PUC/RS – 2017 – VESTIBULAR VERÃO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR-VERÃO.

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

➧ GABARITO:

01-E, 02-D, 03-C, 04-B, 05-C

06-A, 07-E, 08-B, 09-D, 10-B

➧ PROVA:

➧ TEXT I: Responder às questões 01 a 06 com

base no texto 1.

As an athlete who has been involved in doping procedures for years – and who came close to ___ tests – I feel compelled to defend cyclist Lizzie Armitstead. It might not be an ideal moment to speak up in support of an athlete who has been viewed suspiciously by her fellow Olympians

but I’ve been spurred into action after reading so many people, many of whom love to sensationalise, offering their opinions on Lizzie Armitstead’s missed drugs tests. A depressingly dark cloud lingers over the sporting world at present – and many athletes and associations are cheating more than ever – but it’s worth ___ another side of the story before reaching a suspicious conclusion.

My own hunch is that she is not a doping cheat and that she made a mistake. Something that has not often been noted in reflections of commentators over the past weeks is that in 2016 alone Armitstead faced 16 tests and all of them were clean. I have been tested in all sorts of situations over the years, some more intrusive than others. Every athlete has their favourite ___ story. One of mine that springs to mind was after a last-eight match in Delhi in 2010. We finished gone midnight after two hours of play
and I was whisked off as high as a kite (not on drugs I should add) and exhausted to sit and wait. Luckily for me, England physio Phil Newton generously stayed with me for support. Time was crucial and every minute that ticked by made a dent in the recovery and preparation for the medal match the following day. I finally put my head on a pillow just after 5am.

Without that test I would have benefitted from two more vital hours in the sack. It’s part of the deal though and, if that’s the biggest of my issues in life then I’m OK. I had worked so hard for the event for many months and years, and the early hours of that morning were a mess. During my career I have also intermittently been on the same “whereabouts” programme as Armitstead and it is hard to keep tabs on. We give our availability at an address for one hour every day and the testers can knock on that door whenever they want outside of that. If they arrive outside the given hour and you’re not there that’s OK. But if they arrive on your given hour, you must be there and proceed to give a sample – sometimes blood and urine, but always urine.

I’m painting this picture from my own experience not to selfindulge but to give you a snapshot of a fairly strange and surreal aspect of an athlete’s life. Strangers have to come into our private homes to watch us exposing ourselves during the procedures of the test because some people are willing to cheat. This must be done, but perhaps it’s important to consider this information before you make conclusions about Armitstead's case.

Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/willstrop-sworld/2016/aug/18/rio-2016-olympics-cycling-drugs-lizzie-armitstead

01 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

According to the text, the verb structures that fill in the blanks in lines 02, 11 and 19 are, respectively,

A) miss – consider – test
B) miss – to consider – test
C) missed – considering – tested
D) missing – to consider – testing
E) missing – considering – testing

➦ Lacuna 1: missing.
"[...] As an athlete who has been involved in doping procedures for years – and who came close to missing tests – I feel compelled to defend cyclist Lizzie Armitstead."
(Como atleta que esteve envolvida em procedimentos de doping por anos - e que chegou perto de perder testes - sinto-me compelida a defender a ciclista Lizzie Armitstead.)
➦ Lacuna 2: considering.
"[...] A depressingly dark cloud lingers over the sporting world at present – and many athletes and associations are cheating more than ever – but it’s worth considering another side of the story before reaching a suspicious conclusion."
(Uma nuvem deprimente e escura persiste sobre o mundo esportivo no momento - e muitos atletas e associações estão trapaceando mais do que nunca - mas vale a pena considerar outro lado da história antes de chegar a uma conclusão suspeita.)
➦ Lacuna 3: testing.
"[...] Every athlete has their favourite testing story."
(Todo atleta tem sua história favorita de testes.)

02 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

After reading text 1, one can conclude the author’s intention is to

A) confirm athletes' use of drugs.
B) defend one athlete’s use of drugs.
C) call athletes' attention to dangerous drugs.
D) inform people about athletes' hard routines.
E) attract people's attention to one athlete's lifestyle.

03 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

Consider the statements below and mark T (True) or F (False), according to the text.

(  ) Armitstead’s peers doubt she has been clean for
competing.

(  ) The author states throughout the text that he is not in favor of drug tests.

(  ) The author is grateful he is no longer subjected to
drug tests.

(  ) Olympic athletes end up carrying a burden because of cheaters.

The alternative that shows the top-down correct
sequence is:

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

04 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

In the text, the word “hunch” (line 13)

is related to an idea of

A) reason.
B) intuition.
C) definition.
D) explanation.
E) recollection.

05 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

All alternatives below present the meaning that the verbs/verb phrases have in the text, EXCEPT for:

    Verbs/Verb phrases         Meaning in the text

A) spurred (line 06)             pushed
B) lingers (line 09)               remains for a time
C) springs (line 20)              haunts
D) was whisked off (line 22) was taken away fast
E) not to self-indulge (lines
42 and 43)                          not to relish oneself

06 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

Consider the passage below (lines 39 and 40), which presents a conditional structure:

“But if they arrive on your given hour, you must be there…”

Which alternative below announces, using a correct structure, an unreal situation in relation to the fact mentioned above?

A) Had they arrived on your given hour, you’d have
been there…
B) If they’d arrived on your given hour, you’d have being there…
C) Had they arrived on your given hour, you’d must be there…
D) If they arrived on your given hour, you’d have been there…
E) If they’d arrive on your given hour, you’d have being there…

➧ INSTRUCTION: Responder às questões 07 a 09 com
base no texto 2.

07 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

The correct prepositions to fill in blanks 1, 2 and 3 in text 2 are, respectively,

A) after – on – to
B) while – by – of
C) besides – in – for
D) towards – of – to
E) through – for – for

08 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

Read the phrases related to the method advertised in text 2.

I. Struggling to slim down.

II. Ceasing to crave caloric foods.

III. Fostering weight loss.

IV. Keeping track of your money

According to text 2, one can infer that the only pieces
of information that are NOT involved in the method
recommended are

A) I and II.
B) I and IV.
C) II and III.
D) II and IV.
E) III and IV.

09 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

In the text, the use of the word “will” in “will power” conveys the same idea as in

A) His will was not found after the event.
B) It was all settled because he had left a will!
C) They think it will bring about all the issues again.
D) Men of good will are not that common these days.
E) She might return the proceeds, but nobody else
will.
➧ INSTRUCTION: Considere os textos 1 e 2 para resolver a questão 10.

10 – (PUC/RS-2017-VESTIBULAR VERÃO)

Read the statements below and write

1. for text 1 only

2. for text 2 only

3. for both texts

(  ) The text warns against hasty assertions.

(  ) The text is conceived in a persuasive style.

(  ) The text makes someone’s annoyance explicit.

(  ) The text involves the concept of brainwashing.

(  ) The text resorts to illustration to enhance the arguments.

The correct top-down sequence to fill in the brackets is

A) 1 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 2
B) 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 3
C) 2 – 1 – 3 – 3 – 1
D) 2 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 3
E) 3 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 2