CESPE/UnB – 2006 – ANATEL – ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO – LÍNGUA INGLESA-CONCURSO PÚBLICO – AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES – PROVA COM GABARITO & TRADUÇÃO DE TEXTO.

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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESPE/UnB-2006-ANATEL-ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO-30/06/2006.

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 10 Questions.

➭ Text – | www.wirtel.co.uk |

❑ GABARITO:

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

06-C, 07-E, 08-C, 09-C, 10-E

❑ TRADUÇÃO - TEXT 1: 

Japan and Korea are outstanding markets in terms of the world’s advances in cellular telephony, where multimedia applications have surged into feverish popularity.

O Japão e a Coreia são mercados de destaque em termos de avanços mundiais na telefonia celular, onde os aplicativos multimídia atingiram uma popularidade febril.

Users in these countries have demanded velocity and high quality data transmission — such as images, videos and sounds — as the principal distinctive features for the cellular telephone.

Os usuários desses países têm exigido velocidade e alta qualidade na transmissão de dados — como imagens, vídeos e sons — como os principais diferenciais do telefone celular.

Although the industry in Brazil is not yet experiencing the same phase as in the Asian countries, innovative third generation services, aligned with world-class technology, are already present, with data transmission speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps.

Embora a indústria no Brasil ainda não viva a mesma fase dos países asiáticos, serviços inovadores de terceira geração, alinhados com tecnologia de classe mundial, já estão presentes, com velocidades de transmissão de dados de até 2,4 Mbps.

In fact, in some cases, Brazil has held multimedia application launches simultaneously with the United States, tremendously increasing the economic and digital inclusion that cellular telephony has fomented in recent years.

De fato, em alguns casos, o Brasil realizou lançamentos de aplicativos multimídia simultaneamente com os Estados Unidos, aumentando sobremaneira a inclusão econômica e digital que a telefonia celular tem fomentado nos últimos anos.

The heavy impact of mobile communication on Brazilian society can be measured by the expansion of the customer base, which has been growing at historic rates of 30% a year and now serves over 50 million customers. In other words, four out of every ten Brazilians have a cellular telephone.

O forte impacto da comunicação móvel na sociedade brasileira pode ser medido pela expansão da base de clientes, que cresce a taxas históricas de 30% ao ano e já atende a mais de 50 milhões de clientes. Ou seja, quatro em cada dez brasileiros possuem telefone celular.

The importance of mobile telephony has already surpassed that of the traditional fixed telephone system, because the cell phone actually fulfills the function of taking communication to all levels of the population.

A importância da telefonia móvel já superou a da telefonia fixa tradicional, pois o celular cumpre, de fato, a função de levar a comunicação a todas as camadas da população.

Its widespread network has opened gateways to regions that formerly had not been benefited by the implementation of a fixed telephone system, such as, for example, many rural areas that are now mobile telephone customers.

Sua ampla rede abriu portas para regiões que antes não eram beneficiadas pela implantação de um sistema de telefonia fixa, como, por exemplo, muitas áreas rurais que hoje são clientes de telefonia móvel.

The responsibility that cellular telephony carries as an instrument for transforming people’s lives tends to increase enormously in the short term.

A responsabilidade que a telefonia celular carrega como instrumento de transformação da vida das pessoas tende a crescer enormemente no curto prazo.

In Brazil, third generation CDMA 3G EVDO service is already offered and 34 is able to provide handheld resources, similar to CD, DVD and TV, anywhere and at any time, based on Qualcomm's cutting edge CDMA technology.

No Brasil, o serviço CDMA 3G EVDO de terceira geração já é oferecido e a 34 pode fornecer recursos portáteis, semelhantes a CD, DVD e TV, em qualquer lugar e a qualquer hora, com base na tecnologia CDMA de ponta da Qualcomm.

Internet: <www.wirtel.co.uk> (with adaptations).

➧ Based on the text above, judge the following items.

01 – Japan and Korea are the two most important countries as far as mobile telephony market is concerned.

02 – All that Japanese and Korean peoples request in cellular telephony are images, video and sound.

03 –  In terms of cellular telephony, Brazil is far behind the two Asian countries mentioned in the text.

04 – There are cases when Brazil and USA have launched multimedia applications at the same time.

05 – Six out of ten Brazilians don’t have a cellular phone yet.

06 – The mobile phone system aims at reaching every Brazilian social class.

07 – Cellular phones have substituted for the fixed telephone system.

