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❑ TEXTO: Read the article and answer questions 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35.

Female passenger punches cabin crew

Passageira dá soco em tripulação de cabine

A British woman was kicked off a plane full of British holidaymakers after drunkenly attacking cabin crew at 35,000 ft over the Atlantic Ocean, and punching an air steward in the face. The woman was thought to have been drinking from her secret stash of alcohol on the Thomson Airways flight from Manchester to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Uma mulher britânica foi expulsa de um avião cheio de turistas britânicos depois de atacar, embriagada, a tripulação de cabine a 35.000 pés sobre o Oceano Atlântico e dar um soco no rosto de um comissário de bordo. Acredita-se que a mulher tenha bebido álcool de seu estoque secreto no voo da Thomson Airways de Manchester para Punta Cana, na República Dominicana.
After ____ and ____ out the cabin crew, the 45-year-old woman had to be handcuffed to her seat, and the Boeing 767-300 was diverted to Bermuda so that she could be dealt with local police.
Depois que ____ e ____ deixaram a tripulação de cabine, a mulher de 45 anos teve que ser algemada ao seu assento, e o Boeing 767-300 foi desviado para as Bermudas para que ela pudesse ser tratada pela polícia local.
She was kicked off the plane and the flight, which had 260 passengers on board, eventually reached its Caribbean destination 28 hours later than scheduled.
Ela foi expulsa do avião e o voo, que tinha 260 passageiros a bordo, chegou ao destino caribenho 28 horas depois do previsto.
Thompson Airways operates a zero tolerance policy with regards to any disruptive behaviour onboard its flight.

A Thompson Airways opera uma política de tolerância zero em relação a qualquer comportamento perturbador a bordo do seu voo.

(www.holidayhypermarket.co.uk)
GLOSSARY

stash – uma quantidade de algo mantida secretamente
divert – mudar de direção, rota

31 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Choose the alternative so as to have the article completed correctly:

a) shout / hit
b) shouted / hit
c) shouting / hitting
d) had shouted / had hit

32 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

According to the article, all alternatives are correct, except:

a) Fortunately, the aircraft got to its final destination without delays.
b) The aircraft was met by the police upon landing into Bermuda.
c) A female passenger became unruly and had to be restrained while travelling bound for Punta Cana.
d) A middle-aged woman attacked the cabin crew midair during a flight to the Dominican Republic.

33 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The British woman from Great Britain became abusive due to __________

a) fear of flying.
b) claustrophobia.
c) alcohol consumption.
d) mental health problem.

34 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

In “A British woman was kicked off a plane…”, (lines 01 and 02), the phrasal verb in bold type, could be replaced by

a) took out.
b) stepped off.
c) contained in.
d) removed from.

35 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The last paragraph leads to the conclusion that

a) only the major forms of misconduct are prone to punishment.

b) Thompson Airways policy towards violent and abusive passengers is one of zero tolerance.
c) educational materials explaining how to behave towards the crew must be provided to passengers.
d) notice of the airline’s zero tolerance policy must be communicated verbally to travelling public.

❑ TEXTO: Read the article and answer questions 36, 37 and 38.

There really is not a hard and true method of avoiding delays at an airport. It is important to take this into consideration when planning on how long it will take to check your luggage, get your boarding pass, clear security, and find your gate. However, one way to minimize delays is to pack correctly. When in doubt, always call the airport ahead of time. The list of banned items is constantly changing. Carry-on luggage generally presents the most problems. Make sure you only have two bags per passenger. Among the many things that you cannot bring onboard a plane are hammers, screwdrivers, scissors, guns, and pepper spray.

Be ready for a random search regardless of how carefully you have packed. The most common items that are confiscated are scissors, pocketknives, and mace. Security will not reimburse you for confiscated items.

(Taken from www.essortment. com)

• GLOSSARY
• mace – pau pesado, mais grosso em uma das extremidades, que se usava como arma; clava.

36 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

This article is about:

a) Avoiding check-in queues.

b) Guidance to healthy travelling.

c) Packing advice to avoid airport delays.

d) Charges for trying to carry prohibited items onto an airplane.

37 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

According to the article,

a) even banned items can be packed in the passengers’ hand baggage.

b) passengers are allowed to carry up to two pieces of hand luggage with them onto a plane.

c) all passengers’ carry-on bags are supposed to be hand searched for possible forbidden items.

d) passengers who are in doubt about what to carry in their hand bags should ask for more information as soon as they arrive at the airports.

