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Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well-being, but it has been
hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts feels so good. The answer, reports
Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at Oxford, is not the intellectual pleasure of
cerebral humor, but the physical act of laughing. The simple muscular exertions involved
in producing the familiar ha, ha, ha, he said, trigger an increase in endorphins, the brain
chemicals known for their feel-good effect.
His results build on a long history of scientific attempts to understand a deceptively
simple and universal behavior. “Laughter is very weird stuff, actually,” Dr. Dunbar said.
“That’s why we got interested in it.” And the findings fit well with a growing sense that
laughter contributes to group bonding and may have been important in the evolution of
highly social humans.
In five sets of studies in the laboratory and one field study at comedy performances,
Dr. Dunbar and colleagues tested resistance to pain both before and after bouts of
social laughter. The pain came from a freezing wine sleeve slipped over a forearm, an
ever tightening blood pressure cuff or an excruciating ski exercise.
The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, eliminated the possibility that the pain resistance measured was the result
of a general sense of well-being rather than actual laughter. And, Dr. Dunbar said, they
also provided a partial answer to the ageless conundrum of whether we laugh because
we feel giddy or feel giddy because we laugh. “The causal sequence is laughter triggers
endorphin activation,” he said. What triggers laughter is a question that leads into a
different labyrinth.
Robert R. Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
and the author of “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,” said he thought the study was “a
significant contribution” to a field of study that dates back 2,000 years or so. It has not
always focused on the benefits of laughter. Both Plato and Aristotle, Dr. Provine said,
were concerned with the power of laughter to undermine authority.
The results of Dr. Dunbar’s experiments, when analyzed, showed that laughing
increased pain resistance, whereas simple good feeling in a group setting did not. Pain
resistance is used as an indicator of endorphin levels because their presence in the
brain is difficult to test; the molecules would not appear in blood samples because they
are among the brain chemicals that are prevented from entering circulating blood by the
so-called blood brain barrier.
Dr. Dunbar thinks laughter may have been favored by evolution because it helped
bring human groups together, the way other activities like dancing and singing do. Those
activities also produce endorphins, he said, and physical activity is important in them as
well. “Laughter is an early mechanism to bond social groups,” he said. “Primates use it.”
Adapted from “Scientists hint at why laughter feels so good.” September 13, 2011, www.nytimes.com.
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QUESTIONS
55. According to Dr. Dunbar’s studies on the reasons why laughter makes human beings feel
so good, the explanation lies in the fact that the physical act of laughing
a) pumps more blood to the brain.
b) raises the level of endorphins.
c) triggers intellectual activity.
d) carries brain chemicals to the heart.
56. As to the scientific endeavor to decipher laughter and its effects in humans, the text
states that it has
a) only recently received attention from scientists.
b) always been considered a very silly behavior.
c) often been discarded from psychological studies.
d) been researched for more than a thousand years.
57. According to the text, the philosophers Plato and Aristotle pondered that laughter
a) certainly challenged all types of leadership.
b) was a great resource for those in power.
c) could enfeeble authority.
d) eliminated the possibility of pain.
58. In the process of evolution, according to Dr. Dunbar, laughter could have been privileged
because of
a) its role in the socialization process among groups.
b) its function as a survival tool in the age of stone.
c) the bond it creates between humans and animals.
d) the fact that it could replace singing and dancing.
59. Through some experiments Dr. Dunbar concluded that
a) bouts of laughter occur before and after watching comic films.
b) laughter heals certain brain tumors.
c) good feeling alone does not increase resistance to pain.
d) lab experiments were unable to explain the blood brain barrier.
60. In trying to understand the connection between laughter and pain resistance, Dr. Dunbar
found that
a) laughter works in the body like wine.
b) the act of laughing increases one’s resistance to pain.
c) the two of them are not related.
d) the longer one laughs, the more headaches s/he has.
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Language is forever changing – and forms such as tweets and text messages are
no less valid than any textbook version, says the linguist David Crystal, whose latest
book encourages children to engage with the possibilities of their lingua franca.
Were the English language ever to need an official guardian, Professor David Crystal
certainly looks the part. But the professor would, I suspect, quickly shrug off such a
custodial title – not out of modesty, but principle. Though many endangered languages
need their champions, he would say, English does not require a guardian; it is vibrant
and evolving and can fend for itself.
Crystal’s A Little Book of Language is the latest work of a prolific career. He already
has more than 100 books to his name; some are academic but many are for the general
inquisitive reader, including By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English and
Shakespeare’s Words, which was co-authored by his son, Ben.
For the Crystals, linguistics is clearly a family affair. In the jaunty early chapters of
A Little Book of Language, Crystal notes how, when his four children were young, he
would study them. “We’re talking the 1960s, when the study of linguistics had hardly
begun – people did not know, in a scientific way, how you developed language,” he
recalls. “Several of us linguists at that time would record our own kids, just to get some
data. There was some literature on it then, but no day-by-day, blow-by-blow examples.
I recorded all my children over the years in some shape or form. It’s what linguists
do. You don’t talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in
evidence against you at some point in time.”
Something must have rubbed off. Though his elder two children, Steven and Sue,
eschewed academia, his daughter Lucy took up copywriting and his son Ben, an
actor, is now following his father. “His book Shakespeare on Toast was a runaway
hit – I wish I’d written it!” says Crystal, before rapidly, and self effacingly, adding: “But
I couldn’t have – because it was so cool and modern and so street in its approach to
Shakespeare. He has examples of hip-hop Shakespearians and I would never have
dared put any of that stuff into one of my books.”
A Little Book of Language is a simple history of all language, taking in phonetics,
development, social uses, the internet, endangered languages and a touch of literature.
This all sounds very innocent, but books for children can be a contentious
issue. Language, as much as history, is part of a national identity and cannot escape
contemporary debates. And since Crystal began his academic career in the early 1960s,
there have been dramatic shifts in how the English language is taught. “The ethos of 50
years ago was that there was one kind of English that was right and everything else was
wrong; one kind of access that was right and everything else was inferior,” he says. “Then
nobody touched language for two generations. When it gradually came back in, we didn’t
want to go back to what we did in the 1950s. There’s a new kind of ethos now.”
What has replaced it is something far more fluid – descriptive rather than
prescriptive, as the terminology goes. In schools, appropriateness has replaced the
principle of correctness. “Now, one looks at all varieties of language and asks why they
are used, says Crystal. “We are rearing a generation of kids who are more equitable and
more understanding about the existence of language variety and why it is there.”
