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ID
5068
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)

Check the only correct option.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • depletion - esgotamento
    forecast - previsão / backcast - revés, algo que trás má sorte
    set against - ficar contra / set forth - demonstrar, anunciar
    feasible - possível / unlikely - improvável 

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
  • Só complementando a Mayara.

    backcast pode ser algo como reverter, voltar um passo atrás.
    Não é sinonimo nem antonimo de forecast, simplesmente não tem nunhum ligação de significado apesar do final coicidente.

  • d- 

    to date: until now, heretofore, so far, hitherto, até o momento.

ID
5521
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

The only pair of antonyms is:

Alternativas
Comentários

  • c-

    accurate- free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model;precise; exact.

     

    ref.:

    http://www.dictionary.com/browse/accurately?s=t

  • A) unreachable = inacessível

    Ou seja, a questão colocou um sinônimo, mas o que é pedido é o antônimo

    B) to meet = encontrar

    Um possível antônimo poderia ser mismatch

    C) GABARITO

    accurately = precisamente

    Ou seja, algo oposto a preciso seria impreciso ou incorreto.

    D) recently = recentemente

    lately = ultimamente

    E) reliable = confiável

    dependable é um sinônimo, podendo ser traduzido como confiável, seguro.

ID
6433
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
MTE
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below which is entitled "The future of work" in
order to answer questions 21 to 24.

The future of work

Source: Newsweek
Jan 30th, 2006 (Adapted)

Many of the rich world’s notions about old age are dying.
While the streamlining effects of international competition
are focusing attention on the need to create and keep good
jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about
the growing shortage of young workers. One unavoidable
solution: putting older people back to work, whether they
like it or not. Indeed, cutting-edge European economies
like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised
their retirement ages, reversing the postwar trend toward
ever-earlier retirement. Others are under severe pressure
to follow suit, as both the European Commission and the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) have recently warned their members that their
future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from
the elderly.
This erosion of one of the cornerstones of the good
life – relaxed golden years – has not gone unremarked. In
the last year, Belgium, Italy and France have all been hit
with massive protests against pension reforms that would,
among other things, have raised the retirement age.

Finland and Denmark are described as "cutting-edge economies", which means they are considered

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Finland and Denmark are considered extremely modern and advanced.cutting-edge seria como avançar com rapidez, ser proatividade, moderno (à frente do seu tempo).
  • cutting-edge - de ponta, de última geração.

  • b-

    cutting edge - innovative, vanguard, avant-garde, state of the art, newfangled, advanced.

ID
6448
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
MTE
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below which is entitled “The perils of
prosperity” in order to answer questions 28 to 30.

The perils of prosperity
Source: The Economist
April 27th 2006 (Adapted)

Midway through the first decade of the 21st century,
economic growth is pulling millions out of poverty. Growth,
so devoutly desired yet often so elusive for developing
countries, is occurring in China and India on a heroic scale.
Yet once affluence is achieved, its value is often questioned.
In the 1960s and 1970s, economists started worrying about
environmental and social limits to growth. Now Avner Offer,
professor of economic history at Oxford University, has
added a weighty new critique to this tradition.
“The Challenge of Affluence” accepts that the
populations of poor countries gain from growth, but says
that the main benefits of prosperity are achieved at quite
modest levels. Its central thesis is that rising living standards
in Britain and America have engendered impatience, which
undermines well-being. The fruits of affluence are bitter
ones, and include addiction, obesity, family breakdown and
mental disorders.

Professor Offer´s new critique is described as weighty. Therefore,

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Weight = pesado >>> esta palavra é usada para indicar a importância da opinião do professor: "opinião de peso", "crítica relevante"

    Gabarito: D

  • d-

    weighty (nesse contexto)- considerable, important, influential, meaningful, powerful, valuable.

ID
6976
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
CGU
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below which is entitled "A modest proposal"
in order to answer questions 24 to 26.

A modest proposal
Source: www.economist.com

14 Dec 2005 (Adapted)
          What on earth is the European Union budget for? It
is too small (taking up just over 1% of EU-wide GDP) to
have any serious effect. To judge by the wrangling before
this week's EU summit in Brussels, it has become mostly
an opportunity for countries to air their pet grievances
and to demand their money back. If there is a deal on the
budget this week, it will be an agreement reached for its
own sake, because EU leaders cannot bear to be blamed
for yet another summit failure. And if there is no deal, it will
similarly be a disagreement for its own sake - because
France rather likes the idea of putting Britain, which holds
the rotating EU presidency, in the dock for one more
fi nancial fi asco.
          Yet if there was ever a good moment to think hard
about how the budget might be better designed to
advance the Union's stated aims, it ought to be now. The
"fi nancial perspective" is negotiated once every six years.
That ought to create enough time to step back a bit and
consider some fi rst principles. The present negotiation
is also the fi rst since French and Dutch voters rejected
the EU constitution this summer, creating another good
opportunity to ask whether the club is still spending its
money on the right things. What would a budget look like if
it took the EU's goals at all seriously?

In paragraph 1, the author refers to "the wrangling before this week's EU summit", which denotes an atmosphere which is

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Wrangling = to engage in argument or controversy

  • Resolvi a questão através da dedução. Não sei esse vocabulário rebuscado. Então eu vi que o texto tratava de algo negativo, logo eliminei as alternativas a,c, d e e que eram positivas, sobrou apenas a "b" que significa coisas negativas e é a resposta correta.

  • b-

    wrangle - quarrel, contend, bout, have words, contest, bust-up, angrily dispute something

ID
6985
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
CGU
Ano
2006
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below which is entitled "Congress Caps
another Disappointing Year" in order to answer questions
27 to 30.

Congress Caps another Disappointing Year
Source: www.aaas.org
4th January 2006 (Adapted)

On December 30, nearly three months into the fi scal
year, President Bush signed the last two Fiscal Year
2006 appropriations bills into law, bringing the FY 2006
appropriation process to a close. The American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the
federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals
$134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase.
But 97 percent of the increase goes to just two specifi c
areas: defense weapons development and human space
exploration technologies. Funding for all other federal
R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and will fall
nearly 2 percent after adjusting for infl ation. Leaving out
large federal investments in development, congressional
appropriations for basic and applied research total $57.0
billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 1.8 percent over
2005. But NASA applied research on human space fl ight
technologies accounts for a majority of the increase,
leaving most agency research portfolios with modest
increases falling short of infl ation, or cuts. Many fl agship
federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in
2006.

The author points out that "Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase", which means it will

Alternativas
Comentários
  • barely means - By a very little; hardly: could barely see the road in the fog. (pode dificilmente, com muita dificuldade, ver a estrana na neblina).

    barely increase => hardly rise, hardly increase

  • b-

    barely - scarcely, only just, hardly

    increase- go up, augment, rise

ID
7147
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
CGU
Ano
2004
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21
to 24:

Unpicking the fiscal straitjacket

Never has a straitjacket seemed so ill-fitting or so
insecure. The euro area's "stability and growth pact"
was supposed to stop irresponsible member states
from running excessive budget deficits, defined as 3%
of GDP or more. Chief among the restraints was the
threat of large fines if member governments breached
the limit for three years in a row. For some time now,
no one has seriously believed those restraints would
hold. In the early hours of Tuesday November 25th,
the euro's fiscal straitjacket finally came apart at the
seams.
The pact's fate was sealed over an extended
dinner meeting of the euro area's 12 finance
ministers. They chewed over the sorry fiscal record of
the euro's two largest members, France and
Germany. Both governments ran deficits of more than
3% of GDP last year and will do so again this year.
Both expect to breach the limit for the third time in
2004. Earlier this year, the European Commission,
which policies the pact, agreed to give both countries
an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back
into line. But it also instructed them to revisit their
budget plans for 2004 and make extra cuts. France
was asked to cut its underlying, cyclically adjusted
deficit by a full 1% of GDP, Germany by 0.8%. Both
resisted.

Nov 27th, 2003
The Economist Global Agenda

In "if member states breached the limit" (paragraph 1), "breached" could best be replaced by

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Resposta: b --> exceeded = ultrapassou, excedeu
    Chief among the restraints was the threat of large fines if member governments breached the limit for three years in a row.
    Dentre as restrições, houve a ameaça de elevadas multas, se os governos membros ultrapassassem o limite de três anos consecutivos.

  • reduced = reduzido


    exceeded = excedido


    extended = estendido


    compassed = cercado, rodeado


    outlasted = suportado

  • Não sabia o siginificado das palavras mas fiz assim:" breached the limit for three years", se tem um limite de 3 anos então não pode exceder, marquei exceeded.

ID
17728
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
BNDES
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
     is having an impact on the way people think about
     datacenters. Companies around the world are
     announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5   buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
     guidance on how you can take action to control energy
     costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
     overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
     power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10  capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
          Projects regarding performance optimization and
     cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices in
     nearly every area of business. So why not treat energy
     cost in the same way?
15      As Information Technologies (IT) pros, many of us
     make decisions about the configuration and setup of
     servers, the specifications on the equipment our
     organizations purchase, and the requirements for
     datacenter upgrades and construction. We even provide
20  early design input during application development. When
     it comes to these projects, we obviously have a golden
     opportunity to be green and influence the energy
     efficiency of any datacenter.
          The first part of any strategy is to know your current
25  energy usage. You need to know where your energy is
     used and by what specific equipment, as well as what
     usage is efficient and what is wasteful in the datacenter.
     Unfortunately, it's rare to find power-consumption
     metering in place that can break down usage to a level
30  where people can see the results of their actions. Most
     organizations typically only see a monthly power bill
     that rolls up consumption into an overall bottom line.
     This offers little incentive for saving energy since
     individuals never see the impact of their decisions, and
35  there is no way for them to prove that their changes
     have actually saved energy.
          One of the first issues people confront when
     considering a green datacenter initiative is whether they
     have executive support. For the purpose of the article, I
40  am going to assume the answer is "not yet." Executive
     support requires a serious commitment that provides
     resources and budget for your initiative. And while there
     is a lot of talk about green datacenters, the reality is
     that there is still often a lack of serious support at the
45  executive level. If you did already have such executive
     support, you would probably be running a green
     datacenter right now.
          Still, even assuming you are not getting the support
     you need, there is a great deal you can do to push your
50  green datacenter initiative forward. So how do you
     determine effective actions to take in achieving your
     goals? Fortunately, energy efficiency is not a new
     concept and there is a lot that IT pros can learn from
     other industries. [.]
55      Anyway, for whichever direction you choose,
     planning an energy efficiency program for your datacenter
     will require collaboration across groups in IT. Until
     recently, the typical approach to planning IT solutions
     has been to ignore power costs early on during the design
60  phase, focusing on the hardware and software being
     purchased, along with the labor and hosting costs of
     the solution. When power is buried in the overhead cost
     of running solutions in a datacenter, energy efficiency
     is a low priority. Exposing the actual power being
65  consumed by solutions is the first critical step in changing
     the behavior of your organization.

By Dave Ohara
TechNet Magazine, October 2007

The correct opposites for the words "hot" (line 1) and "wasteful" (line 27) as they are used in the text are, respectively:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • hot no texto quer dizer assunto do momento - extra, redline - assunto popular, tópico principal , ''quente'' e o antonimo seria unpopular, desinteressante.Wasteful - desperdicioso, contrário de economical.
  • Os opostos corretos para as palavras "hot" (linha 1) e "wasteful" (linha 27) como são usados  no texto são, respectivamente:

    A) fora de moda - imprudente
    B) impopular - econômico.
    C) ultrapassado - excessivo.
    D) legal - desnecessário.
    E) na moda - econômico.
    "hot"- intenso, caloroso

    No texto -  "Green is the hot topic...", quer dizer : assunto popular, que está em evidência no momento.

    "wasteful" - desperdiçador, esbanjador

    Segundo o texto, as palavras "hot" e "wasteful" significam respectivamente "popular" e "esbanjador".
    Portanto os apostam são: impopular e econômico.


    RESPOSTA: Alternativa B.

  • b-

    hot - current, up-to-date, trending != unpopular

    wasteful - lavish, spendthrift != economical

  • GAB: LETRA B

    Complementando!

    Fonte: Karla Branco

    A questão trata sobre antônimos. É preciso entender as intenções do autor do texto e confrontá-las com as afirmações de cada opção de resposta, após analisá-las. Para isso, é importante estar atento ao uso do vocabulário no contexto em que foi usado.

     No texto, hot (l. 1) significa “quente”, “atual, “importante”, “familiar”. Observe: 

    • Green is the hot topic these days (l. 1) 

    Wasteful (l. 27), por sua vez, significa “desperdiçador”, “esbanjador”, “desnecessário”:

    • […] what usage is efficient and what is wasteful in the datacenter. (l. 26-27)

    Assim, é preciso localizar a alternativa que traduz corretamente o sentido oposto dessas duas palavras.

    ===

    A - out of fashion – imprudent

    ERRADO.

    De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a expressão out of fashion significa “fora de moda” e a palavra imprudent pode ser traduzida como “imprudente”. 

    Sendo assim, no contexto de uso no texto, out of fashion até poderia ser considerada como antônimo de hot (l. 1). Contudo, imprudent e wasteful (l. 27) NÃO são palavras antônimas.

    ===

    B - unpopular – economical.

    CERTO.

    De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra unpopular significa “impopular”; “malquisto” e a palavra economical pode ser traduzida como “econômico”. 

    Sendo assim, unpopular e economical podem ser consideradas, respectivamente, como antônimos de hot (l. 1) e wasteful (l. 27), no contexto em que estas foram usadas no texto.

    ===

    C - outdated – excessive.

    ERRADO.

    De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra outdated significa “antiquado”, “obsoleto” e a palavra excessive pode ser traduzida como “excessivo”, “exorbitante”, “exagerado”. 

    Sendo assim, no contexto de uso no texto, outdated até poderia ser considerada como antônimo de hot (l. 1). Contudo, excessive e wasteful (l. 27) NÃO são palavras antônimas.

    ===

    D - cool – unnecessary.

    ERRADO.

    De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra cool significa “fresco”, “tranquilo”; “arrojado”; “excelente” e a palavra unnecessary pode ser traduzida como “desnecessário”, “supérfluo”, “inútil”. 

    Sendo assim, cool e unnecessary NÃO são, respectivamente, antônimos de hot (l. 1) e wasteful (l. 27), no contexto em que foram usadas no texto.

    ===

    E - trendy – thrifty.

    ERRADO.

    De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra trendy significa “na moda”, “moderno” e a palavra thrifty pode ser traduzida como “econômico”, “próspero”, “viçoso”. 

    Sendo assim, no contexto de uso no texto, thrifty até poderia ser considerada como antônimo de wasteful (l. 27). Contudo, trendy e hot (l. 1) NÃO são palavras antônimas, mas sinônimas.

