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APOSTILAS (ENEM) VOLUME COMPLETO
Exame Nacional de Ensino Médio (ENEM) 4 VOLUMES
APOSTILAS IMPRESSAS E DIGITAIS
Questão 1
(UCSAL)
A: "When can you see me?"
B: I'm on holiday now, so I can come ... day.
a) any
b) some
c) many
d) much
e) all
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Questão 2
(UFPE)
Newsweek
T H I S W E E K
The JFK Cover-Up: Intrigues and Errors
Thirty years after John Kennedy's assassination, __________ people still cannot believe
what happened. A special investigation helps explain why. After the shooting, top officials
scrambled to conceal their own intrigues and mistakes, leaving openings for dark
conjecture - and a nation forever uneasy.
Special Report: Page 30 - Nov.22, 1993 1
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) a lot
b) a little
c) any
d) a minority
e) many
Questão 3
(UNICAP) The teachers worked hard _____________________. .
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) for a instant
b) While we read
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c) until five o'clock
d) since Monday
e) whenever they had time
Questão 4
(UNICAP) These women ................................. to class on time.
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
a) comes
b) ever come
c) never come
d) usualy went
e) always get
Questão 5
(FESP) Have you been to the mountain?
a) not already
b) no already
c) not have
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d) no have
e) not yet
Questão 6
(UFPA) There are ... tables in the dining room, and ... armchair in ... living room.
a) ..., a, the
b) a, an, ...
c) a, ..., ...
d) ..., an, the
e) a, an, an
Questão 7
(UFPE)
Tom: "What did you do last night?
Jane: "I went to ... theater with ... friends. After ... show ... we went to ... restaurant for
dinner".
a) the, any, the, a
b) the, some, the, a
c) some, the, the, an
d) a, some, any, the
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e) the, a, the, any
Questão 8
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
Jina prefers writing letters ___________________ books.
a) to reading.
b) than read.
c) than reading.
d) to read.
e) read.
Questão 9
(FESP) Choose the correct question to the answer: "He studies engineering"
a) What does he studies?
b) What does he studies engineering?
c) What does he study?
d) What does he study engineering?
e) What does he studies engineering in school?
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Questão 10
(UFPE)
Newsweek
T H I S W E E K
The JFK Cover-Up: Intrigues and Errors
Thirty years after John Kennedy's assassination, many people still __________ believe
what happened. A special investigation helps explain why. After the shooting, top officials
scrambled to conceal their own intrigues and mistakes, leaving openings for dark
conjecture - and a nation forever uneasy.
Special Report: Page 30 - Nov.22, 1993 1
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) did not
b) does not
c) must not
d) cannot
e) will not
Questão 11
(PUC-SP) Jim: Can I borrow you Tina Tuner record?
Bob:
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a) Of course I can.
b) I'm sorry but I' ve already borrowed it.
c) Yes, of course you can.
d) Yes, you can borrow.
e) I'm sorry but you can.
Questão 12
(CARLOS CHAGAS-BA) Yes, dear, you ... come home late tonight.
a) must to
b) ought
c) can to
d) may
e) have
Questão 13
(UNICAP) Is your car ..............................?
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) as good as his
b) so fast as George's
c) not comfortable
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d) the worst in town
e) expensive
Questão 14
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
If I ________________ you, I _________________ study hard.
a) am, would.
b) was, have.
c) was, would.
d) were, would.
e) would, was.
Questão 15
(FESP) Would you like to make coffee? Sure, I don't mind ....................... coffee for you.
a) have to make
b) having to make
c) having making
d) having to making
e) having make
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Questão 16
(FESP) Look, Larry brought candy for everyone. It was kind ....................... of us.
a) him think
b) to think him
c) of him think
d) of him to think
e) to him think in
Questão 17
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
The students usually _______________ pretty well on their tests.
a) make out.
b) make up.
c) make over.
d) make off.
e) make away.
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Questão 18
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
My brother is good _______________ Mathematics.
a) at.
b) in.
c) on.
d) to.
e) into.
Questão 19
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
Jim is looking forward _______________ seeing his girlfriend.
a) about.
b) on.
c) at.
d) to.
e) in.
Questão 20
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(UFPE) Thirty years __________ John Kennedy's assassination, many people still cannot
believe what happened.
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) after
b) before
c) of
d) in
e) at
Questão 21
(UFPE)
Newsweek
T H I S W E E K
The JFK Cover-Up: Intrigues and Errors
Thirty years after John Kennedy's assassination, many people still cannot believe what
happened. A special investigation helps explain why. After the shooting, top officials
scrambled to conceal __________ own intrigues and mistakes, leaving openings for dark
conjecture - and a nation forever uneasy.
Special Report: Page 30 - Nov.22, 1993 1
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) its
b) their
c) his
d) her
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e) our
Questão 22
(FESP)
The children have been ill ............................. two months.
They haven't had a good breakfast ............................ weeks.
In fact, they haven't had a good breakfast .................................. last October.
a) for, for, for,
b) since, since, for
c) for, since, for
d) since, for, since
e) for, for, since
Questão 23
(FESP) He ................................. play tennis in high school.
a) use to
b) like to
c) always
d) used to
e) uses too
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Questão 24
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
Has Mary ________________ the ring?
a) fond.
b) found.
c) find.
d) fined.
e) fine.
Questão 25
(FESP) Boris usually ............................ breakfast at eight o'clock.
a) have
b) has
c) eating
d) take
e) eat
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Questão 26
(FESP) How long ................................. learning English?
a) have Mary and her sister be
b) have they be
c) has he be
d) has Mary and her sister been
e) have Mary and her sister been
Questão 27
(FESP) Our friends .......................... in town since last Monday and they are still here.
a) will be
b) have been
c) are
d) were
e) are been
Questão 28
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
They couldn't buy __________________ because they had _________ money.
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a) nothing, no.
b) nothing, any.
c) anything, none.
d) something, any.
e) anything, no.
Questão 29
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
We have to answer the test by ___________________
a) ourselves.
b) itself.
c) we are selves.
d) ourself.
e) we are self.
Questão 30
(UNICAP)
Is this your cousin's chair?
No, it isn't ........................ .
