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

How computers will soon get under our skin

By Steve Connor, Science Editor

12 August 2011

It may soon be possible to wear your computer or mobile phone under your sleeve, with the invention of an ultra-thin and flexible electronic circuit that can be stuck to the skin like a temporary tattoo. The device, which is almost invisible, can perform just as well as more conventional electronic machines but without the need for wires or bulky power supplies, scientists said. The development could mark a new era in consumer electronics. The technology could be used for applications ranging from medical diagnosis to covert military operations.

The “epidermal electronic system” relies on a highly flexible electrical circuit composed of snake-like conducting channels that can bend and stretch without affecting performance. The circuit is about the size of a postage stamp, is thinner than a human hair and sticks to the skin by natural electrostatic forces rather than glue. “We think this could be an important conceptual advance in wearable electronics, to achieve something that is almost unnoticeable to the wearer. The technology can connect you to the physical world and the cyberworld in a very natural way that feels comfortable,” said Professor Todd Coleman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who led the research team.

A simple stick-on circuit can monitor a person’s heart rate and muscle movements as well as conventional medical monitors, but with the benefit of being weightless and almost completely undetectable. Scientists said it may also be possible to build a circuit for detecting throat movements around the larynx in order to transmit the information wirelessly as a way of recording a person’s speech, even if they are not making any discernible sounds.

Tests have already shown that such a system can be used to control a voice-activated computer game, and one suggestion is that a stick-on voicebox circuit could be used in covert police operations where it might be too dangerous to speak into a radio transmitter. “The blurring of electronics and biology is really the key point here,” said Yonggang Huang, professor of engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. “All established forms of electronics are hard, rigid. Biology is soft, elastic. It’s two different worlds. This is a way to truly integrate them.”

Engineers have built test circuits mounted on a thin, rubbery substrate that adheres to the skin. The circuits have included sensors, light-emitting diodes, transistors, radio frequency capacitors, wireless antennas, conductive coils and solar cells. “We threw everything in our bag of tricks on to that platform, and then added a few other new ideas on top of those, to show that we could make it work,” said John Rogers, professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a lead author of the study, published in the journal Science.

(www.independent.co.uk. Adaptado.)

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31 The “epidermal electronic system”

A) has already been tested in some hospitals to help medical diagnosis.

B) is widely used by experts in cybergames.

C) may be glued to clothes, personal objects and even skin.

D) can be hardly noticed due to its dimensions and characteristics.

E) should be connected to external remote devices such as the transistor and solar cells.

32 O sistema eletrônico epidérmico

A) é confortável, devido a sua flexibilidade, entre outros atributos.

B) necessita de uma cola especial, que simula a textura da pele.

C) complementa os medidores de batimentos cardíacos convencionais, já que é portátil.

D) se assemelha a uma serpente, pois pode ser enrolado no corpo todo.

E) não consegue ser detectado por serviços de espionagem militar e pela polícia.

33 In order to create the “epidermal electronic system”,

A) engineers produced a synthetic skin made of rubber and human cells to print the circuits.

B) scientists replaced the traditional hard electronic parts for organic ones.

C) it was necessary to merge the different conceptual frameworks of biology and electronics.

D) the consumer market in the military and medical fields was researched.

E) biologists first tested the organic compatibility of the device.

34 The sentence based on the second paragraph – The circuit sticks to the skin by natural electrostatic forces rather than glue. – means that

A) the skin produces natural glue that attracts the circuit like electrostatic forces.

B) while electrostatic glue may be used, the skin’s natural glue holds the circuit.

C) electrostatic forces produced by the circuit in contact with the skin create a sticky circuit.

D) the circuit is glued to the skin through a natural sticky secretion.

E) natural electrostatic forces, instead of glue, stick the circuit to the skin.

35 No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – A simple stick-on circuit can monitor a person’s heart rate and muscle movements as well as conventional medical monitors, but with the benefit of being weightless and almost completely undetectable. – a expressão as well as equivale, em português, a

A) de modo adequado.

B) tão bem como.

C) bem como.

D) também.

E) de modo melhor que.

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36 In the excerpt of the fourth paragraph – where it might be too dangerous to speak into a radio transmitter. – the word might conveys an idea of

A) possibility.

B) ability.

C) request.

D) certainty.

E) demand.

37 In the excerpt of the fourth paragraph – This is a way to truly integrate them. – the word this refers to

A) two different worlds.

B) electronics.

C) biology.

D) control a voice activated device.

E) blurring of electronics and biology.

38 O trecho do quarto parágrafo – All established forms of electronics are hard, rigid. Biology is soft, elastic. – pode ser reescrito, sem alteração de sentido, como

A) All established forms of electronics are hard and rigid; therefore, biology is soft and elastic.

B) All established forms of electronics are hard and rigid instead of biology, that is soft and elastic.

C) All established forms of electronics are hard and rigid, where biology is soft and elastic.

D) All established forms of electronics are hard and rigid whereas biology is soft and elastic.

E) All established forms of electronics are hard and rigid because biology is soft and elastic.

39 In the last paragraph, an example of what a “bag of tricks” contains is

A) skin.

B) light-emitting diodes.

C) epidermal electronic system.

D) test circuits.

E) new ideas.

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Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 40 a 45.

Longevity: Habits May Extend Life Only So Much

By Nicholas Bakalar – August 8, 2011

The eating, drinking and exercise habits of extremely old but healthy people differ little from those of the rest of us, a new study has found. Gerontologists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine recruited 477 Ashkenazi Jews ages 95 to 112 who were living independently. The researchers took blood samples, did physical examinations and obtained detailed personal and medical histories from each participant. Then they compared them with 1,374 non-Hispanic white adults, ages 65 to 74, from the general population. For both men and women, consumption of alcohol, amount of physical activity and the percentage of people on low-calorie or low-salt diets were almost identical in the two groups.

Long-lived men were less likely to be obese than their younger counterparts, although no less likely to be overweight. The oldest women were more likely to be overweight and less likely to be obese. More men among the oldest were nonsmokers, but smoking habits were not significantly different among the women.