ID
17740
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
BNDES
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

          Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
     is having an impact on the way people think about
     datacenters. Companies around the world are
     announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5   buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
     guidance on how you can take action to control energy
     costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
     overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
     power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10  capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
          Projects regarding performance optimization and
     cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices in
     nearly every area of business. So why not treat energy
     cost in the same way?
15      As Information Technologies (IT) pros, many of us
     make decisions about the configuration and setup of
     servers, the specifications on the equipment our
     organizations purchase, and the requirements for
     datacenter upgrades and construction. We even provide
20  early design input during application development. When
     it comes to these projects, we obviously have a golden
     opportunity to be green and influence the energy
     efficiency of any datacenter.
          The first part of any strategy is to know your current
25  energy usage. You need to know where your energy is
     used and by what specific equipment, as well as what
     usage is efficient and what is wasteful in the datacenter.
     Unfortunately, it's rare to find power-consumption
     metering in place that can break down usage to a level
30  where people can see the results of their actions. Most
     organizations typically only see a monthly power bill
     that rolls up consumption into an overall bottom line.
     This offers little incentive for saving energy since
     individuals never see the impact of their decisions, and
35  there is no way for them to prove that their changes
     have actually saved energy.
          One of the first issues people confront when
     considering a green datacenter initiative is whether they
     have executive support. For the purpose of the article, I
40  am going to assume the answer is "not yet." Executive
     support requires a serious commitment that provides
     resources and budget for your initiative. And while there
     is a lot of talk about green datacenters, the reality is
     that there is still often a lack of serious support at the
45  executive level. If you did already have such executive
     support, you would probably be running a green
     datacenter right now.
          Still, even assuming you are not getting the support
     you need, there is a great deal you can do to push your
50  green datacenter initiative forward. So how do you
     determine effective actions to take in achieving your
     goals? Fortunately, energy efficiency is not a new
     concept and there is a lot that IT pros can learn from
     other industries. [.]
55      Anyway, for whichever direction you choose,
     planning an energy efficiency program for your datacenter
     will require collaboration across groups in IT. Until
     recently, the typical approach to planning IT solutions
     has been to ignore power costs early on during the design
60  phase, focusing on the hardware and software being
     purchased, along with the labor and hosting costs of
     the solution. When power is buried in the overhead cost
     of running solutions in a datacenter, energy efficiency
     is a low priority. Exposing the actual power being
65  consumed by solutions is the first critical step in changing
     the behavior of your organization.

By Dave Ohara
TechNet Magazine, October 2007

Check the correct pair of synonyms.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • provide(s) e supply(ies) significa fornecer são sinônimos!(certo) Cearly - cedo quick - rápido A - erradoactually - realmente e presently - atualmente - B - Erradolack - falta(lack of lucky - falta de sorte) loss - perda.d- Erradoachieving(conseguindo, ''pegando'', adquirindo) - planning - planejando - E - errado!

  • c-

    provide, furnish, cater, hand over, provision, replenish, fix up with, supply

  • GAB: LETRA C

    Complementando!

    Fonte: Karla Branco

    A questão trata sobre sinônimos e antônimos. É preciso entender as intenções do autor e confrontá-las com as afirmações de cada opção de resposta, após analisá-las. Para isso, é importante estar atento ao uso do vocabulário no contexto em que foi usado.

    ===

    A - early (line 20) – quick

    • ERRADO.

    • De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra early significa “matinal”; “precoce”, “inicial”, “rápido”; “cedo”. No trecho em que é usada no texto, a palavra early significa “inicial”. Observe:
    • […] We even provide early design input during application development. […] (l. 19-20)
    • Sendo assim, early NÃO é sinônimo de quick (“rápido”).

    ===

    B - actually (line 36) – presently

    • ERRADO.

    • De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra actually significa “verdadeiramente”, “realmente”. No trecho em que é usada no texto, a palavra actually tem exatamente esse significado. Observe:
    • […] and there is no way for them to prove that their changes have actually saved energy. (l 34-36; “[...] realmente economizou energia”

    • Sendo assim, actually NÃO é sinônimo de presently (“atualmente”)

    ===

    C - provides (line 41) – supplies

    • CERTO.

    • De acordo com o dicionário Collins, a palavra provide significa “fornecer”, “proporcionar”. No trecho em que é usada no texto, a palavra provide significa “fornece”. Observe:
    • Executive support requires a serious commitment that provides resources. (l 40-42)
    • Supplies pode ser substantivo na forma plural (“suprimentos”), mas também pode ser a 3ª pessoa do presente do verbo supply (“fornecer”, “suprir”).

    • Sendo assim, provides é sinônimo de supplies (“supre”, "fornece").

    ===

    D - lack (line 44) – loss

    • ERRADO.

    • De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra lack significa “falta”, “necessidade”. No trecho em que é usada no texto, a palavra lack tem exatamente esse significado. Observe:
    • […] there is still often a lack of serious support. (l. 44)
    • Sendo assim, lack NÃO é sinônimo de loss (“perda”).

    ===

    E - achieving (line 51) – planning

    • ERRADO.

    • De acordo com o dicionário MacMillan, a palavra achieving significa “terminar ou completar com êxito”, “realizar”. No trecho em que é usada no texto, a palavra achieving significa “alcançar”. Observe:
    • So how do you determine effective actions to take in achieving your goals? (l. 50-52)

    • Sendo assim, achieving NÃO é sinônimo de planning (“planejar”).

ID
23194
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
Banco do Brasil
Ano
2002
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Text VII – questions 38 through 40

World Bank Brazil – country brief
1 With an estimated 167 million inhabitants, Brazil has the
largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth in the world. The
majority live in the south-central area, which includes industrial cities
4 such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. 80% of the
population now lives in urban areas. Rapid growth in the urban
population has aided economic development but also created serious
7 problems for major cities.
Brazil’s “miracle years” were in the late 1960s and early 1970s
when double digit-annual growth rates were recorded and the structure
10 of the economy underwent rapid change.
In the 1980s, however, Brazil’s economic performance was
poor in comparison with its potential. Annual Gross Domestic Product
13 (GDP) growth only averaged 1.5 percent over the period from 1980
to 1993. This reflected the economy’s inability to respond to
international events in the late 1970s and the 1980s: the second oil
16 shock; increase in international real interest rates; the Latin American
external debt crisis and the ensuing cutoff of foreign credit and foreign
direct investment. This lack of responsiveness reflected the largely
19 inward-looking policy orientation that had been in place since the
1960s.
Economic flexibility was further impaired by provisions of the
22 1988 Constitution, which introduced significant rigidities in budgeting
and public expenditure. An outcome of these pressures was a steady
rise in the rate of inflation, which reached monthly rates of 50% by the
25 middle of 1994.

Internet: <http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/Exter…/
abe36259ca656c4985256914005207e3?OpenDocumen> (with adaptations).

The sentence "Rapid growth in the urban population has aided economic development but also created serious problems for major cities" (R.5-7) means the same as

Fast increase in the city populations not only has helped economic progress, but also brought about serious problems for bigger urban areas.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Fast increase in the city populations not only has helped economic progress, but also brought about serious problems for bigger urban areas.

    Tradução

    Aumento rápido na população da cidade não só ajudou o progresso económico, mas também trouxe sérios problemas para   áreas urbanas maiores.

  • Não desista! jogue teu coração nos seus objetivos e vá buscá-lo.

    Agora vai estudar mais...

ID
23200
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
Banco do Brasil
Ano
2002
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Text VII – questions 38 through 40

World Bank Brazil – country brief
1 With an estimated 167 million inhabitants, Brazil has the
largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth in the world. The
majority live in the south-central area, which includes industrial cities
4 such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. 80% of the
population now lives in urban areas. Rapid growth in the urban
population has aided economic development but also created serious
7 problems for major cities.
Brazil’s “miracle years” were in the late 1960s and early 1970s
when double digit-annual growth rates were recorded and the structure
10 of the economy underwent rapid change.
In the 1980s, however, Brazil’s economic performance was
poor in comparison with its potential. Annual Gross Domestic Product
13 (GDP) growth only averaged 1.5 percent over the period from 1980
to 1993. This reflected the economy’s inability to respond to
international events in the late 1970s and the 1980s: the second oil
16 shock; increase in international real interest rates; the Latin American
external debt crisis and the ensuing cutoff of foreign credit and foreign
direct investment. This lack of responsiveness reflected the largely
19 inward-looking policy orientation that had been in place since the
1960s.
Economic flexibility was further impaired by provisions of the
22 1988 Constitution, which introduced significant rigidities in budgeting
and public expenditure. An outcome of these pressures was a steady
rise in the rate of inflation, which reached monthly rates of 50% by the
25 middle of 1994.

Internet: <http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/Exter…/
abe36259ca656c4985256914005207e3?OpenDocumen> (with adaptations).

The sentence "Rapid growth in the urban population has aided economic development but also created serious problems for major cities" (R.5-7) means the same as

Rapid increase in the population of bigger cities brought about economical development together with minor problems.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Olha como uma troca simples faz toda a diferença:

    segundo a questão: Rapid increase in the population of bigger cities brought about economical development together with minor problems.
    Rápido aumento da população das grandes cidades trouxe desenvolvimento econômico juntamente com problemas menores.

    e no texto: Rapid growth in the urban population has aided economic development but also created serious problems for major cities.
    O rápido crescimento na zona urbana população tem ajudado, mas o desenvolvimento econômico também criou graves problemas para as principais cidades.
ID
27331
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.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Esta questão está invertida com a Q9110
  • Cadê a pergunta? No browser que estou usando (Firefox) ela não aparece!

  • d-

    O tópico e´acerca de um processo pelas práticas anti-éticas das emrpesas, o qual resultou em um consenso de elas pagarem indenização e reformarem seus metodos de trabalho. 

     

    The companies were using shady spamming techniques to scam their customers out of their money so the dispute was settled by them paying statutory fines and having to comply with a new business model which cuts down on the use of spam as part of their online advertising tools.

ID
27340
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)

Em quais dos trechos abaixo landmark tem o mesmo sentido do que tem no texto?

I. Max Steiner's score is a true landmark in Hollywood film music. The music virtually.
II. East Berlin's most striking landmark, the television tower, along with the East.
III. Since 1985, following the publication of a landmark study showing that less extensive.
IV. This victory was a double landmark, completing Winterbottom's record of beating.
V. One of the City's landmark buildings, the home of Lloyd's of London, .

Alternativas
Comentários

  • a-

    Landmark esta no sentido de 'marco' ou milestone, algo que caracteriza uma época ou nicho. Em II & V, esta no sentido de landscape. 

ID
27343
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)

Qual das palavras abaixo, conforme usadas no texto, NÃO se refere a práticas condenáveis?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • d-

    All other words bear a negative connotation, usually associated with shady or underground procedures, not to be expected from respectable workplaces. 

ID
27727
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 "Industries that produce or use energy continually look for ways to improve efficien," (lines 23-24), "look for" can be correctly substituted by:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Analisando a questão:

    Em "as indústrias que  produzem ou utilizam a energia continuamente procuram maneiras de melhorar a eficiência," (linhas 23-24), "look for" pode ser corretamente substituído por:
    A) encontrar.
    B) esperar por
    C) desconfiar.
    D) depender de.
    E) procurar por.
    Os phrasal verb "look for " e "search for" têm o mesmo significado.


    Opção E está correta.

  • e-

    look for- aim for, cast about for, seek, search for

ID
27745
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

The only option in which the words ARE NOT synonymous in the text is:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • b) "efficiently" (line 20) - carelessly.
  • widely (amplamente)  - broadly (amplamente)
    efficiently (eficiente)  - carelessly (descuidada)
    useful (útil)  - valuable valioso)
    ultimate (final)  - final (final)
    improve (melhorar)  - develop (desenvolver)

  • b-

    Os sentidos ficam opostos (de acordo com a questão) ao atribuir carelessly onde efficiently é usado. 

     

    How efficiently can the energy be produced, delivered, and used?

     

    How carelessly can the energy be produced, delivered, and used?

ID
28525
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

Check the only correct statement.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Marque a única afirmativa correta.
    A)"decreasing"- "diminuir" (linha 13) é o oposto de "diminishing " diminuir.
    B) "ideal"- "ideal" (linha 34) poderia ser substituído por "appropriate" - adequado.
    C)"collaborators"-  "colaboradores" (linha 42) e "assistants"- assistentes são antônimos.
    D)"rudimentary"-  "rudimentar" (linha 50) significa"sophisticated"-  sofisticado.
    E)"authentic"-  "autêntico" (linha 60) e "real"- real são sinônimos.
    Segundo tradução das palavras, inferimos que a opção E está correta.

  • authentic = credible, accurate, convincing, legit,real.

  • A) decreasing e diminishing significam diminuir, mas a questão fala que são palavras opostas.

    B) ideal = ideal.

    Appropriate = adequado

    Perceba que o ideal vehicle (veículo ideal) é bem mais específico do que simplesmente ser um "veículo adequado"

    C) collaborators = colaboradores

    assistants = assistentes

    D) rudimentary = rudimentar. E o sophisticated = sofisticado. Logo, são palavras opostas

    E) GABARITO

    authentic = autêntico. Essa palavra tem o mesmo sentido de real. O texto diz que Ishiguro  quer um robô mais autêntico possível a ele próprio, ou seja mais real à imagem do cientista.

ID
28843
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
CAPES
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

How to dig out from the information avalanche
Majority of workers feel overwhelmed by deluge of data,
survey finds
By Eve Tahmincioglu
updated 8:18 p.m. ET March 16, 2008
Don't expect Shaun Osher, the CEO of Core Group
Marketing in New York, to answer your e-mail right away.
He has stopped responding to e-mails every minute and
only checks his e-mail account twice a day. He also started
turning off his BlackBerry during meetings.
This tactic has made him so much more productive
that earlier this year he held a meeting with his staff of 50
and "strongly suggested" that they stop relying so heavily
on e-mail and actually start calling clients on the phone.
And, he requested his employees put cell phones and
PDAs on silent mode during meetings, as well as curtail
the common practice of cc-ing everybody when sending
out an e-mail. "There was so much redundancy, so much
unnecessary work," he explains. "One person could handle
an issue that should take two minutes, but when an email
goes out and five people get cc-ed, then everybody
responds to it and there's a snowball effect."
It's not that Osher has anything against technology. In
fact, he loves it. The problem is, last year he realized he
was inundated with so many e-mails and so much
information in general that he began to experience data
overload. "In the beginning, e-mail and all this data was a
great phenomenon, revolutionizing what we do. But the
pendulum has swung way too much to the other side," he
maintains. "We're less productive."
Osher isn't the only one out there under a data
avalanche. Thanks to technological innovations, you can
be talking to a customer on your cell phone, answering a
LinkedIn invitation on your laptop, and responding to email
on your PDA all at the same time. Besides, during
tough economic times, who will want to miss any
information when your job could be on the line if you indulge
in the luxury of being offline? Turns out, seven out of 10
office workers in the United States feel overwhelmed by
information in the workplace, and more than two in five
say they are headed for a data "breaking point," according
to a recently released Workplace Productivity Survey.
Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets,
says there are a host of reasons we're all on the information
brink: "exponential growth of the size of the information
'haystack,' the immensity and immediacy of digital
communications, and the fact that professionals are not
being provided with sufficient tools and training to help
them keep pace with the growing information burden."
Ellen Kossek, a professor from Michigan State, believes
we are less productive in this age of 24-7 technology, and
our multitasking mentality has spawned a "not-mentallypresent"
society. "We're becoming an attention-deficit
disorder society switching back and forth like crazy,"
Kossek says. "We're connected all the time. We're
working on planes, in coffee shops, working on the
weekends. Work is very seductive, but yet we're actually
less effective."
The key to getting your head above the data flood,
according to workplace experts, is managing and reducing
the information you're bombarded with.

© 2008 MSNBC Interactive - (slightly adapted)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23636252/

In "One person could handle an issue that should take two minutes," (lines 14-15), "handle" means "to deal with". Mark the sentence in which the word "handle" is used in the same way.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • e-

     

    One person could handle an issue that should take two minutes - one person could deal with

     

    the manager handled (dealth with) it  very well.

  • GAB: LETRA E

    Complementando!

    Fonte:  Prof. Ena Loiola

    In “One person could handle an issue that should take two minutes,” (lines 14-15), “handle” means “to deal with”. Mark the sentence  in which the word “handle” is used the same way. = Em "Uma pessoa poderia lidar com uma questão que deve levar dois minutos," (linhas 14-15), "handle"  significa  "lidar  com".  Marque  a  frase  em  que  a    palavra  handle  é  usada  da  mesma forma. 

     

    Opção A: Can you get a handle on what your new boss expects of you? = Você pode ter uma compreensão sobre o que o seu novo chefe espera de você? 

     

    • handle (verbo no texto) = dar conta de, lidar com, controlar,administrar, resolver; 
    • handle (substantivo) = entendimento, compreensão 

     

    • Observe que a palavra handle tem significados diversos. No texto é usada no papel de verbo, mas  na  frase  citada  no  enunciado  é  diferente,  pois  além  de  ser  usada  como  substantivo  tem outro significado. 
    • Errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção B: Customers are asked not to handle the goods in the shop = Aos clientes é pedido que não toquem os produtos na loja. 

