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The heaviest rains in decades caused floods
and
landslides in Rio de Janeiro
Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums, turning the city’s
main lake and the sea brown during the round-the-clock heavy rains.
Morning flights in and out of the city of six million people – which will host the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics – were canceled or seriously delayed.
Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides,
authorities said. A spokesman for Rio’s fire service
said at least 40 injured people were taken to hospitals as the search went
on for others reported missing.
“The situation
is critical. Roads are flooded and
blocked,” Mayor Eduardo Paes said. “We recommend
people stay at home.”
(Taken from Telegraph Newspaper)
GLOSSARY
*landslide, mudslide – desmoronamento
*hillside – encosta
*to sweepy away – destruir completamente
*shack – barracão
*slum – favela
*round-the-clock – o tempo todo (durante o dia e a noite)
01 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“which”, underlined in the text, refers to
(A) city.
(B) people.
(C) flights.
(D) World Cup.
02 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
A similar meaning to
“as”, (line 11) ,
is
a) like.
b) while.
c) though.
d) because.
03 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
Another way to express the same idea as
“ …the search went
on for others reported missing.”
can be:
a) Missing
people were still being searched.
b) The search for survivors was abandoned.
c) There was no chance of people being found alive.
d) Police are investigating the disappearance of people.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 04 and 05.
Service Animals
A Therapy Dog is a kind of service animal – an animal that helps people. The most common service animal is a seeing eye dog. A seeing eye dog helps blind people.
However, dogs help people in many other ways. Hearing ear dogs help people with hearing problems. These dogs listen for specific noises, such as a fire alarm. When the dog hears the sound, the dog touches the owner. However, if it’s an emergency, the dog may pull the owner out of danger. Usually small dogs are hearing ear dogs because they are easy to care for.
Wheelchair assistance dogs are much larger because the dog’s main job is pulling the wheelchair. These dogs also open doors and get items for their owners, such as magazines.
(Adapted from Access Reading – Thompson)
04 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to the text, a seeing eye dog is, except
a) a blind dog.
b) a kind of service animal.
c) an animal that helps people with eye damage.
d) a dog that provides assistance to people who are unable to see.
05 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text, hearing ear dogs don’t
a) pull the wheelchair.
b) listen for specific noises.
c) help people with hearing problems.
d) pull the owner out of danger when it’s an emergency.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 06 and 07.
Because so many English words sound similar,
misunderstandings among English-speaking people are common. Every day
people speaking English ask one another questions like
these: "Did you say seventy or seventeen?" "Did you say
that you can come or that you can’t?" Similar-sounding words can also
be confusing for people who speak English as a second language.
English is not
the only language with similar-sounding words. Other languages, too, have
words that can cause misunderstandings, especially for
foreigners. When similar-sounding words cause a misunderstanding,
probably the best thing to do is just laugh and learn from the mistake.
(Adapted from Even More true stories –
Longman)
06 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text, similar-sounding words
a) can be
misunderstood only in English.
b) can confuse non-native speakers of English.
c) don’t cause misunderstandings among foreigners.
d) aren’t difficult for English-speaking people to understand.
07 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The words,
underlined in the text, are similar in meaning to
a) others.
b) everyone.
c) each other.
d) both of them.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 08, 09 and 10.
The stunning legacy left by Zilda Arns the
founder
and coordinator of Pastoral da Criança
In 1983, with
the backing of CNBB, Zilda founded Pastoral da Criança. She had developed
an efficient method to help the poorest families. The work involved,
among other things, feeding children under six, hygiene, preventive
healthcare, and complete help for poor pregnant women. On January 12th she
was in a church in Port-au-Prince, talking to a group of
local religious leaders. She intended to introduce that methodology
to Haiti. _________, an earthquake completely destroyed the church and
Brazil lost one of the greatest women in its history. The aim of her
work was to reduce malnutrition and Brazil’s infant mortality.The
efficient methodology used by Pastoral da Criança has saved thousands of
lives over the last three decades and has been exported to 20 countries.
(Adapted from Maganews # 47)
GLOSSARY
*stunning – impressionante
*legacy – legado
08 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
Fill in the blank with the suitable option.
a) Unless
b) Besides
c) However
d) Therefore
09 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The correct passive voice for
“She had developed
an efficient method…”
is:
An efficient
method __________.