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This doesn’t sit easy with the traditionalists, of whom there are still many. His
clearest example is the belief that text messaging is destroying children’s ability to spell.
“It’s all nonsense, but people believe it.”
He addressed this in his book Txtng: the Gr8 Db8, published three years ago, in
which he found that “txt speak” accounted for barely 10 per cent of the contents of
the messages exchanged, and noted that abbreviations have always been part of the
English language. Having solved that argument with some decent data, he tells me that
he’s now moving on to Twitter.
“On Twitter [which limits each written entry to 140 characters], you don’t get the
range of texting abbreviations you get in text messaging. It’s a more sophisticated kind
of communicative medium. You get semantic threads running through it. When you
start counting thousands and thousands of messages, you suddenly realise that on the
whole it’s a new art form in the making.”
The breadth of the internet means that language is morphing not just on grocers’
signs and in school playgrounds, but on a far more fundamental level.
“All these different genres – instant messaging, blogging, chatrooms, virtual worlds
– have evolved different sets of communicative strategies, which means that you can
look at the language and say, ‘That must be an example of a chatroom, that must be an
example of a tweet,’ and you can predict it.”
Becoming involved in bigger arguments seems to be an occupational hazard
for a linguist. Whether it be education, politics or neuroscience, we all have a vested
interest in the implications of language. Our conversation turns to the recent news of a
man who had been lying in a vegetative state for seven years before doctors managed
to establish basic communication by scanning his brainwaves. “We are moving fast
in a direction where you will be able to see what people are saying,” says Crystal,
optimistically. “We’ve got to the stage where you can see the complexity of language
processing. We’re not at the stage yet of being able to see clearly individual sentence
patterns and words, but it’s not long off.”
Surely this has huge implications, not least for personal liberties? “It is the case that
virtually every language issue resolves into a social or political or psychological issue,”
Crystal reminds me. “Language has no independent existence apart from the people
who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you
are and what society is like. At which point, you know that a linguist has to bow out and
say, ‘This is bigger than me.’”
By Joy Lo Dico 14 March 2010 http://www.independent.co.uk
QUESTIONS
1. According to the text, David Crystal has
a) written hundreds of books for children.
b) become very weary of new trends and new media in the latest years.
c) published books of interest to a diversity of readers.
d) received a custodial title that makes him very proud.
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2. As to David Crystal’s recording of his own children as a source of data for linguistic
studies, the text mentions that
a) he was a pioneer in using that strategy.
b) other linguists made similar recordings.
c) it was considered very unethical at that time.
d) such type of data gathering is not accepted today.
3. The author of the text mentions that Crystal is now interested in
a) studying the use of language on Twitter.
b) recording cell phone messages.
c) counting frequency of words in chatrooms.
d) analyzing data from internet sources as a whole.
4. Crystal reinforces the interconnection between
a) the individual and his natural environment.
b) language and an individual’s identity.
c) linguistics and economics.
d) politics and instant messaging.
5. When referring to the diverse text genres used in internet communication, David Crystal
states that they
a) will become a source of unpredictable distraction.
b) can contribute to the illiteracy of kids.
c) are too confusing for young users.
d) have developed specific traits/features of identification.
6. As to the relation between the advances of brainwaves scanning, also called brain
imaging, and the understanding of language processing, Crystal thinks that
a) there is still a long way to go in this direction.
b) these areas of study have not been successfully linked.
c) one might soon manage to see what is being said.
d) the complexity of language processing is still a mystery.
7. The sentences “This all sounds very innocent, but books for children can be a contentious
issue.” and “Language, as much as history, is part of a national identity and cannot escape
contemporary debates.” should be classified respectively as
a) simple and compound.
b) compound and simple.
c) complex and complex.
d) compound and compound.
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8. In the sentences “We are rearing a generation of kids who are more equitable and more
understanding about the existence of language variety...” and “… some are academic but
many are for the general inquisitive reader, including By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in
Search of English and Shakespeare’s Words, which was co-authored by his son, Ben.” one
finds relative clauses that should be classified respectively as
a)
defining and defining.
b)
non-defining and defining.
c) defining and non-defining.
d) non-defining and non-defining.
9. The sentences “In the jaunty early chapters of A Little Book of Language, Crystal notes how,
when his four children were young, he would study them.” and “You don’t talk to a linguist
without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in
time.” contain, respectively, at least one
a) adjective clause and adjective clause.
b) adverb clause and noun clause.
c) adjective clause and adverb clause.
d) adverb clause and adjective clause.
10. In the sentence “When it gradually came back in, we didn’t want to go back to what we did
in the 1950s.” one may spot in its sequence a/an
a) noun clause and an adjective clause.
b) adverb clause and a noun clause.
c) adjective clause and an adverbial clause.
d) noun clause and a noun clause.
11. In the text, the function of the words changing, talking, copywriting, and blogging is
respectively
a) verb, verb, noun, noun.
b) adjective, noun, noun, verb.
c) noun, verb, adjective, adjective.
d) verb, verb, noun, noun.
12. The sentence “All these different genres – instant messaging, blogging, chatrooms, virtual
worlds – have evolved different sets of communicative strategies.” is an example of a
a) complex sentence.
b) simple sentence.
c) compound sentence.
d) compound-complex sentence.
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13. In terms of voice, the sentences “He already has more than 100 books to his name.” and
“David Crystal’s books have been widely read” are respectively
a) passive and active.
b) active and active.
c) passive and passive.
d) active and passive.
14. The clause “Were the English language ever to need an official guardian, […].” would
adequately be rephrased as:
a) if the English language ever needed an official guardian, […].
b) the English language is ever to need an official guardian, […].
c) the English language would need an official guardian, […].
d) though the English language needed an official guardian, […].
15. The sentences “I recorded all my children over the years in some shape or form.”, “It’s a
more sophisticated kind of communicative medium.” and “You get semantic threads running
through it.” have syntactic elements that may be classified respectively as
a)
subject complement, direct object, direct object.
b)
indirect object, subject complement, indirect object.
c) direct object, subject complement, direct object.
d) direct object, direct object, subject complement.
