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Questões de Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions

ID
9517
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
MRE
Ano
2004
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":

Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)

On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.


Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:

Gaps no.3 and no.3.1:

Alternativas
Comentários
  •  But they resent the … (3) and … (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled business conglomerates, known as chaebol
     Mas eles se ressentem da dominância econômica e política da gigante família-controlada, empresas conglomeradas, conhecidas como chaebol
    "Chaebol" é o termo coreano que define um conglomerado de empresas em torno de uma empresa-mãe.
    "econômica"- economic
    "política" - political
    Alternativa D está correta.

  • d-

     

    Para manter o paralelismo, é necessário preencher as lacunas com palavras da mesma função sintática. adj-adj, adv-adv etc. Devido á natureza da oração, somente adjetivo se encaixa no contexto. Resta saber se se usa economic ou economical.

     

    Economic & economical significam econômico. Economic é em relação à economia de um estado, país etc, enquanto que economical significa prudência financeira ou mão-de-vaca.

ID
166393
Banca
PUC-PR
Órgão
COPEL
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the book review below and answer questions 7,
8, 9 and 10.

YOUTH PROLONGED: OLD AGE POSTPONED
by Robert Weale (King's College London, UK)
What exactly is human ageing? Can it be slowed down?
These questions have puzzled scientists and laymen alike
for generations, and continue to do so today. The author
addresses these thought-provoking issues by challenging
pre-conceived notions of age-perception, age-acceptance
and inter-age relations. Pertinent matters of age-related
communication are dealt with, and the reader is treated to
a grand tour of the latest theories of ageing, age-related
biological changes and age-related diseases, such as
Alzheimer's Disease. Here, the author's expertise in agerelated
eye diseases truly comes into its own.
Weale's unique work not only underlines important
genetic and avoidable risk factors but gives ample
consideration to possible consequences stemming from
different early lifestyles. Readers will re-consider their
ideas of what it means to age, and gain a better
understanding of what can and cannot slow down the
process of ageing.

Fonte: http://www.worldscibooks.com/ December, 2009.

The adverb "truly" in line 6 of the first paragraph of the book review modifies the verb "comes". Adverbs in English usually end in -ly, however, there are exceptions. Choose from the list below the word that is not an adverb.

Alternativas
ID
168019
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways

Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 by Jebediah Reed
To give some sense of the pace of public works
construction in China, the city of Guangzhou is planning to open
83 miles of new subway lines by the end of next year.
Meanwhile, New York ? a city of about the same size ? has
been playing around with the 1.7-mile Second Avenue line for
decades now. China also builds subways rather cheaply ? $100
million per mile versus $ 2.4 billion per mile in the Big Apple.

Not surprisingly, projects there are more aggressive in all
respects: there are 60 tunnel boring machines operating in
Guangzhou, while only one is slated for the Second Avenue
project; workers put in five 12-hour shifts a week (and if they
don't like it, they can go pound glacial till); and seizing property
is a breeze.

An article in the Business section of today's NY Times
(Clash of Subways and Car Culture in Chinese Cities by Keith
Bradsher) [VERB] a smart look at the forces at play as China
goes on a transit infrastructure spending spree while it
simultaneously becomes evermore sprawling and car-centric.

Here's one interesting passage, [CONJUNCTION] the
story is worth reading in its entirety:

Western mass transit experts applaud China for investing
billions in systems that will put less stress on the environment
and on cities. But they warn that other Chinese policies, like
allowing real estate developers to build sprawling new suburbs,
undermine the benefits of the mass transit boom.

Mr. Chan Shao Zhang , a 67-year-old engineer in charge
of the works in Guangzhou, defended Guangzhou's combination
of cars and subways, saying that the city built a subway line to a new Toyota assembly plant to help employees and suppliers
reach it.

Subways have been most competitive in cities like New
York that have high prices for parking, and tolls for bridges and
tunnels, discouraging car use. Few Chinese cities have been
willing to follow suit, other than Shanghai, which charges a fee of
several thousand dollars for each license plate.

The cost and physical limitations of subways have
discouraged most cities from building new ones. For instance,
only Tokyo has a subway system that carries more people than
its buses. The buses are cheaper and able to serve far more
streets but move more slowly, pollute more and contribute to
traffic congestion.

China has reason to worry. It surpassed the United
States in total vehicle sales for the first time in January, although
the United States remained slightly ahead in car sales. But in
February, China overtook the United States in both, in part
because the global downturn has hurt auto sales much more in
the United States than in China.

There are many countervaling forces ..X.. China has
passed its own stimulus package and the government is eager
to put people to work, create economic activity, and build
modern infrastructure. The Guangzhou project is part of major
national transit buildout. But the nation's cities are also sprawling
beasts, and in that sense, more suited to cars than trains. Not
shockingly, many Chinese prefer the former.

(Adapted from http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/03/27/-
building-a-subway-is-96-percent-cheaper-in-china/)

The underlined word there, in the 2nd paragraph, refers to

Alternativas
Comentários
  • A palavra sublinhada "there", no segundo parágrafo, refere-se 

    "China also builds subways rather cheaply ? $100 million per mile versus $ 2.4 billion per mile in the Big Apple.                                                                                                                                               Not surprisingly, projects there are more aggressive in all respects: there are 60 tunnel boring machines operating in Guangzhou, while only one is slated for the Second Avenue project; workers put in five 12-hour shifts a week (and if they don't like it, they can go..."
    " A China também constrói metrôs,  mais barato? $ 100 milhões por milha contra US $ 2,4 bilhões por milha na Big Apple.                                                                                                                               Não surpreendentemente, os projetos lá não são mais agressivos em todos aspectos: existem 60 máquinas de perfuração de túneis que operam em Guangzhou, enquanto apenas uma está prevista para o projeto da  Second Avenue; trabalhadores são colocados em cinco turnos de 12 horas por semana (e se eles não gostam, podem ir... "
    "there"- lá, está se referindo aos projetos na China. Alternativa B está correta.


ID
168028
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways

Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 by Jebediah Reed
To give some sense of the pace of public works
construction in China, the city of Guangzhou is planning to open
83 miles of new subway lines by the end of next year.
Meanwhile, New York ? a city of about the same size ? has
been playing around with the 1.7-mile Second Avenue line for
decades now. China also builds subways rather cheaply ? $100
million per mile versus $ 2.4 billion per mile in the Big Apple.

Not surprisingly, projects there are more aggressive in all
respects: there are 60 tunnel boring machines operating in
Guangzhou, while only one is slated for the Second Avenue
project; workers put in five 12-hour shifts a week (and if they
don't like it, they can go pound glacial till); and seizing property
is a breeze.

An article in the Business section of today's NY Times
(Clash of Subways and Car Culture in Chinese Cities by Keith
Bradsher) [VERB] a smart look at the forces at play as China
goes on a transit infrastructure spending spree while it
simultaneously becomes evermore sprawling and car-centric.

Here's one interesting passage, [CONJUNCTION] the
story is worth reading in its entirety:

Western mass transit experts applaud China for investing
billions in systems that will put less stress on the environment
and on cities. But they warn that other Chinese policies, like
allowing real estate developers to build sprawling new suburbs,
undermine the benefits of the mass transit boom.

Mr. Chan Shao Zhang , a 67-year-old engineer in charge
of the works in Guangzhou, defended Guangzhou's combination
of cars and subways, saying that the city built a subway line to a new Toyota assembly plant to help employees and suppliers
reach it.

Subways have been most competitive in cities like New
York that have high prices for parking, and tolls for bridges and
tunnels, discouraging car use. Few Chinese cities have been
willing to follow suit, other than Shanghai, which charges a fee of
several thousand dollars for each license plate.

The cost and physical limitations of subways have
discouraged most cities from building new ones. For instance,
only Tokyo has a subway system that carries more people than
its buses. The buses are cheaper and able to serve far more
streets but move more slowly, pollute more and contribute to
traffic congestion.

China has reason to worry. It surpassed the United
States in total vehicle sales for the first time in January, although
the United States remained slightly ahead in car sales. But in
February, China overtook the United States in both, in part
because the global downturn has hurt auto sales much more in
the United States than in China.

There are many countervaling forces ..X.. China has
passed its own stimulus package and the government is eager
to put people to work, create economic activity, and build
modern infrastructure. The Guangzhou project is part of major
national transit buildout. But the nation's cities are also sprawling
beasts, and in that sense, more suited to cars than trains. Not
shockingly, many Chinese prefer the former.

(Adapted from http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/03/27/-
building-a-subway-is-96-percent-cheaper-in-china/)

The word that correctly replaces [CONJUNCTION] in the text is

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Here's one interesting passage, [CONJUNCTION] the story is worth reading in its entirety:
    Aqui está uma passagem interessante, todavia a história vale a pena ser lida na íntegra:
    A) uma vez, desde
    B) quando
    C) a menos
    D) todavia, embora
    E) portanto
    A palavra que substitui corretamente (conjunção)no texto é: "though". Opção D
ID
174319
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

When I talk with librarians about thinking of themselves
as designers, sometimes they demur. "Designer? I can't even
draw a stick figure!" But you don't need to. Whether you know it
or not, you're already a designer.

Every time librarians create a bookmark, decide to house
a collection in a new spot, or figure out how a new service
might work, they're making design decisions. This is what I like
to call design by neglect or unintentional design. Whether library
employees wear name tags is a design decision. The length of
loan periods and whether or not you charge fines is a design
decision. Anytime you choose how people will interact with your
library, you're making a design decision. All of these decisions
add up to create an experience, good or bad, for your patrons.

When we are mindful of our roles as library experience
designers, we can make more informed design choices. This
awareness can provide better experiences for our patrons and
demonstrate that we care about them.

Really. People will notice, [CONJUNCTION] not
necessarily consciously, if we [VERB] the time to think about
them when we're developing our services. The secret here is not
to think of library patrons, users, or customers: we need to think
of people. We need to consider their lives and what they're trying
to accomplish. This act, which can only be done by cultivating
the skill of empathy, is the most important ? and perhaps the
most difficult ? part of user experience design.

(Adapted from
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6713142.html?nid=2673
&source=title&rid=1105906703)

Which is the only conjunction whose meaning does NOT allow it to replace [CONJUNCTION]?

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  Mesmo sem olhar o texto podemos identificar a resposta correta pois but, though, however e although são conjunções usadas para indicar contraste, oposição significando mas, porém, contudo, embora. A única conjunção que destoa do conjunto apresentado é therefore, que significa consequentemente, sendo esta a resposta correta. 

  •  a)but. b)though. c)however. d)although. e)therefore.

     

    a) mas.   b) embora.   c) no entanto.   d) embora.   e) portanto.

  • e-

    therefore: thus, hence(forth), heretofore, thereby, then, so, therewith. the only adverb that is the odd one out

ID
224722
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways: The New Urban Status Symbol
Business Week - December 5, 2007
by Jennifer Fishbein

It seems like everywhere you turn these days, a new
high-speed train is whisking more passengers across longer
distances faster than ever before. A [NOUN] to Paris from
London is quicker than flying; Japanese bullet trains traverse the
320 miles from Tokyo to Osaka in two and a half hours; and
magnetic levitating trains in Shanghai cut through the city at 268
miles per hour. But while high-speed trains may grab all the
glamour, the more mundane business of subway construction is
what's driving the biggest growth for transportation companies.
Indeed, the world is seeing an unprecedented boom in new
subways and expansion to existing systems. Thanks to surging
economic growth and urban populations, demand for subways is
soaring in China and India. Lots of other places around the
world also are building new lines, from Dubai to Santo Domingo,
capital of the Dominican Republic. And many European and
American cities ? including even such improbable locales as Los
Angeles and Phoenix ? have caught the transit bug.

Problem-Solving and Prestige

Some cities build out of necessity. Rising prosperity
prompted Dubai residents to buy so many cars that they realized
they could [ADVERB] longer drive these cars because they
were stuck in traffic. Others are keen on the environmental
benefits of metros, which produce far less pollution and
encourage drivers to leave cars at home. Some places, mainly
in the Middle East, are looking to diversify their oil-dependent
economies. And others, to be honest, are chasing an urban
status symbol. Building a metro won't turn any old town into
Paris or London, but it does tell the world that you've arrived.

"You have in some cases a prestige issue, which is more
the case in young cities in need of an image," says Jean-Noël
Debroise, vice-president for product and strategy at Alstom
(ALSO.PA), the French transport company that has built a
quarter of the world's metros.

Rennes is an example of the new trend. The city of about
212,000 people in northwestern France was looking to raise its profile when it installed a metro in 2002. It raised the bar by
opting for a driverless system made by Siemens ? just like the
shiny new No. 14 line in Paris ? protecting passengers from the
French penchant for transit strikes. Turin, Italy, did the same to
help win its bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics; its driverless
system opened just before the games. Even the Spanish island
of Mallorca inaugurated a short metro line in April in hopes of
luring even more tourists to its capital, Palma. Alas, it closed
indefinitely in September due to flooding, amid charges of
mismanagement.

A Boon for Transit Builders

The world's three largest metro manufacturers, Montrealbased
Bombardier (BBDB.TO), Alstom, and Munich-based
Siemens (SI) report high demand for mass transit, including
tramways and light-rail systems that run both under and
[PREPOSITION] ground. The global subway market was worth
9.3 billion dollars in 2005 and is projected to grow at a rate of
2.7% per year until 2015, according to a 2007 study by the
European Railway Industry Assn. Subway lines [TO BUILD] or
extended in 20 European cities and five Middle Eastern ones,
and dozens of towns are constructing light-rail systems, reports
the Brussels-based International Association of Public
Transport.

The size of a city determines its need for a metro system.
Cities of a few million people ? or those anticipating huge
population growth ? really can't do without a mass transit
system. But cities of one or two million inhabitants can choose
between a subway and a surface tramway, which costs far less
but also runs more slowly. [CONJUNCTION] funding is an issue,
cities usually will spring for a subway, says Debroise. "The
tramway has a very old image of the 19th century, with horses in
the streets," he says.

(Adapted from http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/
content/dec2007/gb2007125_600001.htm?chan=top+news_
top+news+index_global+business)

The word that best replaces [ADVERB] in the text is

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Rising prosperity prompted Dubai residents to buy so many cars that they realized they could [ADVERB] longer drive these cars because they were stuck in traffic.
      a)assim.
      b) não.
      c) qualquer.
      d) muito.
      e) um pouco.

    Comoa questão requisita um adverbio: somente a opção B está certa.
ID
224731
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways: The New Urban Status Symbol
Business Week - December 5, 2007
by Jennifer Fishbein

It seems like everywhere you turn these days, a new
high-speed train is whisking more passengers across longer
distances faster than ever before. A [NOUN] to Paris from
London is quicker than flying; Japanese bullet trains traverse the
320 miles from Tokyo to Osaka in two and a half hours; and
magnetic levitating trains in Shanghai cut through the city at 268
miles per hour. But while high-speed trains may grab all the
glamour, the more mundane business of subway construction is
what's driving the biggest growth for transportation companies.
Indeed, the world is seeing an unprecedented boom in new
subways and expansion to existing systems. Thanks to surging
economic growth and urban populations, demand for subways is
soaring in China and India. Lots of other places around the
world also are building new lines, from Dubai to Santo Domingo,
capital of the Dominican Republic. And many European and
American cities ? including even such improbable locales as Los
Angeles and Phoenix ? have caught the transit bug.

Problem-Solving and Prestige

Some cities build out of necessity. Rising prosperity
prompted Dubai residents to buy so many cars that they realized
they could [ADVERB] longer drive these cars because they
were stuck in traffic. Others are keen on the environmental
benefits of metros, which produce far less pollution and
encourage drivers to leave cars at home. Some places, mainly
in the Middle East, are looking to diversify their oil-dependent
economies. And others, to be honest, are chasing an urban
status symbol. Building a metro won't turn any old town into
Paris or London, but it does tell the world that you've arrived.

"You have in some cases a prestige issue, which is more
the case in young cities in need of an image," says Jean-Noël
Debroise, vice-president for product and strategy at Alstom
(ALSO.PA), the French transport company that has built a
quarter of the world's metros.

Rennes is an example of the new trend. The city of about
212,000 people in northwestern France was looking to raise its profile when it installed a metro in 2002. It raised the bar by
opting for a driverless system made by Siemens ? just like the
shiny new No. 14 line in Paris ? protecting passengers from the
French penchant for transit strikes. Turin, Italy, did the same to
help win its bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics; its driverless
system opened just before the games. Even the Spanish island
of Mallorca inaugurated a short metro line in April in hopes of
luring even more tourists to its capital, Palma. Alas, it closed
indefinitely in September due to flooding, amid charges of
mismanagement.

A Boon for Transit Builders

The world's three largest metro manufacturers, Montrealbased
Bombardier (BBDB.TO), Alstom, and Munich-based
Siemens (SI) report high demand for mass transit, including
tramways and light-rail systems that run both under and
[PREPOSITION] ground. The global subway market was worth
9.3 billion dollars in 2005 and is projected to grow at a rate of
2.7% per year until 2015, according to a 2007 study by the
European Railway Industry Assn. Subway lines [TO BUILD] or
extended in 20 European cities and five Middle Eastern ones,
and dozens of towns are constructing light-rail systems, reports
the Brussels-based International Association of Public
Transport.

The size of a city determines its need for a metro system.
Cities of a few million people ? or those anticipating huge
population growth ? really can't do without a mass transit
system. But cities of one or two million inhabitants can choose
between a subway and a surface tramway, which costs far less
but also runs more slowly. [CONJUNCTION] funding is an issue,
cities usually will spring for a subway, says Debroise. "The
tramway has a very old image of the 19th century, with horses in
the streets," he says.

(Adapted from http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/
content/dec2007/gb2007125_600001.htm?chan=top+news_
top+news+index_global+business)

The word that best replaces [CONJUNCTION] in the text is

Alternativas
Comentários
  • [CONJUNCTION] funding is an issue,cities usually will spring for a subway, says Debroise.
    financiamento é um problema,cidades geralmente saltará para o metrô
         a)Desde então.
         b) No entanto.
         c) Ao menos.
         d) Por outro lado.
         e) Por causa.

  • a) since - Como, visto que

    b) Porém, entretanto

    c) A não ser que (correta no contexto)

    d) Além disso

    e) Porque

ID
229984
Banca
FUNCAB
Órgão
PRODAM-AM
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

For your protection, please read these safety
instructions completely before operating the appliance, and
keep this manual for future reference.

Carefully observe all warnings, precautions and
instructions on the appliance, or the one described in the
operating instructions and adhere to them.

POWER SOURCES - This set should be operated
only from the type of power source indicated on the marking
label. If you are not sure of the type of electrical power supplied
to your home, consult your dealer or local power company. For
those sets designed to operate from battery power, or other
sources, refer to the operating instructions.

OBJECTAND LIQUID ENTRY - Never push objects
of any kind into the set through openings as they may touch
dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in
a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the set.

ATTACHMENTS - Do not use attachments not
recommended by the manufacturer, as they may cause
hazards.

CLEANING - Unplug the set from the wall outlet
before cleaning or polishing it. Do not use liquid cleaners or
aerosol cleaners. Use a cloth lightly dampened with water for
cleaning the exterior of the set.

OVERLOADING - Do not overload wall outlets,
extension cords or convenience receptacles beyond their
capacity, since this can result in fire or electric shock.

ACCESSORIES - Do not place the set on an
unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. The set may
fall, causing serious injury to a child or an adult, and serious
damage to the set. Use only a cart stand tripod, bracket, or
table recommended by the manufacturer.

WATER AND MOISTURE - Do not use power-line
operated sets near water - for example, near a bathtub,
washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or
near a swimming pool, etc.

SERVICING - Do not attempt to service the set
yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to
dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to
qualified service personnel.

SAFETY CHECK - Upon completion of any service
or repairs to the set, as the service technician to perform
routine safety checks (as specified by the manufacturer) to
determine that the set is in safe operating condition.

(Adapted from SONY manual - Sony Corporation - 2000 - Printed in Japan).

The conjunction as in the sentence: "Never push objects of any kind into the set through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points." ( paragraph 4 ) could be replaced, without change of meaning, by:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • pois (explicativa)

  • c)because.

