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ID
5059
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
EPE
Ano
2007
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Reducing the dependence on oil
Ildo Sauer, Gas and Energy Director, Petrobras.

Brazil's energy sector is following the worldwide
tendency towards greater diversification of primary energy
sources and the increased use of natural gas and
biofuels. There are several reasons for this change. The
most important are the environmental restrictions that
are gradually being adopted in the world's principal
energy-consuming markets and the need to reduce the
dependence on oil, set against a scenario of accelerated
depletion in oil reserves and escalating prices.
The share of gas in Brazilian primary energy
consumption has more than doubled in a short period,
increasing from 4.1% in 1999 to 8.9% in 2004, and this
share is forecast to rise to 12% by 2010.
Over the past two decades, the world gas industry
has experienced a structural and regulatory
transformation. These changes have altered the strategic
behaviour of gas firms, with an intensification of
competition, the search for diversification (especially in
the case of power generation) and the internationalisation
of industry activities. Together, these changes have
radically changed the economic environment and the level
of competition in the industry.
Brazil's gas industry is characterised by its late
development, although in recent years, internal supply
imports and demand have grown significantly - the
growth trajectory of recent years exceeds that of countries
with more mature markets, such as Spain, Argentina,
the UK and the US. And the outlook is positive for
continued growth over the next few years, particularly
when set against the investment plans already
announced in Brazil.
The country has a small transportation network
concentrated near the coast. The distribution network is
concentrated in the major consumption centres.
Domestic gas sources are largely offshore in the Campos
basin and Bolivia provides imports. Given the degree
of gas penetration in the country's primary energy
consumption, the industry is poorly developed when
compared with other countries. The industry requires
heavy investment in expanding the transport and
distribution (T&D) networks, as well as in diversifying and
increasing its supplies. Such investments are necessary
for realising the industry's enormous potential.
Another key industry highlight is the changing profile
of gas supply. A large part of the gas produced
domestically to date has been associated with oil
production. The latter diluting or even totally absorbing
the costs of exploiting the gas. In most cases, gas
production was feasible only in conjunction with oil
production activities. However, the country's latest gas
finds are non-associated. Thus, an exclusively dedicated
structure must be developed to produce this gas -
translating into a significant rise in production costs. This
is more significant when analysed against the high costs
associated with the market for exploration and production
(E&P) sector equipment. In recent years, the leasing costs
of drilling rigs and E&P equipment have been climbing in
parallel with escalating oil prices. This directly affects endconsumer
prices.
In a world of primary energy consumption
diversification, of greater environmental restrictions and
the reduced dependence on oil, Brazil has been seeking
to develop alternative energy sources - principally natural
gas and biofuels. The gas industry holds enormous
potential for Brazil, although there is still a long way to go
before it reaches maturity and major investment is
required.

World Energy in 2006. copyright © 2006, World Energy Council.
p.29-31 (adapted)

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  • A formatação do texto está totalmente deformada em relação à redação das questões, além de também nao haver linhas enumeradas. e.g.: l4 na 1° alternativa é na realidade l5. Revendo as passagens originais:

     a)"this change" (line 4) refers to "reasons" (line 4).errado- There are several reasons for this change. This é anáfora de tudo que foi explicado anteriormente, não havendo relação com reasons.

     b)"that of" (line 26) refers to "years" (line 26).errado- the growth trajectory of recent years exceeds that of countries
    with more mature markets, such as Spain, Argentina, the UK and the US. That of -> growth trajectory

     c)"its" (line 42) refers to "industry" (line 39). correto-  The industry requires heavy investment in expanding the transport and
    distribution (T&D) networks, as well as in diversifying and increasing its supplies.

     d) "The latter" (line 47) refers to "gas produced domestically" (lines 45-46).errado - A large part of the gas produced domestically to date has been associated with oil production. The latter diluting or even totally absorbing the costs of exploiting the gas.

     e)"This" (line 53) refers to "(E&P) sector equipment" (line 56).errado -  This is more significant when analysed against the high costs associated with the market for exploration and production (E&P) sector equipment. This é um pronome demonstrativo que esta remetendo ao tópico abordado antes, enquanto que sector equipment é um novo tópico conceitual na passage. 

ID
5518
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Transpetro
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

The oil and natural gas industry has developed and
applied an impressive array of innovative technologies to
improve productivity and efficiency, while yielding
environmental benefits. According to the U.S. Department
of Energy, "the petroleum business has transformed itself
into a high-technology industry."
State-of-the-art technology allows the industry to
produce more oil and natural gas from more remote
places - some previously unreachable - with significantly
less adverse effect on the environment. Among the
benefits: increased supply to meet the world's growing
energy demand, reduced energy consumption at oil and
natural gas facilities and refineries, reduced noise from
operations, decreased size of facilities, reduced
emissions of pollutants, better protection of water
resources, and preservation of habitats and wildlife.
With advanced exploration and production
technologies, the oil and gas industry can pinpoint
resources more accurately, extract them more efficiently
and with less surface disturbance, minimize associated
wastes, and, ultimately, restore sites to original or better
condition.
Exploration and production advances include
advanced directional drilling, slimhole drilling, and 3-D
seismic technology. Other segments of the industry have
benefited from technological advances as well. Refineries
are becoming highly automated with integrated process
and energy system controls; this results in improved
operational and environmental performance and enables
refineries to run harder and produce more products safer
than ever before. Also, new process equipment and
catalyst technology advances have been made very
recently to meet new fuel regulations requiring very low
levels of sulfur in gasoline and diesel.
Technology advances such as these are making it
possible for the oil and natural gas industry to grow in
tandem with the nation's energy needs while maintaining
a cleaner environment. The industry is committed to
investing in advanced technologies that will continue to
provide affordable and reliable energy to support our
current quality of life, and expand our economic horizons.
For example, we are researching fuel cells that may
power the vehicles of tomorrow with greater efficiency
and less environmental impact. We are investigating ways
to tap the huge natural gas resources locked in gas
hydrates. Gas hydrates are common in sediments in
the ocean's deep waters where cold temperatures and
high pressures cause natural gas and water to freeze
together, forming solid gas hydrates. Gas hydrates could
be an important future source of natural gas for our nation.
Some of our companies are also investigating
renewable energy resources such as solar, wind,
biomass and geothermal energy. By conducting research
into overcoming the many technological hurdles that limit
these energy resources, they hope to make them more
reliable, affordable and convenient for future use. Although
the potential for these energy resources is great,
scientists do not expect them to be a significant part of
the nation's energy mix for many decades. For this
reason, the industry must continue to invest in
conventional resources such as oil and natural gas. We
will need to rely on these important energy resources for
many decades to come.

In: http://api-ec.api.org/focus/index

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  • Sem a numeração das linhas no texto fica difícil.

  • a- the petroleum business
    b- more remote places
    c- resources
    d- dummy it
    e- ok

ID
27337
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TRE-SE
Ano
2007
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Atenção: Para responder às questões de números 53 a 60,
considere o texto abaixo.

Brian Krebs on Computer Security


Three of the most aggressive buyers of online advertising
space today agreed to ...53... fines and reform their advertising
practices as part of a landmark anti-spyware settlement.

Mobile phone giant Cingular Wireless LLC, and travel
sites Priceline.com and Travelocity.com agreed to settle their
part in an ongoing investigation by the New York State Attorney
General's office, which last year sued adware/spyware purveyor
DirectRevenue for deceptively and fraudulently installing its popup
ad serving and Web tracking software on millions of PCs
...54... approval or consent of consumers.

This is an important settlement on a number of levels.
Online help forums are awash in desperate messages from
consumers ...55... machines were besieged by pop-up ads after
visiting a Web site that used slimy drive-by tactics to install
DirectRevenue's software, which is notoriously difficult to
remove from a host machine.

Perhaps more significantly, these advertisers were just
as culpable for supporting DirectRevenue's sleazy business
practices long after anti-spyware activists like Ben Edelman,
Suzi Turner and others published evidence of the illegal
distribution methods of DirectRevenue and the Webmasters it
paid to install its software. Experts consistently documented
adware bundles like the ones distributed by DirectRevenue
being installed on computers that contract distributors had
already infected with computer viruses and worms.

Ari Schwartz, deputy director for the Center for
Democracy & Technology, a consumer policy group in
Washington, D.C., said today's settlement was important
because it recognizes the oft-overlooked role that advertisers
continue to play in supporting the adware and spyware industry.

"The dirty secret about unwanted adware is that many
legitimate companies - knowingly or not - fund its proliferation
with their advertising dollars. Until we cut off that funding, there
will always be a financial incentive for companies to bombard
users with adware that they neither want nor need," Schwartz
said in a written statement.

While the settlement is a welcome and important one, the
terms and fines could have been a bit stiffer. Under the terms of
the agreement, all three companies will have to pay between
$30,000 and $35,000 each to New York state. In addition, "prior
to contracting with a company to deliver their ads, and quarterly
thereafter, the companies must investigate how their online ads
are delivered. The companies must immediately cease using
adware programs that violate the settlement agreements or their
own adware policies."

By Brian Krebs ? January 29, 2007
(Adapted from:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/web_advertisers
_settle_ny_spyw.html)

Atenção: Para responder às questões de números 53 a 60,
considere o texto abaixo.

Brian Krebs on Computer Security
Three of the most aggressive buyers of online advertising
space today agreed to ...Q9108... fines and reform their advertising
practices as part of a landmark anti-spyware settlement.
Mobile phone giant Cingular Wireless LLC, and travel
sites Priceline.com and Travelocity.com agreed to settle their
part in an ongoing investigation by the New York State Attorney
General's office, which last year sued adware/spyware purveyor
DirectRevenue for deceptively and fraudulently installing its popup
ad serving and Web tracking software on millions of PCs
...Q9109... approval or consent of consumers.
This is an important settlement on a number of levels.
Online help forums are awash in desperate messages from
consumers ...Q9110... machines were besieged by pop-up ads after
visiting a Web site that used slimy drive-by tactics to install
DirectRevenue's software, which is notoriously difficult to
remove from a host machine.
Perhaps more significantly, these advertisers were just
as culpable for supporting DirectRevenue's sleazy business
practices long after anti-spyware activists like Ben Edelman,
Suzi Turner and others published evidence of the illegal
distribution methods of DirectRevenue and the Webmasters it
paid to install its software. Experts consistently documented
adware bundles like the ones distributed by DirectRevenue
being installed on computers that contract distributors had
already infected with computer viruses and worms.
Ari Schwartz, deputy director for the Center for
Democracy & Technology, a consumer policy group in
Washington, D.C., said today's settlement was important
because it recognizes the oft-overlooked role that advertisers
continue to play in supporting the adware and spyware industry.
"The dirty secret about unwanted adware is that many
legitimate companies - knowingly or not - fund its proliferation
with their advertising dollars. Until we cut off that funding, there
will always be a financial incentive for companies to bombard
users with adware that they neither want nor need," Schwartz
said in a written statement.
While the settlement is a welcome and important one, the
terms and fines could have been a bit stiffer. Under the terms of
the agreement, all three companies will have to pay between
$30,000 and $35,000 each to New York state. In addition, "prior
to contracting with a company to deliver their ads, and quarterly
thereafter, the companies must investigate how their online ads
are delivered. The companies must immediately cease using
adware programs that violate the settlement agreements or their
own adware policies."

By Brian Krebs ? January 29, 2007
(Adapted from:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/web_advertisers
_settle_ny_spyw.html)

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  • b) whose
    preenche corretamente o espaço marcado com ...55...
  • whose seria o nosso famoso CUJO(A)

  • b-

    Online help forums are awash in desperate messages from consumers whose machines were besieged by pop-up ads after visiting a Web site that used slimy drive-by tactics to install DirectRevenue's software, which is notoriously difficult to remove from a host machine.

     

    The spying malaware was deployed to users' machines without their knowledge, the upshot of which was distress on their part for having their computers hijacked by an unknown software application. 

ID
27739
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Transpetro
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          What are the best energy sources? "Best" depends
     on many factors - how the energy is being used, where
     it is being used, what energy sources are available,
     which sources are most convenient and reliable, which
5   are easiest to use, what each costs, and the effects on
     public safety, health, and the environment. Making smart
     energy choices means understanding resources and their
     relative costs and benefits.
          Some energy sources have advantages for specific
10  uses or locations. For example, fuels from petroleum
     are well suited for transportation because they pack a
     lot of energy in a small space and are easily transported
     and stored. Small hydroelectric installations are a good
     solution for supplying power or mechanical energy close
15  to where it is used. Coal is widely used for power
     generation in many fast-developing countries - including
     China, India, and many others - because domestic
     supplies are readily available.
          Efficiency is an important factor in energy costs.
20  How efficiently can the energy be produced, delivered,
     and used? How much energy value is lost in that process,
     and how much ends up being transformed into useful
     work? Industries that produce or use energy continually
     look for ways to improve efficiency, since this is a key to
25  making their products more competitive.
          The ideal energy source - cheap, plentiful, and
     pollution-free - may prove unattainable in our lifetime,
     but that is the ultimate goal. The energy industry is
     continuing to improve its technologies and practices, to
30  produce and use energy more efficiently and cleanly.
          Energy resources are often categorized as
     renewable or nonrenewable.
          Renewable energy resources are those that can be
     replenished quickly - examples are solar power,
35  biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, wind power, and
     fast-reaction nuclear power. They supply about seven
     percent of energy needs in the United States; the other
     93 percent comes from nonrenewables. The two largest
     categories of renewable energy now in use in the U.S.
40  are biomass - primarily wood wastes that are used by
     the forest products industry to generate electricity and
     heat - and hydroelectricity.
          Nonrenewable energy resources include coal, oil,
     natural gas, and uranium-235, which is used to fuel
45  slow-reaction nuclear power. Projections of how long a
     nonrenewable energy resource will last depend on many
     changeable factors. These include the growth rate of
     consumption, and estimates of how much of the remaining
     resources can be economically recovered. New exploration
50  and production technologies often increase the ability of
     producers to locate and recover resources. World
     reserves of fossil energy are projected to last for many
     more decades - and, in the case of coal, for centuries.

In: http://www.classroom-energy.org/teachers/energy_tour/pg5.html

In the sentence "These include the growth rate of consumption, and estimates of how much of the remaining resources can be economically recovered." (lines 47-49), "these" refers to:

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  • Projections of how long a nonrenewable energy resource will last depend on many changeable factors. These (changeable factors) include the growth rate of consumption, and estimates of how much of the remaining resources can be economically recovered


    Projeções de quanto tempo um recurso energético não renovável vai durar depende de muitos fatores variáveis. Estes (fatores variáveis) incluem a taxa de crescimento do consumo, e as estimativas de quanto dos recursos restantes podem ser economicamente recuperados

  • c-

    O pronome demonstrativo esta tao proximo do termo a que ele se refere que poderia ser substituido por pronome relativo.

     

    Projections of how long a nonrenewable energy resource will last depend on many changeable factors, which include include the growth rate of consumption, and estimates of how much of the remaining resources can be economically recovered.

ID
28261
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
REFAP SA
Ano
2007
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Good Stuff? - A Consumption Manifesto:
The Top Ten Principles of Good Consumption
Consumption is one of life's great pleasures. Buying
things we desire, traveling to beautiful places, eating
delectable food: icing on the cake of life. But too often the
effects of our blissful consumption make for a sad story.
Giant cars exhaling dangerous exhaust, hog farms pumping
out harmful pollutants, toxic trash pestering poor
neighborhoods - none of this if there weren't something
to sell.
But there's no need to trade pleasure for guilt. With
thoughtfulness and commitment, consumption can be a force
for good. Through buying what we need, produced the way
we want, we can create the world we'd like to live in.
To that end and for the future, a Consumption Manifesto:
Principle One. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This brilliant triad
says it all. Reduce: Avoid buying what you don't need-
and when you do get that dishwasher/lawnmower/toilet,
spend the money up front for an efficient model. Re-use:
Buy used stuff, and wring the last drop of usefulness out of
most everything you own. Recycle: Do it, but know that
it's the last and least effective leg of the triad. (Ultimately,
recycling simply results in the manufacture of more things.)
Principle Two. Stay close to home. Work close to home
to shorten your commute; eat food grown nearby; support
local businesses; join local organizations. All of these will
improve the look, shape, smell, and feel of your community.
Principle Three. Internal combustion engines are polluting,
and their use should be minimized. Period.
Principle Four. Watch what you eat. Whenever possible,
avoid food grown with pesticides, in feedlots, or by
agribusiness. It's an easy way to use your dollars to vote
against the spread of toxins in our bodies, land, and water.
Principle Five. Private industries have very little incentive
to improve their environmental practices. Our consumption
choices must encourage and support good behavior; our
political choices must support government regulation.
Principle Six. Support thoughtful innovations in
manufacturing and production. Hint: Drilling for oil is no
longer an innovation.
Principle Seven. Prioritize. Think hardest when buying
large objects; don't drive yourself mad fretting over the small
ones. It's easy to be distracted by the paper bag puzzle,
but an energy-sucking refrigerator is much more worthy of
your attention. (Small electronics are an exception.)
Principle Eight. Vote. Political engagement enables the
spread of environmentally conscious policies. Without
public action, thoughtful individuals are swimming
upstream.
Principle Nine. Don't feel guilty. It only makes you sad.
Principle Ten. Enjoy what you have-the things that are
yours alone, and the things that belong to none of us. Both
are nice, but the latter are precious. Those things that we
cannot manufacture and should never own-water, air, birds,
trees-are the foundation of life's pleasures. Without them,
we're nothing. With us, there may be nothing left. It's our
choice.
Umbra Fisk, Grist Magazine.
Slightly adapted from: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1470
Access on June 1, 2007.

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  • me recuso a responder essa questão.

    não tem as linhas marcadas no texto.

  • Marque a afirmação correta de acordo com a referência.

    A) "These" (essas coisas) não está se referindo a "organizations" (organizações), o último item mencionado no período anterior, mas sim a todas as ações e/ou atividades que poderão melhorar a aparência, a forma, o cheiro e a impressão de sua comunidade ("will improve the look, shape, smell, and feel of your community"). Nesse caso, então, "These" refere-se a: "Stay close to home. Work close to home to shorten your commute; eat food grown nearby; support local businesses; join local organizations." (Fique perto de casa. Trabalhe perto de casa para diminuir o seu deslocamento; coma alimentos cultivados pela redondeza; apoie o comércio local; filie-se a organizações locais.)

    B) "It" (isso) não se refere a "agribusiness" (agronegócio) exatamente, mas sim à ação de evitar alimentos cultivados com pesticidas, em currais de engorda, ou por agronegócio ("avoid food grown with pesticides, in feedlots, or by agribusiness").

    C) "Their" (seus/suas) não se refere a "practices" (práticas), mas sim a "private industries" (indústrias privadas). "Private industries have very little incentive to improve their environmental practices." (As indústrias privadas têm muito pouco incentivo para aprimorar suas práticas ambientais.)

    D) Correto. "Ones" (os/as) refere-se a "objects" (objetos). " Think hardest when buying large objects; don't drive yourself mad fretting over the small ones." (Pense duramente quando estiver comprando objetos grandes; não se perturbe preocupando-se com os [objetos]  pequenos.)

    E) "Them" (elas/eles) não se refere a "trees" (árvores) apenas, mas sim a tudo aquilo que não é fabricado por nós. "Those things that we cannot manufacture and should never own - water, air, birds, trees - are the foundation of life's pleasures. Without them, we're nothing." (Aquelas coisas que não podemos fabricar e que nunca deveríamos possuir - água, ar, pássaros, árvores - são a base dos prazeres da vida. Sem elas, não somos nada.)

    Gabarito: Letra "D".







  • Bela força de vontade vc tem, Pedro.