08 – The more people use the cellular telephony the more responsibility it takes.

In the text,

09 – “In fact” means As a matter of fact.

10 – “is already offered” can be replaced by has already been offered without changing the meaning.

ACAPLAM – 2012 – PM/TABIRA/PE – PROFESSOR –LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE TABIRA /PE – PROVA COM GABARITO.

❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR-22/04/2012.

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 28 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question.

➭ Text (1) – | PROTECTING WILDLIFE: PROJETO TAMAR, A PIONEERING INITIATIVE IN BRAZIL | 

➭ Text (2) – | Thinking careers out | www.newsweek.com |

➭ Text (3) – | The body is the hero
 | The Body Is the Hero | Ronad J. Glasser |

➭ Text (4) – | The body is the hero
 | The Body Is the Hero | Ronad J. Glasser |

❑ TEXTO 1: As questões de 01 a 03 referem-se ao texto seguinte:

PROTECTING WILDLIFE: PROJETO TAMAR, A PIONEERING INITIATIVE IN BRAZIL

Projeto Tamar was created to carry out research into the sea turtles that nest on and feed along the Brazilian coast and to protect them. Until the 1970’s, very little had been done to protect these ancient reptiles from the dangers they can encounter on the beaches where they lay their eggs during the reproductive season.

Some of these dangers can be classified as “natural dangers”. A number of birds, for instance, anxiously wait for the eggs to hatch to eat the little turtles on their way to the sea. And there are others that eat the eggs even before they hatch! Some other dangers, however, are the result of human activity which, unfortunately, can sometimes be predatory. Two examples are artificial lighting on beaches and certain types of fishing nets. As explained on the Projeto Tamar homepage (http://www.tamar.org.br/ingles), “artificial lights disrupt the females who come to nest on the beaches and disorient the hatchlings, by attracting them away from their path to the sea.” They also say that sea turtles can accidentally be “captured in fishing nets [...] and, not being able to surface in order to breathe, they become unconscious.” Tamar has helped pass laws that restrict and regulate the installation of additional sources of light in nesting areas and developed educational campaigns to teach fishermen how to revive turtles accidentally caught up in their nets and return them to the sea.
The problem of artificial...

01 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Das afirmações seguintes:
I – Turtles lay eggs only in the Northeast of Brazil.
II – Fishermen never capture sea turtles.
III – Birds can be a threat to the hatchilings.
A) Estão corretos os itens I e III.
B) Apenas o item III está correto.
C) Estão corretos os itens II e III.
D) Todos estão incorretos.
E) Apenas o item I está correto.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

02 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Das afirmações seguintes:
I – Sea turtles lay their eggs on beaches.
II – Turtles have been fully protected in Brazil for centuries.
III – Projeto Tamar aims to protect and preserve marine life in general.
A) Estão corretos os itens I e II.
B) Estão corretos os itens I e III.
C) Estão corretos os itens II e III.
D) Todos estão incorretos.
E) Apenas o item I está correto.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

03 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Artificial lights can be a problem because...
A) they cause new-born turtles to get lost on their way to the sea.
B) sea turtles can only lay eggs in the dark.
C) they can attract birds of prey to the beach.
D) sea turtles can only breathe in the dark.
E) N. D. A.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

❑ TEXTO 2: As questões de 04 a 09 referem-se ao texto seguinte:

Thinking careers out

As you know, choosing a career can be pretty tough. Who’s never pictured themselves behind a desk, looking cool, delegating power? But, what if after all the struggle you realize you’re not that happy? Would you ask for help? Who would you go to?

Consultant Clara Heinz is used to lending her ear to top business executives all over the world. She holds a doctorate in psychology and helps corporations select top executives. Her experience shows that reaching a high position is no guarantee of stability and confidence. Very often, it’s exactly the opposite. However, a lot of executives are reluctant to ask for help and end up isolating themselves from other employees. And what’s the main reason for this? Fear. BUSINESS IN FOCUS interviewed Ms Heinz and this is what she told us.

BIF: What do top executives fear the most?
Ms Heinz: Well, one very common fear is not having all the answers. Executives are afraid of not having all the necessary abilities to handle their business and are afraid of being fired as a result. Being unemployed is another fear. Yet, these same executives are not always confident enough to open up and express their doubts. Therefore, I’d say that the good executive is the one who considers learning as part of the package.

BIF: How about the fear of changing work or careers?
Ms Heinz: Oh, this is extremely common among these professionals. In general, people feel it’s time to change when they feel they are not learning or doing anything new. People do need new challenges. The risk is when they don’t think they’re ready to face a new phase, though.