(A) has
developed
(B) had been developed
(C) has been developing
(D) was being developed
10 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
Which of these
ideas can be inferred from the text?
a) Newborn
children have been supported by CNBB and the Pastoral da Criança.
b) The poorest countries imported the methodology developed by Zilda Arns.
c) The poor nutrition and death rates increased after Zilda Arns had died.
d) Zilda was concerned not only with expectant poor mothers but also with
the development of their children.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Air traffic controller: orchestrating aerial
and
ground movements
An airfield in a war zone is like an orchestra of aerial and ground activity. That’s the case at Sather Air Base, Iraq, located next to Baghdad International Airport.
It’s one of Iraq’s busiest airfields. An average of 320 transient aircraft and 6,200 passengers _____ through the base each week. Needless to say, there’s a lot of activity. Airmen work on aircraft, loading them with munitions or filling their fuel tanks. Of course, there’s always the threat of terrorist attacks. The potential for accidents is high. Conducting the symphony, are air traffic controllers like Sgt. Carter. One wrong direction could result in people dying or the loss of millions of dollars worth of equipment. “It’s a complex job,” he said. “We must make sure aircraft make it to the field so the mission can be performed.” “To do the job well requires great communication skills”, he said. “Initially, I was challenged by the language barrier,” he said. “But I soon learned to be more patient. And I was able to figure out what was being said, so we could complete our mission.”
One major difference for controllers in a war zone is that they have to deal with things they don’t normally deal with at their home bases. At Sather, the challenge was the helicopter traffic, Carter said. “Helicopters were swarming everywhere in that country,” he said. Soon after arriving at the base, the sergeant had to educate himself about how to control helicopters.
Carter admits feeling nervous when he first found out he was deploying to Iraq because of the media attention on terrorist attacks. But, to his surprise, his tour has been relatively calm. Carter said his Sather tour has been extremely rewarding, despite his earlier misgivings.
(Adapted from Air Force News Agency)
GLOSSARY
to swarm – apinhar ou aglomerar
to deploy – ir em missão
misgivings – receios ou preocupações
11 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The correct
verb form to fill in the blank is
a) pass.
b) passes.
c) passed.
d) will pass.
12 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to the text,
a) terrorist attacks aren’t likely to happen on Sather Air Base.
b) air traffic controllers in a war zone just deal with civilian
air traffic.
c) an air traffic controller controls not only the skies but also the
ground.
d) when Sergeant Carter was deployed to Iraq, he was used to the
helicopter traffic
13 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
All the
alternatives show comparative or superlative adjectives except in
a) busiest
(line 4).
b) earlier (line 32).
c) barrier (line 17).
d) more patient (line 18).
14 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“Needless to say,”,(line 6),
is used when
you are telling someone
a) that you did
not want something to happen.
b) something that they probably know or expect.
c) about something new that has never happened before.
d) that something is unnecessary and could have been avoided.
15 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The -ing form in
“Helicopters were swarming …”,(lines24 and 25),
is being used
in the same way as in
a) Carter
admits feeling nervous […]
b) Soon after arriving at the base, […]
c) […] when he first found out he was deploying to Iraq […]
d) Carter said his Sather tour has been extremely rewarding, […]
16 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The indirect speech for
“I was challenged by the language barrier, he said.”
is
a) He said he
is being challenged by the language barrier.
b) He said that he had been challenged by the language barrier.
c) He told us that he has been challenged by the language barrier.
d) He asked us if he was being challenged by the language barrier.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
Night flight
"This is your captain, John Cook, speaking. We’ve reached our
cruising altitude and I’ve just turned off the Fasten seat belt sign.
Our estimated time of arrival in New York is 1:00 a.m., so we’ve got a
long flight ahead of us. I hope you enjoy it. Our flight
attendants will be serving dinner shortly. Thank you.”
It was Christmas Eve 1959. A lot of the passengers were travelling home to
spend the holidays with their families. It was a quiet flight. The flight
attendant had just finished picking up the trays when the
first buzzers sounded. One of the flight attendants went down the
aisle to check. She looked surprised; two people have gotten sick. Twenty
minutes later nearly half the passengers were violently sick. Several
were moaning and groaning, some were doubled up in pain, and two were
unconscious. Fortunately, there was a doctor on board, and he was helping
the flight attendants. He said, “I’d better speak to the pilot.
This is severe case of food poisoning. We’d better land as soon as
possible. I had the beef for dinner, and I’m fine. The passengers who
chose the fish are sick.”