  • Alternativa correta: d. a) Incorreta, “these” é no plural e se refere a todas as coisas anteriormente citadas. // b) assim como a letra a), it se refere ao contexto inteiro e não apenas à agribusiness. // c) their é pronome possessivo, deles, logo não se refere às práticas. // d) Sim. “Think hardest when buying large objects; don't drive yourself mad fretting over the small (objects) ones.” // e) Não, them também se refere à todas as coisas anteriormente citadas e não a uma só. “Those things that we cannot manufacture and should never own - water, air, birds, trees - are the foundation of life's pleasures. Without them”

  • d-

    In order not to repeat a noun, a pronoun is used to refer back to it, thus avoiding pleonasm

ID
28522
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
DECEA
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          Repliee is more than a humanoid robot ? it is an
     honest-to-goodness android, so lifelike that it seems like
     a real person. It has moist lips, glossy hair and vivid
     eyes that blink slowly. Seated on a stool with hands
 5    folded primly on its lap at the 2005 World Exposition in
     Japan's Aichi prefecture, it wore a bright pink blazer and
     gray slacks. For a mesmerizing few seconds from several
     meters away, Repliee was virtually indistinguishable from
     an ordinary woman in her 30s. In fact, it was a copy of
 10    one.
          Japan is proud of the most advanced humanoids in
     the world, which are expected to eventually be used as
     the workforce diminishes among the decreasing and aging
     population. But why build a robot with pigmented silicone
 15    skin, smooth gestures and even makeup? To Repliee's
     creator, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Director of Osaka University's
     Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, the answer is simple:
     "Android science."
          Besides the justification for making robots
 20    anthropomorphic and bipedal so they can work in human
     environments with architectural features such as stairs,
     Ishiguro believes that people respond better to very
     humanlike automatons. Androids can thus elicit the most
     natural communication. "Appearance is very important
 25    to have better interpersonal relationships with a robot,"
     says the 42-year-old Ishiguro. "Robots are information
     media, especially humanoid robots. Their main role in
     our future is to interact naturally with people."
          Mild colorblindness forced Ishiguro to abandon his
 30    aspirations of a career as an oil painter. Drawn to
     computer and robot vision instead, he built a guide robot
     for the blind as an undergraduate at the University of
     Yamanashi. A fan of the android character Data from the
     Star Trek franchise, he sees robots as the ideal vehicle
 35    to understand more about ourselves.
          To imitate human looks and behavior successfully,
     Ishiguro combines robotics with cognitive science. In turn,
     cognitive science research can use the robot to study
     human perception, communication and other faculties.
 40    This novel cross-fertilization is what Ishiguro describes
     as android science. In a 2005 paper, he and his
     collaborators explained it thus: "To make the android
     humanlike, we must investigate human activity from the
     standpoint of cognitive science, behavioral science and
 45    neuroscience, and to evaluate human activity, we need
     to implement processes that support it in the android."
          One key strategy in Ishiguro's approach is to model
     his artificial creations on real people. He began research
     four years ago with his then four-year-old daughter,
 50    casting a rudimentary android from her body, but its
     mechanisms resulted in strange, unnatural motion.
          Humanlike robots run the risk of compromising
     people's comfort zones. Because the android's
     appearance is very similar to that of a human, any subtle
 55    differences in motion and responses will make it seem
     strange. Repliee, though, is so lifelike that it has
     overcome the creepiness factor, partly because of the
     natural way it moves.
          Ishiguro wants his next android, a male, to be as
 60    authentic as possible. The model? Himself. The scientist
     thinks having a robot clone could ease his busy schedule:
     he could dispatch it to classes and meetings and then
     teleconference through it. "My question has always been,
     Why are we living, and what is human?" he says. An
 65    Ishiguro made of circuitry and silicone might soon be
     answering his own questions.

adapted from www.scientificamerican.com - May 2006

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  • d) "it (line 46) - "activity".

  • a) It has moist lips, glossy hair and vivid eyes that blink slowly. Ele tem lábios úmidos, cabelos brilhantes e olhos vivos...( it - refere-se ao robô) Errada
    b) Repliee was virtually indistinguishable from an ordinary woman in her 30s. In fact, it was a copy of one.
    Repliee era virtualmente indistinguível de uma mulher comum em seu 30 anos. Na verdade, era uma cópia de uma. ( one - refere-se a uma mulher) Errada
    c) A fan of the android character Data from the Star Trek franchise, he sees robots as the ideal vehicle to understand more about ourselves. Um fã do Andróide Data da franquia  Star Trek, ele vê robôs como o veículo ideal para entender mais sobre nós mesmos. ( he - refere-se ao fã) Errada
    d)  ...behavioral science and neuroscience, and to evaluate human activity, we need  to implement processes that support it in the android." ...ciência comportamental e neurociência, e para avaliar a atividade humana, precisamos  implementar processos que a apoiam no Andróide ".( it- refere-se à atividade humana) Correta
    e) The scientist thinks having a robot clone could ease his busy schedule: he could dispatch it to classes and meetings and then teleconference through it. O cientista pensa que ter um clone de robô poderia aliviar sua agenda lotada:  ele poderia despachá-lo para aulas e reuniões e, em seguida, fazer teleconferência através dele. ( it- refere-se ao robô) Errada

    Gabarito: Letra D.

  •  a) "It" (line 3) - robot
      b) "one" (line 10) - woman
      c) "he" (line 34) - Ishiguro
      d) "it (line 46) - activity
      e) "it" (line 62) - robot
     

ID
199780
Banca
FCC
Órgão
BAHIAGÁS
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Brazil is one of the world's fastest growing economies
with enormous energy requirements. The growing consumer
base coupled with rapid industrial development has infused the
overall energy demand and encouraged natural gas
consumption in the country. The volatile international crude oil
prices as well as the cheaper and environment-friendly nature of
natural gas have further boosted the use of natural gas
throughout the country. This has resulted in enormous demand
for gas flow measurement and supervision devices in the
country which is all set to uplift the sales and deployment of gas
meters.

According to our latest research report "Brazil Gas Meter
Market Forecast to 2013", Brazil gas meter industry is being
increasingly benefitted by surging piped natural gas
consumption in the residential, commercial, industrial and
automobile sectors. The natural gas distribution network
reached around 18,400 Km in 2009. In order to strictly supervise
the gas flow measurement and to accurately measure its
quantity, the utilities are rapidly deploying gas meter devices in
their transportation network. These utilities are not only installing
conventional gas meters, but also rapidly opting advanced
metering devices such as AMR and AMI to ensure accurate and
immediate information on gas consumption. This adoption has
enabled utilities to automate their gas distribution networks and
upgrade safety standards in their routine operations.

No texto acima, o pronome relativo which, no 1º parágrafo, refere-se a

Alternativas
Comentários

  • This has resulted in enormous demand for gas flow measurement and supervision devices in the country which is all set to uplift the sales and deployment of gas meters.


    Isso resultou em enorme demanda para medição de vazão de gás e dispositivos de supervisão no país que está tudo pronto para elevar as vendas e implantação de medidores de gás.

  • Which IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS ... se tivesse se referindo a algo no plural, o verbo não seria o IS..

ID
229987
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 pronoun they in ". as they may touch dangerous voltage points." (paragraph 4 ), the pronoun they in ". as they may cause hazards." ( paragraph 5 ), and the pronoun it in ". before cleaning or polishing it" (paragraph 6 ) refer, respectively, to:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • b-

    objects of any kind shouldn't be pushed into the set as doing so may cause to touch voltage points, resulting in an electrical fire, as according to the passage. In the next paragraph, 'attachments' is the topical theme of the subtitle, which makes all pronoun references point to it so as to avoid repetition. same with "set" from the next passage.

ID
229999
Banca
FUNCAB
Órgão
PRODAM-AM
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

IMPORTANT NOTICE

CAUTION
PROPERHANDLINGOFTHE FINECARTRIDGES
Handle the FINE Cartridges of this product properly, observing
the cautions noted below. Improper handling causes
malfunction or other problems in the product, as well as
damage to the FINE Cartridges.
Note:

1) When you install the FINE cartridges in the product, insert
the FINE Cartridges into the FINE Cartridge Holder
carefully not to knock them against the sides of the holder.
Also be sure to install them in a well-lit environment.
For details, refer to your setup sheet.

2) Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the FINE
cartridges.

3) Do not handle the FINE Cartridges roughly such as
applying them excessive pressure or dropping them.

4) Do not rinse or wipe the FINE Cartridges.

5) Once you have installed the FINE Cartridges, do not
remove them unnecessarily.

(Taken from Canon Inc. 2008 - Printed in Vietnam)

The pronoun them in the sentence ".insert the FINE Cartridges into the FINE Cartridge Holder carefully not to knock them against the sides of the holder" (lines 8-10) refers to:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • d-

    if you're handling the fine cartridges to insert them into the designated slot, you're going to damage them if you're not careful

ID
259186
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
MMA
Ano
2011
Provas
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)

In the line 22, the pronoun “which" refers to “signatories".

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Errado,
    "wich" refere-se a "study on climate change and human rights".
  • Concordo com o gabarito, mas estou com uma dúvida em relação ao comentário da colega acima:
     which refere-se:
    - ao Estudo em mudanças climáticas e direitos humanos (study on climate change and human rigths)
    ou
    - à Resolução 7/23 da ONU (UN Resolution 7/23) ???
     Como na sequência são mencionados os signatários (signatories) e, pelo que eu saiba, estudo não tem signatário - só resolução - fiquei com essa dúvida.
     Se alguém souber e for postar, por favor, deixe um aviso também em minha página de recados.
    Obrigada
  • "in which" refere-se à resolução
    which atua como pronome relativo e retoma o antecedente. espero ter ajudado!
  • R: “which” refers to “UN Resolution 7/23”.
    "(...) em resposta à Resolução 7/3 NA QUAL os signatários expressaram (...)" basta traduzir para o portguês que fica bem claro.

  • 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 Resolution 7/23 in which signatories (of UN Resolution 7/23) expressed ...


    Em 15 de janeiro de 2009, o Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para os Direitos Humanos (ACNUDH) divulgou um estudo sobre a mudança climática e os direitos humanos em resposta à resolução da ONU 7/23, na qual os signatários (da resolução da ONU 7/23) expressaram ....

ID
259201
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).

Scientists are once again exploring waters which have not yet been explored.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Assertiva CORRETA. "Scientists are once again exploring waters which have not yet been explored." TRADUÇÃO: Os cientistas estão novamente explorando águas que não tinham sido exploradas ainda.

    No texto temos: [...] which had never been systematically monitored (linha 20) TRADUÇÃO: [...] que nunca tinha sido sistematicamente monitoradas.

    Ou seja, item CERTO
  • Discordo desse gabarito, para mim o item está ERRADO. 

    11 ".. scientists are once again exploring uncharted waters" : Acontece que a expressão "uncharted waters" tem duplo sentido, e está sendo usada como metáfora, no sentido mais geral de "terreno desconhecido", "abordagem inédita". Não é que as águas oceânicas em questão nunca tenham sido exploradas, é a metodologia que os cientistas estão usando que é nova! 

    A assertiva não tem cabimento, pois toma a expressão "uncharted waters" no sentido literal, de "águas não mapeadas/não exploradas" no sentido físico. 

    OBS: As linhas 18 a 20 apenas se referem a métodos para monitorar a temperatura e salinidade das águas. Aliás, monitorar é muito diferente de explorar!

    (Para divulgar a Campanha Nota Justa, veja instruções em http://www.questoesdeconcursos.com.br/topicos/810-campanha-nota-justa-nos-comentarios-do-qc)
  • Concordo com o Ricardo, "uncharted waters" é uma expressão, não significa que os cientistas estão literalmente explorando ou descobrindo áreas ou águas desconhecidas. 
  • Concordo com o Davi e com o Ricardo. 
    Até porque não é possível explorar DE NOVO o que NUNCA foi explorado antes. 

  • "(...) scientists are once again exploring uncharted waters (...)"

ID
263236
Banca
COPEVE-UFAL
Órgão
UFAL
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos


'CityVille' now bigger on Facebook than 'FarmVille'
(Mashable) -- Facebook game developer Zynga has proved once
again that it knows exactly what it needs to do to keep millions of
Facebook users happy and occupied.
In less than a month, its latest game "CityVille"___ ______
(become) the most popular application on Facebook, surpassing
Zynga's previous hit "FarmVille" in all areas.
According to AppData, "CityVille" now has 16.8 million daily
active users, compared to "FarmVille's" 16.4 million. Looking at
monthly active users, "CityVille" is also ahead with 61.7 million
users, while "FarmVille" trails behind with 56.8 million users.
Zynga's "FrontierVille" and "Texas HoldEm Poker" also round out
the top five: put those four apps together (we'll disregard the fact
that many of those users overlap for a second) and you have a
very impressive number: 184 million active users across four
games.
The only non-Zynga app in the top five list is "Phrases," _____ at
one point threatened to take the top place, but is now
overshadowed by both "CityVille" and "FarmVille."
"CityVille's" future success wasn't hard to predict after an
amazingly good start at the beginning of December, but it's still
impressive to see Zynga amassing tens of millions of users in a
matter of days, proving that all that venture capital that went into
the company isn't there by accident.
Fonte :cnn.com

Complete the sentence from the text with a pronoun: “The only non-Zynga app in the top five list is "Phrases,"_____ at one point threatened to take the top place,…”

Alternativas
Comentários
  • who - refere-se à pessoa -> liga duas ideias com o mesmo sujeito
    where - refere-se a lugar
    whose - cujo(a)
    whom - refere-se à pessoa -> liga duas ideias quando o sujeito de uma é o objeto da outra.
    which - refere-se à coisa -> liga duas ideias com o mesmo sujeito ou quando o sujeito de uma delas é objeto da outra.

    Na questão, which refere-se à "Phrases"->coisa
    Letra E

  • e-

    ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    A relative pronoun connects a modifying clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun.

    The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. When and where can, at times, be used as relative pronouns as well.

    Relative pronouns are placed directly after the noun or pronoun they modify. For example:

       The driver who ran the stop sign was careless.

       The children, whom we love dearly, need better educations.

       Never go to a medical physician whose office plants have died.

       I have a friend whose cat is annoying.

       The book, which is now out of print, has all the information you need.

       This is the book that everyone is talking about.

    Which is used in non-defining clauses to add information that isn't essential to the sentence's overall meaning. They could be left out whilst keeping the same information. The relative pronouns used for this situation are who, whom & which (the latter which is reserved for non-human entities)

    - This lectern, which has often been used for this sort of mass service, is due to be renovated in a fortnight

    - The docent, whom we hold in high esteem, gave the prosecutor the right information.

ID
463906
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Transpetro
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Model copes with chaos to deliver relief Computer program helps responders transport supplies in tough conditions
By Rachel Ehrenberg Science News, Web edition: Monday, February 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Getting blood or other perishable supplies to an area that’s been struck by an earthquake or hurricane isn’t as simple as asking what brown can do for you. But a new model quickly determines the best routes and means for delivering humanitarian aid, even in situations where bridges are out or airport tarmacs are clogged with planes.
The research, presented February 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, could help get supplies to areas which have experienced natural disasters or help prepare for efficient distribution of vaccines when the flu hits.
Efficient supply chains have long been a goal of manufacturers, but transport in fragile networks — where supply, demand and delivery routes may be in extremely rapid flux — requires a different approach, said Anna Nagurney of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who presented the new work. Rather than considering the shortest path from one place to another to maximize profit, her system aims for the cleanest path at minimum cost, while capturing factors such as the perishability of the product and the uncertainty of supply routes. ‘You don’t know where demand is, so it’s tricky,’ said Nagurney. ‘It’s a multicriteria decision-making problem.’
By calculating the total cost associated with each link in a network, accounting for congestion and incorporating penalties for time and products that are lost, the computer model calculates the best supply chain in situations where standard routes may be disrupted.
‘Mathematical tools are essential to develop formal means to predict, and to respond to, such critical perturbations,’ said Iain Couzin of Princeton University, who uses similar computational tools to study collective animal behavior. ‘This is particularly important where response must be rapid and effective, such as during disaster scenarios … or during epidemics or breaches of national security.
’ The work can be applied to immediate, pressing situations, such as getting blood, food or medication to a disaster site, or to longer-term problems such as determining the best locations for manufacturing flu vaccines. . Retrieved April 7th, 2011.

In terms of pronominal reference,

Alternativas
Comentários
  • ... transport in fragile networks - where supply, demand and ....
    ... transporte em redes frágeis, onde (redes nas quais) oferta, demanda e ...

  • a) “…that…" (line 2) refers to area
    b) “…which…" (line 11) refers to areas (line 10).

    c) “where…" (line 16) refers to “…networks" (line 15).
    but transport in fragile networks — where supply, demand and delivery routes may be in extremely rapid flux — requires a different approach

    d) “…where…" (line 31) refers to demands
    e) “This…" (line 37) refers to Mathematical tools being essential to develop formal means to predict

ID
517516
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the answer that appropriately completes the sentence: “Maria wants to talk to me but I don’t want to talk to ____.”

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  •  "[...]but I don’t want to talk to ___." Note que o termo ausente é o objeto do verbo to talk, portanto, devemos procurar um objective pronoun. Note também que o pronome fará referência à Maria, devendo ser feminino e singular.

    Objective pronouns: Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, You, Them

    Alternativa C)

  • Object Pronouns > Pronomes após o verbo, neste caso. don’t want to talk

    She ( subject pronouns ) >> Her ( object pronouns ) Singular.

    LETRA C

    APMBB

ID
517519
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which alternative best completes the dialogue below:

A. ________ do you do?
B. I am a student.
A. ______ do you go to school?
B. I am studying law _____ UFRJ.
A. ______ do you like it?
B. I like it very much, it is a great course.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Essa questão é sobre Pronomes interrogativos.

    Letra A

ID
517528
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue below.
A. ____________ different types of penguins inhabit the South Pole?
B. I don’t know. Ten, maybe.
A. No, fifteen. And _____________ tall can they grow?
B. I have no idea. One meter?
A. That’s right. ___________ do they leave the South Pole?
B. Probably in winter.
A. Excellent.
B. _________ are you asking me all these questions?
A. Because I want to see if you did your homework!

Alternativas
Comentários

  • How many ( idéia de quantidade que conseguimos contar), Why( Por quê), When (Quando).

    Com isso já dá para saber que é a alternativa E

ID
517537
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the best alternative to complete the question below:

Which animal do you like _________, tigers or lions?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Which animal do you like more, tigers or lions?

    D

ID
527365
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence:

When my husband was in England we emailed __________ every day.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • alguém me explica o porquê de ser a alternativa E e não a B ?

  • Acho que é letra E pq fala um ao outro, faz mais sentido na oração do que falar à nós mesmos

  • EACH OTHER: É QUANDO A ACÃO É RECÍPROCA ENTRE DUAS PESSOAS;

    ONE ANOTHER : É QUANDO A ACÃO É RECÍPROCA ENTRE TRÊ PSESSOAS EM DIANTE.

    ESPERO TER AJUDADO: DUVIDAS EM QUESTÕES MILITARES ACESSE @WBSINGLESDESCOMPLICADO

ID
531703
Banca
FESMIP-BA
Órgão
MPE-BA
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                                          Information Systems
Information Systems (IS) is concerned with the information that computer systems can provide to aid a company, non-profit or governmental organization in defining and achieving its goals. It is also concerned with the processes that an enterprise can implement and improve using information technology. IS professionals must understand both technical and organizational factors , 5 and must be able to help an organization determine how information and technology-enabled business processes can provide a foundation for superior organizational performance. They serve as a bridge between the technical and management communities within an organization. What information does the enterprise need? How is that information generated? Is it delivered to the people who need it? Is it presented to them in ways that permit them to use it readily? 10 Is the organization structured to be able to use technology effectively? Are the business processes of the organization well designed? Do they use the opportunities created by information technology fully? Does the organization use the communication and collaboration capabilities of information technologies appropriately? Is the organization capable of adapting quickly enough to changing external circumstances? These are the important issues that businesses rely on IS people to 15 address. A majority of IS programs are located in business schools; however, they may have different names such as management information systems, computer information systems, or business information systems. All IS degrees combine business and computing topics, but the emphasis between technical and organizational issues varies among programs. For example, 20 programs differ substantially in the amount of programming required. Traditionally, many graduates of IS programs have functioned in roles that are similar to the roles for which IT programs explicitly prepare their students. Information systems graduates continue to fill these roles, but the new programs in information technology offer an alternative path to these positions. INFORMATION Systems. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 03 jan. 2011. 