38 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The last sentence, in italics in the text, reveals that

a) security personnel are not responsible for items illegally carried.

b) passengers will be given a fine for taking prohibited items onto a plane.

c) security personnel will return the items to passengers after they pass inspection.

d) passengers will not get their money back for items that were taken away from them.

❑ TEXTO: Read the text and answer questions 39, 40 and 41.

Aspirin destroys cancer cells

Aspirina destrói células cancerígenas

Aspirin has a growing reputation as a miracle drug. Half a tablet a day is known to prevent a heart attack. A new study ______ doctors by showing that it can actually slow the growth of bowel cancer cells – and even destroy them. The Cancer Research Campaign is so impressed, it is developing aspirin or an aspirin-like compound as an eventual cure for bowel cancer.

A aspirina tem uma reputação crescente como droga milagrosa. Sabe-se que meio comprimido por dia previne um ataque cardíaco. Um novo estudo ______ médicos, mostrando que pode realmente retardar o crescimento das células cancerígenas do intestino – e até mesmo destruí-las. A Campanha de Pesquisa do Câncer está tão impressionada que está desenvolvendo aspirina ou um composto semelhante à aspirina como uma eventual cura para o câncer de intestino.

(Coleção Objetivo – Livro 35)

• GLOSSARY
• bowel – intestino

39 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The correct verb form to fill in the blank is

a) is amazed.

b) will amaze.

c) had amazed.

d) has amazed.

40 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Reading the text leads to the conclusion that, except:

a) aspirin reduces the risk of heart attacks.

b) aspirin decelerates the progression of bowel cancer cells.

c) the benefits of aspirin go beyond the cardiovascular system.

d) a dose of aspirin a day prevents people from having any kind of cancer.

41 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

All the alternatives can complete the blank, except:

• “Aspirin has a growing reputation…” implies that aspirin _______ for its benefits.

a) is paid

b) is famed

c) is known

d) is praised

❑ TEXTO: Read the text and answer questions 42, 43, 44 and 15.

In China the government rigidly enforces a draconian formula: one couple, one child. After the birth of an imperfect baby – be it clubfooted, mentally handicapped or a girl instead of the longed-for healthy male heir – some Chinese families have chosen to forsake the infant in order to try again.

Na China, o governo impõe rigidamente uma fórmula draconiana: um casal, um filho. Após o nascimento de um bebé imperfeito – seja ele com pés tortos, deficiente mental ou uma menina em vez do tão desejado herdeiro masculino saudável – algumas famílias chinesas optaram por abandonar o bebé para tentar novamente.

Declared stillborn as a legal ruse, many of these unwanted infants are then left in alleyways, railroad stations and bus terminals.

Declarados natimortos como um estratagema legal, muitos desses bebês indesejados são deixados em becos, estações ferroviárias e terminais de ônibus.

If found alive, they become wards of the country’s state-run orphanages. A Hong Kong source estimates that one million babies are abandoned each year.

Se forem encontrados vivos, tornam-se pupilos dos orfanatos estatais do país. Uma fonte de Hong Kong estima que um milhão de bebés são abandonados todos os anos.

(Taken from Coleção Objetivo – Livro 35)

• GLOSSARY
• draconian – muito severa e cruel
• clubfooted – pé torto
• stillborn – feto expulso morto do útero materno
• legal ruse – artifício jurídico
• wards – sob tutela; guarda

42 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Based on the text, in China

a) birth control is strictly enforced.

b) couples wait long for a baby-boy heir.

c) over one million babies are rejected each year.

d) unwanted babies are left by their parents in orphanages.

43 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“it”, in bold type in the text, refers to

a) the baby.

b) the child.

c) the couple.

d) the formula.

44 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“instead of ”, (line 4), is closest in meaning to

a) despite of.

b) in regard to.

c) according to.

d) in the place of.

45 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“forsake”, (line 6), is similar in meaning to

a) hide.

b) adopt.

c) look for.

d) abandon.

❑ TEXTO: Read the text and answer questions 46, 47, 48 and 49.

Which airliner can fly twice as fast as a pistol bullet?

Qual avião comercial pode voar duas vezes mais rápido que uma bala de pistola?

In February 1988 the supersonic airliner Concorde flew from New York to London in a shade under three hours.

Em fevereiro de 1988, o avião supersônico Concorde voou de Nova York a Londres à sombra em menos de três horas.

