PUC/PR – 2015/2016 – VESTIBULAR DE VERÃO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO PARANÁ – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PUC/PR-2015/2016-VESTIBULAR DE VERÃO-18/10/2015.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: https://multiversidade.pucpr.br/

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 06 questões do tipo (A,B,C,D,E).

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text.

OPERA

Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's dramatic performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser role. The drama in opera is presented using the primary elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting.
         
However, the words of the opera, or libretto, are sung rather than spoken. The singers are accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic orchestra.

Disponível em:http://www.grammarbank.com/short-reading-comprehension-passages.html>.

Acesso em: novembro 2014.

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Select the alternative that is TRUE, according to the text.

A) Opera is a dramatic art form where the actors speak their lines using scenery, costumes and acting.
B) Opera is dramatic performance where the actors sing and dance accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic orchestra.
C) Opera is a dramatic art form where the content is conveyed through vocal and instrumental music and it is sung, and we can see the elements of scenery, costumes and acting.
D) Opera is a dramatic art form where music plays a lesser role.
E) Opera is a dramatic art form where an actor’s dramatic performance is primary as well as scenery, costumes and acting.

__RESPOSTA (C)__

• Selecione a alternativa TRUE, de acordo com o texto.

*Alternativa (A): A ópera é uma forma de arte dramática em que os atores falam suas falas usando cenário, figurino e atuação.
*Alternativa (B): A ópera é uma performance dramática em que os atores cantam e dançam acompanhados por um conjunto musical que varia de um pequeno conjunto instrumental a uma orquestra sinfônica completa.
*Alternativa (C): A ópera é uma forma de arte dramática em que o conteúdo é transmitido através de música vocal e instrumental e é cantado, e podemos ver os elementos de cenário, figurino e atuação.
*Alternativa (D): A ópera é uma forma de arte dramática em que a música tem um papel menor.
*Alternativa (E): A ópera é uma forma de arte dramática em que a performance dramática de um ator é primária, além de cenários, figurinos e atuação.

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text.

Summer Solstice

June 21st (or 22nd) is the summer solstice for the northern hemisphere*. Solstice in Latin means "sun standing still." On that day it seems like the sun is standing still because there is more daylight than on any other day. It is the first day of summer and a special day for many groups of people. Many ancient cultures had many kinds of ceremonies on solstice. 

They celebrated light and fire. Many people also thought it was a time for love and growth. Nowadays many places around the world have parades or parties.

The great English writer, William Shakespeare, said** whatever you dream on this night will come to pass. So, have great dreams on June 21! And if you are in the northern hemisphere, enjoy the longest day of the year.

* Summer solstice is on December 21 (or 22nd) in the southern hemisphere. June 21 (or 22nd) is the
southern hemisphere's Winter solstice.
** in his play A Midsummer's Night Dream

Glossary

• solstice – the 2 times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the earth's equator.
• Equator – the imaginary (not real) line that divides the earth into 2 parts.
• hemisphere – hemi means to divide into two, sphere means a round object like the earth. Hemisphere means one half of the circle. The northern hemisphere means above the equator or (middle) of the earth.
• ancient – very old
• come to pass – happen

Adapted from:<http://www.5minuteenglish.com>.

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According to the text, it is CORRECT to say:

I. Solstice means that it looks like the sun doesn't move.

II. Summer solstice is on July 21.

III. Many ancient people celebrated summer solstice with fire.

IV. Nowadays no one celebrates solstice.

V. Shakespeare said whatever you dream about on June 21 will happen.

A) Only alternatives III and IV are correct.
B) Only alternatives II and III are correct.
C) Only alternatives II, III and IV are correct.
D) Only alternatives I, III and IV are correct.
E) Only alternatives I, III and V are correct.

__RESPOSTA (E)__

• De acordo com o texto, é CORRETO dizer:

*Afirmativa (I): Solstício significa que parece que o sol não se move.
*Afirmativa (II): O solstício de verão é em 21 de julho.
➦ A data do solstício de verão varia de acordo com o hemisfério do planeta. 
*Afirmativa (III): Muitos povos antigos celebravam o solstício de verão com fogo.
*Afirmativa (IV): Hoje em dia ninguém celebra o solstício.
➦ Muitos lugares ainda celebram, com festas e desfiles.
*Afirmativa (V): Shakespeare disse que qualquer coisa que você sonhar no dia 21 de junho irá acontecer. 

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text.

Available in:<http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/06/20>. Access on August, 2015.

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When Garfield says "could've used a little salt", what is he expressing?

A) His regrets.
B) A promise.
C) The man's capability to do something that he didn't.
D) He's having fun.
E) He's surprised with the present.

__RESPOSTA (C)__

IDEIA CONTEXTUAL: Na tirinha, John dá os votos de feliz aniversário para Garfield e em seguida diz que tem uma surpresa e entrega uma rato de borracha para o Galfield. O gato Garfield não expressa nenhuma surpresa com o presente e em seguida, no 3º quadrinho, engole o rato de borracha e pensa "poderia ter usado um pouco de sal."