“How is that information generated?" (linha 8). The use of “How", in this question, is in order to

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Letra B,
    "How is that information generated" = tradução:
     como obter informações, de que forma ou maneira.
     

  • b-

    The use of the interrogative pronoun 'how' is useful to conduct a request for further information, mostly concerning the fashion in which a purpose is achieved, admitting that there is room for insights into the conceptual framework of what defines an information system

ID
572422
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which is the correct option to complete the text below?
Water shortages don't just affect ______ (1). _____ (2) can also
seriously harm ______ (3) environment. ________ (4) water comes from
rivers and groundwater so every drop ________ (5) use has a direct
effect on the _________ (6) environment.
(Adapted from: http: / /www.environment-agency.gov.uk)

Alternativas
Comentários

  • D

ID
574669
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?

_______ (1) will it take you to finish the project? More than a week?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Como ele diz More than a week, ele quer dizer Mais de uma semana?

    Então ele quer saber quanto tempo irá demorar.

    How Long é a mais completa pra esse caso, visto que

    C não pode ter Times.

    então vamos de How long mesmo.

    GAB.:A

ID
574681
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?

The private military company Blackwater has offered its ship as an escort,________ (1) includes armed security, small boats and air platforms, but to date it hasn't had any customers in the region.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • WHICH - para COISAS 
    WHO - para PESSOAS 
    THAT - para AMBAS 

    WHICH vs THAT 
    WHICH é usado para introduzir uma "nonessential clause", ou seja, sem a informação a frase continua a fazer sentido.
    Ex: I won first prize, which was a bicycle!

    THAT é usado para introduzir uma "essential clause", ou seja, uma informação que é vital para o entendimento e compreensão da frase. 
    Ex: I do not remenber the day, that my dog was born

  • Se a oração está separada por vírgulas (O.S.A.Restritiva) podemos substituir who, whom ou which por that.

ID
574690
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which sequence best completes the text below?

HOW TO GET OFF THE B-SCHOOL WAIT LIST

Every school has a different policy about whether you should be in touch with _____ (1) . Some say outright don't call _______ (2), we'll call ________ (3). If ________ (4) is one of ________ (5), follow those instructions. Disobeying will most likely do more harm than good.

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

Alternativas
Comentários

  • DOENÇA DO RAT0 CHAT0

  • Gabarito: B

ID
579043
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

____________ girls in the classroom?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gab- B- Are There girls in the classroom?

ID
579052
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Where is Sylvia ______ ?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Where se remete a lugar.

    Quer saber de onde ela é.

    Where is Sylvia from?

    C

ID
579055
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Where is the lieutenant?

Alternativas
ID
579058
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

“_____ do you drive?” “ Very fast.”

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Como você dirige?

    MUITO RÁPIDO

    GAB.: C

ID
579061
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

What is the day before Friday?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Vamos lembrar da sequência, tenho até um mini bizu aq kkkkkk

    Monday- 2° Feira

    Tuesday- 3° Feira Para não confundir com o Thursday, lembra que Tue parece Two, então fica perto do Two que é 3°.( Pra mim funciona kkkkkkkkkkk)

    Wednesday- 4° Feira

    Thursday- 5° Feira

    Friday- 6° Feira

    Saturday- Sábadou

    Sunday- Domingo

    GAB.: D

ID
579064
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

What did Paul do before 7 a.m. ?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • INCISO I REVOGADO

  • What did Paul do before 7 a.m. ?

    He do his homework!

ID
579067
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which shirts do you prefer?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Shirts= camisas, por estar no plural, "ones" depois do adjetivo "black" especifica a cor que ele quer. Por serem várias camisas ele quer as de cor preta

ID
579070
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsSEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Where are our books?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Será que nao está errada?

    o pronome THEIRS é pronouns possive e é empregado após o substantivo a fim de evitar redundância

    o CORRETO SERIA THEIR já que é prounouns adjective que é empregado antes do substantivo

  • Alternativa D, Yours are on the table.

    Repare que na pergunta "Where are our books?"

    Na pergunta foi usado o pronome our, o qual é um Possessive adjectves, ou seja, precisa ser acompanhado de um substantivo(Books).

    Repare que todos os pronomes com a variação do "S" no final estão acompanhadas por substantivos, mas a regra é clara: Quando tem essa variante, isso o torna em Possessive Pronouns, ou seja, não há substantivo. Com essa regra já eliminamos B e C.

    A alternativa A é eliminada pelo o contexto.

ID
610084
Banca
CONSULPLAN
Órgão
Chesf
Ano
2007
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

            Paulo César Nóbrega is one of 40 milion people living with HIV/AIDS. This is story:
       Like most young people of my generation, I started using drugs as an adolescent. By the time I was 16, I was taking cannabis, hallucinogens and injecting drugs. Soon, my addiction led me to drug trafficking. Between 1985 and 1993, I was imprisoned in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, where I was diagnosed HIV-positive.
       Initially, I was shocked. But I didn't really know what HIV or AIDS were, which is why I continued using drugs and sharing needles with other inmates. We received no guidance or preventive care.
In prison, AIDS first manifested itself through tuberculosis, an illness I suffered from three times. Although I was eventually given anti-retroviral medicines, I continued taking drugs and only restarted the treatment in earnest after abandoning drugs for good in 1999.
       At that time, I was a member of a support group in my hometown, the coastal city of São Vicente, and was close to other HIV-positive people. We soon decided to establish the Hipupiara NGO to promote a sense of unity among people living with HIV and to improve their quality of life.
       Unfortunately, I suffered a lot of prejudice for being HIV-positive, including from members of my family. I was also denied jobs. Then, in 2001, I started working as a fisherman, a job I retired from in 2005, at 50, due to poor health.
       Today, I am free of drugs and am sticking to the treatment. I work as a volunteer for Hipupiara, contacting drug users in the city and referring them to treatment and assistance services.
       Thanks to all the information I have accumulated about HIV/AIDS, I can now face and beat prejudice. People infected with HIV and drug users should not close up or avoid talking about their problems; we should help each other so that we can all lead a better life.


(Available in: < http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/200601/page005.htm...>; Acess in: Mar. 6, 2006.)

“Addiction/ better/itself/among”. The following words can be classified as:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Addiction/ better/itself/among =>Dependência / melhor / se / entre => SUBSTANTIVO/ADJETIVO/PRONOME/PREPOSICAO => e) Noun/adjective/pronoun/preposition.
ID
720376
Banca
UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2007
Provas
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.

ID
733804
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Brazilian Forces Claim Victory in Gang Haven


       RIO DE JANEIRO - In a quick and decisive military operation, Brazilian security forces took control of this city’s most notorious slum on Sunday, celebrating victory over drug gangs after a weeklong battle.

       In the early afternoon, the military police raised the flags of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro atop a building on the highest hill in the Alemão shantytown complex, providing a rare moment of happiness and celebration in a decades-long battle to rid this city’s violent slums of drug gangs.

       An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets. Dozens of children ran from their houses in shorts and bikinis to jump into a swimming pool that used to belong to a gang leader. Residents congregated around televisions in bars and restaurants, cheering for the police as if they were cheering for their favorite soccer teams. “Now the  community is ours,” Jovelino Ferreira, a 60-year-old pastor, said, his eyes filling with tears. “This time it will be different. We have to have faith. Many people who didn’t deserve have suffered here.”

http://www.nytimes.com, consulta em 28/11/2010

In the sentence “An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets”, the possessive adjective their refers to

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gabarito C

    An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets”

    Quem abriu as janelas? residents

ID
736984
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence:

The dog hit __________ tail.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Ainda que seja o próprio dono da calda usa-se its

ID
737002
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that shows the correct question for the answer below:

Joana likes her school very much.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • A Joana gosta muito da escola dela.

    Como que ficaria em português?

    Como que ela gosta da escola dela?

    Portanto,

    LETRA D

ID
737260
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that correctly names the parts of speech, in the order they appear, in the sentence below:

Maybe they left very quickly.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Olá, pessoal!!!

    Acabei de fazer um vídeo sobre Quantificadores em inglês

    https://youtu.be/-2aqQw3lQ1E

  • Os determinantes são palavras cujo objetivo é modificar os substantivos ou frases substantivas, dando-lhes um novo contexto. Também acrescentam informação sobre a quantidade, posse ou certeza. Exemplo: quantificadores, pronomes, artigos...

  • Maybe they left very quickly.

    ->Marcador da maioria dos advébios

    matava a questão

ID
757375
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Transpetro
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                   Safety Meeting Presentation

  Today's meeting is really about you. I can stand in front of you and talk about working safely and what procedures to follow until I'm blue in the face. But until you understand the need for working safely, until you are willing to be responsible for your safety, it doesn't mean a whole lot.
   Some of you may be familiar with OSHA - the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. The sole purpose of this agency is to keep American workers safe. Complying with OSHA regulations isn't always easy, but if we work together, we can do it. Yet, complying with regulations is not the real reason for working safely. Our real motive is simple. We care about each and every one of you and will do what is necessary to prevent you from being injured.
   However, keeping our workplace safe takes input from everyone. Management, supervisor, and all of you have to come together on this issue, or we're in trouble. For example, upper management has to approve the purchase of safe equipment. Supervisors, including myself, have to ensure that each of you knows how to use that equipment safely. Then it's up to you to follow through the task and use the equipment as you were trained. If any one part of this chain fails, accidents are going to happen and people are going to get hurt.

Responsibility Number One - Recognize Hazards
    At the core of your safety responsibilities lies the task of recognizing safety and health hazards. In order to do that, you must first understand what constitutes a hazard. Extreme hazards are often obvious. Our hopes are that you won't find too many of those around here.
   There are, however, more subtle hazards that won't jump up and bite you. As a result of your safety training and meetings like these, some things may come to mind. For example, a machine may not be easy to lock out. Common practice may be to use a tag. This is a potential hazard and should be discussed. Maybe something can be changed to make it easier to use a lock. Other subtle hazards include such things as frayed electrical cords, a loose machine guard, a cluttered aisle, or maybe something that just doesn't look right.

Responsibility Number Two - Report Hazards
    A big part of recognizing hazards is using your instincts. Nobody knows your job as well as you do, so we're counting on you to let us know about possible problems. Beyond recognizing hazards, you have to correct them or report them to someone who can. This too, is a judgement call. For example, if something spills in your work area you can probably clean it up yourself. However, if there is an unlabeled chemical container and you have no idea what it is, you should report it to your supervisor.

Additional Employee Responsibilities
   Good housekeeping is a major part of keeping your work area safe. For example, you should take a few minutes each day to ensure that aisles, hallways, and stairways in your work area are not obstructed. If boxes, equipment, or anything else is left to pile up, you have a tripping hazard on your hands. Those obstructions could keep you from exiting the building quickly and safely should you face an emergency situation.
   Also watch out for spills. These can lead to slips and falls. Flammable materials are another thing to be aware of. Make sure they are disposed of properly.
   Keep Thinking. Even if you're doing your job safely and you are avoiding hazards, there are often even better ways to work safely. If you have ideas for improving the safety of your job or that of co-workers, share them.

   Concluding Remarks
  While nothing we do can completely eliminate the threat of an incident, we can work together to improve our odds. As I said, this must be a real team effort and I'm counting on input from all of you. Let's keep communicating and continue to improve safety.

  Available at: <http://www.ncsu.edu/ehs/www99/right/training/meeting/emplores.html>.Retrieved on: April 1st, 2012. Adapted.

The pronoun “those" in the sentence “Our hopes are that you won't find too many of those around here." (lines 32-33) refers to

Alternativas
Comentários
  • c) extreme hazards (line 31)

    Those refers to extreme hazards, as the phrase is used in the prior sentence and is recalled straight after in reference contained within "those".


    Dêixis é uma noção linguística a qual faz denominação às coisas com referência a um foco no discurso. É um meio de conferir a seu referente uma sequência linguística, a qual intervém na compreensão das partes de um eununciado presente em uma informação contextual. Uma palavra ou expressão é uma dêixis se a sua interpretação varia em função do contexto, como é o caso dos pronomes, por exemplo. Dêixis com pronomes demonstrativos (this, that, these, those// este(a), aquele(a), estes (as), aqueles (as) pode ser anafórica ( referência ao que foi dito antes) ou catafórica ( referência ao que vai ser dito). O tópico da passagem é hazards. Extreme hazards aparece no período anterior ao pronome do período na questão, o qual, por coerência, retorna "Extreme hazards".
ID
791065
Banca
ACAPLAM
Órgão
Prefeitura de Aroeiras - PB
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Indique as alternativas que preenchem corretamente as
lacunas.

The Titanic was going very fast, _____ was dangerous.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • e) which

    The Titanic was going very fast, which was dangerous.
    O Titanic estava indo muito rápido, o que era perigoso.
ID
791104
Banca
ACAPLAM
Órgão
Prefeitura de Aroeiras - PB
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Escolha a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas.

_____ knows a lot of stories and the boy loves to listen to _____.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • c) He / them
    He knows a lot of stories and the boy loves to listen to them.
ID
791107
Banca
ACAPLAM
Órgão
Prefeitura de Aroeiras - PB
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Escolha a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas.

To understand your parents` love you must raise children _____.

Alternativas
Comentários
  •  a) yourself
    you must raise children yourself. Since the speaker is directly addressing the listener, he must use the prnoun accordingly, namely, the second singular person.

    O falante fala direto ao ouvinte, o que exige usar o pronome reflexivo na 2° pessoa do singular: yourself.
ID
791110
Banca
ACAPLAM
Órgão
Prefeitura de Aroeiras - PB
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Escolha a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas.

We have to do something about pollution. _____ hurts all of _____.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • b) It / us

    It hurts all of us.

    It stands for pollution, a neutral noun that is represented by it, while "us" is an object pronoun used for "we", as asserted at the beginning of the sentence.

  • escolha uma alternativa que preenche corretamente como lacunas.

    Temos que fazer algo sobre a poluição. _____ dói todo _____.   A) nós / nós   B) nós / nós   C) nós / nós   D) eles / eles   E) eles / elas

ID
802831
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Complete the text with the missing words, then choose the correct alternative.


________ best friend´s name is Kathy. ________ is ____________ the United States. _________ husband Jack lives with _________ in a beautiful house _________ Berkeley, California. Kathy comes _________Brazil every two years.


Alternativas
Comentários
  • b) My – She – from – Her – her – in – to

    My best friend´s name is Kathy. She is from the United States. her husband Jack lives with her in a beautiful house in Berkeley, California. Kathy comes  to Brazil every two years.

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

ID
829486
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Innova
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Text II

The Underwater Centre secures its biggest ever contract – worth $1.3million - to train Russian saturation divers

Your Oil and Gas News Magazine The world's leading commercial diver and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) training facility, based in the Scottish Highlands and Australia, has secured its biggest ever contract – worth US$ 1.3 million – to train Russian saturation divers.

The award cements its reputation as a major service provider for the growing worldwide oil and gas industry. The men, already experienced air divers, were trained on saturation procedures and techniques and will receive the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) and the Closed Bell certification. More advanced than the ADAS, the Closed Bell is the certification appropriate to deep water dives of 60 meters / 200 feet, using a trimix tank with 16 percent oxygen (O2). During the training, divers lived in a chamber for up to 28 days, which was pressurized to the same pressure of the sea, exactly at the depth that they will be working at. Living and working at pressure mean that they can be transported quickly and efficiently to the work site under the water without decompression stops, allowing divers to work in much greater depths and for much longer periods of time. MRTS Managing Director Alexander Kolikov said: “Oil and gas firms in Russia are currently facing a skills shortage due to the rapidly increasing amount of exploration work underway at the moment. By investing in the training of our divers in saturation diving, we are addressing this need for experts in maintenance and repair activities vital to maintaining Russia's subsea infrastructure." Steve Ham, General Manager at the Fort William Centre said: “We were delighted when MRTS chose The Underwater Centre to train its divers in saturation diving, and I think this is testament to the hard work we have been putting in to ensure our reputation as a world-class training facility. Available at: . Retrieved on: 28 June 2012. Adapted.

In Text II, the possessive pronoun its (line 6) refers to

Alternativas
Comentários
  • a) commercial diver and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) training facility (lines 1-2)

    Whose reputation is it? It's Remotely Operated Vehicle's. They are the leading service provider when it comes to diving and they've struck out a contract stating they should train a throng of people to carry on their activities.

  • Em II do texto, o pronome possessivo sua (linha 6) refere-se a

    a) mergulhador comercial e Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) facilidade de treinamento (linhas 1-2)

    Levando mergulhador comercial e Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) formação facilidade do mundo, com base nas Terras Altas da Escócia e na Austrália, obteve seu maior contrato - no valor de US $ 1,3 milhões a treinar mergulhadores de saturação russos. O prêmio consolida sua reputação como um importante fornecedor de serviços crescente indústria de petróleo e gás do mundo inteiro.

ID
875281
Banca
COPEVE-UFAL
Órgão
UNEAL
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Leia o texto abaixo e responda a questão.

We may take advantage of this pause in the narrative to make certain statements. Orlando had become a woman – there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been. The change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity. Their faces remained, as their portraits prove, practically the same. His memory – but in future we must, for convention's sake, say 'her' for 'his,' and 'she' for 'he' – her memory then, went back through all the events of her past life without encountering any obstacle. Some slight haziness there may have been, as if a few dark drops had fallen into the clear pool of memory; certain things had become a little dimmed; but that was all. The change seemed to have been  accomplished painlessly and completely and in such a way that Orlando herself showed no  surprise at it. Many people, taking this into account, and holding that such a change of sex is against nature, have been at great pains to prove that Orlando had always been a woman, that Orlando is at this moment a man. Let biologists and psychologists determine. It is enough for us to state the simple fact; Orlando was a man till the age of thirty; when he became a woman and
has remained so ever since.

Woolf, Virginia. Orlando – A Biography. Londres. Granada. 1984.

Virginia Woolf foi uma escritora inglesa do século 20. Neste parágrafo de seu romance Orlando – Uma Biografia, ela

Alternativas
Comentários

  • A autora faz uso dos pronomes possessivos (their, his, her), para dizer que Orlando tornou-se uma mulher, mas em todos os outros aspectos permaneceu extamente como tinha sido.

    “A mudança de sexo, embora tenha alterado seu futuro, não fez nada para mudar a identidade. Seus rostos permaneceram, como provam seus retratos. Sua (his) memoria – mas no futuro, devemos , pelo amor da convenção, dizer dela (her) para dele (his) e ela (her) para ele (his) - sua memória voltou através de todos os acontecimentos de sua vida passada , sem encontrar qualquer obstáculo.”

    “The change of sex, though it alteredtheir future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity. Their  faces remained, as their portraits prove, practically the same. His memory – but in future we must, for convention's sake, say 'her' for 'his,' and 'she' for 'he' – her memory then, went back through all the events of her past life without encountering any obstacle. “

    Portanto esse jogo de pronomes possessivos é usado para expresser a mudança de sexo de Orlando de homem para mulher.

    A alternativa (A) está correta.


  • A) se utiliza de um jogo de pronomes possessivos para expressar a mudança de sexo de Orlando de homem para mulher. 

ID
876658
Banca
FEPESE
Órgão
CASAN
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Can I help reduce energy consumption?


We have an important role to play right now. Energy conservation helps a lot in preserving our planet’s rich natural resources and promoting a healthy environment. Here you will find simple things that you can do to help reduce energy consumption.



·         Turn–off non-essential lights and appliances. The electricity generated by fossil fuels for a single home puts more carbon dioxide into the air than two average cars.


·         Avoid turning on large appliances such as washers, dryers, and electric ovens during peak energy hours: from 5:00 am to 9:00 am and 4: pm to 7:00 pm.


·         Install white window curtains to reflect heat away from the house. Close them at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows. People who live in countries that have warm climates should do this during the day as well.


·         Turn off the lights in any room you are not using and consider installing timers, photo cells, or occupancy sensors to reduce the amount of time your lights are on.