To do that, it had to fly at twice the speed of sound.

Para fazer isso, ele teve que voar a uma velocidade duas vezes maior que a do som.

Unless you have flown the Atlantic in slower aircraft, statistics like these do not really show you how dramatic Concorde’s speed is.

A menos que você tenha sobrevoado o Atlântico em aeronaves mais lentas, estatísticas como essas não mostram realmente o quão dramática é a velocidade do Concorde.

One example that does help is comparing it with a pistol bullet. The fastest bullets travel at about 1100 kilometres per hour.

Um exemplo que ajuda é compará-lo com uma bala de pistola. As balas mais rápidas viajam a cerca de 1.100 quilômetros por hora.

If you _____ someone target shooting with a pistol, you _____ how quick that is.

Se você _____ alguém atira ao alvo com uma pistola, você _____ quão rápido isso é.

However, if you fired a pistol after a Concorde when it was travelling flat out with its crew and 128 passengers on board, Concorde would fly away from the bullet. Reaching a speed of 2333 kilometres per hour, Concorde would leave a pistol bullet standing.

No entanto, se você disparasse uma pistola contra um Concorde quando ele estivesse viajando a toda velocidade com sua tripulação e 128 passageiros a bordo, o Concorde voaria para longe da bala. Atingindo a velocidade de 2.333 quilômetros por hora, o Concorde deixaria uma bala de pistola parada.

 (Taken from Amazing Questions, Incredible Answers book)

• GLOSSARY
• "FLAT OUT" – o mais rápido que pode.

46 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Fill in the blanks with the suitable options:

a) watch / will see

b) watched / will see

c) have watched / would see

d) had watched / would have seen

47 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

According to the text, all sentences are correct, except:

a) A pistol bullet is slow in comparison with Concorde.

b) The supersonic aircraft could reach an incredible speed.

c) Concorde could cross the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound.

d) It’s difficult to make a direct comparison between the speed of the fastest bullets and Concorde’s speed.

48 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“dramatic”, (line 5), can be replaced by

a) surprising.

b) constant.

c) steady.

d) low.

49 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Which alternative is in the continuous tense?

a) “Reaching a speed of 2333 kilometres per hour, …”

b) “…, Concorde would leave a pistol bullet standing.”

c) “One example that does help is comparing it with a pistol bullet.”

d) “… a Concorde when it was travelling flat out with its crew…”

❑ TEXTO: Read the text and answer questions 50, 51, 52 and 53.

Give the gift that saves the day

Dê o presente que salva o dia

In this season of hope – when you want your gifts to really matter – there’s one gift you can always count on to save the day.

Nesta época de esperança – quando você deseja que seus presentes sejam realmente importantes – há um presente com o qual você sempre pode contar para salvar o dia.
It will save the day when the next disaster strikes.

Isso salvará o dia quando ocorrer o próximo desastre.

When a neighbor’s house burns down. When someone needs lifesaving blood, or the comfort of a helping hand. It will turn heartbreak into hope.

Quando a casa de um vizinho pega fogo. Quando alguém precisa de sangue para salvar vidas ou do conforto de uma mão amiga. Isso transformará o desgosto em esperança.
Hope. It’s the gift you give to the American Red Cross.

Ter esperança. É o presente que você dá à Cruz Vermelha Americana.

Please donate today.

Por favor, doe hoje.

1-800-RED CROSS redcross.org

(Taken from U.S Airways magazine)

50 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

In “In this season of hope – when you want your gifts to really matter…”, (lines 1 and 2), the period of the year that the author refers to is

a) Christmas.

b) Thanksgiving.

c) Memorial Day.

d) New Year’s Day.

51 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)
“strikes”, (line 4), can be replaced by

a) badly injures.

b) violently attacks.

c) suddenly happens.

d) seriously damages.

52 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The words, underlined in the text, are nouns, except:

a) hope

b) comfort

c) lifesaving

d) heartbreak

53 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

The American Red Cross appeals to people for

a) hope.

b) blood.

c) comfort.

d) donations.

❑ TEXTO: Read the text and answer questions 54, 55 and 56.

The future of English

Is English set to dominate the world? It is more widespread than any language has ever been.

O inglês está pronto para dominar o mundo? É mais difundido do que qualquer idioma jamais foi.

The ECONOMIST described it as “impregnably established as the world’s standard language.” It is used globally in business, diplomacy, sport, music, advertising and technology.