    As they may touch dangerous voltage pins. The connecting conjunction should join two related causes by cause and effect, such as since, as, because etc

    O período tem relação de causa & efeito, o que exige conjunção causal: since, as, because, lest etc. 

  • GABARITO: C

    OBJECTAND LIQUID ENTRY - Never push objects of any kind into the set through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the set.

    Tradução: ENTRADA DE OBJETOS LÍQUIDOS - Nunca empurre objetos de qualquer tipo para dentro do aparelho através das aberturas, pois eles podem tocar em pontos de tensão perigosa ou causar curto-circuito em partes que podem resultar em incêndio ou choque elétrico. Nunca derrame líquido de qualquer tipo no aparelho.

    O "pois" também pode ser traduzido para "porque", resultado na letra C "because".

ID
236092
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TCE-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Is Windows 7 Worth It?
Harry McCracken, PC World
Monday, October 19, 2009 10:00 AM PDT

          Reading about a new operating system can tell you only  so much about it: After all, Windows Vista had far more features  than XP, [CONJUNCTION] fell far short of it in the eyes of many  users. To judge an OS accurately, you have to live with it. Over  the past ten months, I've spent a substantial percentage of my  computing life in Windows 7, starting with a preliminary version  and culminating in recent weeks with the final Release to  Manufacturing edition. I've run it on systems ranging from an  underpowered Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook to a potent HP  TouchSmart all-in-one. And I've used it to do real work, not lab  routines. Usually, I've run the OS in multiboot configurations with  Windows Vista and/or XP, so I've had a choice each time I turned the computer on: [MODAL] I opt for Windows 7 or an
older version of the OS? The call has been easy to make, because Win 7 is so pleasant to use.
          So why wouldn't you want to run this operating system?  Concern over its performance is one logical reason, especially  since early versions of Windows Vista managed to turn PCs that  ran XP with ease into lethargic underperformers. The PC World  Test Center's speed benchmarks on five test PCs showed  Windows 7 to be faster than Vista, but only by a little; I've found  it to be reasonably quick on every computer I've used it on - even the Asus netbook, once I upgraded it to 2GB of RAM. (Our  lab tried Win 7 on a Lenovo S10 netbook with 1GB of RAM and  found it to be a shade slower than XP; for details see "Windows 7 Performance Tests.").
           Here's a rule of thumb that errs on the side of caution: If  your PC's specs qualify it to run Vista, get Windows 7; if they  don't, avoid it. Microsoft's official hardware configuration  requirements for Windows 7 are nearly identical to those it  recommends for Windows Vista: a 1-GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM,
16GB of free disk space, and a DirectX 9-compatible graphics  device with a WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. That's for the 32-bit  version of Windows 7; the 64-bit version of the OS requires a  64-bit CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 20GB of disk space.
           Fear of incompatible hardware and software is another  understandable reason to be wary of Windows 7. One  unfortunate law of operating-system upgrades - which applies  equally to Macs and to Windows PCs - is that they will break  some systems and applications, especially at first.  
           Under the hood, Windows 7 isn't radically different from  Vista. That's a plus, since it should greatly reduce the volume of  difficulties relating to drivers and apps compared to Vista's  bumpy rollout. I have performed a half-dozen Windows 7  upgrades, and most of them went off without a hitch. The
gnarliest problem arose when I had to track down a graphics  driver for Dell's XPS M1330 laptop on my own - Windows 7  installed a generic VGA driver that couldn't run the Aero user  interface, and as a result failed to support new Windows 7  features such as thumbnail views in the Taskbar.
           The best way to reduce your odds of running into a  showstopping problem with Windows 7 is to bide your time.  When the new operating system arrives on October 22, sit back  and let the earliest adopters discover the worst snafus. Within a few weeks, Microsoft and other software and hardware   companies will have fixed most of them, and your chances of a  happy migration to Win 7 will be much higher. If you want to be really conservative, hold off on moving to Win 7 until you're  ready to buy a PC that's designed to run it well.
           Waiting a bit before making the leap makes sense;  waiting forever does not. Microsoft took far too long to come up  with a satisfactory replacement for Windows XP. But whether  you choose to install Windows 7 on your current systems or get  it on the next new PC you buy, you'll find that it's the  unassuming, thoroughly practical upgrade you've been waiting  for ? flaws and all.

                                                 (Adapted                    from  http://www.pcworld.com/article/172602/windows_7_revi...)

A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna [CONJUNCTION], no início do texto, é

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Comentários

  • A resposta correta seria YET nesta frase. Aqui, YET pode ser traduzido como "mesmo assim; contudo". Como a parte "to fall short" tem significado negativo, voce precisa de um conjuncao de negacao que, neste caso, é YET indicando a excecao do caso (ambas frases sao de igual importância).

    No caso de although, voce teria uma frase subordinada.

    Windows Vista had far more features than XP. Windows Vista fell far short of XP in the eyes of many users.

    Windows Vista had far more features than XP, yet [it] fell far short of XP in the eyes of many users.

    Fonte: http://208.100.50.250/forum/showthread.php?t=279968

  •  b)yet.

    yet fell short of it in the eyes of the users. Both conjunctions yet and although have contradicting denotations, only that yet is used in coordinate clauses while although can only be used in dependent clauses. 

    yet pode ser usado em oração coordenada, enquanto que although é para orações subordinadas.p.s: se fosse "though", tambem poderia ser usado

ID
236113
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TCE-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          As Information Systems (IS) development becomes more  a function of purchasing packages or assembling components,  with less emphasis on programming, student enrollment in IS  courses at universities continues to decline.
          Sometimes it looks like the IT revolution has moved on  and left many IS researchers [ADVERB].
          For example, according to Nokia, the next generation of computers will be in your pocket. About 1.3 billion mobile phones are sold each year, compared to only 300 million personal computers. An increasing number of these phones come with full-blown operating systems that let users access,   organize, and use much more information than older handhelds. The mobile software market may soon exceed the current  software market for computers, and a wide variety of information  systems will rise on top of all the new software. However, only a relatively small percentage of IS research focuses on the mobile  revolution.
         Actually, many IS programs in business colleges seem  impervious to the wake-up call that information schools provide. Rather, they continue to offer curricula that reflect the past rather  than look toward the future. Little wonder that students, whose degrees are based on a very limited number of traditional courses in one area of study, often fail to meet their employers'  expectations. With little integration across disciplines to prepare  students for the complex problems they will face, organizations
find it necessary to further educate those whom they hire or go  abroad to seek appropriate employees with a wider range of  skills and knowledge.

                                                           (Adapted from
                                                            http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/hom
                                                                                             epage/2009/1009/rW_CO_ISInnovation.pdf)

A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna [ADVERB], no início do texto, é

Alternativas
Comentários
  • a) acima
    b) sobre
    c) abaixo
    d) através
    e) atrás ( no contexto "Pra trás")
ID
259183
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
MMA
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

1 As the evidence and knowledge of the physical effects of climate change continue to grow, the world is starting to dissect how those physical changes (e.g. water scarcity, sea-
4 level rise, increased temperatures), both current and predicted, will intersect with society and economies and the potentially significant environmental and human impacts that will result.
7 Of emerging interest are the potential impacts of climate change on the enjoyment of human rights and wellbeing. Weather and environmental degradation have, as one of
10 multiple stressors, threatened lives and livelihoods throughout history, but what makes this interaction more relevant today is the growing evidence that greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions
13 have contributed and will continue to contribute to long-term or permanent changes to our ecosystems and landscapes and will increase the frequency and severity of extreme events. This
16 amplifies existing social risks and vulnerabilities and will therefore increase the pressures faced by many disadvantaged individuals and populations in Canada and abroad.
19 On January 15 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released a study on climate change and human rights in response to UN
22 Resolution 7/23 in which signatories expressed concern “that climate change poses an immediate and far-reaching threat to people and communities around the world and has implications
25 for the full enjoyment of human rights.” Internet: (adapted)

The conjunction “therefore" (L.17) expresses an idea of consequence.

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Comentários
  • Certo,
    Therefore = portanto.

  • therefore = as a result; because of that; for that reason

     

  • Macete =)



    giving a result/ consequence/ conclusion



    TTT



    Thereferore

    Thereby

    Thus



    Bons estudos =)
  • "This amplifies existing social risks and vulnerabilities and will therefore increase the pressures faced by many disadvantaged individuals and populations in Canada and abroad."

    "Isso amplifica os riscos sociais e vulnerabilidades existentes e, portanto, aumentará as pressões enfrentadas por muitos indivíduos e populações desfavorecidas no Canadá e no exterior."
    As conjunções: “therefore“, “thus“, “hence" e “so"  são usadas para expressar a consequência de algo dito anteriormente. Em português, todas elas significam “portanto“, “por conseguinte“, “logo“, “consequentemente“, “em consequência“, “como resultado“, “por esta razão“, “por isso“.

    O item está certo.


  • Gabarito correto, 

    As orações explicativas e que expressam causa são bem difíceis as vezes, porque nem sempre essa relação é absolutamente clara. Eu tento seguir uma ordem de análise que pode ajudar e já me salvou algumas vezes, claro que ela não é 100% garantida, mas acho que se não resolver e  você não sabe, deixe em branco mesmo. Minha estratégia é:

    -Verbos no imperativo

    orações coordenadas 

    são explicativas 

    Orações subordinadas- causa.  

    Claro que o contexto ajuda, mas isso serve de suporte 

ID
259204
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
MMA
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

1 Climate change is a defining issue of our time, a challenge that already affects and will increasingly impact all nations, including some whose very survival is at risk. The
4 complexity of the problem is intrinsically linked with overarching societal issues, such as poverty reduction, economic development and population growth
7 After a decade of work on integrating Earth- and satellite-based observing networks, thereby establishing new observation methods that have made a tremendous impact on
10 the way climate change and physical oceanic variability is measured, scientists are once again exploring uncharted waters and looking to set a new course for the future at the
13 OceanObs'09 Conference in Venice, Italy on September 21-25. Ten years ago — at the first conference for a comprehensive ocean observing system — scientists envisioned measuring
16 satellite altimetry of sea-surface height with tide gauges and buoy measurements in order to forecast ocean currents. They brainstormed methods for monitoring changes in temperature
19 and salinity in the Southern Ocean and the South Atlantic which had never been systematically monitored. They also drew up a plan for implementing a global array of temperature
22 and salinity floats that would profile the water column down to a depth of 2,000 meters in real time. The initiatives launched at that conference a decade ago have since provided data that
25 fed the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments of human influence on climate change, improved seasonal forecasts crucial for agriculture, hydropower, and
28 storm prediction and provided information invaluable to the lives and safety of mariners. Internet: (adapted).

The adverb “thereby" (L.8) is synonymous with because of that.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • thereby [?ð???ba? ?ð???ba?]
    adv
    1. by that means; because of that
    2. Archaic by or near that place; thereabouts
  • Thereby - assim, deste modo
    becouse of that - por causa disso
    Ambas indicam causa
  • Certo,
    Thereby = assim; por causa disso etc.
  • O site está com alguns problemas. Tenho encontrado muitas questões com a classificação errada!!!! E o desmembramento demasiado de alguns assuntos é a causa disso, vamos ver isso ai QCONCURSOS!!! Não entendo por que os assinantes não podem mais classificar. Outro ponto negativo da mudança foi retirada da pontuação dos estudantes, eram um ótimo estimulo! abraços a todos

  • Thereby - assim, deste modo
    because of that - por causa disso

    O advérbio "thereby" é sinônimo de "because of that"
    O item está certo.



  • c-

    thereby - therefore, thus, hence, henceforth, therewith, so, then. 

    É importante notar que a questão quer saber se é sinônimo com "because of that", o que é, como observado pelos colegas. Mas não está questionando se pode substituir thereby pelo "because of that", o qual iria resultar em uma construção incomum. 

ID
368047
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TCE-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Is Windows 7 Worth It?
Harry McCracken, PC World
Monday, October 19, 2009 10:00 AM PDT

          Reading about a new operating system can tell you only  so much about it: After all, Windows Vista had far more features  than XP, [CONJUNCTION] fell far short of it in the eyes of many  users. To judge an OS accurately, you have to live with it. Over  the past ten months, I've spent a substantial percentage of my  computing life in Windows 7, starting with a preliminary version  and culminating in recent weeks with the final Release to  Manufacturing edition. I've run it on systems ranging from an  underpowered Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook to a potent HP  TouchSmart all-in-one. And I've used it to do real work, not lab  routines. Usually, I've run the OS in multiboot configurations with  Windows Vista and/or XP, so I've had a choice each time I turned the computer on: [MODAL] I opt for Windows 7 or an
older version of the OS? The call has been easy to make, because Win 7 is so pleasant to use.
          So why wouldn't you want to run this operating system?  Concern over its performance is one logical reason, especially  since early versions of Windows Vista managed to turn PCs that  ran XP with ease into lethargic underperformers. The PC World  Test Center's speed benchmarks on five test PCs showed  Windows 7 to be faster than Vista, but only by a little; I've found  it to be reasonably quick on every computer I've used it on - even the Asus netbook, once I upgraded it to 2GB of RAM. (Our  lab tried Win 7 on a Lenovo S10 netbook with 1GB of RAM and  found it to be a shade slower than XP; for details see "Windows 7 Performance Tests.").
           Here's a rule of thumb that errs on the side of caution: If  your PC's specs qualify it to run Vista, get Windows 7; if they  don't, avoid it. Microsoft's official hardware configuration  requirements for Windows 7 are nearly identical to those it  recommends for Windows Vista: a 1-GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM,
16GB of free disk space, and a DirectX 9-compatible graphics  device with a WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. That's for the 32-bit  version of Windows 7; the 64-bit version of the OS requires a  64-bit CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 20GB of disk space.
           Fear of incompatible hardware and software is another  understandable reason to be wary of Windows 7. One  unfortunate law of operating-system upgrades - which applies  equally to Macs and to Windows PCs - is that they will break  some systems and applications, especially at first.  
           Under the hood, Windows 7 isn't radically different from  Vista. That's a plus, since it should greatly reduce the volume of  difficulties relating to drivers and apps compared to Vista's  bumpy rollout. I have performed a half-dozen Windows 7  upgrades, and most of them went off without a hitch. The
gnarliest problem arose when I had to track down a graphics  driver for Dell's XPS M1330 laptop on my own - Windows 7  installed a generic VGA driver that couldn't run the Aero user  interface, and as a result failed to support new Windows 7  features such as thumbnail views in the Taskbar.
           The best way to reduce your odds of running into a  showstopping problem with Windows 7 is to bide your time.  When the new operating system arrives on October 22, sit back  and let the earliest adopters discover the worst snafus. Within a few weeks, Microsoft and other software and hardware   companies will have fixed most of them, and your chances of a  happy migration to Win 7 will be much higher. If you want to be really conservative, hold off on moving to Win 7 until you're  ready to buy a PC that's designed to run it well.
           Waiting a bit before making the leap makes sense;  waiting forever does not. Microsoft took far too long to come up  with a satisfactory replacement for Windows XP. But whether  you choose to install Windows 7 on your current systems or get  it on the next new PC you buy, you'll find that it's the  unassuming, thoroughly practical upgrade you've been waiting  for ? flaws and all.

                                                 (Adapted                    from  http://www.pcworld.com/article/172602/windows_7_revi...)

A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna [CONJUNCTION], no início do texto, é

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Comentários
  • Contrasting ideas:

    but
    however
    yet
    while
    unlike
  • LETRA B

    A ideia entre as 2 "clauses" é de CONTRASTE; dentre as opções, a conjunção que indica contraste é YET.

    Outros exemplos de CONTRASTIVE CONJUNCTIONS: 

     

    but, however, in contrast, on the contrary, instead, nevertheless, yet, still, even so, neither … nor. 

  •  b)yet.

    yet fell short of it in the eyes of many users. this sort of construction usually follows a clause that states something that is promptly gainsayed in the proceding clause. Still is also used in this sense, although "yet" is regarded as more standard usage

    orações subordinadas adverbiais concessivas: still, yet, notwithstandingm despite, in spit of, while etc

ID
368059
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TCE-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          As Information Systems (IS) development becomes more  a function of purchasing packages or assembling components,  with less emphasis on programming, student enrollment in IS  courses at universities continues to decline.
          Sometimes it looks like the IT revolution has moved on  and left many IS researchers [ADVERB].
          For example, according to Nokia, the next generation of computers will be in your pocket. About 1.3 billion mobile phones are sold each year, compared to only 300 million personal computers. An increasing number of these phones come with full-blown operating systems that let users access,   organize, and use much more information than older handhelds. The mobile software market may soon exceed the current  software market for computers, and a wide variety of information  systems will rise on top of all the new software. However, only a relatively small percentage of IS research focuses on the mobile  revolution.
         Actually, many IS programs in business colleges seem  impervious to the wake-up call that information schools provide. Rather, they continue to offer curricula that reflect the past rather  than look toward the future. Little wonder that students, whose degrees are based on a very limited number of traditional courses in one area of study, often fail to meet their employers'  expectations. With little integration across disciplines to prepare  students for the complex problems they will face, organizations
find it necessary to further educate those whom they hire or go  abroad to seek appropriate employees with a wider range of  skills and knowledge.

                                                           (Adapted from
                                                            http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/hom
                                                                                             epage/2009/1009/rW_CO_ISInnovation.pdf)

A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna [ADVERB], no início do texto, é

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Behind = Para trás Left behind - Deixou para trás.
  • "Sometimes it looks like the IT revolution has moved on and left many IS researchers [behind]."
    "Às vezes parece que a revolução de TI mudou e deixou muitos  pesquisadores IS para trás."

    A) para cima.
    B) sobre
    C) abaixo.
    D) defronte, através.
    A) atrás, trás

    A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna (adverb) é: "behind" - trás
    Alternativa E


  • e)behind.

    IT has moved on and left many IS researchers behind. The gap calls for an adverb that is coherent with the contextual clue, which implies that IS researchers were left in the lurch by IT coorporations. 

    behind (para trás) é o unico adverbio que faz sentido relativo ao contexto

ID
527356
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Some words ending in “ly” may belong to other parts of speech. Choose the word that can be both an adverb and an adjective.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Early, assim como fast, hard e late, compõem as exceções do inglês em que o adjetivo tem a mesma forma do advérbio.

    Alternativa C)

ID
527374
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Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which conjunction can logically complete the sentence?

It is best not to eat much before exercising, ________ we might be hungry.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Traduzindo trecho:

    É melhor não comer muito antes de se exercitar, mesmo que tenhamos fome.

    Traduzindo alternativas:

    A. então (so)

    B. no entanto (however)

    C. apesar (despite)

    D. desde que (provided that)

    E. mesmo que (even though)

    Letra E

  • even though - mesmo que, apesar; despite - apesar, não obstante (usado para frases sem sujeito ou antecedidos de verbos no gerúndio); so - consequência however - adversativo provided that - condição (desde que)
ID
574720
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

What is the correct way to complete the sentence below?

Today black spots or shadow zones around Somalia only benefit pirates. __________ (1) well-lit watchtowers, in the form of maritime security outposts, can help change that.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • c

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616414
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CONSULPLAN
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CODEVASF
Ano
2008
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Inglês
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The uses for oil
Oil is the largest source of liquid fuel and, in spite of attempts to develop synthetic fuels, world consumption of oil
products in increasing.
The oil industry is not much more than a hundred years old. It began when the first oil well was drilled in 1859. In the
early days, oil was used to light houses because there was no electricity and gas was very scarce. Later, people began to use oil
for heating too.
Most industries use machinery to make things. Every machine needs oil in order to run easily. Even a small clock or watch
needs a little oil from time to time.
The engines of many machines use oil fuels petrol, kerosene or diesel. Cars, buses, trucks, tractors, and small aircraft use
petroleum chemicals: synthetic rubber, plastics, synthetic fiber materials for clothes and for the home, paints, materials which
help to stop rust, photographic materials, soap and cleaning materials (detergents), drugs, fertilizers for farms and gardens, food
containers, and may others.
In 1900 the world’s oil production was less than 2 million tons a year. Today the oil industry is one of the world’s largest
and most important suppliers of raw materials.