     

    • handle (verbo no texto) = dar conta de, lidar com, controlar,administrar, resolver; 
    • handle (verbo na opção) = tocar, mexer, manusear 

    • Embora em ambas as citações eles sejam usados como verbo, seus significados são diferentes. 
    • Errada.

    ===

    Opção C:The clue was a handle for solving the mystery = A pista era uma dica para resolver o mistério. 

    • handle (verbo no texto) = dar conta de, lidar com, controlar,administrar, resolver; 
    • handle (substantivo na opção)=  dica, esclarecimento, entendimento para se alcançar algo 

     

    • Na  alternativa  o  handle  está  fazendo  papel  de  verbo  e  não  tem  o  mesmo  sentido  daquele expresso no texto. 
    • Errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção D: The travelers were advised to pick up the suitcases by the handle = Os viajantes foram aconselhados a pegar as malas pela alça. 

     

    • handle (verbo no texto) = dar conta de, lidar com, controlar,administrar, resolver; 
    • handle (substantivo na opção)=  alça, lugar em que se pega, suporte 

     

    • O  vocábulo  handle  na  alternativa  nada  tem  a  ver  com  o  sentido  em  que  é  usado  no  texto. 
    • Errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção E: It was a difficult situation and the manager handled it very well = Foi uma situação difícil e o gestor a administrou muito bem. 

     

    “One person  could  handle an issue that should take two minutes, but when an email goes out and five people get cc-ed, then everybody responds to it and there’s a snowball effect.” = "Uma pessoa poderia resolver um assunto que deveria levar dois minutos, mas quando um e-mail é enviado e cinco pessoas recebem cópia, então todo mundo responde a ele e há um efeito de bola de neve." 

     

    • handle (verbo no texto) = dar conta de, lidar com, controlar,administrar, resolver = handle (verbo na alternativa) = administrar, resolver, lidar 
    • Em  ambas  as  frases,  tanto  da  alternativa  como  no  texto,  o  sentido  é  resolver  um  assunto, administrar uma situação. 
    • Esta é a opção correta. 

ID
28849
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
CAPES
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

How to dig out from the information avalanche
Majority of workers feel overwhelmed by deluge of data,
survey finds
By Eve Tahmincioglu
updated 8:18 p.m. ET March 16, 2008
Don't expect Shaun Osher, the CEO of Core Group
Marketing in New York, to answer your e-mail right away.
He has stopped responding to e-mails every minute and
only checks his e-mail account twice a day. He also started
turning off his BlackBerry during meetings.
This tactic has made him so much more productive
that earlier this year he held a meeting with his staff of 50
and "strongly suggested" that they stop relying so heavily
on e-mail and actually start calling clients on the phone.
And, he requested his employees put cell phones and
PDAs on silent mode during meetings, as well as curtail
the common practice of cc-ing everybody when sending
out an e-mail. "There was so much redundancy, so much
unnecessary work," he explains. "One person could handle
an issue that should take two minutes, but when an email
goes out and five people get cc-ed, then everybody
responds to it and there's a snowball effect."
It's not that Osher has anything against technology. In
fact, he loves it. The problem is, last year he realized he
was inundated with so many e-mails and so much
information in general that he began to experience data
overload. "In the beginning, e-mail and all this data was a
great phenomenon, revolutionizing what we do. But the
pendulum has swung way too much to the other side," he
maintains. "We're less productive."
Osher isn't the only one out there under a data
avalanche. Thanks to technological innovations, you can
be talking to a customer on your cell phone, answering a
LinkedIn invitation on your laptop, and responding to email
on your PDA all at the same time. Besides, during
tough economic times, who will want to miss any
information when your job could be on the line if you indulge
in the luxury of being offline? Turns out, seven out of 10
office workers in the United States feel overwhelmed by
information in the workplace, and more than two in five
say they are headed for a data "breaking point," according
to a recently released Workplace Productivity Survey.
Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets,
says there are a host of reasons we're all on the information
brink: "exponential growth of the size of the information
'haystack,' the immensity and immediacy of digital
communications, and the fact that professionals are not
being provided with sufficient tools and training to help
them keep pace with the growing information burden."
Ellen Kossek, a professor from Michigan State, believes
we are less productive in this age of 24-7 technology, and
our multitasking mentality has spawned a "not-mentallypresent"
society. "We're becoming an attention-deficit
disorder society switching back and forth like crazy,"
Kossek says. "We're connected all the time. We're
working on planes, in coffee shops, working on the
weekends. Work is very seductive, but yet we're actually
less effective."
The key to getting your head above the data flood,
according to workplace experts, is managing and reducing
the information you're bombarded with.

© 2008 MSNBC Interactive - (slightly adapted)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23636252/

In "...your job could be on the line if you indulge in the luxury of being offline?" (lines 32-33) the expressions 'on the line' and 'offline', respectively, mean

Alternativas
Comentários

  • a-

     

    on the line - in jeorpady, threatened, of uncertain fate, at risk

    offline - down, logged off, disconnected

  • GAB: LETRA A

    Complementando!

    Fonte:  Thaís Medrado

    O enunciado pede para que analisemos, dentro do contexto, o que as palavras em destaque significam através de outras similares, ou seja, de sinônimos.

    ===

    A - at risk - disconnected

    • CORRETA

    • On the e line e at risk possuem o mesmo significado, portanto, "em risco". Offline e disconnected signficam "desconectado". Portanto, um pode substituir o outro no texto sem alteração de sentido. Lembre-se de que os sinônimos são palavras que possuem o mesmo valor semântico.

    ===

    B - not accessible - put off

    • INCORRETA

    • On the line possui o significado de "estar em risco", já not accessible signfica "não acessível". Put off é um phrasal verb, que significa "adiar" ou "evitar" (a depender do contexto). Lembre-se de que phrasal verbs são a junção de um verbo mais uma preposição, gerando um verbo novo e com outro significado.

    ===

    C - on the wire - linked to the internet

    • INCORRETA

    • On the line e offline, representam "em risco" e desconectado", respectivamente. On the wire e linked to the internet são expressões relacionadas à tecnologia, representando "via cabo (telefônico/internet)" e "ligado à internet", respectivamente.

    ===

    D - in tune with new ideas - off the hook

    • INCORRETA

    • Quando estamos in tune with new ideias queremos dizer que "estamos em harmonia com novas ideias/de mente aberta". No contexto da leitura, off the hook poderia significar "se livrar de algo (uma situação difícil, por exemplo)", pois este possui vários significados a depender do contexto. On the line e offline correspondem a "em risco" e "desconectado", respectivamente. Não sendo portando as expressões da assertiva sinônimas das em destaque no enunciado.

    ===

    E - over the telephone - not connected to the internet

    • INCORRETA

    • A assertiva não nos traz os sinônimos das palavras em destaques do enunciado. On the line e offline significam "em risco" e "desconectado". As opções da assertiva : over the telephone, que quer dizer "na linha/ao telefone" e, "not connected to the internet" que significa "não estar conectado à internet", não são sinônimos das destacadas no enunciado.

ID
28858
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
CAPES
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

How to dig out from the information avalanche
Majority of workers feel overwhelmed by deluge of data,
survey finds
By Eve Tahmincioglu
updated 8:18 p.m. ET March 16, 2008
Don't expect Shaun Osher, the CEO of Core Group
Marketing in New York, to answer your e-mail right away.
He has stopped responding to e-mails every minute and
only checks his e-mail account twice a day. He also started
turning off his BlackBerry during meetings.
This tactic has made him so much more productive
that earlier this year he held a meeting with his staff of 50
and "strongly suggested" that they stop relying so heavily
on e-mail and actually start calling clients on the phone.
And, he requested his employees put cell phones and
PDAs on silent mode during meetings, as well as curtail
the common practice of cc-ing everybody when sending
out an e-mail. "There was so much redundancy, so much
unnecessary work," he explains. "One person could handle
an issue that should take two minutes, but when an email
goes out and five people get cc-ed, then everybody
responds to it and there's a snowball effect."
It's not that Osher has anything against technology. In
fact, he loves it. The problem is, last year he realized he
was inundated with so many e-mails and so much
information in general that he began to experience data
overload. "In the beginning, e-mail and all this data was a
great phenomenon, revolutionizing what we do. But the
pendulum has swung way too much to the other side," he
maintains. "We're less productive."
Osher isn't the only one out there under a data
avalanche. Thanks to technological innovations, you can
be talking to a customer on your cell phone, answering a
LinkedIn invitation on your laptop, and responding to email
on your PDA all at the same time. Besides, during
tough economic times, who will want to miss any
information when your job could be on the line if you indulge
in the luxury of being offline? Turns out, seven out of 10
office workers in the United States feel overwhelmed by
information in the workplace, and more than two in five
say they are headed for a data "breaking point," according
to a recently released Workplace Productivity Survey.
Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets,
says there are a host of reasons we're all on the information
brink: "exponential growth of the size of the information
'haystack,' the immensity and immediacy of digital
communications, and the fact that professionals are not
being provided with sufficient tools and training to help
them keep pace with the growing information burden."
Ellen Kossek, a professor from Michigan State, believes
we are less productive in this age of 24-7 technology, and
our multitasking mentality has spawned a "not-mentallypresent"
society. "We're becoming an attention-deficit
disorder society switching back and forth like crazy,"
Kossek says. "We're connected all the time. We're
working on planes, in coffee shops, working on the
weekends. Work is very seductive, but yet we're actually
less effective."
The key to getting your head above the data flood,
according to workplace experts, is managing and reducing
the information you're bombarded with.

© 2008 MSNBC Interactive - (slightly adapted)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23636252/

Which option describes accurately the meaning relationship between the pairs of words?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • e-

    spawn - engender, produce, stem, generate

  • GAB: LETRA E

    Complementando!

    Fonte:  Prof. Ena Loiola

    Which option describes accurately the meaning relationship between the pairs of words? = Que opção descreve com precisão o significado do relacionamento entre o par de palavras? 

     

    Opção A: “actually” (line 9) means rarely = “na verdade” (linha 9) significa raramente. 

    • actually = na verdade, na realidade, de fato 

     

    • Cuidado! Trata-se de um falso cognato! (falso amigo). A  palavra  “actually”  não  significa  “atualmente”  como  parece,  e  nem  também raramente. 
    • Errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção  B:  “curtail”  (line  11)  is  the  opposite  of  reduce  =  "reduzir"  (linha  11)  é  o  oposto  de reduzir. 

    • Curtail = reduzir, restringir, encurtar, abreviar = reduce = reduzir, diminuir; 

     

    • Não é oposto. Eles são sinônimos. 
    • Opção errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção  C:  “overwhelmed”  (line  34)  and  unaffected  are  synonymous  =  "oprimido"  (linha  34)  e não afetados são sinônimos. 

     

    • overwhelmed = oprimido, sobrecarregado, esmagado, soterrado, esgotado, afetado por algo;  

    • unaffected = não afetado, que não sofre efeitos; 

     

    • Os dois vocábulos são opostos, antônimos ao invés de sinônimos. 
    • Errada. 

     

    ===

    Opção  D:  “immediacy”  (line  41)  and  proximity  are  antonyms  =  "imediatismo"  (linha  41)  e  a proximidade são antônimos. 

     

    • Eles têm significados diferentes, porém não são opostos. 
    • Errada.

     

    ===

    Opção E: “spawned” (line 47) could be replaced by generated = “gerado” (linha 47) poderia ser substituído por gerado. 

     

    • Ellen Kossek, a professor from Michigan State, believes we are less productive in this age of 24-7 technology, and our multitasking mentality has spawned/generated a “not-mentally present” society.  
    • Ellen Kossek, uma professora do estado de Michigan, acha que somos menos produtivos nesta época em que se usa a tecnologia o tempo todo, e nossa mentalidade multitarefa tem gerado uma sociedade "não-mentalmente presente". 

     

    • spawn = causar, gerar = generate = criar, gerar 

     

    • A assertiva traz um sinônimo do vocábulo encontrado no texto. Tanto faz usar um como o outro que não vai alterar a interpretação textual. 
    • Certa. 

ID
67129
Banca
ESAF
Órgão
Receita Federal
Ano
2009
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

In June this year, the BRICs, the world's newest economic
grouping, ended their fi rst major summit by calling for a
stable, predictable and more diversifi ed international
monetary system. But the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India
and China, stopped short of criticising the world's dominant
currency, the US dollar. The group repeated calls for a
bigger say in the global fi nancial system through greater
representation at major institutions, such as the World
Bank.

But the fi nal statement issued by the leaders made no
reference to developing new reserve currencies to challenge
the dollar, which Russia had called for at a separate event
earlier in the day.

Analysts say that as the global recession bites, the four Bric
nations are showing a growing willingness to work together.
One expert claimed the signifi cance of the summit would
be political rather than economic
(BBC News 16/6/09, adapted)

The phrase "stopped short of" in paragraph 1 means

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Esta questão explora o conhecimento de vocabulário do aluno, quanto a expressões idiomáticas, linguagem informal.

    Stop short of doing something : decidir não fazer algo, quase fazer algo ou parte de algo sem completa-lo.

    A opção que mais se aproxima do significado da expressão acima é a: take a shortcut of = geralmente esta expressão significa pegar um atalho ou na linguagem figurada, resolver algo de uma forma mais facil.

    Easy path= caminho facil.

  • A sentença "stopped short of " no parágrafo 1, significa
    "stop short of doing something" significa "decidir não fazer alguma coisa ou não fazer completamente".
    A opção que mais se aproxima do significado da expressão acima é: "did not go so far as" - não ir tão longe.
    Alternativa E


  • Diego, o gabarito da questão é letra E (did not go so far as).

  • “stopped short of criticising the world’s dominant

    currency” (pararam um pouco antes de criticar a moeda dominante mundial,

    o dólar americano.)

    significa que os líderes do Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China não

    foram tão longe nas críticas (did not go so far as).

    e) did not go so far as.

    não foi tão longe quanto.

ID
121120
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Old Tray, New Tricks: Windows 7's Taskbar and window
management tweaks are nice. But its changes to the
System Tray - aka the Notification Area - have a huge
positive effect.

Changes in Windows 7 transform the System Tray from
an intrusive eyesore (in Windows Vista) into a useful set of
shortcuts and other controls.
In the past, no feature of Windows packed more
frustration per square inch than the System Tray. It quickly grew
dense with applets that users did not want in the first place, and
many of the uninvited guests employed word balloons and
other intrusive methods to alert users to uninteresting facts at
inopportune moments. At their worst, System Tray applets
behaved like belligerent squatters, and Windows did little to put
users [PARTICLE] in charge.
In Windows 7, applets can't pester you unbidden
because software installers can't dump them into the System
Tray. Instead, applets land in a holding pen that appears only
when you click it, a much-improved version of the overflow area
used in previous incarnations of the Tray. Applets in the pen
can't float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so.
In Windows 7, applets can't pester you unbidden
because software installers can't dump them into the System
Tray. Instead, applets land in a holding pen that appears only
when you click it, a much-improved version of the overflow area
used in previous incarnations of the Tray. Applets in the pen
can't float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so.
It's a cinch to drag them into the System Tray or out of it again,
so you enjoy complete control over which applets reside there.
More good news: Windows 7 largely dispenses with the
onslaught of word-balloon warnings from the OS about
troubleshooting issues, potential security problems, and the like.
A new area called Action Center - a revamped version of Vista's
Security Center - queues up such alerts so you can deal with
them at your convenience. Action Center does issue
notifications of its own from the System Tray, but you can shut
these off if you don't want them pestering you.
All of this helps make Windows 7 the least distracting,
least intrusive Microsoft OS in a very long time. It's a giant step
forward from the days when Windows thought nothing of
interrupting your work to inform you that it had detected unused
icons on your desktop.