43 that it all depends on genes, and we might as well eat, drink and be merry? No, according to the senior author, Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “For most of us who 44 genes for longevity,” he said, “if you follow the healthy lifestyle the medical community has put forth, you are 45 to live past 80.”

The study was published online last week in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

(www.nytimes.com. Adaptado.)

40 According to the text,

A) independent elderly people are more likely to live more and in a healthy way.

B) the research compared two groups: one of men aged from 95 to 112 and one of women aged from 65 to 74.

C) the study concluded that extremely old people do not have significantly different eating, drinking and exercise habits from the rest of the population.

D) women in the oldest group were more likely to be nonsmokers when compared to women in the 65 to 74 group.

E) non-Hispanic white adults tend to live less than Ashkenazi Jews, probably because of their lifestyle.

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41 Os homens que fizeram parte do grupo da faixa etária mais velha

A) eram todos antitabagistas.

B) apresentaram propensão à obesidade e ao sobrepeso.

C) não consumiam bebidas alcoólicas e faziam dieta com restrição de calorias e de sal.

D) não eram sedentários, mas também não praticavam exercícios físicos.

E) apresentaram uma tendência ao sobrepeso semelhante à dos homens na faixa dos 65 a 74 anos.

42 No trecho do segundo parágrafo – Long-lived men were less likely to be obese than their younger counterparts, although no less likely to be overweight. – a palavra although pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

A) but.

B) so.

C) or.

D) since.

E) thus.

Instrução: Assinale as alternativas que completam correta e respectivamente as lacunas

numeradas no texto.

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A) Do you talk

B) Have they done

C) Has it said

D) Does this mean

E) Is he showing

44

A) doesn’t express

B) do not have

C) had been living

D) shows

E) will present

45

A) less likely

B) can’t like

C) much more likely

D) even more like

E) less probable

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Texto para as questões 41 a 44.

Famine in the Horn of Africa

How have things changed?

IN THE worst hunger crisis the world has seen this century, in the Horn of Africa, 29,000 children may already have perished. More are certain to. But apart from hand-wringing, what have been the reactions to the famine?

The world might think it has moved on since the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85. But charities are using the same emotive photos they used then to pitch for money. Television cameras are just as intrusive—perhaps more so. Camera crews have been thrown out of a hospital in the Dadaab refugee camp, in Kenya, in an effort to preserve the dignity of the patients. “Without pictures it is difficult to get action,” laments an Ethiopian government official. Even so, the media cycle has changed since the pre-internet days. So has Africa itself.

The celebrity appeal for this famine is coming from Africans themselves. An organisation called Africans Act 4 Africa says it wants to gather together African stars to raise money and awareness. It claims Kenyans have already texted in $2m in donations on their mobile phones. If it continues to have a voice on Facebook and Twitter, Act 4 Africa’s bigger influence may be to compel African governments to be more generous. The United Nations says it has only $1.3 billion of the $2.4 billion it needs to assist the 12m people in need in the region. However ambiguous those numbers are, there is no doubting the miserable response of African countries so far. Only a handful have pledged anything. The biggest contribution has come from South Africa. But it has given just $1m and a planeload of food, though its farmers profiting from rising food prices. More positive has been the response of African businesses. Kenyan companies have given $4m in famine relief. Abdirashid Duale, the owner of Dahabshiil, Somalia’s biggest money transfer company, has given $100,000. “Just the beginning,” Mr. Duale says.

The famine has prompted a shift in American foreign policy, for now at least. Robert Paarlberg, a food policy expert at Wellesley College, argues that the American administration has focused on counter-terrorism in Somalia at the expense of investing in agriculture or helping the people. Now the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, says America will not prosecute charities who deal with the al-Qaeda-linked Shabab militia as long as they are engaged in “good-faith” efforts to help the dying. Mr. Paarlberg argues that the famine in the 1980s coincided with a drop in official American funding for farmers in Africa. Again, Mrs. Clinton seems determined not to make the same mistake. She underlined the importance of spending on long-term recovery in the Horn of Africa during a visit to an agriculture think-tank in Washington, DC.

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The Ethiopian and Kenyan governments have been particularly torn in their response to the famine. Ethiopia says it needs more cash from donors to feed 5m of its 82m people. But it is also desperate to avoid being defined again by hunger. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made a state visit to China last week to extol investment opportunities. A $163m deal by a Dutch brewer, Heineken, to buy up two state-owned Ethiopian beer labels, with ambitions to replace German malt with local malt, is just one example of the bustle away from the famine.

September 5, 2011 / www.economist.com

41 The main idea of the text is

A) to advertise the aid given to starving people by celebrities in the Horn of Africa.

B) to feature the famine in the Horn of Africa once again and the skimpy assistance to combat it.

C) to stress the low priority the U.S. give when it comes to help foreign countries in need, in contrast to their war policy.

D) to warn against starvation in the Horn of Africa and how the corporative world took on the responsability of providing help.

E) to highlight the charities engaged in ‘good-faith’ efforts to combat hunger in the Horn of Africa, despite their ties with terrorism.

42 The underlined ‘as long as’ could be replaced, without changing its meaning, by

A) nevertheless.

B) instead of.

C) regardless of.

D) providing that.

E) besides.

43 According to the text,

A) charity organizations have been using the 1984-85 photos to gather money to fight against the African famine.

B) patients of a hospital in Dadaab refugee camp are not very keen on getting exposed by the media.

C) both the media and Africa have changed along with the internet in terms of assistance to the famine in Africa.

D) the Kenyans have been using their cell phones to donate large amounts of money for the fight against hunger.

E) the Act 4 Africa is likely to force the African governments to spend money in the attempt to rid of the famine in the Horn of Africa.

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44 According to the text,

A) few but important African countries have vowed to combat the famine issue.

B) even making a lot of money from agricultural commodities, African farmers have donated $ 1m in food onboard airplanes.

C) the U.S. foreign policy is more prone to concentrate efforts on combatting terrorism than in giving a hand to people at stake of starving.