The ECONOMIST descreveu-o como “inexpugnavelmente estabelecido como a língua padrão do mundo”. É usado globalmente em negócios, diplomacia, esporte, música, publicidade e tecnologia. 

A fifth of the world’s population speak it to some level of competence, another fifth are hurrying to learn it, and _____ seems to want it written on their T-shirts.

Um quinto da população mundial fala-o com algum nível de competência, outro quinto está apressado em aprender e _____ parece querer que isso esteja escrito nas suas t-shirts.

Will this dominance continue and increase until English is spoken absolutely ____? Many think the answer is obvious: yes.

Esse domínio continuará e aumentará até que o inglês seja falado absolutamente ____? Muitos acham que a resposta é óbvia: sim.

But not everyone is so certain. Some claim that the dominance of English is unhealthy. Others go further, saying the uncontrolled expansion of English is leading it towards disintegration.

Mas nem todos têm tanta certeza. Alguns afirmam que o domínio do inglês não é saudável. Outros vão mais longe, dizendo que a expansão descontrolada do inglês está a levá-lo à desintegração.

(Taken from Speak up #226)

• GLOSSARY
• "SET TO" – determinado a , prestes a
• "WIDESPREAD" – difundido.

54 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Fill in the blanks with the suitable options:

a) nobody - nowhere

b) anybody - somewhere

c) everyone - everybody

d) everybody - everywhere

55 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“go further”, in bold type in the text, indicates that some people have a more _____ opinion about the widespread use of English.

a) logical

b) extreme

c) obvious

d) confusing

56 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Which phrase, from the text, presents a passive structure?

a) “...is spoken...”

b) “...is leading...”

c) “...is so certain...”

d) “...is unhealthy...”

❑ TEXTO: Read the excerpt and answer questions 57 and 58.

After surviving the tsunami in Aceh, Zahrul Fuadi was then caught up in the disaster in Japan, making him perhaps unique in surviving two of the biggest tsunamis in recent history.

Depois de sobreviver ao tsunami em Aceh, Zahrul Fuadi foi apanhado pelo desastre no Japão, tornando-o talvez o único a sobreviver a dois dos maiores tsunamis da história recente.

For now he’s just grateful to be alive. “I’ve survived two huge disasters. Not many people have done that. God saved me.”

Por enquanto ele está apenas grato por estar vivo. “Eu sobrevivi a dois grandes desastres. Poucas pessoas fizeram isso. Deus me salvou.”

While buildings and infrastructure can be repaired, internal scars take longer to heal.

Embora os edifícios e as infraestruturas possam ser reparados, as cicatrizes internas demoram mais tempo a sarar.

(Adapted from BBC News)

• GLOSSARY
• "TO BE CAUGHT UP IN" – estar envolvido em.

57 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

Choose the indirect speech for

• “I’ve survived two huge disasters.”

Fuadi said he _____________________.

a) survived

b) had survived

c) was surviving

d) had been surviving

58 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)
“internal scars”, in bold type in the excerpt, is related to

a) a mark on the skin.

b) a feeling of sadness or fear.

c) an illness that affects a person.

d) a mental state of extreme shock.

❑ TEXTO: Read the paragraph and answer questions 59 and 60.

Brazil may import ethanol from the United States in April, Brazil’s oil regulator says.

O Brasil poderá importar etanol dos Estados Unidos em abril, afirma o regulador de petróleo do Brasil. 

The move comes as a growing number of Brazilian cane farmers choose to produce sugar, which has surged in price over the last year, rather than ethanol, leading to a spike in fuel costs.

A medida surge no momento em que um número crescente de produtores de cana-de-açúcar brasileiros optam por produzir açúcar, cujo preço subiu no último ano, em vez de etanol, levando a um aumento nos custos dos combustíveis.

(Taken from The New York Times March 29, 2011)

• GLOSSARY
• spike – aumento
• move – mudança
• cane – cana
• to surge – aumentar rapidamente e repentinamente

59 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

“rather than”, underlined in the paragraph, has the same

meaning as

a) besides.

b) however.

c) moreover.

d) instead of.

60 – (EEAR-CFS-ME/2012-CBT-SARGENTO)

According to the paragraph, it is not correct to say that

a) sugar has had a rise in price lately.

b) it may be possible for the USA to export ethanol to Brazil.

c) fuel prices, in Brazil, went up because of the oil regulation.

d) lots of Brazilian cane farmers nowadays are more interested in producing sugar than ethanol.  

