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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:
• ESPCEX-ESCOLA PREPARATÓRIA DE CADETES DO EXÉRCITO-APLICADA EM 31/08/2014.
❑ TEXTO 1: Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 45, 46, 47 e 48.
Military Officers Face a New Evaluation
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is leading important changes following recent scandals involving high-ranking officers. This is part of training and development programs for generals and admirals. They will include new courses to train the security detail, executive staffs and even the spouses of senior officers.
Saying he was disturbed about the misconduct issues, General Dempsey said that evaluations of top officers needed to go beyond the traditional assessment of professional performance by superior officers alone. He said that he had decided the changes were necessary "to assess both competence and character in a richer way".
"You can have someone of incredible character who can't lead their way out of a forward operating base because they don’t have the competence to understand the application of military power, and that doesn't do me any good", General Dempsey said. "Conversely, you can have someone who is intensely competent in the skills of the profession, but doesn’t live a life of character. And that doesn’t do me any good."
General Dempsey said that regular professional reviews would be transformed from top-down assessments to the kind of “360-degree performance evaluation”, which includes feedback from subordinates, peers and superiors. For the new training programs, he said that while it may be impossible to prevent infractions, “most officers need to be reminded of the rules and regulations on a routine basis”.
Teams of inspectors will observe and review the procedures of commanders and their staffs. The inspections will not be punitive, but will provide a “periodic opportunity for general officers to understand whether, from an institutional perspective, we think they are inside or outside the white lines”, he said. In addition, new programs will be instituted to ensure that a commander’s staff, and a spouse, are fully aware of military regulations.
“In my 39 years
in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you
say you are. You have to earn it and re-earn it and re-evaluate it from time to
time”, General Dempsey said.
Adapted from www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/us
*According to
the Macmillan English Dictionary Online, the word issue has
the following definitions.
Read them and
answer the question below.
1. a problem that needs to be considered.
2. a magazine that is published at a particular time.
3. a set of things that are available to people at a particular time.
4. (formal) the act of officially giving something to someone.
5. (legal) someone's children.
45 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) According to the text, which definition above corresponds to issue in the sentence
"...he was disturbed about the misconduct issues..."(paragraph 2)?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
(A) Applications.
(B) Regulations.
(C) Infractions.
(D) Assessments.
(E) Procedures.
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Resposta: D |
47 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence "Conversely, you can have..." (paragraph 3), the word conversely indicates that the two situations described in the paragraph
(A) have
similar elements.
(B) have opposite elements.
(C) have identical elements.
(D) have chronological elements.
(E) have
unbelievable elements.
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Resposta: B |
48 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) According to the text, "a 360-degree performance evaluation" (paragraph 4)
(A) is a
periodic evaluation that rotates 360 degrees.
(B) is a periodic evaluation that lasts 360 days.
(C) includes the opinions of an immediate work circle.
(D) is an evaluation that certainly prevents infractions.
(E) includes only the opinions of superior officers.
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Resposta: C |
❑ TEXTO 2: Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 49 e 50.
Japan WW2 Soldier Who Refused to Surrender Dies
A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after World War Two ended and spent 29 years in the jungle has died aged 91 in Tokyo. Hiroo Onoda remained in the jungle on Lubang Island near Luzon, in the Philippines, until 1974 because he did not believe that the war had ended. He was finally persuaded to emerge after his ageing former commanding officer was flown in to see him. Onoda was greeted as a hero on his return to Japan.
The young
soldier had orders not to surrender - a command he obeyed for nearly three
decades. “I became an officer and I received an order. If I could not carry it
out, I would feel shame. I am very competitive”, he said. Three other soldiers
were with him at the end of the war. One emerged from the jungle in 1950 and
the other two died.
Mr Onoda ignored several attempts to get him to surrender. He later said that
he dismissed search parties sent to him, and leaflets dropped by Japan, because
there was always something suspicious, so he never believed that the war had
really ended. Though Onoda had been officially declared dead in December 1959,
search parties were sent out in 1972, when the last person from his group was
killed by local police, but they did not find him. Onoda was now alone.
On February 20, 1974, a Japanese man, Norio Suzuki, found Onoda after four days
of searching. They became friends, but Onoda still refused to surrender, saying
that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer. Suzuki returned to
Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter, and
the Japanese government located Onoda’s commanding officer, Major Yoshimi
Taniguchi. He flew to Lubang where on March 9, 1974, he finally met with Onoda
and rescinded his original orders in person.
The Philippine government granted him a pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killing 30 people during his campaign on the island. The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home.
- Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25772192 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda
49 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) According to the text, read the statements and choose the correct alternative.
I) Hiroo Onoda
was in the jungle for 29 years.
II) Hiroo Onoda was abandoned in the jungle by his country after the war ended.
III) Hiroo Onoda tried to go back home many times.
IV) Hiroo Onoda had another soldier with him until 1972.
V) Hiroo Onoda was admired by people in Lubang.
(A) III and V
are correct.
(B) I and II are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) I and III are correct
(E) All of them are correct.
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Resposta: C |
50 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence "The news media reported on this and other misgivings..."(paragraph 5), this refers to
(A) other
misgivings.
(B) killing 30 people.
(C) so much attention.
(D) the Philippine government.
(E) original
orders.
