domingo, 30 de abril de 2017

IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO - ADVOGADO (A) JÚNIOR - Concurso Público da Gas Brasiliano Distribuidora S.A. - Prova com gabarito.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESAIESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO - ADVOGADO (A) JÚNIOR.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADORhttp://www.concursos.ieses.org/

 PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 10 questões do tipo (A,B,C,D,E).

➧ GABARITO:


01-C, 02-D, 03-D, 04-X, 05-D, 06-A, 07-D, 08-B, 09-D, 10-A



01  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO) 

Assinale a alternativa que completa a frase a seguir:

_________ a problem that we have to solve now.

a) Has are
b) Have is
c) There is
d) There are

02  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Qual alternativa está gramaticalmente INCORRETA?

a) You walked yesterday.
b) You didn't walk yesterday.
c) Did you walked yesterday?
d) Did you walk yesterday?

03  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete as sentenças usando in, at ou on.

Has she got a job? No, she's still ___ School.

We walked to the restaurant, but we went home __ a taxi.

I enjoyed the flight, but the food ___ the plane wasn’t very nice.

Assinale a sequência correta:

(A) at - in - in
(B) on - at - on
(C) in - on - in
(D) at - in - on

04  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Qual das alternativas NÃO está na voz passiva?

a) The roof is being repaired.
b) The office is being cleaned.
c) Mary has been married three times.
d) The shirts have been ironed.

05  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete sentenças usando must, mustn't ou needn't:

Mary gave me a letter to post. I ___ remember to post it.

There's plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You ______ decide now.

We ______ make any noise.

Assinale a sequencia correta:
a) mustn't - needn't - must
b) must - mustn’t - needn’t
c) needn’t – must - mustn’t
d) must - needn't - mustn't

06  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete a sentença com o correto Phrasal Verb e assinale a alternativa correta:

I don't want to hear any more about this matter. Please, don't ___________ again.

a) bring it up
b) blow it up
c) cheer it up
d) save it up

07  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Assinale a alternativa em que o uso do singular ou do plural está INCORRETO:

a) The police are investigating the murder.
b) They are nice people.
c) The Government want to increase taxes.
d) Gymnastics are my favourite sport.

08  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete as sentenças usando by ou until:

Sarah has gone away. She will be away _____ Monday.

Sorry, but I must to go. I have to go home ____ 5 o' clock.

I'd better pay the phone bill. It has to be paid ____ tomorrow.

Assinale a sequência correta:

a) until - until - by
b) until - by - by
c) by - by - until
d) by - until - until

09  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete a sentença com o tempo verbal correto e assinale a alternativa correta:

The police _________ three people, but later they let go them. 

a) arrast
b) have arrasted
c) will arrast
d) arrasted

10  (IESES-2017-GASBRASILIANO)

Complete as sentenças com to, on ou for:

I'm going ____ France next week.

I'm going out _____ a walk. Do you want to come? Would you like 
to go ____ a tour of the city?

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a sequencia correta:

a) to - for - on
b) to - on - for
c) to - on - on
d) on - to - to

CEBRASPE – 2016 – TRT/8º REGIÃO – ANALISTA JUDICIÁRIO – TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – TRIBUNAL REGIONAL DO TRABALHO – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESACESPE-CEBRASPE-2016-TRT 8º REGIÃO-ANALISTA JUDICIÁRIO-13/03/2016.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: CESPE/CEBRASPE.

 PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 02 questões do tipo múltipla escolha (A,B,C,D,E).

➧ GABARITO:


01-E, 02-B 


➧ VOCABULÁRIO:

1) DATA - dados, informações. Segue verbo no plural ou singular.
* Financial / personal / sales data - Dados financeiros / pessoais / de vendas. [Cambridge Dictionary]
* a data processing manager - um gerente de processamento de dados.
* Now the data is/are being transferred.
2) DATUM - dado, informação.
3) FEASIBILITY STUDIES - estudos de viabilidade.

➧ TEXTOThis text refers to the next two questions.

Planning, organizing and directing data processing activities are the main functions of a data processing manager. These information technology (IT) professionals may consult with staff and senior management to assess organizational needs, and then conduct feasibility studies to determine the best course to achieve them.

Monitoring a data processing department’s efficiency and effectiveness is another ongoing task for data processing managers. Producing cost estimates for hardware and software upgrades is another typical job duty for data processing managers. They may also oversee computer systems operations, working with staff to troubleshoot problems and design solutions. Coordinating the installation of hardware, data communications systems and software may also fall under the data processing manager’s job description. A data processing manager is often required to administer the implementation of new or revised systems, evaluate designs, or develop technical standards and procedures for system maintenance and operation. Often, they lead the data processing department; in this capacity, they may recruit, hire, train and supervise staff. Other job duties for data processing managers may include: preparing and administering departmental budgets; preparing and presenting reports related to data processing operations; acting as liaison between staff and management; interfacing with external vendors; and negotiating proposals.