D) Mr. Paarlberg stated the hunger in the 1980s was barely because the Americans cut off their farming support to Africa.

E) two state-owned Ethiopian breweries were bought up by German label Heinecken in order to get rid of the famine.

Texto para as questões 45 a 48.

Space Junk Keeps Fallin’ on My Head

If you knew what was going on above your head, you probably wouldn’t sleep at night. It was 54 years ago this week that the first satellite — Russia’s little Sputnik — went into orbit, and in the half-century since, we’ve made travel to near-earth space largely routine. That, by almost any measure, is a good thing, but like so many good things human beings build or do or achieve, a very bad thing comes along with it: junk.

For every spacecraft that goes into orbit, all kinds of rubbish — bolts, boosters, adapter rings, insulation, even paint chips — are also released. Five decades of that kind of littering has created a very big mess: according to tallies from NASA, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), the Federal Communications Commission and other domestic and international agencies, there are currently 17,000 objects measuring 4 in. (10 cm) or greater circling the earth. There are a whopping 200,000 in the 1-in. to 3-in. (2.5 cm to 7.5 cm) range, and millions smaller than an inch.

Many of those objects in the largest category are much, much larger than a mere 4 in. (10 cm). Indeed, they are entire spacecraft themselves. Aged satellites — some the size of a school bus and weighing on the order of tons — that have outlived their usefulness often wind up simply drifting through space like an abandoned barge. In late September, a 6-ton NASA research satellite, launched in 1991, came plummeting home, falling safely into the south Pacific, but not before causing a lot of scientists a lot of jitters as they watched the roulette wheel of the satellite’s orbit, trying to calculate just when and where the ship would lose enough energy to drop from the sky. No sooner had that scare ended than the German space agency announced that a 2.5-ton space telescope called ROSAT would be tumbling home sometime in late October or early November — landing spot still unknown. In August, problems with Russia’s Soyuz booster, which is the only space taxi American astronauts currently have, triggered a lot of talk about whether the International Space Station (ISS) would have to be abandoned, causing the entire 357-ft. (109 m) facility to plunge back to earth.

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The ISS is not going anywhere soon, thanks to onboard boosters that can stabilize and raise its orbit, but the rest of the junk will ultimately go down, if it doesn’t collide with another spacecraft first — a whole other category of possible calamity. Just such a cosmic crack-up occurred in 2009 between decommissioned American and Russian satellites, an accident that would have been instantly fatal if one or both of the vehicles had been inhabited. The very enormity of the debris belt would seem to make many more such accidents inevitable, but as TIME reported after the 2009 collision, the risk is minimized by the fact that all objects orbiting at the same altitude also move at the same speed — 17,500 m.p.h. (28,200 km/h). That means they’re essentially standing still relative to one another. To close the gap between two objects, as, say, a Soyuz spacecraft does when approaching the ISS, it’s necessary to change that relative speed — in this case, by the Soyuz tweaking its thrusters to accelerate ever so slightly. Relative to the station, it’s moving at a very safe crawl, just enough to nose into a docking port.

October 10, 2011 / www.economist.com

45 The underlined sentence ‘If you knew what was going on above your head, you probably wouldn’t sleep at night,’ in the third conditional would be:

A) Had you known what was going on above your head, you probably wouldn’t have slept at night.

B) If you hadn’t known what was going on above your head, you probably wouldn’t sleep at night.

C) If you had known what was going on above your head, you probably would have slept at night.

D) Unless you hadn’t known what was going on above your head, you probably would sleep at night.

E) Unless you had known knew what was going on above your head, you probably wouldn’t have slept at night.

46 According to the text,

A) since the first Russian rocket Sputnik went into space, space travel has become commonplace.

B) every human accomplishment brings a handicap along with it: litter.

C) there are more objects bigger than an inch than smaller in the Earth’s orbit.

D) old school buses usually roam around the planet in the form of space trash, before falling back to Earth.

E) scientists have devised a technology that stabilizes and raises the ISS in space, which would, otherwise, plunge back home ensuing a likely catastrophe.

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Tirinha para as questões 49 e 50.

49 The conjunction ‘so’ in the second frame of the strip is equivalent to

A) despite.

B) hence.

C) rather than.

D) owing to.

E) notwithstanding.

50 According to the comic strip,

A) Calvin is staying home because he is feeling bad.

B) Calvin only does what he wishes when his dad is on duty.

C) Calvin dad is going to gamble on a rat race.

D) Calvin wants his dad to look forward to the weekend.

E) Calvin and his mom are usually very spendthrift.

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47. The underlined expression ‘but not before causing a lot of scientists a lot of jitters’ is the same as:

A) But not before triggering a lot of turmoil among scientists.

B) But not before prompting a lot of flurry among scientists.

C) But not before giving a lot of scientists a lot of willies.

D) But not before making a lot of scientists quite rambunctious.

E) But not before causing a lot of scientists to go on a rampage.

48. The underlined pronoun ‘it’ in “if it doesn’t collide with another spacecraft first’ refers to

A) the ISS.

B) onboard boosters.

C) its orbit.

D) the rest of the junk.

E) Another spacecraft.

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Texto para as questões de 53 a 55

JUST 10 YEARS INTO A NEW CENTURY, MORE THAN TWO-thirds of the country sees the past decade as a period of decline for the U.S., according to a new TIME/Aspen Ideas Festival poll that probed Americans on the decade since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Osama bin Laden is dead and al-Qaeda seriously weakened, but the impact of the 9/11 attacks and the decisions that followed have, in the view of most Americans, put the U.S. in a tailspin that the country has been unable to shake during two administrations and almost 10 years of trying.

ACCORDING TO THE POLL, ONLY 6% OF MORE THAN 2,000 Americans believe the country has completely recovered from the events of 9/11. Some of this pessimism can be tied to fears of more terrorist attacks. Despite the death of bin Laden, most Americans think another terrorist attack in the U.S. is likely.

Time, July 11, 2011. Adaptado.