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
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a) his
b) hers
c) yours
d) theirs
e) their
Questão 31
(FESP) The eraser on Peter's desk is ..........................................
a) he
b) him
c) his
d) her
e) he's
Questão 32
(ITA) Choose the correct alternative.
a) Who of you understand this exercise?
b) What of you understand this exercise?
c) Whom of you understand this exercise?
d) Whose of you understand this exercise?
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e) Which of you understand this exercise?
Questão 33
(PUC-CAMP)
"Is ... attending you, sir?
"No, I would like to see ... ties."
a) anybody, no
b) some, anyone
c) anyone, some
d) somebody, something
e) any, some
Questão 34
(UNICAP) Your friend damaged two fingers this morning, ...........................?
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) won't she
b) does she
c) did she
d) didn't she
e) didn't he
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Questão 35
(UNICAP) I ............................. go to the show, but I don't really want to.
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) may
b) might
c) must not
d) ought
e) should
Questão 36
(UFPE) Identifique o(s) item (ns) que explica(m) o seguinte provérbio: Assinale as
afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
"DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED."
a) As people get older, they grow more set in their ways and do not welcome any
innovation.
b) One person may like what another hates.
c) Events, especially misfortunes, always come together.
d) Never be too optimistic about anything, wait until your difficulties are overcome.
e) One person blaming another for the faults he has himself.
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Questão 37
(UFPE) Identifique o(s) item (ns) que explica(m) o seguinte provérbio: Assinale as
afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
"Up to 30 per cent of women in industrialised countries were subjected to frequent, serious
sexual harassment at work, the International Labour Organisation reported." (GUARDIAN
WEEKLY, September 3, 1995, PAGE 19.)
According to the International Labour Organisation.
a) Less than thirty per cent of women in industrialised nations underwent persistent sexual
annoyance at their working places.
b) actually about thirty per cent of women in developed nations suffered frequent sexual
vexation at their working places.
c) more than thirty per cent of women in developed countries have denied being sexually
harassed at work.
d) around thirty per cent of women in industrialised nation complained about being often
sexually annoyed at work.
e) about thirty per cent of women in developed countries recognize being often sexually
troubled at work.
Questão 38
(FESP) TEXTS
- CLEAN-ALL
A tired woman is in the kitchen. There are a lot of plates, cups, glasses, forks, knives and
spoons behind her. She says, "Oh dear!" Then a bird flies into the kitchen through the
window. It sits on the table and says, "Why don't you buy "Clean-All"? "Clean-All" is
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better. Try "Clean-All". The woman buys that detergent . Now she is in her kitchen again.
She holds a botlle of "Clean-All"next to her face. She smiles and says, "Do as I do". Use
"Clean-All". The bird flies around her.
The text above is from...
a) a TV commercial
b) a newspaper
c) a magazina
d) an interesting book
e) a good film
Questão 39
(FESP) TEXTS
- CLEAN-ALL
A tired woman is in the kitchen. There are a lot of plates, cups, glasses, forks, knives and
spoons behind her. She says, "Oh dear!" Then a bird flies into the kitchen through the
window. It sits on the table and says, "Why don't you buy "Clean-All"? "Clean-All" is
better. Try "Clean-All". The woman buys that detergent . Now she is in her kitchen again.
She holds a botlle of "Clean-All"next to her face. She smiles and says, "Do as I do". Use
"Clean-All". The bird flies around her.
What does "Clean-All" mean in the situation above?
a) a detergent that cleans nothing
b) a bottle of detergent
c) a kind of detergent that cleans everything
d) a clean detergent
e) a Clean-All detergent
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Questão 40
(FESP) TEXTS
- CLEAN-ALL
A tired woman is in the kitchen. There are a lot of plates, cups, glasses, forks, knives and
spoons behind her. She says, "Oh dear!" Then a bird flies into the kitchen through the
window. It sits on the table and says, "Why don't you buy "Clean-All"? "Clean-All" is
better. Try "Clean-All". The woman buys that detergent . Now she is in her kitchen again.
She holds a botlle of "Clean-All"next to her face. She smiles and says, "Do as I do". Use
"Clean-All". The bird flies around her.
What does the woman mean when she says "DO AS I DO"?
a) She holds "Clean-All" next to her face
b) She smiles because of "Clean-All"
c) She'd like people don't buy "Clean-All"
d) She intends people buy "Clean-All"
e) She "do as I do"
Questão 41
(UNB) TEXT
President Kubitschek (1956-61) went ahead vigorously with a plan (it was far from being
an original plan, but his predecessors had always let it lie dormant) for transferring the
national capital from the overcrowded coast of Rio de Janeiro to a more healthy position,
the ultimate object being to attract younger generations towards the development of the
republic's almost unpopulated interior regions. The new capital, Brasília, was inaugurated
before the end of Kubitschek's term of office. The government's lavish expenditure on this
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and other projects aggravated the already chronic inflation; but although people complained
of the ever-rising cost of living, many, with typical optimism, were persuaded that
continued inflation could be a means of financing economic expansion, rather than a cause
of eventual bankruptcy.
We learn from the text that.
a) many people did not believe that inflation could lead to bankruptcy.
b) the interior is healthier than the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
c) previous presidents had always put off the plan for later.
d) inflation was in no way affected by the President's project.
e) the plan to build Brasília was not the only project to involve government spending.
Questão 42
(UNB) TEXT
President Kubitschek (1956-61) went ahead vigorously with a plan (it was far from being
an original plan, but his predecessors had always let it lie dormant) for transferring the
national capital from the overcrowded coast of Rio de Janeiro to a more healthy position,
the ultimate object being to attract younger generations towards the development of the
republic's almost unpopulated interior regions. The new capital, Brasília, was inaugurated
before the end of Kubitschek's term of office. The government's lavish expenditure on this
and other projects aggravated the already chronic inflation; but although people complained
of the ever-rising cost of living, many, with typical optimism, were persuaded that
continued inflation could be a means of financing economic expansion, rather than a cause
of eventual bankruptcy.
In this text,
a) aggravated means reduced.
b) overcrowded means having too high population density.
c) over-rising means rising without stopping.
d) lavish suggests the notion of abundance.
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e) ... almost unpopulated, could be replaced by overpopulated without changing the
meaning.
Questão 43
(UNB) TEXT
When we are very frightened and worried our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us
fight what is troubling us. Unfortunately these chemicals produce the energy needed to run
away fast from an object of fear, and in modern life that's often impossible. If we don't use
up these chemicals, or if we produce too many of them, they may actually harm us. The
parts of the body that are most affected by stress are the stomach, heart, skin, head and
back. Stress can cause car accidents, heart attacks and alcoholism, and may even drive
people to suicide.