As palavras ‘We’ e ‘Our’ estão sendo usadas no texto como:

Alternativas
ID
876661
Banca
FEPESE
Órgão
CASAN
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Can I help reduce energy consumption?


We have an important role to play right now. Energy conservation helps a lot in preserving our planet’s rich natural resources and promoting a healthy environment. Here you will find simple things that you can do to help reduce energy consumption.



·         Turn–off non-essential lights and appliances. The electricity generated by fossil fuels for a single home puts more carbon dioxide into the air than two average cars.


·         Avoid turning on large appliances such as washers, dryers, and electric ovens during peak energy hours: from 5:00 am to 9:00 am and 4: pm to 7:00 pm.


·         Install white window curtains to reflect heat away from the house. Close them at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows. People who live in countries that have warm climates should do this during the day as well.


·         Turn off the lights in any room you are not using and consider installing timers, photo cells, or occupancy sensors to reduce the amount of time your lights are on.

Na frase “People who live in countries that have warm climates…” a palavra destacada está sendo usada como:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Relative pronoun

  • Gabarito (A)

    Relative pronouns (pronome relativo) SEMPRE se refere ao que vem antes.

     → “People who live in countries that have warm climates…”

     → "Pessoas que vivem em países com climas quentes..."

    Bons estudos!

  • Relative pronoun.

    WHO: Apenas para referenciar pessoas.

    WHO= que

    #Seguimos Tentando

ID
891886
Banca
IBFC
Órgão
INEP
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text and answer questions 19), 20), 21), 22), 23) and 24).

Lawsuits claim Knoedler made huge profits on fakes

For more than a dozen years the Upper East Side gallery Knoedler & Company was “substantially dependent” on profits it made from selling a mysterious collection of artwork that is at the center of a federal forgery investigation, former clients of this former gallery have charged in court papers. The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, who in 2004 paid $8.3 million for a painting attributed to Mark Rothko that they now say is a worthless fake. The Rothko is one of approximately 40 works that Knoedler, which closed last year, obtained from Glafira Rosales, a littleknown dealer whose collection of works attributed to Modernist masters has no documented provenance and is the subject of an F.B.I. investigation. Between 1996 and 2008, the suit asserts, Knoedler earned approximately $60 million from works that Ms. Rosales provided on consignment or sold outright to the gallery and cleared $40 million in profits. In one year, 2002, for example, the complaint says the gallery’s entire profit — $5.6 million — was derived from the sale of Ms. Rosales’s works. “Knoedler’s viability as a business was substantially — and, in some years, almost entirely — dependent on sales from the Rosales Collection,” the De Soles claimed last month in an amended version of the suit they filed this year. While the forgery allegations are well known and have been the subject of three federal lawsuits against Knoedler, the recent filings expand the known number of Rosales artworks that were handled by the gallery, which was in business for 165 years, and assert that they played a pivotal role in the gallery’s success. After the F.B.I. issued subpoenas to the gallery in the fall of 2009, Michael Hammer, Knoedler’s owner, halted the sale of any Rosales works. Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010, the court papers say. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/arts/design/knoe... 

Read the following passages:
The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, who in 2004 paid $8.3 million for a painting attributed to Mark Rothko that they now say is a worthless fake.
The Rothko is one of approximately 40 works that Knoedler, which closed last year, obtained from Glafira Rosales, a little- known dealer whose collection of works attributed to Modernist masters has no documented provenance and is the subject of an F.B.I. investigation.

The underlined bold words are

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  • Gab.: A

    Relative Pronouns....Tradução

    Who..........................quem, que, o qual

    Whom.......................quem

    Whose.......................cujo, cuja, cujos, cujas

    Which........................que, o qual, o que

    Where.......................onde, em que, no que, no qual, na qual, nos quais, nas quais

    When.........................quando, em que, no qual, na qual, nos quais, nas quais

    That...........................que

    What.........................o que

     

    Alguns pronomes são utilizados para pessoas, coisas ou ambos. Por exemplo, o who e o whom são utilizados para pessoas e o which é para coisas. Já para pessoas e coisas utilizamos o that.

    Note que o pronome whose é utilizado para indicar posse. E isso vale tanto para pessoas como coisas.

    O pronome where faz referência a lugares, o when ao tempo e o what a algo que é sujeito ou objeto da frase.

    Importante destacar que os pronomes relativos são também utilizados como pronomes interrogativos. No entanto, nesse caso, eles são usados em perguntas (question words).

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957460
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FCC
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SEFAZ-SP
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2013
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Inglês
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        For taxpayer advocate, a familiar refrain
       By Michelle Singletary, Published: January 15, 2013

          It’s not nice to tell people “I told you so.” But if anybody has the right to say that, it’s Nina E. Olson, the national taxpayer advocate.
          Olson recently submitted her annual report to Congress and top on her list of things that need to be fixed is the complexity of the tax
code, which she called the most serious problem facing taxpayers.
          Let’s just look at the most recent evidence of complexity run amok. The Internal Revenue Service had to delay the tax-filing season so it
could update forms and its programming to accommodate recent changes made under the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The IRS won’t start
processing individual income tax returns until Jan. 30. Yet one thing remains unchanged − the April 15 tax deadline.
          Because of the new tax laws, the IRS also had to release updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013. These replace the tables
issued Dec. 31. Yes, let’s just keep making more work for the agency that is already overburdened. Not to mention the extra work for
employers, who have to use the revised information to correct the amount of Social Security tax withheld in 2013. And they have to make that
correction in order to withhold a larger Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on wages, following the expiration of the payroll tax cut in effect for
2011 and 2012.
          Oh, and there was the near miss with the alternative minimum tax that could have delayed the tax filing season to late March. The AMT
was created to target high-income taxpayers who were claiming so many deductions that they owed little or no income tax. Olson and many
others have complained for years that the AMT wasn’t indexed for inflation.
          “Many middle- and upper-middle-class taxpayers pay the AMT, while most wealthy taxpayers do not, and thousands of millionaires pay
..A..  income tax at all,” Olson said.
          As part of the recent “fiscal cliff” deal, the AMT is now fixed, a move that the IRS was anticipating. It had already decided to program its
systems on the assumption that an AMT patch would be passed, Olson said. Had the agency not taken the risk, the time it would have taken to
update the systems “would have brought about the most chaotic filing season in memory,” she said in her report.
          The tax code contains almost 4 million words. Since 2001, there have been about 4,680 changes, or an average of more than one
change a day. What else troubles Olson? Here’s what:
          − Nearly 60 percent of taxpayers hire paid preparers, and another 30 percent rely on commercial software to prepare their returns.
          − Many taxpayers don’t really know how their taxes are computed and what rate of tax they pay.
          − The complex code makes tax fraud  ..B.. to detect.
          − Because the code is so complicated, it creates an impression that many taxpayers are not paying their fair share. This reduces trust
              in the system and perhaps leads some people to cheat. Who wants to be the sucker in this game? So someone might not declare
              all of his income, rationalizing that millionaires get to use the convoluted code to greatly reduce their tax liability.
          − In fiscal year 2012, the IRS received around 125 million calls. But the agency answered only about two out of three calls from
people trying to reach a live person, and those taxpayers had to wait, on average, about 17 minutes to get through.
          “I hope 2013 brings about fundamental tax simplification,” Olson pleaded in her report. She urged Congress to reassess the need for
the tax breaks we know as income exclusions, exemptions, deductions and credits. It’s all these tax advantage breaks that complicate the
code. If done right, and without reducing revenue, tax rates could be substantially lowered in exchange for ending tax breaks, she said.

(Adapted from http://js.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-taxpayer-advocate-a-familiar-refrain/2013/01/15/a10327ce-5f59-
11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html)


A alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna  ..A..  é

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  • a)no.

    WHile most millionaires pay no income taxes at all. It's a fixed expression which means that under no circumstance the statement is true, no part of it holds to what it expresses.

    "No income tax at all" é uma expressao que significa "nada de imposto". Como a oracao é positiva, so pode ser completada com no. Se estivesse negativa, seria completada com "any".

  • Oie Gente, 

    O pronome indefinido 'no', na língua inglesa, é utilizado em frases com sentido negativo, mas com verbos no afirmativo para substantivos contáveis ou incontáveis. 

    Verbo no afirmativo: 'pay'

    :)



  • ANY x NOT

     

    MACETE:

    I have no money - sem palavra explícita no negativo, uso "no";

    I don’t have any money - se há palavra explícita no negativo (doesn't, don't, isn't) uso "any". 

     

    Aplicando:

    thousands of millionaires pay ..A..  income tax at all -> NO. 

    GAB.: A. 

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984208
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Makiyama
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CPTM
Ano
2012
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Disciplina
Inglês
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                                                     Generation Y
                                                                                     By Sally Kane, About.com Guide

Born in the mid-1980's and later, Generation Y legal professionals are in their 20s and are just entering the workforce. With numbers estimated as high as 70 million, Generation Y (also -1- as the Millennials) is the fastest growing segment of today's workforce. As law firms compete for available talent, employers cannot ignore the needs, desires and attitudes of this vast generation. Below are a few common traits that define Generation Y.

Tech-Savvy: Generation Y grew up with technology and rely on it to perform their jobs better. Armed with BlackBerrys, laptops, cellphones and other gadgets, Generation Y is plugged-in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This generation prefers to communicate through e-mail and text messaging rather than face-to-face contact and -2- webinars and online technology to traditional lecture-based presentations.

Family-Centric: The fast-track has lost much of its appeal for Generation Y who is willing to trade high pay for fewer billable hours, flexible schedules and a better work/life balance. While older generations may view this attitude as narcissistic or lacking commitment, discipline and drive, Generation Y legal professionals have a different vision of workplace expectations and prioritize family over work.

Achievement-Oriented: Nurtured and pampered -3- parents who did not want to make the mistakes of the previous generation, Generation Y is confident, ambitious and achievement-oriented. They have high expectations of their employers, seek out new challenges and are not afraid to question authority. Generation Y wants meaningful work and a solid learning curve

Team-Oriented: As children, Generation Y participated in team sports, play groups and other group activities. They value teamwork and seek the input and affirmation of others. Part of a no-person-left-behind generation, Generation Y is loyal, committed and wants to be included and involved.

Attention-Craving: Generation Y craves attention in the forms of feedback and guidance. They appreciate being kept in the loop and seek frequent praise and reassurance. Generation Y may benefit greatly from mentors who can help guide and develop their young careers.

Font: http://legalcareers.about.com/od/practicetips/a/Ge...

The best example of a possessive pronoun is:


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  • a) Their in “Generation Y legal professionals are in their 20s and are just entering the workforce.”

    Not only is this the "best" instance of possessive adjective, but it's the only case of denoted possession of all the five answer choices, which makes the question somewhat self-answerable. 
    The possessive case of a noun or pronoun is just that, it shows possession. Nouns are usually made possessive by adding an apostrophe and s: “The bicycle is Ozturk's, not Bayture's.” Possessive pronouns can take the place of possessive nouns: “The bicycle is hers, not his.

  • a) Their in “Generation Y legal professionals are in their 20s and are just entering the workforce.”

    Not only is this the "best" instance of possessive adjective, but it's the only case of denoted possession at all the five answer choices, which makes the question somewhat self-answerable. 
    The possessive case of a noun or pronoun is just that, it shows possession. Nouns are usually made possessive by adding an apostrophe and s: “The bicycle is Ozturk's, not Bayture's.” Possessive pronouns can take the place of possessive nouns: “The bicycle is hers, not his.
  • O melhor exemplo de um pronome possessivo é:

    A) Deles, seus em Os profissionais legais da geração Y estão nos seus 20 (anos)  e estão         acabando de entrar para a força de trabalho. "Their" é um "possessive pronoun" (pronome         possessivo).

    B) Enquanto em Enquanto as gerações mais velhas podem encarar essa atitude como narcisista       ou ausência de comprometimento ... "While" é uma "conjunction" (conjunção).

    C) Esse, essa em Enquanto as firmas de advocacia competem por talentos disponíveis, os               funcionários não podem ignorar as necessidades, desejos e atitudes dessa vasta geração. "This"     é um "demonstrative pronoun" (pronome demonstrativo ("of this" = dessa = de + essa)).

    D) Eles em Eles gostam de se manter informados e buscam elogio e reconfirmação frequentes.       "They" é um "subject pronoun" (pronome pessoal).

    E) Comprometida em Parte da geração ninguém é deixado para trás, a geração Y é leal, comprometida e quer ser incluída e envolvida. "Commited" aqui é um "adjective" (adjetivo).

    Gabarito: Letra "A".
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1089853
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VUNESP
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CODESP-SP
Ano
2011
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Inglês
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     The ability of a helicopter to hover and land almost anywhere makes it an enormously useful machine. But helicopters have their limitations, particularly when it comes to flying fast. In a recent series of test flights, a new type of chopper has begun smashing speed records.

     The x2 is an experimental helicopter being developed by Sikorsky, an American company, which hopes it will be zipping along at more than 460kph. The company, however, is interested in more than just breaking speed records. It plans to use the technology developed for the x2 in commercial helicopters.

     Sikorsky reckons that future helicopters built using the x2 technology would be extremely versatile machines. They would dash to and from a medical emergency a lot faster. They would also be very agile in flight, which would increase their capabilities in combat.

(Adapted from The Economist September 11, 2010, page 98)

No segundo parágrafo do texto, which refere-se a

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ID
1106329
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FCC
Órgão
AL-PE
Ano
2014
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Inglês
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House Approves Higher Debt Limit Without Condition
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
Feb. 11, 2014

WASHINGTON - Ending three years of brinkmanship in which the threat of a devastating default on the nation’s debt was used to wring conservative concessions from President Obama, the House on Tuesday voted to raise the government’s borrowing limit until March 2015, without any conditions.
The vote - 221 to 201 - relied almost entirely on Democrats in the Republican-controlled House to carry the measure and represented the first debt ceiling increase since 2009 that was not attached to other legislation. Only 28 Republicans voted yes, and only two Democrats voted no.
Simply by holding the vote, Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio effectively ended a three-year Tea Party-inspired era of budget showdowns that had raised the threat of default and government shutdowns, rattled economic confidence and brought serious scrutiny from other nations questioning Washington’s ability to govern. In the process, though, Mr. Boehner also set off a series of reprisals from fellow Republican congressmen and outside groups that showcased the party’s deep internal divisions.
During the October 2013 government shutdown, The Times’s David Leonhardt explained the debt limit and how a failure to raise it could have affected the economy both at home and abroad.
"He gave the president exactly what he wanted, which is exactly what the Republican Party said we did not want,” said a Republican representative, Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, who last year unsuccessfully tried to rally enough support to derail Mr. Boehner’s re-election as speaker. “It’s going to really demoralize the base.”
The vote was a victory for President Obama, Democrats and those Senate Republicans who have argued that spending money for previously incurred obligations was essential for the financial standing of the federal government. “Tonight’s vote is a positive step in moving away from the political brinkmanship that’s a needless drag on our economy,” Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said in a statement.
"A clean debt ceiling is a complete capitulation on the speaker’s part and demonstrates that he has lost the ability to lead the House of Representatives, let alone his own party,” said Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots. “It is time for him to go.”
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, commended the speaker and promised to pass the bill as soon as possible. “We’re happy to see the House is legislating the way they should have legislated for a long time,” he said.


(Adapted from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/us/politics/ boehner-to-bring-debt-ceiling-to-vote-without-policy- attachments. html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_2014021 2&_r=0)


No texto, o pronome sublinhado he refere-se a

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  • Gabarito Letra E

    He gave the president exactly what he [the president] wanted, which is exactly what the Republican Party said we did not want,”

    bons estudos

  • O "he" Refere-se ao presidente, para que não torne-se monótona a leitura, é comum utilizar o pronome para definir a pessoa ou objeto ao qual está se falando.

  • O "he" Refere-se ao presidente, para que não torne-se monótona a leitura, é comum utilizar o pronome para definir a pessoa ou objeto ao qual está se falando.

  • O "he" Refere-se ao presidente, para que não torne-se monótona a leitura, é comum utilizar o pronome para definir a pessoa ou objeto ao qual está se falando.

ID
1151008
Banca
FUMARC
Órgão
AL-MG
Ano
2014
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Inglês
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TEXT 1

                                    When was the first computer unvented?

            The word "computer" was first recorded as being used in 1613 and was originally used to describe a human who performed calculations or computations. The definition of a computer remained the same until the end of the 19th century when people began to realize machines never get tired and can perform calculations much faster and more accurately than any team of human computers ever could.
            In 1822, Charles Babbage began developing the Difference Engine, which was considered to be the first automatic computing engine. It was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results. Unfortunately, because of funding he was never able to complete a full-scale functional version of this machine. In June of 1991, the London Science Museum completed the Difference Engine Nº 2 for the bicentenni- al year of Babbage's birth and later completed the printing mechanism in 2000.

                                    Fonte: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm Acesso em: 15/10/2013


The word it in “It was capable of computing several sets of numbers” refers to

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  • Letra B

    É só voltar a ler a frase anterior e encontrar o sujeito do Wich/;  the Difference Engine, which was considered to be the first automatic computing engine. It wasOepet it é usado para retomar o termo sem ter que ficar repetindo a palavra , equivale ao "que" no portugues.

  • b-

    A única opção que faz sentido. "It" é usado para substantivos neutros (nem masculinos nem femininos). Porque Charles Babbage é um nome masculino, it nao forma anafora a ele. Quanto às outras opcoes, nao ha como uma marca de tempo ou museu executarem a ação descrita

  • (B)

     In 1822, Charles Babbage began developing the Difference Engine, which was considered to be the first automatic computing engine. It was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results. 

    Tradução--> Em 1822, Charles Babbage começou a desenvolver o mecanismo de diferença, que foi considerado o primeiro mecanismo de computação automática. Era capaz de computar vários conjuntos de números e fazer cópias impressas dos resultados.

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1151011
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FUMARC
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AL-MG
Ano
2014
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Inglês
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TEXT 2

                                                            Food Engineering

                                           MAKE A DIFFERENCE BE A FOOD ENGINEER


            Food engineering is the application of engineering principles to the storage, processing and distribution of food materials and _____ bio-products. It requires a sound engineering education, as well as fundamental training in chemistry and food science.
            Food Engineers can make valuable contributions in various capacities of food chain such as design of processing, handling, packaging and storage equipment and systems; scale-up of prototype food processes, machinery, and equipment; product/process research and development; regulation and protection of the public health; and engineering and technical Sales.

                                    Fonte: http://baen.tamu.edu/foodengineering/FEngr/FEngr.html Acesso em: 15/10/2013.


The correct word to fill in the space provided in “food materials and ____ bio-products.” from text 2 is

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  • adj. The possessive form of they.

    1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.

    2. Usage Problem His, her, or its: "It is fatal for anyone who writes to think of their sex" (Virginia Woolf). See Usage Notes at he1, they.

    [Middle English, from Old Norse theira, theirs; see to- in Indo-European roots.]


  • c-

    Plural possessivo de 3° pessoa plural - their (tanto para masculino ou feminino)

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1256425
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IDECAN
Órgão
AGU
Ano
2014
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Disciplina
Inglês
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                                  This (Illegal) American Life

By Maria E. Andreu

      My parents came to New York City to make their fortune when I was a baby. Irresponsible and dreamy and in their early 20s, they didn't think things through when their visa expired; they decided to stay just a bit longer to build up a nest egg.
      But our stay got progressively longer, until, when I was 6, my grandfather died in South America. My father decided my mother and I should go to the funeral and, with assurances that he would handle everything, sat me down and told me I'd have a nice visit in his boyhood home in Argentina, then be back in America in a month.
      I didn't see him for two years.
      We couldn't get a visa to return. My father sent us money from New Jersey, as the months of our absence stretched into years. Finally, he met someone who knew "coyotes" - people who smuggled others into the U.S. via Mexico. He paid them what they asked for, and we flew to Mexico City.
      They drove us to the Mexican side of the border, and left us at a beach. Another from their operation picked us up there and drove us across as his family. We passed Disneyland on our way to the airport, where we boarded the plane to finally rejoin my father.
      As a child, I had thought coming back home would be the magical end to our troubles, but in many ways it was the beginning. I chafed at the strictures of undocumented life: no social security number meant no public school (instead I attended a Catholic school my parents could scarcely afford); no driver's license, no after-school job. My parents had made their choices, and I had to live with those, seeing off my classmates as they left on a class trip to Canada, or packing to go off to college, where 1 could not go.
      The year before I graduated from high school, Congress passed the amnesty law of 1987. A few months after my 18th birthday, I became legal and what had always seemed a blank future of no hope suddenly turned dazzling with possibility.
      When I went for my interview at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the caseworker looked at me quizzically when he heard me talk in unaccented English and joke about current events. Surely this American teenager did not fit in with the crowd of illegals looking to make things right.
      At the time, I was flattered. His confusion meant I could pass as an American.