16. In terms of verb tense, the sentences “… abbreviations have always been part of the English
language.”, “… the recent news of a man who had been lying in a vegetative state for seven
years …” and “… the 1960s, when the study of linguistics had hardly begun …” may be
classified respectively as
a)
simple present, present perfect continuous, present perfect.
b)
present perfect continuous, past perfect, simple past.
c) past perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect.
d) present perfect, past perfect continuous, past perfect.
The following questions are not related to the text.
17. If the teacher had not recorded his students, he
a)
would never have had certain insights on language acquisition.
b)
will never have had certain insights on language acquisition.
c) would never has had certain insights on language acquisition.
d) could ever had certain insights on language acquisition.
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18. Having finished his lecture, the author immediately
a)
signing books.
b)
can never sign books.
c) started to sign books.
d) ever starts signing books.
19. Not knowing what to do, Jane decided
a)
to stay home reading.
b)
having stayed home reading.
c) stayed home reading.
d) stay home reading.
20. Sarah wishes Gary
a)
know how much she cares about him.
b)
ought know how much she cares about him.
c) has known how much she cares about him.
d) knew how much she cares about him.
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Text 1
NFL supports fight against breast cancer
The National Football League (NFL) is joining the American Cancer Society (ACS)
to raise awareness about the importance of breast screenings and to raise money to
help fight breast cancer.
NFL players, coaches and referees will wear pink during the month of October
to remind women about the importance of getting mammograms and clinical breast
exams to find breast cancer early, when it’s easier to treat. The program, A Crucial
Catch: Annual Screening Saves Lives, is timed to coincide with National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society recommends women 40 and older
have a mammogram and clinical breast exam every year, and younger women have
clinical breast exams periodically as well. Hats, wristbands and other apparel worn at
NFL games, and special footballs and pink coins will be auctioned off and proceeds
will benefit the American Cancer Society. Fans attending games are encouraged to
wear pink. The NFL also has a Web page where clubs and fans can register teams to
participate in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.
This noncompetitive, inspirational event raises awareness and funds to help end breast
cancer by finding cures and supporting programs and services for all people facing
the disease. Additionally, the Society’s advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society
Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), is participating in Crucial Catch by encouraging
Congress to allocate more funding for cancer research.
Adaptado de: <http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/news/Features/nfl-supports-fightagainst-breast-cancer>.
Acessado em 1o de outubro de 2011.
51. According to the text, it is true to say that
a)
the nfl is fighting along with the acs to stop breast cancer.
b)
detecting breast cancer late leaves no chance of cure for patients.
c) football players have had breast cancer themselves.
d) mammograms and clinical exams will cure breast cancer.
e)
the detection of breast cancer is higher in the month of October.
52. In October every football fan will wear
a)
a hat, a wristband and other pink apparel at games.
b)
pink clothes along with the players and the referees.
c) a football player’s uniform as part of the campaign.
d) pink women’s clothes to support the campaign.
e)
pink clothes and other apparel at games if possible.
53. Women 40 or older
a)
are less likely to have breast cancer than younger ones.
b)
are advised to have a biannual checkup for breast cancer.
c) need to care more for health than younger women.
d) as well as younger ones should be on alert for breast cancer.
e)
who had cancer should advise younger women who never had it.
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54. The support coming from the NFL to help fight breast cancer is
a)
exclusively financial.
b)
neither financial nor moral.
c) exclusively moral.
d) both moral and financial.
e)
coming from players’ money.
Text 2
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to three activist women
More than 250 people were nominated for the prize this year, and there had
been speculation that the committee would reward activists from the Middle East
who used social networking sites and other Internet platforms as they challenged
entrenched dictatorships. But if the committee had singled out the Arab Spring, it could
have courted criticism that, far from rewarding efforts toward peace, it had chosen a
phenomenon whose final outcome in Egypt and Tunisia is far from clear, and which
has provoked bloodletting and strife in Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain. Mr. Jagland
said the 2011 prize recognized those “who were there long before the world’s media
was there reporting.” The announcement in the Norwegian capital followed intense
speculation that the prize would be awarded variously to a figure from the Arab Spring,
the European Union or exclusively to Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf, 72, a Harvard educated
economist, who has often been cast as a pioneer in African politics. She was broadly
perceived as a reformer and peacemaker when she took office after several years
in exile. In Yemen, Ms. Karman has been widely known as a vocal opponent of the
pro-American regime of Mr. Saleh since 2007, leading a human rights advocacy group
called Women Journalists Without Chains. But it was only earlier this year that her
readiness to take to the streets inspired thousands more in Yemen to do the same.
In Liberia, Ms. Gbowee, 39, was cited by the Nobel committee for uniting Christian
and Muslim women against her country’s warlords. As head of the Women for Peace
movement, she was praised for mobilizing women “across ethic and religious dividing
lines to bring an end to the long war” that had raged for years in Liberia until its end in
2003 and for ensuring “women’s participation in elections.”
Adaptado de: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/nobel-peace-prizejohnson-sirleaf-gbowee-karman.
html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp>. Acessado em 7 de outubro de 2011.
55. The Nobel Peace Prize
a)
receives but a couple of nominations per year.
b)
was given to Middle East activists this year.
c) was awarded to female activists from different fields.
d) rewarded but the efforts of activists fighting dictatorships.
e)
is never given to one whose efforts for peace lead to bloodletting.
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56. Ms. Karman’s readiness to take to the streets
a)
had no impact on making people join her in her cause.
b)
caused many to join her in struggling for her cause.
c) was as inspiration to very few people to do the same.
d) started only a few months ago since she’s a new activist.
e)
was a failure and took many people out of there.
57. Ms. Gbowee managed to
a)
unite groups from two opposing religious backgrounds.
b)
make two religious groups fight each other for independence.
c) to fight her country’s warlords all by herself.
d) make Christians and Muslims share a common religious faith.
e)
make suffrage for women a dream to pursue in the future.