Internet: <www.floridatechonline.com>
(adapted)

01  (CESPE-CEBRASPE-2016-TRT 8ª REGIÃO)

In relation to the ideas expressed in the text and to its grammatical aspects, choose the true option.

(A) After getting the organizational needs from the staff the IT professionals fix the best way to get them.
(B) Processing managers are in charge of providing data to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the department.
(C) In the text, the pronoun "them" (R.6) refers to "information technology (IT) professionals" (R.3).
(D) The processing manager is supposed to perform just three activities.
(E) The IT professionals get in touch with staff and senior management to find out the organizational needs.

02  (CESPE-CEBRASPE-2016-TRT 8ª REGIÃO)

According to the text,

the data processing manager is

(A) the head of department and as such he can train and supervise staff.
(B) often asked to evaluate designs.
(C) asked to create the due budget.
(D) required to submit reports to be approved by the staff members.
(E) rarely called to administer the implementation of new or revised systems.

CESPE – CEBRASPE – 2015 – TELEBRAS – TÉCNICO GESTÃO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÃO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – TELECOMUNICAÇÕES BRASILEIRAS S/A – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESACESPE–CEBRASPE–2015–TELEBRASTÉCNICO GESTÃO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÃO15/11/2015.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: CESPECEBRASPE.

 PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 10 questões.

➧ GABARITO:


01-E, 02-E, 03-C, 04-E, 05-C
06-C, 07-C, 08-E, 09-E, 10-C


➧ VOCABULÁRIO:
  • amount (= the number, size or weight of anything, a quantity of something = quantidade, valor.
  • blood draw - coleta de sangue.
  • a trial study - um estudo experimental]
  • [flu (flu) - gripe]
  • foamy (fomí) - espumante, com espuma]
  • [illness (Êlnês) - disease (diZíz) (doença)]
  • The amount to be given to - O valor a ser entregue a...
  • the bruise - a contusão.
  • two blood draws (thublódrós) - duas amostras de sangue, duas coletas de sangue]
  • vaccine (vékSSín) - vacina.
  • virus (Váirês) - vírus.
➧ TEXT I: This text refers to items from 01 through 05.

If you are an artist who has complained about the oil industry and the way fossil fuel extraction is damaging the environment, you now have a chance to put your money where your mouth is. The climate change activist organization Platform London has launched Fossil Funds Free, a campaign that asks artists, photographers, playwrights, and other cultural producers to pledge to refuse sponsorship, grants, and awards from oil companies. Those who join will be able to slap a Fossil Funds Free logo on their work and exhibitions, letting collectors and visitors know that such companies do not support them.

Internet: <http://hyperallergic.com >
(adapted)

According to the text above, judge the following items.

01. It is correct to infer that Platform London will sponsor the artists who decide to take part in the Fossil Funds Free campaign.

02. Fossil Funds Free is intended for artists with a history of formal complaints against oil companies.

03. The Fossil Funds Free campaign consists in publicly coming out as an artist who promises not to accept to be financially sponsored by or otherwise benefit from fossil fuel companies.

04. Artists who participate in the Fossil Funds Free campaign will be allowed to place stickers on their works.

05. In the text, “to put your money where your mouth is” (R.3 and 4) can be correctly replaced by to act on your outspoken beliefs, although this change results in a more formal text.

➧ TEXT II: This text refers to items from 06 through 10.

Johns Hopkins researchers were offering people $ 600 to participate in a trial study of a vaccine against the flu. For the trouble of two blood draws, the drinking of a (real or 4 placebo) foamy orange-flavored oral vaccine and the promise of another blood draw should illness strike, I was to be recompensed more than the cost of three weeks of room, board and six-hour-a-day Spanish language instruction in Antigua, Guatemala, where I had plans to study. I signed up, feeling like a lottery winner, even though the first blood draw left a foot-and-a-half-long bruise on my arm, like none the nurses had ever seen.

Internet: <http://www.nytimes.com> (adapted).

According to the text, judge the following items.