As with all illnesses, prevention is better than cure. A very common danger signal is the
inability to relax. "When you're taking work home, when you can't enjoy an evening with
friends, when you don't have time for outdoor exercise - that is the time to stop and ask
yourself whether your present life really suits you," says one family doctor. "Then it's time
to join a relaxation class, or take up dancing, painting or gardening."
According to the text:
a) the author describes stress as a natural reaction of the body to "dangers" encountered in
our lives.
b) the author implies that solution to stress is to run away from our problems.
c) it seems that many of our health problems could well be symptoms of stress.
d) the author believes that stress causes people to commit suicide by provoking car
accidents.
e) the inability to relax is considered to be a "classic" indication that one is suffering from
stress.
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Questão 44
(UNB) TEXT
When we are very frightened and worried our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us
fight what is troubling us. Unfortunately these chemicals produce the energy needed to run
away fast from an object of fear, and in modern life that's often impossible. If we don't use
up these chemicals, or if we produce too many of them, they may actually harm us. The
parts of the body that are most affected by stress are the stomach, heart, skin, head and
back. Stress can cause car accidents, heart attacks and alcoholism, and may even drive
people to suicide.
As with all illnesses, prevention is better than cure. A very common danger signal is the
inability to relax. "When you're taking work home, when you can't enjoy an evening with
friends, when you haven't time for outdoor exercise - that is the time to stop and ask
yourself whether your present life really suits you," says one family doctor. "Then it's time
to join a relaxation class, or take up dancing, painting or gardening."
In reference to the text:
a) frightened means to have become suddenly afraid.
b) use up means to consume, expend or exhaust.
c) may express is the possibility or likelihood of the principal action of the phrase; in these
cases, harm and drive.
d) stomach here refers to the first part of our digestive track.
e) cure here signifies preserve.
Questão 45
(UNB) TEXT
When we are very frightened and worried our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us
fight what is troubling us. Unfortunately these chemicals produce the energy needed to run
away fast from an object of fear, and in modern life that's often impossible. If we don't use
up these chemicals, or if we produce too many of them, they may actually harm us. The
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parts of the body that are most affected by stress are the stomach, heart, skin, head and
back. Stress can cause car accidents, heart attacks and alcoholism, and may even drive
people to suicide.
As with all illnesses, prevention is better than cure. A very common danger signal is the
inability to relax. "When you're taking work home, when you can't enjoy an evening with
friends, when you haven't time for outdoor exercise - that is the time to stop and ask
yourself" whether your present life really suits you," says one family doctor. "Then it's time
to join a relaxation class, or take up dancing, painting or gardening."
In reference to the text:
a) a danger is something that is hazardous or risky.
b) work refers to something one is making, doing, or acting upon, especially as part of
one's occupation or duty.
c) enjoy could be replaced here by fancy without significantly altering the meaning of the
phrase in which it is found.
d) outdoor exercise is exercise that one does outside or in the open-air, that is, not inside
any building or structure.
e) to join is to secure or affix.
Questão 46
(UNB) TEXT
To say that a country is rich is to say that it experienced economic growth in the past.
While this statement describes everything, it explains nothing. The causes of economic
growth - have been pondered by economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers for
centuries; it is, in fact the issue of issues. I believe that one of the key ingredients of
economic growth has been technological creativity. As one of the key causes of economic
progress and the attendant rising living standards, improving nutrition, clothing, housing
and health, and the reduction of toil, drudgery, famine, and disease, technological progress
has been one of the most potent forces in history in that it has provided society with what
economists call a "free lunch," that is, an increase in output that is not commensurate with
the increase in effort and cost necessary to bring it about.
According to the text:
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a) the primary question among the social sciences today is about the discrepancies of
development between the nations.
b) the author believes that a principal explanation for the differences in rates of
development between the nations is each nation's technological creativity.
c) improved standards of living can be achieved only by means of toil and drudgery.
d) technological progress is what allows the nations to distribute free lunches.
e) an increase in output must depend necessarily on an increase in effort and cost.
Questão 47
(UNB) TEXT
To say that a country is rich is to say that it experienced economic growth in the past.
While this statement describes everything, it explains nothing. The causes of economic
growth - have been pondered by economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers for
centuries; it is, in fact the issue of issues. I believe that one of the key ingredients of
economic growth has been technological creativity. As one of the key causes of economic
progress and the attendant rising living standards, improving nutrition, clothing, housing
and health, and the reduction of toil, drudgery, famine, and disease, technological progress
has been one of the most potent forces in history in that it has provided society with what
economists call a "free lunch," that is, an increase in output that is not commensurate with
the increase in effort and cost necessary to bring it about.
In reference to the text:
a) country refers to a style of music in the USA.
b) growth could here be considered the antonym of to decline.
c) statement is best defined here as declaration or assertion.
d) pondered means to place or present.
e) issue here means question or problem.
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Questão 48
(UNB) TEXT
To say that a country is rich is to say that it experienced economic growth in the past.
While this statement describes everything, it explains nothing. The causes of economic
growth - have been pondered by economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers for
centuries; it is, in fact the issue of issues. I believe that one of the key ingredients of
economic growth has been technological creativity. As one of the key causes of economic
progress and the attendant rising living standards, improving nutrition, clothing, housing
and health, and the reduction of toil, drudgery, famine, and disease, technological progress
has been one of the most potent forces in history in that it has provided society with what
economists call a "free lunch," that is, an increase in output that is not commensurate with
the increase in effort and cost necessary to bring it about.
In reference to the text:
a) technological progress is the subject of the sentence "As one of the key ... to bring it
about."
b) in that means because our since it is used here to connect the independent clause,
"technological progress ... history" with the subordinate or dependent clause, "it has
provided ... "free lunch," which serves to explain and sustain the statement made by the
author in the independent clause: this is to say that it is a subordinating conjunction.
c) what could be substituted by that which without changing the meaning of the phrase.
d) that is and that is are grammatically equivalent.
e) the verbal pair to bring ... about essentially means to turn.
