❑ TEXTO: Parte I
New round of ecological disasters feared
British scientists say El Niño climate trend, high level
of greenhouse gases could be causes
LONDON — Deepening drought in Australia.
Stronger typhoons in Asia. Floods in Latin America.
British climate scientists predict that a resurgent
El Niño climate trend combined with higher levels of greenhouse gases could touch off a fresh round of
ecological disasters — and make 2007 the world’s hottest
year on record.
“Even a moderate (El Niño) warming event is enough
to push the global temperatures over the top,” said Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research unit at the
University of East Anglia.
The warmest year on record is 1998, when the
average global temperature was 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit
higher than the long-term average of 57 degrees. Though such a change appears small, incremental differences
can, for example, add to the ferocity of storms by
evaporating more steam off the ocean.
There is a 60 percent chance that the average global
temperature for 2007 will match or break the record, Britain’s Meteorological Office said Thursday. The
consequences of the high temperatures could be felt
worldwide.
El Niño, which is now under way in the Pacific
Ocean and is expected to last until May, occurs irregularly. But when it does, winters in Southeast Asia tend to become milder, summers in Australia get drier,
and Pacific storms can be more intense.
- New round of ecological disasters feared. Houston Chronicle. Houston.
Jan. 2007. p. A17.
01 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) The point discussed in the text is that
A) the average global temperature will reach 57°.
B) the El Niño will be moderate this time of the year.
C) high temperatures will fall abruptly in the coming year.
D) the storms will cause catastrophes over the next decades.
E) scientists are worried about possibile new series of
ecological disasters.
Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
02 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) Based on the text, the world is likely to experience its
hottest recorded year because of the
A) effects of El Niño and the warming of the Earth.
B) strong winds and the ferocity of the storms.
C) droughts and the strong typhoons.
D) hurricanes and heavy rains.
E) cold fronts and heat waves.
Comentários e Gabarito B
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03 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1)
- Comparing the year 2007 with 1998, scientists predict
that 2007 will be______1998
A) as cool as.
B) hotter than.
C) milder than.
D) better than.
E) less hot than.
Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
04 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) Match the columns considering the words from the text
and their meanings
(I) “fresh” (l. 5) ( ) hot gas from boiling water
(II) “touch off” (l. 5) ( ) in motion, in operation
(III) “push” (l. 9) ( ) new, recent
(IV) “steam” (l. 17) ( ) initiate
(V) “under way” (l. 23) ( ) move forcefully
The alternative that presents the correct sequence, from
top to bottom, is
A) I, II, III, IV, V.
B) I, III, V, II, IV.
C) II, IV, I, V, III.
D) III, I, II, IV, V.
E) IV, V, I, II, III.
Comentários e Gabarito D
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05 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1)
- I. “The consequences of high temperatures could be felt
worldwide” (l. 20-22)
- II. The whole world_____the consequences of high
temperatures.
To transform the passive voice (I) into the active voice
(II), the blank can be suitably filled in with the verbal form
A) could feel.
B) can feel.
C) have felt.
D) feels.
E) felt.
Comentários e Gabarito C
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❑ TEXTO: Parte II
The U.N.’s Food Aid Organization has warned that
rising temperatures could wreak agricultural destruction.
In other cases, El Niño’s effects are more
ambiguous. Rains linked to the phenomenon led to bumper crops in Argentina in 1998, but floods elsewhere
in Latin America devastated subsistence farmers.
El Niño also can do some good. It tends to take
the punch out of the Atlantic hurricane season by
generating crosswinds that can rip the storms apart.
What is clear is that the cumulative effect of El
Niño and global warming are taking the Earth’s
temperatures to record heights.
“El Niño is an independent variable,” Jones said.
“But the underlying trends in the warming of the Earth is almost certainly a result of the release of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere.”
The report came a day after the weather service
reported that 2006 had been Britain’s warmest year since
1659, and three months after Sir Nicholas Stern, a senior government economist, estimated that the effects of
climate change could eventually cost nations 5 percent to 20 percent of global gross domestic product yearly.
“The evidence that we’re doing something very
dangerous with the climate is now amassing,” said Campaign against Climate Change coordinator Philip
Thornhill.
- New round of ecological disasters feared. Houston Chronicle. Houston.
Jan. 2007. p. A17.
06 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) According to the text, it is correct to say that
A) crops in Argentina are not abundant.
B) rains devasted all farms in Australia.
C) very hot weather is bad for agriculture.
D) the El Niño has more advantages than disadvantages.
E) the rich countries spend a lot of money to help the poor ones.
Comentários e Gabarito A
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07 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) The pair of words whose letters in bold have the same
pronunciation is
A) “crops” (l. 5) — “good” (l. 7).
B) “floods” (l. 5) — “Food” (l. 1).
C) “heights” (l. 12) — “day” (l. 17).
D) “service” (l. 17) — “evidence” (l. 23).
E) “climate” (l. 21) — “since” (l. 18).
Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
08 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2007.2) In relation to language usage in the text, one can say that
A) “rising” (l. 2) is a verb the Present Continuous tense.
B) “’s in El Niño’s” (l. 3) is the Present Simple of be, 3rd
person singular.
C) “led” (l. 4) is the past tense of lead.
D) “are taking” (l. 11) is in the direct speech.
E) “change” (l. 21) is functioning as a verb.
Comentários e Gabarito E
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
09 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) Analyze these sentences:
I. The children are brothers and sisters.
II. The weather is cold and it’s snowing.
III. The boys and the girls are wearing warm clothes.
IV. The boys can’t recognize the girls.
V. One boy says that Beth is prettier than Liz.
According to the cartoon, the alternative containing the
correct statements is
A) I and II.
B) II and III.
C) III and IV.
D) IV and V.
E) I, II and IV.
Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
10 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2008.1) Based on the sentence
- “at this time of the year.”,
the
boy refers to
A) a leap year.
B) the near future.
C) a day of the week.
D) one time in the past.
E) a season of the year.
Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO:
Based on the sentence
- “at this time of the year.”,
- “nesta altura do ano.”
the boy refers to
O menino refere
A) a leap year.
um ano bissexto.
B) the near future.
o futuro próximo.
C) a day of the week.
um dia da semana.
D) one time in the past.
uma vez no passado.
E) a season of the year.
uma estação do ano.
