CESPE-2013 –IBAMA –ANALISTA AMBIENTAL – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DO MEIO AMBIENTE E DOS RECURSOS RENOVÁVEIS – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESPE-2013-IBAMA-ANALISTA AMBIENTAL, aplicação em 01/2013.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: CESPE-Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisa em Avaliação e Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos.

➧ PADRÃO / COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 07 questões.

➧ GABARITO:

01-E, 02-E, 03-C, 04-E, 05-E, 06-E, 07-E

➧ VOCABULÁRIO:

• a long-standing relationship - um relacionamento de longa data.
• and thus - e portanto, e por conseguinte.
• daylighting - iluminação natural.
• drinking water (= water that is pure enough for you to drink) - água potável.
• follow-up studies - os estudos de acompanhamento.
• Humans - Os seres humanos.
• major - mais importante, maior do que outros do mesmo tipo.
• nearly (= almost, quasi, not completely) - quase.
• neighbourhoods - bairros.
• paper (=document) - documento. artigo.
• potential assets - ativos potenciais, recursos potenciais.
• river corridors - corredores fluviais.
• stream (=small river) - riacho, córrego. [Cambridge Dictionary]
• settlements - assentamentos, povoados.
• the landmark paper - o documento de referência.
• the small streams - os pequenos riachos, 
• Throughout history - Ao longo da história, No decorrer da história, Por toda a história.
• to dispose of (= to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away:) - descartar.
• to provide (= make available) - disponibilizar, proporcionar.
• two early examples - os dois primeiros exemplos.
• waste (= garbage, trash, rubbish) - lixo.
• watercourse ( = a place where water flows, for example a river or canal) - um RIO ou um CANAL. [Longman Dictionary]

➧ TEXT I:

Humans have a long-standing relationship with water. Throughout history, watercourses have provided drinking water, transportation, energy, and a means to dispose of waste, and thus it is not a great surprise that nearly all major cities are built on river corridors, lakes, or oceans. The small streams within settlements have served as important sources of water and a source of aquatic plants and animals. Urban watercourses, however, quickly become highly polluted through human activity. They have been used for sewage disposal and the disposal of harmful industrial waste, and many urban streams and rivers have been covered over and diverted into sewers.

The idea of reclaiming urban streams emerged in force during the 1970s and is well summarized in the landmark paper by Nelson Nunnally, “Stream Renovation: an Alternative to Channelization”. Nunnally saw streams as open hydraulic systems and treated them as potential assets to neighbourhoods rather than as problems to be managed or paved over. Although follow-up studies are incomplete and site specific, once stream daylighting is completed, stream neighbours tend to agree that daylighting creates an asset. A study of Strawberry Creek and Baxter Creek in California, two early examples of daylighting, showed increased land values and general good opinion of the creeks. Related research supports such a conclusion in that proximity to green areas and waterways are perceived as beneficial.

Environments: A journal of interdisciplinary studies.

According to the text above, judge the following items.

01. According to the text, the process of stream channelization invariably increases land values.

02. The author claims that small watercourses are less affected by human activity than large ones.

03. The expressions “reclaiming urban streams” (R.12) and ‘Stream Renovation’ (R.14) refer to the same type of processes.

➧ TEXT II:

The British non-governmental organization, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), has published a detailed study which reveals just how China’s appetite for wood has grown in the past decades as a result of consumption by the new middle classes, as well as an export-driven wood industry facing growing demand from major foreign furniture and construction companies.

China has become the leading importer, consumer and exporter of the world's timber. Its own forests provide less than 40% of its needs. According to the report, "in response to severe flooding in 1998, China adopted a Natural Forest Conservation Programme […] and embarked on a massive programme of reforestation […] The government spent $31bn on tree planting between 1999 and 2009."

But the gap between domestic supply and demand has continued to grow. According to the EIA, last year one-third of all the timber sold worldwide was bought by China, with little regard to its origin. Unlike the US, the EU and Australia, which, under pressure from public opinion, have adopted legislation banning illegal timber imports, China has made no such move.

The Guardian, 11/12/2012.

Judge the items from 54 through 57 according to the text above.

04. Due to its reforestation programme, China produces enough timber for its internal market.

05. The Chinese public opinion forced the government to adopt a reforestation programme.

06. The Chinese government is concerned about the origin of the timber it imports.

07. China is an important exporter of wooden goods.