In the sentence: “every machine needs oil in order to run easily”. Easily can be considered:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Muitos advérbios são derivados de adjetivos ou possuem a mesma forma do adjetivo. Quando são derivados de adjetivos, os advérbios são, na maioria dos casos, formados pelo acréscimo do sufixo -ly ( mente em português) a um adjetivo. 
    O advérbio "easily" vem do adjetivo "easy" 
    Ex: easy ou easily: His success came too easy. / His success came too easily.
                                (O sucesso dele veio fácil / facilmente.)
    Portanto na sentença: "toda máquina precisa de óleo para funcionar facilmente". "Easily"pode ser considerado um advérbio.

    Alternativa A está correta.

  • Easily = facilmente. É um adverbio de modo. Está ligado ao verbo run


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691546
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UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the Text 2 and answer the questions from 46 to 50.
TEXT 2  
                                                  Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power
Sergei Supinsky: This storage facility near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant currently houses nuclear waste. What's nuclear power's biggest advantage? It doesn't depend on fossil fuels and isn't affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants, CO2 emissions are minimal. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the power produced by the world's nuclear plants would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 per year if they depended on fossil fuels. In fact, a properly functioning nuclear power plant actually releases less radioactivity into the atmosphere than a coal-fired power plant. Plus, all this comes with a far lighter fuel requirement. Nuclear fission produces roughly a million times more energy per unit weight than fossil fuel alternatives. And then there are the negatives. Historically, mining and purifying uranium hasn't been a very clean process. Even transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses a contamination risk. And once the fuel is spent, you can't just throw it in the city dump. It's still radioactive and potentially deadly. On average, a nuclear power plant annually generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel, classified as high-level radioactive waste. When you take into account every nuclear plant on Earth, the combined total climbs to roughly 2,000 metric tons a year. All of this waste emits radiation and heat, meaning that it will eventually corrode any container that holds it. It can also prove lethal to nearby life forms. As if this weren't bad enough, nuclear power plants produce a great deal of low-level radioactive waste in the form of radiated parts and equipment. Over time, spent nuclear fuel decays to safe radioactive levels, but this process takes tens of thousands of years. Even low-level radioactive waste requires centuries to reach acceptable levels. Currently, the nuclear industry lets waste cool for years before mixing it with glass and storing it in massive cooled, concrete structures. This waste has to be maintained, monitored and guarded to prevent the materials from falling into the wrong hands. All of these services and added materials cost money -- on top of the high costs required to build a plant. Disponível em: Acesso em: abr. 2011.  

The words “roughly" (line 11), “lighter" (line 10), “nearby" (line 21) and “Plus" (line 10) are used in the text as:

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ID
720376
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UDESC
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UDESC
Ano
2007
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          Text 1
01     There, in the pasture greenery,
         Sun mottling Nature's breast,
         It was the summer wind's song
         That filled me with its crest.
05     Emotion running rampant--
         Rivers to the sea--
         I could not even fathom the flood of you and me.

         But take me in your arms again
         And do not talk of time.
10     Let flesh rub flesh to parchment--
         Pale flowers crushed--
         And grind more mortar for my soul's room . . .
         Paint mirrors for my mind.

(Michela Curtis: www.poetry.com)


According to Text 1, answer the questions below:


The words: its (in line 4), even (in line 7) and rampant (in line 5), are used in the text as:

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  a) Pronoun, adverb, adjective.

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720394
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UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2007
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Disciplina
Inglês
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        Text 2

01    Take a dive with hundreds of tropical fish, colorful coral and the world's biggest fish, the
        whale shark, at unspoilt Ningaloo Reef.
        The reef on Western Australia's mid north coast, has gained an impressive reputation as
        one of Earth's last ocean paradise.
05    It's one of the largest fringing reefs in the world and unlike many others; you can get to it
        just by stepping off the beach.
        The marine park stretches 260 kilometers from Bundegi Reef near the town of Exmouth to
        Amherst Point near Coral Bay in the south.
        It reaches nearly 20 kilometers seaward, encompassing a massive 5,000 square
10    kilometers of ocean with 500 species of tropical fish and 220 species of coral in all.
        Nothing can compare to the thrill of swimming beside a whale shark. These docile
        creatures visit the reef each year between April and June.
        Rare turtle species hatch here in late January and February. Watch this amazing natural
        phenomenon on special guided, eco-interactive trails.
15    Accommodation in the area is comfortable and ranges from camping and backpacker style
        to chalets, motels, eco-retreats and self catering apartments.
        It's not all about the water at Ningaloo - go four wheel driving to Cape Range National
        Park to see amazing red rock canyons and gorges.
        Getting there is easy - take a two hour flight north of Perth, or give yourself two days to
        drive there from the capital.
        (www.westernaustralia.com)

According to Text 2, answer the questions below:




According to the text:

...four wheel, in ... four wheel driving ... (line 17); ... two hour; in ... two hour flight ... (line 19); are:

Alternativas
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737290
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Exército
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EsFCEx
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence below:

To get from Salvador to Morro de São Paulo you can fly, ____________you can ride the ferry.

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737302
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Exército
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EsFCEx
Ano
2010
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Inglês
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Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence below:

This credit card is__________ accepted.

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795826
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CECIERJ
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CEDERJ
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Read the text again and answer questions 38, 39,
40.


“[…] since eBooks are useless without an eBook reader” (lines 25-26) means

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801637
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EsFCEx
Ano
2011
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Inglês
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Choose the alternative that completes the text below with the correct form of the word in brackets:

"__________ (appear) we humans share 98% of our genes with chimpanzees; indeed they are our closest relative in the animal _________ (king). This TV _________ (document) follows a family of chimpanzees which live in the forest of Tanzania. Set in __________ (spectacle) scenary it gives us a fascinating insight into the life and social ________ (action) of these creatures".

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ID
801673
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Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence below:

The cost of a new house in Salvador has become _________ high over the last few years.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • MORE high ---- HIGHER

    TOTALLY high ---- ''totalmente caro'' expressa uma ideia de completude, mas vemos que na continuação da frase é afirmado ''over the last few years'', e a palavra ''over'' significa mais ou menos ''no decorrer'', ou seja, totalmente o oposto de algo que já está finalizado.

    UTTERLY mesma coisa que totally.

    BLATANTLY demonstra um sentido meio pejorativo, portanto não se encaixa na frase.

    ASTRONOMICALLY = ADVERB (LARGE) ''by a very  ''

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875302
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COPEVE-UFAL
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UNEAL
Ano
2013
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Leia a letra da música e responda as questões.

"Luka"
Written by Suzanne Vega

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry
After that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore

Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am

Ainda sobre a letra da música “Luka”, sabemos que ele está falando para

Alternativas
Comentários

  • No primeiro trecho podemos observar que ele está falando com seu vizinho.

    “Meu nome é Luka

    moro no segundo andar

    Eu moro no andar de cima de você

    Sim, eu acho que você já me viu antes”

    “My name is Luka

    I live on the second floor


    I live upstairs from you


    Yes I think you've seen me before”

    Portanto  a alternativa C está correta


  • Gabarito C: o vizinho

    fica claro que Luka mora no mesmo prédio da pessoa para a qual esta falando pelas seguintes frases:

    I live on the second floor - eu moro no segundo andar
    I live upstairs from you - eu moro no andar acima do seu

ID
1054372
Banca
FCC
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SEFAZ-RJ
Ano
2014
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Why Is Spain Really Taking Lionel Messi to Tax Court?

By Jonathan Mahler Sep 27, 2013
So Spain has decided to haul Lionel Messi into court for tax evasion, which strikes me as completely insane on pretty much every level.
You may remember the story from a few months back: The greatest soccer player in the world and his father were accused of setting up
a bunch of shell companies in Belize and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes on royalties and other licensing income.

Messi - who makes an estimated $41 million a year, about half from sponsors - reached a settlement with Spain’s tax authorities earlier
this summer, agreeing to pay the amount he apparently owed, plus interest. The matter was settled, or so it seemed. Messi could go
back to dazzling the world with his athleticism and creativity.
Only it turns out that Spain wasn’t quite done with Messi. His adopted country - Messi is Argentine but became a Spanish citizen in 2005
- is now considering pressing criminal charges against him.
Cracking down on tax-evading footballers has become something of a trend in Europe, where players and clubs have been known to
launder money through “image-rights companies” often set up in tax havens. When you need money - and Europe needs money - go to
the people who have it, or something like that. Over the summer, dozens of Italian soccer clubs were raided as part of an investigation
into a tax-fraud conspiracy. A number of English Premier League clubs were forced last year to pay millions of pounds in back taxes.
No one likes a tax cheat, and there’s little doubt that widespread tax fraud has helped eat away at the social safety net in Spain and
elsewhere, depriving schools, hospitals and other institutions of badly needed funds. But Europe is not going to find the answers to its
financial problems in the pockets of some professional soccer players and clubs.
Messi’s defense, delivered by his father, seems credible enough to me. “He is a footballer and that’s it,” Messi’s father Jorge said of his
soccer-prodigy son. “If there was an error, it was by our financial adviser. He created the company. My mistake was to have trusted the
adviser.” Even if Messi is legally responsible for the intricate tax dodge he is accused of having participated in, it’s pretty hard to believe
that he knew much about it.
More to the point, Lionel Messi is probably Spain’s most valuable global asset. What could possibly motivate the Spanish government to
want to tarnish his reputation, especially after he’s paid off his alleged debt? After four years of Great-Depression level unemployment,
have anxiety and despair curdled into vindictiveness?
Here’s another explanation: Maybe this whole case has less to do with money than it does with history. Maybe it’s no coincidence that
the target of the Spanish government’s weird wrath happens to play for FC Barcelona, which is, after all, "mes que un club." It's a symbol
of Catalan nationalism - and a bitter, longtime rival of Spain’s establishment team, Real Madrid.
Too conspiratorial? Prove it, Spain. Release Cristiano Ronaldo’s tax return.

(Adapted form http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/why-is-spain-really-taking-lionel-messi-to-tax-court-.html)

A synonym for badly, as it is used in the text, is

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Comentários

  • One of the meaning of adverb badly is the following according to Macmillan Dictionary: If you need or want something badly, you need or want it very much.

    So, you all can perceive that one synonym for badly can be much, letter c)

    Ex:How successful you are depends on how badly you want to succeed. (O quão bem-sucedido que você seja, depende muito de quanto você quer ter sucesso).

    Hope it be useful!

    Espero ter auxiliado!


  • "No one likes a tax cheat, and there's little doubt that widespread tax fraud has helped eat away at the social safety net in Spain and  elsewhere, depriving schools, hospitals and other institutions of badly needed funds."
    "Ninguém gosta de uma fraude fiscal, e não há dúvida de que a fraude fiscal generalizada ajudou a corroer a rede de segurança social na Espanha e em outros lugares, privando escolas, hospitais e outras instituições de fundos muito necessários."
    A) de perto.
    B) igualmente
    C) muito.
    D) quase.
    E) não.
    Conforme tradução acima, inferimos a alternativa C como a correta.

  • closely - de perto

    evenly - uniformente

    much - muito (a expressão badly siginifica mal, que em dado contexto, pode ser interpretado como intenso, exagerado, muitíssimo etc)

    almost - quase

    not - não

  • c-

    'badly', no contexto, significa precisando muito. muito = much

  • Um sinônimo para seriamente, conforme utilizado no texto, é

    (A) closely.

    aproximadamente.

    (B) evenly.

    regularmente.

    (C) much.

    muito.

    (D) almost.

    quase.

    (E) not.

    não.

    Comentários: Pela leitura do texto, verifica-se que os fundos são seriamente necessários (badly needed

    funds), ou seja, são muito (much) necessários.

    No one likes a tax cheat, and there’s little doubt that widespread tax fraud has helped eat away at the social

    safety net in Spain and elsewhere, depriving schools, hospitals and other institutions of badly needed funds.

    But Europe is not going to find the answers to its financial problems in the pockets of some professional soccer

    players and clubs.

    Ninguém gosta de fraude tributária e não há dúvida de que a fraude fiscal generalizada ajudou a corroer a

    rede de segurança social na Espanha e em outros lugares, privando escolas, hospitais e outras instituições

    de fundos seriamente necessários. No entanto, a Europa não vai encontrar as respostas para seus

    problemas financeiros nos bolsos de alguns jogadores de futebol profissionais e clubes.

    Gabarito: C

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1073338
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Aeronáutica
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EEAR
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2013
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“Vuvuzelas were ______ popular during the 2010 World Cup that they were selling as many as 50,000 of them a month”.

(Adapted from www.cnn.com)

Choose the alternative that fills in the blank.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • SO = Então, ou nesse caso Tão

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1179907
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VUNESP
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PM-SP
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2014
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The Right to a “Custody Hearing” under International Law

by Maria Laura Canineu
February 3, 2014

        A person who is arrested has a right to be brought promptly before a judge. This is a longstanding and fundamental principle of international law, crucial for ensuring that the person’s arrest, treatment, and any ongoing detention are lawful.
        Yet, until now, Brazil has not respected this right. Detainees often go months before seeing a judge. For instance, in São Paulo state, which houses 37 percent of Brazil’s total prison population, most detainees are not brought before a judge for at least three months. The risk of ill-treatment is often highest during the initial stages of detention, when police are questioning a suspect. The delay makes detainees more vulnerable to torture and other serious forms of mistreatment by abusive police officers.
        In 2012, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment reported that it had received “repeated and consistent accounts of torture and ill-treatment” in São Paulo and other Brazilian states, “committed by, in particular, the military and civil police.” The torture had allegedly occurred in police custody or at the moment of arrest, on the street, inside private homes, or in hidden outdoor areas, and was described as “gratuitous violence, as a form of punishment, to extract confessions, and as a means of extortion.”
        In addition to violating the rights of detainees, these abusive practices make it more difficult for the police to establish the kind of public trust that is often crucial for effective crime control. These practices undermine legitimate efforts to promote public security and curb violent crime, and thus have a negative impact on Brazilian society as a whole.
        The right to be brought before a judge without unnecessary delay is enshrined in treaties long ago ratified by Brazil, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the American Convention on Human Rights. The United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is responsible for interpreting the ICCPR, has determined that the delay between the arrest of an accused and the time before he is brought before a judicial authority “should not exceed a few days,” even during states of emergency.
        Other countries in Latin America have incorporated this right into their domestic law. For instance, in Argentina, the federal Criminal Procedure Code requires that in cases of arrest without a judicial order, the detainee must be brought to a competent judicial authority within six hours.
        In contrast, Brazil’s criminal procedure code requires that when an adult is arrested in flagrante and held in police custody, only the police files of the case need to be presented to the judge within 24 hours, not the actual detainee. Judges evaluate the legality of the arrest and make the decision about whether to order continued detention or other precautionary measures based solely on the written documents provided by the police.
        The code establishes a maximum of 60 days for the first judicial hearing with the detainee, but does not explicitly say when this period begins. In practice, this often means that police in Brazil can keep people detained, with formal judicial authorization, for several months, without giving the detainee a chance to actually see a judge.
        According to the code, the only circumstance in which police need to bring a person before the judge immediately applies to cases of crimes not subject to bail in which arresting officer was not able to exhibit the arrest order to the person arrested at the time of arrest. Otherwise, the detainee may also not see a judge for several months.

                                         (www.hrw.org. Editado e adaptado)


No início do segundo parágrafo, o termo yet indica uma ideia de

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Comentários

  • A person who is arrested has a right to be brought promptly before a judge. This is a longstanding and fundamental principle of international law, crucial for ensuring that the person’s arrest, treatment, and any ongoing detention are lawful.

    Yet, until now, Brazil has not respected this right.

    Tradução: 

    O preso tem direito de ser conduzido o mais rápido possível diante de um juiz. Este é um antigo princípio fundamental do Direito Internacional. Esse princípio é crucial por garantir que a prisão, a detenção e o tratamento prisional sejam tidas como legais.

    Apesar disso, até agora, o Brasil não respeita esse direito.


  •  Yet, until now, Brazil has not respected this right.
    No entanto, até agora, o Brasil não respeitou este direito.

    As orações subordinadas adverbiais concessivas (clauses of contrast) expressam contraste e oposição de ideias. Essas orações geralmente são introduzidas por although, even though, in spite of, but, however, yet......
     O termo yet indica uma ideia de contraste. Alternativa A.

  • Vale como um porém

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PM-SP
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The Right to a “Custody Hearing” under International Law

by Maria Laura Canineu
February 3, 2014

        A person who is arrested has a right to be brought promptly before a judge. This is a longstanding and fundamental principle of international law, crucial for ensuring that the person’s arrest, treatment, and any ongoing detention are lawful.
        Yet, until now, Brazil has not respected this right. Detainees often go months before seeing a judge. For instance, in São Paulo state, which houses 37 percent of Brazil’s total prison population, most detainees are not brought before a judge for at least three months. The risk of ill-treatment is often highest during the initial stages of detention, when police are questioning a suspect. The delay makes detainees more vulnerable to torture and other serious forms of mistreatment by abusive police officers.
        In 2012, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment reported that it had received “repeated and consistent accounts of torture and ill-treatment” in São Paulo and other Brazilian states, “committed by, in particular, the military and civil police.” The torture had allegedly occurred in police custody or at the moment of arrest, on the street, inside private homes, or in hidden outdoor areas, and was described as “gratuitous violence, as a form of punishment, to extract confessions, and as a means of extortion.”
        In addition to violating the rights of detainees, these abusive practices make it more difficult for the police to establish the kind of public trust that is often crucial for effective crime control. These practices undermine legitimate efforts to promote public security and curb violent crime, and thus have a negative impact on Brazilian society as a whole.
        The right to be brought before a judge without unnecessary delay is enshrined in treaties long ago ratified by Brazil, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the American Convention on Human Rights. The United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is responsible for interpreting the ICCPR, has determined that the delay between the arrest of an accused and the time before he is brought before a judicial authority “should not exceed a few days,” even during states of emergency.
        Other countries in Latin America have incorporated this right into their domestic law. For instance, in Argentina, the federal Criminal Procedure Code requires that in cases of arrest without a judicial order, the detainee must be brought to a competent judicial authority within six hours.
        In contrast, Brazil’s criminal procedure code requires that when an adult is arrested in flagrante and held in police custody, only the police files of the case need to be presented to the judge within 24 hours, not the actual detainee. Judges evaluate the legality of the arrest and make the decision about whether to order continued detention or other precautionary measures based solely on the written documents provided by the police.
        The code establishes a maximum of 60 days for the first judicial hearing with the detainee, but does not explicitly say when this period begins. In practice, this often means that police in Brazil can keep people detained, with formal judicial authorization, for several months, without giving the detainee a chance to actually see a judge.
        According to the code, the only circumstance in which police need to bring a person before the judge immediately applies to cases of crimes not subject to bail in which arresting officer was not able to exhibit the arrest order to the person arrested at the time of arrest. Otherwise, the detainee may also not see a judge for several months.

                                         (www.hrw.org. Editado e adaptado)


No trecho do sétimo parágrafo – Judges evaluate the legality of the arrest and make the decision about whether to order continued detention or other precautionary measures… – os termos whether… or indicam

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Judges evaluate the legality of the arrest and make the decision about whether to order continued detention or other precautionary measures based solely on the written documents provided by the police.

    Tradução

    Juízes avaliam a legalidade da prisão e decidem ordenar a continuação da prisão ou que sejam tomadas outras medidas de precaução lastreadas por documentos produzidos pelas autoridades policiais.


  • No trecho  do sétimo parágrafo - Juízes avaliam a legalidade da prisão e tomam a decisão sobre a possibilidade de ordenar a detenção continuada ou de outras medidas de precaução com base unicamente em documentos escritos fornecidos pela polícia.
     whether pode funcionar ou como um pronome ou como uma conjunção.  
    Mais comumente, aparentemente, whether é usado como um conjunção. Nesse caso, a palavra pode indicar:
    Condições ou possibilidades alternativas (usada com a palavra or)
    Ex:
    She was uncertain whether to go or stay. Ela não tinha certeza se queria ir ou ficar.
    There was a debate over whether or not to send troops. Houve um debate sobre se deve ou não enviar tropas.