(Adapted from
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172602/windows_7_review.html)

In the text, a cinch means

Alternativas
Comentários

  • a)easy. b)nice. c)hard. d)annoying. e)cumbersome.

    a) fácil.   b) bom.   c) difícil.   d) irritante.   e) pesado.

  • a-

    cinch- walkaway, child's play, easy-peasy, easy as pie, easily accomplished...

ID
121123
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Old Tray, New Tricks: Windows 7's Taskbar and window
management tweaks are nice. But its changes to the
System Tray - aka the Notification Area - have a huge
positive effect.

Changes in Windows 7 transform the System Tray from
an intrusive eyesore (in Windows Vista) into a useful set of
shortcuts and other controls.
In the past, no feature of Windows packed more
frustration per square inch than the System Tray. It quickly grew
dense with applets that users did not want in the first place, and
many of the uninvited guests employed word balloons and
other intrusive methods to alert users to uninteresting facts at
inopportune moments. At their worst, System Tray applets
behaved like belligerent squatters, and Windows did little to put
users [PARTICLE] in charge.
In Windows 7, applets can't pester you unbidden
because software installers can't dump them into the System
Tray. Instead, applets land in a holding pen that appears only
when you click it, a much-improved version of the overflow area
used in previous incarnations of the Tray. Applets in the pen
can't float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so.
In Windows 7, applets can't pester you unbidden
because software installers can't dump them into the System
Tray. Instead, applets land in a holding pen that appears only
when you click it, a much-improved version of the overflow area
used in previous incarnations of the Tray. Applets in the pen
can't float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so.
It's a cinch to drag them into the System Tray or out of it again,
so you enjoy complete control over which applets reside there.
More good news: Windows 7 largely dispenses with the
onslaught of word-balloon warnings from the OS about
troubleshooting issues, potential security problems, and the like.
A new area called Action Center - a revamped version of Vista's
Security Center - queues up such alerts so you can deal with
them at your convenience. Action Center does issue
notifications of its own from the System Tray, but you can shut
these off if you don't want them pestering you.
All of this helps make Windows 7 the least distracting,
least intrusive Microsoft OS in a very long time. It's a giant step
forward from the days when Windows thought nothing of
interrupting your work to inform you that it had detected unused
icons on your desktop.

(Adapted from
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172602/windows_7_review.html)

The words in the groups below have either a positive or a negative meaning, according to their usage in the text. Check the alternative in which the group is NOT formed ONLY by either positive OR negative words.

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  a) eyesore - frustrating - uninteresting. (monstruosidade - frustrante - sem interesse)

     b) squatters - pester - unbidden. (invasor - aquele que incomoda - sem ser solicitado)

     c) onslaught - troubleshooting - revamped. (embaraçoso - solução de problemas - reformulado) [GABARITO = C]

     d) inopportune - overflow - distracting. (inoportuno - o que extrapola - distraindo)

     e) intrusive - dense - belligerent. (intrusivo - estúpido - agressivo)

  • c-

    onslaught- charging attack, tearaway, rampaging strike

    troubleshooting - working out a technical issue, typical of an operating system environment but can also be used in other venues

    revamped - having undergone a renewal process, restored

ID
166396
Banca
PUC-PR
Órgão
COPEL
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

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

In the book review there are many adjectives, some are single words, like old, others are compound words, like thought-provoking. Which of the alternatives below contain only adjectives from the text.

I. Pertinent, unique, ample.

II. Grand, important, early.

III. Biological, different, treated.

IV. Avoidable, ample, postponed.

Alternativas
ID
168022
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A synonym for a breeze, as it is used in the 2nd paragraph of the text, is

Alternativas
ID
168025
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Subways

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The correct word that replaces [VERB] in the text is

Alternativas
ID
174322
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

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

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

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

Which is the correct alternative to replace [VERB]?

Alternativas
Comentários

  • necessarily consciously, if we take the time to think about
    them when we're developing our services
    =
    necessariamente de forma consciente, se tomarmos o tempo para pensar sobre
    eles quando estamos desenvolvendo nossos serviços

  • b-

    People will notice, although not necessarily consciously, if we take the time to think about them when we're developing our services.

ID
174325
Banca
FCC
Órgão
AL-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

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

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

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

A synonym for figure out, as it is used in the text, is

Alternativas
Comentários

  •  A expressão figure out é bastante usada na língua inglesa significando descobrir algo ou entender.

    a) discover (descobrir) VERDADEIRA

    b) make up (inventar) FALSA

    c) design (desenhar) FALSA

    d) draw up (preparar) FALSA

    e) sketch (esboçar um desenho) FALSA

    A frase no texto é "or ________ how a new service might work" ou seja, ou __________ como um novo serviço funciona, sendo descobrir a única resposta cabível.

  • a-

    figure out - work out, make out, ferret out, discover

ID
224719
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

Problem-Solving and Prestige

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

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

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

A Boon for Transit Builders

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

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

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

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

Alternativas
Comentários
  • A [NOUN] to Paris from London is quicker than flying; Japanese bullet trains traverse the 320 miles from Tokyo to Osaka in two and a half hours;
      a)viagem.
      b) montar.(como verbo) , mas como substantivo é CARONA
      c) conduzir.
      d) passear.
      e) o vôo.
ID
224734
Banca
FCC
Órgão
METRÔ-SP
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

Problem-Solving and Prestige

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

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

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

A Boon for Transit Builders

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

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

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

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

Alternativas
Comentários
  • demand for subways is soaring in China and India
         a)nivelamento.
         b) queda.
         c) a diminuir.
         d) brilhando.
         e) disparada.

  •  a)levelling. b)dropping. c)dwindling. d)gleaming. e)skyrocketing.
     

    a) nivelamento.   b) caindo.   c) diminuindo.   d) reluzente.   e) disparada.

ID
229990
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 verb push in the sentence "Never push objects of any kind into the set through openings." (paragraph 4 ) and the noun hazards in the sentence ".as they may cause hazards." (paragraph 5 ) should be correctly translated into Portuguese, respectively, as:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • push

    como substantivo, é empurrão, esforço, impulso,

    como verbo, é pressionar, empurrar, apertar, incitar.



    hazards

    como substantivo, é risco, obstáculo, perigo, algo que se deve evitar.



    bons estudos!!!
  • A  bit funny is the letter A when the examinator (also known as exterminator) tries to make a joke with those who don't know the right meaning of ''push'' and ''hazards'' with a very similar word in portuguese: puxe e azar.

    We should remender from our experiences abroad when we trie to open a door and we can read a stamp saying:  PUSH  on one side and PULL on the other side.

  • e-

    traducao direta: push - empurrar (press - pressionar. ambos sao sinonimos dependendo do contexto). hazard - physical risk.

ID
259192
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
MMA
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

The word “overarching" (L.5) means all-encompassing.

Alternativas
Comentários
  • all-encompassing - abrangente
    overarching - abrangente
ID
263242
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

In the sentence: “Zynga's "FrontierVille" and "Texas HoldEm Poker" also round out the top five: put those four apps together…”, round out means the same
as:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • "Texas HoldEm Poker" also round out the top five... Neste trecho round out gera a idéia de completar
    "Texas Holdem Poker" também completam os cinco primeiros:

    Alternativa B - complete.

  • Estão "por volta" do cinco primeiros. 

  • Analisando a questão:

    Na frase: "Zynga "FrontierVille" e "Texas Hold'em Poker" também completam os cinco primeiros: coloque esses quatro aplicativos juntos ...", round out significa o mesmo que:
    "round out" - completar, complementar


    Alternativa B está correta.

  • b-

    round - to bring to completion or perfection. often used with off or out

ID
292933
Banca
FGV
Órgão
Senado Federal
Ano
2008
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read text II and answer questions 37 to 40.

TEXT II


If you think that there’s something oddly familiar about
descriptions of social media, it may be that you recall some of
the discussions in the 1990s about what the web would
become. And many of its emerging manifestations are close to
the idealistic imaginings from that time. A good way to think
about social media is that all of this is actually just about being
human beings. Sharing ideas, cooperating and collaborating to
create art, thinking and commerce, vigorous debate and
discourse, finding people who might be good friends, allies and
lovers – it’s what our species has built several civilisations on.
That’s why it is spreading so quickly, not because it’s great
shiny, whizzy new technology, but because it lets us be
ourselves – only more so. And it is in the “more so” that the
power of this revolution lies. People can find information,
inspiration, like-minded people, communities and collaborators
faster than ever before. New ideas, services, business models
and technologies emerge and evolve at dizzying speed in social
media.

(http://www.icrossing.co.uk/fileadmin/uploads}
/eBooks/What_is_social_media_Nov_2007.pdf

The expression “like-minded people” means people who

Alternativas
Comentários
  • Resposta certa: E) think in a similar way (pensam de maneira semelhante)
    Like-minded =     Mente(s) parecida(s)

  • a) amam-se.

    b) toleram-se mutuamente.

    c) vivem juntos.

    d) adoram discutir.

    e) pensar de uma maneira similar.

  • e-

    like-minded people means folks whose minds are aligned in opinion, interests or political orientation. Hence, they think alike. 

    A construção like-minded people é um adjetivo composto, cuja formula é adjetivo + substantivo-atributo + -ed + substantivo modificado. ex.: red-coloured blanket, still-eyed face, even-handed approach etc. Não há construção equivalente em português; para like-minded people o mais próximo seria a tradução da resposta á questão.

ID
292936
Banca
FGV
Órgão
Senado Federal
Ano
2008
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read text II and answer questions 37 to 40.

TEXT II


If you think that there’s something oddly familiar about
descriptions of social media, it may be that you recall some of
the discussions in the 1990s about what the web would
become. And many of its emerging manifestations are close to
the idealistic imaginings from that time. A good way to think
about social media is that all of this is actually just about being
human beings. Sharing ideas, cooperating and collaborating to
create art, thinking and commerce, vigorous debate and
discourse, finding people who might be good friends, allies and
lovers – it’s what our species has built several civilisations on.
That’s why it is spreading so quickly, not because it’s great
shiny, whizzy new technology, but because it lets us be
ourselves – only more so. And it is in the “more so” that the
power of this revolution lies. People can find information,
inspiration, like-minded people, communities and collaborators
faster than ever before. New ideas, services, business models
and technologies emerge and evolve at dizzying speed in social
media.

(http://www.icrossing.co.uk/fileadmin/uploads}
/eBooks/What_is_social_media_Nov_2007.pdf

The underlined expression in “evolve at dizzying speed” can be replaced by

Alternativas
Comentários
  • "evolve at dizzying speed" quer dizer "evolui em uma velocidade vertiginosa"

    A letra A substitui "velocidade vertiginosa" por "a passos largos".

    A letra B substitui "velocidade vertiginosa" por "em um ritmo muito rápido".

    As outras três são contrárias ao sentido do texto, portanto devem ser descartadas.

    Mas como escolher entre a A e a B? As duas podem se encaixar, mas a B incluir a palavra fast (rápido) que está diretamente ligada a speed (velocidade), devendo, portanto, ser a escolhida.
  • RESPOSTA: LETRA B (at a very fast pace)

    Confesso que fiquei na dúvida entre a letra B e C.
     
    A tradução literal da palavra "dizzying" (confuso/tontura) poderia levar a marcar a letra C. Mas quando se traduz "speed" (velocidade) percebe-se que nada tem haver com "ways" (maneiras/modos).
    Já a letra B "at a very fast pace" equivale a dizer "num ritmo muito rápido". No contexto da frase "dizzying" está no sentido de "very rapid" e "speed" equivaleria a "fast pace".
    Portanto, correta a letra B.
  • Marquei a letra A justamente pela dúvida do Walter. O que cresce a uma velocidade muito rápida, anda a passos largos, e como eu não sabia o significado de pace preferi ir na certeza.

  • Pessoal, "dizzying" é um adjetivo que deriva de outro: "dizzy", que quer dizer "tonto, atordoado". Uma pessoa só fica atordoada numa velocidade muito alta (fast pace), não a passos largos (large steps), por isso a B é certa.

  • b-

     at dizzying speed means something fast-paced, something with some trait that confers quick pace and frenetic velocity. The context implies that at dizzying speed means that something is capable of speeds so great that a whirling or reeling sensation is unavoidable. 

    Como o colega do comentário anterior observou, at dizzying speed significa "velocidade atordoante". Dizzying speed é parte do estudo de collocations: quando 2 palavras ocorrem sempre junto devido à sua combinação de sentidos e usos.ex.: boiling hot, serious mistake, soaking wet etc. 

ID
338707
Banca
COSEAC
Órgão
DATAPREV
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

GadgetDesigners Push the Limits of Size, Safety
By Brian X. Chen, August 28, 2008

Just as small, fast-moving mammals replaced lumbering
dinosaurs, pocketable gadgets are evolving to fill niches that
larger, deskbound computers can't reach. But as they shrink,
these gadgets are faced with problems mammals face, too,
such as efficiently dissipating heat.

The recent example of Apple's first-generation iPod nanos
causing fires in Japan raises the question of whether
increasingly innovative product designs are impinging on
safety. The nano incident illustrates how risk can increase as
devices decrease in size, says Roger Kay, an analyst at
EndpointTechnologies.

"As [gadgets] get smaller, the tradeoffs become more difficult,
the balance becomes more critical and there's less room for
error," Kay said. "I'm not surprised it's happening to the nano
because that's the small one. You're asking it to do a lot in a
very, very small package and that's pushing the envelope.”

There's no question that industrial designers' jobs have
become much more difficult as the industry demands ever
more powerful and smaller gadgets. With paper-thin
subnotebooks, ultrasmall MP3 players, and pinkie finger-
sized Bluetooth headsets becoming increasingly popular, it's
questionable where exactly designers draw the line between
innovation and safety.

The expression in the last line of the first paragraph could be changed by ____ and its meaning would not altered.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • b-

    Substituir "Like" por "such as" alteraria o significado:

     

    Like is used when talking about similarities that are indefinite or very significant. It is used to describe something that has the same characteristics as another and which are used in combinations. Such as is used when talking about specific persons or things.

     

    http://www.differencebetween.net/language/grammar-language/difference-between-such-as-and-like/

ID
338722
Banca
COSEAC
Órgão
DATAPREV
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

GadgetDesigners Push the Limits of Size, Safety
By Brian X. Chen, August 28, 2008

Just as small, fast-moving mammals replaced lumbering
dinosaurs, pocketable gadgets are evolving to fill niches that
larger, deskbound computers can't reach. But as they shrink,
these gadgets are faced with problems mammals face, too,
such as efficiently dissipating heat.

The recent example of Apple's first-generation iPod nanos
causing fires in Japan raises the question of whether
increasingly innovative product designs are impinging on
safety. The nano incident illustrates how risk can increase as
devices decrease in size, says Roger Kay, an analyst at
EndpointTechnologies.

"As [gadgets] get smaller, the tradeoffs become more difficult,
the balance becomes more critical and there's less room for
error," Kay said. "I'm not surprised it's happening to the nano
because that's the small one. You're asking it to do a lot in a
very, very small package and that's pushing the envelope.”

There's no question that industrial designers' jobs have
become much more difficult as the industry demands ever
more powerful and smaller gadgets. With paper-thin
subnotebooks, ultrasmall MP3 players, and pinkie finger-
sized Bluetooth headsets becoming increasingly popular, it's
questionable where exactly designers draw the line between
innovation and safety.

He was very precise about the proper procedure and the material to be used, he said he didn't want anything especial, only the regular, _____ one.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • b)ordinary;

    Ordinary implies something run-of-the-mill, bromidic, something with no frills to it. 

    Ele disse que nao queria nada especial: ordinary == ordinario, comum.