Questão 49
(UNB) TEXT
In England some parents are in favour of educating their children at home and it's been
estimated that a fairly large number of children are being taught at home without going to
school. It's usually the responsability of the wife, who may not be a qualified teacher, to
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educate the children at home. They do not count on an organized programme of work but
they are helped by a range of people from the neighbourhood who are deligthed to be able
to share knowledge and cooperate. In fact, the reserves of expertise and good will that exist
in the community should not be underestimated.
Would such attitude reflect a certain discredit in British Schools?
According to the text:
a) In England most children are not sent to school.
b) When children are educated at home, the wife is usually a teacher.
c) The author does not explain why some parents are in favour of educating children at
home.
d) Education at home does not include a curriculum.
e) The author is sure British schools are discredited.
Questão 50
(UNB) TEXT
John Smith was a student at the university of Leeds, where he was studying Physics. Like
many other young men he did not have much money because he came from a rather than
family in the North of England. Actually, he lived on a grant.
Two years ago, during his summer term, he decided to visit some friends in York, but he
could not afford a train ticket, and even the coach was too expensive, so he decided to
hitch-hike.
After waiting for one hour, a lorry driver gave him a lift. To his surprise, some time later,
they were stopped by a police car and taken to the police station where John was questioned
for three hours. Apparently, the lorry was carrying stolen cameras. He swore not to hitch-
hike again.
According to the text:
a) John's family paid his university fees.
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b) He wanted to be a physician.
c) He took a lift to go to York.
d) He wasn't able to play a long distance bus ticket.
e) John had a part-time job.
Questão 51
(UNB) TEXT
A group of singers wanted to raise funds to help starving children in an African country.
They started giving concerts in various places so that they could raise plenty of money for
the aid project.
It is very sad to realize that for the majority of the world's children, every day life is a
constant fight to survive.
Drought and famine are permanently threatening millions of refugees who leave the
countryside and desperately search for food in the nearest towns.
In the age of technology, human beings should not be dying of hunger and l wonder
whether aid projects, like the one we mentioned above, are the right way to save those
millions of children.
According to the text:
a) A group of pop singers have traveled to Africa.
b) Some world's children suffer from starvation.
c) In our age, technology prevents people from dying of hunger.
d) The author is not sure of the efficacy of raising funds through concerts to help starving
children.
e) The author is positively against raising funds to help starving children.
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Questão 52
(UNB) TEXT
Ecologists are very gloomy about the huge speed and scale of change that human beings are
inflicting on the world. In the Himalayas for example, forests are cut down because there
are an awful lot of people who need firewood to keep warm. This leaves fertile Himalayan
hills naked, unprotected from the heavy rains. The trees were umbrellas but now the rain
washes out good soil, which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the channels of the
river Ganges. When the next rains come, the rain water runs straight off and goes down in a
huge flood getting into the channels which are clogged with mud. The whole area is under
water; people lose their farm land many drown.
In Africa the gathering of wood is making the desert grow. In parts of the Sudan, the desert
in just 15 years has advanced sixty miles. It is a devastating statistic. But can you tell these
people they mustn't cut down trees in order to cook their food?
According to the text.
a) Human beings are clearly blamed for the destruction of the world.
b) In the forests of the Himalayas the trees protected the soil from erosion.
c) Once the hills are stripped of the trees, the soil does not absorb the rain water.
d) People in the Himalayas have sound reasons to cut down trees.
e) The extension of the desert in Africa has decreased in the last 15 years.
Questão 53
(UNB) TEXT
There have been such advances in the communications industry that many people who
traditionally had to go into an office every day are already working at home.
It is obviously very convenient for those who live far away from the centre of cities and
would have to spend part of their working lives traveling.
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Nevertheless, some trade union leaders are particularly concerned about the conditions of
home workers as the employer doesn't have to accept his responsibilities. Surveys have
shown that even very good computer operators are paid nearly £ 2 an hour less than their
counterparts in offices. And under British law people working at home have no protection
against unfair dismissal, no ensure reasonable working conditions.
Therefore, according to trade unionists, only the highly skilled and well paid professionals
who are working at home can benefit from the revolution in the communications industry.
According to the text.
a) Many people do not travel every day to offices in the centre of cities because they work
at home.
b) Home-workers have the same benefits as office-workers.
c) If a home-worker is an efficient computer operator he can have the same salary as an
office-worker.
d) Home-workers are not paid when on holidays.
e) British laws do not protect the home-workers.
Questão 54
(UNB) TEXT
Two centuries after Marie-Antoinette made her famous suggestion to Paris's
revolutionaries, the French are eating their cake . . . and having it, too.
In no other nation do so many perks trickle down to so many. In France, five weeks of
vocation are a minimum, but many people get six or seven. You can retire at 60. Medical
care is universal and next to free. School kids get their own perquisites. For example, two
weeks of Alpine skiing for the whole class, including the teacher. Cost to parents: just $60
per kid. Later, send them to university for an annual tuition of $285. And just for having
kids, the government mails you a monthly check until they grow up and move out: for three
children, it's $263, or four, it's $418.
At work, many get of 13th month of pay for Christmas and a 14
th for summer vacations.
Employers must pony up half your commuting costs. If you lose your job, the government
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steps in with almost 60 per cent of your pay for up to five years. Even death loses some
sting in France: there's an average $ 6,250 stipend for burial costs. It's a great life.
According to the text:
a) "the French are eating their cake" suggests that French people have a good life.
b) French workers get at least five weeks of vacation per year.
c) French people pay nothing for medical care.
d) the more kids you have, the less you receive from the government.
e) unemployed people receive more than half of their salaries for up five years.
Questão 55
(UNB) TEXT
Two centuries after Marie-Antoinette made her famous suggestion to Paris's
revolutionaries, the French are eating their cake . . . and having it, too.
In no other nation do so many perks trickle down to so many. In France, five weeks of
vocation are a minimum, but many people get six or seven. You can retire at 60. Medical
care is universal and next to free. School kids get their own perquisites. For example, two
weeks of Alpine skiing for the whole class, including the teacher. Cost to parents: just $60
per kid. Later, send them to university for an annual tuition of $285. And just for having
kids, the government mails you a monthly check until they grow up and move out: for three
children, it's $263, or four, it's $418.
At work, many get of 13th month of pay for Christmas and a 14
th for summer vacations.
Employers must pony up half your commuting costs. If you lose your job, the government
steps in with almost 60 per cent of your pay for up to five years. Even death loses some
sting in France: there's an average $ 6,250 stipend for burial costs. It's a great life.