53 A pesquisa descrita no texto mostrou que a maioria dos norte-americanos

A) está satisfeita com as respostas dos EUA aos ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001.

B) avalia a última década nos EUA de forma desfavorável.

C) pede ao governo ações mais efetivas de combate ao terrorismo.

D) acredita que, desde os ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001, o governo conseguiu melhorar sua imagem.

E) espera que o país supere, completamente, o trauma dos ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001.

54 A sequência “most Americans think another terrorist attack in the U.S. is likely” significa que, para a maioria dos norte-americanos, outro ataque terrorista nos EUA é

A) iminente.

B) muito temido.

C) impensável.

D) provável.

E) uma incógnita.

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If a major terrorist attack were to take place in the U.S., is it more likely to be the work of foreign terrorists or homegrown terrorists?

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55 com base nos gráficos que acompanham o texto, é correto afirmar que, para os norte-americanos,

A) o evento de 11 de setembro de 2001 é mais significativo que outros eventos ocorridos na última década.

B) a morte de Osama bin Laden reduz o receio de novos ataques terroristas contra os EUA.

C) o governo de Obama é avaliado com pessimismo e descrédito, hoje.

D) o risco de um ataque praticado por terroristas internos é maior que o de um ataque praticado por terroristas externos.

E) a recessão econômica tem relação com os ataques e as ameaças sofridos pelos EUA.

Texto para as questões 56 e 57

Although robots have made great strides in manufacturing, where tasks are repetitive, they are still no match for humans, who can grasp things and move about effortlessly in the physical world. Designing a robot to mimic the basic capabilities of motion and perception would be revolutionary, researchers say, with applications stretching from care for the elderly to returning overseas manufacturing operations to the United States (albeit with fewer workers).

Yet the challenges remain immense, far higher than artificial intelligence obstacles like speaking and hearing. “All these problems where you want to duplicate something biology does, such as perception, touch, planning or grasping, turn out to be hard in fundamental ways,” said Gary Bradski, a vision specialist at Willow Garage, a robot development company based in Silicon Valley. “It’s always surprising, because humans can do so much effortlessly.”

http://www.nytimes.com, July 11, 2011. Adaptado.

56 Segundo o texto, um grande desafio da robótica é

A) não desistir da criação de robôs que falem e entendam o que ouvem.

B) melhorar a capacidade dos robôs para a execução de tarefas repetitivas.

C) não tentar igualar as habilidades dos robôs às dos seres humanos.

D) voltar a fabricar robôs que possam ser comercializados pela indústria norte-americana.

E) projetar um robô que imite as habilidades básicas de movimento e percepção dos seres humanos.

57 de acordo com o texto, o especialista gary bradski afirma que

A) a sua empresa projetou um robô com capacidade de percepção.

B) os robôs já estão bem mais desenvolvidos, atualmente.

C) a construção de robôs que reproduzam capacidades biológicas é difícil.

D) as pessoas podem ser beneficiadas por robôs com capacidade de planejamento.

E) a habilidade das pessoas em operar robôs sofisticados é surpreendente.

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THE INSIDE STORY

I live in the storytelling capital of the world. I tell stories for a living. You’re probably familiar with many of my films, from Rain Man and Batman to Midnight Express to Gorillas in the Mist to this year’s The Kids Are All Right.

But in four decades in the movie business, I’ve come to see that stories are not only for the big screen, Shakespearean plays, and John Grisham novels. I’ve come to see that they are far more than entertainment. They are the most effective form of human communication, more powerful than any other way of packaging information. And telling purposeful stories is certainly the most efficient means of persuasion in everyday life, the most effective way of translating ideas into action, whether you’re green-lighting a $90 million film project, motivating employees to meet an important deadline, or getting your kids through a crisis.

PowerPoint presentations may be powered by state-of-the-art technology. But reams of data rarely engage people to move them to action. Stories, on the other hand, are state-of-the-heart technology—they connect us to others. They provide emotional transportation, moving people to take action on your cause because they can very quickly come to psychologically identify with the characters in a narrative or share an experience—courtesy of the images evoked in the telling.

Equally important, they turn the audience/listeners into viral advocates of the proposition, whether in life or in business, by paying the story—not just the information—forward.

Stories, unlike straight-up information, can change our lives because they directly involve us, bringing us into the inner world of the protagonist. As I tell the students in one of my UCLA graduate courses, Navigating a Narrative World, without stories not only would we not likely have survived as a species, we couldn’t understand ourselves. They provoke our memory and give us the framework for much of our understanding. They also reflect the way the brain works. While we think of stories as fluff, accessories to information, something extraneous to real work, they turn out to be the cornerstone of consciousness.

Much of what I know about narrative and its power I learned over the course of working in the entertainment industry. In the early 1980s, I was chairman of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment as well as a producer at that studio. I was pitched a movie to finance and distribute based on a book then titled The Execution of Charles Horman. It told the true story of Ed Horman, Charles’s father, a politically conservative American who goes to South America in search of his missing journalist son. Ed joins with his daughter-in-law Beth, who, like her husband, is politically polarized from the father, in prying through bureaucracy and dangerous government intrigue in search of their son and husband. Gradually, the father comes to realize his own government is concealing the truth.

Although the project had enlisted a great filmmaker—Oscar winner Costa Gavras (for the thriller Z)—I didn’t find it compelling. A Latin American revolution was a tough sell for a commercial American film, along with the story of a father who had no relationship with his son and the fact that you already knew the ending: the son is dead without the father ever finding him. This story was dead on arrival as an investment.

PUC-Rio – 2012

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Out of courtesy, I met with the father, who knew I was not a fan. After a few polite introductions, he nodded to some pictures of my then-teenage daughters on my bookcase. “Do you really know your children?” he asked. “Really know them?” He went on to tell me a story—that the search for his son was more a search for who he was than where he was, because he always suspected he was dead. But the journey was a revelation, not least about the many values father and son in fact shared. It was a love story, not a death story.