Text 3
Women all around the world are allowed to vote
Suffrage is one of the oldest issues that women’s rights activist have been fighting
for. The struggle to gain suffrage is often referred to as the first wave of feminism. In
1906 Finland became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote and
stand in elections. Now, 105 years later, Saudi women have also taken a step towards
equality with the decision of King Abdullah to grant the women of Saudi Arabia the right
to vote and stand for election. The right for women to vote and stand in elections hasn’t
always been the case in the West, for example in Switzerland women got suffrage as
late as 1971. According to the decision made by King Abdullah, Saudi women can take
part in municipal elections – the only public elections in Saudi Arabia. Women will also
be able to be members of the Shura Council which has the power to propose laws to
the King. The announcement has been received with mixed emotions. According to
the international organization of Parliaments, IPU, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the
decision means that no country in the world now discriminates against women when it
comes to electing leaders. Others remain more sceptical. For example professor and
researcher Stéphane Lacroix said in an interview for French newspaper Libération that
this decision does not fundamentally change Saudi society. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon welcomes the recent announcements. He believes that these represent an
important step in the realization by women in Saudi Arabia of their fundamental civil
and political rights. It will be interesting to see how this law will be implemented and if it
succeeds in advancing women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
Disponível em: <http://www.create4theun.eu/women-all-around-the-world-areallowed-to-vote/>.
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58. According to the text
a)
women have always been allowed to vote everywhere.
b)
feminist movements only recently focused on women’s suffrage.
c) Saudi Arabia is still reluctant to allow women’s suffrage.
d) Switzerland has always been a haven for women’s suffrage.
e)
Finland was a pioneer in granting women the right to vote.
59. Considering King Abdullah’s decision, Saudi Arabian women
a)
still play an insignificant role when it comes to suffrage rights.
b)
haven’t experienced anything new in their country concerning suffrage.
c) are now in a much better standing as for suffrage rights than before.
d) have refused to be part of such a limited voting process as offered them.
e)
will have the chance of a lifetime to change their country’s political regime.
60. On account of the king’s decision, women’s rights
a)
in the Middle East have been criticized by the UN Secretary-General.
b)
are to be implemented after the country turns into a democracy.
c) have already given strong signs of vitality in many areas.
d) are yet to be conquered and confirmed in Saudi Arabia.
e)
will certainly go through significant changes in the near future.
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Read the text and answer questions 57 to 64, according to it.
Adora Svitak: tiny literary giant at 12
Adora started writing when she was four years old. She hasn’t stopped since. At
six, Adora received a laptop computer from her mother, on which she quickly amassed
a collection of hundreds of short stories and hundreds of thousands of words – typing
at 70 words per minute.
At the age of seven, Adora achieved her dream of becoming a published author
with the release of Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning Through the Joy of
Writing. The book featured several of Adora’s short stories, along with her writing tips,
typing tips, and advice from her mother. At age 11, Adora published a second book,
Dancing Fingers, with her older sister, Adrianna.
Today, Adora is 12 and she has transformed her writing success into speaking and
teaching success. She has spoken at over 400 schools and presented at the annual
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference. She’s also planning a conference
of her own, for kids and by kids, called TEDx Redmond. She has been featured on
Good Morning America and on CNN. Adora also maintains a blog and attends an online
public school. She is in the eighth grade.
Disponível em: <http://juniorbiz.com/adora-svitak-interview>. Acesso em 2 jun. 2011. (Texto adaptado.)
57. According to the first paragraph, when Adora got a laptop from her mother, she started
a)
publishing seventy stories per month.
b)
reading thousands of stories weekly.
c) writing a smaller number of stories.
d) typing a great number of stories.
e)
telling less and less stories online.
58. The sentence “[...] Adora achieved her dream of becoming a published author [...]” (line 5)
means that:
a)
Adora is having her first book published.
b)
Adora may have her first book published.
c) Adora already had her first book published.
d) Adora will have her first book published.
e)
Adora should have her first book published.
59. According to the text, it is concluded that Adora is
a)
an indolent child.
b)
a famous prodigy.
c) an unpublished writer.
d) a frustrated kid.
e)
a limited speaker.
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60. The text states that
a)
Adora’s mother obliges her to write.
b)
Adora presents a talk show on CNN.
c) Adora prefers to teach young children.
d) Adora’s sister becomes a writer at eleven.
e)
Adora intends to promote her own conference.
61. The title of the text “Adora Svitak: tiny literary giant at 12” says that Adora is
a)
a small girl who writes literary books about a giant named Tiny.
b)
a 12-year-old girl who has been successful in writing literature.
c) a young kid who has written about twelve imaginary giants.
d) a 12-year-old kid who prefers technology and design to writing.
e)
a great literary writer who has published 12 books until now.
ATENÇÃO: As questões de 62 a 64 apresentam mais de uma afirmativa correta.
62. Considering Adora’s literary production, identify the correct statements:
I.
Flying Fingers made her a published author.
II.
Dancing Fingers contained her mother’s advice.
III. Dancing Fingers was a co-production with her sister.
IV. Flying Fingers had typing tips together with stories.
V.
Dancing Fingers was based on Adora’s conferences.
63. Identify the questions whose answers are found in paragraph three of the text:
I.
How old is Adora now?
II.
What grade is Adora at school?
III. Where has she presented conferences?
IV. How many schools does Adora maintain?
V.
Which media has Adora been featured on?
64. Considering Adora’s ages mentioned in the text, identify the correct statements:
I.
At 4 she began her writing process.
II.
At 6 she published her first book.
III. At 7 she became a faster typist.
IV. At 11 she released a new book.
V.
At 12 she got to the 8th grade.
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Read the text and answer questions 57 to 64, according to it.
Looking for freedom
By David Hasselhoff
One morning in june some twenty years ago
I was born a rich man’s son
I had everything that money could buy
But freedom – I had none
I’ve been lookin’ for freedom
I’ve been lookin’ so long
I’ve been lookin’ for freedom
Still the search goes on
I’ve been lookin’ for freedom
Since I left my home town
I’ve been lookin’ for freedom
Still it can’t be found
I headed down the track, my baggage on my back
I left the city far behind
Walkin’ down the road, with my heavy load
Tryin’ to find some peace of mind
Father said you’ll be sorry, son,
If you leave your home this way
And when you realize the freedom money buys
You’ll come running home some day
I paid a lotta dues, had plenty to lose
Travelling across the land
Worked on a farm, got some muscle in my arm
But still I’m not a self-made man
I’ll be on the run for many years to come
I’ll be searching door to door
But, given some time, some day I’m gonna find
The freedom I’ve been searchin’ for
Disponível em: <http://www.lyrics007.com/David%20Hasselhoff%20Lyrics/Looking%20For%20Freedom%20Lyrics.
html>. Acesso em: 13 jul. 2011.
57. Considering the lyrics of the song, it is correct to say that it is a text about
a)
a careless father.
b)
an aggressive boy.
c) a free young runner.
d) the glamour of money.
e)
the search for freedom.
