Text 1
C
U L8R
If you’re one of the 70% of cell-phone users who use
text messaging, you know that C U L8R means “See you later.”
“Texting” is now the new way to talk (or “tlk”),
especially for young people. But why is that?
IT’S A LOVE THING – There’s no doubt about it, text
messages are for personal communication. Only 10% of messages are work related,
and the peak hours for texting are between 10:30 and 11:00 at night!
Most users (64%) say texting is a good way to send
romantic messages – it’s easier to say “I love you” in a text message than in a
phone call. Maybe that explains why more people now use texting to send
Valentine’s Day messages.
UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES – Generally, texting is cheaper
than making phone calls. It’s also more direct, since you can send or get
information without having to ask and answer polite “How are you?” questions.
And it’s more discreet, too. No one can hear your
“conversations,” and you can receive text messages almost anywhere – at work,
in meetings, or in class. You can also use texting in noisy places like
nightclubs, where using a cell phone is difficult.
A NEW LANGUAGE? – Because it’s quicker to “write”
without apostrophes and vowels, texting has its own language. And it’s fun to
use the symbols. There’s a best-selling dictionary (or “dxnre”) for texting
called Wan2tlk?
Some people say that a texting encourages bad
punctuation and spelling. On the other hand, more teens are writing than ever
before. Now, that has to be a good thing.
(McCARTHY, M., McCARTEN, J. & SANDIFORD, H.
Touchstone. Cambridge
University Press. USA, 2005. Adaptado)
1. What do people use texting for?
a) Unfortunately, people use it just to have fun with
friends.
b) They use texting to send messages to their bosses.
c) People text to solve problems at work regularly.
d) Most people use texting to cheat during a test at
school.
e) Most people use it for personal communication. A
few people use it for work.
2. Why does texting need its own language? Because
a) people need to type fast. d) everybody gets crazy with texting.
b) nobody wants to be understood. e) young people like to be different.
c) it’s funnier to write like that.
3. Why do
some people think text messaging is bad? Because
a) using
texting is really very boring.
b) it is
very difficult to get used to it.
c) it
encourages bad punctuation and spelling.
d) it is
faster than regular writing.
e)
texting is funny but not useful.
4. According to the text,
I. it’s easier to say “I love you” in a text message
than in a phone call.
II. texting is cheaper than making phone calls.
III. texting can be used in noisy places.
IV. texting doesn’t encourage teens to write more.
V. everybody can hear your texting conversation.
It is CORRECT just
a) II, III, and IV. d)
I, II, and IV.
b) III, IV, and V. e)
I, II, and III.
c) I, III, and V.
5. What does “texting” mean, finally?
a) It’s a way of speaking teenagers use just not be
understood by their parents.
b) It’s a book or other piece of writing, especially
one connected with science or learning.
c) It’s a specific way of writing used by people who
like to navigate the Internet.
d) It’s a special way of communicating by writing
normally using the cell phone without the
need of speaking.
need of speaking.
e) It’s a special way of communicating which is a
little more expensive than the usual one.
Text 2
6. According to text 2,
I. the woman’s husband is dead.
II. the woman’s husband is alive.
III. they communicate through the Internet.
IV. the man beside the woman is her husband.
V. her husband’s name is Walter Z. Heaven.
It is CORRECT just
a) I, II, and III. d)
III, IV, and V.
b) I and III. e)
IV and V.
c) II, III, and IV.
Text 3
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7.
According to text 3,
I.
the family is happy
because they have iPhone, iPod and iPad.
II.
the man is not happy
because he had to pay for the gadgets.
III.
the man is not happy
because the gadgets are not working.
IV.
the man’s relatives paid
for the gadgets using their own money.
It is CORRECT just
a) III and IV. d) I and III.
b) I and II. e) II and IV.
c) II and III.
Text 4
Sleeping on stilts in the Amazon
As 75-year-old villager Antônio Gomes told us
stories of growing up in Boca do Mamirauá, a tiny settlement in the northern
Amazon rainforest, I tried to ignore the tiny blue flies biting through my
trousers.
Despite my interest in hearing how locals
survive in this remote part of the Brazilian rainforest, now a part of the
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, I was grateful to escape when he
finished, finding refuge in one of the tall wooden houses.
(When the Amazon floods, all of its residents – both animals and people
– have to adopt an amphibious lifestyle. Kim Schandorff/Getty)
The houses hover some 3m above the ground.
They are not unusual: almost everything in the Mamirauá reserve is on stilts,
even the chicken coop. It has to be. Although much of Brazil is currently
suffering one of the worst droughts in decades, this part of the Amazon is
almost completely flooded for the six-month wet season. By April, the end of
the rainy season, the river rises up to 10m high and overflows its banks. As a
result, all living things in the forest, including locals, must adopt an
amphibious lifestyle. Even the jaguars have learned to adapt by living in tree
branches when the floods arrive.