    Usa-se o whether, e não o if, depois de uma preposição:
    There are doubts about whether the system is safe.
    Os termos "whether"..."or", indicam alternativa.
    Alternativa D


  • DIFICILMENTE OU ATE MSM RARAMENTE VC IRA ENCOTRAR A PALAVRA OR NO TEXT E ELA NO SER ALTERNATIVA

  • Traduzida como ou, or é uma conjunção alternativa. Assim, indica ideia de alternância; opção.

    GAB D

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The Right to a “Custody Hearing” under International Law

by Maria Laura Canineu
February 3, 2014

        A person who is arrested has a right to be brought promptly before a judge. This is a longstanding and fundamental principle of international law, crucial for ensuring that the person’s arrest, treatment, and any ongoing detention are lawful.
        Yet, until now, Brazil has not respected this right. Detainees often go months before seeing a judge. For instance, in São Paulo state, which houses 37 percent of Brazil’s total prison population, most detainees are not brought before a judge for at least three months. The risk of ill-treatment is often highest during the initial stages of detention, when police are questioning a suspect. The delay makes detainees more vulnerable to torture and other serious forms of mistreatment by abusive police officers.
        In 2012, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment reported that it had received “repeated and consistent accounts of torture and ill-treatment” in São Paulo and other Brazilian states, “committed by, in particular, the military and civil police.” The torture had allegedly occurred in police custody or at the moment of arrest, on the street, inside private homes, or in hidden outdoor areas, and was described as “gratuitous violence, as a form of punishment, to extract confessions, and as a means of extortion.”
        In addition to violating the rights of detainees, these abusive practices make it more difficult for the police to establish the kind of public trust that is often crucial for effective crime control. These practices undermine legitimate efforts to promote public security and curb violent crime, and thus have a negative impact on Brazilian society as a whole.
        The right to be brought before a judge without unnecessary delay is enshrined in treaties long ago ratified by Brazil, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the American Convention on Human Rights. The United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is responsible for interpreting the ICCPR, has determined that the delay between the arrest of an accused and the time before he is brought before a judicial authority “should not exceed a few days,” even during states of emergency.
        Other countries in Latin America have incorporated this right into their domestic law. For instance, in Argentina, the federal Criminal Procedure Code requires that in cases of arrest without a judicial order, the detainee must be brought to a competent judicial authority within six hours.
        In contrast, Brazil’s criminal procedure code requires that when an adult is arrested in flagrante and held in police custody, only the police files of the case need to be presented to the judge within 24 hours, not the actual detainee. Judges evaluate the legality of the arrest and make the decision about whether to order continued detention or other precautionary measures based solely on the written documents provided by the police.
        The code establishes a maximum of 60 days for the first judicial hearing with the detainee, but does not explicitly say when this period begins. In practice, this often means that police in Brazil can keep people detained, with formal judicial authorization, for several months, without giving the detainee a chance to actually see a judge.
        According to the code, the only circumstance in which police need to bring a person before the judge immediately applies to cases of crimes not subject to bail in which arresting officer was not able to exhibit the arrest order to the person arrested at the time of arrest. Otherwise, the detainee may also not see a judge for several months.

                                         (www.hrw.org. Editado e adaptado)


No trecho final do último parágrafo – Otherwise, the detainee may also not see a judge for several months. –, o termo otherwise equivale, em português, a

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  • According to the code, the only circumstance in which police need to bring a person before the judge immediately applies to cases of crimes not subject to bail in which arresting officer was not able to exhibit the arrest order to the person arrested at the time of arrest. Otherwise, the detainee may also not see a judge for several months.

    Tradução

    De acordo com o Código de Processo Penal brasileiro, a única circunstância que leva um preso a ser apresentado diante da autoridade judicial imediatamente após a prisão é a do cometimento de crimes não passíveis de fiança, pois a autoridade policial não dispõe de ordem de prisão, a qual cabe ao magistrado. Caso contrário, o detento poderá também ter que esperar meses para ter sua audiência marcada.


  • No trecho final do último parágrafo Caso contrário, o detido também pode não ver um juiz por vários meses

    OTHERWISE (senão, caso contrário, do contrário)
    Ex:
    Be here before noon, otherwise you will not have lunch with your father. 
    (Esteja aqui antes do meio-dia, do contrário / senão você não almoçará com seu pai.)

    Alternativa A

  • GAB A

    Traduzida como de outro modo; de outra forma; caso contrário, otherwise é uma conjunção alternativa. Assim, indica ideia de alternância; opção.

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1396447
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FUNCAB
Órgão
SEE-AC
Ano
2014
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Read the text below and answer the questions that follow:

Teaching English as a foreign language teacher: job description

Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) involves teaching adults and children whose first or main language is not English. This can be done in the UK or abroad and the students may be learning English for either business or leisure reasons.

Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) is also a widely used term and often means the same thing as TEFL. It’s sometimes specifically used to refer to teaching English to people who are living in the UK but who do not speak English as a first language. These students are most commonly refugees and immigrants and need to learn the language in order to help them settle into the UK society.Their courses are often government funded.

Teaching English as a second language (TESL) or teaching English as an additional language (TEAL) may also be terms that are used but they generally all refer to the same thing - teaching English to someone whose native language is not English.

Teachers of English as a foreign language can work in a variety of settingswith different age ranges. This can include commercial language schools, schools and institutions of further and higher education throughout the UK and overseas. Some may also teach in industry, while others are self-employed. Classes are usually taught in English, evenwith beginners. Teaching English as a foreign language teacher: job description

Adapted from: < www.prospects.ac.uk/case-studies-working- abroad>

“ TESOL is also a widely used term” (second paragraph).Theword WIDELY is a(n):

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  • wide•ly

    (ˈwaɪd li) 

    adv.

    1. to a wide extent.

    2. over a wide area: a widely distributed plant.

    3. by or among a large number of persons: a widely known artist.

    4. in many subjects: to be widely read.

    5. greatly or very: widely differing accounts of the incident.


  • Advérbio de intensidade: widely used term - termo largamente utilizado. 

  • Algumas palavras você consegue distinguir pela sua desinência. Por exemplo: widely = wide -ly ( a desinência -ly refere-se à advérbios). Outro exemplo:  quickly = quick -ly (rapidamente), quick = rápido; -ly = -mente.

ID
1435603
Banca
IBFC
Órgão
SEAP-DF
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative with the correct words for the following gaps:

I. “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation____ they will not be judged by the color of theirskin, but by the content of their character.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
II. “First they ignore you,____ they laugh at you,____ they fight you,____ you win.” - Mahatma Gandhi
III. “The sad truth is that most evil is done by people_____ never make up their minds to be good or evil” - Hannah Arendt

Alternativas
Comentários

  • which - coisas

    who - pessoas

  • RESOLUÇÃO:

    Where

    Podemos utilizar “where” em uma relative clause para se referir a um lugar.

    the restaurant – we had lunch there – it was near the airport

    o restaurante – nós almoçamos lá – ele ficava próximo do aeroporto

     The restaurant where we had lunch was near the airport.

    O restaurante onde nós almoçamos ficava próximo do aeroporto.

    Exemplos:

    I recently went back to the town where I grew up. (or ...the town I grew up in or ...the town that I grew up in)

    Recentemente, eu voltei à cidade que eu cresci. 

    I would like to live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine.

    Eu gostaria de morar em um lugar onde tenha muito sol.

    Observe que “where” é a resposta correta para a lacuna do item I, pois está se referindo a nação (nation), ou seja, um lugar. Assim, está em de acordo com a regra acima.

    I. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation                   where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. 

       "Eu tenho um sonho de que meus quatro filhos pequenos um dia viverão em uma nação onde eles não serão julgados pela cor de sua pele, mas pelo conteúdo de seu caráter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Then

    “Then” é utilizado para se referir a um evento (ou eventos) após outro.

    Exemplo:

    At first there was silence. Then came a voice that I knew. 

    (Primeiramente havia silêncio. Depois veio uma voz que eu conhecia.)

    Perceba que, na frase do item II, há uma sequência de eventos.

    II. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,     then you win.” - Mahatma Gandhi 

       "Primeiro eles te ignoram, depois eles riem de você, depois lutam contra você, depois você ganha." - Mahatma Gandhi

    Who

    Utiliza-se “who” em uma relative clause para se referir a uma pessoa (não a coisas).

    the woman – she lives next door – is a doctor

    a mulher – ela mora ao lado – é médica

     The woman who lives next door is a doctor.

    A mulher que mora ao lado é médica.

    we know a lot of people – they live in the country

    nós conhecemos muitas pessoas – elas moram no campo

     We know a lot of people who live in the country.

    Nós conhecemos muitas pessoas que moram no campo.

    Exemplos:

    An architect is someone who designs buildings.

    (Um arquiteto é alguém que projeta prédios.)

    What was the name of the person who phoned?

    (Qual era o nome da pessoa que telefonou?)

    Em alguns casos, também pode ser utilizado “that” (ao invés de “who”), mas “which” não deve ser usado para pessoas:

    Exemplo:

    The woman that lives next door is a doctor. (not the woman which)

    (A mulher que mora ao lado é médica.)

    Veja que “who” está se referindo a pessoas (people) e, portanto, está cumprindo a regra explicada acima.

    III. “The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil” - Hannah Arendt 

       "A triste verdade é que a maior parte do mal é realizado por pessoas que nunca decidem se são boas ou más" - Hannah Arendt

    Gabarito: Alternativa C

ID
1443220
Banca
RBO
Órgão
CIJUN
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Mark the sentence with the wrong position of the adverb:

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  d) We wanted to start quickly.


  • Marque a sentença com a posição errada do advérbio.

    Advérbios de frequência vêm geralmente antes do verbo principal, com exceção do verbo “to be" (ser/estar), os advérbios devem vir depois dele. Susan hardly ever sees her children when she arrives home from work. I always go to church.  Sometimes my son misses his father. 

    Advérbio de modo vem geralmente depois do verbo ou depois do objeto, se houver. She sings well. Mary reads Japanese badly. My boss can't speak slowly. 
    Portanto, a alternativa D está errada. O correto seria: We wanted to start quickly.

    Gabarito d Professor: D

  • Os advérbios (exceto os de frequência) aparecem depois do verbo, O correto seria: we wanted to start quickly

  • Os advérbios (exceto os de frequência) aparecem depois do verbo, O correto seria: we wanted to start quickly

ID
1464355
Banca
ESPP
Órgão
COBRA Tecnologia S/A (BB)
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

In each of the following text pages, a connective is missing.

I. “Six months ago, saving Libya from potential atrocities inspired by Moammar Gadhafi meant establishing a no- fly zone over the country, all the better to protect Benghazi, the rebel stronghold in the east. ____________ classic mission creep set in and the NATO forces, Canada among them, were bombing Tripoli and clearly trying to eliminate Africa’s longest-standing dictator and his sons (while denying that was the goal).”

II. “Like all early civilisations Ancient Greece was an agricultural society. Most of the people lived by farming and the main form of wealth was owning land. In each city there was an upper class and a middle class of men like substantial farmers, doctors and teachers. ____________ the vast majority of people were peasants and craftsmen or slaves. Slavery was common. (It is estimated that about 30% of the population of Athens was made up of slaves). If they worked in rich peoples homes slaves could be reasonably treated. However by law owners were allowed to flog slaves. Those slaves who worked in mines probably suffered the most.”

III. “Older people are facing a scarcity of qualified nurses to care for them ____________ the Government changes its policy on undergraduate education, a leading nursing organisation has warned. The All-Ireland Gerontological Nurses Association (AIGNa) is calling for the urgent introduction of specialised nursing degree courses in care for older people – as an estimated 700 jobs remain unfilled in the sector.”

The alternative that respectively brings the correct connective for each one is:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • d-

    then classic mission creep set in and the nato froces, canada among them, set out to launch attacks on tripoli at an attempt to pick off africa's longest-standing dictator...at first there was a no-fly zone, and before long a gradual shift in the desired outcomes took place, justifying the use of "then" as it entails a idea of consequence.

ID
1498720
Banca
IDECAN
Órgão
INMETRO
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                           The Office of Weights and Measures

The Office of Weights and Measures promotes uniformity in U.S. weights and measures laws, regulations, and standards to achieve equity between buyers and sellers in the marketplace. This enhances consumer confidence, enables U.S. businesses to compete fairly at home and abroad, and strengthens the U.S. economy.

OWM partners with the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), an organization of State and local weights and measures officials and representatives of business, industry, consumer groups, and Federal agencies, to develop U.S. standards in the form of uniform laws, regulations, and methods of practice. OWM serves as the U.S. representative to the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) to bring efficiency and cost savings to U.S. manufacturers and other stakeholders doing business overseas, through the promotion of harmonized international standards and regulatory practices.

OWM ensures traceability of state weights and measures standards to the International System of Units (SI); develops procedures for legal metrology tests and inspections, and conducts training for laboratory metrologists and weights and measures officials. OWM provides guidance on the model weights and measures laws and regulations adopted by the NCWM and coordinates the development and publication of key NCWM publications.

It is estimated that sales of products or services impacted by weights and measures laws in the United States represent approximately 50 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product. Industry sectors potentially affected by the decisions of the NCWM include retail food sales, other retail sales, petroleum products, transportation, and chemicals.

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures analyzes weights and measures training needs, obtains input from the weights and measures community, designs and delivers training for laboratory metrologists and weights and measures officials, measures the impact and effectiveness of training to ensure ongoing continual improvement, and consults with the weights and measures community to ensure ongoing professional development.

                                                                                (Available in: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd.)

“Weights and Measures represent approximately 50 percent…" APPROXIMATELY is closest in meaning  tolaws in the US 

Alternativas
Comentários

  • almost = quase

    APPROXIMATELY = aproximadamente

  • hardly -dificilmente

    clearly - claramente

    seldom- raramente

    accurately- precisamente

  • c-

    almost, nearly, about, roughly, close to, approximately

ID
1548085
Banca
UniCEUB
Órgão
UniCEUB
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

TEXT 2

                    Gabriel García Márquez was a Literary Giant
                               With a Passion for Journalism
                      By Karla Zabludovsky Friday, April 18,2014

      The late Gabriel García Márquez holds a special place in the hearts of journalists.
      Like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway — or contemporaries like Pete Hamill and Tom Wolfe — García Márquez, a titan of 20th century literature, honed his writing skills as a reporter
before he became a celebrated novelist.
      Even as his literary star rose, García Márquez, known colloquially across Latin America as Gabo, spoke proudly, tenderly and frequently about journalism.
      “Those who are self-taught are avid and quick, and during those bygone times, we were that to a great extent in order to keep paving the way for the best profession in the world… as we ourselves called
it," said García Márquez during a speech about journalism at the 52nd Assembly of the Inter American Press Association in 1996.

                                                                                                                                             Newsweek Magazine

The underlined words in the passage are

Alternativas
ID
1557187
Banca
CETRO
Órgão
MDS
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                      What causes hunger?

      The world produces enough to feed the entire global population of 7 billion people. And yet, one person in eight on the planet goes to bed hungry each night. In some countries, one child in three is underweight. Why does hunger exist? There are many reasons for the presence of hunger in the world and they are often interconnected. Here are six that we think are important.  


      Poverty trap

      People living in poverty cannot afford nutritious food for themselves and their families. This makes them weaker and less able to earn the money that would help them escape poverty and hunger. This is not just a day-to-day problem: when children are chronically malnourished, or ‘stunted’, it can affect their future income, condemning them to a life of poverty and hunger. In developing countries, farmers often cannot afford seeds, so they cannot plant the crops that would provide for their families. They may have to cultivate crops without the tools and fertilizers they need. Others have no land or water or education. In short, the poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty. 


      Lack of investment in agriculture

      Too many developing countries lack key agricultural infrastructure, such as enough roads, warehouses and irrigation. The results are high transport costs, lack of storage facilities and unreliable water supplies. All conspire to limit agricultural yields and access to food. Investments in improving land management, using water more efficiently and making more resistant seed types available can bring big improvements. Research by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization shows that investment in agriculture is five times more effective in reducing poverty and hunger than investment in any other sector. 


      Climate and weather

      Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and long periods of drought are on the increase – with calamitous consequences for the hungry poor in developing countries. Drought is one of the most common causes of food shortages in the world. In 2011, recurrent drought caused crop failures and heavy livestock losses in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. In 2012 there was a similar situation in the Sahel region of West Africa. In many countries, climate change is exacerbating  already adverse natural conditions. Increasingly, the world’s fertile farmland is under threat from erosion, salination and desertification. Deforestation by human hands accelerates the erosion of land which could be used for growing food.


      War and displacement

      Across the globe, conflicts consistently disrupt farming and food production. Fighting also forces millions of people to flee their homes, leading to hunger emergencies as the displaced find themselves without the means to feed themselves. The conflict in Syria is a recent example. In war, food sometimes becomes a weapon. Soldiers will starve opponents into submission by seizing or destroying food and livestock and systematically wrecking local markets. Fields are often mined and water wells contaminated, forcing farmers to abandon their land. Ongoing conflict in Somalia and the has contributed significantly to the level of hunger in the two countries. By comparison, hunger is on the retreat in more peaceful parts of Africa such as Ghana and Rwanda.  


      Unstable markets

      In recent years, the price of food products has been very unstable. Roller-coaster food prices make it difficult for the poorest people to access nutritious food consistently. The poor need access to adequate food all year round. Price spikes may temporarily put food out of reach, which can have lasting consequences for small children. When prices rise, consumers often shift to cheaper, less-nutritious foods, heightening the risks of micronutrient deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition.  


      Food wastage

      One third of all food produced (1.3 billion tons) is never consumed. This food wastage represents a missed opportunity to improve global food security in a world where one in 8 is hungry. Producing this food also uses up precious natural resources that we need to feed the planet. Each year, food that is produced but not eaten guzzles up a volume of water equivalent to the annual flow of Russia’s Volga River. Producing this food also adds 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, with consequences for the climate and, ultimately, for food production. 


Choose the alternative in which the word is from the same category of the word “consistently”.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • A questão pede para escolher uma palavra com a mesma categoria de palavra "consistently". No caso se refere a uma classe de palavra. 

    Consistently é um adv.  - sendo a sua tradução "constantemente";  assim como Slowly-  que tem como significado lentamente.


  • a-

    category = adverb

    consistently - constantly, frquently, regularly, steadily, habitually. Notem o sufixo - ly, o qual altera a classe da palavra de adjetivo para adverbio

ID
1565251
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative according to the right use of adverbs.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • I - The meat is very bad cooked

    II - It is terribly hot today

    III - He is driving unusualy fast

    IV - She writes very well

    V - CORRETO

    ALTERNATIVA E)

ID
1587052
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
APMBB
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Instrução: Leia o artigo 11 da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, em inglês, para responder a questão, assinalando a alternativa que completa corretamente as respectivas lacunas.


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Article 11

(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent —— 71 proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he —— 72 all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission — 73 — did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

(www.un.org. Adaptado.)



Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gabarito Letra A - "until"

ID
1637860
Banca
Exército
Órgão
IME
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Fat? No way! Jane isn’t fat at all. _______________________, she is quite skinny.

Alternativas
ID
1637872
Banca
Exército
Órgão
IME
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

_____________ the cost of a college education at Central Wyoming College is relatively low, many students need and receive financial aid.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Precisamos de uma conjunção de contraste, pois apesar de o custo ser baixo, vários alunos recebem auxílio.

    Há despite e although

    Despite => Usado em frases sem sujeito, verbo no gerúndio ou anteposto a uma frase nominal.

    Although => Seguido de sujeito + verbo, que é nosso caso

    Alternativa A)

ID
1645381
Banca
PUC - Campinas
Órgão
PUC - Campinas
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Machiavellianism" is a ...... used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described in The Prince. The book itself gained enormous notoriety and wide readership because most readers assumed the author was teaching and endorsing evil and immoral behavior. Because of this, the term "Machiavellian" is often associated with deceit, deviousness, ambition, and brutality. However that was Machiavelli's stylistic device to gain the reader's attention for his close analysis of the actual techniques used by rulers.

(Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3% B2_Machiavelli)

The word that correctly fills in the blank is

Alternativas
ID
1646071
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
PM-SP
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Leia o texto para responder à  questão.