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The heaviest rains in decades caused floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro

Chuvas mais fortes em décadas causam enchentes e deslizamentos no Rio de Janeiro      

Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums, turning the city’s main lake and the sea brown during the round-the-clock heavy rains.

Deslizamentos de terra varreram barracos nas favelas do Rio, deixando o lago principal da cidade e o mar marrons durante as chuvas torrenciais 24 horas por dia.

Morning flights in and out of the city of six million people – which will host the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics – were canceled or seriously delayed.

Voos matinais de entrada e saída da cidade de seis milhões de pessoas — que sediará a Copa do Mundo de 2014 e as Olimpíadas de 2016 — foram cancelados ou seriamente atrasados. 

Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides, authorities said. A spokesman for Rio’s fire service said at least 40 injured people were taken to hospitals as the search went on for others reported missing.

A maioria das vítimas morreu em mais de 180 deslizamentos de terra, disseram as autoridades. Um porta-voz do corpo de bombeiros do Rio disse que pelo menos 40 feridos foram levados a hospitais enquanto a busca por outros desaparecidos continuava. 

“The situation is critical. Roads are flooded and blocked,” Mayor Eduardo Paes said. “We recommend people stay at home.”

“A situação é crítica. As estradas estão alagadas e bloqueadas”, disse o prefeito Eduardo Paes. “Recomendamos que as pessoas fiquem em casa.”

(Taken from Telegraph Newspaper)

 GLOSSARY

*landslide, mudslide – desmoronamento
*hillside – encosta
*to sweepy away – destruir completamente
*shack – barracão
*slum – favela
*round-the-clock – o tempo todo (durante o dia e a noite) 

31 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)  “which”, underlined in the text, refers to

(A) city.
(B) people.
(C) flights.
(D) World Cup.

32 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) A similar meaning to “as”, (line 11) , is

a) like.
b) while.
c) though.
d) because.

33 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) Another way to express the same idea as

• “ …the search went on for others reported missing.”

can be:

a) Missing people were still being searched.
b) The search for survivors was abandoned.
c) There was no chance of people being found alive.
d) Police are investigating the disappearance of people.

❑ TRADUÇÃO-TEXTO 2:

Service Animals

A Therapy Dog is a kind of service animal – an animal that helps people. The most common service animal is a seeing eye dog. A seeing eye dog helps blind people. 

However, dogs help people in many other ways. Hearing ear dogs help people with hearing problems. These dogs listen for specific noises, such as a fire alarm. When the dog hears the sound, the dog touches the owner. However, if it’s an emergency, the dog may pull the owner out of danger. Usually small dogs are hearing ear dogs because they are easy to care for. 

Wheelchair assistance dogs are much larger because the dog’s main job is pulling the wheelchair. These dogs also open doors and get items for their owners, such as magazines.

(Adapted from Access Reading – Thompson)

34 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

According to the text, a seeing eye dog is, except

a) a blind dog.
b) a kind of service animal.
c) an animal that helps people with eye damage.
d) a dog that provides assistance to people who are unable to see.

35 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

According to the text, hearing ear dogs don’t
a) pull the wheelchair.
b) listen for specific noises.
c) help people with hearing problems.
d) pull the owner out of danger when it’s an emergency.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 06 and 07.

Because so many English words sound similar,
misunderstandings among English-speaking people are common. Every day people speaking English ask one another questions like these: "Did you say seventy or seventeen?" "Did you say that you can come or that you can’t?" Similar-sounding words can also be confusing for people who speak English as a second language.

English is not the only language with similar-sounding words. Other languages, too, have words that can cause misunderstandings, especially for foreigners. When similar-sounding words cause a misunderstanding, probably the best thing to do is just laugh and learn from the mistake.

(Adapted from Even More true stories – Longman)

36 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

According to the text, similar-sounding words

a) can be misunderstood only in English.
b) can confuse non-native speakers of English.
c) don’t cause misunderstandings among foreigners.
d) aren’t difficult for English-speaking people to understand.

37 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

The words, underlined in the text, are similar in meaning to

a) others.
b) everyone.
c) each other.
d) both of them.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 08, 09 and 10.