     

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368053
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FCC
Órgão
TCE-SP
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Is Windows 7 Worth It?
Harry McCracken, PC World
Monday, October 19, 2009 10:00 AM PDT

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

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

The meaning of to bide in to bide your time is:

Alternativas
Comentários
  • CORRETA LETRA A
    v. bid·ed or bode (bd), bid·ed, bid·ing, bides
    v.intr.
    1. To remain in a condition or state.
    2.
    a. To wait; tarry.
    b. To stay: bide at home.
    c. To be left; remain.
    v.tr.
    past tense bided To await; wait for.

    Bide está no estido de "esperar" "aguardar seu tempo"  que pode ser utilizado como sinônimo a palavra TAKE  no sentido temporal.

    A única alternativa que poderia emanar dúvida era a letra E - to save.






     

  • a-

    biding one's time means to duly prepare for action while remaining mindful of relevant circumstances. "Rather, one would think now would be an ideal moment for a grateful allyto ramp it down and bide their time." The daily beast

    Bide your time é uma expressao. Nao adianta traduzir bide sozinho. O sentido parecido com o que a resposta sugere

ID
445906
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COSEAC
Órgão
DATAPREV
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Microsoft to Offer Free Virus Protection Software for
Windows
By Scott Gilbertson November 19, 2008

Microsoft plans to offer Windows users a new antivirus
package designed to protect the OS from viruses, spyware,
rootkits and trojans. The new software is tentatively code-
named Morro, and will be available for free to Windows XP,
Vista and 7 users sometime in the second half of 2009.
The new software will reportedly use very minimal resources,
which means it should work well with older PCs. If fact,
Microsoft says Morro has been specially designed for older
PCs and low-spec machines popular in developing nations. In
addition to its minimal processor demands, Morro has been
developed to use very little bandwidth,making it ideal for those
without broadband connections.
Morro will replace Microsoft's current, paid service, Windows
Live One Care, which has been available on a subscription
basis for $50 per year.
While a free, antivirus solution that ships with Windows would
be a boon for the average user, it could also mean trouble for
third-party software solutions. Given that a bundled solution
could raise antitrust concerns and would no doubt see
competitors like McAfee and Grisoft reaching for the lawyers
Microsoft will be offering Morro as a separate download.
Assuming Morro can deliver decent security it should be a
welcome free addition to Windows, but we don't suggest
throwing away your third-party software just yet. Antivirus
software suites will likely continue to hold an edge over Morro
by offering additional handy tools like password managers,
identity theft protection and browser-based phishing
protection.
Still, if you've been running Windows with no antivirus software
at all,Morrowill no doubt be better than nothing, and it's hard to
argue with free.

In the tthird paragraph, second line, the author says: “Given that a bundle solution…” theword means…

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ID
492742
Banca
FCC
Órgão
TRE-PB
Ano
2008
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Atenção: As questões de números 56 a 60 referem-se ao texto apresentado abaixo.

A Laptop Designed to Take a Licking and Keep on Ticking
By JOHN BIGGS

“All terrain” is not usually a designation associated with things as delicate as hard drives and high-speed memory chips. Dell, however, is betting that its Latitude ATG D620 − the ATG stands for All-Terrain Grade − can change that. The ATG D620, which Dell says is designed to military specifications, includes a spill-resistant keyboard, heavy-duty case and 14-inch screen, which is visible in direct sunlight. It weighs about 6 pounds with the optical disk drive and battery installed, and is about 2 inches thick. The laptop comes in a metal-and-black finish with protective coverings on its serial, video out, modem, Ethernet and four U.S.B. ports. Inside the hard shell is an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, running at up to 2 gigahertz, and up to 4 gigabytes of memory. The least expensive model ($2,499) runs at 1.6 gigahertz and includes an 80-gigabyte drive and 512 megabytes of memory. Dell includes a fingerprint scanner for security, while military and other security-conscious users can enable the laptop’s built-in Smart Card reader and other data encryption technology. ...... it won’t survive a dunk in the deep, the ATG D620 can survive a splash of mud or a good, hard drop. (Adapted from The New York Times, January 25, 2007)

Leia os excertos de texto abaixo.
• On the trail, or on urban streets, All Terrain boots and shoes meet the demands of your active lifestyle.
• … other models include a range of high-speed all- terrain go-karts and what is believed to be the… • … you can pick up a complimentary all-terrain bicycle for cycling around trails…
• "all terrain vehicle" means a vehicle that is propelled by motorized power and capable of travel on or off a highway
• The term "all-terrain vehicle" is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorized buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use.
• … rubber soles that give exceptional grip on all terrain. If you anticipate extra heavy wear or enjoy…

Dos exemplos acima, infere-se que all-terrain, no texto, significa

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ID
527443
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Although computers are useful adjuncts in second language learning there are still things they cannot accomplish. Choose the alternative which describes such things.

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ID
527446
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Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the models on the right to the statements on the left. Then, choose the alternative that shows the correct sequence.

STATEMENTS MODEL

( )Languages are learned through imitation.

( )We acquire language rules in a predictable order.

( )Both automatic and controlled processing mechanisms take part in language acquisition. 


MODEL

1. The innatist model.

2. The behaviorist model.

3. The cognitive model.

4. The social constructivist. 

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ID
527455
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Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the components of communicative competence on the right to their definitions on the left.

DEFINITIONS

( )The ability to connect sentences and to form a meaningful whole out of a series of utterances.

( )The knowledge of the sociocultural rules of language and of discourse.

( )The knowledge of verbal and nonverbal strategies that may be called into action to compensate for breakdowns in communication. 


COMPONENTS

.1 Strategic competence.

.2 Discourse competence.

.3 Grammatical competence.

.4 Sociolinguistic competence. 

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ID
545344
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CESGRANRIO
Órgão
PETROQUÍMICA SUAPE
Ano
2011
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Inglês
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                                                        Cleaning up a spill 
                                                       Written by Laura Hill

Water and oil don’t mix. We see this every day; just try washing olive oil off your hands without soap or washing your face in the morning with only water. It just doesn’t work!
When an oil spill occurs in the ocean, like the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, what do scientists do to clean up the toxic mess? There are a number of options for an oil spill cleanup and most efforts use a combination of many techniques. The fact that oil and water don’t mix is a blessing and a curse. If oil mixed with water, it would be difficult to divide the two.
Crude oil is less dense than water; it spreads out to make a very thin layer (about one millimetre thick) that floats on top of the water. This is good because we can tell what is water and what is oil. It is also bad, because it means the oil can spread really quickly and cover a very large area, which becomes difficult to manage. Combined with wind, ocean currents and waves, oil spill cleanup starts to get really tricky.
Chemical dispersants can be used to break up big oil slicks into small oil droplets. They work like soaps by emulsifying the hydrophobic (waterrepelling) oil in the water. These small droplets can degrade in the ecosystem quicker than the big oil slick. But unfortunately, this means that marine life of all sizes ingest these toxic, broken-down particles and chemicals.
If the oil is thick enough, it could be set fire, a process called “in situ burning”. Because the oil is highly flammable and floats on top of the water, it is very easy to set it alight. It’s not environmentallyfriendly though; the combustion of oil releases thick smoke that contains greenhouse gases and other dangerous air pollutants.
Some techniques can contain and recapture spilled oil without changing its chemical composition. Booms float on top of the water and act as barriers to the movement of oil. Once the oil is controlled, it can be gathered using sorbents. “Sorbent” is a fancy word for sponge. These sponges absorb the oil and allow it to be collected by siphoning it off the water.
However, weather and sea conditions can prevent and obstruct the use of booms, sorbents and in situ burning. Imagine trying to perform these operations on the open sea with wind, waves and water currents moving the oil (and your boat!) around on the water.
What about the plants and animals? It’s easy to forget about the organisms in the sea that are under water. Out of sight, out of mind! There is not much we can do to help them. But when oil reaches the shore it impacts sensitive coastal environments including the many fish, bird, amphibian, reptilian, and crustaceanspecies that live there. We have easy access to these areas and there are some things we can do to clean up. For the plants, it is often a matter of setting them on fire, or leaving them to degrade the oil naturally. Sometimes, we can spray the oil with nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) that can encourage the growth of specialized microorganisms. For species that can tolerate our soaps, manpower is needed to wash every affected animal. Yet, if the animal has tried to lick itself clean, it can die from ingesting the toxic oil.
Unfortunately, there can be many negative economic and social impacts, in addition to the environmental impacts of oil spills and, as you’ve just read, the clean up techniques are far from perfect. Prevention is the very best cleanup technique we have. http://www.curiocity.ca/everyday-science/environme... -cleaning-up-a-spill.html, retrieved on Dec 10, 2010

In terms of meaning it is correct to say that

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ID
545350
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CESGRANRIO
Órgão
PETROQUÍMICA SUAPE
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
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                                                        Cleaning up a spill 
                                                       Written by Laura Hill

Water and oil don’t mix. We see this every day; just try washing olive oil off your hands without soap or washing your face in the morning with only water. It just doesn’t work!
When an oil spill occurs in the ocean, like the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, what do scientists do to clean up the toxic mess? There are a number of options for an oil spill cleanup and most efforts use a combination of many techniques. The fact that oil and water don’t mix is a blessing and a curse. If oil mixed with water, it would be difficult to divide the two.
Crude oil is less dense than water; it spreads out to make a very thin layer (about one millimetre thick) that floats on top of the water. This is good because we can tell what is water and what is oil. It is also bad, because it means the oil can spread really quickly and cover a very large area, which becomes difficult to manage. Combined with wind, ocean currents and waves, oil spill cleanup starts to get really tricky.
Chemical dispersants can be used to break up big oil slicks into small oil droplets. They work like soaps by emulsifying the hydrophobic (waterrepelling) oil in the water. These small droplets can degrade in the ecosystem quicker than the big oil slick. But unfortunately, this means that marine life of all sizes ingest these toxic, broken-down particles and chemicals.
If the oil is thick enough, it could be set fire, a process called “in situ burning”. Because the oil is highly flammable and floats on top of the water, it is very easy to set it alight. It’s not environmentallyfriendly though; the combustion of oil releases thick smoke that contains greenhouse gases and other dangerous air pollutants.
Some techniques can contain and recapture spilled oil without changing its chemical composition. Booms float on top of the water and act as barriers to the movement of oil. Once the oil is controlled, it can be gathered using sorbents. “Sorbent” is a fancy word for sponge. These sponges absorb the oil and allow it to be collected by siphoning it off the water.
However, weather and sea conditions can prevent and obstruct the use of booms, sorbents and in situ burning. Imagine trying to perform these operations on the open sea with wind, waves and water currents moving the oil (and your boat!) around on the water.
What about the plants and animals? It’s easy to forget about the organisms in the sea that are under water. Out of sight, out of mind! There is not much we can do to help them. But when oil reaches the shore it impacts sensitive coastal environments including the many fish, bird, amphibian, reptilian, and crustaceanspecies that live there. We have easy access to these areas and there are some things we can do to clean up. For the plants, it is often a matter of setting them on fire, or leaving them to degrade the oil naturally. Sometimes, we can spray the oil with nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) that can encourage the growth of specialized microorganisms. For species that can tolerate our soaps, manpower is needed to wash every affected animal. Yet, if the animal has tried to lick itself clean, it can die from ingesting the toxic oil.
Unfortunately, there can be many negative economic and social impacts, in addition to the environmental impacts of oil spills and, as you’ve just read, the clean up techniques are far from perfect. Prevention is the very best cleanup technique we have. http://www.curiocity.ca/everyday-science/environme... -cleaning-up-a-spill.html, retrieved on Dec 10, 2010

In “They work like soaps by emulsifying the hydrophobic (water-repelling) oil in the water." (lines 21-23), they refers to

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  • GAB: LETRA B

    Complementando!

    Fonte: Izabella Paladine

    They é um pronome pessoal que retoma um termo anterior na frase, evitando sua repetição. Por isso, é preciso retorna à frase anterior.

    Temos as frases: "Chemical dispersants can be used to break up big oil slicks into small oil droplets. They work like soaps by emulsifying the hydrophobic (water-repelling) oil in the water".

    Em português: Os dispersantes químicos podem ser usados ​​para quebrar grandes manchas de óleo em pequenas gotas de óleo. Eles funcionam como sabões emulsificando o óleo hidrofóbico (repelente de água) na água.

    Assim, podemos nos perguntar: O QUE funciona como sabões emulsificando o óleo hidrofóbico (repelente de água) na água?

    A resposta é dispersantes (dispersants).

    Portanto, they se refere a dispersants.

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572386
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Marinha
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ESCOLA NAVAL
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2010
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Inglês
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Which alternative completes the sentence correctly?
Put the loaves in the ____ (1) and bake them till they go brown.

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  • Loaves = pães

    Com isso dá pra matar a questão.

  • stove is what you cook food in a pan or pot on. Oven is what you cook cakes or baked potatoes in. Firstly, the term 'stove' technically refers only to the stovetop, which includes a number of burners (typically four to six) and is used for surface cooking such as boiling, frying, pan-searing, and other methods.

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572440
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Marinha
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ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2010
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Inglês
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Which alternative completes the sentence correctly?
Unlike the atmosphere, which ____(1) by turbulent weather systems,
the deep waters are fairly stable. This is because it ____ (2) from
above, in contrast to the atmosphere, which ____ (3)from below.
(Adapted from http: / /www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/ oceans.html)

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574648
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Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
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CULLING PIGS IN FLU FIGHT, EGYPT ANGERS HERDERS AND DISMAYS U.N.

Cairo -- Egypt has begun forcibly slaughtering the country's
pig herds as a precaution against swine flu, a move that the
United Nations described as "a real mistake" and one that is
prompting anger among the country's pig farmers.
The decision, announced Wednesday, is already adding new
strains to the tense relations between Egypt's majority Muslims
and its Coptic Christians. Most of Egypt's pig farmers are
Christians, and some accuse the government of using swine flu
fears to punish them economically.

(Adaptedfromhttp: / /www.nytimes.com/ 2009/05/01/health/Olegypt.html)

The word "prompting" in this extract from the first paragraph " (...) and one that is prompting anger among the country's pig farmers." has the same meaning as:

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574657
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Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
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Inglês
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CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DESTROY US

Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a
global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural
disasters.
A secret report, suppressed by US defense chiefs and
obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will
be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a
'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts,
famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring
the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear
threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy
supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of
terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,'
concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would
define human life.'

(Adapted fromhttp: / /www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/ story/0,12374,1153530,00.html)

Considering the text, what does the word "dwindling" mean in this extract?

" (...) countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies."

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ID
574672
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Marinha
Órgão
ESCOLA NAVAL
Ano
2009
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the extract below and choose the only sequence that can complete it.

CHILDREN

The other day I was chatting to a friend about children. We were discussing the fact that we had both been (1) _______ by rather strict parents, and had both decided to try to be more tolerant when we (2) ______ and had children of our own. The problem that my friend had found with this strategy was in finding a way to control his kids now that they are teenagers. He said the fact that he had (3) ______ them for more than 13 years, providing all the love and care they needed, is not enough to persuade them to respect his decisions.

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  • e ambos tinham sido (1) _______ por pais bastante estritos [...] (criados = brought up)

    ser mais tolerante quando nós (2) ______ e há filhos de nossa própria. (crescemos= grew up)

    Ele disse que o fato de ter (3) ______ eles por mais de 13 anos [...] (cuidado= looked after)

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616408
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CONSULPLAN
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CODEVASF
Ano
2008
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Disciplina
Inglês
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The uses for oil
Oil is the largest source of liquid fuel and, in spite of attempts to develop synthetic fuels, world consumption of oil
products in increasing.
The oil industry is not much more than a hundred years old. It began when the first oil well was drilled in 1859. In the
early days, oil was used to light houses because there was no electricity and gas was very scarce. Later, people began to use oil
for heating too.
Most industries use machinery to make things. Every machine needs oil in order to run easily. Even a small clock or watch
needs a little oil from time to time.
The engines of many machines use oil fuels petrol, kerosene or diesel. Cars, buses, trucks, tractors, and small aircraft use
petroleum chemicals: synthetic rubber, plastics, synthetic fiber materials for clothes and for the home, paints, materials which
help to stop rust, photographic materials, soap and cleaning materials (detergents), drugs, fertilizers for farms and gardens, food
containers, and may others.
In 1900 the world’s oil production was less than 2 million tons a year. Today the oil industry is one of the world’s largest
and most important suppliers of raw materials.

