like to come to the cinema?’, ‘D’you fancy coming to the cinema?’, ‘What about coming to the cinema?’, ‘How about a film?’, ‘Are you on for a film?’, etc). Students also need to be aware of the necessity for appropriacy when talking and writing to people in terms of the kind of language they use (formal, informal, tentative, technical, etc). CLT is not just about the language, in other words, it is about how it is used.

    The second principle of Communicative Language Teaching is that if students get enough exposure to language, and opportunities for language use - and if they are motivated - then language learning will take care of itself. As a result, the focus of much CLT has been on students communicating real messages, and not just grammatically controlled language. The deployment of many communicative activities, where students use all and any language they know to communicate, shows this aspect of CLT at work. Communicative Language Teaching has had a thoroughly beneficial effect since it reminded teachers that people learn languages not so that they know about them, but so that they can communicate with them. Giving students different kinds of language, pointing them towards aspects of style and appropriacy, and above all giving them opportunities to try out real language within the classroom humanized what had sometimes been too rigidly controlled.

    (HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach English. Longman, 1998. P. 50. Adaptado)



    In the excerpt from the text “The deployment of many communicative activities, where students use all and any language they know to communicate”, the word in bold can be substituted by

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  15. Questão 175

    ID 3172393

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Outros | Others

    Ano: 2023 Banca: VUNESP - Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Órgão: Câmara Municipal de São José dos Campos

    Leia o texto.

    “Interfaces Between Layers

    (…)

    As long as a layer provides the expected services to the layer above it, the specific implementation of its functions can be modified or replaced without requiring changes to the surrounding layers.”

    (Forouzan, B.A. (2007) Data Communications and Networking. 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Higher Education, New York)

    The word above can be replaced by:

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  16. Questão 176

    ID 3172392

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

    Ano: 2023 Banca: FUNDATEC - Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Cordilheira Alta

    Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text. The highlights throughout the text are cited in the questions.

    Wellness Habits That Are Good for You & Good for The Earth

    1. Adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle is like hitting the jackpot of wellness — for both the planet
    2. and for you! When you reduce your carbon footprint by walking or biking instead of driving, not
    3. only you are reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but you’re also reducing your exposure to
    4. harmful toxins and improving your physical health. The benefits of going green include reduced
    5. stress levels, lower risk of illness, and increased energy and concentration. All from simple habits,
    6. like gardening! Gardening protects wildlife and improves the air and soil quality. It is also a great
    7. way to burn some extra calories, it lowers blood pressure, busts stress, boosts your mood, and
    8. improves sleep. Not to mention you can avoid harmful chemicals.
    9. An alternative to gardening is hitting the farmers market or loading up on local food from
    10. your favorite grocery store. In addition to supporting your local farmers, shopping locally will
    11. reduce your carbon footprint. And while on the topic of food, it’s good to reduce your intake of
    12. animal foods and incorporate more plant-based meals. Red meat requires lots of resources (such
    13. as water, fertilizer, and cropland) and produces lots of greenhouse gas emissions. One liter of
    14. dairy milk requires 1,050 liters of water, whereas 1 liter of oat milk requires about 48 liters to
    15. produce. Beauty and personal care products also need attention. Aside from degrading the
    16. environment and polluting, they may contain toxic chemicals such as carcinogens, formaldehyde,
    17. fragrances, and parabens. Your skin is your largest organ — it easily absorbs anything you’re
    18. using on your skin, hair, face, or body. Look for green and sustainable options.
    19. If you haven’t felt inspired to get started with spring cleaning yet, know that besides having
    20. a clean, organized space, you’re doing good for mother nature. Donating clothes reduces landfills,
    21. saves water, reduces your carbon footprint, and of course, helps those in need. It also makes
    22. room for bringing plants into your home, which can help oxygenate your space and remove
    23. harmful indoor air pollutants. Boston Ferns and Spider plants can help you breathe easier while
    24. reducing the number of airborne toxins circulating in the environment. And in addition to being
    25. chic and sustainable decor, indoor plants may help reduce stress, boost productivity, and benefit
    26. your mental health.
    27. Going Green is a win for all involved — especially when it comes to the environment and
    28. your health! The best part? These healthy habits can be seamlessly incorporated into your
    29. lifestyle. From gardening and sustainable grocery shopping to making simple eco-friendly swaps,
    30. there are endless ways to protect the environment and your health. And if these sustainable tips
    31. seem small, don’t underestimate their large impact! Every time you bike to work, shop local, and
    32. swap out toxic products, you’re reducing air pollutants, water use, and plastic, while also limiting
    33. your exposure to toxins and bettering your health.

    (Available at: https://fitonapp.com/wellness/wellness-habits-that-are-good-for-the-earth/– text especially adapted for this test).



    Which of the following answers is NOT answered by the text?

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  17. Questão 177

    ID 3172391

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Referência em Textos | Reference Words

    Ano: 2023 Banca: VUNESP - Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Guararema

    Leia o texto para responder às questões de 31 a 34.