The stunning legacy left by Zilda Arns the founder

and coordinator of Pastoral da Criança

In 1983, with the backing of CNBB, Zilda founded Pastoral da Criança. She had developed an efficient method to help the poorest families. The work involved, among other things, feeding children under six, hygiene, preventive healthcare, and complete help for poor pregnant women. On January 12th she was in a church in Port-au-Prince, talking to a group of local religious leaders. She intended to introduce that methodology to Haiti. _________, an earthquake completely destroyed the church and Brazil lost one of the greatest women in its history. The aim of her work was to reduce malnutrition and Brazil’s infant mortality.The efficient methodology used by Pastoral da Criança has saved thousands of lives over the last three decades and has been exported to 20 countries.

(Adapted from Maganews # 47)

GLOSSARY
*stunning – impressionante
*legacy – legado

38 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

Fill in the blank with the suitable option.

a) Unless
b) Besides
c) However
d) Therefore

39 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL)

The correct passive voice for 

“She had developed an efficient method…”

is: 

An efficient method  __________.

(A) has developed
(B) had been developed
(C) has been developing
(D) was being developed

40 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

Which of these ideas can be inferred from the text?

a) Newborn children have been supported by CNBB and the Pastoral da Criança.
b) The poorest countries imported the methodology developed by Zilda Arns.
c) The poor nutrition and death rates increased after Zilda Arns had died.
d) Zilda was concerned not only with expectant poor mothers but also with the development of their children.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Air traffic controller: orchestrating aerial and

ground movements

An airfield in a war zone is like an orchestra of aerial and ground activity. That’s the case at Sather Air Base, Iraq, located next to Baghdad International Airport. 

It’s one of Iraq’s busiest airfields. An average of 320 transient aircraft and 6,200 passengers _____ through the base each week. Needless to say, there’s a lot of activity. Airmen work on aircraft, loading them with munitions or filling their fuel tanks. Of course, there’s always the threat of terrorist attacks. The potential for accidents is high. Conducting the symphony, are air traffic controllers like Sgt. Carter. One wrong direction could result in people dying or the loss of millions of dollars worth of equipment. “It’s a complex job,” he said. “We must make sure aircraft make it to the field so the mission can be performed.” “To do the job well requires great communication skills”, he said. “Initially, I was challenged by the language barrier,” he said. “But I soon learned to be more patient. And I was able to figure out what was being said, so we could complete our mission.” 

One major difference for controllers in a war zone is that they have to deal with things they don’t normally deal with at their home bases. At Sather, the challenge was the helicopter traffic, Carter said. “Helicopters were swarming everywhere in that country,” he said. Soon after arriving at the base, the sergeant had to educate himself about how to control helicopters. 

Carter admits feeling nervous when he first found out he was deploying to Iraq because of the media attention on terrorist attacks. But, to his surprise, his tour has been relatively calm. Carter said his Sather tour has been extremely rewarding, despite his earlier misgivings.

(Adapted from Air Force News Agency)

GLOSSARY
to swarm – apinhar ou aglomerar
to deploy – ir em missão
misgivings – receios ou preocupações

41 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) The correct verb form to fill in the blank is

a) pass.
b) passes.
c) passed.
d) will pass.

42 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) According to the text,

a) terrorist attacks aren’t likely to happen on Sather Air Base.
b) air traffic controllers in a war zone just deal with civilian air traffic.
c) an air traffic controller controls not only the skies but also the ground.
d) when Sergeant Carter was deployed to Iraq, he was used to the helicopter traffic

43 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) All the alternatives show comparative or superlative adjectives except in

a) busiest (line 4).
b) earlier (line 32).
c) barrier (line 17).
d) more patient (line 18).

44 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) “Needless to say,”,(line 6), 

is used when you are telling someone

a) that you did not want something to happen.
b) something that they probably know or expect.
c) about something new that has never happened before.
d) that something is unnecessary and could have been avoided.

45 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) The -ing form in 

• “Helicopters were swarming …”,(lines24 and 25), 

is being used in the same way as in

a) Carter admits feeling nervous […]
b) Soon after arriving at the base, […]
c) […] when he first found out he was deploying to Iraq […]
d) Carter said his Sather tour has been extremely rewarding, […]

46 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) The indirect speech for 

• “I was challenged by the language barrier, he said.” 

is

a) He said he is being challenged by the language barrier.
b) He said that he had been challenged by the language barrier.
c) He told us that he has been challenged by the language barrier.
d) He asked us if he was being challenged by the language barrier.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. 