“…In spite of attempts to develop synthetic fuels…” In spite of is the same as:

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  • Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.

    tr.v. spit·ed, spit·ing, spites

    To treat with spite; show spite toward: "Maybe she became engaged to him in order to spite another man" (Nathaniel West).

    Idiom:

    in spite of

    Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.


  • In spite of attempts to develop synthetic fuels: apesar das tentativas para desenvolver combustíveis sintéticos. (Despite = apesar)
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646327
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
UNIFESP
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

 Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 31 a 39.

               Brazil: the natural knowledge economy
Kirsten Bound – THE ATLAS OF IDEAS

    If you grew up in Europe or North America you will no doubt have been taught in school that the Wright Brothers from Ohio invented and flew the first aeroplane – the Kitty Hawk – in 1903. But if you grew up in Brazil you will have been taught that the real inventor was in fact a Brazilian from Minas Gerais called
Alberto Santos Dumont, whose 14-bis aeroplane took to the skies in 1906. This fierce historical debate, which turns on definitions of ‘practical airplanes’, the ability to launch unaided, length of time spent in the air and the credibility of witnesses, will not be resolved here. Yet it is a striking example of the lack of global recognition for Brazil’s achievements in innovation.
    Almost a century later, in 2005, Santos Dumont’s intellectual heirs, the company Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (EMBRAER), made aviation history of a different kind when they unveiled the Ipanema, the world’s first commercially produced aircraft to run solely on biofuels. This time, the world
was watching. Scientific American credited it as one of the most important inventions of the year. The attention paid to the Ipanema reflects the growing interest in biofuels as a potential solution to climate change and rising energy demand. To their advocates, biofuels – most commonly bioethanol or biodiesel – offer a more secure, sustainable energy supply that can reduce carbon emissions by 50–60 per cent compared to fossil fuels.
      From learning to fly to learning to cope with the environmental costs of flight, biofuel innovations like the Ipanema reflect some of the tensions of modern science, in which expanding the frontiers of human ingenuity goes hand in hand with managing the consequences. The recent backlash against biofuels, which has seen them blamed for global food shortages as land is reportedly diverted from food crops, points to a growing interdependence between the science and innovation systems of different countries, and between innovation, economics and environmental sustainability.
    The debates now raging over biofuels reflect some of the wider dynamics in Brazil’s innovation system. They remind us that Brazil’s current strengths and achievements have deeper historical roots than is sometimes imagined. They reflect the fact that Brazil’s natural resources and assets are a key area of opportunity for science and innovation – a focus that leads us to characterise Brazil as a ‘natural knowledge economy’. Most importantly, they highlight the propitious timing of Brazil’s growing strength in these areas at a time when climate change, the environment, food scarcity and rising worldwide energy demand are at the forefront of global consciousness. What changed between the maiden flight of the 14-bis and the maiden flight of the Ipanema is not just Brazil’s capacity for technological and scientific innovation, but the rest of the world’s appreciation of the potential of that innovation to address some of the pressing challenges that confront us all.
 
(www.demos.co.uk. Adaptado.)

No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – which has seen them blamed for global food shortages as land is reportedly diverted from food crops – a palavra as introduz

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ID
646345
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VUNESP
Órgão
UNIFESP
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 40 a 45.

      To Scientists, Laughter Is No Joke - It’s Serious
March 31, 2010.

     So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh. There’s no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out. Laughing is primal, our first way of communicating. Apes laugh. So do dogs and rats. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches you how to laugh. You just do. And often you laugh involuntarily, in a specific rhythm and in certain spots in conversation.
    You may laugh at a prank on April Fools’ Day. But surprisingly,  only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke, said Baltimore neuroscientist Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke. “Laughter above all else is a social thing,’’ Provine said. “The requirement for laughter is another person.’’  
    Over the years, Provine, a professor with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has boiled laughter down to its basics. “All language groups laugh ‘ha-ha-ha’ basically the same way,’’ he said. “Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. ... There’s a pattern generator in our brain that produces this sound.’’
    Each “ha’’ is about one-15th of a second, repeated every fifth of a second, he said. Laugh faster or slower than that and it sounds more like panting or something else. Deaf people laugh without hearing, and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, illustrating that laughter isn’t dependent on a single sense but on social interactions, said Provine, author of the book “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation.’’   
    “It’s joy, it’s positive engagement with life,’’ said Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University psychology professor. “It’s deeply social.’’ And it’s not just a people thing either. Chimps tickle each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them. By studying rats, Panksepp and other scientists can figure out what’s going on in the brain during laughter. And it holds promise for human ills.
    Northwestern biomedical engineering professor Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces an insulin-like growth factor chemical that acts as an antidepressant and anxietyreducer. He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target in the brain in their effort to develop drugs that fight depression and anxiety in people. Even so, laughter itself hasn’t been proven to be the best medicine, experts said.

 (www.nytimes.com. Adaptado.)


No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. – a palavra whether pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

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ID
646348
Banca
VUNESP
Órgão
UNIFESP
Ano
2010
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 40 a 45.

      To Scientists, Laughter Is No Joke - It’s Serious
March 31, 2010.

     So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh. There’s no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out. Laughing is primal, our first way of communicating. Apes laugh. So do dogs and rats. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches you how to laugh. You just do. And often you laugh involuntarily, in a specific rhythm and in certain spots in conversation.
    You may laugh at a prank on April Fools’ Day. But surprisingly,  only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke, said Baltimore neuroscientist Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke. “Laughter above all else is a social thing,’’ Provine said. “The requirement for laughter is another person.’’  
    Over the years, Provine, a professor with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has boiled laughter down to its basics. “All language groups laugh ‘ha-ha-ha’ basically the same way,’’ he said. “Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. ... There’s a pattern generator in our brain that produces this sound.’’
    Each “ha’’ is about one-15th of a second, repeated every fifth of a second, he said. Laugh faster or slower than that and it sounds more like panting or something else. Deaf people laugh without hearing, and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, illustrating that laughter isn’t dependent on a single sense but on social interactions, said Provine, author of the book “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation.’’   
    “It’s joy, it’s positive engagement with life,’’ said Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University psychology professor. “It’s deeply social.’’ And it’s not just a people thing either. Chimps tickle each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them. By studying rats, Panksepp and other scientists can figure out what’s going on in the brain during laughter. And it holds promise for human ills.
    Northwestern biomedical engineering professor Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces an insulin-like growth factor chemical that acts as an antidepressant and anxietyreducer. He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target in the brain in their effort to develop drugs that fight depression and anxiety in people. Even so, laughter itself hasn’t been proven to be the best medicine, experts said.

 (www.nytimes.com. Adaptado.)


No trecho do quarto parágrafo – Laugh faster or slower than that and it sounds more like panting or something else. – a palavra like indica

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  • Like, no contexto, está no sentindo de comparação = como.

ID
691546
Banca
UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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

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

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ID
691549
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UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2011
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Disciplina
Inglês
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Read the Text 2 and answer the questions from 46 to 50.
TEXT 2  
                                                  Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power
Sergei Supinsky: This storage facility near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant currently houses nuclear waste. What's nuclear power's biggest advantage? It doesn't depend on fossil fuels and isn't affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants, CO2 emissions are minimal. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the power produced by the world's nuclear plants would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 per year if they depended on fossil fuels. In fact, a properly functioning nuclear power plant actually releases less radioactivity into the atmosphere than a coal-fired power plant. Plus, all this comes with a far lighter fuel requirement. Nuclear fission produces roughly a million times more energy per unit weight than fossil fuel alternatives. And then there are the negatives. Historically, mining and purifying uranium hasn't been a very clean process. Even transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses a contamination risk. And once the fuel is spent, you can't just throw it in the city dump. It's still radioactive and potentially deadly. On average, a nuclear power plant annually generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel, classified as high-level radioactive waste. When you take into account every nuclear plant on Earth, the combined total climbs to roughly 2,000 metric tons a year. All of this waste emits radiation and heat, meaning that it will eventually corrode any container that holds it. It can also prove lethal to nearby life forms. As if this weren't bad enough, nuclear power plants produce a great deal of low-level radioactive waste in the form of radiated parts and equipment. Over time, spent nuclear fuel decays to safe radioactive levels, but this process takes tens of thousands of years. Even low-level radioactive waste requires centuries to reach acceptable levels. Currently, the nuclear industry lets waste cool for years before mixing it with glass and storing it in massive cooled, concrete structures. This waste has to be maintained, monitored and guarded to prevent the materials from falling into the wrong hands. All of these services and added materials cost money -- on top of the high costs required to build a plant. Disponível em: Acesso em: abr. 2011.  

The vocabularies “houses" (line 2), “fission" (line 11), “dump" (line 15) and “decays" (line 24) are used in the text as:

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ID
720373
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UDESC
Órgão
UDESC
Ano
2007
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Disciplina
Inglês
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          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:


Analyze the best answer to complete the following sentence, giving it the same meaning as in the text.

"Emotion running __________
Rivers to the sea
I could not even ___________ the __________ of you and me."

Mark the right alternative.

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ID
737311
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the approach to its corresponding view of language and choose the alternative that shows the right sequence.

 APPROACH

1. Grammar Translation 

2. Direct Method

3. Community language leaming

4. Natural Approach 


VIEW OF LANGUAGE

( ) Vehicle for communicating meaning

( ) Student generated 

( ) Everyday spoken language

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ID
737332
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Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the background elements of a lesson plan on the left to the examples on the right. Choose the alternative that shows the correct sequence.


ELEMENTS OF A PLAN 


1. Aims

2. Class profile

3. Language focus

4. Assumptions

5. Anticipated problems

6. Timetable fit


EXAMPLES

( ) In the past lesson students dealt with the irregular past tense of the verbs. Next week we will be reviewing modais.

( ) Students might not be able to use the contracted form of ‘ should not have’.

( ) Based on previous lessons, students might not have problems with the new vocabulary.

( ) Students will be able to use the simple present to talk about daily routines.

( ) To give students practice in reading for both gist and for detail. 

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ID
737353
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the learning strategy types with an example and choose the alternative that shows the correct sequence.

LEARNING STRATEGY 

1. Memory strategy 

2. Compensation strategy

3. Affective strategy

4. Social strategy


EXAMPLE

( ) Asking for correction.

( ) Making positive statements.

( ) Coining words.

( ) Using imagery.

( ) Grouping.

( ) Using mime or gesture.

( ) Taking risks wisely.

( ) Cooperating with others. 

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  • Grouping é de Cognitive strategy metacognitive strategies used for planning and organizing the learning process, thinking of it, monitoring language production and comprehension, as well as for evaluating the learning outcomes; • cognitive strategies, such asrepetition, resourcing, translation, grouping, note taking, deduction, recombination, auditory representation, contextualization, inferencing, are related to particular learning tasks and to the manipulation of the learning material; • socioaffective strategies are used when interacting with other and they include cooperation and asking questions for clarification. https://rate.org.ro/blog2.php/1/types-of-learning-strategies-how
ID
737359
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match each school of thought in second language acquisition to its corresponding themes. Then, choose the alternative that shows the right sequence.

SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT

1. Structuralism and Behaviorism

2. Rationalism and Cognitive psychology

3. Constructivism 


THEMES 

( ) Innateness.

( ) Observable performance.

( ) Conditioning. 

( ) Universal grammar.

( ) Interlanguage variability.

( ) Interactive discourse. 

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  • Esta questão esta errada.... gramática universal é do GERATIVISMO e nao tem essa opção.
ID
737365
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2010
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Match the technique for encouraging motivation with the general advice on motivation, Then choose the altemative that shows the correct sequence,


TECHNIQUES

1. Encourage leamer autonomy

2. Find out what students think

3. Make your feedback positive and constructive.

4. Build variety into your teaching.


GENERAL ADVICE

( ) Give comments on students work which are helpful and enable them to feel a sense of progress.

( ) Choose activities that different students can respond to in different ways, for example, making posters or writing poems.

( ) Train students to use reference resources to help them study successfully on their own. 

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ID
757366
Banca
CESGRANRIO
Órgão
Transpetro
Ano
2012
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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.

'Until I'm blue in the face' in the fragment “I can stand in front of you and talk about working safely and what procedures to follow until I'm blue in the face." (lines 1-3) is substituted, without change in meaning, by 'until I

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  • Until you are blue in the face:

         If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results:    You can tell her to tidy her room until you are blue in the face, but she won't do it.

    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/until-you-are-blue-in-the-face
  •  d) get exhausted and speechless’.

    He can talk about working safely until he gets blue in teh face. Going blue is an effect achieved by the lack of a steady influx of oxygen to a certain organ or tissue, in the case at hand it denotes prattling nonstop about a topic to the point of not breathing in between pauses, which would nonetheless lead to some strain on the speaker.

    "blue in the face" significa que ele ficaria cansado de tanto martelar na mesma tecla de "working safely".
ID
757372
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 expressions “Complying with" and “follow through" in the fragments “Complying with OSHA regulations isn't always easy," (lines 10-11) and “Then it's up to you to follow through the task and use the equipment as you were trained." (lines 23-24) may, respectively, be substituted, without change in meaning, by

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  •       comply:
         to act according to an order, set of rules, or request:    He's been ordered to have the dog destroyed because it's dangerous, but he refuses to comply.There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.

    follow through
    to complete the movement of hitting, kicking, or throwing a ball by continuing to move your arm or leg in the same direction:You need to follow through more on your backhand.
  • e) obeying & conclude. To follow through on a task might be taken as concluding it teh same way that complying with something implies obeying to some degree.

    comply- abide by, follow agreement or instructions
    accede, accord, acquiesce, adhere to, agree to, cave in, come around, conform to, consent to, cry uncle, defer, discharge, ditto, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit in, fold, fulfill, give in, give out, give up, go along with, go with the flow, keep, knuckle to, knuckle under, mind, obey, observe, perform, play ball, play the game, put out, quit, respect, roll over and play dead, satisfy, shape up, stay in line, straighten up, submit, throw in towel, toss it in, yes one, yield.

    follow through - bring to a conclusion.
    complete, conclude, consummate, pursue.
ID
757384
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.

Based on the meanings in the text, it is clear that

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  • Sobre a E:

     the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen:If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point.There are heavy odds against people succeeding in such a bad economic climate.What are the odds on him being (= do you think he will be) re-elected?The odds are stacked against a woman succeeding (= it is not likely that a woman will succeed) in the business.in gambling (= the activity of risking money guessing the result of something), aprobability expressed as a number:The odds against my horse winning (= that it will not win)/on my horse winning (= that it will win) are a hundred to one.The odds that the US entrant will win the race are ten to one.

  • Sole tem o mesmo significado de only, single, etc.

    Exemplo: The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water after six hours.

  • A - Sole e Only expressam ideias parecidas → Sole = único, Só; Only = só, somente - CERTO

    B - Injured e hurt são antonimos → Injured = ferido, prejudicado; Hurt= ferido, prejudicado.- ERRADO

    C- Ensure e Guarantee expressam ideais contraditórias → Ensures = garantir, assegurar; Guarantee = garantir. - ERRADO

    D- Subtle e Obvious são sinônimos → Subtle = sutil, misterioso; Obvious= óbvio, evidente - ERRADO

    E- Odds e Probabilities não tem significado equivalente → Odds = possibilidade, probabilidade; Probabilites= probabilidade, possibilidade -ERRADO

  • Com base nos significados do texto, é evidente que
    A) "sole"- exclusivo, único (linha 9) e exclusivo expressam ideias semelhantes.
    B) "ferido" (linha 15) e ferido são antônimos.
    C) "garantir" (linha 21) e garantir  expressam ideias contraditórias.
    D) "sutil" (linha 41) e óbvio são sinônimos.
    E) "probabilidades" (linha 77) e probabilidades não têm significados equivalentes.
    Podemos afirmar que "sole"- único e "only"- exclusivo, expressam ideias semelhantes. Alternativa A.