TRADUÇÃO LIVRE:

 

No 1º quadrinho (JOHN FALA):

• "Happy birthday, Garfield, I have a surprise to you"
• (Feliz aniversário, Garfield, tenho uma surpresa para você)

No 2º quadrinho (JOHN FALA):

• "a rubber mouse!"
• um rato de borracha

No 3º quadrinho (GARFIELD PENSA):
Garfield PENSA:

• "could've used a little salt..."
• poderia ter usado um pouco de sal...

• Quando Garfield diz "poderia ter usado um pouco de sal", o que ele está expressando?
*Alternativa (A): seus arrependimentos.
*Alternativa (B): uma promessa.
*Alternativa (C): A capacidade do homem de fazer algo que ele não fez.
➦ Garfield está expressando a capacidade do homem de fazer algo que o homem não fez.
*Alternativa (D): Ele está se divertindo.
*Alternativa (E): Ele está surpreso com o presente.

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and choose the CORRECT option:

10 Mysteries of you: Superstition

Barack Obama likes to play basketball in the morning of an election. Golfer Tiger Woods always wears a red shirt when competing on a Sunday. Most of us have our own superstitions, even though we know rationally that they cannot work. Yet superstition is not entirely nonsensical. Our brains are designed to detect structure and order in our environment, says Bruce Hood at the University of Bristol, UK.

We are also causal determinists - we assume that outcomes are caused by preceding events. This combination of
sensing patterns and inferring causes leaves us wide open to superstitious beliefs. "But there are very good reasons why we have evolved these capabilities," Hood adds. Spotting and responding to some uncertain cause-and-effect relationships can be crucial for survival.

Disponível em:<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327201.400-10-mysteries-of-you-superstition.html> Acesso em: julho de 2015.

I. If Obama doesn’t play basketball, he won’t win the elections.

II. If Tiger Woods didn’t wear a red shirt, he will not compete.

III. There is a combination of factors which make people determinists.

IV. If we haven’t evolved such capabilities, we probably wouldn’t have survived.

V. If we evolved such capabilities, we will survive.

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A) Only II and V are incorrect.
B) Only I, II and V are correct.
C) Only I and IV are correct.
D) All sentences are correct.
E) Only I, II and III are correct.

__RESPOSTA (A)__

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text.

India Cheating Scandal: 600 Students Expelled at Bihar Schools

More than 600 students have been expelled from school in India amid widespread cheating — with some having friends scale the walls of exam centers to pass notes through windows, officials said Friday. The students were among more than 1.4 million high school students taking their 10th grade school finals in the eastern state of Bihar. Many of those caught cheating had smuggled textbooks or scraps of paper to be used for cheating, police and education officials said. Friends, parents and other relatives of the teenagers were seen climbing the sides of some exam centers on Wednesday and Thursday as they tried to reach the windows of the classrooms where the students were taking their exams. They appeared to be trying to pass on cheat sheets with answers written on them. Bihar's education minister, P K Shahi, said the scale of the cheating made it impossible for officials alone to contain and that families should help.

Disponível em: <http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/six-hundred-students-caught-cheating-bihar-india-schools-n327066>. Acesso em: abril de 2015.

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According to the text, choose the alternative which shows the CORRECT sequence of T (true) or F (false).

I. 600 students quit school.

II. Families tried to help the students to cheat.

III. In the education minister’s perspective, it turned out to be ok the families’ help.

IV. At least 1.4 million students were taking the test.

V. They took this test because they did not have good grades during the semester.

A) F – F – T – T – F.
B) F – T – T – T – F.
C) T – F – F – T – T.
D) F – F – T – F – F.
E) T – T – F – T – T.

__RESPOSTA (B)__

➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and choose the alternative that completes the sentences with the CORRECT passive voice.

Britain's Roman Villas

Numerous monuments recall the 400 or so years when Britain was part of the Roman Empire. Ancient city walls, old roads, front defenses. But it is at the villas that one feels closest to the everyday life of Roman Britain.

The villas were homes. In their kitchens bread 1
___(to bake). Along their corridors echoed family
conversations. They 2 ____ well ____ (to build) and handsomely 3____.

The first villa 4 ___ (to build) around A.D. 80-90. It was a small farm. Later on, the house 5 ____ (to extend), kitchens and baths 6____ (to add).

It 7___ (to know) that many villas 8____ (to destroy) by fire. Their ruins remain hidden for years and it is often by accident that the site 9____ (to discover).

So in Hampshire a number of oyster-shells 10____ (to find) by a farmer, and the shells, remnants of a long-ago feast, led to the discovery of the villa at Rockbourne.

Disponível em:<http://englishstandarts.blogspot.com.br/2012/06/passive-voice-texts-proverbs-and.html>.

Acesso em: julho de 2015.

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A) is baked / was built / decorated / was build / was extend / was added / is knew / was destroyed / are discovered / was found.
B) was baked / were build / decorated / were built / was extended / were added / is know / were destroyed / was discovered / were finded.
C) were baked / was build / decorate / was built / were extended / were added / is knowed / were destroied / was discovered / was finded.
D) was baked / were built / decorated / was built / was extended / were added / is known / were destroyed / is discovered / were found.
E) was baked / were built/ decorated / was built / was extended / were aded / is know / are destroyed / is discovered / were found.

__RESPOSTA (D)__