Only 1,000 tourists per year are allowed to
visit Mamirauá, which, at 57,000sqkm, is the largest wildlife reserve in the
country. Created in 1984 to save the once-endangered uakari monkey, the reserve
is the most carefully managed and protected part of the Amazon – and is also
home to what many consider Brazil’s most successful sustainable tourist resort,
the Uakari Floating Lodge. “If [the reserve] had not been created,” guide
Francisco Nogeuira said, “the rivers and lakes would be empty of fish, and who
knows how many trees would remain today?”
(Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20140626-sleeping-on-stilts-in-the-amazon)
8. Why
does everybody in Mamirauá live on stilts? Because
a) the
place is always very drought.
b) the
place is always completely flooded.
c) they
are used and like to live on stilts.
d) the
stilts are very comfortable.
e) they are much more
cheaper for living in.
9.
According to the text, the Mamirauá reserve
I.
is in the Amazon
rainforest.
II.
has a six-month wet
season.
III.
makes all living things
have an amphibious lifestyle.
IV.
makes even the jaguars
change their lifestyle because of flood.
V.
was created to save the
once-endangered uakari monkey.
It is CORRECT
a) I, II, III, IV, and V. d) just I
and II.
b) just I, II, and III. e)
just II, III, and IV.
c) just III, IV, and V.
10. In
the last paragraph, it is possible to find sentences in
a) comparative of equality. d) superlative of inferiority.
b)
comparative of superiority. e)
comparative of inferiority.
c)
superlative of superiority.
Text 5
Vive la reine!
PARIS
The capital of the French republic is better
known for beheading monarchs than celebrating them. But Paris went wild for
Britain’s queen during her state visit last week. Crowds on the Champs-Elysées
cheered as her royal convoy drove past. Socialist ministers lined up
enthusiastically to greet her at her birthday garden party.
The queen’s arrival at the international
ceremony on “Sword” beach to remember the 70th anniversary of D-Day drew louder
applause than that of America’s president. Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of
Paris, even had a flower market named after her on the capital’s Ile de la
Cité, which happens to be home to the Conciergerie prison where
Marie-Antoinette was held before being carted to the guillotine in 1793. “The
queen of the French” ran a headline in Le Monde, a left-wing daily.
Why are the French so smitten by the world’s
longest-reigning queen?
Partly because she embodies the post-war era
in which their modern republic was born: she was crowned in 1953 and has known all
seven presidents of the Fifth Republic. Her affection for France, and grasp of
the language, also help. […] After a state dinner at the Elyzée Palace, with
François Hollande, the president, she spoke of her “grande affection” for the French people. This was the queen’s fifth
state visit to the republic.
Another reason is that the French, shorn of
their own monarchy, have long become avid voyeurs of everybody else’s. Point de vue and Paris-Match, two magazines that splash photos of royals across
their pages, were launched back in the 1940s. The French turned the Monaco
royals into celebrities before reality television invented instant fame for
everybody else. In 2011 the French cleared the airwaves to cover Prince
William’s wedding on live public television; 9m viewers tuned in to watch.
Perhaps the hidden reason for French royal
fervour, though, is a secret envy mixed with regret. Mr Hollande, stuck with a
16% popularity rating, is said to have noted wryly how refreshing it was to
hear cheering crowds when he accompanied the queen. Asked in a poll what they
thought today of the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, more of the French (29%)
judged it “unfair” than “understandable” (23%). The French “have a royalty
complex”, wrote Hervé Gattegno in Le Point, and have built their republic on monarchical traditions
as if to compensate. The president, who has more sweeping powers than almost
any other modern democratic leader, is fussed over by much pomp and
splendour—and the seat of the presidency is a palace.
(In: The French
and monarchy. The Economist, vol. 411, number 8891. June, 14th 2014. Adaptado)
11.
Considering both theme and gender of the text, more information could be added
to the title, as a subheading.
Then
choose the CORRECT subtitle among the alternatives below.
a) The
Fifth Republic is in France.
b) The
queen’s great affection for France.
c) Who
cares about Britain’s queen?
d)
Britain’s queen meets the French president.
e) Why
the French love Britain’s queen.
12.
Com base no texto, analise os seguintes itens:
I.
Os franceses têm uma admiração especial pela rainha da Grã-Bretanha, o
que se explica de várias formas, inclusive porque a rainha demonstra
compreensão da língua e afeição pelo povo da França.
II.