BIF: How do these professionals prepare for the transition?
Ms Heinz: They should surround themselves by a kind of ‘council’ of people they trust completely: an ex-boss, a friend, or even an elderly aunt! What’s important is that they should look up to these people and talk to them at least once a year. They should tell them all about their plans and listen to their opinions and advice. Besides, they should also have some plans written down and revise them from time to time. But, first and foremost, they must not be afraid of the change. Ideally, they should build a network and use it to manage contacts and to make connections in such a way that finding a new job shouldn’t take too long. All in all, everything comes down to knowing the right people and being able to trust them. But they shouldn’t forget that if someone scratches their back, they should be willing to scratch theirs in return. After all, the world of ‘It’s all taking and no giving’ is rapidly being substituted by one of greater solidarity and friendship.

BIF:Thank you very much for the interview.
Ms Heinz: My pleasure.

04 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
When executives struggle to express themselves, they end up:
A) not answering the questions.
B) creating animosity.
C) losing their Jobs.
D) changing Jobs.
E) isolating themselves from their colleagues.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

05 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Which of the following sentences expresses the central idea of the text?
A) Some executives are scared of the people around them.
B) Some executives don’t ask for promotion because they’re scared.
C) Some executives don’t ask for help because they’re scared.
D) Some executives didn’t answer the questions as they were scared.
E) Some executives don’t follow advice because they’re scared.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  C 
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06 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Some executives fear they lack all the necessary skills and consequently believe that:
A) they’ll be transferred
B) they’ll lose their jobs
C) they’ll lose their confidence
D) they’ll have to change their job
E) they’ll have to express their doubts
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
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07 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
In general, people feel like changing their job or profession when:
A) it seems like they’ve done the job before
B) it’s challenging
C) it involves a lot of risk
D) their friends suggest it’s time
E) it puts them face to face with risk
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

08 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
What is the best equivalent in Portuguese for the expression “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”?
A) Eu lavo minhas mãos
B) Trair e coçar é só começar
C) Olho por olho, dente por dente
D) Nada como um dia após o outro
E) Uma mão lava a outra
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

09 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
What’s the most appropriate definition for the word “handle” ?
A) Manipulate
B) Fight against
C) Deal with, cope with
D) Control with your hands
E) N. D. A.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  C 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

10 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
I didn’t know that was their house. I thought ________ was bigger and more luxurious.
A) their
B) theirs
C) mine
D) my
E) its
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
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11 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
I’m really excited ________starting at the new school.
A) on
B) with
C) of
D) between
E) about
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
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12 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
That is the boy ________ brother won the silver medal.
A) who
B) where
C) which
D) that
E) whose
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

13 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Science is my ________ subject at school.
A) worse
B) worst
C) baddest
D) badder
E) most bad
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

14 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
I ________ he ________.
A) knew / was lying
B) knew / is lying
C) know / was lying
D) know / were lying
E) knew / were lying
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
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15 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
If you’re in New York in January, you ________ see snow.
A) must
B) ought to
C) might
D) should
E) have to
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  C 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

16 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Identifique a sentença que apresenta erro no emprego do tempo verbal:
A) They arrived about twenty minutes ago.
B) I’ve never written a love poem.
C) What time did my brother phone?
D) Have you ever worked in a restaurant?
E) Tom has broken his leg yesterday.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

17 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Marque a alternativa cujo pronome reflexivo foi usado de forma equivocada.
A) It was my uncle herself who killed the snake.
B) We always behave ourselves in class.
C) I’ll call the Police myself.
D) She lived in a small flat by herself.
E) They didn’t like the picture of themselves.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

18 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Identifique nas alternativas seguintes, a que apresenta verbo na voz passiva:
A) All of these species have been seen in Britain by people who watch birds.
B) My director signed that letter before his trip.
C) Careless driving causes many accidents.
D) People play music in many therapy sessions.
E) They are checking in passengers to Boston.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

19 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
A sentença “My boss asked me: Have you finished your work?” está corretamente no discurso indireto em:
A) My boss asks me if I had finished my work.
B) My boss asked me if I have finished my work.
C) My boss asked me if I had finished his work.
D) My boss asked me if I had finished my work.
E) My boss asked me if I had finish my work.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  D 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

20 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
A forma correta para completar a conditional sentence