His telling engaged me in a unique personal way, emotionally transporting me into the search for his child, and it made me wonder whether I really knew my daughters, their values and beliefs, their hopes and dreams. If the writer could focus the film as a love story/thriller and an actor could engage those emotions and pique those questions, and the film could be executed to get critical acclaim, it really might be worth backing.

By Peter Guber

Adapted from Psychology Today – March 15, 2011

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201103/the-inside-story

Retrieved on August 15, 2011.

11 According to the first and fifth paragraphs the author of the text says that he

A) talks about stories in the course he teaches.

B) has acted in many well-known comedies.

C) lives in New York, the capital of the storytelling world.

D) makes a living in San Francisco, the storytelling capital of the world.

E) has collected many awards for the films he has produced.

12 when the author of the text says: “I’ve come to see” (line 4) he is talking about

A) coming to Hollywood to see stories made into films.

B) beginning to watch films and Shakespearean plays.

C) what he now understands about stories in films.

D) being at the film sessions in these four decades.

E) how the film industry has developed since its beginning.

13 In paragraph 2, “any other way of packaging information” (lines 7-8) means

A) analyzing information.

B) understanding arguments with information.

C) reading information on a package.

D) presenting information.

E) hiding information.

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14 In paragraph 2, the author says: “And telling purposeful stories is certainly the most efficient means of persuasion in everyday life, the most effective way of translating ideas into action” (lines 8-9). In his view, stories

A) are a way of organizing a debate.

B) have the purpose of creating certainty about life.

C) can have an effect on what people do in everyday situations.

D) are limited by the fact that they have to persuade.

E) are a form of advertising for products.

15 mark the answer that expresses the difference between PowerPoint presentations and stories, according to paragraph 3.

A) PowerPoint presentations have more art than stories do.

B) People feel the power of PowerPoint technology more than the power of stories.

C) PowerPoint presentations have new technology and stories have old technology.

D) Although PowerPoint presentations have the power of technology, stories have the force to engage people.

E) People immediately identify with technology in PowerPoint presentations, while in stories people identify with the characters.

16 In paragraph 7, the author gives several reasons for thinking that the film would not be successful. mark the reason that the author does NOT mention.

A) The theme of a South American revolution would not appeal to audiences.

B) American audiences expect to see stories of Latin American revolutions that fail.

C) The story of a father that hardly knew his son would not interest an audience.

D) Audiences expect a father to find his son if he goes on a long search for him.

E) Stories are not appealing when they have a familiar ending.

17 during the meeting with the father, the author became convinced that doing the film was a good idea. mark the answer that corresponds most closely to the reason for the author changing his mind, according to paragraph 9.

A) The author became personally involved in the search for the boy.

B) He realized he could make an exciting love story with a well-known actor.

C) The author’s daughters could tell the film writer about their own search for values.

D) He knew that writers would be able to challenge the questions about family searches.

E) He thought that an actor might be able to make audiences feel the emotions of the father’s search.

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18 mark the CORRECT statement concerning the meanings of the words extracted from the text.

A) “reams” in “reams of data” (line 13) could be substituted by “large quantities of”.

B) The word “advocates” (line 18) tells us that the audience becomes lawyers.

C) “provoke” in “they provoke our memory” (line 25) gives an idea of very aggressive feelings.

D) The word “extraneous” (line 27) means being directly connected with something.

E) In “a book then titled” (line 32) the word “then” means “afterward”.

19 check the CORRECT statement concerning reference.

A) In “because they can very quickly come to psychologically identify with” (lines 15-16) the pronoun “they” refers to stories.

B) In “Equally important, they turn the audience/listeners into” (line 18), the pronoun “they” refers to people.

C) In “It told the true story” (line 33), “It” refers to the movie.

D) In “This story was dead on arrival” (line 43) the pronoun “This” refers to the story that the father tells.

E) In “His telling” (line 52), “His” refers to the son.

20 mark the INCORRECT option concerning the statements, based on the text.

A) In “they are far more than entertainment” (line 6), “far” means “much”.

B) The expression “not only would we not likely have survived as a species” (line 24) means that it is not probable that we would have survived.

C) In “While we think of stories” (line 26), “while” could be substituted by “although”.

D) The phrase “Out of courtesy” (line 45) suggests that the author wanted to be polite.

E) The phrase “not least about the many values” (line 50) means that the father and son’s values were not important.

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Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 41 a 45.

Underground river ‘Rio Hamza’ discovered 4km beneath the Amazon Scientists estimate the subterranean river may be 6,000km long and hundreds of

times wider than the Amazon

Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk

Friday, 26 August 2011

Covering more than 7 million square kilometres in South America, the Amazon basin is one of the biggest and most impressive river systems in the world. But it turns out we have only known half the story until now.

Brazilian scientists have found a new river in the Amazon basin – around 4km underneath the Amazon river. The Hamza river, named after the head of the team of researchers who found the groundwater flow, appears to be as long as the Amazon river but up to hundreds of times wider. Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km. The underground river starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through the Solimões, Amazonas and Marajó basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Amazon flows much faster than the Hamza, however, draining a greater volume of water. Around 133,000m3 of water flow through the Amazon per second at speeds of up to 5 metres per second. The underground river’s flow rate has been estimated at around 3,900m3 per second and it barely inches along at less than a millimetre per hour.

The Hamza was located using data collected inside a series of 241 abandoned deep wells that were drilled in the Amazon region by the petrochemical company Petrobras in the 1970s and 1980s. Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel and Valiya Hamza of the Department of Geophysics at Brazil’s National Observatory led the work and presented their results last week at the International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysics Society in Rio de Janeiro.

According to the researchers, the presence of the Hamza river might account for the relatively low salinity of the waters around the mouth of the Amazon. Professor Hamza said Pimentel’s measurements represented preliminary work on the discovery of the new river, but Hamza said he expected to confirm the existence of the flow with additional measurements within the next few years.

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/26/underground-river-amazon/print. Adaptado.

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41 Segundo o texto,

A) o rio Hamza é um afluente do rio Solimões, que se torna subterrâneo no trecho entre o Rio Amazonas e a ilha de Marajó.