06. The bruise left on the arm of the narrator was extraordinarily big.
07. The amount to be given to participants in the trial exceeded what was necessary to pay for accommodation, meals and Spanish classes in Guatemala.
08. Researchers were paying $ 600 so that they could be subjects in the testing of the vaccine.
09. Having their blood drawn twice and drinking the actual vaccine were two of the conditions to which participants had to agree.
10. Another blood draw would be mandatory if the participant came down with the flu.

sábado, 29 de abril de 2017

AOCP – 2016 – IFBA – PROFESSOR – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO, CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA DA BAHIA – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESAAOCP-2016-SEC/BA- PROFESSOR DA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA, aplicação em 21/01/2023.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADORINSTITUTO AOCP - www.institutoaocp.org.br.

➧ GABARITO:


01-E, 02-C, 03-B, 04-D, 05-B
06-E, 07-E, 08-B, 09-A, 10-C
11-D, 12-D, 13-D, 14-A, 15-B
16-C, 17-E, 18-D, 19-A, 20-D
21-B, 22-E, 23-C, 24-A, 25-A
26-D, 27-C, 28-B, 29-A, 30-E


➧ VOCABULÁRIO:

1-VERBS:
[to coerce(kôrs) = force = coagir, forçar]
[to deem = regard as = considerar como]
[to ignore(ÍguiNór) = overlook = ignorar, não prestar atenção, descuidar]
[to observe(óbZôrv) = note = observar, notar]
[to poop(Pûp) = fazer cocô]
[to wipe = clean = limpar]

2-MODAL VERBS - USES:
[they can bleed = eles podem sangrar]
[they can tell the person = elas podem dizer à pessoa]

3-NOUN:
[attire(âTháiôr) = traje]
[bathroom = restroom = banheiro, sanitário]
[bleeding(Blídên) = hemorrhage(RRêmôrêdji) = sangramento, hemorragia]
[bowels(Báus) = intestinos]
[feces(Físsíz) = fezes]
[habits(RRábêts) = hábitos]
[infringement(inFrêndjiMênt) = violation(váiôLêixên) = violação]
[library(LáiBrôri) = biblioteca]
[neuroscience(NíurôSSáins) = neurociência]

4-ADJECTIVES:
[digestive(DáiDjêstêv) = digestivo]
[overzealous(OuvôrZélas) = super zeloso]

5-NOUN PHRASES(Adjective+noun):
[armed police officers = policiais armados]
[bathroom habits = hábitos de banheiro]
[beach attire = traje de praia]
[cognitive neuroscience = neurociência cognitiva]
[public place = local público]

6-IDIOMS(Expressões Idiomáticas):
[scapegoat = bode expiatório, uma pessoa que é culpada pelos erros, erros ou falhas de outros, especialmente por razões de conveniência.]

7-COLLOCATIONS:
[in the toilet = no banheiro]
[on the stool = no assento sanitário]
[That it is important to observe(déRêrêz-impôrNnthu-óbZôrv) = Que é importante observar]
[when it comes to = quando se trata de]
[when things are not going well = quando as coisas não vão bem]

8-TECHNICAL ENGLISH:
[colon or rectal cancer = câncer de cólon ou reto]
[constipation = prisão de ventre]
[dehydration(dirráiDrêixên) = desidratação]
[diarrhea(DáiuRía) = diarréia]
[digestive system = sistema digestivo]
[hemorrhoids(rrêmóRóids) = hemorróidas]
[rectal bleeding = sangramento retal]
[toilet paper = papel higiênico]

9-GENITIVE CASE:
[France’s burkini ban = Proibição do burkini na França]
[one’s bowel movements = movimentos intestinais]
[one’s feces = fezes]

➧ TEXT I: QUESTIONS 01 to 12:

By Digestive Health Team
August 24, 2016
Are You Pooping All Wrong?
5 tips to keep your bowels healthy

When it comes to our bowels — and their movements — we may not give them much thought. Of course, when things are not going well, we notice.

However, bowel movements don’t just tell us about the health of our digestive system. This may sound strange, but signs of everything from diseases to stress may show up in your bathroom habits. The key is knowing what to look for — and what the signs may mean.

Here are five tips to encourage healthy bowels:

1. Don't ignore rectal bleeding

The first thing most people worry about when they have minor rectal bleeding is that they have a cancer. Of course, colon cancer is also a concern. But it’s the cause of rectal bleeding only 1 to 2 percent of the time.
Two problems are usually responsible for blood on the paper, on the stool or in the toilet: hemorrhoids and anal fissures.
The good news is that both problems are usually easy to fix.

2. Be careful not to be overzealous when you wipe

A lot of people assume they have hemorrhoids. May their bottoms itch and they feel extra skin down there as they wipe. Must be hemorrhoids, right?

So they treat themselves with medicated wipes or cream. And yet the “hemorrhoids” don’t go away — they itch even more.
Often, the problem is, ironically, being too clean. What happens is a circular process. Filled with good intentions, you try to keep yourself scrupulously clean by using flushable wipes. But the unexpected result is that this leads to itching and the feeling that you have hemorrhoids.

