PUC/Minas – 2016 – VESTIBULAR – 2º SEMESTRE – LÍNGUA INGLESA – PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE MINAS – PROVA COM GABARITO.

❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PUC/MINAS-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE.

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 05 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question

➭ Text – | I Like the Bus | www.theatlantic.com/technology |

❑ PROVA:

I Like the Bus

(Julie Beck, JULY 24, 2015)

1

As a traveler, my competitive advantage is laziness. I truly do not mind sitting still in one spot for hours with nothing to do but read or listen to music. In fact, those are three of my favorite things—music, reading, sitting. And I cherish when circumstances give me an excuse to spend my time that way, rather than worrying that I could be being more active, or productive. Because I am doing something productive—I’m going somewhere.

2

This sort of me-time can be achieved on many forms of transportation—planes, trains, and automobiles (ones I’m not driving anyway) but the one I most enjoy is the bus. I like the city bus—especially as opposed to the subway, how it takes you through the streets instead of below them—and I like the long-distance bus. The bus to me is a meditative space, a safe place, a bubble out of time and away from life that moves me gently from one place to another.

3

I have to fly to visit my family. The bus is better. It’s cheaper. You can bring liquids. There’s no security. You just get on, and get off. The cost is more one of time (though depending where you’re going, if you factor in the time you spend getting to the airport and going through security, you may end up breaking even). And it’s time, I think, worth spending. The more efficiently we use our time, the more demands are placed on our time. There’s something to be said for a forced slowdown.

4

Going somewhere is an act. And there’s a pace at which I can fully take in the act of going somewhere and it’s not 500 miles per hour. A driving pace seems a good compromise. The scenery might blur around you, but you're still touching the ground.

(From:http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/

i-like-the-bus/399518/. Adapted.)

46 – (PUC/Minas-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE)

The writer does not care about sitting for hours in a bus because
a) it gives her an excuse to pass the time doing something she likes.
b) she is doing something people always consider very constructive.
c) she usually prefers travelling all by herself.
d) it worries her that she is not productive or active.

• ANSWER (A).

- A escritora não se preocupa em ficar horas sentado em um ônibus porque...
a) it gives her an excuse to pass the time doing something she likes.

- isso lhe dá uma desculpa para passar o tempo fazendo algo de que gosta.
b) she is doing something people always consider very constructive.

- ela está fazendo algo que as pessoas sempre consideram muito construtivo.
c) she usually prefers travelling all by herself.

- ela geralmente prefere viajar sozinha.
d) it worries her that she is not productive or active.

- preocupa-se com o fato de não ser produtiva ou ativa.

47 – (PUC/Minas-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE)

The word it in “it takes you ” (paragraph 2) refers to the
a) train.
b) subway.
c) bus.

d) automobile.

• ANSWER (C).

a) train.
b) subway.
c) bus.

- No texto: "[...] I like the city bus—especially as opposed to the subway, how it takes you through the streets instead of below them...'
d) automobile.

48 – (PUC/Minas-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE)

The writer likes the bus mainly because
a) she constantly visits her family.
b) it is more rapid than going on the subway.
c) she thinks planes are dangerous.
d) it is a place where she can think about life.

• ANSWER (D).

- A escritora gosta do ônibus principalmente porque...
a) she constantly visits her family.

- ela constantemente visita sua família.

b) it is more rapid than going on the subway.

- é mais rápido do que ir de metrô.

c) she thinks planes are dangerous.

- ela acha que os aviões são perigosos.

d) it is a place where she can think about life.

- é um lugar onde ela pode pensar sobre a vida.

49 – (PUC/Minas-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE)

What does the word though in “though depending where you’re going” (paragraph 3) indicate?
a) Contrast.
b) Reason.
c) Finality.
d) Addition.

• ANSWER (A).

- O que a palavra THOUGH em “though depending where you’re going” (embora dependendo de para onde você está indo) indica?

a) Contrast.
b) Reason.
c) Finality.
d) Addition.

50 – (PUC/Minas-2016-VESTIBULAR-2º SEMESTRE)

The word might in “The scenery might blur” (paragraph 4) conveys an idea of
a) obligation.
b) possibility.
c) certainty.
d) permission.

• ANSWER (B).

- A palavra might em “The scenery might blur”(O cenário pode borrar" transmite uma ideia de...

a) obligation.
b) possibility.
c) certainty.

d) permission.