In the text:
a) "it" refers to "cake".
b) the phrase "weeks of vacation" is the implied ending of the clause "but many people get
six or seven".
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c) "them" refers back to "parents".
d) the word implied after "four" is "check".
e) "they" refers back to "government".
Questão 56
(UNB) TEXT
Congratulations on your interesting article on the Brazilian Pro alcohol programme ("will
Brazil's cars go on the wagon?, 9 January). As one of the government officials involved in
the programme in the past, l would like to add a few points.
Ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil today provides the equivalent of 250,000 barrels per day
of gasoline. Since it is a renewable fuel, it reduces appreciably the amount of CO2 released
into the atmosphere. In addition, it reduces oil imports.
It is true that the cost of ethanol (21 cents per litre) is higher than gasoline (18 cents per
litre), but the alcohol programme has had a wide impact on the Brazilian economy. It has
created 700,000 jobs. In addition, cogeneration using bagasse is becoming a big business in
São Paulo and will lower the price of ethanol.
As things stand now, Brazil is in effect paying more for a fuel that does not contribute to
the greenhouse effect and other types of atmospheric pollution. This is what all other
countries should be doing with coal and oil. They should impose a carbon tax on such fuels.
According to the text:
a) José Goldemberg wrote an article entitled "Will Brazil's cars go on the wagon?"
b) one of the advantages of ethanol is that it is less pollutant than other types of fuel.
c) one disadvantage of ethanol is that it is more expensive than gasoline.
d) ethanol does not contribute to the greenhouse effect.
e) other countries are imposing a carbon tax on fuel and oil.
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Questão 57
(UNB) TEXT
Congratulations on your interesting article on the Brazilian Pro alcohol programme ("will
Brazil's cars go on the wagon?, 9 January). As one of the government officials involved in
the programme in the past, l would like to add a few points.
Ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil today provides the equivalent of 250,000 barrels per day
of gasoline. Since it is a renewable fuel, it reduces appreciably the amount of CO2 released
into the atmosphere. In addition, it reduces oil imports.
It is true that the cost of ethanol (21 cents per litre) is higher than gasoline (18 cents per
litre), but the alcohol programme has had a wide impact on the Brazilian economy. It has
created 700,000 jobs. In addition, cogeneration using bagasse is becoming a big business in
São Paulo and will lower the price of ethanol.
As things stand now, Brazil is in effect paying more for a fuel that does not contribute to
the greenhouse effect and other types of atmospheric pollution. This is what all other
countries should be doing with coal and oil. They should impose a carbon tax on such fuels.
In the text:
a) "the programme" refers to the "Brazilian Pro alcohol programme".
b) "it" refers to "gasoline"
c) "it" refers to "the alcohol programme".
d) "This" refers to no specific noun, but rather to the idea conveyed earlier in the paragraph.
e) "such" refers back to "coal and oil".
Questão 58
(FESP) Unfortunately, I ................................ wash the dishes now.
a) can
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b) like to
c) have to
d) try to
e) am
Questão 59
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
When he was a child he _____________ to go to the park.
a) used.
b) uses.
c) use.
d) used to.
e) usually.
Questão 60
(FESP) "Mrs. Blond told her husband the good news."- The inifinitive of "told" is
a) to take.
b) to tell.
c) to tip.
d) to talk.
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e) to told.
Questão 61
(FESP) The past and the participle of the verb "to dwell" are:
a) dwelt, dwelt.
b) dwelled, dwelt.
c) dwell, dwelled.
d) dwell, welled.
e) dwell, dwell.
Questão 62
(UFPE)
Newsweek
T H I S W E E K
The JFK Cover-Up: Intrigues and Errors
Thirty years after John Kennedy's assassination, many people still cannot believe
__________. A special investigation helps explain why. After the shooting, top officials
scrambled to conceal their own intrigues and mistakes, leaving openings for dark
conjecture - and a nation forever uneasy.
Special Report: Page 30 - Nov.22, 1993 1
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) what would happen
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b) what happens
c) what happened
d) what will happen
e) what does happen
Questão 63
(UNICAP) English ................................. taught in many schools.
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas:
a) it is
b) has
c) was
d) is being
e) has been
Questão 64
(UNB) TEXT
High divorce rates and a marked rise in teenage pregnancies have affected family life
across the country. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of school-age children
born to mothers under the age of 15. It has been estimated, in fact, that 45 percent of the
children born in 1976 will spend some part of divorce, the strains of single parenthood, and
the difficulties of teenage parenthood all take their toll on the children involved. These
children often need extra support from their teachers and school during times of crisis.
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In reference to the text:
a) marked is an example of a past participle functioning as an adjective.
b) the verb construction have affected indicates an action that began in the past and that
continues up to and perhaps includes the present.
c) family life and school-age are two examples of a noun pair whereby the first of the two
nouns functions, much like an adjective in that it "classifies" the second, and the pair itself
serves to substitute a longer phrase necessary to describle the same idea.
d) there has been, the infinitive of which is there be, is the construction used when we
want to express that something exists: which is then named after the verb.
e) it refers to 45 percent.
Questão 65
(UFPE) Identifique a(s) palavra(s) ou expressão(ões) que melhor complete(m) o sentido da
questão. Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, attends a Victory Japan Day commemoration service
in London. This is part of the newspaper article about it.
________________ began the moment the Burma Star contingent started to march, led
unexpectedly by one of its members, the Duke of Edinburgh.
a) Crying
b) Cheering
c) Rejoicing
d) Applauding with shouts
e) Encouraging by shouts
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Questão 66
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
Where are you going?
a) I'm going to my grandmothers.
b) I'm going to my grandmother.
c) I'm going to my grandmother's.
d) I'm going my grandmother's.
e) I'm going my grandmothers.
Questão 67
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
It has not rained for forty days, so there will not be much water to drink until the end of
_________________.
a) sponge.
b) draft.
c) spout.
d) raining.
e) drought.
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Questão 68
(FESP) - Choose the correct answer:
FHC promised to __________________ the Constitution.
a) up down.
b) upset.
c) uproot.
d) upbraid.
e) uphold.
Questão 69
(UFPE) Na sentença "I'm at the pinnacle", he told a thronged press conference, a expressão
"thronged" significa. Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
a) Elitizada
b) Popular
c) Apinhada (de gente)
d) Debochada
e) Agressiva
Questão 70
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(UFPE) Indique as frases que PODEM descrever a figura de FORMA MAIS PRECISA.