3. Don’t treat the bathroom like a library

Think of your time in the bathroom as a necessity, not an extended escape. If your toilet has stacks of magazines or books on the water tank, consider moving them to another room.

Why? The more time you spend on the toilet, the more likely you will strain for bowel movements. Also, the seated position puts extra stress on your anal blood vessels. Both of these factors boost your risk of hemorrhoids.

4. Get enough fiber in your diet

The goal is to eat 25 to 35 grams of fiber each day. The lack of fiber in the American diet is perhaps the major problem that leads to issues with constipation.

One of the challenges is that not all natural sources are equal in the amounts of fiber they contain, so you don’t always get a consistent amount of fiber intake every day, depending on what you eat.

One day a bowl of oatmeal may do it. Another day a serving of broccoli may not. Of course, each person’s needs are different, too, so you have to find what works best for your body.

5. Avoid dehydration if you have diarrhea

The biggest danger with a short bout of diarrhea is dehydration, or the loss of water and nutrients from the body’s tissues. You could become dehydrated if you have diarrhea more than three times a day and are not drinking enough fluids. Dehydration can cause serious complications if it is not treated. The best way to guard against dehydration is to drink liquids that contain both salt and sugar.

(Source: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2016/08/poop/)

01
 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

What does the text 'Are you pooping all wrong?' mainly talk about?

(A) That it is important to observe one’s feces because they can tell the person how good his or her stomach is going.
(B) That it is important to observe one’s feces because they may indicate whether the person has worms or not.
(C) That it is important to observe one’s bowels because they can bleed indicating colon or rectal cancer.
(D) That it is important to observe one’s bowel movements because It is not confortable to poop in a public place such as a library.
(E) That it is important to observe one’s bowel movements because they can indicate how other aspects of the person’s health is going.

02 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Based on the information provided, mark the correct option concerning the use of toilet paper when you go to the bathroom.

(A) Being overzealous when you wipe will certainly give you hemorrhoids because it makes the anal region itch.
(B) Being overzealous when you wipe is the best way to prevent hemorrhoids and that extra skin feeling on the toilet paper.
(C) Be careful not to be too diligent when you wipe after pooping because the anal region is a lot sensitive and it can get hurt.
(D) Be careful to zealously clean your anal region after pooping because the dirt can cause itching and hemorrhoids.
(E) Be careful to scrupulously use flushable wipes because they prevent hemorrhoids and anal sensitiveness.

03 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

According to the text, mark the alternative that best describes the intake of fibers in a person’s diet and its consequence(s).

(A) The surplus of fiber in the American diet is perhaps the major problem that leads to issues with constipation.
(B) The shortage of fiber in the American diet is perhaps the major problem that leads to issues with constipation.
(C) The excess of fiber in the American diet is perhaps the major problem that leads to issues with hemorrhoids.
(D) All natural sources of fiber are equal in the amount of such nutrient like a bowl of oatmeal and a serving of broccoli.
(E) All persons have the same necessity of fiber a day and they must drink water so that this nutrient is better absorbed.

04 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

The text presents some tips to keep your bowels healthy. According to them, mark the INCORRECT alternative concerning such tips.

(A) Getting the appropriate amount of fiber in your diet is important for your bowels health.
(B) If you see blood after pooping never ignore it, usually it is a minor problem that can be resolved.
(C) It is advised to drink lots of fluids when you have diarrhea, especially liquids containing salt and sugar.
(D) Your time in the bathroom can be used as a relaxing moment so you’d better keep magazines there.
(E) A person must not be too diligent when wiping as it can cause problems like itching in their anal region.

05 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

According to the Discourse Genre theory, the discursive genres can be grouped into different domains which represent certain typological aspects. TEXT I presented above can be considered as part of which domain and typological aspect, respectively?

(A) Fictional literature / Narrating.
(B) Documenting Human Actions / Reporting.
(C) Discussion of social issues / Arguing.
(D) Conveying and building knowledge / Exposing
(E) Instructions and prescriptions / Describing.

06 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

A teacher using TEXT I in his or her classroom writes on the blackboard the following excerpts taken from the text:

Don’t Ignore (...);

Be careful (…);

Don’t treat (…);

Get enough (…);

Avoid dehydration.

What kind of structure does this teacher aim at exemplifying?

(A) Affirmative and negative statements in the Simple Present.
(B) Affirmative and negative statements in the Simple Past.
(C) Affirmative and negative statements in the Present Perfect.
(D) Affirmative and negative statements in the Simple Future.
(E) Affirmative and negative statements in the Imperative.

