PUC/Rio-2014/2 – VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO – PROVA COM GABARITO.

❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:

• PUC/RIO-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO-06/07/2014.

https://www.puc-rio.br/vestibular/

❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 10 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question.

• Text  – | Blueberries: one of nature’s best foods | www.drfuhrman.com |

❑ TEXTO:

BLUEBERRIES: ONE OF NATURE’S BEST FOODS

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Native to North America, blueberries have been part of the human diet for more than 13,000 years, long before being formally recognized for their healthy and anti-cancer effects. Blueberries are among the best foods you can eat, and I recommend eating them every day. I have created easy healthy recipes, diet recipes, smoothie recipes – using blueberries, soy milk, ground flax seed, and other natural foods — that give my patients a variety of ways to enjoy this wonderful fruit.
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Since blueberries contain flavonoids and other specific phytochemicals that help protect against vascular instability, I instruct my diabetes and heart disease patients to eat fresh blueberries every day and to eat frozen blueberries in the wintertime.
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In general, my food recommendations are based on the nutrient per calorie ratio in a particular food. More precisely, I am concerned with a food’s micro nutrient per macro nutrient ratio. There are three macro nutrients — fat, carbohydrate and protein. All foods contain some mix of all three. Macro nutrients are the source of all calories.
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One cup of blueberries contain 80 calories and a whole pint gives you about 225 calories. Like all other foods, the calories in blueberries come from its macro nutrients — 56 grams of carbohydrate, 1.5 grams of fat and 2.7 grams of protein. But it is blueberries’ micro nutrient content that packs the most impressive wallop.
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Blueberries are packed with tannins, anthocyanins that have been linked to prevention — and even reversal — of age related mental decline and anti-cancer effects. Blueberries are the only food so far that has been shown not just to prevent, but actually to reverse abnormal physical and mental decline, including coordination and balance, in aged animals. The flavonoids in blueberries — catechin, epicatechin, myricetin, quercetin, ankaempferol — are a mouthful of strangely spelled words, but more importantly, they are extremely valuable for superior health. And remember, phytochemicals are not optional nutrients; they are essential for normal function of your immune system.

Slightly adapted from http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/article12.aspx

01 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

The main purpose of the text is:

a) to show how carbohydrates can be hazardous to one´s health.
b) to defend the idea that people with diabetes should not eat blueberries.
c) to demonstrate how healthier we can get by adding blueberries to our regular diet.
d) to argue that blueberries do not prevent physical nor mental decline as we grow older.
e) to attack the idea that blueberries help us fight against cancer effects.

R E S P O S T A :   C

• O principal objetivo do texto é:
a) mostrar como os carboidratos podem ser perigosos para a saúde.
b) defender a ideia de que as pessoas com diabetes não devem comer mirtilos.
c) demonstrar como podemos ficar mais saudáveis adicionando mirtilos à nossa dieta regular.
d) argumentar que os mirtilos não impedem o declínio físico nem mental à medida que envelhecemos.
e) atacar a ideia de que os mirtilos nos ajudam a combater os efeitos do câncer.

02 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

By the first paragraph of the text (lines 1-5), one can already infer the profession of its author. We can say that the author is:

a) a psychologist.
b) a doctor.
c) an archeologist.
d) a farmer.
e) a cook.

R E S P O S T A :   B

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03 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

The word “since” in “Since blueberries contain” (line 6) introduces an idea of:

a) contrast.
b) addition.
c) reason.
d) consequence.
e) sequence of time.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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04 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the third paragraph of the text, (lines 10-12), the author states that his main concern is with:

a) the amount of calories his patients ingest.
b) the presence of the three macro nutrients in food.
c) micro nutrient per macro nutrient ratio in a specific food.
d) how much fat is present in a food.
e) the amount of protein present in blueberries.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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05 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the sentence “Macro nutrients are the source of all calories.” (line 11), “the source” means:
a) the reference.
b) the cause.
c) the origin.
d) the reservoir.
e) the fountain.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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06 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the sentence “But it is blueberries’ micro nutrient content that packs the most impressive wallop.” (lines 15-16), the word “wallop” could be replaced by:

a) effect.
b) package.
c) punch.
d) kick.
e) sound.

R E S P O S T A :   A

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07 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the fragment “Blueberries are packed with tannins, anthocyanins that have been linked to prevention — and even reversal — of age related mental decline and anti-cancer effects.” “prevention” (line 18) is to “prevent” as:

a) ”recognized” (line 2) is to” recognizing”.
b) “enjoy” (line 5.) is to “enjoyable”.
c) “frozen” (line 8) is to “freeze”.
d) “reversal” (line 18) is to “reverse”.
e) “including” (line 19) is to “include”.

R E S P O S T A :   D

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08 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the fragment “they are essential for normal function of your immune system” (lines 22-23), the pronoun they refers to:

a) flavonoids.
b) blueberries.
c) immune system.
d) strangely spelled words.
e) phytochemicals.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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09 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

As regards to the audience, the author is addressing the text to:

 
a) sick people only.
b) elderly people only.
c) adolescents only.
d) vegetarians only.
e) the general public.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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10 – (PUC/Rio-2014/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

Based on the tone of the text, which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards eating blueberries?

a) Humorous.
b) Encouraging.
c) Authoritative.
d) Worried.
e) Pessimistic.

R E S P O S T A :   B

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