“If I had gone to the party...”, é:
A) I would had given you a lift.
B) I will have given you a lift.
C) I had given you a lift.
D) I would have gave you a lift.
E) I would have given you a lift.
Choose the correct alternative.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
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21 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Let’s go home early, ________?
A) do we
B) shall I
C) shall we
D) aren’t I
E) don’t we
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  C 
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22 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
The object pronoun “her”, in “One Peruvian lady remembers life in the slum when her mother made clothes for her out of old flour sacks”, refers to:
A) lady
B) mother
C) clothes
D) slum
E) life
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
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❑ TEXTO 3: As questões de 23 a 28 referem-se ao texto seguinte:

The body is the hero

Those tremendous volumes give us the ability to run, to keep enough oxygen and sugar moving to our legs and arms so that our muscles can move even after hours of continuous effort. But the price we have to pay for all this quickness and power is a severe one. A bacterium from a cut in your finger can reach your brain in a little over four seconds. A pneumococcus in your lungs can reach the bones of arms in three seconds.

With a circulatory system such as we have, we certainly need protection. And it is there: a group of chemical protectors and microbial killers so quick and so powerful that, in spite of our size, our circulatory system, and all our human mistakes, we survive.

This remarkable system of protection is within us. It is provided by the antibodies that patrol our circulation, by the white cells and lymphocytes that guard our tissues, by all the other elements that make up our body’s immune system.

To cure a disease you must help the body to do it itself. The work is done by the body, not by science, not by antibiotics. Antibiotics only buy time. They fight microbes, they retard their growth, they may even kill a few; but in the end it is the body itself that must clean up the battlefield, find and destroy that last resistant microbe.

All the drugs and technical achievements in infectious diseases have done nothing more than help the body’s own immune system. They give us time, the precious time to mount a defense, but nothing more. The body is the hero.

Adapted from The Body Is the Hero,

Ronad J. Glasser, M. D.,

Random House, New York, 1976)

23 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
What part of the human body is especially important for our protection against microbes?
A) our lungs
B) our circulatory system
C) our brain
D) our hands
E) our immune system
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

In each of the sentences below find the alternative that shows what the words in bold refer to in the text.

24 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
With a circulatory system such as we have, we certainly need protection. And it is there.
A) protection
B) we
C) circulatory system
D) there
E) system
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
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25 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
But the price we have to pay for all this quickness and power is a severe one.
A) quickness
B) power
C) we
D) price
E) all
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  D 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

26 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Das afirmações seguintes:
I – Antibiotics have helped us in important ways.
II – White cells and lymphocytes guard our drugs.
III – Some microbes die possibly as an effect of antibiotics.
A) Todos estão corretos.
B) Estão corretos itens I e III.
C) Estão corretos I e II.
D) Estão corretos II e III.
E) Apenas o item I está correto.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
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27 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Das afirmações seguintes:
I – Antibiotics do not cure a disease, they only fight time.
II – A bacterium from a cut in your finger can reach your arm in a little more than four seconds.
III – Our circulatory system is quick and powerful.
A) Todos estão incorretos.
B) Estão corretos os itens I e III.
C) Estão corretos os itens II e III.
D) Apenas o item II está correto.
E) Apenas o item III está correto.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
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28 – (ACAPLAM-2012-PM/TABIRA/PE-PROFESSOR)
Das afirmações seguintes:
I – One quart of blood passes to the brain and the kidneys per minute.
II – Oxygen and sugar are needed for the work of our muscles.
III – Life as we know it would not be possible without our body’s immune system.
A) Todos estão incorretos.
B) Estão corretos apenas I e II.
C) Estão corretos apenas II e III.
D) Todos estão corretos.
E) Estão corretos apenas I e III.  
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  D 
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PUC/RIO– 2008 – VESTIBULAR – GRUPOS 1,3 e 4 – LÍNGUA INGLESA – PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA / RJ – PROVA COM GABARITO.

❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PUC/RIO-2008-VESTIBULAR-GRUPOS 1,3 e 4.

 www.puc-rio.br/vestibular

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 10 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) / 5 Options Each MCQ.

➭ Text – YOUNG KEEP IT SIMPLE IN HIGH-TECH WORLD LONDON | www.reuters.com |

❑ TEXTO:

YOUNG KEEP IT SIMPLE IN HIGH-TECH WORLD LONDON

LONDON (Reuters) - While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their cell phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a survey.

Only a handful think of technology as a concept, and just 16 percent use terms like “social networking,” said two combined surveys covering 8- to 24-year-olds published on July 24 by Microsoft and Viacom units MTV Networks and Nickelodeon.