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58. The word “none” (verse 4) refers back to
a)
twenty years.
b)
son.
c) money.
d) freedom.
e)
everything.
59. According to the text, it is correct to affirm that the young man
a)
has already gotten freedom.
b)
has not found freedom yet.
c) has never desired freedom.
d) has not left home for freedom.
e)
has given up searching for freedom.
60. According to the text, it is correct to say that the young man had
a)
everything, however he was unhappy.
b)
nothing, because he was a traveller.
c) no interest in life despite being rich.
d) anything he wanted, but a son of his own.
e)
all he wished except for his father’s advice.
61. According to the text, father and son have
a)
each bought their own farms.
b)
travelled together across the land.
c) had opposing views about freedom.
d) soon realized freedom is money.
e)
both left their city to look for freedom.
ATENÇÃO: As questões de 62 a 64 apresentam mais de uma afirmativa correta.
62. Considering the text, identify the correct statements related to the young man:
I.
He is patient.
II.
He is hopeful.
III. He is intolerant.
IV. He is optimistic.
V.
He is determined.
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63. According to the text, identify the correct propositions:
I.
The young man needed to walk away from home.
II.
The young man planned to spend his time farming.
III. The young man decided to reach his goal some day.
IV. The young man chose to leave his luggage behind.
V.
The young man wanted to have more than money could buy.
64. Considering the consequences of the young man’s experiences so far, identify the correct
statements:
I.
He’s paid a high price.
II.
He’s become an athlete.
III. He’s had to work very hard.
IV. He’s got some muscle working.
V.
He’s become a successful farmer.
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Read the text and answer questions 1 to 8, according to it.
Honesty
By Lisa Mabey
I once returned a pair of shoes that was sent to me by accident. I had paid for
one pair in the store, and a second pair was sent to my home by accident. So I took
the second pair back into the store, and handed them to the store clerk explaining the
situation. He held the shoebox in his hand in disbelief and just looked at me. He then
thanked me for my honesty and commented that he’d never seen that happen before. I
was amazed that such a simple act of honesty was met with such incredulity. Is honesty
really that uncommon?
I think there are honest acts all over the place, but perhaps they’re quieter acts.
Being honest is much bigger than just not lying. It’s doing the right thing no matter what.
It’s not rationalizing your actions (because if you’re trying to rationalize, you already
know something’s wrong, right?).
Being honest also requires a bit of courage sometimes. I wrote previously about the
little boy who appeared on my doorstep with his dad to tell me about something he’d
done. I know that took courage, and I appreciated it immensely. But more than that,
he learned that being honest is the right thing to do and you can feel happy when you
are honest. Honest people are people of character and are trustworthy. You want to be
around people you can trust and who you know will deal with you justly.
Dishonesty hurts you and others. It hurts your spirit and your ability to feel God’s
influence when you’re doing something wrong. You have to remember that honesty
extends beyond others: being honest with yourself and the Lord are sometimes even
more important because your spiritual well-being is on the line.
Disponível em: <http://lds.families.com/blog/for-the-strength-of-youth-series-honesty>. Acesso em: 5 set. 2011.
(Texto adaptado).
1. According to the text, it is correct to say that it is
a)
a novel about an honest girl.
b)
a testimony about being honest.
c) a play about honesty and courage.
d) a sermon about an honest store clerk.
e)
an essay about honesty and lying.
2. According to the first paragraph of the text, it is correct to say that Lisa
a)
paid for the second pair of shoes.
b)
handed a pair of shoes back by accident.
c) received a second pair of shoes at home.
d) won two pairs of shoes from the store.
e)
returned both pairs of shoes to the store.
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3. In the first paragraph of the text, the store clerk’s reaction to Lisa’s attitude made her feel
a)
frightened.
b)
delighted.
c) pleased.
d) surprised.
e)
relieved.
4. In the sentence “He then thanked me for my honesty and commented that he’d never
seen that happen before”, the word “that” refers to
a)
the woman’s rightful act towards the shoe shop.
b)
the clerk’s disbelief at the shoe episode.
c) the woman’s amazing pair of shoes.
d) the clerk’s uncommon simple words.
e)
the woman’s accident close to a shoe store.
5. The text states that a dishonest person hurts
a)
himself alone.
b)
everyone physically.
c) both himself and other people.
d) no one but God.
e)
himself only spiritually.
ATENÇÃO: As questões de 6 a 8 apresentam mais de uma afirmativa correta.
6. Considering the quality of being honest expressed in the text, identify the correct
statements:
I.
Honesty makes people feel happy.
II.
Honesty involves you and others.
III. Honesty destroys people around you.
IV. Honesty conquers people’s trust in you.
V.
Honesty demands being courageous.
7. Identify the questions whose answers are found in the text.
I.
How did the clerk react to the shoe episode?
II.
How did Lisa get the second pair of shoes?
III. How must someone treat a dishonest person?
IV. How did Lisa respond to the little boy’s attitude?
V.
How should people deal with store clerks?
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8. According to Lisa’s opinions about honesty, identify the correct statements:
I.
Being honest has to be the best attitude to take.
II.
Being honest may not be that rare.
III. Being honest could be as necessary as being brave.
IV. Being honest won’t be concerned with one’s character.
V.
Being honest can improve one’s spiritual well-being.
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Instrução: Nas questões a seguir, indique as proposições verdadeiras e as falsas.
Text 1
If only more of the region’s higher-education institutions were like the
University of São Paulo
Latin America boasts some giant universities and a few venerable ones: the
University of Buenos Aires and the National Autonomous University of Mexico enroll
several hundred thousand students apiece, while Lima’s San Marcos was founded in
1551. Even so, the region is hardly synonymous with excellence in higher education.
Research output is unimpressive, teaching techniques are old-fashioned and students
drop out in droves. Faster economic growth is driving a big rise in demand for higher
education in the region and a large crop of new universities.
Quacquarelli Symonds has published the first ranking of Latin American universities,
combining measures of reputation, research output, academics’ qualifications and staffstudent ratios. Of the 200 top universities, 65 are in Brazil, 35 in Mexico, 25 apiece in
Argentina and Chile. The University of São Paulo, the richest and biggest university in
Brazil, came top.
Founded and supported by the government of São Paulo state, USP’s climb up
the rankings has been helped by a big increase in private funding and in international
collaborations and recognition. USP is becoming a world leader in tropical medicine,
parasitology and biofuels.
