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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLÂNDIA-VESTIBULAR-2015.2-2ª FASE-APLICAÇÃO EM 09/05/2015.
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❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA DISCURSIVA:
- 04 Questions.
- 02 questões onde se pedem respostas discursivas em inglês.
- 02 questões onde se pedem respostas discursivas em português.
❑ TEXTO 1:
Coca-Cola Is Adding Fiber to Coke. Does That Make It Healthy?
by Cynthia Sass
World’s Largest Telescope Faces Opposition from Native Hawaiian Protesters
By Katie Worth
The broad-shouldered summit of Mauna Kea holds many meanings for many people: For astronomers, it‟s a high-altitude playground of stars, among the best places on Earth to explore the firmament with minimal atmospheric distortion. For environmentalists, it‟s a “sky island ecosystem” that hosts rare and altitude-sensitive species, including the wekiu bug found nowhere else in the world. For Hawaiian spiritual practitioners, it is the home of gods, the most holy place on Hawaii‟s big island. As vast as its expanses of ice and lava are, Mauna Kea has not proved sizable enough to accommodate the desires of all three groups. The dormant volcano has become a battleground between astronomers, who have placed 13 telescopes at its summit and now wish to build one more, and Hawaiian cultural and environmental activists who believe the stargazing science has already had too much impact on the 4,205-meterhigh mountain. Two lawsuits are in motion over the California Institute of Technology and the University of California‟s proposal to build the hirty eter elescope ( ); in ctober activists shut down the project‟s groundbreaking in a protest that made headlines worldwide. So far, courts have ruled in favor of the telescope and construction has recently begun. Activists have appealed and say they will continue to protest. For astronomers, the proposed new telescope represents tremendous promise: With a mirror nearly three times larger than any other on Earth, it could detect signs of life in other solar systems and provide clues to the origins of the universe. But for some Hawaiians, it represents the ongoing desecration of a sacred place.
>> Disponível no site: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-largest-telescopefaces-opposition-from-native-hawaiian-protesters/.Acesso em 21 fev. 2015.
- RESPONDA A QUESTÃO EM INGLÊS. RESPOSTAS EM PORTUGUÊS NÃO SERÃO ACEITAS.
01 – (UFU-2015.2-2ª FASE) Based on the text about “World’s Largest Telescope”, answer the following questions:
(A) What benefits can the construction of the new telescope provide?
(B) Why is there opposition against the construction of the new telescope?
(B) Why is there opposition against the construction of the new telescope?
👍 RESPOSTAS
(A) What benefits can the construction of the new telescope provide?
- It could detect signs of life in other solar systems and provide clues to the origins of the universe.
- Because the construction will cause too much impact on the mountain and it represents the ongoing desecration of a sacred place.
❑ TEXTO 2:
What Do All Babies Need, Yet Aren't Getting Equally?
By Melissa Fay Greene
(…) any low-income American children are suffering from a shortage of words — songs, nursery rhymes, storybooks, chitchat, everyday stuff. How can that be? All parents issue directives — “ ime for your bath” or “Let‟s put on your jammies.” n low-income families, where parents often have had less education and limited access to parenting guidance, that‟s usually the end of it; while in wealthier families, directives are only a small part of an ongoing conversation. “Let‟s put on your jammies. Your jammies are so soft! What color are these jammies? hey‟re yellow. nd look at these little animals on your jammies. What are those? hose are ducks! „ uack, quack, quack,‟ say the ducks!” ll that babbling isn‟t silliness; it‟s mind- building. Words streaming from radio or television, or from parents or caregivers chatting on cell phones, are of no benefit, however — a finding that merits attention from all parents. In many low-income families, warm and loving parents may struggle desperately to provide all the other basics, without a clue that their relative silence — and the lack of bedtime stories, picture books, and lullabies — hurts the babies. Beginning in the 1990s, researchers at Rice and Columbia Universities reported eye-opening findings about how many more words middle-class and affluent kids hear day in and out. Using interview techniques and tracking devices including “word pedometers,” they‟ve determined that well-off children hear 30 million more words in the first three years of life. The deficit has astounding and bitter consequences. More than any other strand in the lives of poor children, the 30-million-word gap has been linked to poor school performance, a failure to learn to read, a failure to graduate from high school, and an inability to prepare for and to enjoy career success.
- RESPONDA A QUESTÃO EM INGLÊS. RESPOSTAS EM PORTUGUÊS NÃO SERÃO ACEITAS.
02 – (UFU-2015.2-2ª FASE)
(A) According to the text, what can be said about low-income American children and those from wealthy families concerning the exposure to words?
(B) What are the consequences of the results of the research reported in the text for low-income American children?