                                  What is organized crime?


      Organized crime was characterised by the United Nations, in 1994, as: “group organization to commit crime; hierarchical links or personal relationships which permit leaders to control the group: violence, intimidation and corruption used to earn profits or control territories or markets; laundering of illicit proceeds both in furtherance of criminal activity and to infiltrate the legitimate economy; the potential for expansion into any new activities and beyond national borders; and cooperation with other organized transnational criminal groups.” 

       It is increasingly global. Although links between, for example, mafia groups in Italy and the USA have existed for decades, new and rapid means of communication have facilitated the development of international networks. Some build on shared linguistic or cultural ties, such as a network trafficking drugs and human organs, which links criminal gangs in Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil, Pakistan, Dubai and South Africa. Others bring together much less likely groups, such as those trafficking arms, drugs and people between South Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan and Russia, or those linking the Russian mafia with Colombian cocaine cartels or North American criminal gangs with the Japanese Yakuza. Trafficked commodities may pass from group to group along the supply chain; for instance heroin in Italy has traditionally been produced in Afghanistan, transported by Turks, distributed by Albanians, and sold by Italians.

Organized crime exploits profit opportunities wherever they arise. Globalization of financial markets, with free movement of goods and capital, has facilitated smuggling of counterfeit goods (in part a reflection of the creation of global brands), internet fraud, and money-laundering. On the other hand, organized crime also takes advantage of the barriers to free movement of people across national borders and the laws against non-medicinal use of narcotics: accordingly it earns vast profits in smuggling migrants and psychoactive drugs. Briquet and Favarel have identified deregulation and the “rolling back of the state” in some countries as creating lacunae that have been occupied by profiteers. The political changes in Europe in the late 1980s fuelled the growth in criminal networks, often involving former law enforcement officers. Failed states, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo or Sierra Leone, have provided further opportunities as criminal gangs smuggle arms in and commodities out, for example diamonds, gold, and rare earth metals, often generating violence against those involved in the trade and in the surrounding communities. Finally, there are a few states, such as the Democratic Republic of Korea and Burma and Guinea-Bissau (once described as a narco-state) where politicians have been alleged to have played an active role in international crime.

       Organized criminal gangs have strong incentives. Compared with legitimate producers, they have lower costs of production due to the ability to disregard quality and safety standards, tax obligations, minimum wages or employee benefits. Once established, they may threaten or use violence to eliminate competitors, and can obtain favourable treatment by regulatory authorities either through bribes or threats.

                                                                               (www.globalizationandhealth.com. Adaptado)

No trecho do segundo parágrafo – Trafficked commodities may pass from group to group along the supply chain; for instance heroin in Italy has traditionally been produced in Afghanistan, transported by Turks, distributed by Albanians, and sold by Italians. – a expressão for instance pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

Alternativas
Comentários

  • CAIU UMA IGUAM NA ESPCEX MUITA SEMELHANÇA

     for instance= POR EXEMPLO

    MSM SENTIDO

    GAB; A

  • CONJUNÇÃO EXPLICATIVA

    GAB A

    for instance= POR EXEMPLO

ID
1718803
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which of the options completes the sentence correctly?

People who are middle-aged and older tend to know more than young adults ________ they have been around longer, and score higher on vocabulary tests, crossword puzzles and other measures of so-called crystallized intelligence.

(Adapted from http://www.nytimes.com).

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Pessoas de média idade e mais velhas tem a tendência de saber mais que os jovens adultos por que eles passam por mais testes de vocabulários.

    Por que=Because

    É aproximadamente isso ai

ID
1723885
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
PM-SP
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

What do police officers do? 
By Emma Woolley 

    The primary responsibility of police officers is to protect the public, or if commissioned, the person, group or organization to which they are assigned. Through detecting and preventing crime, police officers strive to maintain law and order in their respective jurisdictions. 
    Most new police officers work in general duty in patrol divisions, which provides a broad range of experiences and assignments. General duty policing involves patrolling assigned areas to enforce laws, protect public safety, and arrest criminal suspects – either by car, foot, bicycle, or in some cases, horse. 
    Police officers can also do some or all of the following: Investigate accidents and crime scenes; secure evidence and interview witnesses; testify in court; collect notes and reports; provide emergency assistance to victims of natural disasters, crime, and accidents; engage in crime prevention, safety, and public information programs; participate in media relations; and supervise and manage the work of other police officers. 
    Working as a police officer can be one of the most diverse career experiences, as specializations ranging in the hundreds are available. With a few years of service (usually four or more), he or she can move into areas such as criminal identification, drug investigations, sexual assault, fraud, major case and/or crime management, surveillance, aircraft security, explosives disposal, police dog services, and many more. 
    Police officers must be available for shift work at any time of day and any day of the week, including holidays. Shifts tend to be longer than the standard eight-hour office day. Even though many regular police duties are routine in nature, the job can also be dangerous, as well as physically and emotionally stressful. 
(http://careerbear.com/police-officer/article/ what-do-police-officers-do. Adaptado)

In the last sentence from the text – Even though many regular police duties are routine in nature… – the phrase in bold expresses a relationship of

Alternativas
Comentários
  • "Even though many regular police duties are routine in nature, the job can also be dangerous, as well as physically and emotionally stressful."

    "Ainda que muitos deveres policiais regulares sejam de natureza rotineira, o trabalho também pode ser perigoso, assim como fisicamente e emocionalmente estressante."


    A expressão está relacionada a contraste. 
    Alternativa D

  • Even though, though e although são contraste

  • GAB D

    IDEIA DE CONSTRASTE, OPOSIÇÃO, RESSALVA

ID
1733866
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
UNESP
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Instrução: Leia o texto para responder à questão.

      I started to run because I felt desperately unfit. But the biggest pay-off for me was – and still is – the deep relaxation that I achieve by taking exercise. It tires me out but I find that it does calm me down. When I started running seven years ago, I could manage only 400 meters before I had to stop. Breathless and aching, I walked the next quarter of a mile, alternating these two activities for a couple of kilometers.

      When I started to jog I never dreamt of running in a marathon, but a few years later I realized that if I trained for it, the London Marathon, one of the biggest British sporting events, would be within my reach. My story shows that an unfit 39-year-old, as I was when I started running, who had taken no serious exercise for twenty years, can do the marathon – and that this is a sport in which women can beat men. But is it crazy to do it? Does it make sense to run in the expectation of becoming healthier?

      My advice is: if you are under forty, healthy and feel well, you can begin as I did by jogging gently until you are out of breath, then walking, and alternating the two for about three kilometers. Build up the jogging in stages until you can do the whole distance comfortably.

                                          (Headway Intermediate – Student’s Book. Oxford University Press. Adaptado.)

Indique a alternativa composta de duas orações cujas afirmações se opõem.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • But é uma conjunção de contraste, então a frase seguinte se opõe a anterior

    GAB C

ID
1763065
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
UNESP
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                    Genetically modified foods

      Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally, e.g. through the introduction of a gene from a different organism. Currently available GM foods stem mostly from plants, but in the future foods derived from GM microorganisms or GM animals are likely to be introduced on the market. Most existing genetically modified crops have been developed to improve yield, through the introduction of resistance to plant diseases or of increased tolerance of herbicides.

      In the future, genetic modification could be aimed at altering the nutrient content of food, reducing its allergenic potential, or improving the efficiency of food production systems. All GM foods should be assessed before being allowed on the market. FAO/WHO Codex guidelines exist for risk analysis of GM food.

                                                                                                                                    (www.who.int)

No trecho final do primeiro parágrafo “through the introduction of resistance to plant diseases”, o termo em destaque equivale, em português, a

Alternativas
Comentários
  • "através da introdução de resistência a doenças de plantas."


    through - através de, por, por meio de, por intermédio de 
    Alternativa B.

  • a expressão “through the introduction of resistance to plant diseases”, ao pé da letra seria algo como: '' através da introdução da resistência às doenças vegetais", então through significa 'por meio de'.

ID
1782619
Banca
CECIERJ
Órgão
CEDERJ
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Why don’t we take our own advice?
Oliver Burkeman

“Why is it so hard to take your own advice?” the psychology writer Melissa Dahl asked in a New York magazine essay some months ago, and the question’s been bugging me ever since. I have the arrogance to imagine that if you followed some of the suggestions made each week in this column, you might be a little happier or more productive, with a little less relationship drama, a little more inner calm. (From my email inbox, I know this happens at least occasionally.) But were you to infer from this that I follow such advice flawlessly myself, you’d be mistaken. When friends mention their difficulties with partners or bosses, Dahl wrote, she always tells them to talk to the person involved. Just say something! “And probably, this is good advice,” she mused. “I wouldn’t know, as it’s something I rarely do myself.” I can understand. I suspect most of us can. As the old wisecrack has it: “Take my advice – I’m not using it.”
The cynical take on this is that we ignore our own advice because it’s rubbish: we give it to seem wise, when in fact it’s nonsense. (All advice to “try harder” or “snap out of it” or “look on the bright side” fall into this category: if the recipient could do so, he or she already would have, without your so-called help.)
But a more interesting notion is that the advice is often good – yet something prevents us applying it to ourselves. One such obstacle is simply too much information: inside our own heads, we have access to all manner of details, making us believe that this relationship problem, this job dilemma, is special, so the advice doesn’t apply. Dahl cites work by the psychologist Dan Ariely, showing that when a friend gets a serious medical diagnosis, most people would urge them to get a second opinion. But were it to happen to themselves, they’d be more likely not to do so, for fear of offending their doctor. The fear of offence is something you’d think of only in your own case – and it’s totally unhelpful.
But there’s another big reason I don’t follow my own advice: the huge gulf between grasping something intellectually and really feeling it in your bones. For example, it was years ago that I first encountered the insight that anxiety and insecurity aren’t reduced by trying to exert more control over the world; in fact, that usually makes them worse. I know this. But apparently I have to keep learning it, over and over. Its correctness isn’t sufficient for it to get into my brain once and for all; that takes repeated experience. As a result, I continue to “suddenly realise” things I already wrote an entire book about.
If nothing else, this should be a caution against getting too frustrated with that one friend of yours who keeps getting into the same kind of pickle, time and again, deaf to the obviously good advice that everyone keeps offering. You know the type. We’ve all got a friend like that. The scary thought is that, for some of your friends, it’s probably you.

Adapted from http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/11/ taking-your-own-advice-oliver-burkeman. Accessed on: 22 out. 2015.

Glossary
advice: conselho; to bug: incomodar; to infer: concluir; flawlessly: perfeitamente; to muse: meditar; wisecrack: espertinho; cynical: cínico, pessimista; rubbish: besteira; to urge: insistir; gulf: distância; exert: exercer; pickle: encrenca

    In the second paragraph, in the sentence “we give it to seem wise, when in fact it's nonsense", the conjunction “when" introduces an idea of

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  • No segundo parágrafo, na frase "damos a impressão de parecer sábia, quando na verdade não faz sentido", a conjunção "quando" introduz uma idéia de
    A) oposição.
    B) condição.
    C) duração.
    D) consequência.
     A conjunção "when"(quando) introduz uma ideia de oposição.
    Gabarito do Professor: A
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Teen romance usually digitally enhanced, says US study

Technology plays a key role in teenage romance from initial encounters to eventual break-ups, says a US study.

Teenagers rarely meet online but do use technology for flirting, asking out, meeting up and parting, American think tank, the Pew Research Center, found.

A survey of 1,060 US teenagers aged 13 to 17 revealed that technology brings them closer but also breeds jealousy.

"Digital platforms are powerful tools for teens," said Amanda Lenhart, lead author of the report from Pew.

"But even as teens enjoy greater closeness with partners and a chance to display their relationships for others to see, mobile and social media can also be tools for jealousy, meddling and even troubling behaviour."

Digital romance, broken down

Of the 1,060 teenagers surveyed:

• 35% said they were currently dating and 59% of that group said technology made them feel closer to their partner.

• For boys who were dating, 65% said social media made them more connected to a significant other while it was 52% for girls.

• 27% of dating teenagers thought social media made them feel jealous or insecure in relationships.

• 50% of all teens surveyed, dating or not, said they had indicated interest by friending someone on Facebook or other social media and 47% expressed attraction by likes and comments.

• Texting is king - 92% of teens who were dating said they texted a partner, assuming the partner would check in with "great regularity"

• Jealousy happens, but not as much as flirting does - 11% of teenage daters reported accessing a partner's online  accounts and 16% reported having a partner asking them to de-friend someone.

What gets discussed during all those frequent social media enabled check-ins?

According to the survey, it is mostly "funny stuff" followed by "things you're thinking about" as well as other information such as where they are and what their friends have been doing.

And forget having to meet up to resolve a conflict - 48% of dating teenagers said that could be done by texting or talking online.

Online tools, with their accessibility and ease of use, also showed some signs of giving this group relationship anxiety. Females are more likely to be subject to unwanted flirting and 25% of teenagers surveyed said they have blocked or unfriended someone because of uncomfortable flirting.

And 15% of teenage daters said a partner had used the internet to pressure them into unwanted sexual activity.

'More than emojis'

Nearly half the respondents admitted to concentrating on their phone ahead of their partner when together with 43% of dating teens saying that had happened to them.

"I don't think this survey reveals much that is surprising.

But it is affirming. Humans are social animals and we build tools to connect with each other,"wrote Julie Beck, an associate editor at The Atlantic news site, of the survey's findings.

"It's not all heart emojis all the time, no, but the tools that facilitate relationships facilitate all aspects of them, good and bad. "Connecting with others is scary, hard, sometimes dangerous, but usually, hopefully, good. The teens get it."

(Fonte: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34416989)

Which of the adverbs below have the same meaning of "nearly half" in the sentence "Nearly half the respondents admitted to concentrating on their phone ahead of their partner when together...".

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  • Which of the adverbs below have the same meaning of "nearly half" in the sentence "Nearly half the respondents admitted to concentrating on their phone ahead of their partner when together...".

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Teen romance usually digitally enhanced, says US study

Technology plays a key role in teenage romance from initial encounters to eventual break-ups, says a US study. 

Teenagers rarely meet online but do use technology for flirting, asking out, meeting up and parting, American think tank, the Pew Research Center, found. A survey of 1,060 US teenagers aged 13 to 17 revealed that technology brings them closer but also breeds jealousy.

"Digital platforms are powerful tools for teens," said Amanda Lenhart, lead author of the report from Pew. "But even as teens enjoy greater closeness with partners and a chance to display their relationships for others to see, mobile and social media can also be tools for jealousy, meddling and even troubling behaviour."

Digital romance, broken down

Of the 1,060 teenagers surveyed:

• 35% said they were currently dating and 59% of that group said technology made them feel closer to their partner

   • For boys who were dating, 65% said social media made them more connected to a significant other while it was 52% for girls

   • 27% of dating teenagers thought social media made them feel jealous or insecure in relationships

   • 50% of all teens surveyed, dating or not, said they had indicated interest by friending someone on Facebook or other social media and 47% expressed attraction by likes and comments 

• Texting is king - 92% of teens who were dating said they texted a partner, assuming the partner would check in with "great regularity"

• Jealousy happens, but not as much as flirting does - 11% of teenage daters reported accessing a partner's online accounts and 16% reported having a partner asking them to de-friend someone

What gets discussed during all those frequent social media enabled check-ins? According to the survey, it is mostly "funny stuff" followed by "things you're thinking about" as well as other Information such as where they are and what their friends have been doing. And forget having to meet up to resolve a conflict - 48% of dating teenagers said that could be done by texting or talking online. Online tools, with their accessibility and ease of use, also showed some signs of giving this group relationship anxiety. Females are more likely to be subject to unwanted flirting and 25% of teenagers surveyed said they have blocked or unfriended someone because of uncomfortable flirting. And 15% of teenage daters said a partner had used the internet to pressure them into unwanted sexual activity.

'More than emojis'


Nearly half the respondents admitted to concentrating on their phone ahead of their partner when together with 43% of dating teens saying that had happened to them. "I don't think this survey reveals much that is surprising. But it is affirming. Humans are social animals and we build tools to connect with each other, "wrote Julie Beck, an associate editor at The Atlantic news site, of the survey's findings.

"It's not all heart emojis all the time, no, but the tools that facilitate relationships facilitate all aspects of them, good and bad.


"Connecting with others is scary, hard, sometimes dangerous, but usually, hopefully, good. The teens get it." 

(Fonte: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34416989) 

Which of the adverbs below have the same meaning of "nearly half" in the sentence "Nearly half the respondents admitted to concentrating on their phone ahead of their partner when together...".

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  • b) ne galera. Nearly half - quase metade.

  • Nearly half and Almost half are synonyms. They mean quase metade.

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  Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours and militant culture

      Chengdu, China (CNN) — Miss Chen (we changed her name for this story), an 18-year-old student from a village outside of the southern megacity of Chongqing, is one of more than one million factory workers at a Chinese company that helps manufacture products for Apple Inc.'s lucrative global empire, which ranked in a record $46.3 billion in sales last quarter. They work day or night shifts, eating and sleeping at company facilities, as they help build electronics products for Apple and many other global brand names, such as Amazon's Kindle and Microsoft's Xbox.

      As a poor college student with no work experience, looking for a job in China's competitive market is an uphill battle. So when Chen was offered a one-month position at Foxconn with promises of great benefits and little overtime, she jumped at the chance. But when she started working, she found out that only senior employees got such benefits.

      “During my first day of work, an older worker said to me, 'Why did you come to Foxconn? Think about it again and leave right now'," said Chen, who plans to return to her studies at a Chongqing university soon.

      Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices, stating its employees are entitled to numerous benefits including access to health care and opportunities for promotions and training. In response to questions from CNN, Apple also released a statement: “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain. We insist that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made. Our suppliers must live up to these requirements if they want to keep doing business with Apple."

      After three weeks of applying more than 4,000 stickers a day onto iPad screens by hand and working 60 hours a week in an assembly line, Chen says she's ready to go back to school and study hard so she'll never have to return to Foxconn. “It's so boring, I can't bear it anymore. Everyday is like: I get off from work and I go to bed. I get up in the morning, and I go to work. It is my daily routine and I almost feel like an animal," said Miss Chen. When asked why humans do machine-like work at Foxconn, she responds, “Well, humans are cheaper."

                                          Adaptado de http://edition.cnn.com, consulta em 06/02/2012

In the sentence “But when she started working, she found out that...", the word but indicates

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  • BUT=CONSTRAST

    GAB:E

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A TOOL FOR SPIES

When Iran’s opposition protesters used Twitter and other forms of social media last year to let the world know about their regime’s brutal post election crackdown, activists praised Twitter as the tool of revolution and freedom. But now Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has figured out how to twist this tool into one of repression. Though as recently as this past January Chávez was decrying Twitter as a weapon of terrorists, he’s since turned into an avid Twitterer himself ( his account, the country’s most popular, boasted more than half a million followers at press time ), as well as a devoted Facebook user and blogger.

      Far from embracing the democratic spirit of the Web, though, the Venezuelan strongman is using his accounts and blog to exhort people to spy on each other. At the launch of his Twitter account, Chávez enjoined the Boliviarian faithful to use it to keep an eye on state enemies, namely the wealthy. My Twitter account is open for you to denounce them, “ Chávez announced on his television program. El Presidente has hired a staff of 200 to deal with tweeted “requests, denunciations, and other problems,” which have resulted in actions against allegedly credit-stingy banks and currency speculators. He’s now considering going a step further and ruling that all Venezuelan Web sites must move from U.S.- based servers to domestic ones - which would, of course, make them far easier to control. Big Brother would be proud.

              (Newsweek – June 14, 2010. By Mac Margolis and Alex Marin)

No primeiro parágrafo, a conjunção though em - Though as recently as this past January... - pode ser substituída, sem prejuízo para o sentido do texto por

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  • agora pronto

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CHINA'S NEW SEX SYMBOLS

BY ISAAC STONE FISH

       ASIA IN THE CATEGORY of the world's sexiest politicians, China's dour communist apparatchiks1 would seem to be far behind America's legendary ladies' men presidents and Europe's bunga-bunga leaders. But a survey released in December by the All-China Women's Federation found that a Middle Kingdom mandarin is the top pick for an ideal partner among Chinese women.