07 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Observe the expression taken from TEXT I:

“When it comes to our bowels (…)”.

How can the expression “when it comes to something” be better explained in terms of meaning concerning the above context?

(A) The expression means “ignoring something”, that is, ignoring one’s bowels in this case.
(B) The expression means “looking for something”, that is, looking for one’s bowels in this case.
(C) The expression means “neglecting to do something”, that is, neglecting to speak about one’s bowels in this case.
(D) The expression means “forgetting about something”, that is, forgetting about one’s bowels in this case.
(E) The expression means “speaking about something”, that is, speaking about one’s bowels in this case.


08 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Observe the following sentence taken from TEXT I:

“Both of these factors boost your risk of hemorrhoids”.

Mark the option in which the previous sentence is rewritten without any losses in meaning.

(A) Both of these factors decrease your risk of hemorrhoids.
(B) Both of these factors increase your risk of hemorrhoids.
(C) Both of these factors reduce your risk of hemorrhoids.
(D) Both of these factors halt your risk of hemorrhoids.
(E) Both of these factors lessen your risk of hemorrhoids.

09 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Observe the following excerpt taken from the text:

“When it comes to our bowels — and their movements — we may not give them much thought”.

A teacher wanting to highlight the usage of different pronouns in English writes the previous sentence down.

Mark the alternative that name the pronouns highlighted above in order of appearance.

(A) Personal Pronoun; possessive adjective; possessive adjective; personal pronoun; object pronoun.
(B) Personal Pronoun; possessive pronoun; possessive pronoun; personal pronoun; object pronoun.
(C) Object Pronoun; possessive adjective; possessive adjective; object pronoun; personal pronoun.
(D) Personal Pronoun; possessive pronoun; possessive adjective; personal pronoun; subject pronoun.
(E) Possessive Pronoun; possessive adjective; subject adjective; object pronoun; object pronoun.

10 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

If a teacher wants to teach the superlative adjective rule for his or her students, which of the following sentences present some examples of such subject?

(A) “The good news is that both problems are usually easy to fix” and “The more time you spend on the toilet, the more likely you will strain for bowel movements”.
(B) “(...) you have diarrhea more than three times a day (…)” and “(…) the loss of water and nutrients from the body’s tissues”.
(C) “The biggest danger with a short bout of diarrhea is dehydration” and “The best way to guard against dehydration is to drink liquids that contain both salt and sugar”.
(D) “The lack of fiber in the American diet is perhaps the major problem(…)” and “One of the challenges is that not all natural sources are equal(…)” .
(E) “This may sound strange” and “Dehydration can cause serious complications if it is not treated”.

11 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Observe the following excerpt:

“A lot of people assume they have hemorrhoids. May their bottoms itch and they feel extra skin down there as they wipe.”

The pronoun they, which appears three times on the excerpt, refers back to

(A) “hemorrhoids”.
(B) “their bottoms”.
(C) “their itching bottoms”.
(D) “a lot of people”.
(E) “a lot of extra skin”.

12 – (AOCP-2016-IFBA-PROFESSOR)

Observe the following excerpt:

“Often, the problem is, ironically, being too clean. What happens is a circular process. Filled with good intentions, you try to keep yourself scrupulously clean by using flushable wipes”.

Taking into account the parts of speech, mark the alternative that contains one of the grammar subjects which could possibly be taught by using this excerpt as a solid example.

(A) The excerpt could exemplify the way phrasal verbs are formed out of single verbs.
(B) The excerpt could exemplify how to use tag questions in the written language.
(C) The excerpt could exemplify the comparative adjective rule and exceptions.
(D) The excerpt could exemplify how to form adverbs ending in –LY out of adjectives.
(E) The excerpt could exemplify the usage of the present continuous verb tense.

➧ TEXT IIQUESTIONS 13 to 14:

Dear Mayor Estrosi, Mayor Vivoni, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, and other French officials who have supported France’s burkini ban:

My name is Amara Majeed, and I am a 19-yearold Muslim Sri Lankan American. I am a student at Brown University, studying cognitive neuroscience and public policy.

When I look at the photo circulating of a woman in Nice being surrounded by armed police officers as she is coerced into removing her clothing, because French officials deemed the burkini to be inappropriate beach attire, I see infringement on a woman’s right to choose what she puts on her body by a group of white males. I see the scapegoating, ostracization, and criminalization of Muslims in the aftermath of the Nice terror attacks. I am a woman who wears the hijab, and I see an affront to the rights and civil liberties of women like me.