The flight attendant led him to the cockpit. The captain and the copilot
were lying unconscious, and the engineer was trying to revive them. The
plane was on the automatic pilot. A passenger who had been a
pilot sat down at the controls and the engineer connected him to Air
Traffic Control. An hour later, the lights of New York appeared on the
horizon. He could see the lights of runway shining brightly by a lake.
(Adapted from Streamline unit 19–
intermediate)
GLOSSARY
*buzzer – buzina, alarme
*to moan(môun) – reclamar, lamentar
*to groan(grôun) – gemer
*to double up – dobrar -se, curvar-se
17 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“…as soon as possible.” (lines 19 and 20),
means that
the pilot should land
a) as quickly
as he can .
b) with some delay.
c) in advance.
d) on time.
18 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text,
a) all
passengers were poisoned by food.
b) the engineer was in charge of the whole flight.
c) the doctor found out the cause of the sickness.
d) the captain and the copilot had beef for dinner.
19 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
In
“...He could see the lights of runway brightly by a lake.”, (lines 28 and 29),
the underlined
word is
a) a conjunction.
b) a preposition.
c) an adjective.
d) a pronoun.
20 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
There are two actions in
“the flight attendant had just finished picking up the trays when the first buzzers sound.” (lines 9, 10 and 11).
It means that
a) the flight
attendant picked up the trays at the same time the first buzzers sounded.
b) the first buzzers sounded before the flight attendant had picked up the
trays.
c) the first buzzers sounded after the flight attendant had picked up the
trays.
d) the flight attendant picked up the trays after the first
buzzers sounded.
21 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text, we can infer that the flight was
a) a nightmare.
b) a relief.
c) terrific.
d) safe.
22 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“Fortunately”, (line 16),
is closest in
meaning to
a) fatally.
b) luckly.
c) promptly.
d) immediately.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 23 and 24.
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is widely recognized as the most famous
painting of all time. She has aroused admiration, curiosity and suspicion
for over 500 years. She can provoke a reaction known as the Mona Lisa
Syndrome: the viewer is enchanted by her legendary smile, which becomes increasingly enigmatic the more you look at it.
As it will never be sold, the Mona Lisa is priceless, although for
insurance reasons it is believed to be valued at anything up to $ 1
billion.
( Adapted from Move – Intermediate)
GLOSSARY
*to arouse – despertar
*to enchant – encantar
*legendary – fabuloso, lendário
*insurance – apólice de seguro
23 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text, the Mona Lisa
a) has no
price.
b) was painted 500 years ago.
c) becomes enigmatic because of her eyes.
d) causes an illness called the Mona Lisa Syndrome.
24 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
The underlined
part, in the text, means that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting that
a) never
existed.
b) has ever existed.
c) will exist forever.
d) existed a long time ago.
➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30.
Women in Control
A survey __________ that British men are happy to let their wives make all
the decisions in the home and often ask them to control the domestic
finances.
Women also take the lead in disciplining children, with only ten percent
of men now involving themselves in what used to be seen as a male
preserve.
Women also dictate where to go on holiday and what friends to see. But
when it comes to television and cars, men still want to rule the roost.
Nearly a third of the men in this recent survey confessed to
deciding what TV programs were watched, regardless of what their
partners might want to see, and only 12 per cent of women had a say in
buying a new family car.
( Speak up # 137)
GLOSSARY
*to rule the roost – ditar as regras
25 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
Choose the
correct verb form to fill in the blank.
a) will find
b) has found
c) could have found
d) would have found
26 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
According to
the text,
a) men do not
respect their wives decisions.
b) only women take the lead to everything in the house.
c) there is a role confusion between husbands and wives.
d) men prefer when their wives control the domestic budget.
27 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“...wives...” (line 2),
have the same
plural form as, except
a) life
b) shelf
c) thief
d) belief
28 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“their and themselves”,
underlined in
the text, are respectively
a) relative pronoun / objective pronoun
b) possessive pronoun / reflexive pronoun
c) reflexive pronoun / possessive adjective
d) possessive adjective / reflexive pronoun
29 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
Based on the text, all the statements below are correct, except
a) women also
decide where to go on holiday.
b) British men agree that their wives make the decisions in the home.
c) a small percentage of women help their husbands choose a new family
car.
d) only ten percent of women involve themselves in
disciplining children.
30 – (EEAR-CFS-2010/2011-BCT-ME)
“regardless”, (line 11),
is similar in
meaning to
a) despite
b) besides
c) without
d) throughout
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