B) o Rio Hamza tem comprimento similar ao do rio Amazonas, porém é muito mais largo.

C) o rio Hamza corre em paralelo com o rio Amazonas a uma profundidade de 400 metros abaixo de seu leito.

D) o fluxo do rio Amazonas é bastante lento comparado ao do rio Hamza.

E) as águas pluviais são filtradas pelo solo e alimentam tanto o rio Hamza como o rio Amazonas.

42 O rio hamza

A) foi descoberto por pesquisadores da Sociedade Brasileira de Geofísica.

B) foi considerado o maior rio do mundo pelo Observatório Nacional do Brasil.

C) tem este nome em homenagem a um cientista que morreu durante as pesquisas.

D) foi localizado a partir de poços abandonados da Petrobras.

E) nasce nas geleiras da cordilheira dos Andes.

43 The flow of the hamza river

A) has already been demonstrated by the researchers.

B) can be questioned because the water is salty and too close to the ocean.

C) has been shown in pictures during the international congress.

D) has been already identified in the 70’s and 80’s.

E) is yet to be confirmed by additional measurements.

44 No trecho do segundo parágrafo – But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km – a palavra whereas pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

A) whenever.

B) wherever.

C) while.

D) however.

E) which.

45 No trecho do último parágrafo – According to the researchers, the presence of the Hamza river might account for the relatively low salinity of the waters around the mouth of the Amazon – a palavra might pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

A) has to.

B) will.

C) could.

D) ought to.

E) is going to.

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Happiness

It was almost nightfall. The whole day: rain, torrents of rain. Drenched to the bone, I arrived in a little Calabrian village. I had to find a hearth where I could dry out, a corner where I could sleep. The streets were deserted, the doors bolted. The dogs were the only ones to scent the stranger’s breath; they began to bark from within the courtyards. The peasants in this region are wild and misanthropic, suspicious of strangers. I hesitated at every door, extended my hand, but did not dare to knock.

O for my late grandfather in Crete!, who took his lantern each evening and made the rounds of the village to see if any stranger had come. He would take him home, feed him, give him a bed for the night, and then in the morning see him off with a cup of wine and a slice of bread. Here in the Calabrian villages there were no such grandfathers.

Suddenly I saw an open door at the edge of the village. Inclining my head, I looked in: a murky corridor with a lighted fire at the far end and an old lady bent over it. She seemed to be cooking. I crossed the threshold and entered. I reached the fire and sat down on a stool which I found in front of the hearth. The old lady was squatting on another stool, stirring the meal with a wooden spoon. I felt that she eyed me rapidly, without turning. But she said nothing. Taking off my jacket, I began to dry it. I sensed happiness rising in me like warmth, from my feet to my shins, my thighs, my breast. Hungrily, avidly, I breathed in the delicious smell of the steam rising from the pot. Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird in our own courtyards.

As soon as we finished, she prepared a bed for me on a bench to the right of the table. I lay down, and she lay down on the other bench opposite me. Outside the rain was falling by the bucketful. For a considerable time I heard the water cackle on the roof, mixed with the old lady’s calm, quiet breathing. She must have been tired, for she fell asleep the moment she inclined her head. Little by little, with the rain and the old lady’s respiration, I too slipped into sleep. When I awoke, I saw daylight peering through the cracks in the door.

The old lady had already risen and placed a saucepan on the fire to prepare the morning milk. I looked at her now in the sparse daylight. Shriveled and hump, she could fit into the palm of your hand. Her legs were so swollen that she had to stop at every step and catch her breath. But her eyes, only her large, pitch-black eyes, gleamed with youthful, unaging brilliance. How beautiful she must have been in her youth, I thought to myself, cursing man’s fate, his inevitable deterioration. Sitting down opposite each other again, we drank the milk. Then I rose and slung my carpetbag over my shoulder. I took out my wallet, but the old lady colored deeply.

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“No, no,” she murmured, extending her hand.

As I looked at her in astonishment, the whole of her wrinkled face suddenly gleamed.

“Goodbye, and God bless you,” she said. “May the Lord repay you for the good you’ve done me. Since my husband died I’ve never slept so well.”

NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS*

http://grammar.about.com

* Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) was one of the most important Greek writers of the 20th century.

16 According to some authors, a memoir is how one remembers one’s own life; an autobiography is history, requiring research, dates and facts. In relation to the author’s life, the text Happiness can be characterized as a memoir especially because of the presence of:

A) factual reports

B) fictional recounts

C) detailed descriptions

D) personal recollections

17 The first paragraph describes the terrible weather, the physical state of the narrator and his unfavorable view of the village and its inhabitants. from this beginning, one can infer that the narrator did not expect the peasants to:

A) suspect him of anything

B) cause him any problems

C) give him a warm welcome

D) consider him a wild stranger

18 In the second paragraph, Kazantzakis introduces a flashback, an interruption in the telling of the major action to show an episode that happened at an earlier time. In this narrative, the flashback has the function of:

A) achieving a surprise effect

B) emphasizing the main event

C) providing extra information

D) creating a suspenseful mood

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19 In the third and fourth paragraphs, there are different sensory images, as in the fragment below:

I breathed in the delicious smell of the steam rising from the pot. (l. 19-20)

In this fragment, the narrator makes use of the following type of imagery:

A) olfactory

B) gustatory

C) acoustic

D) tactile

20 Happiness is a domestic bird in our own courtyards. (l. 22-23)

This fragment contains a figure of speech which is labeled as:

A) irony

B) simile

C) metaphor

D) metonymy

21 The old lady is presented by means of the description of her actions and looks. The passage from the text which best describes her bodily appearance is in:

A) she eyed me rapidly, without turning. (l. 17)

B) she fell asleep the moment she inclined her head. (l. 28)

C) she could fit into the palm of your hand. (l. 32-33)

D) the whole of her wrinkled face suddenly gleamed. (l. 40-41)

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What’s in a name? The trouble with lingo

Remember the campaign in New York for garbage collectors to be called sanitation engineers? Near the top of the strike’s agenda was the matter of getting the respect due to the people doing such essential work. Unfortunately, the new euphemistic title clarified nothing about the work and by now is either simply not heard for what it means, or is used in moments of gentle disdain. A clearer term may have both generated the respect desired and withstood the test of time.