Deputy Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi: You have stated that you support this ban on “inappropriate clothing” in the wake of the Nice terror attacks. Mayor Vivoni, you have described the burkini ban as a necessary measure to “protect the population.” Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, you have labeled the burkini as a symbol of extremism.

Let me respond to all of you by saying this: any conflation of the burkini with terrorism is invalid, virulent, and discriminatory. Tell me, in what way does our way of dress pose a threat to France’s national security? In what way does the burkini propagate hateful, violent ideologies? How is it that our way of dress poses a national security threat, yet some wetsuits, which take on strikingly similar designs to the burkini, aren’t? While France’s highest administrative court has now overturned the ban, the damage has already been done — this attack on the Muslim way of dress only serves as fodder to the already existing rising anti-Muslim sentiment and stigmatization of Muslims in France. If this institutionalized Islamophobia and fearmongering is being perpetrated by French officials and authorities, I fear how the general public’s poor treatment of hijab-clad women may be exacerbated in the coming weeks. We’re all well aware that hate crimes and violence targeting Muslim women wearing the hijab is not a new phenomenon in France.

As one burkini-clad woman who was forced to leave the beach states, “Because people who have nothing to do with my religion have killed, I no longer have the right to go to the beach.” In the eyes of many authority figures, our religious identity in and of itself is incriminating. Our way of dress is incriminating. Our sheer existence is incriminating.

Many of you have called the hijab an emblem of oppression. In April, France’s Minister for Women’s Rights equated women who choose to wear the hijab with “Negroes who were in favor of slavery.” More recently, France’s prime minister stated that the burkini is a tool of “enslavement,” and former French President Sarkozy insinuated that hijabclad women are imprisoned.

I am genuinely tired of individuals like you imposing your brand of colonial feminism on us and telling us that we are oppressed, that we have been indoctrinated, that this was not our choice, and that we need to be unshackled. Instead of continuing to pursue these offensive and failing attempts at liberating us, I implore you to liberate yourselves from this white savior complex and recognize that we don’t need your saving. The hijab does not oppress me. For me, the hijab is a symbol of feminism and freedom of expression — so who are you to invalidate my experiences, to invalidate a fundamental, inextricable aspect of my identity, and to label me as enslaved, as imprisoned, as oppressed? By depriving us of our rights to dress the way we want, by making public spaces inaccessible to us, by publicly humiliating us and coercing us to remove some of our clothing while we are trying to enjoy a day at the beach — you are oppressing us.

My news feed has been saturated with people posting photos of a Muslim woman at a beach being forced to strip, captioned with outrage and vitriol towards this form of discrimination. While your support of our rights is appreciated, I ask that you refrain from doing a disservice to this individual by circulating this photo. It may not seem like you are violating a woman’s privacy and liberties by sharing a picture revealing her arms or shoulders, but it is incumbent upon us to understand that she did not freely choose to show those parts of her body in public. Even if the intent is to excoriate the burkini ban while circulating these photos, I implore you to not be complicit, whether directly or indirectly, in systems of oppression that are stripping women, literally, of their right to choose what they wear.
Yours truly,
Amara Majeed – a muslin woman
(Source: http://www.bustle.com/articles/180721-
an-open-letter-tofrench-officials-
who-support-the-burkini-ban-from-a-muslim-woman)

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After Reading TEXT II carefully, what is the purpose of such a text?

(A) Write to French officials who support the burkini ban expressing a thankful feeling of that situation.
(B) Write to Muslin officials who do not support the burkini ban asking their opinion on the matter.
(C) Write to Muslin officials who support the burkini ban asking them what is their feeling of that situation.
(D) Write to French officials who support the burkini ban expressing a muslin woman feeling of that situation.
(E) Write to a muslin woman who support the burkini ban expressing the reasons for that government measure.

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What does the writer of TEXT II personally think of the burkini ban in France?

(A) She thinks that her free will to dress up as she wants and her freedom to express her religion are violated by a cluster of white men.
(B) She thinks that her free will to wear a burkini applies only in her own country and that in France she has to dress up as white man say so.
(C) She thinks that some wetsuits which take on similar designs to the burkini should also be banned as beach attire.
(D) She thinks the burkini wearing propagates a hateful and violent ideology and that’s why it’s been banned.
(E) She thinks that her way of dress and her religion identity are in themselves incriminating and should be reviewed.

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The burkini ban has been described as a necessary measure to “protect the (French) population” after certain terror attacks occurred.

According to the text, is it really an efficient measure to achieve that purpose?