                                  (Newsweek, October 2f 2008. Page 12.)


In "Finally, he met someone who knew 'coyotes' - people who smuggled others into the United States via Mexico." the relative pronouns can

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  • http://mundoeducacao.bol.uol.com.br/ingles/relative-pronouns.htm

  • LETRA A

    38 In “Finally, he met someone who knew ‘coyotes’ – people who smuggled others into the United States via Mexico.” the relative pronouns can

    38 Em "Finalmente, ele encontrou alguém que conhecia os 'coiotes' - pessoas que contrabandeavam outros para os Estados Unidos via México" os pronomes relativos podem

    A) be replaced by that. = ser substituídos por "que"

    In “Finally, he met someone who/that knew ‘coyotes’ – people who/that smuggled others into the United States via Mexico.”

    Who = quem, que >>> pronome relativo para se referir a pessoas

    That = que = pronome relativo que pode se referir tanto a pessoas como a coisas Ao se referir a pessoas tanto faz usar o who como o that no meio da frase. Esta é a opção correta.

    B) refer back to things. = se referir a coisas passadas

    O pronome relativo se remete à pessoa anterior, não a coisas passadas. Opção errada.

    C) be replaced by those.= ser substituídos por aqueles

    O those é plural e portanto não pode se referir a someone que é singular. Errada.

    D) be replaced by which.= ser substituídos por que

    Which = que, qual >> como pronome relativo é usado para se referir a coisas e situações.

    E) refer back to quantifiers.= ser substituídos por quantificadores Como a palavra já está dizendo, quantificadores são aqueles que expressam quantidade. Como por exemplo, every (cada), much (muito). Não tem lógica dizer que os pronomes relativos poderiam ser substituídos por quantificadores em geral. Errada.

  • a-

    He met someone who knew....

    A relative pronoun connects a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. In other words, they replace a speech part so as to avoid repetition of a noun that must be referred to more than once. (e.g.: John is coming over so make John a sandwich as I have heard that John likes sandwiches since John was in the army...). Common relative pronouns include who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and that.

    A única opção que sugere um pronome relativo é 'a'. which tmabém é relativo, mas não é usado para pessoas ( o equivalente seria "whom").

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1267825
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FUNCAB
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PRODAM-AM
Ano
2014
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WELCOME!

And congratulations on your new purchase. You’re now entitled to an unsurpassed service and a number of benefits as part of the Ericsson warranty and service program. Your Ericsson mobile phone was designed to offer you the ultimate in quality, convenience and performance. And of course, we guarantee it. From now on, as the new owner of an Ericsson mobile phone, you’ll have access to a number of exclusive advantages such as: a vast network of Ericsson service centers; a limited 1 year warranty and service agreement, and a toll-free customer service hotline.

WARRANTY CONDITIONS

Dear Customer,

If your Ericsson product needs warranty service, you should send the product to any company authorized service facility. For information contact the store from which you purchased the product. The product in all cases must be accompanied by the following items: your name, address, telephone number, warranty card, bill of sale bearing the serial number, date of delivery, or reasonable proof of these dates, and a detailed description of the problem.

Our warranty

This warranty is extended by Ericsson Inc. (“The Company”) to the original purchaser for use only. Ericsson warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship at the time of its original purchase and for the subsequent period of one (1) year. All accessories for the product are covered for a period of one (1) year fromthe date of purchase.

What we will do

If, during the period of warranty, this product proves defective under normal use and service due to improper materials or workmanship, the company will repair or replace the defective item with a new or factory rebuilt replacement.

(Taken from Ericsson - One yearWarranty and ServiceAgreement)

The pronoun WE in “And of course, we guarantee it” refers to:

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  • b-

    A garantia nao fala, logo, nao afirma nada. O responsável pela garantia é a empresa, representada pelos seus empregados (Erikson's staff).

  • And congratulations on your new purchase. You’re now entitled to an unsurpassed service and a number of benefits as part of the Ericsson warranty and service program. Your Ericsson mobile phone was designed to offer you the ultimate in quality, convenience and performance. And of course, we guarantee it.

    WE- refere-se a equipe da empresa.

    APMBB

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1343356
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FUNCAB
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SEPLAG-MG
Ano
2014
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Inglês
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How Telecommuting Works

Telecommuting, which is growing in popularity, allows employees to avoid long commuts

“Brring,” the alarm startles you out of a deep sleep. It’s 8 a.m. on Monday morning. Time to head to the office. You roll out of bed, brush your teeth and stumble your way to the kitchen to grab some coffee.

Moments later, you head to the office, still wearing your pajamas and fluffy slippers. Luckily for you, you don’t have to go far - you work at home. Telecommuting, or working at home, has grown in popularity over the last 20 years.

On an increasing basis, workers are saying “no” to long commutes and opting to work at home. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of employees working from home grew by 23 percent from 1990 to 2000.

Telecommuting workers revel in making their own schedule - allowing them to schedule work around family and personal commitments. With the ready availability of technology tools, like the Internet and home computers, companies are more willing to let employees work from home.

(Adapted from: < http://home.howstuffworks.com/ telecommuting.htm> Access on 18th January, 2014)

The pronoun THEM in the last paragraph of the text refers to

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  • Telecommuting workers revel in making their own schedule - allowing them to schedule work around family and personal commitments. With the ready availability of technology tools, like the Internet and home computers, companies are more willing to let employees work from home.

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1396441
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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>

The pronoun THEY in “they generally all refer to the same thing” (third paragraph) refers to:

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  • Ensino de Inglês como segunda língua (TESL) ou o ensino de Inglês como língua adicional (TEAL) também podem ser termos que são usados, mas eles geralmente se referem à mesma coisa - ensino de Inglês para alguém cuja língua materna não é o Inglês. 

    traduzindo fica mais fácil.

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1396450
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FUNCAB
Órgão
SEE-AC
Ano
2014
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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>

The relative pronoun WHOSE was used in the first and third paragraphs. It can also be used in:

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  • Gabarito C. Segundo o Cambridge: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-portuguese/whose


  • whose

    pronoun, determiner /huːz/

    * used to ask who something belongs to or who someone or something is connected with

    de quem

    Whose gloves are these?

    Whose car shall we use?


    * used for adding information about a person or thing just mentioned

    cujo

    The story was about a man whose family came from Russia.

    It was an old house whose owner had died.

    (letra c)

  • WHOSE - CUJA, DE QUEM


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1425337
Banca
IESES
Órgão
APSFS
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Complete o texto a seguir com os pronomes mais adequados. This is Mark. ______ is a good friend of mine.

That is Paula, _____ is his girlfriend. Mark and Paula are from Germany. _____ are german. I live with my brother and ___ have a pet. ____ is a dog called Otto.

A sequência correta é:

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  • This is Mark. He is a good friend of mine. 

    That is Paula, she is his girlfriend. 

    Mark and Paula are from Germany. They are german. 

    I live with my brother and we have a pet. It is a dog called Otto. 

    Gabarito alternativa a)

  • ??????

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1435579
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IBFC
Órgão
SEAP-DF
Ano
2013
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

“It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans". Eric Hobsbawm 

The word “itself" refers to:

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  • Gab. B

  • "Parece que o patriotismo americano se mede contra um grupo de marginalizados. Os americanos corretos são corretos porque não são como os americanos errados, que não são realmente americanos ". Eric Hobsbawm
    A palavra "itself" refere-se ao patriotismo Americano.

    Gabarito do Professor: B

  • (B)

    doing the literal translation:

    “It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans"

    -"“Parece que o patriotismo americano se compara a um grupo de excluídos. Os americanos certos são os americanos certos porque não são como os americanos errados, que não são realmente americanos "

  • RESOLUÇÃO:

    Responda a seguinte pergunta: O que se autoavalia contra um grupo marginalizado? O patriotismo americano. Portanto, observe que “itself” faz referência a American patriotism.

    “It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans”. Eric Hobsbawm 

    "Parece que o patriotismo americano se autoavalia contra um grupo marginalizado. Os americanos certos são os americanos corretos porque não são como os americanos errados, que não são realmente americanos". Eric Hobsbawm

    Resposta: alternativa B

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

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  • 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
1437808
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-PE
Ano
2014
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

House Approves Higher Debt Limit Without Condition
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
Feb. 11, 2014


      WASHINGTON - Ending three years of brinkmanship in which the threat of a devastating default on the nation’s debt was used to wring conservative concessions from President Obama, the House on Tuesday voted to raise the government’s borrowing limit until March 2015, without any conditions.
      The vote - 221 to 201 - relied almost entirely on Democrats in the Republican-controlled House to carry the measure and represented the first debt ceiling increase since 2009 that was not attached to other legislation. Only 28 Republicans voted yes, and only two Democrats voted no.
      Simply by holding the vote, Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio effectively ended a three-year Tea Party-inspired era of budget showdowns that had raised the threat of default and government shutdowns, rattled economic confidence and brought serious scrutiny from other nations questioning Washington’s ability to govern. In the process, though, Mr. Boehner also set off a series of reprisals from fellow Republican congressmen and outside groups that showcased the party’s deep internal divisions.
      During the October 2013 government shutdown, The Times’s David Leonhardt explained the debt limit and how a failure to raise it could have affected the economy both at home and abroad.
      “He gave the president exactly what he wanted, which is exactly what the Republican Party said we did not want,” said a Republican representative, Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, who last year unsuccessfully tried to rally enough support to derail Mr. Boehner’s re-election as speaker. “It’s going to really demoralize the base.”
      The vote was a victory for President Obama, Democrats and those Senate Republicans who have argued that spending money for previously incurred obligations was essential for the financial standing of the federal government. “Tonight’s vote is a positive step in moving away from the political brinkmanship that’s a needless drag on our economy,” Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said in a statement.
      “A clean debt ceiling is a complete capitulation on the speaker’s part and demonstrates that he has lost the ability to lead the House of Representatives, let alone his own party,” said Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots. “It is time for him to go.”
      Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, commended the speaker and promised to pass the bill as soon as possible. “We’re happy to see the House is legislating the way they should have legislated for a long time,” he said.

            (Adapted from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/us/politics/ boehner-to-bring-debt-
            ceiling-to-vote-without-policy- attachments. html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_2014021 2&_r=0)

No texto, o pronome sublinhado he refere-se a

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  • He gave the president exactly what he wanted. O pronome he refere-se a the president "Ele deu ao presidente exatamente o que ele queria", ele quem? o próprio presidente. Letra A

ID
1451503
Banca
CETRO
Órgão
AEB
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                        Gravity, review: “heartachingly tender”

            Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts adrift in
                  space, Alfonso Cuarón’s astonishing thriller is one of the films of
                                           the year, says Robbie Collin

      Watch an astronaut drifting through space for long enough and eventually you notice how much they look like a newborn baby. The oxygen helmet makes their head bigger, rounder and cuter; their hands grasp eagerly at whatever happens to be passing; their limbs are made fat and their movements simple by the spacesuit’s cuddly bulk. They tumble head-over-heels like tripping toddlers or simply bob there in amniotic suspension. Even the lifeline that keeps them tethered to their ship has a pulsing, umbilical aspect.
      Gravity, the new Alfonso Cuarón picture, is a heart- achingly tender film about the miracle of motherhood, and the billion-to-one odds against any of us being here, astronauts or not. It’s also a totally absorbing, often overpowering spectacle - a $100 million 3D action movie in which Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play two Hollywood-handsome spacefarers, fighting for their lives 375 miles above the Earth’s crust.
      A series of captions over the opening titles reminds us that this is a dead zone: no oxygen or air pressure, and nothing to carry sound. “Life in space is impossible,” the final message tells us, as the cinema shakes with Steven Price’s resonant score, and then suddenly falls quiet.
      For Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock), a mission specialist in orbit for the first time, the lack of noise is welcome. She’s a medical engineer called up by NASA to install new software on to the Hubble Telescope, but also a mother in mourning for her four- year-old daughter, whom she lost in a senseless accident, and the silence enfolds her like a comfort blanket.

                                                            Available in: http://www.telegraph.co.uk


Considering the text, read the sentence below and choose the alternative that presents the grammar function of the underlined words, respectively.

“The oxygen helmet makes their1 head bigger2 , rounder and cuter; their hands3 grasp eagerly at whatever happens to be passing; their limbs are made fat and their movements simple by the spacesuit’s cuddly bulk.”

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  • possessive pronouns:

    my

    your

    his

    her

    its

    our

    their

    big - adjective - superlative

    hands - noun


    resposta : E

  • A questão está erradíssima!!! Houve um enorme equívoco da banca, pois "their" NUNCA será um "Possessive Pronoum".

    Todos os "Possessive Pronoum" terminam com "s", com exceção do "mine".

    O  "Possessive Pronoum" NUNCA estará antes de um substantivo ("head"). Na verdade os pronomes possessivos devem ser usados com o intuito de substituir o substantivo na frase.

    "Their" é um exemplo de " "Possessive Adjective".

    Tire suas dúvidas em:

    http://brasilescola.uol.com.br/ingles/possessive-pronouns.htm

     

  • e-

    possessive pronoun modifying the noun head in order to establish possession relationship with the textual entities shown in the passage

     

    bigger is the comparative form of big, which bestows a degree of superiority in a direct comparison between 2 beings in a sentence.

     

    noun is a particle which, along with the main verb, makes up the most important structure in a sentence. It's a word that functions to name a specific entity of collective thereof. 

  • Claro que seria, possessivo adjetivo, com s é possessivo subst

ID
1471822
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IDECAN
Órgão
CBM-MG
Ano
2015
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                              Mysterious ancient cemetery in Egypt could contain a million mummies


            A mysterious ancient cemetery in Egypt could contain more than a million mummified human remains, archaeologists have claimed.
            Around 1,700 bodies have so far been uncovered at the Fag el-Gamous (Way of the Water Buffalo) site, around 60 miles south of Cairo. But experts believe that countless more are contained in the burial ground.
            “We are fairly certain we have over a million burials within this cemetery. It's large, and it's dense,” said project director Kerry Muhlestein, an associate professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU), which has been examining the site for around 30 years.             They were placed there between the 1st and the 7th centuries AD, but the scale of the site has left many baffled.             A nearby village has been deemed too small to warrant such a large cemetery, while the closest major settlements had their own burial grounds.
            “It's hard to know where all these people were coming from,” Professor Muhlestein told Live Science.
            Another interesting find was that the corpses appeared to be grouped together by hair colour, with one section containing the remains of those with blonde hair and another for those with red hair.             The bodies, which included a man of more than seven feet in height, are thought to be of ordinary citizens, rather than the royalty found at many famous Egyptian sites. They were not buried in coffins, according to Muhlestein, and were in fact mummified not by design but by the arid natural environment.
            “The people in the cemetery represent the common man. They are the average people who are usually hard to learn about because they are not very visible in written sources. A lot of their wealth, or the little that they had, was poured into these burials.”
            His team discovered objects including glassware, jewellery and linen. The findings were presented to the Scholars Colloquim at the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities in Toronto last month.
The Telegraph, London.

                              (http://www.traveller.com.au/mysterious-ancient-cemetery-in-egypt-could-contain-a-
                                                                                                                              million-mummies-12aaq7.)


In: “The bodies, which included a man of more than seven feet in height are thought to be of ordinary citizens, rather than the royalty found at many famous Egyptian sites.” WHICH is a:

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  • Usage Note: The relative pronoun which can sometimes refer to a clause or sentence, as opposed to a noun phrase: She ignored him, which proved to be unwise. They swept the council elections, which could never have happened under the old rules. More than 80 percent of the Usage Panel approved both of these examples in our 2009 survey. Sometimes which clauses of this sort are presented as separate sentences. These are technically sentence fragments, and they often pack a rhetorical punch: "I was caught for a week on the Siachen Glacier, in a giant blizzard. There is no harsher place on this earth; it belongs to no one. Which won't keep people from squabbling over it someday" (Andrea Barrett). While this example is perfectly acceptable, writers who want to avoid this use of which and adhere to the traditional rules can usually substitute this for it at the start of a new sentence, though often at the loss of some dramatic flair. · Note that which clauses that modify whole sentences can sometimes create ambiguities. The sentence It emerged that Martha made the complaint, which surprised everybody may mean either that the complaint itself was surprising or that it was surprising that Martha made it. This ambiguity may be avoided by using other constructions such as It emerged that Martha made the complaint, a revelation that surprised everybody. Remember that which is used in this way only when the clause or sentence it refers to precedes it. When the clause or sentence follows, writers must use what, particularly in formal style: Still, he has not said he will withdraw, which is more surprising. Still, what is more surprising, he has not said he will withdraw.

  • Em: "Os corpos, que (which) incluíram um homem de mais de sete pés de altura ...........",
    Que (which)  é um:

    "which" pode ser usado como pronome interrogativo, quando temos um número limitado de opções.
    Por exemplo:
    Which color do you prefer? Black or white?

    E pode ser usado também como pronome relativo.
    Ex: 
    There are several small ponds which a variety of fish live in.
    No caso da questão acima, which está sendo usado como pronome relativo.
    Alternativa B




  • Which = qual = pronome relativo.

  • Wich , Who , Whose, That = pronome relativos recorrentes nas questões.

    LETRA B

    APMBB

ID
1482022
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                   Don't drink and ride

Alcohol can increase your risk of being hurt in a car accident, even if you aren't behind the wheel. A new University of Michigan study reports that men who have been drinking are 50 percent more likely to experience a serious injury during a car accident than sober passengers.

The word “who", underlined in the text, can be replaced by

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Comentários

  • O "that" é obrigatório apenas quando: ocupa lugar de sujeito ( pronome relativo )

    letra d está correta.

  • 'Who' está como sujeito ali e introduz uma oração adjetiva restritiva, então você pode utilizar 'that'.

ID
1505590
Banca
Gestão Concurso
Órgão
CEMIG-TELECOM
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Leia as sentenças abaixo:

I. The waiter that served me at the coffe shop moved away.
II. He saw that the bottles were empty.
III. Carla told me that she was going to quit the restaurant where she works in.
IV. I didn’t get the job that I applied for.

Em qual (is) das sentenças acima o uso do pronome relativo em negrito é extremamente necessário?

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Comentários

  • Quando usar o THAT ou não:


    1- Você pode omití-lo quando se está diante de um pronome pessoal:


    EX:  I saw the sofa you bought yesterday. ( Eu vi o sofá que você comprou ontem.)



    2- Não podemos omití-lo quando se está diante de um verbo(ocupa o lugar do sujeito) ou de um advérbio:


    EX: Please, take the books THAT are on the shelf. ( Por favor, pegue os livros que estão na prateleira.)


           I have a radio THAT hardly works. ( Eu tenho um rádio que dificilmente funciona.)

  • a-

    Pronome relativo é opcional em oração subordinada substantiva. Para orações subordinadas adjetivas restritivas, é obrigatorio

ID
1524682
Banca
Makiyama
Órgão
CPTM
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
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                                                     Generation Y
                                                                                     By Sally Kane, About.com Guide

Born in the mid-1980's and later, Generation Y legal professionals are in their 20s and are just entering the workforce. With numbers estimated as high as 70 million, Generation Y (also -1- as the Millennials) is the fastest growing segment of today's workforce. As law firms compete for available talent, employers cannot ignore the needs, desires and attitudes of this vast generation. Below are a few common traits that define Generation Y.