      What's the appeal? (It can't be the ill-fitting suits.) It's money, money, money. While government officials receive a modest salary – well under $1,000 a month- they can usually leverage their position for personal gain, often through shady means. A corrupt vice district head in Beijing was recently arrested for accumulating more than $ 6,5 million; in other cases the perks have reached into the hundreds of millions. And even for officials who aren't skimming off the top, a government job (and the attendant legal perks) provides a level of security that's quite desirable for China's marriage-minded ladies, especially compared with a less stable position at a state-owned or private company.

      There's also the growing reputation of Chinese government officials as a particularly virile lot. China's state-owned press often titillates readers with tales of bureaucratic sex scandals: in one major story last year, a provincial tobacco-bureau chief's diary was leaked online, with page after page of prurient details about his trysts2 with young beauties (including fellow government employees). The public's reaction was generally sympathetic to the cad. One prominent blogger maintained the bureau chief was a good official because he managed to spend some time with his wife despite the womanizing, took less than $10,000 in bribes, and didn't visit prostitutes. In other words, a real catch. In a survey on the blogger's site, almost all the more than 100,000 respondents thought the official should keep his job. That's sex appeal – and popular appeal.

                                                                                       ( Newsweek, February 7, 2011.) 

apparatchiks1 : burocratas do partido comunista chinês
trysts2 : encontros secretos

No último parágrafo do texto, a preposição despite empregada em − despite the womanizing − pode ser substituída por

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  • Despite e In Spite of são irmãs. Então GAB É D

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We’re so well educated – but we’re useless

    Record numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills.
   Looking back on my first weeks living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and numerous cases of food-poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic skills I missed out in my modern education.
  Educationist Sir Ken Robinson says that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents and deprives us of what used to be passed from generation to generation – a working knowledge of basic life skills. Today’s graduates may have earned themselves distinctions in history, law or economics, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books, or fixing a hole in their on-trend clothes, they have to call for help from a professional handyman or tailor.
   Besides what we need to know for our own jobs, we must have practical skills. We don’t grow our own crops, build our own houses, or make our own clothes anymore; we simply buy these things. Unable to create anything ourselves, what we have mastered instead is consumption.
  Sociologist Saskia Sassen argues that the modern liberal state has created a middle class that isn’t able to “make” anymore. I suggest that we start with the immediate reintroduction of some of the most vital aspects of “domestic science” education. Instead of only maths, language and history, we should create an interactive learning environment in schools where craftsmanship and problem-solving are valued as highly as the ability to absorb and regurgitate information. We need to develop children into people that not only think for themselves, but are also able to act for themselves.

Adapted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/ mortarboard/2013/feb/25/well-educated-but-useless

In the sentence “Besides what we need to know for our own jobs, we must have practical skills." (paragraph 4), the word besides can be replaced by

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  • Na frase "Além do que precisamos saber para nossos próprios trabalhos, devemos ter habilidades práticas." (parágrafo 4), a palavra besides pode ser substituída por
    A) no entanto
    B)  além de 
    C) com a exclusão de
    D) embora
    E) como  resultado de
    "besides"  e "in addition to" têm o mesmo significado.
    Alternativa B

  • Besides= ADDITION

    A)HOWEVER= CONSTRAST

    B)IN ADDITION TO=ADDITION

    C)to the exclusion of=CONDITION

    D)though=CONCESSION

    E)as a result of=CONCLUSION

    GAB:B

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Read the following sentences:

I. I am eternally grateful to you! By the way, I want to take you out for dinner! My treat!

II. Unfortunately, she gave up her singing career. Nevertheless, she continued acting as the main actress of the show.

III. We got a divorce because we did not love each other anymore. Besides, we realized that we did not have a lot in common.

IV. They danced all night long. Actually, they did not even sleep.

Now, choose the adverbial expressions that best replace the words underlined in the previous sentences.

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  • You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.      
    SPOKEN  
    ♦ by the way             phrase   PHR with cl   (=incidentally)

    http://dicionario.reverso.net/ingles-sinonimos/By%20the%20way/forced

    Incidentally

    adv   You use incidentally to introduce a point which is not directly relevant to what you are saying, often a question or extra information that you have just thought of.  

    ADV with cl  
    `I didn't ask you to come. Incidentally, why have you come?'

  • Resposta correta letra B) Incidentally – however – furthermore – in fact.

  • Essa questão cobra o conhecimento de alguns advérbios e expressões adverbiais e escolher aqueles que melhor os substituem. Para responder uma questão como essa é preciso ter vocabulário, o que conseguimos em contato com a língua estrangeira, de diversas formas.

    Segue tradução do enunciado:

    Leia as seguintes sentenças:

    I. Sou eternamente grato a você! A propósito (by the way), quero te levar para jantar! Meu mimo!

    II. Infelizmente, ela desistiu de sua carreira de cantora. No entanto (nevertheless), ela continuou atuando como a atriz principal do show.

    III. Nós nos divorciamos porque não nos amávamos mais. Além disso (besides), percebemos que não tínhamos muito em comum.

    4. Dançaram a noite toda. Na verdade (actually), eles nem dormiram.

    Agora, escolha as expressões adverbiais que melhor substituem as palavras sublinhadas nas frases anteriores.

    A) Incorreta - Furthermore – besides – however – in fact.

    Além disso – além – porém – na verdade.

    B) Correta - Incidentally – however – furthermore – in fact.

    Aliás – no entanto – além disso – na verdade.

    C) Incorreta - Anyway – however – furthermore – in fact.

    De qualquer forma – porém – além disso – na verdade.

    D) Incorreta - Incidentally – moreover – furthermore – besides.

    Aliás – além disso – além disso – além disso.

    E) Incorreta - However – besides – furthermore – in fact.

    No entanto – além disso – além disso – na verdade.

    Gabarito: B

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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words:

She was the ____________ woman I ever met. Besides, she was ____________ intelligent and creative. Also, she received the ___________ recognition of her time for _________ the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.

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  • Gabarito: A

     

    She was the prettiest woman I ever met. Besides, she was extremely intelligent and creative. Also, she received the biggest recognition of her time for being the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.

     

    Bons estudos!

  • The answer right is letter a


    She was the prettiest woman I ever met. Besides, she was extremely intelligent and creative. Also, she received the biggest recognition of her time for being the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.  


    Ela foi a mulher mais bonita que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era extremamente inteligente e criativa. Ela também recebeu o maior reconhecimento de seu tempo, sendo a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional. (Tradução livre)

  • Questão sobre os adjetivos superlativos, que são utilizados para descrever um objeto que se encontra no extremo superior ou inferior de uma qualidade (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). Eles são empregados em frases nas quais o sujeito é comparado a um grupo de objetos.

    Substantivo (sujeito) + verbo + the + adjetivo superlativo + substantivo (objeto).

    O grupo com o qual se realiza a comparação pode ser omitido, caso esteja claro pelo contexto (último exemplo abaixo).

    Exemplo:

    Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

    Seu cão correu o mais rápido de qualquer cão na corrida.

    Segue tradução do enunciado:

    Preencha as lacunas com as palavras mais apropriadas:

    Ela era a mulher ____________ que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era ____________ inteligente e criativa. Além disso, ela recebeu o ___________ reconhecimento de seu tempo _________ a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional.

    As palavras que preencheriam as lacunas seriam:

    Mais bonita - nessa caso usamos os superlativo porque a frase está comparando a mulher com um grupo (todas as outras que ele já conheceu) = prettiest

    Extremamente = extremely

    Maior = aqui também usamos o superlativo, pois o prêmio é o maior do seu tempo, não apenas o maior. Ou seja, está sendo comparado com todos os outros do seu tempo = biggest

    por ser = tradução correta é for being. For be = para ser

    Portanto, a alternativa correta é: Prettiest – extremely – biggest – being.

    Gabarito: A

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 Select the alternative that best completes the sentence below giving idea of comparison. 

He is a good artist and he sings ____ a professional when he is on stage. 

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  • b ) He is a good artist and he sings like a professional when he is on stage.

     

  • He is a good artist and he sings ____ a professional when he is on stage

    Ele é um bom artista e ele canta ____ um profissional quando ele está no palco

    Resposta certa é Like : Além de "Gostar" tem tradução de "Como", com a ideia de "comparação" ou "semalhante igual à"

    Ex: I want a house like this ( Eu quero uma casa como essa)

     

    O As: É o "Como", com a ideia de "Na função de" ou " No papel de " Ex: My Friend Works as a doctor ( Meu amigo trabalha na função de um Médico)

    O Such: É o "Tão" + Adjetivo + Substantivo Ex: I am such a nice guy ( Eu sou um cara tão legal )

    As If : É o "Como se" Ex: I feel as if I’m dying. (Me sinto como se estivesse morrendo.)

  • Selecione a alternativa que melhor completa a sentença abaixo dando ideia de comparação.
    Ele é um bom artista e canta como (like) um profissional quando está no palco.
    A) como
    B) como
    C) tal
    D) como se
    Usamos like quando o segundo termo da comparação é um substantivo, um gerúndio ou um pronome. Ex: Dave looks like his father.  -  Don't act like me !
    Usamos as quando o segundo termo da comparação é um verbo, uma cláusula ou uma preposição.
    Don't do as I do !
    Prices are very high, as in the 1990s. (as they were)
    Na questão usamos "like" por ser uma comparação precedida de um substantivo (profissional)

    Gabarito do Professor: B

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In the sentence “Maria learns fast”, the word “fast”, in bold type, is

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  • Na frase “Maria aprende rapidamente, depressa", a palavra “rápido", em negrito, é
    A) um substantivo
    B) um artigo
    C) um advérbio
    D) um adjetivo

    Fast é um advérbio de modo.

    Gabarito do Professor: C

  • Fast é o modo como Maria learns. Se modifica um verbo, é advérbio.

    Alternativa C)

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Read text 2 and answer questions 25-30.

Text 2

The advantage

1 CARE Acquiring a new aircraft is already a complex enough process. Acquiring a pre-owned aircraft can be an even more challenging task. The industry has its fair share of brokers and experts all willing to offer you the best deal in town but, regrettably, once you have signed and the aircraft is delivered, they tend to vanish as they move onto the next deal. Our philosophy is very different. Every Embraer aircraft we lease has passed through our own Embraer facilities. Every aircraft is treated with a level of service and care that can only come from those who built them in the first place. 

2 SUPPORT In choosing one of our pre-owned aircraft, all of our customers share a common goal: to ensure that the aircraft delivered perform seamlessly from day one and continue to perform for many years to come. In response to this, we offer the Lifetime Program by Embraer. This program represents a first in the industry and is the result of a very detailed review between ECC and Embraer on how best to support our customers. The Lifetime Program is unique to preowned Embraer aircraft and offers a wide range of services from startup through operation. 

3 RELIABLE So when an ECC pre-owned aircraft is offered for delivery to its new home you can rest assured that it will provide many years of happy, reliable service. Our focus does not end there since we value the relationships we build with our customers. Our Lifetime Program is testament to this. This is a unique and new service from Embraer to support our used aircraft. We invite you to learn, in greater detail, how it will not only enhance your operation, but also keep your Chief Financial Officer happy. Transparency in costs and flexibility in adapting to your needs. It is our way of showing that every Embraer aircraft we offer has our seal of approval. Coming from the manufacturer, that's no small thing. 

Source: http://www.eccleasing.com/Pages/fator.aspx [slightly adapted


The word 'seamlessly' in #2 line 3 means

Alternativas
Comentários

  • smootly - suavemente, tranquilo, calmo, fácil

    seamlessly -perfeitamente, sem interrupção

  • seamless = perfect, flawless (Merriam-Webster).

    smooth = happening or done without any problems.

  • Faz como quando fica em dúvida entre a certa e a errada, em inglês?

    Marquei a B, mas em dúvida da A.

    at full speed = na velocidade máxima.

  • Sabia que smoothly era suavemente, mas nunca tinha ligado isso ao SUAVE mano dos paulistas kakaka

  • Essa errei feio na ANAC 2016...

  • Meus amigos !  De acordo com o sentido da frase em questão, a resposta seria a assertiva "C - intermittently " e não a assertiva "A" conforme o gabarito.
    Veja o significado de "  seamlessly -  moving from one thing to another easily and without any interruptions or problems "

    fonte:  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seamless

     

ID
1870438
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
ANAC
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                              Text 1

                                  Welcome to the Drone Age

      THE scale and scope of the revolution in the use of small, civilian drones has caught many by surprise. In 2010 America's Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) estimated that there would, by 2020, be perhaps 15,000 such drones in the country. More than that number are now sold there every month. And it is not just an American craze. Some analysts think the number of drones made and sold around the world this year will exceed 1 million. In their view, what is now happening to drones is similar to what happened to personal computers in the 1980s, when Apple launched the Macintosh and IBM the PS/2, and such machines went from being hobbyists' toys to business essentials.

      That is probably an exaggeration. It is hard to think of a business which could not benefit from a PC, whereas many may not benefit (at least directly) from drones. But the practical use of these small, remote-controlled aircraft is expanding rapidly. These involve areas as diverse as agriculture, landsurveying, film-making, security, and delivering goods. Other roles for drones are more questionable. Their use to smuggle drugs and phones into prisons is growing. Instances have been reported in America, Australia, Brazil, Britain and Canada, to name but a few places. In Britain the police have also caught criminals using drones to scout houses to burgle. The crash of a drone on to the White House lawn in January highlighted the risk that they might be used for acts of terrorism. And in June a video emerged of a graffito artist using a drone equipped with an aerosol spray to deface one of New York's most prominent billboards.

      How all this activity will be regulated and policed is, as the FAA's own flat-footed response has shown, not yet being properly addressed. There are implications for safety (being hit by an out-of-control drone weighing several kilograms would be no joke); for privacy, from both the state and nosy neighbours; and for sheer nuisance—for drones can be noisy. But the new machines are so cheap, so useful and have so much unpredictable potential that the best approach to regulation may simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom.

                                              [Source: The Economist September 26th 2015- adapted]

The word “whereas" in Paragraph 2 line 2 could best be replaced by

Alternativas
Comentários

  • whereas - enquanto que, ao passo que

    Sinônimos - while, whereas, whilst

     

    Fonte: googletradutor

  • d)while.

    whereas many may not benefit from drones. The contrasting conjunction whereas calls for another conjunction of the same sort, which allows for "while" to fit in. 

    While (enquanto) é uma conjunção concessiva. Conjunções equivalentes: whereas, granted, howbeit

  • A palavra "enquanto que" no parágrafo 2, linha 2, poderia ser melhor substituída por a) since. desde. b) once. uma vez que. c) moreover. além disso. d) while. embora. e) because. porque. Comentários: Observe que a conjunção “whereas” (já que; enquanto que; ao passo que) expressa uma oposição/contraste. Sendo assim, pode ser substituída por “while” (embora; apesar de; ainda que). That is probably an exaggeration. It is hard to think of a business which could not benefit from a PC, whereas many may not benefit (at least directly) from drones. Isso é provavelmente um exagero. É difícil pensar em um negócio que não poderia se beneficiar com um computador pessoal, já que muitos podem não se beneficiar (pelo menos diretamente) com os drones. Gabarito: D

ID
1872376
Banca
IESES
Órgão
BAHIAGÁS
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words:

She was the ____________ woman I ever met. Besides, she was ____________ intelligent and creative. Also, she received the ___________ recognition of her time for _________ the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gabarito: C

     

    She was the prettiest woman I ever met. Besides, she was extremely intelligent and creative. Also, she received the biggest recognition of her time for being the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.

     

    Bons estudos!

  • The answer right is letter c


    She was the prettiest woman I ever met. Besides, she was extremely intelligent and creative. Also, she received the biggest recognition of her time for being the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.  


    Ela foi a mulher mais bonita que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era extremamente inteligente e criativa. Ela também recebeu o maior reconhecimento de seu tempo, sendo a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional. (Tradução livre)

  • Questão sobre os adjetivos superlativos, que são utilizados para descrever um objeto que se encontra no extremo superior ou inferior de uma qualidade (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). Eles são empregados em frases nas quais o sujeito é comparado a um grupo de objetos.

    Substantivo (sujeito) + verbo + the + adjetivo superlativo + substantivo (objeto).

    O grupo com o qual se realiza a comparação pode ser omitido, caso esteja claro pelo contexto (último exemplo abaixo).

    Exemplo:

    Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

    Seu cão correu o mais rápido de qualquer cão na corrida.

    Segue tradução do enunciado:

    Preencha as lacunas com as palavras mais apropriadas:

    Ela era a mulher ____________ que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era ____________ inteligente e criativa. Além disso, ela recebeu o ___________ reconhecimento de seu tempo _________ a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional.

    As palavras que preencheriam as lacunas seriam:

    Mais bonita - nessa caso usamos os superlativo porque a frase está comparando a mulher com um grupo (todas as outras que ele já conheceu) = prettiest

    Extremamente = extremely

    Maior = aqui também usamos o superlativo, pois o prêmio é o maior do seu tempo, não apenas o maior. Ou seja, está sendo comparado com todos os outros do seu tempo = biggest

    por ser = tradução correta é for being. For be = para ser

    Portanto, a alternativa correta é: Prettiest – extremely – biggest – being.

    Gabarito: C

ID
1895287
Banca
IESES
Órgão
BAHIAGÁS
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words:

She was the ____________ woman I ever met. Besides, she was ____________ intelligent and creative. Also, she received the ___________ recognition of her time for _________ the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gabarito: b

     

    Ela é a mulher mais linda que eu já vi. Ademais, ela era extremamente inteligente e criativa.Ainda, ela recebeu o reconhecimento de seu tempo por ser a maior pianista do seu país a receber um prêmio internacional. (Tradução livre)

    Por que é "being" e não "be"? Porque é antecedido por preposição "for"

  • The answer right is letter b


    She was the prettiest woman I ever met. Besides, she was extremely intelligent and creative. Also, she received the biggest recognition of her time for being the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.  


    Ela foi a mulher mais bonita que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era extremamente inteligente e criativa. Ela também recebeu o maior reconhecimento de seu tempo, sendo a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional. (Tradução livre)

  • Questão sobre os adjetivos superlativos, que são utilizados para descrever um objeto que se encontra no extremo superior ou inferior de uma qualidade (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). Eles são empregados em frases nas quais o sujeito é comparado a um grupo de objetos.

    Substantivo (sujeito) + verbo + the + adjetivo superlativo + substantivo (objeto).

    O grupo com o qual se realiza a comparação pode ser omitido, caso esteja claro pelo contexto (último exemplo abaixo).

    Exemplo:

    Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

    Seu cão correu o mais rápido de qualquer cão na corrida.

    Segue tradução do enunciado:

    Preencha as lacunas com as palavras mais apropriadas:

    Ela era a mulher ____________ que eu já conheci. Além disso, ela era ____________ inteligente e criativa. Além disso, ela recebeu o ___________ reconhecimento de seu tempo _________ a primeira pianista de seu país a receber um prêmio internacional.

    As palavras que preencheriam as lacunas seriam:

    Mais bonita - nessa caso usamos os superlativo porque a frase está comparando a mulher com um grupo (todas as outras que ele já conheceu) = prettiest

    Extremamente = extremely

    Maior = aqui também usamos o superlativo, pois o prêmio é o maior do seu tempo, não apenas o maior. Ou seja, está sendo comparado com todos os outros do seu tempo = biggest

    por ser = tradução correta é for being. For be = para ser

    Portanto, a alternativa correta é: Prettiest – extremely – biggest – being.

    Gabarito: B

  • b-

    Superlative adjectives describe a noun at the upper or lower bounds of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a set of objects. They are usually formed by noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun (object). Short regular adjectives are are followed by 'the most', while one-syllable adjectives add -est at their end

ID
1899712
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which sequence best completes the sentence below?

The little gírl wouldn't go into the sea (1)____ her mother did so, too.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gab: letra B

    Tradução--> A menininha não iria entrar no mar a menos que sua mãe fizesse também.

    A) exceto por

    B) a menos que

    C) também

    D)se não

    E) mas também

ID
1900780
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Based on the text below, answer the question.