Clarity and sincerity matter. Terms which mislead, confuse or cause offence can become a distraction from the real content of public debate. In the search for consensus, since public understanding is harder to change than terminology, changing the terminology might be a better place to start. No additional prejudice or emotion should be brought to a debate by the terminology used in it. Here are two examples.

Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification

Despite the insistence of biotech scientists that genes of completely different species are no longer being mixed, the message isn’t being heard. They insist that they are now involved only in developments which simply hasten the natural processes of selective and cross breeding or cross pollination. As farmers and horticulturists have been doing exactly this, unquestioned, for years, they cannot understand public resistance.

The problem may well be the terminology. In this context, the words “scientific” or “genetic” have been irreparably sullied. If “genetic engineering” has, in the public’s view, become synonymous with the indiscriminate mixing of genes, and if the softer label “genetically modified” hasn’t been able to shake off a perception of sinister overtones, these terms might as well be dropped – or left attached only to experiments in Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory.

Ideally, a new agricultural term would leave out the word “genetic” altogether: it seems to frighten the public. Assuming it described science’s benign genetic activities accurately, the term “productivity breeding” is not a trivial call for a euphemism; besides, it would probably encounter less public opposition.

So, let’s have new terms for selective cross breeding by scientists who simply speed up the same process that is carried out in nature.

Clean coal*

If this new term was intended to be clear, it hasn’t worked.

In “Politics and the English Language” (1946), George Orwell wrote that because so much political speech involves defending the indefensible, it has to consist largely of euphemism. He insisted that, in politics, these euphemisms are “swindles”

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and “perversions” left deliberately vague in order to mislead. Deliberate or not, “clean coal” is one of these. Aside from being a contradiction in terms, the name is misleading, creating the impression of the existence of a new type of coal. In fact, it is ordinary coal which has been treated to “eliminate” most of its destructive by-products, which are then buried. The whole process produces emissions. This, though, isn’t clear when it is simply labelled “clean coal”. The term just doesn’t seem sincere. It’s a red rag to any green. It’s not asking too much to expect the term describing these procedures to be more accurate. A clearer term would be less provocative.

So, what’s in a name? A lot. There’s the possibility of confusion, prejudice, perversions and swindles. For the sake of fair debate, let’s mean what we say and say what we mean.

SEEARGH MACAULAY

www.londongrip.com

* Coal: carvão

16 The fragments below share the question “what’s in a name?”:

What’s in a name?

The trouble with lingo (title)

So, what’s in a name? (l. 46)

The author of the text uses a resource that consists of borrowing from another text, published beforehand.

This resource is called:

A) synonymy

B) repetition

C) intertextuality

D) exemplification

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What’s in a name?

That which we call a rose

By any other name

Would smell as sweet

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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17 The logical relationship between clauses establishes different notions. An example which expresses the notion of concession is indicated in:

A) since public understanding is harder to change than terminology, (l. 9)

B) If this new term was intended to be clear, (l. 33)

C) because so much political speech involves defending the indefensible, (l. 34-35)

D) This, though, isn’t clear when it is simply labelled “clean coal”. (l. 41-42)

18 A euphemism is a mild, indirect or vague expression used instead of one considered offensive, harsh or blunt. It may be used to hide unpleasant or disturbing ideas. According to the definition above, the expression “genetic engineering” can be considered a euphemism because:

A) it describes benign genetic activities

B) it is synonymous with “genetically modified”

C) it obscures the indiscriminate mixing of genes

D) it refers to monstrous experiments with genes

19 He insisted that, in politics, these euphemisms are “swindles” and “perversions” left deliberately vague in order to mislead. (l. 36-37).

In the fragment above, the inverted commas are used with the following purpose:

A) indicating the title of books

B) signalling the quotation of terms

C) conveying the sarcasm of the writer

D) suggesting the misapplication of words

20 According to the text, the use of the expression “clean coal” might infuriate ecologists. This idea is explicit in:

A) these euphemisms are “swindles” and “perversions” (l. 36-37)

B) The term just doesn’t seem sincere. (l. 42-43)

C) It’s a red rag to any green. (l. 43)

D) A clearer term would be less provocative. (l. 44-45)

21 The author states that the process of eliminating the destructive by-products of the so-called “clean coal” produces emissions.

The fragment of the text in which the underlined pronoun refers to the statement above is:

A) it has to consist largely of euphemism. (l. 35-36)

B) “clean coal” is one of these. (l. 38)

C) ordinary coal which has been treated to “eliminate” most of its destructive by-products, (l. 40-41)

D) This, though, isn’t clear (l. 41-42)

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Instrução: Leia o texto e analise o gráfico para responder às questões de números 21 a 25.

Why use biofuels for aviation?

The aviation industry has seen huge growth since its beginning. Today, more than two billion people enjoy the social and economical benefits of flight each year. The ability to fly conveniently and efficiently between nations has been a catalyst for the global economy and has shrunk cultural barriers like no other transport sector. But this progress comes at a cost.

In 2008, the commercial aviation industry produced 677 million tones of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is around 2% of the total man-made CO2 emissions of more than 34 billion tones. While this amount is smaller compared with other industry sectors, such as power generation and ground transport, these industries have viable alternative energy sources currently available. For example, the power generation industry can look to wind, hydro, nuclear and solar technologies to make electricity without producing much CO2. Cars and buses can run on hybrid, flexible fuel engines or electricity.

_________________-powered trains can replace_________________locomotives.

The aviation industry has identified the development of biofuels as one of the major ways it can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels provide aviation with the capability to partially, and perhaps one day fully, replace carbon-intensive petroleum fuels. They will, over time, enable the industry to reduce its carbon footprint significantly.