Tech-Savvy: Generation Y grew up with technology and rely on it to perform their jobs better. Armed with BlackBerrys, laptops, cellphones and other gadgets, Generation Y is plugged-in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This generation prefers to communicate through e-mail and text messaging rather than face-to-face contact and -2- webinars and online technology to traditional lecture-based presentations.

Family-Centric: The fast-track has lost much of its appeal for Generation Y who is willing to trade high pay for fewer billable hours, flexible schedules and a better work/life balance. While older generations may view this attitude as narcissistic or lacking commitment, discipline and drive, Generation Y legal professionals have a different vision of workplace expectations and prioritize family over work.

Achievement-Oriented: Nurtured and pampered -3- parents who did not want to make the mistakes of the previous generation, Generation Y is confident, ambitious and achievement-oriented. They have high expectations of their employers, seek out new challenges and are not afraid to question authority. Generation Y wants meaningful work and a solid learning curve

Team-Oriented: As children, Generation Y participated in team sports, play groups and other group activities. They value teamwork and seek the input and affirmation of others. Part of a no-person-left-behind generation, Generation Y is loyal, committed and wants to be included and involved.

Attention-Craving: Generation Y craves attention in the forms of feedback and guidance. They appreciate being kept in the loop and seek frequent praise and reassurance. Generation Y may benefit greatly from mentors who can help guide and develop their young careers.

Font: http://legalcareers.about.com/od/practicetips/a/Ge...

The best example of a possessive pronoun is:

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  • a)Their in “Generation Y legal professionals are in their 20s and are just entering the workforce."

    while - conjunction that denotes a dependent clause.

    this - demonstrative pronoun

    they - personal pronoun

    committed - past participle modifying subject

  • Gabarito (A)

    Possessive pronoun:

    • my
    • your
    • his
    • her
    • its
    • our
    • their

    Bons estudos!

ID
1547116
Banca
UniCEUB
Órgão
UniCEUB
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

A new report shows the brains of autistic children, ................... suffer from the disorder tied to a combination of contributing factors ................... genes to the environment, have differences in regions that develop during the mother’s second trimester of pregnancy.

                                                                                                                              TIME

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ID
1547119
Banca
UniCEUB
Órgão
UniCEUB
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

A clever ad for ................... new breakfast options, an aim to hit at McDonald’s domination of the market, includes a bunch of people who share the same name as Ronald McDonald but proclaim ................... love for Taco Bell’s new morning offerings.

                                                                                                                                    TIME

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ID
1557427
Banca
CETRO
Órgão
MDS
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below.

                                      What is hunger?

      Acute hunger or starvation are often highlighted on TV screens: hungry mothers too weak to breastfeed their children in drought-hit Ethiopia, refugees in war-torn Syria queuing for food rations, helicopters airlifting high energy biscuits to earthquake victims in Haiti or Pakistan.

      These situations are the result of high profile crises like war or natural disasters, which starve a population of food. Yet emergencies account for less than eight percent of hunger's victims.

      Daily undernourishment is a less visible form of hunger – but it affects many more people, from the shanty towns of Jakarta in Indonesia and the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to the mountain villages of Bolivia and Nepal. In these places, hunger is much more than an empty stomach.

      For weeks, even months, its victims must live on significantly less than the recommended 2,100 kilocalories that the average person needs to lead a healthy life.

      The body compensates for the lack of energy by slowing down its physical and mental activities. A hungry mind cannot concentrate, a hungry body does not take initiative, a hungry child loses all desire to play and study.

      Hunger also weakens the immune system. Deprived of the right nutrition, hungry children are especially vulnerable and  become too weak to fight off disease and may die from common infections like measles and diarrhea. Each year, almost 7 million children die before reaching the age of five; malnutrition is a key factor in over a third of these deaths


                            (Source: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality, IGME, 2012 in http://www.wfp.org).

                               How much food do you need?

      The energy and protein that people need varies according to age, sex, body size, physical activity and, to some extent, climate. On average, the body needs more than 2,100 kilocalories per day per person to allow a normal, healthy life. Extra energy is needed during pregnancy and while breast-feeding.


Choose the alternative that presents the singular form of the demonstrative pronoun in the sentence below.


“These situations are the result of high profile crises like war or natural disasters [  ]". 




Alternativas
Comentários

  • Singular -> Plural

    This -> These

    That -> Those

ID
1557622
Banca
CETRO
Órgão
MDS
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the sentence below, taken from the text, to answer  question.
“A malnourished person finds that their body has difficulty doing normal things such as growing and resisting disease."

Choose the alternative that presents the plural form of the demonstrative pronoun “that" in the sentence given above.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Não sei se o that nessa frase faz a função de pronome demonstrativo não...

    Alguém?

     

    Sem me preocupar com o sentido do texto, se a frase fosse:

    “A malnourished person finds that" that "body has" (...)

    Poderíamos ter...

    "A malnourished person finds that" those bodies have (...)

    Mas, em ambos os casos o primeiro that continuaria existindo... não sei se ele poderia se modificar para those...

     

    Se o examinador queria somente saber o plural do pronome demonstrativo that (e, certamente é isso que ele queria). Ao meu ver, perguntou mal... Não precisaria fazer referência à frase do texto (<-- esse foi o problema)

     

    Sorte aos que ajudam a sorte...

     

  • Letra A

    THOSE é a forma plural de that. Veja os exemplos:

    Those boxes are brown. [Aquelas caixas são marrons]
    Those are brown boxes. [Aquelas são caixas marrons.]

  • Escolha a alternativa que apresenta a forma plural do pronome demonstrativo "that" na sentença dada acima.

    O plural do pronome "that" é "those"

    Gabarito do Professor: A



ID
1560937
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Identify the correct (C) questions and the incorrect ones (I). Then choose the best alternative.


(     ) How old Ana is?

(     ) Where are going these kids?

(     ) Are you waiting for us?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • qual o erro desta questão

    Where are going these kids?

     

  • O correto é: where are these kids going?

  • Identifique as perguntas corretas (C) e as incorretas (I). Em seguida, escolha a melhor alternativa.

    How old Ana is? Incorreta. (How old is Ana?) 

    Where are going these kids? Incorreta. (Where are these kids going?) 

    Are you waiting for us? Correta

    Gabarito do Professor: D



  • (  C   ) How old Ana is?  (CORRECT)

    (  I   ) Where are going these kids? (INCORRECT), POIS COMO O SUBSTANTIVO KIDS ESTÁ NO PLURAL, ENTÃO DEVE SE USAR O PRONOME DEMONSTARTIVO THOSE  QUE CORRESPONTE AO PLURAL.

    (  C   ) Are you waiting for us? (CORRECT)

     

    FONTE: http://www.inglesonline.com.br/gramatica-basica-resumida/this-that-these-those/

    GABARITO: LETRA D

  • How old ana is? (ERRADO)

    how old is ana?

    Where are going these kids? (ERRADO)

    Where are these kids going?

    Are u waiting for us? (CORRETO)

    BORAAAAAAAAAAAA

    LETRA D

ID
1565236
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

 Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentences below:


I remember ____ names, but they don't remember ______. ______ name is Ana and _____ name is David. I told ______ that ______ name is Carlos. 

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Gab.A (p quem n é ass.)

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  • só matei q questão pq sabia s duas primeiras rsrs

  • Quando usar um determiner, pense nele como um adjetivo, por ser um adjetivo, virá antes do substantivo sobre o qual queremos expressar posse.

    EX: That is her son.

    Já ao usar um pronome, partimos do princípio básico de que um pronome substitui o substantivo, então não podemos colocar o pronome e o substantivo juntos na mesma oração.

    EX: That son is hers.

    Pesquisem a tabela de derminers e pronomes.

    E guardem que:

    "Determiner vai antes do Substantivo" e

    Pronome "substitui" o Substantivo

ID
1629394
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
EFOMM
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

In which sentence ‘it’ is not correctly used?

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Em qual sentença "it" não está corretamente usado?

     Não posso suportar ver  mulheres chorando. I can not bear it to see women crying.  
    O verbo suportar não tem necessidade de vir acompanhado do pronome objetivo "it"
    Portanto, "bear" não teria necessidade de vir acompanhado de  "it"
    Alternativa A está errada.

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

ID
1646068
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 – those linking the Russian mafia with Columbian cocaine cartels or North American criminal gangs with the Japanese Yakuza. – a palavra those refere-se, no texto, a

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Those it's relative pronouns ( pronome relativo ) , logo ele retoma algo anteriormente já citado, no caso do 2 parágrafo está falando sobre redes internacionais, como as nações formam suas ''redes internacionais'' de crime.

    Alguns utilizam o trafico de arma, outros; traços culturais e etc... INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

    LETRA B

    APMBB

ID
1663963
Banca
NC-UFPR
Órgão
ITAIPU BINACIONAL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                             Smart Greenhouse

Control the light, watering, temperature, and humidity of your greenhouse – automatically.

                                                                                                                                  Kevin Farnham

      Smart Greenhouse, one of three professional category winner in the 2014 IoT Developer Challenge, is an Internet of Things (IoT) device and application that monitors and controls a greenhouse environment. The concept for Smart Greenhouse came into being after the core team – Dzmitry Yasevich, Pavel Vervenko, and Vladimir Redzhepov – attended JavaOne Russia in April 2013. There, the team saw presentations of a smart house, various robots, and other devices, all controlled by Java.

      Yasevich notes, “We were impressed by these solutions and had an idea to do something like that. Pavel Vervenko suggested making an automated greenhouse. Everyone liked the idea!”.

      First, the team selected the hardware. “We started to use Raspberry Pi as a basis”, Yasevich says. “It is a compact but fullfedged computer with 700 MHz and memory at 512 MB. This system costs around $35”.

      However, early on, a safety concern arose. “Current under high voltage passes in the greenhouse, and there is an automatic watering system, so it was necessary to properly consider all the aspects related to insulation”, Yasevich says.

(http://www.oraclejavamagazine-digital.com/8ef38d6e6f63e8971b9487ddb4bd4bdc/558dae0a/pp/javamagazine20150304-1429053481000c51ce41 0c1-pp.pdf?lm=1429053481000)

In the first sentence of the text, the underlined word “that" refers to: 

Alternativas
Comentários

  • d-

     

    A backwards in-text reference like the pronoun 'that' is termed an anaphora.

     

    Anaphora is a pronoun referring back to another entity. The context-relying word word or phrase is an anaphor, while preceding one the antecedent or head.

     

    When it refers forward, it's called cataphora. Both anaphora and cataphora are types of endophora - a contextual reference. 

ID
1689793
Banca
NC-UFPR
Órgão
COPEL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Design Patterns

A design pattern is often posed as a question: how do we solve some design problem? However a design problem is, by its nature, nonspecific, and rarely has a single straight-forward answer. There might be several ways to solve the same problem, some better than others depending on the specific situation and the specific context of the problem. A design pattern is intended to share not just solutions but a better understanding of both the problem and how it might be solved.
Firstly, patterns have a well-defined structure. This consistent layout makes it easy to browse through a collection of patterns to find relevant help and then dive further into the material. The structure encourages the author of the pattern to think carefully about the knowledge they're sharing, whilst making the material more consistently accessible to a reader.

(http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/semantic-web-design-patterns)

Na expressão: “… how it might be solved…”, a palavra sublinhada refere-se a:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • "[...] but a better understanding of both the problem and how it might be solved."

     

    Vamos na fé.

ID
1718731
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Based on the text below, answer question.

                                 Life in the Navy - Frequently Asked Questions.

Many of your questions about the Navy have been asked and answered before. See if you can find your question in the list below. Or, to get the most complete picture of the Navy, locate your nearest recruiter and set up a meeting.

(I) ________

It depends. Normally ships will go to sea for 10 days to 2 weeks each month for training operations. Extended operations away from home port can last up to 6 months, and ships deploy every 18-24 months. This varies depending on the mission and type of ship. Ships on 6-month deployments spend time visiting ports throughout the world. If you are on a shore duty tour, you will likely spend no time at sea during the course of the duty assignment {usually 2 to 3 years).

(II) _______

There are plenty of activities available to sailors in their off-duty time. Depending on the size of the ship, you'll have areas for exercise, watching movies, playing cards, emailing friends, and purchasing snacks and other items. Many ships also provide college classes.

(III) _______

The tempo of operations will dictate actual length. While in home port or on shore duty, it is very similar to that of civilian jobs. While out to sea, it is often longer because of the workload needed to keep the ship, aircraft and other machinery working properly and efficiently.

(IV) _______

Onder normal circumstances, you will be eligible for a promotion from E-l to E-2 in 9 months, from E-2 to E-3 in 9 months, and from E-3 to E-4 in 6 months. Advancements on the basis of merit can occur in basic training to E-2 without waiting the 9 months. By referring friends who join the Navy, you can be promoted even faster!

(V) _______ 

Once you have completed basic training and any followup schooling, you will probably move just once to your first permanent duty station. Naturally, if you stay in the Navy past your first enlistment (or if you request a specific deployment) you may have to move again.

(Adapted from https://www.navy.eom/faq.html#section-4)

The following headings have been removed from the text and replaced by (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V). Number them to indicate the correct order and choose the corresponding option.

( ) What things are there for me to do on a ship?
( ) How often will I have to live in another place?
( ) How long is the normal workday?
( ) How much time will I spend at sea?
( ) What is the career plan like?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Os seguintes títulos foram retirados do texto e substituídos por (I), (II), (III), (IV) e (V). Numere-os para indicar a ordem correta e escolha a opção correspondente.


    (  ) O que tem para eu fazer em um navio?

    (  ) Quantas vezes eu vou ter que viver em outro lugar?

    (  ) Quanto tempo é o dia de trabalho normal?

    (  ) Quanto tempo eu vou passar no mar?

    (  ) Como é o plano de  carreira?


    Para identificar a qual pergunta a resposta pertence, abaixo estão as respectivas traduções:


    ( I ) How much time will I spend at sea? (Quanto tempo eu vou passar no mar?)


    Depende. Normalmente navios vão para o mar por 10 dias a 2 semanas cada mês para operações de treinamento. Operações extensas longe do porto de origem podem durar até 6 meses, e os navios implantam a cada 18-24 meses. Isso varia de acordo com a missão e tipo de navio. Navios com implantações de 6 meses gastam tempo visitando portos em todo o mundo. (...)


    ( II ) What things are there for me to do on a ship?( O que tem para eu fazer em um navio?)


    Há muitas atividades disponíveis para os marinheiros no seu tempo de folga. Dependendo do tamanho do navio, você terá áreas para o exercício, assistir filmes, jogar cartas, enviar e-mail para os amigos e comprar lanches e outros itens. Muitos navios também oferecem aulas.


    (III) How long is the normal workday?( Quanto tempo é o dia de trabalho normal?)


    O ritmo das operações ditará o comprimento real. Enquanto no porto de origem ou da costa, é muito semelhante ao de empregos civis. Enquanto no mar, é muitas vezes mais longo por causa do volume de trabalho necessário para manter o navio, aviões e outras máquinas a funcionar corretamente e de forma eficiente.


    (IV) What is the career plan like?( Como é o plano de  carreira?)


    Em circunstâncias normais, você será qualificado para uma promoção de E-l a E-2 em 9 meses, a partir de E-2 a E-3 em 9 meses e, a partir E-3 para E-4 em 6 meses. Avanços na base por mérito podem ocorrer no treinamento básico de E-2 sem esperar os 9 meses. Referindo a amigos que se juntam a Marinha, você pode ser promovido ainda mais rápido!


    (V) How often will I have to live in another place?(Quantas vezes eu vou ter que viver em outro lugar?)


    Depois de ter concluído a formação básica e nenhum acompanhamento de escolaridade, você provavelmente vai passar apenas uma vez para o seu primeiro posto de serviço permanente. Naturalmente, se você ficar na Marinha passado o seu primeiro alistamento (ou se você solicitar uma implementação específica), você pode ter que se mudar novamente.


    De acordo com as traduções das respostas e com as respectivas perguntas, a ordem correta seria a equivalente à alternativa A.

  • Um bizu ai nessa questão: Ver a palavra Chave, isso ajuda muito, principalmente nessas questões

    A primeira pergunta é fácil de encontrar com o bizu

    ( ) What things are there for me to do on a ship?

    só ver a palavra chave Things

    Qual parte do texto que logo fala no começo algo parecido com isso?

    There are plenty of activities available to sailors in their off-duty time. 

    Então, essa é a II

    Para diferenciar o I do V, eu recomendo procurar o mais fácil e que tenha a palavra chave do bizu

    O Penúltimo tem

    How much time will I spend at sea?

    Qual a pergunta que logo vem seguida do Sea por parte de quem responde?

    I

    It depends. Normally ships will go to sea for 10 days

    JÁ ERA GUERREIRO

    Letra A de APROVAÇÃO!!!!!!!!

  • Os seguintes títulos foram retirados do texto e substituídos por (I), (II), (III), (IV) e (V). Numere-os para indicar a ordem correta e escolha a opção correspondente.

    ( ) O que tem para eu fazer em um navio?

    ( ) Quantas vezes eu vou ter que viver em outro lugar?

    ( ) Quanto tempo é o dia de trabalho normal?

    ( ) Quanto tempo eu vou passar no mar?

    ( ) Como é o plano de  carreira?

    Para identificar a qual pergunta a resposta pertence, abaixo estão as respectivas traduções:

    ( I ) How much time will I spend at sea? (Quanto tempo eu vou passar no mar?)

    Depende. Normalmente navios vão para o mar por 10 dias a 2 semanas cada mês para operações de treinamento. Operações extensas longe do porto de origem podem durar até 6 meses, e os navios implantam a cada 18-24 meses. Isso varia de acordo com a missão e tipo de navio. Navios com implantações de 6 meses gastam tempo visitando portos em todo o mundo. (...)

    ( II ) What things are there for me to do on a ship?( O que tem para eu fazer em um navio?)

    Há muitas atividades disponíveis para os marinheiros no seu tempo de folga. Dependendo do tamanho do navio, você terá áreas para o exercício, assistir filmes, jogar cartas, enviar e-mail para os amigos e comprar lanches e outros itens. Muitos navios também oferecem aulas.

    (III) How long is the normal workday?( Quanto tempo é o dia de trabalho normal?)

    O ritmo das operações ditará o comprimento real. Enquanto no porto de origem ou da costa, é muito semelhante ao de empregos civis. Enquanto no mar, é muitas vezes mais longo por causa do volume de trabalho necessário para manter o navio, aviões e outras máquinas a funcionar corretamente e de forma eficiente.

    (IV) What is the career plan like?( Como é o plano de  carreira?)

    Em circunstâncias normais, você será qualificado para uma promoção de E-l a E-2 em 9 meses, a partir de E-2 a E-3 em 9 meses e, a partir E-3 para E-4 em 6 meses. Avanços na base por mérito podem ocorrer no treinamento básico de E-2 sem esperar os 9 meses. Referindo a amigos que se juntam a Marinha, você pode ser promovido ainda mais rápido!

    (V) How often will I have to live in another place?(Quantas vezes eu vou ter que viver em outro lugar?)

    Depois de ter concluído a formação básica e nenhum acompanhamento de escolaridade, você provavelmente vai passar apenas uma vez para o seu primeiro posto de serviço permanente. Naturalmente, se você ficar na Marinha passado o seu primeiro alistamento (ou se você solicitar uma implementação específica), você pode ter que se mudar novamente.

    De acordo com as traduções das respostas e com as respectivas perguntas, a ordem correta seria a equivalente à alternativa A.

ID
1718752
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Based on the text below, answer question.