(A) No, it is not. Because there is a conflation with the way the way a french woman dresses up and the terrorism itself.
(B) No, it is not. Because there is no real association with the way a muslin woman dresses up and the terrorism itself.
(C) No, it does not. Because the burkini imposes a brand of colonial feminism on Muslin women telling them they are oppressed.
(D) Yes, it is. Because some Muslim people have killed, Muslim women no longer have the right to go to the beach.
(E) Yes, it does. Because the burkini itself is considered an emblem of oppression among Muslim women.

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According to the text, the France’s highest administrative court has overturned the burkini ban.

Mark the alternative that states what consequences it may bring to muslin women in the writer’s point of view.

(A) It may make Muslim women aware of hate crimes and violence targeting their way of dress in the future.
(B) It may stop the violence against Muslim women and their way of dress already exacerbated in France.
(C) It may increase the “Islamophobia” in France and make the people in general treat muslin women even worse.
(D) It may diminish the perpetration of an institutionalized “Islamophobia” and fearmongering by French authorities.
(E) It may decrease the general public’s poor treatment of Muslim women, especially of those who wear the burkini.

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The text says that

“France’s prime minister stated that the burkini is a tool of “enslavement,” and former French President Sarkozy insinuated that hijab-clad women are imprisoned”.

Mark the alternative that better express the way the muslin woman writing the text really feels about the burkini issue.

(A) She feels oppressed by wearing the burkini and wants to be liberated from using it.
(B) She feels indoctrinated by the burkini as if it was not her choice, and in need to be freed.
(C) She feels that sharing a picture revealing her arms or shoulders would be nice.
(D) She feels that the ban itself does not oppress her at all, but wearing a burkini does.
(E) She feels that her way of dressing up does not oppress her at all, but the ban itself does.

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Considering the text above and its characteristics, mark the alternative that best describes the discursive genre it belongs to.

(A) It is a Complaint letter.
(B) It is a Business letter.
(C) It is an Invitation.
(D) It is an Open Letter.
(E) It is a postcript.

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There is a reading strategy which postulates the reader needs to understand key words out of the context as much as possible.

Observing the excerpt taken from TEXT II: “French officials deemed the burkini to be inappropriate beach attire”,


mark the alternative that describes and define the two words underlined in the given context.

(A) The word “deem” is a verb which means to consider, whereas the word “attire” is a noun meaning article of clothing.
(B) The word “deem” is a verb which means to judge, whereas the word “attire” is an adjective meaning proper garments.
(C) The word “deem” is a noun which means labeled, whereas the word “attire” is a noun meaning bathing suit.
(D) The word “deem” is a verb which means to suppose, whereas the word “attire” is an adjective meaning horn.
(E) The word “deem” is a noun which means condemned, whereas the word “attire” is a verb meaning to dress up.

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Text II begins with the expression “Dear” and ends with the expression “Yours truly”.

Considering the discourse genre of the text and its basic characteristics, the expressions named above can be respectively described as

(A) An expression of surprise opening the text and the body of the text closing it.
(B) An expression of date and address in the beginning and the writer’s identification in the end.
(C) An expression of complimentary close in the beginning and the heading closing it.
(D) An expression of salutation opening the text and a closing statement ending it.
(E) A subject line opening the text and a complimentary expression in the end of it.

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Observe the following excerpt taken from TEXT II:

“I implore you to not be complicit (…) in systems of oppression that are stripping women, literally, of their right to choose what they wear”.

Considering the message the text wants to convey, we can observe the word “stripping” in this context has two meanings, which are they?

(A) Stripping is a noun which means literally to undress Muslim women completely and also figuratively to reveal their ideology.
(B) Stripping is a verb which means literally to remove the women’s clothes and also figuratively to deprive them of their free will.
(C) Stripping is a verb which means literally to oppress Muslim women completely and also figuratively to ignore their ideology.
(D) Stripping is a noun which means literally to damage women’s clothes and also figuratively to rob them of their ideology.
(E) Stripping is an adjective which means literally to tear up women’s clothes and also figuratively to show them off.

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Observe the following excerpt:

“(…) a woman in Nice being surrounded by armed police officers as she is coerced into removing her clothing (…).

Mark the alternative that describes the structure underlined both in terms of grammar and usage.

(A) It is an example of Active Voice used when it is necessary to move important information to the beginning of the sentence.
(B) It is an example of Reported Speech which describes what people say, believe, think, consider or know and refers to a state or action in the present.
(C) It is an example of a Conditional sentence which shows the result of a present situation, with possible or likely results in the future.
(D) It is an example of Present Perfect used to refer to an event connected to the present without a certain time definition.
(E) It is an example of Passive Voice used when the performer of the action is general or obvious from the context, or unimportant, or is intentionally not named.

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Observe the following statement:

“France’s Minister for Women’s Rights equated women who choose to wear the hijab with ‘Negroes who were in favor of slavery’.”