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Resposta: B |
❑ TEXTO 3: Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 51, 52 e 53:
Brazil's
Rolezinhos – The Kids Are All Right
Shopping Metrô Itaquera, a gleaming mall amid the favelas (shantytowns) of eastern São Paulo, gained notoriety on January 11th, when the police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse a crowd of 3,000 youths. The youngsters were participating in a rolezinho, a gathering of tens, hundreds, and sometimes thousands of youngsters which is convened via social networks.
Mall owners and shopkeepers have reasons to be cautious. A few rolezinhos have led to muggings and robberies. But most do not end in Itaquera-like chaos: the word's true meaning is closer to “little outing”. And theories that rolezeiros are class warriors or favela dwellers tired of the country’s veiled racism are not correct. “Their battle cry is not ‘Less oppression!’” says Renato Barreiros, who has directed a documentary about them. “It’s ‘More Adidas!’”
The point of a rolezinho is "to hang out, chill, buy nice things, meet people", explains Vinicius Andrade, a 17-year-old from Capão Redondo, a favela in western São Paulo. He has taken part in 18 big rolezinhos and helped organise a few, drawing some of his 89,000 Facebook followers. His 15-year-old girlfriend, Yasmin Oliveira, a rolezeiro sweetheart with 94,000 fans of her own on the social network, says that shopping centres make good meeting places because they are safe – an important consideration in a crime-ridden city. There are few other public venues for kids, especially in poorer neighbourhoods.
As well as air conditioning, shopping centres also confer something no open-air
space can: status. Rolezeiros enjoy walking around in a branded T-shirt and
bermudas, with a pair of 400reais ($170) shades perched on a baseball cap.
Vinicius confesses to spending 800-1,000 reais a month on clothes and
accessories, most of what he makes as a helper at a local Adventist church.
Just 8% of Itaquera shoppers enjoy a monthly income in excess of 2,780 reais.
Some rolezeiros support their flashy lifestyle by reselling outmoded
attire to poorer neighbours.
Shopkeepers in the local malls have mixed feelings about the gatherings. On the one hand, the youngsters make ideal clients: they often pay cash and can spend 2,000-3,000 reais in one go. On the other, larger groups can scare away customers.
- Adapted from http://www.economist.com
51 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) Another title for this article could be
[A] Youngsters
in Brazil are anxious for political changes.
[B] Youngsters find a way to protest against social inequality.
[C] Social networks are the first step into indiscipline and chaos.
[D] Shopkeepers see a strong need for legislation against rolezinhos.
[E] Youngsters in shopping malls want to get attention, not political changes.
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Resposta: E |
52 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence
- "Some rolezeiros support their flashy lifestyle by reselling outmoded attire to poorer neighbours." (paragraph 4),
the expression outmoded attire means
[A] clothes that are not fashionable anymore.
[B] old and slow personal computers.
[C] cheap shades they don't want anymore.
[D] high quality fashionable accessories.
[E] their mothers' clothes without permission.
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Resposta: A |
53 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence
- "...shopping centres make good meeting places because they are safe..." (paragraph 3),
the word THEY refers to
(A) fans.
(B) shopping centers.
(C) rolezeiros.
(D) kids.
(E) neighbourhoods.
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Resposta: B |
❑ TEXTO 4: Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 54, 55 e 56.
The Phenomenon
of Candy Crush: Why Is the Game So Popular?
In 2012, Candy Crush was released on Facebook and was later converted to
smartphone format for people to play on the go. In 2013, the game reached real
prominence and became the most popular game on Facebook. It’s no surprise then
that so many people play this game on their phones. Candy Crush Saga has
changed the way many of us kill time on commutes, or even in the toilet. I
don’t remember the last train journey I took where at least one person wasn’t
playing Candy Crush on their phone. I’m sure almost every reader of this
article will have either been invited or invited others to play Candy Crush via
Facebook in an effort to get more lives or even levels.
Despite being incredibly similar to many games over the years, Candy Crush Saga has added new depth to the genre, with seemingly unlimited combinations of new scenarios and concepts. So, this mixture of simplicity and variety is what makes Candy Crush so unbelievably popular.
As a result, Candy Crush Saga shows no signs of slowing down. New levels are generally released via the Facebook version every three weeks, with new levels also being made frequently available for the smartphone version. With 6.7 million active users, the developers are rumoured to be earning $633,000 per day from Candy Crush users.
Adapted from http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/27/
54 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence
- "Candy Crush Saga has changed the way many of us kill time on commutes..." (paragraph 1),
the expression kill time on commutes means
(A) sleep while
traveling on the bus.
(B) travel on business by airplane.
(C) work or travel on a holiday.
(D) do something while on a journey.
(E) rest or sleep on the weekend.
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Resposta: D |
55 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) In the sentence
- "I don't remember the last train journey I took where at least one person wasn't playing Candy Crush on their phone." (paragraph 1),
the author means
(A) his memory
isn't so good.
(B) he doesn't travel by train a lot.
(C) Candy Crush is very popular.
(D) people play Candy Crush at home.
(E) people were not playing Candy Crush on his last trip.
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Resposta: C |
56 – (EsPCEx-CADETE-2014) According to the text, the popularity of Candy Crush Saga is because
(A) it is a
combination of many games over the years.
(B) it was converted to smartphone format.
(C) people can play it in the toilet.
(D) it was released on Facebook in 2012.
(E) it is a mixture of simplicity and variety.
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Resposta: E |