ID
801637
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that completes the text below with the correct form of the word in brackets:

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

Alternativas
ID
801658
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the correct alternative:

I. The Simple Aspect refers to events which are seen, in concept, as complete wholes.
II. The Progressive Aspect refers to events which are incomplete or imperfective.
III. The meaning of the Perfect Aspect refers to a time prior to now, retrospectively.

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ID
801682
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence below:

"The kids had an argument about who does the most cleaning in their room. I was careful not to__________, as I want to stay good friends with them both".

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  •  

    gab- A "take sides" - tomar partido

     

     Take a Guess- Adivinhe

    Take my Pick- tomar a minha escolha

    Take the floor- fazer uso da palavra

     

    take pot luck-pegue a jarra sorte

     

     

ID
801736
Banca
Exército
Órgão
EsFCEx
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

The term approach refers to:

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  • GAB- E "

    the theories about the nature of language and language learning"

    as teorias sobre a natureza da linguagem e da aprendizagem de línguas.

ID
821071
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
EBC
Ano
2011
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Considering linguistics aspects of English, judge the following
items.

The following sentence presents a problem of “meaning”: “Emotion is running high at the moment, but that emotion must not be allowed to temper sensible judgement”.

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Comentários
  • Inexact:
    coirrect:  Emotions are running high at the moment, but that emotion must not be allowed to tamper with sensible judgement. Temper is often used witha n object so it doesn't fit the construction it appears in.

    Errado- emotion não está especificado no contexto, o qual necessita de modifier (some, definite article, plural form etc). Em caso o autor queira se referir a emoções no geral, deveria usar a forma no plural. Em caso ele estivesse definindo emoção, a construção estaria correta. "temper"  (modificar) é um verbo que exige complemento. Na ausência de objeto, há um erro de regência (collocation).
ID
876667
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.

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta os antônimos da sequência de palavras: healthy – rich – large.

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  •  e) unhealthy – poor – small

    Healthy
    Antonyms: delicate, diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, infirm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn

    poor
    Antonyms: affluent, rich, wealthy

    small
    Antonyms: big, enormous, generous, huge, immense, large
ID
890890
Banca
ESPP
Órgão
COBRA Tecnologia S/A (BB)
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

The internet vigilantes: Anonymous hackers' group outs man, 32, 'who drove girl, 15, to suicide by spreading topless photos of her'

Anonymous has named a man it claims posted topless pictures of a 15-year-old girl online and harassed her so relentlessly that she killed herself.

Amanda Todd, from Vancouver, Canada, was found hanged in her home on October 10, just weeks after she uploaded a video to YouTube detailing her horrific treatment at the hands of cyber bullies.

When she was just 12, a man in an internet chat room convinced her to flash her breasts, and a year later, he plastered a picture of the incident across Facebook.
Now in a vigilante move, Anonymous, the world's largest hacking group, has named the man allegedly responsible for the picture.

The group claims that he is a 32-year-old from British Columbia, but MailOnline has chosen not to identify him for legal reasons

As Todd's supporters set up Facebook pages warning the man to 'sleep with one eye open', the move by Anonymous sparks concerns over its abilities to create a 'trial by internet' - bypassing the justice system and casting guilt.

In a video posted to YouTube by Anonymous, a figure claims the group lists his personal information, including his date of birth and address

It explains that his username appears on websites where he 'blackmailed' and gave advice to young girls. The same username is also tied to a website with a 'jailbait' photo gallery. '[He] is an abomination to our society, and will be punished,' the Anonymous figure says.

Referring to the possibility they might have the wrong man, they add: 'At the most this is the person who did this to Amanda Todd, and at the least it's another pedophile that enjoys taking advantage of children.'

Following Anonymous' announcement, the web moved swiftly, with groups calling for his death and warning him to 'sleep with one eye open' cropping up on Facebook.

CKNW reporters have unsuccessfully tried to speak with the man, and neighbours have described his home as 'a known party house on the weekend with lots of young women coming and going'.

But police attended the home on Monday after a neighbour, Chyne Simpson, said Anonymous named the wrong address. He said he felt threatened by internet users and asked them to stay away.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police refused to confirm Anonymous have the right man but a spokesperson said they were aware that someone had been named.

'We are aware of what's being posted online and certainly following up what we feel is important to follow up,' Sergeant Peter Thiessen told The Globe and Mail, adding: '[Vigilantes] run the risk of committing a criminal offence.'

Todd's family members also said they are not sure the Anonymous report is accurate and said police have tracked down a person living in the U.S. whom they believed was involved.

The claims come weeks after Amanda posted a nearly nine-minute YouTube video detailing her treatment on a stack of notecards held up to the camera.

Todd says that a year after she flashed her breasts, the man tracked her down and demanded he put on a show for him or he would expose her.

When she refused, he created a Facebook page with a list of her friends and used her naked chest as the profile photo. The picture quickly spread across the internet and among her classmates.

It led to relentless bullying online, she said, and she was diagnosed with depression and started drinking. In the video, posted September 7, she admitted that she had previously tried to kill herself twice and has been hospitalised.

After moving to a different city and school, another instance of bullying occurred after she started a romantic relationship with an older man who had a girlfriend. Once that relationship soured, she was confronted and beaten up by the man's girlfriend. She was hit in front of a crowd of screaming people who encouraged her to be left in a ditch.

Amanda does not speak in the video, and her face is not fully shown, but she confirmed her identity with the last notecard which says her name.

One of the final images is a jarring picture of her arm which had been cut repeatedly. Just under six weeks after posting the video, Todd could take the bullying no longer, and took her own life.
During a memorial for Todd on Monday, her friends said they have been aware of a man in his 30s 'stalking' their friend for years.

'There were multiple accounts with random names,' one friend told QMI Agency. 'There were Twitter accounts also used.' The Vancouver Sun reported that Amanda was a student in Grade 10 at the Coquitlam Basic Alternative Education school. The principal of the school confirmed her death and said that she had become connected with many since she transferred to the school in the middle of last year.

'It is a very sad case,' Paul McNaughton told the paper. 'I can tell you we feel we tried everything we could to help her when she came to us.'
Her death prompted a local politician to release a video of her own that pleads to put an end to bullying.
'I just heard about Amanda. I want to say to everyone who loved her, to all her family and friends, how sorry I am about her loss,' British Columbia premier Christy Clark said.
'No one deserves to be bullied. No one earns it. No one asks for it. It isn't a rite of passage. Bullying has to stop.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218532/Amanda-Todd-Anonymous-names-man-drove- teen-kill-spreading-nude-pictures.html

The alternative that brings the best synonym in its base form to the bold underlined word in the text page “Anonymous has named a man it claims posted topless pictures of a 15-year-old girl online and harassed her so relentlessly that she killed herself." is:

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  • d) Besieged. There's no boldfaced word in the stringy passage, but I would take it that they'd be looking for an equivalent for "harassed", as the answer choices only deal with past participle verbs. Besieged comes closer in meaning to harassed as it could be implied that her mind was under siege as they ganged up on her.

    d)besieged (sitiado). Harassed significa incomodado
  • be·siege  (b-sj)
    tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es
    1. To surround with hostile forces.
    2. To crowd around; hem in.
    3. To harass or importune, as with requests: Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.
    4. To cause to feel distressed or worried: She was besieged by problems.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Besieged

  • Essa é nivel hard.

     

    Nunca tinha visto nenhuma da palavras constantes nas alternativas.

ID
891889
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... 

The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underline idiom in the passage “Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010" is

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ID
891892
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... 

In the passage “The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole" the meaning of the phrasal verb is

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  • Na passagem "A análise é baseada em registros financeiros entregues como parte de um processo contra a galeria arquivada por Domenico e Eleanore De Sole", o significado do verbo phrasal é   A) denunciado   B) sobre inchado   C) cercado   D) dispostos de forma diferente   E) derrubar

  • A questão aborda os Phrasal verbs, que são verbos que vêm acompanhados por preposições ou advérbios, e podem modificar completamente o sentido do verbo original.

    Muitas vezes, para saber o significado, é preciso decorar ou deduzir pelo contexto.

    Exemplo: give up = desistir, sendo que o verbo give é traduzido como dar.

    Vamos ao enunciado:

    Na passagem “A análise é baseada em registros financeiros entregues como parte de um processo contra a galeria movido por Domenico e Eleanore De Sole” o significado do verbo frasal é

    A questão pede o significado do verbo "turned over", que, de acordo com a tradução acima, tem o significado de entregues/denunciados.

    A) Correta - denounced = denunciado

    B) Incorreta - over swelled = inchado

    C) Incorreta - surrounded = cercado

    D) Incorreta - disposed differently = disposto de forma diferente

    E) Incorreta - overthrew = derrubado

    Gabarito: A

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891898
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IBFC
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INEP
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2012
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Disciplina
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Read the following sentences I, II, III: I.
I sent a letter to the airline company complaining about the problems I had during the flight and they have promised to look into the matter.
II. Although that doctor hasn't won the Nobel Prize, I look up to him.
III. I promised her that I would look after her kids if she weren't able to do that.

It's correct to say that the meaning of each underline bold phrasal verb is respectively

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  • Letra C

    Investigate, admire, take care of

    Investigue, admire, cuide de

  • (C)

    I sent a letter to the airline company complaining about the problems I had during the flight and they have promised to look into the matter.

    II. Although that doctor hasn't won the Nobel Prize, I look up to him.

    III. I promised her that I would look after her kids if she weren't able to do that.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Look into--> investigate, inquire, explore, look into, study, delve

    Look up to-->Admire, look up to, flabbergast

    look after--> Take care of, look after, tend , cater to

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939244
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VUNESP
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CETESB
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2013
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Inglês
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DIET DRINKS "LINK TO DEPRESSION" QUESTIONED

Experts are questioning whether diet drinks could raise depression risk, after a large study has found a link.

    The US research in more than 250,000 people found depression was more common among frequent consumers of artificially sweetened beverages. The work, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, did not look at the cause for this link.

    Drinking coffee was linked with a lower risk of depression.

    People who drank four cups a day were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with depression during the 10-year study period than those who drank no coffee. But those who drank four cans or glasses of diet fizzy drinks or artificially sweetened juice a day increased their risk of depression by about a third. Lead researcher Dr Honglei Chen, of the National Institutes of Health in North Carolina, said: “Our research suggests that cutting out or down on sweetened diet drinks or replacing them with unsweetened coffee may naturally help lower your depression risk.”

    But he said more studies were needed to explore this. There are many other factors that may be involved. And the findings – in people in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s and living in the US – might not apply to other populations. The safety of sweeteners, like aspartame, has been extensively tested by scientists and is assured by regulators.

    Gaynor Bussell, of the British Dietetic Association, said: “Sweeteners used to be called ‘artificial’ sweeteners and unfortunately the term ‘artificial’ has evoked suspicion. As a result, sweeteners have been very widely tested and reviewed for safety and the ones on the market have an excellent safety track record. However, the studies on them continue and this one has thrown up a possibly link – not a cause and effect – with depression.”

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20943509.09.01.2013. Adaptado)




The term “whether” in – Experts are questioning whether diet drinks could raise depression risk, after a large study has found a link. – introduces

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  • a) a supposition.

    Whether is tantamount to if (as in the conjunction), the only difference is that it comes with a pre set choice to be made.

    Whether é uma conjunção subordinada adverbial condicional, a qual implica Supposition (suposição)

  • O termo "se" em - Os especialistas estão questionando se as bebidas dietéticas poderiam aumentar o risco de depressão, depois que um grande estudo encontrou um elo. - introduz

ID
939247
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VUNESP
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CETESB
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2013
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DIET DRINKS "LINK TO DEPRESSION" QUESTIONED

Experts are questioning whether diet drinks could raise depression risk, after a large study has found a link.

    The US research in more than 250,000 people found depression was more common among frequent consumers of artificially sweetened beverages. The work, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, did not look at the cause for this link.

    Drinking coffee was linked with a lower risk of depression.

    People who drank four cups a day were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with depression during the 10-year study period than those who drank no coffee. But those who drank four cans or glasses of diet fizzy drinks or artificially sweetened juice a day increased their risk of depression by about a third. Lead researcher Dr Honglei Chen, of the National Institutes of Health in North Carolina, said: “Our research suggests that cutting out or down on sweetened diet drinks or replacing them with unsweetened coffee may naturally help lower your depression risk.”

    But he said more studies were needed to explore this. There are many other factors that may be involved. And the findings – in people in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s and living in the US – might not apply to other populations. The safety of sweeteners, like aspartame, has been extensively tested by scientists and is assured by regulators.

    Gaynor Bussell, of the British Dietetic Association, said: “Sweeteners used to be called ‘artificial’ sweeteners and unfortunately the term ‘artificial’ has evoked suspicion. As a result, sweeteners have been very widely tested and reviewed for safety and the ones on the market have an excellent safety track record. However, the studies on them continue and this one has thrown up a possibly link – not a cause and effect – with depression.”

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20943509.09.01.2013. Adaptado)




O termo likely em – People who drank four cups a day were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with depression during the 10-year study period than those who drank no coffee. – transmite a ideia de

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  • b) propensão.

    Likely means someone or something prone to being the target of some event to unfold according to the semantic contents in a sentence. e.g.: He's likely to fail at some in teh future if he keeps playing it safe like this.

    Likely tem sentido equivalente a provável, o qual pode ser interpretado como propensão.

  • Café é vida. Sem mais ☕

    Sinônimos de likely: tend, probably

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957466
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FCC
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SEFAZ-SP
Ano
2013
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Disciplina
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)



No texto, “overburdened” significa

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  •  a) sobrecarregada.

    overburden- to burden with too much weight, overload, overtax, overstrain.

  • Burden -> Carga / Fardo

    Overburdened -> Sobrecarregado

     

     

    Calma, calma! Eu estou aqui!

  • A tradução de “overburdened” é sobrecarregada. Mesmo que o candidato não soubesse o

    significado, diante do contexto, era possível acertar a questão. Veja que o autor afirma que continuará

    dando mais trabalho para um órgão que já está...............(keep making more work for the agency that is

    already...............). Perceba que, bem preparada, bem equipada, subempregada (alternativas B, C e D,

    respectivamente) não fariam sentido na frase. A letra E também não poderia ser a resposta correta, pois

    o texto não menciona nada sobre falta de funcionários (lack of employees).

    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. (...)

    Por causa das novas leis tributárias, a Receita Federal também teve que liberar tabelas de imposto

    de renda retido na fonte atualizadas para 2013. Essas substituem as tabelas emitidas em 31 de dezembro.

    Sim, vamos continuar dando mais trabalho para a repartição que já está sobrecarregada. (...)

    Gabarito: A

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957475
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FCC
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SEFAZ-SP
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2013
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Facebook Announces Its Third Pillar “Graph Search” That Gives You Answers, Not Links Like Google
DREW OLANOFF JOSH CONSTINE, COLLEEN TAYLOR, INGRID LUNDEN
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

       Today at Facebook’s press event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced its latest product, called Graph Search.
       Zuckerberg made it very clear that this is not web search, but completely different.
       He explained the difference between web search and Graph Search. “Web search is designed to take any open-ended query and give
you links that might have answers.” Linking things together based on things that you’re interested in is a “very hard technical problem,”
according to Zuckerberg.
       Graph Search is designed to take a precise query and give you an answer, rather than links that might provide the answer.” For
example, you could ask Graph Search “Who are my friends that live in San Francisco?”
       Zuckerberg says that Graph Search is in “very early beta.” People, photos, places and interests are the focus for the first iteration of the
product.
       Facebook Graph Search is completely personalized. Tom Stocky of the search team explains he gets unique results for a search of
“friends who like Star Wars and Harry Potter.” Then, “If anyone else does this search they get a completely different set of results.  ...C...
someone had the same set of friends as me, the results would be different [because we have different relationships with our friends].”
       You can also use Graph Search for recruiting. Stocky says if he was looking for people to join the team at Facebook, he could search
for NASA Ames employees who are friends with people at Facebook. “If I wanted to reach out and recruit them, I could see who their friends
are at Facebook. To refine them I can look for people who wrote they are “founders.”
       Photos is another big part of Graph Search. Results are sorted by engagement so you see the ones with the most likes and comments
at the top. For example, Lars Rasmussen, Facebook engineer, searched for “photos of my friends taken at National Parks.” He got a gorgeous
page of photos from Yosemite, Machu Pichu, and other parks.
(Adapted from http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/facebook-announces-its-third-pillar-graph-search/)



No texto, “latest” significa

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    •  d) mais recente.
    Latest, most recent, most latter-day, top notch, 
  • Analisando a questão:

    "latest" - é o superlativo de "late", e significa: o mais moderno, o último.