Mark the alternative that best describes the words underlined.

(A) They are both interrogative pronouns used to question which person does the action of the verb, that is, the first pronoun asks about “women” and the second about “negroes”.
(B) They are both reflexive pronouns used to refer back to something already mentioned, that is, the first pronoun refers to “negroes” and the latter to “women”.
(C) They are both relative pronouns used to refer back to a person already stated, that is, the first pronoun refers to “woman” and the second to “negroes”.
(D) They are both personal pronouns used to introduce the person addressed by the sentence, that is, the first pronoun introduces “woman” and the second “negroes”.
(E) They are respectively a relative pronoun and an interrogative pronoun, that is, the first pronoun refers to “negroes” and the second asks about “women”.

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Observe the following excerpt:

“In the eyes of many authority figures, our religious identity in and of itself is incriminating. Our way of dress is incriminating. Our sheer existence is incriminating”.

Considering the sentences above, mark the alternative that best describes the usage of the word “sheer” in the context above.

(A) It is an adjective used to emphasize the degree or amount of something, in this case the word “existence”.
(B) It is a noun meaning a particular manner or style of doing something, in this case related to the word “existence”.
(C) It is an interjection, that is, a short word spoken suddenly to express an emotion related to the word “existence”.
(D) It is a figure of speech used to create a particular effect on the reader concerning the word to which it is related.
(E) It is a word used as a metaphor in order to show that the things mentioned have the same qualities.

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Considering the Communicative Approach for the English teaching, mark the correct alternative.

(A) The functions in the language are more important than the grammar in order to make communication effective.
(B) The language teaching is concentrated in the code solely in the language structure, making communication effective.
(C) The words are taught according to their dictionary meaning with no regard to the context in which they are inserted.
(D) There are artificial dialogs usually used in order to introduce grammar topics for the purpose of making communication effective.
(E) The written materials are never authentic and the oral communication is out of context and artificial.

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Considering the Reading Strategies which aim at helping the reader to better understand a given text, mark the alternative that is false.

(A) Skimming is the strategy aiming at having a general idea of the text.
(B) Skimming implies reading a text as fast as possible in order to identify its main topics.
(C) Scanning is the strategy aiming at getting specific information from the text.
(D) Scanning always implies a linear reading process of the given text.
(E) Cognates are words which look similar in both the foreign and the native language.

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Taking into account the presuppositions of English Teaching as a Foreign Language and the Discourse Genre approach, mark the alternative which is correct.
(A) The foreign language teaching of the English language must limit itself to the formal reproduction of grammar rules and text decoding.
(B) The discourse genre approach does not consider the contextual environment of a given text for the purposes of English foreign language teaching.
(C) One of the tools for the English teacher is the Didactic Sequence which is an array of school activities systematically organized around a given oral or written discursive genre.
(D) The Didactic Sequence aims only at presenting the linguistic units which compose the given discursive genre studied.
(E) The Didactic sequence will present a systematic methodology for the genre, it will not propose activities to be solved, though.

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The dictionary is an important tool for an individual learning English. However, many students don’t make the most of using it. Taking into account Reading Strategies, mark the correct alternative concerning the right use of the dictionary in a language classroom.

(A) Dictionaries must be used to look for the meaning of all the words in a text beforehand.
(B) Dictionaries can be used as the last resource for key words after the reading has occurred.
(C) It is not important to look at the part of speech when looking up for a word in the dictionary.
(D) Monolingual dictionaries cannot help when the students need to learn the pronunciation of a word.
(E) Compound words and past form of irregular verbs are not indicated in any kind of dictionaries.

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Taking into account the Discourse Genre approach used as teaching tool, mark what is correct concerning its definition.

(A) The discourse genres organize our discourse and frame the way we write or speak in a given contextual environment.
(B) The discourse genres are not diverse, that is, there is a given restricted and documented number of textual typologies.
(C) The discourse genre approach which specifies the particular production mode of a given text is never associated to specific formal markers.
(D) In the discourse genre recognition it is important to observe semantic traces whereas syntactic and phonological traces are not to be considered.
(E) The discourse genre approach only applies to the written discourse while the spoken language is not divided into discourse genres.

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Taking into account the translation studies, mark the correct alternative.

(A) Translating is possible because the meanings are immutable and languages are essentially static beings.
(B) Translating is an act of working with grammar instead of working with meaning and content.
(C) Translating involves only an account of the source language, that is to say there is one discursive universe implied.
(D) The translation is able to reproduce the form and style of a source language into the target language, that is, equivalencies into languages.
(E) The translation implies not only looking at both language structures, but also perceiving their cultural and discursive subtleties.