At many Latin American public universities students pay nothing, staff are
unsackable, and the curriculum is old-fashioned and politicised. Good teaching and
research are not rewarded with extra funding or promotions; institutions do not lose
money if their students drop out.
If Latin America’s universities are to flourish their governance must be reformed.
In most countries the flagship public universities are simply too big to be managed.
Creating a world-class modern university needs flexibility in hiring, promotion and pay
rather than the rigid rules that are traditional in the region. Stronger mechanisms to
ensure quality and more equitable student financing would also make a big difference.
Adaptado de <http://www.economist.com/node/21531468>. Acessado em 9 de outubro de 2011.
Answer questions 1 to 4 according to Text 1.
1. Universities in Latin America
0-0) are well known for their size and excellence.
1-1) enroll many hundred thousand students each.
2-2) feature some giant ones among them.
3-3) have outstanding research production.
4-4) face problems concerning teaching techniques.
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2. The fast growing economic pace in Latin America
0-0) has created an imperative need for new universities.
1-1) shows a close connection between education and progress.
2-2) is forcing universities to open agriculture majors.
3-3) calls for more investments in higher education.
4-4) exercises negligible influence on education demands.
3. According to the text, one can state that
0-0) USP is taking the helm of research in areas such as tropical medicine.
1-1) USP is second to none among all Latin American universities.
2-2) USP has been financed by public and private money as well.
3-3) Latin American universities lose funding if student drop-out is reported.
4-4) workers can be fired in all public universities in Latin America.
4. It is argued that
0-0) universities in Latin America need minor changes in management in order to thrive.
1-1) excellence in teaching and research get no extra financial benefits.
2-2) the administration of leading public universities comprises an easy endeavor.
3-3) Brazil outnumbers all its rivals regarding the best ranked universities in Latin America.
4-4) Latin American universities have flexible hiring, pay and promotion schemes.
Text 2
The revolution is mobile
For around 30 years PCs in various forms have been people’s main computing
devices. Indeed, they were the first machines truly to democratize computing power,
boosting personal productivity and giving people access, via the internet, to a host of
services from their homes and offices. Now the rise of smartphones and tablet computers
threatens to erode the PC’s dominance.
PCs are not about to disappear. Forecasters expect 350m-360m of them to be
sold this year and the market is likely to keep growing, if slowly. With their keyboards,
big screens and connectivity to the web, PCs are still ideal for many tasks. Even so,
the Wintel era—dominated by PCs using Microsoft’s Windows operating system and
Intel’s microchips—is drawing to a close. The recent news that HP, the world’s largest
computer-maker, is thinking of spinning off its PC business to focus on fastergrowing
areas is just a sign of just how much has changed.
A new tech landscape is taking shape that offers consumers access to computing
almost anywhere and on many different kinds of device. Smartphones are at the forefront
of this change. The Yankee Group, a research firm, thinks that sales of these phones
will overtake those of ordinary “feature” phones in many more countries in the next few
years. But other kinds of machine which allows gamers to contact friends while they
play, and also web-enabled television sets, are also helping people stay connected.
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In part, this emerging array of devices reflects changes in society. As people come
to rely more heavily on the web for everything from shopping to social networking, they
need access to computing power in many more places. And as the line between their
personal and their work lives has blurred, so demand has grown for devices that can be
used seamlessly in both.
Adaptado de: <http://www.economist.com/node/21531109>. Acessado em 9 de outubro de 2011.
Answer questions 5 to 8 according to Text 2.
5. Personal Computers (PCs)
0-0) are to keep the helm by bravely withstanding the threat of other computing gadgets.
1-1) have been the most important means of computing power for decades.
2-2) brought services within the reach of users from their own home through the internet.
3-3) can be said to have had a meager impact on how people use computers.
4-4) have already lost their leading position for smartphones and tablet computers.
6. Despite the slower pace of growth in sales, PCs
0-0) should go on as the flagship item produced by HP.
1-1) and the Wintel era should be dominant for a long time yet.
2-2) are still more convenient for certain task purposes.
3-3) are still expected to sell into the hundreds of millions.
4-4) market is not to plunge any time soon.
7. Computing experience
0-0) has now reached the world of TV sets.
1-1) is less and less pervasive.
2-2) and smartphones have made a perfect match.
3-3) is far from being expanded to mobile devices.
4-4) can now be lived through a number of devices.
8. The evolution of computing experience has
0-0) caused unperceivable changes in society and how things are done.
1-1) turned the internet into a must for a whole lot of people.
2-2) called for multipurpose gadgets which can be used indistinctly.
3-3) made personal and professional lives become hard to distinguish.
4-4) kept interaction between people from taking place virtually.
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Text 3
A genius departs
The astonishing career of the world’s most revered chief executive
On October 4th Apple staged a press conference to launch its latest iPhone and
other gadgets. Tim Cook, the computing giant’s new chief executive, and his colleagues
did a perfectly competent job of presenting its latest wares. But it was inevitable that
comparisons would be drawn between Mr Cook’s understated approach on stage and
that of Steve Jobs, his predecessor, whose sense of showmanship had turned so many
Apple product launches into quasi-religious experiences. The news the following day that
Mr Jobs had finally died turned the feeling of disappointment into one of deep sadness.
Many technologists have been hailed as visionaries. If anyone deserves that title
it was Mr Jobs. Back in the 1970s, the notion that computers might soon become
ubiquitous seemed fanciful. In those days he was among the first to appreciate the
potential that lay in the idea of selling computers to ordinary people. Apple launched
Macintosh in 1984. Mr Jobs expected to sell “zillions” of his new machines. But the Mac
was not the success that he had hoped for, and Mr Jobs was ousted from Apple by its
board in 1985.
Mr Jobs’s remarkable second act began in 1996 when Apple, having lost its way,
acquired NeXT, and Mr Jobs returned to put its software at the heart of a new range of
Apple products.
More recently, under his guidance, Apple went from being a company on the brink of
bankruptcy to a firm that has reshaped entire industries and brought rivals to their knees.
Few corporate leaders in modern times have been as dominant—or, at times,
as dictatorial—as Mr Jobs. His success was the result of his unusual combination of
technical smarts, strategic vision, flair for design and sheer force of character. But it was
also because in an industry dominated by engineers and marketing people, he had a
different and much broader perspective. Mr Jobs had an unusual knack for looking at
technology from the outside, as a user, not just from the inside, as an engineer.