    No texto podemos traduzir "latest" como "o mais recente". Alternativa D. 

    "Today at Facebook's press event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced its latest product, called Graph Search."
    "Hoje, na coletiva de imprensa do Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO do Facebook, anunciou seu mais recente     produto, chamado Graph Search". 


    RESPOSTA: ALTERNATIVA D.

  • Essa nem precisava ler o texto, só conhecer um pouco de vocabulário. Em provas que tenham inglês, não leia o texto antes, leia primeiro a questão e as alternativas, depois leia o texto se necessário, para economizar tempo.

  • Comentários: Perceba como é fundamental a resolução de provas anteriores: a palavra latest significa

    mais recente, mais moderno, último, atual. Para o candidato que conhecia a tradução, ficou fácil encontrar

    a resposta analisando o contexto. Mas, para os que não conheciam, as outras alternativas poderiam gerar

    dúvida.

    Today at Facebook’s press event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced its latest product,

    called Graph Search.

    Hoje, em um evento de imprensa do Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Diretor-Presidente do Facebook,

    anunciou o seu mais recente produto, chamado Pesquisa por Gráfico.

    Gabarito: D

  • Latest= O mais recente

    gab d

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984196
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Makiyama
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CPTM
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2012
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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...

No trecho:“Generation Y craves attention in the forms of feedback and guidance”, a melhor definição para o termo em destaque é:


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  •  a) To desire something strongly.

    crave = To have a greedy, obsessive desire: hunger, itch, lust, thirst, desejar

  •  a) To desire something strongly.

    crave = To have a greedy, obsessive desire: hunger, itch, lust, thirst, desejar

  •  a) To desire something strongly.

    crave = To have a greedy, obsessive desire: hunger, itch, lust, thirst, desejar
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Makiyama
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CPTM
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2012
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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...

No primeiro parágrafo, o termo available pode ser traduzido como:


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  • "Available" - cuidado para não confundir com avaliável, cuja melhor tradução é "evaluable". As bancas tendem a gostar dessas palavras que parecem, mas não são, como Actually (na verdade, e não atualmente), Fabric (tecido, e não fábrica), Ant (formiga, e não anta) e muitos outros.
  • a) Disponível.
    available= acquirable, attainable, gettable, obtainable, procurable,on hand, to be had, disponível.
  • a) Disponível.
    available= acquirable, attainable, gettable, obtainable, procurable,on hand, to be had, disponível.
  • a) Disponível.
    available= acquirable, attainable, gettable, obtainable, procurable,on hand, to be had, disponível.
  • a) Disponível.

    Available, ready to hand, disponivel.
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993901
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VUNESP
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DCTA
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2013
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Inglês
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Two of the greatest technologies of our age are telecommunications and computer engineering. Telecommunications is concerned with moving information from one point to another point or from one point to many other points. I think it is no exaggeration to say that the telecommunications industry is largely taken for granted by the vast majority of people. If you were to ask the average person what the greatest technological feat of 1969 was, they would probably reply ‘The first manned landing on the moon’. A much more magnificent achievement was the ability of millions of people half a million kilometres away to watch what was taking place on the moon in their own homes. However, if most people are not aware of the great developments in the telecommunications industry, they will not have missed the microprocessor revolution. In the last few years powerful computers have become even more powerful and minicomputers and microprocessors have spread to industry, education, research, and the home.

(Extraído de: The Principles of Computer Hardware, Alan Clements,
International Student Edition, 2nd, 1991)

No texto, o termo aware tem o significado de:

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  • d) consciente

    aware: marked by comprehension, cognisance, and perception: alive, awake, cognisant, sensible, sentient, wise, hip, on to, consciente
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1007272
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FCC
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TRT - 18ª Região (GO)
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2013
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   Software Evaluation: Criteria-based Assessment 
   Mike Jackson, Steve Crouch and Rob Baxter
   Criteria-based assessment is a quantitative assessment of the software in terms of sustainability, maintainability, and usability. This can inform high-level decisions on specific areas for software improvement.
   Open Source Initiative
   A criteria-based assessment gives a measurement of quality in a number of areas. These areas are derived from ISO/IEC 9126-1 Software engineering − Product quality and include usability, sustainability and maintainability.
   The assessment involves checking whether the software, and the project that develops it, conforms to various characteristics or exhibits various qualities that are expected of sustainable software. The more characteristics that are satisfied, the more sustainable the software. Please note that not all qualities have equal weight e.g. having an OSI-approved open source licence is of more importance than avoiding TAB characters in text files.
   In performing the evaluation, you may want to consider how different user classes affect the importance of the criteria. For example, for Usability-Understandability, a small set of well-defined, accurate, task-oriented user documentation may be comprehensive for Users but inadequate for Developers. Assessments specific to user classes allow the requirements of these specific user classes to be factored in and so, for example, show that a project rates highly for Users but poorly for Developers, or vice versa.
   Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for A  one could envisage an application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that tutorials aren’t needed. Portability can apply to both the software and its development infrastructure e.g. the open source software OGSA-DAI2 can be built, compiled and tested on Unix, Windows or Linux (and so is highly portable for Users and User-Developers). However, its Ruby test framework cannot yet run on Windows, so running integration tests would involve the manual setup of OGSA-DAI servers (so this is far less portable for Developers and, especially, Members).

                          (Adaptado de: http://africanpot.org/index.php/resource-center/re...) 

A palavra que preenche, no contexto, a lacuna A é

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  •  e) Learnability.

    The passage in its entirety deals with an envisioned application that is overtly user friendly to the point that it offers handy context sensitive help as well as the choice of falling back on user-minded instruction booklets .

    O periodo descreve uma aplicação fácil para usuarios com features como ajuda especial, dependente de contexto. Learnability remete ao aprendizado, porque ha facilidade de o usuario se adaptar à aplicacao pelo que oferece.

  • (A) Buildability = Que pode ser construído.


    (B) Installability = Instalabilidade.


    (C) Documentation = Documentação.

     

    (D) Integration = Integração.


    (E) Learnability = Que pode ser aprendido.

  • Letra A – Errada. Veja que a palavra buildability (que pode ser construído) não está de acordo com o contexto.

    Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for .....(buildability)..... one could envisage an

    application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that

    tutorials aren’t needed.

    A classificação também pode ser afetada, por exemplo, pela natureza do próprio software para .....(que possa ser

    construído)..... poderá imaginar uma aplicação que foi bem concebida, proporcionar ajuda sensível ao contexto

    etc e, consequentemente, ser tão fácil de usar que tutoriais sejam desnecessários.

    Letra B – Errada. O termo installability (instalabilidade, ou seja, que se instala) também não preenche

    adequadamente a lacuna.

    Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for ..... (installability)..... one could envisage an

    application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that

    tutorials aren’t needed.

    A classificação também pode ser afetada, por exemplo, pela natureza do próprio software para .....(a

    instalabilidade)..... poderá imaginar uma aplicação que foi bem concebida, proporcionar ajuda sensível ao

    contexto etc e, consequentemente, ser tão fácil de usar que tutoriais sejam desnecessários.

    Letra C – Errada. A palavra documentation (documentação) não faz nenhum sentido no contexto.

    Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for .....(documentation)..... one could envisage an

    application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that

    tutorials aren’t needed.

    A classificação também pode ser afetada, por exemplo, pela natureza do próprio software para .....(a

    documentação)..... poderá imaginar uma aplicação que foi bem concebida, proporcionar ajuda sensível ao

    contexto etc e, consequentemente, ser tão fácil de usar que tutoriais sejam desnecessários.

    Letra D – Errada. O termo integration (integração), assim como as alternativas anteriores, não preenche

    corretamente a lacuna.

    Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for ..... (integration)..... one could envisage an

    application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that

    tutorials aren’t needed.

    A classificação também pode ser afetada, por exemplo, pela natureza do próprio software para .....(a

    integração)..... poderá imaginar uma aplicação que foi bem concebida, proporcionar ajuda sensível ao contexto

    etc e, consequentemente, ser tão fácil de usar que tutoriais sejam desnecessários.

    Letra E – Certa. Observe, no trecho abaixo, que a palavra learnability (que pode ser aprendido) está de acordo com

    o texto e preenche adequadamente a lacuna.

    Scoring can also be affected by the nature of the software itself e.g. for .....learnability..... one could envisage an

    application that has been well-designed, offers context-sensitive help etc. and consequently is so easy to use that

    tutorials aren’t needed.

    A classificação também pode ser afetada, por exemplo, pela natureza do próprio software, para .....que possa ser

    aprendida..... poderá imaginar uma aplicação que foi bem concebida, proporcionar ajuda sensível ao contexto etc

    e, consequentemente, ser tão fácil de usar que tutoriais sejam desnecessários.

    Gabarito: E

ID
1022044
Banca
IBFC
Órgão
PM-RJ
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

Read the text page “Leading jockey Craig Williams says he will hold Dunaden in higher regard than three-time Melbourne Cup champion mare Makybe Diva if the French raider can carry his hefty weight to back-to-back Melbourne Cups at Flemington today”.
The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underlined word is

Alternativas
Comentários
    •  c) heavy
    Having a relatively great weight: heavy, heavyweight, massive, ponderous, weighty, pesado.
ID
1022056
Banca
IBFC
Órgão
PM-RJ
Ano
2012
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

The statement “the day is terrific” can be understood in different ways:

• An assertion that simply evidences the day is terrific.
• A question, as someone wants to know about the weather: Is the day terrific?
• A suggestion to go for a walk: As the weather is nice, let’s go for a walk.

Concerning the three different ways of being understood, it’s correct to say that

Alternativas
Comentários
  • d) to get the meaning of each proposition, it’s essential to know what is said, the way it’s said, and in what contextualization (sic) (::context) the statement has been produced.

    Context provides for exchanges that can only be rendered meaningful at the situational niches where they take place. Else, the statement will be devoid of meaning, like when it's taken out of context and placed elsewhere.

    Significado depende de contexto, assim como dêixis anafórica a catafórica para justificar o que está sendo comunicado.


ID
1059415
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
FUNASA
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

1               The difficulty for health policy makers the world overis
         this: it is simply not possible to promote healthier lifestyles
         through presidential decree or through being overprotective
4       towards people and the way they choose to live. Recent history
         has proved that one-size-fits-all solutions are no good when
         public health challenges vary from one area of the country to
7       the next. But we cannot sit back while, in spite of all this, so
        many people are suffering such severe lifestyle-driven ill health
       and such acute health inequalities.
   
        Internet: <www.gov.uk> (adapted).

In the text above,

the adjective “one-size-fits-all” (l.5) means long-term and drastic

Alternativas
Comentários

  • One-size-fits-all significa "universal". Ou seja uma solução que serve para todos os casos.

  • Wrong one-size-fits-all often means some makeshift alternative to address a problem or issue, slapped on out of want for something more accurate. It hardly means a long-term solution to a wrong to be redressed.

    errado- one-size-fits-all significa uma solução generica para um problema. POuco a ver com long-term (longo prazo)

  • one-size-fits-all: único para todos, uniforme para todos.

  • [1] "One size fits all" is a description for a product that would fit in all instances. The term has been extended to mean one style or procedure would fit in all related applications. It has been in use for over 5 decades. There are both positive and negative uses of the phrase.


    "Tamanho único" é uma descrição para um produto que se encaixaria/caberia em todas circunstâncias. O termo foi criado para se referenciar a um estilo ou procedimento que serviria em todas aplicações relacionadas. Essa expressão tem sido usada por cinco décadas. Pode ser empregada tanto em um uso negativo quanto positivo numa frase.


    [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_size_fits_all
ID
1059418
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
FUNASA
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

1               The difficulty for health policy makers the world overis
         this: it is simply not possible to promote healthier lifestyles
         through presidential decree or through being overprotective
4       towards people and the way they choose to live. Recent history
         has proved that one-size-fits-all solutions are no good when
         public health challenges vary from one area of the country to
7       the next. But we cannot sit back while, in spite of all this, so
        many people are suffering such severe lifestyle-driven ill health
       and such acute health inequalities.
   
        Internet: <www.gov.uk> (adapted).

In the text above,

the expression “in spite of all this” (l.7) could be replaced correctly by despite of all this

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Depois de in spite of ou despite (apesar de), usamos um substantivo, um pronome (this/that/what etc.) ou a forma do gerúndio –ing.

    In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our holiday. (Apesar da chuva, aproveitamos nosso feriado.)

    I didn’t get the job in spite of having all the necessary qualifications. (Não consegui o emprego apesar de ter todas as qualificações necessárias.)

    She wasn’t well, but in spite of this she went to work. (Ela não estava bem, mas apesar disso ela foi trabalhar.)

    In spite of what I said yesterday, I still love you. (Apesar do que eu te disse ontem, eu ainda te amo.)

    Despite tem o mesmo uso que in spite of, mas nunca leva o OF. Pode-se também usar as formas “in spite of the fact (that)…” e “despite the fact (that)…”

    I didn’t get the job in spite of / despite the fact that I had all the necessary qualifications.

    http://www.englishexperts.com.br/2007/11/23/esclarecimentos-sobre-although-though-even-though-in-spite-of-e-despite/ por Adir Ferreira.

    Boa sorte, galera!!

  • Inexact- the correct form is despite, without any prepositional addendum necessary to accrue sense to the already self-serving one-word expression: despite.

    errado- forma correta é "despite". p.s.: ha uma letra do Led Zepellin que incorretamente usa "despite of": The Immigrant Song. Led Zeppelin III.

  • Lembrei da música dos Beatles rs.

    in spite of all the danger...


    Enfim, questão errada.

  • Despite nunca leva o ''of''.

  • Despite e in spite of têm o mesmo sentido: ambos são usados para mostrar um contraste. No entanto, apenas in spite of precisa da preposição of. Despite vem sempre sem o of! Por isso a questão está errada. O certo seria "despite all of this".

  • A expressão “In despite of” também é de uso corrente nos EUA, mas necessitaria das duas preposições (in and of) para ser julgado correta

ID
1059421
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
FUNASA
Ano
2013
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

1               The difficulty for health policy makers the world overis
         this: it is simply not possible to promote healthier lifestyles
         through presidential decree or through being overprotective
4       towards people and the way they choose to live. Recent history
         has proved that one-size-fits-all solutions are no good when
         public health challenges vary from one area of the country to
7       the next. But we cannot sit back while, in spite of all this, so
        many people are suffering such severe lifestyle-driven ill health
       and such acute health inequalities.
   
        Internet: <www.gov.uk> (adapted).

In the text above,

the expression “the world over” (l.1) is synonymous with in some parts of the world.

Alternativas
Comentários

  • Errado, pois "the world over" é sinônimo de "por todo o mundo" e não de "em algumas partes do mundo".

  • Off- the world over- throughout the world. All across the world. All over the world, por todo o mundo.

  • No texto acima,
    a expressão “the world over” (por todo o mundo) (l.1) é sinônima de  in some parts of the world 
    (em algumas partes do mundo).

    Gabarito: ERRADO.