    Is teaching language an art, then, or is it a science? There are good grounds for focusing on its almost-scientific attributes. Understanding the language system and finding the best ways to explain it is some kind of a scientific endeavor, especially when we continue to research its changes and evolution. In the same way, some of the technical skills that are required of teachers (procedures for how to do things, a constant attention to innovation in educational technology and materials design) need to be almost scientific in their rigor.

    Yet, teaching is an art, too. It works when the relationship that is created between teacher and students, and between the students in a group, is at its best. If we have managed to establish a good rapport with a group, almost anything is possible. There are some key requirements in creating such a rapport, yet behind everything lurks the possibility of magic - or a lack of it. Instant decision-making can happen on supposedly scientific grounds, but its success, and the creativity that can be unleashed, is often the result of the teacher’s feelings or judgment at that very moment. For good teachers listen and watch and use both professional and personal skills to respond to what they see and hear. Good teachers have a knack of responding by doing things ‘right’, and that is most definitely an art.

    (HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach English. Longman, 1998.pp 32, 33. Adaptado)



    The referent of the word in bold in the excerpt from the text “but its success, and the creativity that can be unleashed” (paragraph 2) is found in

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  18. Questão 178

    ID 3172390

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Determinantes | Determiners

    Ano: 2023 Banca: IFES - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo Órgão: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo

    Read the text below and after answer questions 16 to 19.

    China’s sitting on a goldmine of genetic data – and it doesn’t want to share

    By Jessie Yeung, CNN

    Updated 7:54 PM EDT, Sat August 12, 2023

    Hong Kong

    CNN - Better cancer treatments, advances in longevity, groundbreaking medicines and vaccines: these are just some of the potential prizes on offer in an emerging global race to advance the biosciences. And China’s been pouring billions of dollars into its efforts to become the preeminent force, with experts claiming its massive population of 1.4 billion people can provide a treasure trove of data.

    Vast amounts of this data already exists in biobanks and research centers around the country – but the government is now launching a “national genetic survey” to collect information about and assert more oversight over these resources, say experts.

    In recent years, authorities have also been tightening controls around foreign access to this data – in contrast to the many Western nations that have pledged to open up information for global sharing. The national survey and restrictions on foreign access are part of new regulations on China’s genetic resources, which came into effect in July.

    However, some experts have warned that this genetic hoarding could make global research cooperation more difficult – and potentially backfire on China.

    “The government wants to have a very tight hand in this area as they realize this has a huge economic potential, but … China needs international collaboration to realize that potential,” said Joy Y. Zhang, director of the Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice. Zhang attended consultation meetings during the drafting of the new regulations. “Currently you’re just having a gold mine right at your door, but you actually don’t know how to mine it,” she said.

    The biosciences boom

    There’s a lot at stake: the genetic building blocks that make up our bodies could unlock discoveries with wide-ranging effects, from health care and the economy to national defense and biosafety.

    In recent years, Chinese scientists and authorities have emphasized how genetic material could be useful in studying and treating diseases; developing pharmaceuticals and medical devices; and in better understanding how birth defects are formed or how genes contribute to a person’s longevity – particularly important given China’s looming demographic crisis as its birth rate falls and workforce ages.

    And the country’s genetics could offer a “strategic resource and a treasure trove,” thanks to the sheer number of people and its “healthy and long-lived populations,” officials have claimed – though scientists caveat that each country’s genetic population is valuable in its own way.

    (https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/china/china-human-genetic-resources-regulations-intl-hnk-dst/index.html) acesso em 04/09/23



    Choose the option in which the S in both sentences has the same syntactic meaning:

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  19. Questão 179

    ID 3172389

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Notícias e Artigos Jornalísticos | News Articles

    Ano: 2023 Banca: Objetiva Concursos Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Nonoai

    Here's why Friday the 13th scares us

    Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016 study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will make it more likely to happen.

    “Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”

    _____________, Risen's research also suggests that performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use them even when they don't actively believe, and when tested, both types of people reported benefits from such acts.

    It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former _____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the ______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already nervous day," Vyse explained.

    (Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)



    Check the alternative that CORRECTLY fills the gaps in the text:

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  20. Questão 180

    ID 3172388

    Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

    Assunto: Referência em Textos | Reference Words

    Ano: 2023 Banca: Instituto Nacional de Educação, Pesquisa, Instrução e Segurança Pública Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Sanclerlândia

    Read the text and answer questions below:

    HOTMART:

    Hotmart is a complete platform for those who want to create and sell digital products such as e-books, online courses, videos, subscriptions, among others. It is widely used by content producers and affiliates. It is a company with a worldwide presence and promotes entrepreneurship and distance education. Hotmart allows anyone who wants to work with digital products. Best of all, many people are well paid working in this digital market



    No trecho: “It is widely used...”, o termo grifado faz uma retomada da palavra:

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