Adaptado de: <http://www.economist.com/node/21531530>. Acessado em 9 de outubro de 2011.
Answer questions 9 to 12 according to Text 3.
9. It is true to say of Steve Jobs that he
0-0) ran out of ideas.
1-1) has passed away.
2-2) never put up a show.
3-3) wasn’t looked up to.
4-4) was well-off.
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10. Apple’s success
0-0) was due to Jobs.
1-1) took place in spite of Jobs.
2-2) owes a lot to Jobs.
3-3) stems from Jobs’ vision.
4-4) worked against Jobs.
11. Mr Jobs’ creativity was
0-0) way lower than everybody else’s.
1-1) just as good as anybody else’s.
2-2) less brilliant than his competitors’.
3-3) thought of as being higher than his peers’.
4-4) more engendering than his competitors’.
12. On account of Mr Jobs’ death,
0-0) Apple may face problems in the future.
1-1) Apple will soon stop doing business.
2-2) Apple can’t substitute him for anyone else.
3-3) Tim Cook should do a better job than his predecessor.
4-4) technology industry could lack an engineer with a user’s view.
Text 4
How half of Mexico ended up without driving tests
Six out of ten road deaths worldwide take place in just 12 countries, one of which
is Mexico. Every year some 24,000 people lose their lives on Mexico’s potholed roads,
almost double the number that die at the hands of its drug mafias. A further 600,000
are injured.
In Mexico’s case the main problem is the drivers. Fourteen of Mexico’s 32 states
grant licences without setting a practical driving test. Three of those 14 run compulsory
courses which students pass merely by attending. Five others have multiplechoice
written exams. In six areas, including Mexico City, there is no compulsory training or test
of any sort.
Mexico was not always so freewheeling. Until the 1990s driving tests were nearuniversal, but it took unusual robustness of character to pass without paying a bribe.
Rather than tackle corruption, some states simply abolished the test.
The disregard for road safety goes wider. The ring roads that roar around Mexico’s
big cities have speed limits of up to 80kph. By contrast in Costa Rica the urban speed
limit is 40kph. Drivers are slack about seat belts and child-seats are rarer still.
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A breathalyser blitz has helped to reduce drinkdriving. The new menace is texting,
which is not yet banned. (Talking on the phone is, though enforcement is weak.) Since
2004 the city has denied bail to those arrested for drink-driving or hitand-run accidents,
following a case in which an American banker escaped jail despite drunkenly mowing
down five policemen.
Given the right training, Mexico’s drivers are as safe as any other country’s. An
American study found that Mexican truckers had fewer accidents in the United States
than their American counterparts. Until testing becomes universal, Mexico’s roads will
remain lethal.
Adaptado de: <http://www.economist.com/node/21531484>. Acessado em 9 de outubro de 2011.
Answer questions 13 to 16 according to Text 4
13. Road traffic accidents in Mexico
0-0) are closely associated with the driving skills of its population.
1-1) claim the lives of more than half a million Mexicans every year.
2-2) have no connection with the quality of its well preserved roads.
3-3) involving deaths outnumber those caused by the Mexican drug mafia.
4-4) which wipe out lives rank among the highest in the whole world.
14. In Mexico
0-0) passing a driving test a decade ago often involved corruption.
1-1) every driver has to sit a test before being licenced to hit the road.
2-2) some states have done away with the driving tests while some haven’t.
3-3) there is a uniform mechanism for the granting of a driver’s licence.
4-4) in order to get a driver’s licence it’s mandatory to pass a practical test.
15. Drivers in Mexico
0-0) care about the use of seat belts and do wear them all the time.
1-1) can use speed limits in urban areas which are not compatible there.
2-2) carry their children in child-seats as mandated by law.
3-3) are not likely to comply with the traffic laws at any rate.
4-4) also break the law by driving under the effect of alcohol.
16. Driving drunk and texting while driving are forbidden
0-0) despite being harmless for both drivers and pedestrians.
1-1) and neither has been a reason for arresting drivers.
2-2) and more likely to take place among untrained Mexican drivers.
3-3) however, these are still rather popular among Mexican drivers.
4-4) whereas using a cell phone is allowed on Mexican roads.
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O texto abaixo, extraído do website da organização mundial One International, servirá
de base para as questões de 49 a 52.
Help save 4 million lives in the next 5 years
Apr 18th, 2011 11:37 AM UTC
By Stuart McWilliam
I recently found out that we could save 4 million kids’ lives in the next 5 years.
How? With 2 new vaccines that could drastically reduce child deaths in poor countries
from 2 diseases, which cause pneumonia and diarrhoea.
However, it’s one thing having these vaccines available; it’s another getting them
safely to the places where they are needed. That’s where you come in. In a few weeks
world leaders are meeting to decide how much they will pledge to support the roll out
of these vaccines in developing countries.
You can help protect children for a lifetime by adding your name TO OUR PETITION.
Nearly 1 out of 3 child deaths is caused by these two diseases. But they don’t only
kill, they also make children ill. Fewer sick kids means more time in school, less strain
on health services, and healthier future generations. […]
Dear world leaders,
Childhood vaccines are one of the most cost-effective ways to save lives and
prevent disease for a lifetime. Please fund two proven, new vaccines that will help stop
pneumonia and diarrhoea – two of the biggest killers of children in poor countries.
SIGN THE PETITION
Disponível em: <http://www.one.org/international/blog/>. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2011. [Adaptado]
49. Neste post, o autor pretende que o leitor
a)
assine uma petição destinada ao financiamento de vacinas.
b)
acesse informações sobre vacinas contra pneumonia.
c) informe-se sobre a saúde nos países em desenvolvimento.
d) conscientize-se de que a pneumonia pode ser fatal.
50. O autor do post argumenta que, para reduzir a mortalidade infantil, é preciso
a)
aumentar a produção de vacinas.
b)
levar as vacinas aos locais onde são necessárias.
c) otimizar programas de prevenção de doenças.
d) pressionar os serviços de saúde pública.
51. O autor do post afirma que o objetivo do encontro dos líderes mundiais é decidir sobre
a)
como a campanha de vacinação será divulgada.
b)
quais estratégias de vacinação serão adotadas.
c) os tipos de vacina que serão enviados.
d) a quantia que será destinada à implantação das vacinas.