Slash and burn Brazil's rainforest is going up in smoke. Again. 

As Brazil'S skyscrapers and silos rose, it seemed the most impressive quality of this 21st-century Latin American powerhouse was its ability to grow without trashing the environment. Just last year, Brasilia was boasting about a steep decline in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, a feat that President Dilma Rousseff trumpeted as "impressive, the fruit of social change." What would she say now? 

After nearly a decade of steady decline, forest cutting has spiked again in the world's largest rainforest. The nonprofit Amazon watchdog organization, Imazon, released a study reporting that deforestation at the hands of farmers and ranchers jumped 90 percent in the 12 months since April of last year. And since burning always follows felling, another 88 million tons of carbon dioxide and other gases hit the atmosphere—a 62 percent increase on the year. 

For decades, Brazilians were told that ruin in the Amazon was the price of development. But recent research has imploded that assumption. A paper published by the National Academy of Sciences shows that continued deforestation threatens not just the trees but the progress and riches their removal were thought to guarantee. The paper bolsters an old theory by Brazilian climate scientist Eneas Salati, who argued that the Amazon actually produces half its own rainfall. The takeaway: remove too much of the forests and the Amazon could dry out. And more than the jungle is at stake. Reduced rainfall from forest cutting could dry up the water that powers hydroelectric dams, thus slashing Brazilian power-generating capacity by 40 percent by midcentury. It could also rob the food larder, cutting soybean productivity by 28 percent and beef production by 34 percent. 

Brasilia quickly countered the environmental skeptics by saying that these are unofficial figures, noting that the National Space Institute is still crunching the satellite data. The government is still basking in last year's numbers: only 4,600 square kilometers of forests felled, a fraction of the 27,700 square kilometers lost in 2004. But the Rousseff administration would do well to heed the smoke signals. Even Brasilia admits that Brazil's continued rise to glory turns on the country's ability to stay green.


(Adapted from http://thedailybeast.com/newswek/2013/06/05)

What does the word "thus" mean in the following extract?

"Reduced rainfall from forest cutting could dry up the water that powers hydroelectric dams, thus slashing Brazilian power - generating capacity by 40 percent by midcentury." 

Alternativas
Comentários

  • "therefore" = "thus"= "hence" = "so" = “portanto“, “por conseguinte“, “logo“, “consequentemente“, “em consequência“, “como resultado“, “por esta razão“, “por isso“

ID
1900792
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which of the alternatives completes the sentence correctly?

(1) ____ he cannot afford a car, he rides a bicycle.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • COMO ELE NAO PODE COMPRAR UM CARRO, ELE ANDA DE BICICLETA

    AS---COMO

    GAB. D

ID
1900813
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which of the alternatives completes the sentence correctly?

"Harry went to the office on Monday (1) ____ not feeling well."

Alternativas
Comentários

  • "Harry went to the office on Monday (1) ____ not feeling well."

    O Harry foi pro trampo apesar de não se sentir bem

    Apesar de pode ser : Spites ou Thoughs

    Como diferenciar?

    Existem regras, as quais são:

    Spites: seguido de gerúndio OU oração sem sujeito OU phrasal noun

    Thoughs: São seguidas por Suj+verbo

    Observando,vemos que temos um gerúndio após a conjunção

    então

    devemos usar um SPITE

    Letra C temos um Spitezin

    :DDDDD

ID
1900816
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Mark the alternative where there is a mistake.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Fast como advérbio não sofre alteração, continua sendo fast

    ex: she is running very fast

ID
1926562
Banca
CETRO
Órgão
ANVISA
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the sentence and choose the alternative in which the underlined word does not have the same grammar function as the one in the sentence below.

“Labeling a food as ‘free’ of a certain nutrient, whether salt, sugar, or fat, means it has none, or a ‘physiologically inconsequential’ amount of that nutrient, according to the FDA.”

Available in: http://health.usnews.comnews

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Alguém pode me explicar?

  • Letra C é o único que não está ligando orações. Isto é não é conjunção.

ID
1932292
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TRT - 14ª Região (RO e AC)
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

What are the biggest Windows 10 problems Microsoft needs to fix?

by Edward Chester

03 July 2015

      Windows 10 is shaping up to be a good upgrade over both Windows 7 and Windows 8, but with the release date of 29 July mere weeks away, there are still some issues that need sorting.

      So, while there’s still just about time, here are some of the biggest Windows 10 problems that we’re hoping Microsoft will fix before the Windows 10 Technical Preview is closed and the final version is released to users.

      1. Tabs in File Explorer

      One of the longest-running requested features for a new Windows is simply to allow the File Explorer to have tabs. Just as web browsers can have multiple tabs open at the same time but all contained in a neat single-windowed view, we want the same thing for File Explorer.

      It seems like it should be a simple thing to add, but seemingly Microsoft is against the idea, as it's already made considerable adjustments to File Explorer in Windows 10 without including this feature.

      2. Finish updating icons

      Windows 8 saw a new, more sharp-lined, high-contrast style brought to Windows, but it didn’t do a very good job of maintaining consistency throughout the OS, with many features still using the old style. Windows 10 has improved this, tweaking the majority of system icons and features to fit in with the new look. ...I... , the task still isn’t complete, and while it doesn’t make a huge difference to the day-to-day satisfaction of using your computer, it does speak to the apparent difference in philosophy between Apple and Microsoft.

      When the former overhauled the look of iOS, it did so in a much more complete manner than Microsoft has managed over two major iterations of Windows.

      3. Stability issues

      The most obvious issue that Microsoft needs to address is simply making sure it really does solve any further performance and stability issues in Windows 10. While our experience has largely been smooth, we've nonetheless had moments of the system completely falling over while doing nothing particularly challenging, and there are many other reports of instability.

      Microsoft certainly can’t be complacent when it comes to core stability. The company does need to ensure that what customers are buying at least works reliably out of the box.

      (…)

                                               (Adapted from: http://www.trustedreviews.com) 

Um sinônimo para seemingly, conforme é usado em but seemingly Microsoft is against the idea, é

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gabarito Letra D

    seemingly é um advérbio cujo sentido é equivalente à palavra "aparentemente" no PT, tem como sinônimos apparently e outwardly no EN.

    bons estudos

  • absolutely = absolutamente
    certainly = Certamente
    likely = provável
    apparently = aparentemente
    unfortunately = infelizmente

  • "(...)but seemingly Microsoft is against the idea"

    Tradução: (...)mas aparentemente a Microsoft é contra a idéia

  • Trata-se de questão que explora o conhecimento de sinônimos. O candidato deve assinalar a alternativa que traz um sinônimo para “seemingly", conforme o termo é usado no trecho “but seemingly Microsoft is against the idea".

    Possivelmente o candidato conhece o advérbio “seemingly" usado para indicar como algo se parece, e traduz-se aparentemente. Frise-se que o advérbio deriva do verbo “to seem" que significa 'parecer'.

    Alternativa A.
    ERRADA. O advérbio “absolutely" significa completamente.

    Alternativa B.
    ERRADA. “Certainly" é usado para indicar que não há dúvida a respeito de algo, podendo ser traduzido para 'certamente'.

    Alternativa C.
    ERRADA. O adjetivo é usado para “likely" indicar que algo provavelmente acontecerá ou que é esperado.

    Alternativa D.
    CORRETA. “Apparently" é o advérbio usado para indicar que algo aparenta ser verdade, e traduz-se “aparentemente"; logo, “apparently" é um sinônimo de “seemingly".

    Alternativa E.
    ERRADA. “Unfortunately" significa infelizmente.


    Gabarito do Professor: Letra D.

ID
1933714
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which conjunction correctly completes the sentence?

“_________________ he left school at 16, he still managed to become prime minister.”

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Há uma quebra de expectativa na frase, o que pede uma conjunção que indique contraste.

    Because - Causa

    Even though - Contraste

    Provided that- Condição

    So - Consequência

    Thus - Consequência

    Alternativa B)

ID
1933840
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

He says he’s not wealthy, and ______ he owns a house at the beach and drives a BMW.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • A questão se refere ao tipo de crime que seria matar alguém e não a pessoa do mario.

  • Yet, por vezes pode introduzir uma ideia contrastante, similar ao "mas"

    Logo, gabarito: E

  • Ai o despacho vai pra Justiça Divina!

  • kkkkkkkkkkkkk

  • KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

  • kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  • Pessoal aqui não passa no toxicológico kkk

  • Faltou o português nessa questão kkkkkk. Ela fala em "poderia", portanto futuro do pretérito, indica uma possibilidade, caso Mário não tivesse sido morto, é claro. Trata-se de hipótese de extraterritorialidade condicionada.

  • CONSIDERE SEU COMENTÁRIO CURTIDO, AUGUSTO RODRIGUES.

  • Rhuan - DPF qual foi, cara KKKKKKKKKKKkkkkkk

  • kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

ID
1935502
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                           NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates

      NAIROBI, Kenya - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff. Seven pirates attempted to attack the Norwegian-flagged MV Front Ardenne late Saturday but fled after crew took evasive maneuvers and alerted warships in the area, said Portuguese Lt. Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes, aboard a warship in the Gulf of Aden, and Cmdr. Chris Davies, of NATais maritime headquarters in England.

      "How the attack was thwarted is unclear, it appears to have been the actions of the tanker," Davies said. Fernandes said no shots were fired at the tanker.

      Davies said the pirates sailed into the path of the Canadian warship Winnipeg, which was escorting a World Food Program delivery ship through the Gulf of Aden. The American ship USS Halyburton was also in the area and joined the chase. 

      "There was a lengthy pursuit, over seven hours," Davies said. The pirates hurled weapons into the dark seas as the Canadian and U.S. warships closed in. The ships are part of NATais anti-piracy mission.

      "The skiff abandoned the scene and tried to escape to Somali territory," Fernandes said. "It was heading toward Bossaso but we managed to track them. Warning shots have been made after several attempts to stop the vessel."

      Both ships deployed helicopters, and naval officers hailed the pirates over loudspeakers and finally fired warning shots to stop them, Fernandes said, but not before the pirates had dumped most of their weapons overboard. NATO forces boarded the skiff, where they found a rocketpropelled grenade, and interrogated, disarmed and released the pirates.

      The pirates cannot be prosecuted under Canadian law because they did not attack Canadian citizens or interests and the crime was not committed on Canadian territory.

      "When a ship is part of NATO, the detention of a person is a matter for the national authorities," Fernandes said. "It stops being a NATO issue and starts being a national issue." 

      The pirates' release underscores the difficulties navies have in fighting rampant piracy off the coast of lawless Somalia. Most of the time, foreign navies simply disarm and release the pirates they catch due to legal complications and logistical difficulties in transporting pirates and witnesses to court.

      Pirates have attacked more than 80 boats this year alone, four times the number assaulted in 2003, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau. They now hold at least 18 ships - including a Belgian tanker seized Saturday with 10 crew aboard - and over 310 crew hostage, according to an Associated Press count.

                                                                                 (Adapted from: www.ap.org, 04/19/09) 

"The economic downturn has affected many households in the United States. U.S. homeowners have continued investing their money in the stock market though". The underlined connective expresses the idea of:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • D

ID
1935523
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                           NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates

      NAIROBI, Kenya - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff. Seven pirates attempted to attack the Norwegian-flagged MV Front Ardenne late Saturday but fled after crew took evasive maneuvers and alerted warships in the area, said Portuguese Lt. Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes, aboard a warship in the Gulf of Aden, and Cmdr. Chris Davies, of NATais maritime headquarters in England.

      "How the attack was thwarted is unclear, it appears to have been the actions of the tanker," Davies said. Fernandes said no shots were fired at the tanker.

      Davies said the pirates sailed into the path of the Canadian warship Winnipeg, which was escorting a World Food Program delivery ship through the Gulf of Aden. The American ship USS Halyburton was also in the area and joined the chase. 

      "There was a lengthy pursuit, over seven hours," Davies said. The pirates hurled weapons into the dark seas as the Canadian and U.S. warships closed in. The ships are part of NATais anti-piracy mission.

      "The skiff abandoned the scene and tried to escape to Somali territory," Fernandes said. "It was heading toward Bossaso but we managed to track them. Warning shots have been made after several attempts to stop the vessel."

      Both ships deployed helicopters, and naval officers hailed the pirates over loudspeakers and finally fired warning shots to stop them, Fernandes said, but not before the pirates had dumped most of their weapons overboard. NATO forces boarded the skiff, where they found a rocketpropelled grenade, and interrogated, disarmed and released the pirates.

      The pirates cannot be prosecuted under Canadian law because they did not attack Canadian citizens or interests and the crime was not committed on Canadian territory.

      "When a ship is part of NATO, the detention of a person is a matter for the national authorities," Fernandes said. "It stops being a NATO issue and starts being a national issue." 

      The pirates' release underscores the difficulties navies have in fighting rampant piracy off the coast of lawless Somalia. Most of the time, foreign navies simply disarm and release the pirates they catch due to legal complications and logistical difficulties in transporting pirates and witnesses to court.

      Pirates have attacked more than 80 boats this year alone, four times the number assaulted in 2003, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau. They now hold at least 18 ships - including a Belgian tanker seized Saturday with 10 crew aboard - and over 310 crew hostage, according to an Associated Press count.

                                                                                 (Adapted from: www.ap.org, 04/19/09) 

"She has tried to reach them four times on the phone without success. Hence she needs to write them as her last option." The underlined connective expresses the idea of:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • B

    Hence-- consequência

  • Hence = consequentemente

    Logo, tem valor conclusivo

    Gabarito: B

ID
1935529
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                           NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates

      NAIROBI, Kenya - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff. Seven pirates attempted to attack the Norwegian-flagged MV Front Ardenne late Saturday but fled after crew took evasive maneuvers and alerted warships in the area, said Portuguese Lt. Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes, aboard a warship in the Gulf of Aden, and Cmdr. Chris Davies, of NATais maritime headquarters in England.

      "How the attack was thwarted is unclear, it appears to have been the actions of the tanker," Davies said. Fernandes said no shots were fired at the tanker.

      Davies said the pirates sailed into the path of the Canadian warship Winnipeg, which was escorting a World Food Program delivery ship through the Gulf of Aden. The American ship USS Halyburton was also in the area and joined the chase. 

      "There was a lengthy pursuit, over seven hours," Davies said. The pirates hurled weapons into the dark seas as the Canadian and U.S. warships closed in. The ships are part of NATais anti-piracy mission.

      "The skiff abandoned the scene and tried to escape to Somali territory," Fernandes said. "It was heading toward Bossaso but we managed to track them. Warning shots have been made after several attempts to stop the vessel."

      Both ships deployed helicopters, and naval officers hailed the pirates over loudspeakers and finally fired warning shots to stop them, Fernandes said, but not before the pirates had dumped most of their weapons overboard. NATO forces boarded the skiff, where they found a rocketpropelled grenade, and interrogated, disarmed and released the pirates.

      The pirates cannot be prosecuted under Canadian law because they did not attack Canadian citizens or interests and the crime was not committed on Canadian territory.

      "When a ship is part of NATO, the detention of a person is a matter for the national authorities," Fernandes said. "It stops being a NATO issue and starts being a national issue." 

      The pirates' release underscores the difficulties navies have in fighting rampant piracy off the coast of lawless Somalia. Most of the time, foreign navies simply disarm and release the pirates they catch due to legal complications and logistical difficulties in transporting pirates and witnesses to court.

      Pirates have attacked more than 80 boats this year alone, four times the number assaulted in 2003, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau. They now hold at least 18 ships - including a Belgian tanker seized Saturday with 10 crew aboard - and over 310 crew hostage, according to an Associated Press count.

                                                                                 (Adapted from: www.ap.org, 04/19/09) 

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences:

I - A stranger came into the hall ____________ he opened the front doar.

II - _____________ you begin to look at the problem there is almost nothing you can do about it.

III - ___________________ extensive inquiries were rnade at the time, no trace was found of any relative.

IV - You cannot be put on probation ____________ you are guilty. 

Alternativas
ID
1935535
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                           NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates

      NAIROBI, Kenya - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff. Seven pirates attempted to attack the Norwegian-flagged MV Front Ardenne late Saturday but fled after crew took evasive maneuvers and alerted warships in the area, said Portuguese Lt. Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes, aboard a warship in the Gulf of Aden, and Cmdr. Chris Davies, of NATais maritime headquarters in England.

      "How the attack was thwarted is unclear, it appears to have been the actions of the tanker," Davies said. Fernandes said no shots were fired at the tanker.

      Davies said the pirates sailed into the path of the Canadian warship Winnipeg, which was escorting a World Food Program delivery ship through the Gulf of Aden. The American ship USS Halyburton was also in the area and joined the chase. 

      "There was a lengthy pursuit, over seven hours," Davies said. The pirates hurled weapons into the dark seas as the Canadian and U.S. warships closed in. The ships are part of NATais anti-piracy mission.

      "The skiff abandoned the scene and tried to escape to Somali territory," Fernandes said. "It was heading toward Bossaso but we managed to track them. Warning shots have been made after several attempts to stop the vessel."

      Both ships deployed helicopters, and naval officers hailed the pirates over loudspeakers and finally fired warning shots to stop them, Fernandes said, but not before the pirates had dumped most of their weapons overboard. NATO forces boarded the skiff, where they found a rocketpropelled grenade, and interrogated, disarmed and released the pirates.

      The pirates cannot be prosecuted under Canadian law because they did not attack Canadian citizens or interests and the crime was not committed on Canadian territory.

      "When a ship is part of NATO, the detention of a person is a matter for the national authorities," Fernandes said. "It stops being a NATO issue and starts being a national issue." 

      The pirates' release underscores the difficulties navies have in fighting rampant piracy off the coast of lawless Somalia. Most of the time, foreign navies simply disarm and release the pirates they catch due to legal complications and logistical difficulties in transporting pirates and witnesses to court.

      Pirates have attacked more than 80 boats this year alone, four times the number assaulted in 2003, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau. They now hold at least 18 ships - including a Belgian tanker seized Saturday with 10 crew aboard - and over 310 crew hostage, according to an Associated Press count.

                                                                                 (Adapted from: www.ap.org, 04/19/09) 

"People believe that saving money is the key to happiness. Nevertheless, enjoying life also involves spending money on things that make you feel happy and accomplished." The underlined connective could  be replaced with:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Nevertheless = não obstante ( ideia contrária )

    Obs.: still também tem significado de "apesar" dependendo do contexto

    E nesse caso é a resposta por ser a única alternativa q expressa contrariedade!

    Gabarito: C

  • Ou pode fazer por eliminação se não souber o que é Still

    Nevertheless é adversativa (contrast)

    A Thus, thus é Consequence

    B Moreover é Aditiva

    C

    D Therefore =portanto = Consequence

    E Futhermore = aditiva

    Só pode ser C

ID
1935922
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

In “She’s just as bad-tempered as her uncle.”, the underlined word means:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Em "Ela é tão mal-humorada quanto seu tio". A palavra sublinhada significa: a) só. B) Ha exatamente. C) realmente. D) quase. E) por pouco.

  • Na estrutura "BE JUST"(ser exatamente), o JUST funciona como advérbio e significa "exatamente", ou seja, sinônimo de "EXACTLY". Portanto, a tradução fica: "She's just as bad-tempered as her uncle." (Ela é exatamente tão mal-humorada quanto seu tio.)

ID
1935928
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Mark the option in which the idea expressed by the underlined conjunction is correctly explained in parenthesis.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Muito obrigado pelo esclarecimento, Marcelo. Grande abraço e bons estudos.
ID
1936051
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

EXTRACT 1

Japan’s shipyards remain intact after quake

Japan’s major shipyards escaped the full impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country with full force. An official at the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association said the devastating natural disaster “will have no impact on future export ship orders at all”. Although several small shipyards in the quake-hit areas were affected, major Japanese shipyards that build large vessels for exports are concentrated in western Japan and remain intact, the official said. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding sustained “slight material damages” in the company’s Kasai Center and Chiba Works but did not consider such slight damages would cause serious impact on operations. “The rotational schedule of interruption of power supply due to the earthquake may affect our operation at our works and subsidiaries. However, the degree of the impact is not known now,” the company said in a statement. Japanese export ship orders rose for the 15th consecutive month in February o a year-on-year basis. Japanese shipbuilders received orders for 277 export vessels – 259 bulk carriers, 10 oil tankers and eight general cargo vessels – in the April-February period.