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
a) One must fight against the destruction of nature.
b) People don't consider ecological movements a priority.
c) Nature is a priority for ecologists.
d) Plants regulate the atmospheres, maintain water supplies for agriculture and prevent the
formation of deserts.
e) Some people don't know how important nature is.
Questão 71
(UFPE) Preencha a lacuna corretamente.
He is now being kept alive by an artificial respirator and huge doses of __________ .
a) RUGS
b) DRUGS
c) MEDICINES
d) HUGS
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e) MUGS
Questão 72
(UFPE) Preencha a lacuna corretamente.
The route taken by the king and queen was lined by clapping, cheering __________.
a) CROWDS
b) PEOPLE
c) CROWS
d) PUPILS
e) CLOWNS
Questão 73
(UFPE) Preencha a lacuna corretamente.
The bank robbers tried to escape but were cornered by a __________ dog.
a) GENTLE
b) SWEET
c) TRAINED
d) CUTE
e) POLICE
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Questão 74
(UNICAP) ................................ book on the table?
Assinale as afirmativas verdadeiras e as afirmativas falsas.
a) Is there any
b) Is the
c) Isn't there a
d) Isn't any
e) Is a
Questão 75
(FESP) Did George talk long at the meeting? Yes, as usual he talked ..................
a) on on
b) on to on
c) on and on
d) on after on
e) on before on
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Questão 76
(FESP) 164 is
a) a hundred and sixty four
b) a hundred sixty four
c) hundred sixty and four
d) hundred sixty four
e) a hundred six forty
Questão 77
(FESP) Mary doesn't speak Russian.
a) Laura doesn't either
b) Laura doesn't neither
c) Neither Laura does
d) Laura doesn't too
e) Doesn't Laura neither
Questão 78
(FESP) The notice "HOUSE FOR SALE" means that.
a) Someone is trying to buy that house
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b) You can buy it for a very reasonable price
c) Nobody wants it
d) The owner wants to sell it
e) Nobody likes the house
Questão 79
(FESP) The ..................................... is formed by concentric coloured arcs:
a) rainbow
b) raindrop
c) water
d) rain
e) river
Questão 80
(FESP) Condom is...
a) the simple act of putting a condom
b) something that can avoid AIDS
c) the simple act of putting on
d) something that can avoid your life
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e) something that AIDS can save
Questão 81
(FGV) Assinale a tradução correta da setença apresentada:
He's never at a loss for words
a) Nunca lhe faltam palavras
b) Não lhe escapa uma palavra
c) Ele se perde em circunlóquios
d) Ele nunca encontra as palavras adequadas
e) Ele jamais se perde em palavras
Questão 82
(PUC-SP) Escolha a melhor versão para a sentença:
Pode me emprestar seu canivete?
Can ...?
a) You borrow me your pocket - knife?
b) You let me his penknife?
c) I borrow your penknife?
d) I lend you my little knife?
e) I let your pocket-knife?
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Questão 83
(UNB) TEXT
Did you know that only the female mosquito bites? Well, it's true. She needs blood to
reproduce. And do you know how the female mosquito decides whom to bite? She's quite
selective, and she chooses her victims carefully. First, she uses sensors to find her victim.
These sensors are located on her two antennae and her three pairs of legs. With these
sensors, she tests your body moisture, body warmth, and chemical substances in your
sweat. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if you don't appeal to her, she'll reject you
for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you
were chosen. You're special.
In the test.
a) Quite doesn't function as an adverb.
b) whom functions as a subject pronoun.
c) you were chosen is an example of a passive voice without direct object.
d) remember could be replaced by remind.
e) the conditional sentence - if she likes what she finds, she bites could be written if she
likes what she finds, she will bite.
Questão 84
(UNB) TEXT
High divorce rates and a marked rise in teenage pregnancies have affected family life
across the country. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of school-age children
born to mothers under the age of 15. It has been estimated, in fact, that 45 percent of the
children born in 1976 will spend some part of divorce, the strains of single parenthood, and
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the difficulties of teenage parenthood all take their toll on the children involved. These
children often need extra support from their teachers and school during times of crisis.
In reference to the text:
a) the phrase High divorce rates indicates that in the author's opinion, there are a lot of
divorces.
b) rise is the noun form of the verb to raise.
c) teenage refers to being between the ages of 13 and 19 years old.
d) affected is an alternate spelling of affected.
e) dramatic is used here to suggest that the increase referred to, in line 3, is remarkable in
being unusual and therefore something that catches one's attention.
Questão 85
(UNB) TEXT
High divorce rates and a marked rise in teenage pregnancies have affected family life
across the country. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of school-age children
born to mothers under the age of 15. It has been estimated, in fact, that 45 percent of the
children born in 1976 will spend some part of divorce, the strains of single parenthood, and
the difficulties of teenage parenthood all take their toll on the children involved. These
children often need extra support from their teachers and school during times of crisis.
In reference to the text:
a) single here means unmarried.
b) turn could be substituted by become here without significantly altering the meaning of
the phrase.
c) strains could be described as anxieties, pressures, stress and tension.
d) take ... toll means to pay a fee.
e) extra signifies basic or essential.
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Questão 86
(UNB) TEXT
To say that a country is rich is to say that it experienced economic growth in the past.
While this statement describes everything, it explains nothing. The causes of economic
growth - have been pondered by economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers for
centuries; it is, in fact the issue of issues. I believe that one of the key ingredients of
economic growth has been technological creativity. As one of the key causes of economic
progress and the attendant rising living standards, improving nutrition, clothing, housing
and health, and the reduction of toil, drudgery, famine, and disease, technological progress
has been one of the most potent forces in history in that it has provided society with what
economists call a "free lunch," that is, an increase in output that is not commensurate with
the increase in effort and cost necessary to bring it about.
In reference to the text:
a) attendant refers to a menial or servant.
b) drudgery is work that is hard, menial, or tiresome.
c) provided means to show the veracity of something beyond any doubt.
d) increase is the opposite of decrease.
e) output could be replaced here by outflow with out any change in the meaning of the
sentence.