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52. Segundo Stuart McWilliam, entre outros benefícios, a redução da diarreia e da pneumonia
possibilita
a)
aumentar o tempo de permanência das crianças na escola.
b)
aprimorar o desempenho escolar de uma em cada três crianças.
c) avaliar a segurança dos programas em desenvolvimento.
d) incentivar pesquisas sobre doenças em países pobres.
O texto abaixo, extraído servirá de base para as questões de 53 a 56.
Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead
A green plastic watering can
And it wears him out, it wears him out
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
It wears him out, it wears him out
In the fake plastic Earth
She looks like the real thing
That she bought from a rubber man
She tastes like the real thing
In a town full of rubber plans
My fake plastic love
To get rid of itself
But I can’t help the feeling
It wears her out, it wears her out
I could blow through the ceiling
It wears her out, it wears her out
If I just turn and run
She lives with a broken man
And it wears me out, it wears me out
A cracked polystyrene man
It wears me out, it wears me out
Who just crumbles and burns
And if I could be who you wanted
He used to do surgery
If I could be who you wanted
For girls in the eighties
All the time, all the time
But gravity always wins
53. Pode-se inferir que o verso but gravity always wins trata do
A)
número crescente de cirurgias plásticas.
B)
efeito reversível da gravidade.
C) sucesso das intervenções estéticas.
D) envelhecimento como algo inevitável.
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54. O verbo frasal wear out é utilizado na letra da música para expressar
A)
indiferença.
B)
tolerância.
C) desequilíbrio.
D) cansaço.
55. A impossibilidade de realizar o desejo do outro é expressa no texto pelo verso:
A)
If I just turn and run.
B)
I could blow through the ceiling.
C) If I could be who you wanted.
D) But I can’t help the feeling.
56. No título, a palavra fake é utilizado antes de plastic para
A)
denunciar o desmatamentos das florestas chinesas.
B)
reforçar a ideia de artificialidade no mundo atual.
C) constatar a fragilidade das relações humanas.
D) incentivar a reciclagem de material plástico.
O texto abaixo servirá de base para as questões de 57 a 60.
Information please... towards a world science information network
By Yuri I. Litukhi
The UNESCO Courier
SCIENTISTS form an international community whose common bond, science itself,
leads them to see beyond national boundaries and sectarian attitudes. When a scientist
makes a discovery, he wants to tell, not just his fellow countrymen, but the world.
Similarly, when he seeks information, he wants to be provided with it as quickly as
possible, regardless of whether its source is inside or outside his own country.
Today, no one scientist or engineer can hope to keep up to date with the avalanche
of technical articles, books and abstracts which threaten to engulf even the most
conscientious researcher.
At the beginning of the 19th century, a solution to the increasing number of
specialized reviews was found in the form of the abstract journal. But since then both
abstract journals and periodicals have proliferated at an astounding rate so that each year
the scientist and technical expert must confront some 50,000 scientific and technical
journals, publishing almost two million articles written by some 750,000 authors in as
many as 50 languages.
This “information explosion” is both exciting and frustrating. On the one hand,
scientists are eager to share in the knowledge and ideas of their colleagues. On the
other, they have neither the time nor the resources to sift through a heap of publications
to unearth those items which fall within their field of interest.
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And when the scientist does gain access to the material he wants, linguistic and
other barriers often prevent him from putting it to good use. The resultant wastage and
loss are staggering: for every thousand new ideas in science, only three or four are ever
put to practical use.
To reduce these information gaps and frustrations, an intergovernmental cooperative
venture called UNISIST [United Nations International Scientific Information System] has
been set up under Unesco auspices. It is designed to stimulate the creation of national
and international information systems in the social, natural and exact sciences. Its
beginnings go back to a 24 January 1967 meeting between the International Council on
Scientific Unions (ICSU) and Unesco at which it was decided to work towards a world
scientific information system.
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57. De acordo com o texto, para o cientista é importante
a)
implementar grupos de pesquisa.
b)
questionar o uso da tecnologia na ciência.
c) divulgar amplamente suas descobertas.
d) estabelecer padrões éticos de investigação.
58. Segundo o texto, ao fazer uma busca, o cientista preocupa-se com
a)
a precisão, particularmente de fontes vindas do exterior.
b)
a rapidez, independentemente do lugar onde os dados estejam.
c) o dinamismo, principalmente em relação a informações do seu país.
d) o rigor, especialmente de bases de pesquisa internacionais.
59. Em relação às publicações, cientistas ou engenheiros atualmente têm que lidar com
a)
a confiabilidade do material divulgado.
b)
a distribuição em ritmo acelerado.
c) o longo tempo para a produção.
d) o excesso de fontes disponíveis.
60. A expressão “information explosion” (linha 15) está relacionada ao fato de que:
a)
a socialização das descobertas motiva a criação de áreas de pesquisa.
b)
a competência linguística ameniza a dificuldade de acesso a publicações.
c) a falta de tempo e de recursos impede o acesso ao conhecimento.
d) a aplicabilidade dos resultados é limitada a determinados campos de interesse.
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Answer Key
UECE 2012.1 1a fase
55 B
56 D
59 C
60 B
57 C
UFPB 2012 PSS 2
58 A
57 E
58 D
59 B
61 C
62 I–II–IV–V
63
60 A
I–III–V
64 I–III–IV
UECE 2012.1 2a fase
UFPB 2012 PSS 3
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 B
5 D
6 C
7 D
8 C
1 B
2 C
9 B
10 B
11 A
12 B
5 C
6 I-II-IV-V 7 I-II-IV 8 I-II-III-V
13 D
14 A
15 C
16 D
17 A
18 C
19 A
20 D
UFPE 2012
3 D
4 A
1 FFVFV2 VVFVF 3 VVVFF4 FVFVF
UESPI 2012
5 FVVFF6 FFVVV 7 VFVFV8 FVVVF
51 A
52 E
53 D
54 D
9 FVFFV10 VFVVF 11 FFFVV 12 VFFFV
55 C
56 B
57 A
58 E
13 VFFVV14 VFVFF 15 FVFVV16 FFVVF
59 C
60 D
UFRN 2012
UFPB 2012 PSS 1
57 D
58 C
59 B
60 E
61 B
62 I–III–IV 63 I–II–III–V
49 A
50 B
51 D
52 A
53 D
54 D
55 C
56 B
57 C
58 B
59 D
60 C
64 I–IV–V
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