                        (Adapted from: www.australianmerchantnavy.com, March 2011)


EXTRACT 2

Tsnunami Debris Expected on U.S. Shores in 3 Years

The powerful tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Japanese earthquake destroyed coastal towns near Sendai, washing such things as houses and cars into the ocean. Projections of where this debris might head have been made at the international Pacific Research Center, university of Hawaii at Manoa. What their model predicts about the tsunami debris is that they first spread out eastward from the Japan Coast in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. In a year, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will see pieces washing up on its shores; in two years, the remaining Hawaiian islands will see some effects; in three years, the plume will reach the US West Coast, dumping debris on Californian beaches and the beaches of British Columbia, Alaska, and Baja California. The debris will then drift into the famous floating junk yard, the North Pacific Garbage Patch, where it will wander around and break into smaller and smaller pieces. In five years, Hawaii shores can expect to see another barrage of debris that is stronger and longer-lasting than the first one. Much of the debris leaving the North Pacific Garbage Patch ends up on Hawaii’s reefs and beaches. These model projections will help to guide clean-up and tracking operations.

                                                 (Adapted from: www.geog.ucsb.edu, April 2011)

Indicate in which of the sentences below the subordinator “although” can ben used:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Althought/ Thought/ Even thought/ While todos são conectivos de concessão.

    Depois deles, usamos um sujeito + verbo


    Obs: Geralmente though vem sempre no início da frase.

ID
1940812
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION

 

                  The War at Home: The Struggle for Veterans to Find Jobs 

      In today's tough and competitive job market, it can be challenging for any adult to land a decent job. Though education can definitely improve outcomes, sometimes it's not just abont the degree. Experience can also play a major role in helping people find jobs. Yet in some cases, if you do not have the right kind of experience, this may be of little help. Just ask one of the many college-educated military veterans who serve their country only to return to find a job market that will treat them as rookies.

      Army veteran John Lee Dumas said he had zero anxieties about finding a job after graduating college and had been told that his military experience would give him a leg up on other candidates. But things did not turn out that way. 

      "I quickly found out that I was lumped together with recent college grads for entry-level positions, and that an employee that had two years' experience at a job in a similar industry was considered way more qualified than I was despite my four years as an officer in the army", Dumas said.

      When Dumas did find work, he said it was difficult to acclimate to the civilian Office environment.

      "I often found that my peers and above had a hard time dealing with my direct approach and attitude about tackling problems head on, often asking for forgiveness rather than permission", he said.

      One issue is that veterans are too modest when it comes to stating their accomplishments in the military. 

      "For some reason, I've had veterans not tell me about their awards and honors, but it should all be listed - from commander' s coins to medals of honor," Hurwitz said.

      Navy veteran Tom Graves, who has a career in world force development helping companies understand the benefits of hiring skilled and experienced military veterans, agreed.

                                                             (Adapted from http://www.onlinecollege.org) 

Considering the text, which word can replace "despite" in this extract: "[...] despite my four years of experience [...]"?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Neste caso podemos lembrar que Despite é de Contraste.

    In Spite Of é de contraste também e é parecido com Despite, por ambos terem Spite. kkkkkkk

    É UM BOM JEITO DE LEMBRAR EM GUYS

    GAB.: D

ID
1940890
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

 Which of the alternatives completes the sentence correctly?

      The population must bear in mind that ____________ the UK has moved to a treatment phase for swine flu, it is important that people all over the world continue to do everything they can to stop the virus from spreading.

                                                                                          (Adapted from http://nhs.uk) 

Alternativas
Comentários
  • although = apesar

  • Although/ Though/ Even though/ Whereas = Apesar de/ Embora. São seguidos por Sujeito+Verbo

    Dispite of/ In spite of = Apesar de. São seguidos de verbo no gerúndio sem sujeito

ID
1951345
Banca
CONSULPLAN
Órgão
CBM-SC
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

U.K. Cyclists to Deliver Bikes, Supplies to Calais Refugees


Sarah Morpurgo has no idea how many people will join her on a 65‐mile bike trip this weekend to deliver critical supplies to refugees and migrants living in a camp known as “the New Jungle” in Calais, France, but she’s feeling optimistic.

On Tuesday, the Facebook page for Critical Mass to Calais, an informal bike ride being led by Morpurgo and her friends, said 993 people planned to attend, although she acknowledged that many of those might be “solidarity clicks” in support of the journey.

“It’s going to be a bit of a surprise as to how many people will turn up,” Morpurgo, 25, told Newsweek. “Seven more people really need to hit ‘click.’”

Seven people had done just that a day after Newsweek spoke with Morpurgo, bringing the total number “attending” to 1,000. An Indiegogo campaign for the bike ride, which will take place August 29 to 31, had reached its 1,000‐pound ($1,547) fundraising goal.

Once they get to Calais, the cyclists plan to give refugees and migrants their bikes, a much‐needed form of transportation that will make it easier for the camp’s residents to get to shops and health care clinics. Supplies such as hygiene products, tents, sleeping bags and clothing will be taken to Calais in support vehicles and donated through the Secours Catholique – Caritas France charity.   

The port city of Calais has come under intense focus in recent months, becoming a symbol of a staggering global crisis of displacement: 1 out of every 122 people on Earth is either a refugee, an asylum seeker or displaced, the highest such number since World War II, according to the office of the United Nations high commissioner for refugees... (...)

(Available: http://www.newsweek.com/critical‐mass‐uk‐cyclists‐deliver‐bikes‐and‐supplies‐calais‐refugees‐366284. Adapted.)

In: “...993 people planned to attend, although she acknowledged...” (2nd par), ALTHOUGH introduces a/an:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • ALTHOUGH introduces a contrast.

  • ALTHOUGH -  contrast or/ou Concessiva

ID
1958698
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

In the sentence “I hardly ever watch TV at night.”, the expression in bold type is an adverb of

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Advérbios de frequência são usados para indicar com que frequência algo acontece.

    Os adverbs of frequency geralmente vêm antes do verbo principal: I always make my bed.

    E depois do verbo to be e verbos modais (can, should, could, etc): She is always late / My husband can never remember my birthday.

    Ou ainda, entre o verbo auxiliar e o principal: I have often thought of you.

    Os principais são: always, regularly, usually, often, frequently, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, hardly ever, never.
    Alternativa C

  • “I hardly ever watch TV at night.” "Eu quase nunca assisto TV à noite."

    a) place -LUGAR

    b) manner - MODO 

    c) frequency- FREQUENTEMENTE

    d) probability - PROBABILIDADE 

  • Advérbios de frequência são usados para indicar com que frequência algo acontece.

    Os adverbs of frequency geralmente vêm antes do verbo principal: I always make my bed.

    E depois do verbo to be e verbos modais (can, should, could, etc): She is always late / My husband can never remember my birthday.

    Ou ainda, entre o verbo auxiliar e o principal: I have often thought of you.

    Os principais são: always, regularly, usually, often, frequently, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, hardly ever, never.

    Cuidado, porque hardly sem o ever pode indicar ideia de modo: dificilmente/severamente...

ID
1958731
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the sentence that contains a one-word adverb.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Muitos advérbios de uma só palavra (single-word adverbs)  terminam em: -ly: happily; truthfully; etc. 

    A alternativa que contém um "single word" advérbio é a D.


  • Slowly = Lentamente. (Advérbio de modo)

    O que transforma a palavra num advérbio é esse "ly".

    Slow + ly

    Lento + mente

    Rapidly = Rapidamente

    Frequently= Frequentemente

    E assim vai....

  • E eu pensando que amazing era advérbio de intensidade KKKKKKKKKKKKKK grande dia

ID
1976062
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
AFA
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                       Twilight

      Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based ___ Stephenie Meyer’s popular novel of the same name. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Cullen and his family to keep Swan safe ___ a coven of evil vampires.

      The project was in development for approximately 3 years ___ Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Principal photography took 44 days and the film was primarily shot in Oregon.

Twilight was theatrically released ___ November 21 2010, grossing over US$392 million worldwide and became the most purchased DVD of the year. The soundtrack was released in the same year. Following the success of the film, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.

                                                                                     Adapted from Wikipedia 

Considering the boldfaced adverb in the text, mark the sentence in which the underlined word has the function of an adverb.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • long modifica o verbo stay

    em todas as outras alternativas são adjetivos, modificando substantivos

    Alternativa B)

ID
1976107
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
AFA
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Observe the fragment taken from the blues Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield)

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                               I don't know where she was,

                        I know she's out with some another guy.  

In the context of the song, the word “when” can be substituted for

Alternativas
Comentários

  • GAB D

    WHEN= QUANDO

    A) while = Enquanto

    B)even though= Apesar de

    C) considering that= considerando que

    D) )by the time= Quando chegar a hora

  • EVEN THOUGH= Mesmo que

    IN SPITE OF= Apesar de

    (São conjunções concessivas, mas não são a mesma coisa).

ID
1978312
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
AFA
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Religion ________ central to people's lives in Africa. Although the majority of Africans are now Muslim or Christian, traditional religions have endured and still play a big role. Religion runs like a thread through daily life, marked by prayers of gratitude in times of plenty and prayers of supplication in times of need. Religion confirms identity on the individual and the group.

                 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica

GLOSSARY:

Endure – to continue to exist for a long time

Thread – one part connecting with another  

Mark the alternative that best replaces the word “although” from the second line of the text.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • O estudante deve saber que das Conjunções, existem grupos (nao falarei deles)

    Sabemos que o Although possui mais 2 amiguinhos para ter o mesmo sentido, e eles são parecidos com o Although

    Quem são?

    Even Though e Though

    GAB.: D

  • BUT= Mas (adversativa)

    HOWEVER= No entanto (adversativa)

    (Essas duas conjunções seriam eficientemente substituídas sem comprometer a mensagem do texto(não me referindo ao texto da questão)).

    AS LONG AS= Contanto que (Condicional)

    EVEN THOUGH= Mesmo que (Concessiva)

    ALTHOUGH= Embora (Concessiva)

    THOUGH= Embora (Concessiva)

    ALBEIT= Embora (Concessiva)

    (Quaisquer dessas conjunções poderiam ser trocadas sem prejudicar a mensagem do texto( o texto da questão)).

    Letra D

ID
1992175
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

“I have to prepare the country for the World Cup and the Olympics, but I also have another commitment, and that is to work very hard to end absolute poverty in Brazil. We still have 14 million in poverty. That’s my major challenge,” Dilma Roussef, Brazil’s first female president, said.

(Taken from The Washington Post Dec 5, 2010)

GLOSSARY

commitment – compromisso


“hard”, in bold type in the extract, is an adverb of

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  

    "Difícil", em negrito no extracto, é um advérbio de   um tempo.   B) lugar.   C) maneira.   D) frequência.

     

  • Very Hard = muito intenso/ intensamente é advérbio de modo. A maneira como o trabalho estava. 

  • Ela o trabalho será muito difícil, muito seria de intensidade e difícil é o modo como aquilo será feito

    GAB LETRA C

ID
1997935
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Child: Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired.

Mom: He may have stayed up all night. 

“So”, underlined in the text, is closest in meaning to

Alternativas
Comentários

  • "Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired." - "Mãe, tio Tom parece tão sonolento e cansado." -

     

     

    a) such - TAL

    b) much - MUITO DE 

    c) many -MUITOS

    d) very - MUITO

  • very se usa antes de adjetivos

ID
2000230
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

He had felt terrible for three days, so Bob finally called his doctor’s office.

“The doctor can see you in three weeks”, he was told. An outraged Bob bellowed, “Three weeks? The doctor can’t see me for three weeks? I could be dead by then!”

Calmly the voice at the other end of the line replied, “If so, be sure to have someone call to cancel the appointment.”


GLOSSARY:

outraged – ofendido, injuriado

bellow – gritar, berrar 

The underlined expression, in the text, can be replaced by

Alternativas
ID
2000275
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Traveling can be a fun adventure for children. And for the little ones to really have a pleasant trip, parents should prepare themselves. Take in carry-on a coat ( it’s usually chilly on board), extra clothes (including socks), solid and easy-to-store food, games and toys that they are used to and that don’t make noise. During take-off and landing, keep the children awake and offer them, according to their age, breast milk if they are still breastfeeding, a pacifier, a bottle with water or gum to avoid the discomfort of pressurization.


GLOSSARY:

carry-on = bagagem de mão

chilly = frio

easy-to-store= de fácil armazenamento

breastfeeding = amamentando

pacifier = chupeta 

“used” and “to”, underlined in the text, are, respectively

Alternativas
Comentários

  • GAB= A

    USED- ADJETIVO

    TO- PREPOSIÇÃO

  • Oush jurava que era letra c.

    pq já que tem preposição tem que ter verbo.

  • Por que used é adjetivo?

  • -> Acho que o used nesse contexto completa o sentido do verbo be are.

    -> O to é usado como uma preposição para introduzir a frase "and that don’t make noise".

    Bom eu entendi desse jeito, posso estar muito errado, mas eu fiz assim.

    RESPOSTA LETRA A

    Espero ter ajudado!

  • gaba é C rapazadiada

  • Gab A

    eles estão acostumados a

    se caracterizar pessoa é adj

    a é preposição

  • verbo de ligação+------adjetivo

ID
2003974
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Fill in the blank with the correct response:

I can understand English _______ I can’t speak it.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Eu posso/consigo entender inglês, mas eu não posso/consigo falar isso

ID
2010214
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

“And now here (1) is my secret, a very (2) simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly (3); what is essential (4) is invisible to the eye.” 

Which of the underlined words, in the text, are adverbs?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Sempre que houver um verbo de ligação, o que vier depois é o predicativo do sujeito, geralmente um adjetivo.

    Alternativa D)

  • Here- Advérbio de lugar

    Very-intensidade

    Righlty (sei la que é isso)- é modo

ID
2023738
Banca
MS CONCURSOS
Órgão
Creci - 1° Região (RJ)
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Na expressão “awfully persuasive”, a palavra awfully pode ser substituída, sem alteração de significado, por:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gaba.: A ("awfully" quer dizer "muito" no sentido de intensidade.. no contexto ficou como "terrivelmente persuasivo"., que, dentre as opções, a que se encaixa adequadamente é "strongly"- fortemente persuasivo)

    B- mal

    C- fracamente

    D- silenciosamente

  • a

    awfully when used as an adjective modifier serves the purpose of adding to its intensity, causing it to be tantamount to using "strong" as implying a meaningful amount of something.

    awfully tem sentido de muito, podendo ser entendido como strongly (fortemente)

  • Fiz uma busca no site WordRerecence, o qual confio muito, e vi que o significado de awfully é "terrivelmente" e um sinônimo para a palavra é BADLY.

    Se alguém puder me ajudar a entender fico grata.

ID
2028799
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
CIAAR
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                                     TEXT II

                                      LANGUAGE TEACHING

Languages are taught and learned in various places, some in informal settings, others in formal contexts, such as classrooms. It is common knowledge that regardless of the method used, second language learners achieve mastery of the target language to varying degrees. Although 10 individuals may be in the same language class for a year, their eventual proficiency level and profile will be different from one another. This is the result of a combination of the factors briefly mentioned above, compounded with the pedagogical methods that the learner has encountered. Generally speaking, it can be stated that most individuals learn to communicate basic information through a conversation in the target language in the first few years of active language study (provided that there are opportunities to use the language to create personal meaning). It is important to note that mere exposure or contact with the target language in most cases is not sufficient to result in productive language skills.

                                  (http://www.aeservices.net/English/newsletters/Oct2007.html#B2)  

Although, regardless, through and varying are respectively presented in this text as

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Although é uma conjunção e indica contraste.

    Varying é um termo que está modificando degrees, o que modifica um noun é um adjective.

    Alternativa B)

ID
2028814
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
CIAAR
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                                     TEXT II

                                      LANGUAGE TEACHING

Languages are taught and learned in various places, some in informal settings, others in formal contexts, such as classrooms. It is common knowledge that regardless of the method used, second language learners achieve mastery of the target language to varying degrees. Although 10 individuals may be in the same language class for a year, their eventual proficiency level and profile will be different from one another. This is the result of a combination of the factors briefly mentioned above, compounded with the pedagogical methods that the learner has encountered. Generally speaking, it can be stated that most individuals learn to communicate basic information through a conversation in the target language in the first few years of active language study (provided that there are opportunities to use the language to create personal meaning). It is important to note that mere exposure or contact with the target language in most cases is not sufficient to result in productive language skills.

                                  (http://www.aeservices.net/English/newsletters/Oct2007.html#B2)  

The words: briefly (sentence 04) – classrooms (sentence 01) – eventual (sentence 03) – generally (sentence 05) – mere (sentence 06) are, in these specific sentences, grammatically and respectfully classified as:

Alternativas
ID
2028850
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
CIAAR
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                                         TEXT III

        A new Aviation English Test Speaks of Pilots’ voices and aviation safety

In addition ___(1) the development ___(2) various tests ___(3) response ___(4) the ICAO’s language proficiency requirement, a new test has been designed using flight simulators, ___(5) consideration of both the test takers and the ICAO’s fundamental focus ___(6) aviation safety. The test provides a familiar and work-related testing environment ___ (7) pilots, an efficient and cost-effective test system ___(8) airlines, and international credibility and valid evaluation tools to states, while fully covering both aviation and plain English Assessment needs.

                         (Jason Park and Tyler Kong ALTEON Training Asia LLC Seoul, Korea.) 

“…, while fully covering both aviation and plain English Assessment needs.” (end of sentence 02) Mark the sentence in which “while” is used diversely.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • For a while dá ideia de "por um momento", diferentemente das outras opções, em que while significa "enquanto".

    Alternativa B)

ID
2034523
Banca
Exército
Órgão
IME
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                                              Text 1

             Luis Suárez joins anti-racism calls after Dani Alves banana incident

      The Barcelona defender Dani Alves has sparked a social media campaign against racism in football as support flooded in from fellow professionals for his decision to eat a banana thrown at him by an opposition fan.

      Luis Suárez, Neymar, Hulk, Mario Balotelli and Sergio Agüero were among those who posted pictures of themselves taking bites out of bananas in tribute to Alves' actions in his side's La Liga match at Villarreal on Sunday.

      The Fifa president Joseph Blatter has branded the abuse directed at Alves an "outrage" and promised zero tolerance towards discrimination at the World Cup, while Villarreal took swift action by identifying the culprit and handing him a lifetime stadium ban.

      Alves' response to the banana being thrown on to the pitch in front of him as he prepared to take a corner was to nonchalantly pick it up, peel it and take a bite before continuing with the game. The 30-yearold, who has been the victim of racist abuse before during his time in La Liga, said: "You need to take these situations with a dose of humour."

      Players across Europe paid homage on Twitter and Instagram, including Suárez, who served an eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

      Alves's Barça and Brazil team-mate Neymar led the way after posting a picture on Instagram of himself holding a banana, while writing "We are all monkeys". Balotelli, Milan's former Manchester City striker, posted a picture of himself in a similar pose.

      Suárez posted a picture on Twitter of himself and Liverpool team-mate Philippe Coutinho taking bites out of bananas, along with the words: "#SayNoToRacism #WeAreAllMonkeys."

      (...)

      Barça gave their player their "complete support and solidarity" and thanked Villarreal for their "immediate condemnation" of the incident. Villarreal later revealed they had, with the help of fans, found out who the culprit was, had withdrawn his season ticket and banned him from the El Madrigal stadium for life.

Disponível em:<http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/29/luis-suarez-anti-racism-dani-alvesbanana> . Acesso em 29 abr.2014 (texto adaptado)  

In the sentence “Alves' response to the banana being thrown on to the pitch in front of him as he prepared to take a corner was to nonchalantly pick it up, peel it and take a bite before continuing with the game.”, the word in bold could be replaced by (text 1):

Alternativas
ID
2035444
Banca
Exército
Órgão
IME
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Para a questão, escolha a alternativa que complete a sentença corretamente:

Fat? No way! Jane isn’t fat at all. _______________________, she is quite skinny.

Alternativas