Questão 87
(UNB) TEXT
In England some parents are in favour of educating their children at home and it's been
estimated that a fairly large number of children are being taught at home without going to
school. It's usually the responsability of the wife, who may not be a qualified teacher, to
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educate the children at home. They do not count on an organized programme of work but
they are helped by a range of people from the neighbourhood who are deligthed to be able
to share knowledge and cooperate. In fact, the reserves of expertise and good will that exist
in the community should not be underestimated.
Would such attitude reflect a certain discredit in British Schools?
In the text:
a) qualified means being suitably competent, especially for a job.
b) a range of people means a small group of people.
c) who are delighted could be replaced by who are happy.
d) to share knowledge suggests the idea of teaching in a formal way.
e) discredit means disbelief.
Questão 88
(UNB) TEXT
In England some parents are in favour of educating their children at home and it's been
estimated that a fairly large number of children are being taught at home without going to
school. It's usually the responsability of the wife, who may not be a qualified teacher, to
educate the children at home. They do not count on an organized programme of work but
they are helped by a range of people from the neighbourhood who are deligthed to be able
to share knowledge and cooperate. In fact, the reserves of expertise and good will that exist
in the community should not be underestimated.
Would such attitude reflect a certain discredit in British Schools?
In the text:
a) are helped is in the passive voice.
b) cooperate is a noun.
c) that is a demonstrative pronoun.
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d) should is a modal verb.
e) British is an adjective.
Questão 89
(UNB) TEXT
A group of singers wanted to raise funds to help starving children in an African country.
They started giving concerts in various places so that they could raise plenty of money for
the aid project.
It is very sad to realize that for the majority of the world's children, every day life is a
constant fight to survive.
Drought and famine are permanently threatening millions of refugees who leave the
countryside and desperately search for food in the nearest towns.
In the age of technology, human beings should not be dying of hunger and l wonder
whether aid projects, like the one we mentioned above, are the right way to save those
millions of children.
In the text:
a) to realize means to become conscious.
b) fight means problem.
c) Drought means very hot weather.
d) search for means look for.
e) above is the opposite of below.
Questão 90
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(UNB) TEXT
A group of singers wanted to raise funds to help starving children in an African country.
They started giving concerts in various places so that they could raise plenty of money for
the aid project.
It is very sad to realize that for the majority of the world's children, every day life is a
constant fight to survive.
Drought and famine are permanently threatening millions of refugees who leave the
countryside and desperately search for food in the nearest towns.
In the age of technology, human beings should not be dying of hunger and l wonder
whether aid projects, like the one we mentioned above, are the right way to save those
millions of children.
In the text:
a) so that could be substituted by because.
b) desperately is an adjective.
c) the world's children is an example of the possessive case.
d) who is a relative pronoun that refers to refugees.
e) should could be substituted by would.
Questão 91
(UNB) TEXT
A group of singers wanted to raise funds to help starving children in an African country.
They started giving concerts in various places so that they could raise plenty of money for
the aid project.
It is very sad to realize that for the majority of the world's children, every day life is a
constant fight to survive.
Drought and famine are permanently threatening millions of refugees who leave the
countryside and desperately search for food in the nearest towns.
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In the age of technology, human beings should not be dying of hunger and l wonder
whether aid projects, like the one we mentioned above, are the right way to save those
millions of children.
In the text:
a) They refers to children.
b) It refers to the aid project.
c) whether is a conjunction.
d) one is a pronoun.
e) right is an adjective.
Questão 92
(UNB) TEXT
Ecologists are very gloomy about the huge speed and scale of change that human beings are
inflicting on the world. In the Himalayas for example, forests are cut down because there
are an awful lot of people who need firewood to keep warm. This leaves fertile Himalayan
hills naked, unprotected from the heavy rains. The trees were umbrellas but now the rain
washes out good soil, which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the channels of the
river Ganges. When the next rains come, the rain water runs straight off and goes down in a
huge flood getting into the channels which are clogged with mud. The whole area is under
water; people lose their farm land many drown.
In Africa the gathering of wood is making the desert grow. In parts of the Sudan, the desert
in just 15 years has advanced sixty miles. It is a devastating statistic. But can you tell these
people they mustn't cut down trees in order to cook their food?
In the text:
a) "gloomy" could be substituted by disappointed.
b) "an awful lot of" could be substituted by much.
c) "naked" means without trees.
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d) "clogged" means obstructed.
e) "whole" could be replaced by all.
Questão 93
(UNB) TEXT
Ecologists are very gloomy about the huge speed and scale of change that human beings are
inflicting on the world. In the Himalayas for example, forests are cut down because there
are an awful lot of people who need firewood to keep warm. This leaves fertile Himalayan
hills naked, unprotected from the heavy rains. The trees were umbrellas but now the rain
washes out good soil, which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the channels of the
river Ganges. When the next rains come, the rain water runs straight off and goes down in a
huge flood getting into the channels which are clogged with mud. The whole area is under
water; people lose their farm land many drown.
In Africa the gathering of wood is making the desert grow. In parts of the Sudan, the desert
in just 15 years has advanced sixty miles. It is a devastating statistic. But can you tell these
people they mustn't cut down trees in order to cook their food?
In the text:
a) "fertile" could be substituted by productive.
b) "firewood" refers to wood that is cut for burning on fires.
c) "the rain washes out" implies that the soil is free of some unwanted substance.
d) "straight off" means at once, without delay.
e) "mustn't" could be substituted by needn't.
Questão 94
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(UNB) TEXT
Ecologists are very gloomy about the huge speed and scale of change that human beings are
inflicting on the world. In the Himalayas for example, forests are cut down because there
are an awful lot of people who need firewood to keep warm. This leaves fertile Himalayan
hills naked, unprotected from the heavy rains. The trees were umbrellas but now the rain
washes out good soil, which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the channels of the
river Ganges. When the next rains come, the rain water runs straight off and goes down in a
huge flood getting into the channels which are clogged with mud. The whole area is under
water; people lose their farm land many drown.
In Africa the gathering of wood is making the desert grow. In parts of the Sudan, the desert
in just 15 years has advanced sixty miles. It is a devastating statistic. But can you tell these
people they mustn't cut down trees in order to cook their food?
In the text:
a) "very" is an adverb.
b) "that" is a demonstrative pronoun.
c) the "Himalayas" is a proper noun.
d) "ends up" is a phrasal verb.
e) "devastating" is a participle functioning as an adjective.