                                                 The Future of Libraries Has Little to Do with Books

On a Monday morning between Christmas and New Year's Eve in Paris, the line for modern art museum Centre Georges Pompidou winds around the block. But the patrons waiting in the cold aren't there to catch a glimpse of a Magritte —they're young locais queueing for access through the museum’s back door to another attraction: the public library.
In a digital age that has left book publishers reeling, libraries in the world's major cities seem poised for a comeback, though it1s one that has very little to do with books. The Independent Library Report — published in December by the U.K.'s Department for Culture, Media, and Sport — found that libraries across the nation are reinventing themseives by increasingly becoming "vibrant and attractive community hubs", focusing on the "need to create digital literacy, and in an ideal world, digital fluency.”
Taking into account the proliferation of freelancing, the gig economy, and remote working (also known as 'technomadism'), the rise of library as community hub begins to make sense. Cities are increasingly attracting location independent workers, and those workers need space and amenities that expensive and unreliable coffee shops simply cannot provide enough of.
Furthermore, when one considers that the most vulnerable and underserved city dwellers are also those who generally do not have access to the Internet, the need for a free and publicly connected space becomes even clearer.
According to a 2013 Pew poli, 90 percent in the U.S. said their community would be negatively impacted if their local library closed. But if libraries are going to survive the digital age, they need to be more about helping patrons filter vast quantities of digital Information rather than access to analog materiais. Good news carne for U.S. libraries in November, when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a 62 percent increase in spending on high-speed Internet for schools and public libraries.
When it comes to this need for connectivity, Britainfs library report stated a "Wi-Fi connection should be delivered in a comfortable, retail standard environment with the usual amenities of coffee, sofas and etc." The report suggested that libraries focus less on loaning physical books and more on widening access via loaning of e-books, which the report noted was up by 80 percent in Britain from 2013.
Also in 2013, the first bookless public library in the United States opened in San Antonio, Texas. The cityTs BiblioTech offers an all-digital, cloud-based collection of more than 10,000 e-books, plus e-readers available for checkout. Located in San Antonio’s underserved South Side, the BiblioTech provides an important digital hub in a city with a population that still struggles to connect to wireless Internet, Last month saw the opening of Canada's Halifax Central Library, designed by a world-leading Danish design firm. With its auditorium, meeting space for entrepreneurs, multiple cafes, adult literacy classes and gaming facilities, actual books seemed like an afterthought.

(Abridged from http://magazine.good.is/articles/public-libraries-reimagined).

in the excerpt "But if libraries are going to survive the digital age, they need to be more about helping patrons filter vast quantities of digital Information rather than access to analog materials." the pronoun "they" refers to:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • No trecho "Mas se as bibliotecas irão sobreviver à era digital, elas precisam ajudar os clientes a filtrar grandes quantidades de informação digital em vez de acessar materiais analógicos." o pronome "elas" refere-se a:

    A) bibliotecas.
    B) a era digital.
    C) clientes.
    D) quantidades de informação digital.
    E) materiais analógicos.
    Conforme interpretação do trecho traduzido, verificamos que o pronome "they" refere-se às bibliotecas.
    Alternativa A

  • A

  • "Mas se as bibliotecas irão sobreviver à era digital, elas precisam ajudar os clientes a fil

ID
1718788
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Which question word best completes the paragraph below?

The National Gallery in London is among a growing number of venues that have banned selfie sticks. ________ is so wrong with walking around a gallery taking pictures of yourself ? The gallery says it needs to protect artworks and other visitors. But some users can’t see what the fuss is about.

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

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Que pronome interrogativo melhor completa o parágrafo abaixo?
    The National Gallery in London is among a growing number of venues that have banned selfie sticks. What is so wrong with walking around a gallery taking pictures of yourself ? 
    A Galeria Nacional de Londres está entre um número crescente de locais que proibiram bastão de selfie. O que há de tão errado em andar em torno de uma galeria  tirando  fotos de si mesmo? 
    A) Qual.
    B) Por que.
    C) O que.
    D) Quando.
    E) Quem.
    Alternativa C
ID
1742836
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
UNESP
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Sustainable flight

   TAM was the first airline in South America to carry out an experimental flight using biofuel on November 22, 2010. Produced from the oil of 100% domestic nettlespurge, known in Portuguese as pinhão-manso, it reduces carbon emissions by between 65% and 80% compared with petroleum-derived kerosene, according to research. Besides, the plant does not threatens the food chain, as it is not edible for humans nor animals. “Compared with other biofuels, the fuel from this plant is very promising for the Brazilian scenario,” says Paulus Figueiredo, TAM’s fuel manager. The next step in the project is to implement a farming unit, in reduced scale, at TAM’s Technological Center in São Carlos (SP), exclusively to conduct studies and make better cultivation techniques viable. “The objective is to carry out studies concerning technical and economic viability to build a biofuel Brazilian platform based on nettlespurge,” explains TAM’s CEO, Líbano Barroso. The experimental flight was a joint effort between TAM, Airbus, CFM International (joint venture between U.S.’s GE and the French Safran Group) and Air BP. The trip was authorized by Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

(TAM News, January 2011. Adaptado.)

A que se refere o pronome it, na oração it reduces carbon missions by between 65% and 80% ?

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ID
1748056
Banca
CECIERJ
Órgão
CEDERJ
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Are social networking sites addictive?

1With the increasing popularity of wireless devices like smartphones — devices that can move lots of data very quickly — users have access to their social networks 24 hours a day. Most social networking sites have developed applications for your mobile phone, so logging on is always convenient. Social networks also tap into our human desire to stay connected with others. Besides, the rush of nostalgia as you connect with your former grade-school classmate on Facebook can be quite heady and exciting.

2But what's the main reason we find these sites so addictive? Plain old narcissism. We broadcast our personalities online whenever we publish a thought, photo, YouTube video or answer one of those “25 Things About Me" memes. We put that information out there so people will respond and connect to us. And being part of a social network is sort of like having your own entourage that follows you everywhere, commenting on and applauding everything you do. It's very seductive.

3In 2008, researchers at the University of Georgia studied the correlation between narcissism and Facebook users. Unsurprisingly, they found that the more “friends" and wall posts a user had, the more narcissistic he or she was. They noted that narcissistic people use Facebook in a selfpromoting way, rather than in a connective way. It may be an obvious theory, but it also suggests that social networks bring out the narcissist in all of us.

4Social networks are also a voyeuristic experience for many users. Following exchanges on Twitter or posts on Facebook and MySpace are akin to eavesdropping on someone else's conversation. It's entertaining and allows you to feel like a “fly on the wall" in someone else's life.

5Social networking sites also publicly list your “friends" or “followers" — giving you instant status. How many people do you know online who spend all their time trying to get more friends, more followers, more testimonials? We work hard in real life to elevate our statuses, make friends and search out boosters for our self-esteem. Online social networking provides this to us, and we don't even have to change out of our sweatshirts to get it.

(adapted from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/socialnetworking/information/social-networking-sites-addictive2.htm)

Glossary

addictive: viciante; tap into: explorar/tirar proveito; broadcast: anunciar; entourage: comitiva/séquito; akin to eavesdropping: parecido com bisbilhotar; booster: aquilo que impulsiona; sweatshirts: camisetas

The pronoun 'they' in “They noted that narcissistic people use Facebook in a self-promoting way, rather than in a connective way"(paragraph 3) refers to

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  • A questão quer saber a que se refere o pronome THEY no parágrafo 3.

    In 2008, researchers at the University of Georgia studied the correlation between narcissism and Facebook users. [...] They noted that narcissistic people use Facebook in a self-promoting way, rather than in a connective way.
    Tradução: Em 2008, pesquisadores da Universidade da Geórgia estudaram a correlação entre narcisismo e usuários do Facebook. [...] Eles observaram que as pessoas narcisistas usam o Facebook de maneira a se auto promoverem, e não de maneira conectiva.

    O pronome THEY, no contexto, se refere aos pesquisadores da Universidade da Geórgia.
    (researchers at the University of Georgia)


     Gabarito do Professor: D

  • Indo lá no 3 parágrafo vamos pegar o contexto da frase " In 2008, researchers at the University of Georgia studied the correlation between narcissism and Facebook users. Unsurprisingly, they found that the more “friends" and wall posts a user had, the more narcissistic he or she was."

    • Faça a pergunta para si mesmo quem encontrou mais amigos? Automaticamente você responderá pesquisadores da universidade da GEORGIA
ID
1796716
Banca
Prefeitura de Betim - MG
Órgão
Prefeitura de Betim - MG
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the CORRECT answer.

She has told _____ many stories about _____ life in Africa. 

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  • Ela contou _____ muitas histórias sobre _____ vida na África.   A) nosso - dela   B) nossa - ela   C) nós mesmos   D) nós - ela

  • She has told us many stories about her life in Africa.

    Ela nos contou muitas histórias sobre sua vida na África.

    "Us" - personal pronoun - dica: após o verbo, usa-se objective pronouns, pois ele é um objeto.
    "her" - Possessive adjective - dica: vai antes de substantivos, o possessive pronouns (hers) não é seguido de substantivo.

ID
1799722
Banca
FGV
Órgão
CODEMIG
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

TEXT 2

Innovation is the new key to survival

[…]

At its most basic, innovation presents an optimal strategy for controlling costs. Companies that have invested in such technologies as remote mining, autonomous equipment and driverless trucks and trains have reduced expenses by orders of magnitude, while simultaneously driving up productivity.

Yet, gazing towards the horizon, it is rapidly becoming clear that innovation can do much more than reduce capital intensity. Approached strategically, it also has the power to reduce people and energy intensity, while increasing mining intensity.

Capturing the learnings 

The key is to think of innovation as much more than research and development (R&D) around particular processes or technologies. Companies can, in fact, innovate in multiple ways, such as leveraging supplier knowledge around specific operational challenges, redefining their participation in the energy value chain or finding new ways to engage and partner with major stakeholders and constituencies.

To reap these rewards, however, mining companies must overcome their traditionally conservative tendencies. In many cases, miners struggle to adopt technologies proven to work at other mining companies, let alone those from other industries. As a result, innovation becomes less of a technology problem and more of an adoption problem.

By breaking this mindset, mining companies can free themselves to adapt practical applications that already exist in other industries and apply them to fit their current needs. For instance, the tunnel boring machines used by civil engineers to excavate the Chunnel can vastly reduce miners' reliance on explosives. Until recently, those machines were too large to apply in a mining setting. Some innovators, however, are now incorporating the underlying technology to build smaller machines—effectively adapting mature solutions from other industries to realize more rapid results. 

Re-imagining the future

At the same time, innovation mandates companies to think in entirely new ways. Traditionally, for instance, miners have focused on extracting higher grades and achieving faster throughput by optimizing the pit, schedule, product mix and logistics. A truly innovative mindset, however, will see them adopt an entirely new design paradigm that leverages new information, mining and energy technologies to maximize value. […]

Approached in this way, innovation can drive more than cost reduction. It can help mining companies mitigate and manage risks, strengthen business models and foster more effective community and government relations. It can help mining services companies enhance their value to the industry by developing new products and services. Longer-term, it can even position organizations to move the needle on such endemic issues as corporate social responsibility, environmental performance and sustainability.

(http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ru/Document s/energy-resources/ru_er_tracking_the_trends_2015_eng.pdf)

The word “them" in “apply them to fit" (l. 25) refers to:

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  • Gabarito Letra D

    Trata-se de um termo anafórico, que retoma uma palavra dita anteriormente, cuja resposta está no 5º parágrafo na linha1:

    "By breaking this mindset, mining companies can free themselves to adapt practical applications that already exist in other industries and apply them [the practical applications] to fit their current needs"

    bons estudos

  • d-

    By breaking this mindset, mining companies can free themselves to adapt practical applications that already exist in other industries and apply them to fit their current needs.

  • problema foi achar a linha 25

  • The word “them" in “apply them to fit" (l. 25) refers to: practical applications;

    By breaking this mindset, mining companies can free themselves to adapt practical applications that already exist in other industries and apply them to fit their current needs.

ID
1809502
Banca
FGV
Órgão
MRE
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

TEXT III

Use of language in diplomacy

What language should one use when speaking to diplomats, or what language should diplomats use? Or, to be more precise, what language/languages should a (young) diplomat try to learn to be more successful in his profession? 

The term "language in diplomacy" obviously can be interpreted in several ways. First, as tongue ("mother" tongue or an acquired one), the speech "used by one nation, tribe, or other similar large group of people"; in this sense we can say, for example, that French used to be the predominant diplomatic language in the first half of the 20th century. Second, as a special way of expressing the subtle needs of the diplomatic profession; in this way it can be said, for example, that the delegate of such-andsuch a country spoke of the given subject in totally nondiplomatic language. Also, the term can refer to the particular form, style, manner or tone of expression; such as the minister formulated his conditions in unusually strong language. It may mean as well the verbal or non-verbal expression of thoughts or feelings: sending the gunships is a language that everybody understands.

All of these meanings - and probably several others - can be utilised in both oral and written practice. In any of these senses, the use of language in diplomacy is of major importance, since language is not a simple tool, vehicle for transmission of thoughts, or instrument of communication, but very often the very essence of the diplomatic vocation, and that has been so from the early beginnings of our profession. That is why from early times the first envoys of the Egyptian pharaohs, Roman legates, mediaeval Dubrovnik consuls, etc., had to be educated and trained people, well-spoken and polyglots.

Let us first look into different aspects of diplomatic language in its basic meaning - that of a tongue. Obviously, the first problem to solve is finding a common tongue. Diplomats only exceptionally find themselves in the situation to be able to communicate in one language, common to all participants. This may be done between, for example, Germans and Austrians, or Portuguese and Brazilians, or representatives of different Arab countries, or British and Americans, etc. Not only are such occasions rare, but very often there is a serious difference between the same language used in one country and another. 

There are several ways to overcome the problem of communication between people who speak different mother tongues. None of these ways is ideal. One solution, obviously, is that one of the interlocutors speaks the language of the other. Problems may arise: the knowledge of the language may not be adequate, one side is making a concession and the other has an immediate and significant advantage, there are possible political implications, it may be difficult to apply in multilateral diplomacy, etc. A second possibility is that both sides use a third, neutral, language. A potential problem may be that neither side possesses full linguistic knowledge and control, leading to possible bad misunderstandings. Nevertheless, this method is frequently applied in international practice because of its political advantages. A third formula, using interpreters, is also very widely used, particularly in multilateral diplomacy or for negotiations at a very high political level - not only for reasons of equity, but because politicians and statesmen often do not speak foreign languages. This method also has disadvantages: it is time consuming, costly, and sometimes inadequate or straightforwardly incorrect. […] Finally, there is the possibility of using one international synthetic, artificial language, such as Esperanto; this solution would have many advantages, but unfortunately is not likely to be implemented soon, mostly because of the opposition of factors that dominate in the international political - and therefore also cultural and linguistic - scene.

So, which language is the diplomatic one? The answer is not simple at all […].

Words are bricks from which sentences are made. Each sentence should be a wound-up thought. If one wants to be clear, and particularly when using a language which he does not master perfectly, it is better to use short, simple sentences. On the contrary, if one wishes to camouflage his thoughts or even not say anything specific, it can be well achieved by using a more complicated style, complex sentences, digressions, interrupting one's own flow of thought and introducing new topics. One may leave the impression of being a little confused, but the basic purpose of withholding the real answer can be accomplished.

(adapted from http://www.diplomacy.edu/books/language_and_ diplomacy/texts/pdf/nick.PDF)

Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun or a noun group. In the passage “The term ‘language in diplomacy’ obviously can be interpreted in several ways. First, as tongue (‘mother’ tongue or an acquired one), the speech ‘used by one nation, tribe, or other similar large group of people’,” the pronoun “one” is replacing:

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  • letra D

    língua materna e segunda língua  - pronome ONE está substituindo a palavra Tongue

  • Existem dois one: "an acquired one" e "used by one nation". A questão fala do primeiro one. O segundo é um numeral: uma nação.

  • Gab: Letra "D". "Mother tongue or acquired one". Lingua materna ou adquirida.

    "One" é pronome que faz referência ao substantivo antecedente "tongue".

    Abs.

  • or an acquired one - tongue;

ID
1820665
Banca
ACAFE
Órgão
SED-SC
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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) 

The relative pronoun "Who" in the sentence "For boys who were dating, 65% said social media made them more connected to a significant," can be replaced by which or the pronouns below?

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  • Who, whom e which podem ser substituídos por that.

  • According with Richmond(2004) we can both use whom and that to replace who.

ID
1827406
Banca
SCGás
Órgão
SCGás
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the best dialogue completion:

I don't remember ____________ about the accident. 

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  • Alguém poderia explicar, por gentileza, por que não pode ser a letra D?

  • Verdade se alguém explicar eu agradeço por que não pode ser a letra D já que os professores não aparecem para esclarecer as dúvidas dos alunos

ID
1847521
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

  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 “Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices...", the word its refers to

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  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  • Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices..

    its referindo-se ao nome Foxconn.

    Gabarito B

ID
1847530
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2012
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                       Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors

      Two Brazilian sailors died and one was injured Saturday after a fire broke out at a naval research station in Antarctica, authorities reported. The fire occurred at the Comandante Ferraz Station on King George Island, said Adm. Julio Soares de Moura Neto, commander of the Brazilian Navy. The three sailors were trying to extinguish a fire that broke out in the engine room of the facility. Brazilian military police are investigating the cause. The station is home to researchers who conduct studies on the effects of climate change in Antarctica and its implications on the planet, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation. Researchers at the base also study marine life and the atmosphere.


                                          Adaptado de http://articles.cnn.com, consulta em 26/02/2012

In the sentence “The station is home to researchers who conduct studies...", the word who refers to

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  • "A estação é lar para pesquisadores que conduzem estudos..."

    "who" funciona como um pronome relativo e retoma o substantativo researchers.

    GABARITO: LETRA B

  • who = Quem

    researchers = Pesquisadores

  • The station is home to researchers who conduct studies.

    Who- está se referindo a um grupo seleto de PESSOAS ( pesquisadores )

    Pergunte-se : quem conduz os estudos ? = os pesquisadores.

    LETRA B

    APMBB

  • b de bbb

ID
1849873
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FATEC
Órgão
FATEC
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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 segundo parágrafo, o pronome them em - My Twitter account is open for you to denounce them - refere-se a

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ID
1850965
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Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2015
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Children experience basic training and mock deployment

    The 460th Force Support Squadron (FSS) hosted the 6th Annual Operation Future Forces (OFF) Sept. 13, 2014, at Camp Rattlesnake. OFF allows children ages 8-18 to experience what military members endure from basic training to technical school to a mock deployment, ending with a homecoming party.
  “The youth mock deployment was developed to alleviate many of the stresses commonly experienced by young family members when one or both parents are deployed,” said Thomas Cox, 460th FSS youth program chief. “Everything from basic training, tech schools, camp activities and accomplishing their mission as a team made the event a one of a kind opportunity for military kids.”
   A few of the boys had their heads shaved before heading off to “Basic Military Training.” The training consisted of doing push-ups and sit-ups, jumping through hula-hoops and running through an inflatable castle. They were also taught how to stand at attention, salute and do an about-face.
    After basic training, each child attended “technical school” and was taught a specific Air Force Specialty Code to help them in their mock deployment. Some children were taught lifesaving self-aid and buddy care skills while others learned about the importance of radio communications while on a deployment.
   The tech-school graduates were then issued water pistols before heading out. During their deployment, the children encountered hostile and non-hostile citizens, a water-balloon fight and injured allies who needed help along the way.
   At the end of a long day, loved ones waited outside the youth center on base with homemade signs welcoming the “troops” back home.
   “This event was great,” said Senior Airman Jasmine Madison, 460th FSS Force Support Force Management technician. “It’s a way for kids to get a hands-on understanding of what their parents do when they are separated from them during deployments.”

Adapted from http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123424927

In the sentence “During their deployment, the children encountered hostile and non-hostile citizens, a water-balloon fight and injured allies who needed help along the way." (paragraph 5), the words their and who respectively refer to

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  • Na frase "Durante  sua implantação, as crianças encontraram cidadãos hostis e não-hostis, uma luta de balão de água e aliados feridos que precisavam de ajuda ao longo do caminho." (Nº 5), as palavras "their" e "who", respectivamente, referem-se a
    A) às crianças e aos cidadãos.
    B) pistolas de água e aliados feridos.
    C) às crianças e aliados feridos.
    D) implantação e cidadãos não-hostis.
    E) graduados e uma luta de balão de água.
    O possessivo adjetivo "their" e  o pronome relativo  " who" referem-se "as crianças" e "aos aliados feridos"
    Alternativa C.