“Young people don’t see ‘tech’ as a separate entity – it’s an organic part of their lives,” said Andrew Davidson, vice president of MTV’s VBS International Insight unit. “Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s about the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives – it’s invisible.”

The surveys involved 18,000 young people in 16 countries including the UK, U.S., China, Japan, Canada and Mexico.

Terms most frequently used by the young when talking about technology related to accessing content for free, notably “download” and “burn”.

The surveyors found the average Chinese computer user has 37 online friends they have never met, Indian youth are most likely to see cell phones as a status symbol, while one-in-three UK and U.S. teenagers say they cannot live without games consoles. “The way each technology is adopted and adapted throughout the world depends as much on local cultural and social factors as on the technology itself,” said Davidson. For example, the key digital device for Japan’s young is the cell phone because of the privacy and portability it offers those who live in small homes with limited privacy. According to the survey, Japanese children aged eight to 14 have only one online friend they have not met, compared to a global average of five. Some 93 percent of Chinese computer users aged 8-14 have more than one friend online they have never met. In Davidson’s view this was encouraging those aged 8-14 in China to select online over television – a trend not seen in any other market in that age group.

The changes in how the youth market engages with technology are keenly followed by advertisers and content firms. “Traditional youth marketing considered opinion formers and influencers to be a small elite, but these days the elite has become much larger,” said the VBS’s vice president.

For parents worried about what their children are getting up to amid the wave of gadgets, little has changed in a generation. The surveyors found the most popular activities the under-14s enjoy were watching TV, listening to music and being with friends. The rankings for those older was similar although listening to music was top.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/

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July 24, 2007

11. The purpose of this article is to:
(A) criticize the excessive use of technology by modern teenagers worldwide.
(B) report on the results of recent studies on the use of technology by the youth.
(C) analyze the role of technology in promoting practices of social networking.
(D) advertise the launching of a new generation of gadgets designed to attract the young.
(E) justify why so few adolescents enjoy using technological devices in their daily routines.

R E S P O S T A :   B

• O objetivo deste artigo é:

(A) criticize the excessive use of technology by modern teenagers worldwide.

• criticar o uso excessivo de tecnologia por adolescentes modernos em todo o mundo.
(B) report on the results of recent studies on the use of technology by the youth.

• relatar os resultados de estudos recentes sobre o uso da tecnologia pelos jovens.
(C) analyze the role of technology in promoting practices of social networking.

• analisar o papel da tecnologia na promoção de práticas de redes sociais.
(D) advertise the launching of a new generation of gadgets designed to attract the young.

• anunciar o lançamento de uma nova geração de gadgets(aparelhos) projetados para atrair os jovens.
(E) justify why so few adolescents enjoy using technological devices in their daily routines.

• justificar por que tão poucos adolescentes gostam de usar dispositivos tecnológicos em suas rotinas diárias.
12. The sentence "Young people don't see 'tech' as a separate entity – it’s an organic part of their lives," (lines 11-12) means that:
(A) teens are so used to technology that they refuse to discuss it.
(B) youngsters seem to ignore the role of technology in their lives.
(C) technological advances appear to be something alien to teens.
(D) technology is so natural for teenagers that they don't even notice it.
(E) modern youth’s social life depends on high-tech gadgets such as cell phones.

R E S P O S T A :   D

•  A frase "Os jovens não vêem a 'tecnologia' como uma entidade separada - é uma parte orgânica de suas vidas" (linhas 11-12) significa que:
(A) os adolescentes estão tão acostumados com a tecnologia que se recusam a discuti-la.
(B) os jovens parecem ignorar o papel da tecnologia em suas vidas.
(C) os avanços tecnológicos parecem ser algo estranho para os adolescentes.
(D) a tecnologia é tão natural para os adolescentes que eles nem percebem.
(E) a vida social da juventude moderna depende de aparelhos de alta tecnologia, como telefones celulares.
13. Check the only option in which the underlined pronoun DOES NOT refer to the words “young people”.
(A) “relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China,” (lines 3-4).
(B) “it’s an organic part of their lives,” (line 12).
(C) “Talking to them about…” (line 14).
(D) “… the role of technology in their lifestyle…” (line 14).
(E) “…the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives” (lines 15-16).