Questão 95
(UNB) TEXT
Ann Smith is a 70 year-old English lady who about ten years ago, to help herself get over
the death of her husband went on an overland bus trip to Katmandu. This fired her with
enthusiasm to travel more, but as she couldn't afford to go extensive organized tours, she
bought a camper and took to the road. Now she's clocked up about 75.000 miles on trips
that have taken her to America, Australia and South Africa.
Obviously she has always all types of stories to tell her friends when she is back home.
She says she was never frightened of traveling alone and once in a camp site, she seldom
locks herself in her van at night.
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In the United States when she goes into a vast American camp site in her little camper she
makes herself a cup of tea and deliberately sits outside her van because she thinks it pleases
the Americans to see an English Lady having alfternoon tea.
People enjoy listening to Ann Smith talking about her adventurous trips.
In the text:
a) "she is back home" implies she is back in her own country.
b) "once" means one time and no more.
c) "vast" is the opposite of small.
d) "van" is the same as lorry.
e) "enjoy" means to like.
Questão 96
(UNB) TEXT
Ann Smith is a 70 year-old English lady who about ten years ago, to help herself get over
the death of her husband went on an overland bus trip to Katmandu. This fired her with
enthusiasm to travel more, but as she couldn't afford to go extensive organized tours, she
bought a camper and took to the road. Now she's clocked up about 75.000 miles on trips
that have taken her to America, Australia and South Africa.
Obviously she has always all types of stories to tell her friends when she is back home.
She says she was never frightened of traveling alone and once in a camp site, she seldom
locks herself in her van at night.
In the United States when she goes into a vast American camp site in her little camper she
makes herself a cup of tea and deliberately sits outside her van because she thinks it pleases
the Americans to see an English Lady having alfternoon tea.
People enjoy listening to Ann Smith talking about her adventurous trips.
In the text:
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a) "overland" is an adjective.
b) "her" is a possessive pronoun.
c) "organized" is a verb.
d) "frightened" is a verb.
e) "alone" is an adverb.
Questão 97
(UNB) TEXT
There have been such advances in the communications industry that many people who
traditionally had to go into an office every day are already working at home.
It is obviously very convenient for those who live far away from the centre of cities and
would have to spend part of their working lives traveling.
Nevertheless, some trade union leaders are particularly concerned about the conditions of
home workers as the employer doesn't have to accept his responsibilities. Surveys have
shown that even very good computer operators are paid nearly £ 2 an hour less than their
counterparts in offices. And under British law people working at home have no protection
against unfair dismissal, no ensure reasonable working conditions.
Therefore, according to trade unionists, only the highly skilled and well paid professionals
who are working at home can benefit from the revolution in the communications industry.
In the text:
a) "Nevertheless" could be substituted by worried.
b) the term "Surveys" refers to a detailed study, as by gathering information through
observations, questionnaires, interviews, etc.
c) "counterparts" could be replaced by friends.
d) "counterparts" could be replaced by But.
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e) "ensure" could be substituted by guarantee.
Questão 98
(UNB) TEXT
There have been such advances in the communications industry that many people who
traditionally had to go into an office every day are already working at home.
It is obviously very convenient for those who live far away from the centre of cities and
would have to spend part of their working lives traveling.
Nevertheless, some trade union leaders are particularly concerned about the conditions of
home workers as the employer doesn't have to accept his responsibilities. Surveys have
shown that even very good computer operators are paid nearly £ 2 an hour less than their
counterparts in offices. And under British law people working at home have no protection
against unfair dismissal, no ensure reasonable working conditions.
Therefore, according to trade unionists, only the highly skilled and well paid professionals
who are working at home can benefit from the revolution in the communications industry.
In the text:
a) "obviously" is an adverb.
b) "would" could be replaced by should.
c) "working" in the context functions as an adjective.
d) "shown" is the simple past of the verb show.
e) "very" is an adverb.
Questão 99
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Two centuries after Marie-Antoinette made her famous suggestion to Paris's
revolutionaries, the French are eating their cake . . . and having it, too.
In no other nation do so many perks trickle down to so many. In France, five weeks of
vocation are a minimum, but many people get six or seven. You can retire at 60. Medical
care is universal and next to free. School kids get their own perquisites. For example, two
weeks of Alpine skiing for the whole class, including the teacher. Cost to parents: just $60
per kid. Later, send them to university for an annual tuition of $285. And just for having
kids, the government mails you a monthly check until they grow up and move out: for three
children, it's $263, or four, it's $418.
At work, many get of 13th month of pay for Christmas and a 14
th for summer vacations.
Employers must pony up half your commuting costs. If you lose your job, the government
steps in with almost 60 per cent of your pay for up to five years. Even death loses some
sting in France: there's an average $ 6,250 stipend for burial costs. It's a great life.
In the text:
a) "do" is the main verb of the sentence, "In no other nation do so many... many.
b) the modal can in "You can retire at 60." could be replaced here by should without any
alteration in the meaning of the sentence.
c) "must" expresses obligation and could be replaced by have to.
d) "if" could be substituted by unless without changing the idea conveyed here.
e) "pay" is a noun.
Questão 100
(UNB) TEXT
Two centuries after Marie-Antoinette made her famous suggestion to Paris's
revolutionaries, the French are eating their cake . . . and having it, too.
In no other nation do so many perks trickle down to so many. In France, five weeks of
vocation are a minimum, but many people get six or seven. You can retire at 60. Medical
care is universal and next to free. School kids get their own perquisites. For example, two
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weeks of Alpine skiing for the whole class, including the teacher. Cost to parents: just $60
per kid. Later, send them to university for an annual tuition of $285. And just for having
kids, the government mails you a monthly check until they grow up and move out: for three
children, it's $263, or four, it's $418.
At work, many get of 13th month of pay for Christmas and a 14
th for summer vacations.
Employers must pony up half your commuting costs. If you lose your job, the government
steps in with almost 60 per cent of your pay for up to five years. Even death loses some
sting in France: there's an average $ 6,250 stipend for burial costs. It's a great life.
In the text:
a) "Paris's" is the contracted form of Paris is.
b) "the French" is a nationality adjective functioning as a noun which means the people of
French nationality or citizenchip.
c) "skiing" is the main verb of the sentence in which it is found.
d) "Later" is the comparative form of the adjective late.
e) "up to five years" means more than five years.
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