A rainha britânica tem sido frequentemente convidada para ir à França
em visita de Estado, porém o povo francês não aprova esse tipo de ação
diplomática, por causa dos altíssimos gastos com a comitiva real.
III.
Quando chegou à cerimônia na praia “Sword”, onde se comemorava o 70º aniversário
do Dia D, a rainha da Grã-Bretanha arrancou mais aplausos que o próprio
presidente dos EUA.
IV.
Anne Hidalgo, importante autoridade de Paris, convidou a rainha
britânica para conhecer o famoso Mercado das Flores, na Ile de la Cité, onde
uma rainha francesa foi mantida presa e, posteriormente, decapitada.
V.
Um conhecido jornal francês de tendência esquerdista estampou a
manchete “A rainha dos franceses”, referindo-se à rainha da Grã-Bretanha, em
sua última visita oficial à França.
Estão CORRETOS, apenas,
a) I, II e
III. d)
I, III e V.
b) II, III e
V. e)
III e V.
c) I e V.
13. No trecho “Another
reason is that the French, shorn of their own monarchy, have long become avid voyeurs
of everybody else’s.”, a palavra que completa o sentido do caso
possessivo em destaque é
a)
reason. d)
French.
b)
monarchy. e)
Britain.
c)
voyeurs.
14.
Observe this passage:
“The president, who has more sweeping powers
than almost any other modern democratic leader, is fussed over by much pomp and
splendour — and
the seat of the presidency is a palace.”
Na oração em destaque, percebe-se que o autor do
texto
a) está fascinado pelo carisma da rainha da Grã-Bretanha,
há bastante tempo no trono.
b) tenta “retocar” a imagem do presidente da
França, enfatizando seu poder.
c) compreende as razões da avidez do presidente
francês por tanta pompa e esplendor.
d) enfatiza o status do
presidente da França, ao mesmo tempo em que faz uma ironia.
e) não quer se comprometer quanto à postura do
presidente da França em relação à visita da rainha britânica.
15. The
sentences: “Marie-Antoinette
was held …”; “Point de vue and Paris-Match […] were
launched back in the 1940s; “she was crowned in
1953…”, and “The president […] is fussed over by
much pomp and splendour” are all in the
a)
Imperative Form. d)
Present Perfect.
b)
Conditional Tense. e)
Past Perfect Continuous.
c)
Passive Voice.
16. Na
frase “The capital of
the French republic is better known for beheading monarchs than
celebrating them.”, a palavra em destaque significa
a) decapitar. d)
depor.
b) debochar. e) destronar.
c) deportar.
Text 6
Women in the rodeo
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In the huge, open lands of the American west,
herding cattle is one way to make a living. The image of the cowboy on his
horse is a familiar one, ……………… in reality, women also participate in ranch
work. This reality can be seen in the rodeo, …………. cowboys and cowgirls compete
in roping young steer, and riding adult bulls. Throwing a rope around a steer
is something ranchers must do ………………….. give the young animals medicine or to
mark the steers as their property. ……………….., riding on the back of a large and angry
bull is purely for sport – a brutal and dangerous sport. ……………….., the danger
doesn’t stop the men and women who love the rodeo.”
JOHANNSEN, Kristin & CHASE, Rebecca. World English: real people,
real places, real language. Boston: Heinle Cengage, 2010. Adaptado.
17. Fill
in the gaps with the CORRECT words or
expressions to give the text cohesion and coherence.
a) where
/ in order to / because / But / If
b) but /
where / in order to / On the other hand / However
c)
moreover / on the other hand / where / Which / But
d) in
order to / but / on the other hand / Where / However
e) If /
where / therefore / Because / On the other hand
18. O bserve os elementos linguísticos em
destaque:
“[…] herding cattle is one way to make a living.”; “[…] compete in
roping young steer, and riding adult bulls. Throwing a rope around a steer is
something […]”.
Em todos esses exemplos, é CORRETO
afirmar que a forma -ing
corresponde ao uso de
a) adjetivo. d)
infinitivo.
c) gerúndio. e)
preposição e substantivo.
b) substantivo e conjunção.
Text 7
a) um conhecido provérbio de conotação religiosa.
b) um verso de um poema consagrado na literatura
mundial.
c) uma conhecida frase de um político
contemporâneo.
d) uma mensagem (ou moral) de uma fábula
clássica.
e) um grito de guerra de um estrategista
histórico.
20.
Os phrasal verbs ‘show
up’ (1º balão) e ‘find
out’ (2º balão) são importantes para se compreenderem os
“objetivos” de Calvin na situação acima. Eles significam, respectivamente,
a) apresentar-se – enganar. d) aparecer / vir – pagar.
b) aparecer / vir – encontrar. e) cumprir – vingar-se.
c) desistir – pegar.
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