UNICENTRO–VESTIBULAR–2007.2–COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, ANSWERS & LEXICAL APPROACH.

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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:

• UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO-OESTE-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2.

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

• 10 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) / 5 Options Each Question.

❑ TEXTO:

Laughter: the best medicine

In 1964 an American journalist called Norman Cousins developed a serious problem with his back. It turned out that he had an illness called ankylosing spondylitis, which was extremely painful and, according to doctors, incurable. He was admitted to hospital, unable to move, and prescribed a course of strong pain-killing drugs. Cousins knew that negative emotions could make you ill, and began to wonder whether positive emotions — and particularly laughter — might make you better.

He stopped taking the drugs, and moved out of the hospital into a hotel room, which was not only a more cheerful place to be but was also much cheaper. There he hired a lot of Marx Brothers and Candid Camera films, and started to watch them. He found that every time he laughed, the laughter acted as an anaesthetic and gave him relief from pain. And the effect lasted some time: 10 minutes’ laughter could give him around two hours free from pain.

More important, he found that he was slowly getting better, and eventually recovered completely from the illness.

For many years, the medical profession refused to take Cousins’ claims seriously, but now things are  changing and some American hospitals have set up ‘laughter rooms’, where patients can watch videos, listen to cassettes and read joke books, instead of sitting around feeling depressed.

• DOFF, Adrian & JONES, Christopher. Language in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. p. 101.

01 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) About Norman Cousins, it’s correct to say that

A) he graduated in journalism in the 60s.

B) doctors cured him from a serious disease.

C) he discovered a way to get gradual relief from pain.

D) he was a drug addicted who couldn’t give up the vice.

E) the hospital refused his admission because he didn’t have any health insurance.

      Comentários e Gabarito    C  

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02 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) One can deduce that Norman Cousins’ attitude was

A) unreasonable.

B) necessary.

C) ineffectual.

D) scientific.

E) foolish.

      Comentários e Gabarito    B  

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03 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) The situation described in the text can be suitably related to the proverb

A) While there is life there is hope.

B) Better alone than in bad company.

C) There is no disputing about tastes.

D) A work ill-done must be done twice.

E) Never do to others what you would not like to do to yourself.

      Comentários e Gabarito    A  

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04 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2)

• What happened to Norman Cousins after he watched comic video tapes?

The answer to this question is found, in the text, between lines

A) 5 and 10.

D) 15 and 17.

B) 11 and 13.

E) 23 and 28.

C) 13 and 15.

      Comentários e Gabarito    D  

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05 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) Analyze the meanings of the word course in this dictionary note:

* course:

1. forward movement in space or time.

2. direction taken by something.

3. series of talks, treatment, etc.

4. continuous layer of brick, stone, etc.

5. one of the several parts of a meal.

According to this note, the meaning of the word “course” (l. 6) corresponds to number

A) 1.

B) 2. 

C) 3. 

D) 4.

E) 5.

      Comentários e Gabarito    C  

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06 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) The word “hired” (l. 14) should be correctly translated as

A) alugou.

B) assistiu.

C) comprou.

D) reservou.

E) emprestou.

      Comentários e Gabarito    A  

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07 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) The only alternative in which the vowel I has a different pronunciation is

A) “with” (l. 2).

B) “which” (l. 4).

C) “ill” (l. 8).

D) “time” (l. 15).

E) “give” (l. 18).

      Comentários e Gabarito    D  

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08 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) The verb tense which indicates an action that begins in the past but is connected to the present time is

A) “was admitted” (l. 5).

B) “might make” (l. 9).

C) “moved out” (l. 11).

D) “lasted” (l. 17).

E) “have set up” (l.25).

      Comentários e Gabarito    E  

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09 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) Expressions that indicate circumstances of place and time are respectively

A) “whether” (l. 8) and “For many years” (l. 23).

B) “into” (l. 12) and “not only” (l. 12).

C) “There” (l. 13) and “now” (l. 24).

D) “every time” (l. 15) and “around” (l. 18).

E) “where” (l. 26) and “instead of” (l. 27).

      Comentários e Gabarito    C  

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10 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) “Cousins’ ” (l. 24) can be correcthy replaced by

A) his.

B) him.

C) our.

D) their.

E) theirs.

      Comentários e Gabarito    A  

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