Global CO2 emissions

Land use change and forestry (25%)

Industrial processes (3%)

Other energy (10%)

Other transport (2%)

Air (2%)

Road (13%)

Building light and heat (20%)

Other electricity and heat (12%)

Chemicals (6%)Cement (5%)

Other industry (2%)

World resources Institute 2002 (Beginner’s Guide to Aviation Biofuels, May 2009. Adaptado.)

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21 duas das razões apontadas para o desenvolvimento de biocombustíveis e sua utilização em aviões são

A) a eliminação das pegadas deixadas na história da indústria aeronáutica e dos combustíveis derivados do petróleo.

B) a redução das taxas de emissão de carbono pelos aviões e do efeito estufa sobre o nosso planeta.

C) a eliminação do efeito estufa e das pegadas deixadas na história da indústria aeronáutica.

D) a redução de combustíveis derivados do petróleo e do custo das viagens aéreas.

E) a redução do custo elevado das viagens aéreas e das taxas de emissão de carbono pelos aviões.

22 Entre as opções indicadas no texto para que se reduzam as taxas de emissão de carbono no setor energético estão

A) a energia eólica, as hidrelétricas e a energia solar.

B) o uso da água, do vento e a geração de eletricidade a partir do CO2.

C) a energia nuclear, a energia solar e o gás carbônico.

D) o uso da água, a energia nuclear e o gás carbônico.

E) a geração de eletricidade a partir do CO2 e as hidrelétricas.

23 de acordo com o texto, os setores que ocasionam as menores taxas de emissão de cO2 no mundo são

A) as formas de transporte que excluem os aviões, indústrias variadas e de aquecimento.

B) os processos industriais diversos, o transporte rodoviário e as indústrias de cimento.

C) os processos industriais diversos, de aquecimento e as substâncias químicas.

D) o transporte rodoviário e outras formas de transporte, menos os aviões.

E) as indústrias variadas, o transporte aéreo e outras formas de transporte.

24 A partícula but, na última oração do primeiro parágrafo, estabelece um contraste entre

A) os benefícios do desenvolvimento da indústria aeronáutica e o alto custo do progresso, que afeta a economia global.

B) as barreiras culturais estabelecidas pela economia global e o desenvolvimento da indústria aeronáutica.

C) as barreiras culturais estabelecidas pela economia global e o alto custo do desenvolvimento da aviação no mundo.

D) o desenvolvimento da aviação e seus benefícios para a sociedade, e uma consequência negativa do crescimento do setor aéreo.

E) o desenvolvimento da indústria aeronáutica e o seu alto custo, como o estabelecimento de barreiras culturais.

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25 Quais palavras completam corretamente os dois espaços no segundo parágrafo do texto?

A) Carbon e electric.

B) Diesel e wind.

C) Electric e diesel.

D) Petroleum e diesel.

E) Carbon e wind.

Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 26 a 30.

Sustainable flight

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

(TAM News, January 2011. Adaptado.)

26 A utilização do pinhão-manso em biocombustíveis é vantajosa porque

A) somente animais podem se alimentar de pinhão-manso.

B) o pinhão-manso é abundante no território brasileiro.

C) o sucesso dos biocombustíveis no Brasil está garantido.

D) somente seres humanos gostam de comer pinhão-manso.

E) essa tecnologia não interfere na cadeia alimentar.

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27 de acordo com o texto,

A) a TAM pretende realizar estudos sobre o pinhão-manso em larga escala, em uma unidade agrícola em São Carlos.

B) pretende-se realizar estudos, com patrocínio estrangeiro, sobre a versatilidade da tecnologia do uso do pinhão-manso em biocombustíveis.

C) pretende-se desenvolver uma plataforma brasileira sobre o uso do pinhão-manso na produção de biocombustíveis para a aviação.

D) a TAM realizará estudos sobre uma tecnologia para viabilizar carregamentos de pinhão-manso no Brasil.

E) a TAM pretende implementar o uso de biocombustível e reduzir estudos sobre técnicas agrícolas na região de São Carlos.

28 Assinale a alternativa correta.

A) O voo experimental da TAM foi realizado com patrocínio da ANAC e da EASA, um órgão europeu.

B) O voo experimental foi realizado pela TAM, em parceria com empresas europeias e norte-americanas.

C) As viagens aéreas com a utilização de biocombustível ainda não foram autorizadas pela ANAC, no Brasil.

D) Para utilizar biocombustível, a TAM necessita de parcerias com empresas europeias, entre as quais a Airbus e a GE.

E) Para utilizar biocombustível, a TAM precisa de autorização de um órgão brasileiro ou estrangeiro, e da Airbus.

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

A) Ao combustível de origem vegetal.

B) Ao pinhão-manso.

C) Ao voo experimental da TAM.

D) À emissão de carbono.

E) Ao querosene derivado do petróleo.

30 As expressões carry out, edible, promising, step e joint effort no texto significam, respectivamente,

A) carregar, comestível, prominente, etapa e esforço conjunto.

B) carregar, saudável, promissor, parada e efeito conjunto.

C) carregar, saudável, prominente, parada e esforço conjunto.

D) realizar, comestível, promissor, etapa e esforço conjunto.

E) realizar, saudável, prominente, passo e efeito conjunto.

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UNIFESP – 2012

31 D 32 A 33 C 34 E

35 B 36 A 37 E 38 D

39 B 40 C 41 E 42 A

43 D 44 B 45 C

ESPM – 2012

41 B 42 D 43 E 44 C

45 A 46 E 47 C 48 A

49 B 50 D

FUVEST – 2012 – 1ª fase

53 B 54 D 55 A 56 E

57 C

PUC-RIO – 2012

11 A 12 C 13 D 14 C

15 D 16 B 17 E 18 A

19 D 20 E

PUC-SP – 2012

41 B 42 D 43 E 44 C

45 C

UERJ – 2012 – 1º exame de qualificação

16 D 17 C 18 B 19 A

20 C 21 C

UERJ – 2012 – 2º exame de qualificação

16 C 17 D 18 C 19 B

20 C 21 D

UNESP – 2012

21 B 22 A 23 E 24 D

25 C 26 E 27 C 28 B

29 A 30 D

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