👍 RESPOSTAS
(A)According to the text, what can be said about low-income American children and those from wealthy families concerning the exposure to words?
Barbie is getting a digital makeover. In partnership with a San Francisco-based startup, ToyTalk, Mattel has developed a Wi-Fi-connected Barbie that‟s able to have two-way conversations, play interactive games, tell stories and joke around. The companies unveiled their prototype, called Hello Barbie, at the New York Toy Fair on February 14. Hello Barbie is expected to hit the market later this year and retail for $74.99. Children are able to interact with the doll through a microphone and speaker located on Barbie's trendy necklace. Rechargeable batteries in her legs allow the doll to play for roughly an hour before she needs to be recharged. Hello Barbie also comes equipped with a hold-to-talk button on her belt buckle to make sure she‟s responding only to the child‟s commands. oy alk gives parents many controls over their child‟s interactions with the doll. For instance, parents choose which topics they don‟t want their kids discussing, and Barbie will gracefully switch the conversation away from them. At any time, privacy-minded parents can also opt to have their child‟s information deleted from Toy alk‟s databases.
(A)According to the text, what can be said about low-income American children and those from wealthy families concerning the exposure to words?
- It could detect signs of life in other solar systems and provide clues to the origins of the universe.
- They might/will have problems at school or in their careers.
❑ TEXTO 3:
Meet Hello Barbie: A Wi-Fi Doll That Talks to Children
By Lauren Walker
>>Disponível no site: http://www.newsweek.com/meet-hello-barbie-wi-fi-doll-talks-children307482. Acesso em 18 fev. 2015 (adaptado).
- RESPONDA A QUESTÃO EM PORTUGUÊS. RESPOSTAS EM INGLÊS NÃO SERÃO ACEITAS.
03 – (UFU-2015.2-2ª FASE) Based on the text, which presents the launching of a prototype called Hello Barbie at the New York Toy Fair, explain:
(A) how the operating mechanism of the doll works.
(B) how oy alk will grant parents‟ autonomy to control their children‟s interaction with the doll.
👍 RESPOSTAS
(A) how the operating mechanism of the doll works.
- A boneca funciona via Wi-Fi, possui um microfone e um alto-falante (no colar), bateria recarregável (nas pernas) e um botão (na fivela) que responde apenas aos comandos da criança.
- Os pais podem escolher os tópicos/assuntos que não querem que as crianças discutam e podem deletar as informações da criança do banco de dados do fabricante/brinquedo.
❑ TEXTO 4:
By Regina Nuzzo
Methodical minds apparently share a compulsive need to discover the truth — personal comfort be damned. When Sir Isaac Newton had a theory about how the eye perceives color, he tested it by sticking a darning needle into the back of his eye socket and poking around until he saw colored circles. German Nobel Prize winner Werner Forssmann performed the first cardiac catheterization surgery — on himself. As a young doctor in Australia in the 1980s, Barry Marshall was convinced that stomach ulcers were caused not by stress or spicy food but by bacteria. To prove his point to the skeptical medical establishment, Marshall gulped down a cup of cloudy broth teeming with helicobacter pylori bacteria. Within a week, he was vomiting daily. Tests showed that his stomach lining was inflamed, which indicated an ulcer could be developing. After a round of antibiotics (his wife insisted he stop the experiment early), the infection disappeared. Today, ulcers are routinely treated with antibiotics, and in 2005 Marshall shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work.
>>Disponível em http://www.rd.com/health/healthcare/scientists-self-experiment/
- RESPONDA A QUESTÃO EM PORTUGUÊS. RESPOSTAS EM INGLÊS NÃO SERÃO ACEITAS.
04 – (UFU-2015.2-2ª FASE)
(A) Why does the author present the examples of Isaac Newton and Werner Forssmann in the text?
(B) Is the statement “Barry arshall shared the obel rize in hysiology in 2005 because he discovered antibiotics against helicobacter pylori bacteria which had infected his wife” right or wrong? Justify your answer.
(A) Why does the author present the examples of Isaac Newton and Werner Forssmann in the text?
(B) Is the statement “Barry arshall shared the obel rize in hysiology in 2005 because he discovered antibiotics against helicobacter pylori bacteria which had infected his wife” right or wrong? Justify your answer.
👍 RESPOSTAS
(A) Why does the author present the examples of Isaac Newton and Werner Forssmann in the text?
- Para mostrar que o envolvimento dos cientistas com suas pesquisas é tão intenso que muitos fazem experiências em si mesmos para provar suas teorias.
- Falsa. Falsa porque Barry Marshall não descobriu os antibióticos e a esposa não foi infectada pela bactéria (mas sim ele próprio).