  • “During their deployment, ..." durante sua implementação. Lembre-se que o THEIR é um POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE, então para achar a referência, vc deve perguntar para o substantivo: Implantação de quem? Das crianças. The children encountered hostile and non-hostile citizens, a water-balloon fight and injured allies who needed help along the way."

    who needed help along the way." Que precisaram de ajuda ao longo do caminho. O pronome relativo who faz retomada ao termo anterior. Who needed help que precisaram de ajuda. Pergunte-se: quem precisou de ajuda? Injured allies who needed help.... aliados feridos que precisaram de ajuda.

    Gabarito: C) the children and injured allies.

    Veja esta e outras resoluções de questões em videoaulas no canal:

    youtube.com/professorthiagoenglish

  • Crianças experimentam treinamento básico e implantação simulada

      O 460º Esquadrão de Apoio à Força (FSS) sediou a 6ª Operação Anual das Forças do Futuro (OFF) em 13 de setembro de 2014, no acampamento Rattlesnake. O OFF permite que crianças de 8 a 18 anos vivenciem o que os militares suportam, desde o treinamento básico até a escola técnica e uma simulação de implantação, terminando com uma festa de regresso.

     “A implantação simulada para jovens foi desenvolvida para aliviar muitos dos estresses comumente experimentados por jovens membros da família quando um ou ambos os pais são implantados”, disse Thomas Cox, chefe do programa 460º FSS para jovens. “Tudo, desde treinamento básico, escolas de tecnologia, atividades de acampamento e cumprimento de sua missão como uma equipe, tornou o evento uma oportunidade única para os militares.”

      Alguns dos meninos tiveram a cabeça raspada antes de seguirem para o “Treinamento Militar Básico”. O treinamento consistia em fazer flexões e abdominais, saltar sobre bambolês e correr por um castelo inflável. Eles também foram ensinados a ficar em posição de sentido, saudar e dar meia-volta.

      Após o treinamento básico, cada criança frequentou a “escola técnica” e aprendeu um Código de Especialidade da Força Aérea específico para ajudá-las em seu desdobramento simulado. Algumas crianças aprenderam habilidades de auto-ajuda para salvar vidas e cuidados com os amigos, enquanto outras aprenderam sobre a importância das comunicações por rádio durante uma implantação.

      Os formandos da escola de tecnologia receberam então pistolas d'água antes de partir. Durante a implantação, as crianças encontraram cidadãos hostis e não hostis, uma luta de balão d'água e aliados feridos que precisavam de ajuda ao longo do caminho.

      No final de um longo dia, entes queridos esperaram do lado de fora do centro da juventude na base com placas caseiras dando as boas-vindas às “tropas” de volta para casa.

      “Este evento foi ótimo”, disse o aviador Jasmine Madison, técnico do 460º FSS Force Support Force Management. “É uma maneira de as crianças obterem uma compreensão prática do que seus pais fazem quando são separados deles durante as implantações.”

    Na frase “Durante o desdobramento, as crianças encontraram cidadãos hostis e não hostis, uma luta de balão de água e aliados feridos que precisavam de ajuda ao longo do caminho.” (Parágrafo 5), as palavras deles e que, respectivamente, se referem a

    UMA

    A)as crianças e os cidadãos.

    B)pistolas de água e aliados feridos.

    C)as crianças e aliados feridos.

    D)implantação e cidadãos não hostis.

    E)graduados e uma luta de balão de água.

ID
1857793
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Japan WW2 Soldier Who Refused to Surrender Dies

   A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after World War Two ended and spent 29 years in the jungle has died aged 91 in Tokyo. Hiroo Onoda remained in the jungle on Lubang Island near Luzon, in the Philippines, until 1974 because he did not believe that the war had ended. He was finally persuaded to emerge after his ageing former commanding officer was flown in to see him. Onoda was greeted as a hero on his return to Japan.
    The young soldier had orders not to surrender - a command he obeyed for nearly three decades. “I became an officer and I received an order. If I could not carry it out, I would feel shame. I am very competitive”, he said. Three other soldiers were with him at the end of the war. One emerged from the jungle in 1950 and the other two died.
     Mr Onoda ignored several attempts to get him to surrender. He later said that he dismissed search parties sent to him, and leaflets dropped by Japan, because there was always something suspicious, so he never believed that the war had really ended. Though Onoda had been officially declared dead in December 1959, search parties were sent out in 1972, when the last person from his group was killed by local police, but they did not find him. Onoda was now alone.
     On February 20, 1974, a Japanese man, Norio Suzuki, found Onoda after four days of searching. They became friends, but Onoda still refused to surrender, saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer. Suzuki returned to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter, and the Japanese government located Onoda’s commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi. He flew to Lubang where on March 9, 1974, he finally met with Onoda and rescinded his original orders in person.
     The Philippine government granted him a pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killing 30 people during his campaign on the island. The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home.

Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25772192 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

In the sentence “The news media reported on this and other misgivings...” (paragraph 5), this refers to

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Comentários

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  • The Philippine government granted him a pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killing 30 people during his campaign on the island. The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home.

    GABARITO: LETRA B

  • Morre o soldado japonês da 2ª Guerra Mundial que se recusou a se render

      Um soldado japonês que se recusou a se render após o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial e passou 29 anos na selva morreu aos 91 anos em Tóquio. Hiroo Onoda permaneceu na selva da Ilha Lubang perto de Luzon, nas Filipinas, até 1974 porque não acreditava que a guerra tivesse acabado. Ele foi finalmente persuadido a emergir depois que seu idoso ex-comandante foi trazido de avião para vê-lo. Onoda foi saudado como um herói em seu retorno ao Japão.

      O jovem soldado recebeu ordens de não se render - uma ordem que ele obedeceu por quase três décadas. “Tornei-me oficial e recebi uma encomenda. Se não pudesse cumprir, sentiria vergonha. Sou muito competitivo ”, disse. Três outros soldados estavam com ele no final da guerra. Um emergiu da selva em 1950 e os outros dois morreram.

       O Sr. Onoda ignorou várias tentativas de fazê-lo se render. Mais tarde, ele disse que dispensou grupos de busca enviados a ele e panfletos espalhados pelo Japão, porque sempre havia algo suspeito, então ele nunca acreditou que a guerra realmente tivesse terminado. Embora Onoda tenha sido oficialmente declarado morto em dezembro de 1959, grupos de busca foram enviados em 1972, quando a última pessoa de seu grupo foi morta pela polícia local, mas não o encontraram. Onoda agora estava sozinho.

       Em 20 de fevereiro de 1974, um japonês, Norio Suzuki, encontrou Onoda após quatro dias de busca. Eles se tornaram amigos, mas Onoda ainda se recusou a se render, dizendo que estava esperando ordens de um oficial superior. Suzuki voltou ao Japão com fotos dele e de Onoda como prova de seu encontro, e o governo japonês localizou o comandante de Onoda, major Yoshimi Taniguchi. Ele voou para Lubang onde, em 9 de março de 1974, finalmente se encontrou com Onoda e rescindiu pessoalmente suas ordens originais.

       O governo filipino concedeu-lhe perdão, embora muitos em Lubang nunca o tenham perdoado por matar 30 pessoas durante sua campanha na ilha. A mídia noticiou esta e outras dúvidas, mas ao mesmo tempo saudou seu retorno para casa.

    Na frase "A mídia noticiosa noticiou sobre esta e outras dúvidas ..." (parágrafo 5), isso se refere a

    A)outras dúvidas.

    B)matando 30 pessoas.

    C)tanta atenção.

    D)o governo filipino.

    E)pedidos originais.

    Questão complexa, é preciso entender muito bem a língua inglesa para conseguir responder.

ID
1857802
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

                                         Brazil’s Rolezinhos – The Kids Are All Right


     Shopping Metrô Itaquera, a gleaming mall amid the favelas (shantytowns) of eastern São Paulo, gained notoriety on January 11th, when the police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse a crowd of 3,000 youths. The youngsters were participating in a rolezinho, a gathering of tens, hundreds, and sometimes thousands of youngsters which is convened via social networks.

     Mall owners and shopkeepers have reasons to be cautious. A few rolezinhos have led to muggings and robberies. But most do not end in Itaquera-like chaos: the word’s true meaning is closer to “little outing”. And theories that rolezeiros are class warriors or favela dwellers tired of the country’s veiled racism are not correct. “Their battle cry is not ‘Less oppression!’” says Renato Barreiros, who has directed a documentary about them. “It’s ‘More Adidas!’”

    The point of a rolezinho is “to hang out, chill, buy nice things, meet people”, explains Vinicius Andrade, a 17-year-old from Capão Redondo, a favela in western São Paulo. He has taken part in 18 big rolezinhos and helped organise a few, drawing some of his 89,000 Facebook followers. His 15-year-old girlfriend, Yasmin Oliveira, a rolezeiro sweetheart with 94,000 fans of her own on the social network, says that shopping centres make good meeting places because they are safe – an important consideration in a crime-ridden city. There are few other public venues for kids, especially in poorer neighbourhoods.

     As well as air conditioning, shopping centres also confer something no open-air space can: status. Rolezeiros enjoy walking around in a branded T-shirt and bermudas, with a pair of 400- reais ($170) shades perched on a baseball cap. Vinicius confesses to spending 800-1,000 reais a month on clothes and accessories, most of what he makes as a helper at a local Adventist church. Just 8% of Itaquera shoppers enjoy a monthly income in excess of 2,780 reais. Some rolezeiros support their flashy lifestyle by reselling outmoded attire to poorer neighbours.

    Shopkeepers in the local malls have mixed feelings about the gatherings. On the one hand, the youngsters make ideal clients: they often pay cash and can spend 2,000-3,000 reais in one go. On the other, larger groups can scare away customers.

Adapted from http://www.economist.com

In the sentence “...shopping centres make good meeting places because they are safe...” (paragraph 3), the word they refers to

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  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  • TRADUZINDO A FRASE...

    Os shopping são bons lugares pra se conversa pois são seguros.

    Faça a pergunta ---> Quem são seguros?

    De cara você vai ter a respostas de quem é seguro no caso os shopping center

  • TRADUZINDO A QUESTAO:

    Na frase “... os centros comerciais são bons locais de encontro porque são seguros ...” (n.º 3), a palavra a que se referem

    A)fãs. --> essa alternativa não tem nada a ver com a frase.

    B)centros comerciais. --> esse é o gabarito da questão.

    C)rolezeiros. --> nada a ver, isso é gíria.

    D)crianças. não entra no contexto.

    E)bairros. --> fora de cogitação

    .

ID
1862209
Banca
Aeronáutica
Órgão
EEAR
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue below.

Mary: Whose pencil is that? Is it yours, Paul?

Paul: No, it’s not ____. I saw Susan using it. I think it’s ____.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • LETRA B

  • Olá, pessoal
    Eu tenho um canal no youtube que dou algumas dicas de Inglês!!!
    Esse vídeo aqui é sobre Pronomes
    https://youtu.be/33P1Rd6GX5k

  • Escolha a alternativa que melhor completa o diálogo abaixo.
    Mary: Whose pencil is that? Is it yours, Paul?
    Paul: No, it's not mine. I saw Susan using it. I think it's hers. 
    Maria: De quem é esse lápis? É seu (yours), Paul?
    Paul: Não, não é meu (mine). Eu vi Susan usando. Eu acho que é dela (hers).

    Os pronomes possessivos indicam posse e são utilizados com o objetivo de substituir o substantivo contido na frase.
    Ex.: That is my friend's bag and this is mine. (Aquela é a bolsa da minha amiga e esta é a minha).

    Gabarito do Professor: B

  • MINE/HERS > USA QUANDO NÃO APARECE ANTES DO SUBSTANTIVO

  • Usam-se os possessive Pronouns sempre que o pronome vier Posteriormente à coisa possuída. Já os possessive Adjectives usam-se quando o pronome vem Antes da coisa possuída.

    nesse caso, "no, it (coisa possuída antes do pronome) is not mine (mine porque o pronome veio depois da coisa, se tivesse vindo antes seria my)".

    "I think it is hers (mesmo caso de cima, caso tivesse vindo antes seria her)".

    Gabarito: Alternativa B

  • BIZUU PRA NUNCA MAIS ERRA;

    QUANDO DO LADO DA LACUNA NAO TIVER VERBO E NEM SUBSTANTIVO, ISSO SERVE PARA OS OIS LADOS DA LACUNA. VC SEMPRE VAI USAR PRONOME POSSESSIVO MINE. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ID
1868215
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
ANAC
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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 pre-owned 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 pronoun 'they' occurs twice in #1 line 6, referring to

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Comentários

  • dealers - concessionários

  • Google tradutor do primeiro parágrafo:

    CARE Adquirir um novo avião já é um processo bastante complexo. Adquirir uma aeronave de segunda mão pode ser uma tarefa ainda mais desafiadora. A indústria tem a sua parte justa de corretores e especialistas todos dispostos a oferecer-lhe o melhor negócio na cidade, mas, infelizmente, uma vez que você assinou e a aeronave é entregue, eles tendem a desaparecer como eles se deslocam para o próximo negócio.

  • 'Brokers and experts' se referem a 'corretores e especialistas'. Isso se refere a 'dealers', sinônimo de 'negociantes'. A banca utilizou de palavras sinônimas. As demais alternativas não têm relação com a resposta

     

  • As provas de ingles da Esaf (nível superior) são coerentes com vocabulário praticado na maioria dos lugares do mundo, não há invencionice. Já as da CESP e FCC (nível superior) as questões relativas à vocabulário são colocados sinônimos que só quem tem um nível fluente nativo vai conseguir fazer. 

  • Esta referência "#1 line 6" tá errada, né? Acredito que seja: "paragráfo 1 e linha 6".

ID
1870603
Banca
IF-SE
Órgão
IF-SE
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Microsoft’s Project Natick brings data centers underwater
Jordan Novet January 31, 2016 9:11 PM

Microsoft today unveiled Project Natick, a fascinating research initiative that could bring cloud computing infrastructure closer to big cities near large bodies of water — by putting data centers underwater

Microsoft isn‘t running any web services, like Office 365, through the data center infrastructure inside of these capsules. But Microsoft did build one (named the Leona Philpot, after the Halo character) and set it 30 feet underwater off of the California coast for four months in 2015. The capsules could have their computing hardware replaced every five years, but eventually they could well be kept underwater, without people onsite, for 20 years or more. And they could be powered by renewable energy, too. 

"Project Natick reflects Microsoft‘s ongoing quest for cloud datacenter solutions that offer rapid provisioning, lower costs, high responsiveness, and are more environmentally sustainable,‖ Microsoft explained on the website for the project. 

It‘s an unusual and forward-looking way for a company at Microsoft‘s scale — or any scale, really — to operate its core data center infrastructure. It‘s reminiscent of the Google barge that some people suspected had been intended to house data center hardware. (Other reports suggested it could be used for retail purposes.) But that project has been forgotten. Major web companies like Google and Facebook are now focusing on using aircraft to deliver the Internet to people, which has taken up some of the spotlight on research into new or better ways to deliver services. But the servers, storage, and networking equipment have got to live somewhere.

One might think putting data centers in the ocean might have environmental repercussions. But Microsoft is indicating that nothing untoward happened in the initial experiment. 

"During our deployment of the Leona Philpot vessel, sea life in the local vicinity quickly adapted to the presence of the vessel,‖ Microsoft said on the Project Natick website. 

Now Microsoft is looking to advance the research by building larger capsules. People working on the project have begun devising one three times as large as the first, according to John Markoff of the New York Times. 

SOURCE: http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/31/microsofts-projectnatick-brings-data-centers-underwater/ accessed on 19/02/16 at 3:30 pm. 

No extrato do texto “ During our development of the Leona Philpot vessel,...” o adjetivo possessivo 'our‘ faz referência a

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  • b-

    "Our" is a representation of the microsoft, as it's acting as the collective entity responsible for the deployment of the vessel containing the data centre unit deposited at the ocean floor.

ID
1878502
Banca
SCGás
Órgão
SCGás
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the best dialogue completion:

I don’t remember ____________ about the accident.

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Comentários

  • ANYTHING

    Anything pode ser usada em três ocasiões: quando queremos falar “qualquer coisa”, em frases afirmativas; “nada”, em frases negativas; e em frases interrogativas com significado de “alguma coisa”. Veja abaixo mais exemplos.

    NOTHING

    Nothing significa “nada”, e muitas vezes seu uso é confundido com o de anything. Na verdade, a única diferença entre ambas é que, com anything, devemos usar o auxiliar que acompanha o verbo na negativa, enquanto que, com nothing, a frase fica na afirmativa mesmo. Para decorar essa regrinha, basta lembrar que em inglês, não podemos negar duas vezes a mesma coisa.

    GABARITO: LETRA B

ID
1884976
Banca
FUNCAB
Órgão
SEPLAG-MG
Ano
2014
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

            How Telecommuting Works

Telecommuting, which is growing in popularity, allows

employees to avoid long commutes.

“Brring,” the alarm startles you out of a deep sleep. It’s

8 a.m. on Monday morning. Time to head to the office.

You roll out of bed, brush your teeth and stumble your

way to the kitchen to grab some coffee.

Moments later, you head to the office, still wearing

your pajamas and fluffy slippers. Luckily for you, you

don’t have to go far – you work at home.

Telecommuting, or working at home, has grown in

popularity over the last 20 years.

On an increasing basis, workers are saying “no” to

long commutes and opting to work at home. In fact,

the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of

employees working from home grew by 23 percent

from 1990 to 2000.

Telecommuting workers revel in making their own

schedule – allowing them to schedule work around

family and personal commitments. With the ready

availability of technology tools, like the Internet and

home computers, companies are more willing to let

employees work from home.

    ( Adaptedfrom : < http: //home.howstuffworks.com/telecommuting.htm>Access on 18th January, 2014) 

The pronoun THEM in the last paragraph of the text refers to:

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Comentários

  • O pronome THEM no último parágrafo do texto refere-se a:  

     A) ferramentas tecnológicas.   B) teletrabalho.   C) a Internet e computadores domésticos.   D) compromissos familiares e pessoais.

  • b

ID
1899694
Banca
Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

               Genetically Modified Foods, Pros and Cons. 
 
      Genetically modified foods (GMs)are becoming increasingly coirtmon in many countries. However, before one opts for any of these foods, it is very important to know about their pros and cons.
           There are a variety of reasons for developing GMs. For instance, some foods are genetically modified to prevent the occurrence of allergies after consumption, while some are developed to improve their shelf life.
            Though the seeds of GMs are quite expensive, their cost of production is said to be lesser than that of the traditional crops for these foods do have natural resistance towards damaging pests and insects. This reduces the necessity of exposing crops to hazardous Chemicals. It is also said that GMs grow faster. Due to this, productivity increases, providing the population with more food. At times, GMs crops can be grown at places with unfavorable climatic conditions whereas a normal crop can grow only in specific season or under some favorable climatic conditions.
            The biggest threat caused by GMs is that they can have harmful effects on the human body. It is believed that they can cause diseases which are immune to antibiotics. Moreover, according to some experts, people who consume such foods have high chances of developing câncer. Besides, not much is known about their long-term effects on human beings.
            In many countries, manufacturers do not mention on the labei that foods are genetically modified because they think that this would affect their business. However, this is not a good practice as consumers do not get the chance to decide whether they should really opt for these foods, Experts are of the opinion that with the increase of genetically modified foods, developing countries would start depending more on industrial countries because it is likely that the food production would be controlled by them in the time to come.

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

Which alternat:ive below is INCORRECT, basied on the above?

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  • Na linha "31" começa com "Experts are of the opinion that with the increase of genetically modified foods, developing countries would start depending more on industrial countries because it is likely that the food production would be controlled by them in the time to come."

    A produção de comidas deveriam ser controladas por eles, eles quem? Os Especialista,ora!

    E está ERRADA