R E S P O S T A :   E

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14. "...accessing content for free"(acessar conteúdo na Internet gratuitamente) significa:
(A) create it freely.
(B) retrieve it illegally.
(C) obtain it without charge.
(D) make it available for a fee.
(E) require permission to copy it.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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(A) cria-lo livremente.
(B) recuperá-lo ilegalmente.
(C) obtê-lo gratuitamente(sem ônus ou despesa).
(D) disponibilizá-lo mediante uma taxa.
(E) solicitar permissão para copiá-lo.
15. Mark the only correct statement about the surveys mentioned in the sixth paragraph.
(A) Chinese kids aged 8-14 seem to enjoy communicating with online friends better than watching TV shows.
(B) One third of British and American adolescents are unhappy because they don’t have consoles to play games.
(C) In Japan, 8- to 14-year-olds have as many unknown online friends as kids their age in other parts of the world.
(D) Cell phones are considered a key symbol of status by Indian and Japanese teenagers, who generally live in small homes.
(E) A few Chinese pre-teens and teens who are fond of computers have at least one friend online they have never seen face to face.

R E S P O S T A :   A

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A) Crianças chinesas de 8 a 14 anos parecem gostar de se comunicar com amigos on-line melhor do que assistir a programas de TV.
(B) Um terço dos adolescentes britânicos e americanos estão descontentes porque não têm consoles para jogar.
(C) No Japão, crianças de 8 a 14 anos têm tantos amigos online desconhecidos quanto crianças de sua idade em outras partes do mundo.
(D) Os telefones celulares são considerados um símbolo chave de status pelos adolescentes indianos e japoneses, que geralmente moram em pequenas casas.
(E) Alguns pré-adolescentes e adolescentes chineses que gostam de computadores têm pelo menos um amigo online que nunca viram cara a cara.

16. Check the sentence in which “while” has the same meaning as in “While young people embrace the Web … according to a survey.” (lines 1-5).

(A) Where have you been all this while?
(B) I knew all the while I had nothing to fear.
(C) While I understand what you say, I can’t agree with you.
(D) Most of the good students got a job while still at the university.
(E) Roses grow in profusion in her garden, while carnations are less common.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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(A) Onde você esteve esse tempo todo?
(B) Eu sabia o tempo todo que não tinha nada a temer.
(C) Enquanto eu entendo o que você diz, não posso concordar com você.
(D) A maioria dos bons alunos conseguiu um emprego enquanto ainda estava na universidade.
(E) As rosas crescem em profusão em seu jardim, enquanto os cravos são menos comuns.
17. Mark the correct statement concerning vocabulary.
(A) “A handful” (line 6) means “a lot”.
(B) “Surveyors” (line 24) and “researchers” are antonyms.
(C) “Trend” (line 41) does not mean the same as “tendency”.
(D) “Keenly” (line 43) and “anxiously” are synonymous.
(E) “Worried about” (line 48) and “concerned with” have opposite meanings.

R E S P O S T A :   D

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(A) “A handful” (line 6) means “a lot”.
(B) “Surveyors” (line 24) and “researchers” are antonyms.
(C) “Trend” (line 41) does not mean the same as “tendency”.
(D) “Keenly” (line 43) and “anxiously” are synonymous.
(E) “Worried about” (line 48) and “concerned with” have opposite meanings.
18. Check the item in which the boldfaced word or phrase introduces a reason.
(A) “Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s…” (lines 14-15)
(B) “For example, the key digital device for Japan’s young is the cell phone…” (lines 31-32)
(C) “…because of the privacy and portability it offers those who live in small homes with limited privacy.” (lines 33-34)
(D) “ For parents worried about what their children are getting up to...” (lines 48-49)
(E) “The rankings for those older was similar although listening to music was top.” (lines 52-53)

R E S P O S T A :   C

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19. According to the last paragraph, the most popular activity for teens from 14 up is:
(A) watching TV.
(B) being with friends.
(C) listening to music.
(D) playing with gadgets.
(E) chatting with online mates.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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20. The text as a whole is:
(A) objective and informative.
(B) hopeful and enthusiastic.
(C) descriptive and pessimistic.
(D) persuasive and alarming.
(E) argumentative and critical.

R E S P O S T A :   A

• O texto como um todo é:

(A) objective and informative.

• objetivo e informativo.

(B) hopeful and enthusiastic.

• esperançoso e entusiasmado.
(C) descriptive and pessimistic.

• descritivo e pessimista.
(D) persuasive and alarming.

• persuasivo e alarmante.
(E) argumentative and critical.

• argumentativo e crítico.