Night flight         

"This is your captain, John Cook, speaking. We’ve reached our cruising altitude and I’ve just turned off the Fasten seat belt sign. Our estimated time of arrival in New York is 1:00 a.m., so we’ve got a long flight ahead of us. I hope you enjoy it. Our flight attendants will be serving dinner shortly. Thank you.”
         
It was Christmas Eve 1959. A lot of the passengers were travelling home to spend the holidays with their families. It was a quiet flight. The flight attendant had just finished picking up the trays when the first buzzers sounded. One of the flight attendants went down the aisle to check. She looked surprised; two people have gotten sick. Twenty minutes later nearly half the passengers were violently sick. Several were moaning and groaning, some were doubled up in pain, and two were unconscious. Fortunately, there was a doctor on board, and he was helping the flight attendants. He said, “I’d better speak to the pilot. This is severe case of food poisoning. We’d better land as soon as possible. I had the beef for dinner, and I’m fine. The passengers who chose the fish are sick.”
         
The flight attendant led him to the cockpit. The captain and the copilot were lying unconscious, and the engineer was trying to revive them. The plane was on the automatic pilot. A passenger who had been a pilot sat down at the controls and the engineer connected him to Air Traffic Control. An hour later, the lights of New York appeared on the horizon. He could see the lights of runway shining brightly by a lake.

(Adapted from Streamline unit 19– intermediate)

GLOSSARY
*buzzer – buzina, alarme
*to moan(môun) – reclamar, lamentar
*to groan(grôun) – gemer
*to double up – dobrar -se, curvar-se

47 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

“…as soon as possible.” (lines 19 and 20), 

means that the pilot should land

a) as quickly as he can .
b) with some delay.
c) in advance.
d) on time.

48 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

According to the text,

a) all passengers were poisoned by food.
b) the engineer was in charge of the whole flight.
c) the doctor found out the cause of the sickness.
d) the captain and the copilot had beef for dinner.

49 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) In

• “...He could see the lights of runway brightly by a lake.”, (lines 28 and 29), 

the underlined word is

a) a conjunction.
b) a preposition.
c) an adjective.
d) a pronoun.

50 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

There are two actions in 

“the flight attendant had just finished picking up the trays when the first buzzers sound.” (lines 9, 10 and 11). 

It means that

a) the flight attendant picked up the trays at the same time the first buzzers sounded.
b) the first buzzers sounded before the flight attendant had picked up the trays.
c) the first buzzers sounded after the flight attendant had picked up the trays.
d) the flight attendant picked up the trays after the first buzzers sounded.

51 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) According to the text, we can infer that the flight was

a) a nightmare.
b) a relief.
c) terrific.
d) safe.

52 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

“Fortunately”, (line 16), 

is closest in meaning to

a) fatally.
b) luckly.
c) promptly.
d) immediately.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 23 and 24.

The Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is widely recognized as the most famous painting of all time. She has aroused admiration, curiosity and suspicion for over 500 years. She can provoke a reaction known as the Mona Lisa Syndrome: the viewer is enchanted by her legendary smile, which becomes increasingly enigmatic the more you look at it.
         
As it will never be sold, the Mona Lisa is priceless, although for insurance reasons it is believed to be valued at anything up to $ 1 billion.

( Adapted from Move – Intermediate)

GLOSSARY
*to arouse – despertar
*to enchant – encantar
*legendary – fabuloso, lendário
*insurance – apólice de seguro

53 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) According to the text, the Mona Lisa

a) has no price.
b) was painted 500 years ago.
c) becomes enigmatic because of her eyes.
d) causes an illness called the Mona Lisa Syndrome.

54 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) The underlined part, in the text, means that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting that

a) never existed.
b) has ever existed.
c) will exist forever.
d) existed a long time ago.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. 

Women in Control

A survey __________ that British men are happy to let their wives make all the decisions in the home and often ask them to control the domestic finances.
         
Women also take the lead in disciplining children, with only ten percent of men now involving themselves in what used to be seen as a male preserve.
         
Women also dictate where to go on holiday and what friends to see. But when it comes to television and cars, men still want to rule the roost. Nearly a third of the men in this recent survey confessed to deciding what TV programs were watched, regardless of what their partners might want to see, and only 12 per cent of women had a say in buying a new family car.

( Speak up # 137)

GLOSSARY
*to rule the roost – ditar as regras

55 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) Choose the correct verb form to fill in the blank.

a) will find
b) has found
c) could have found
d) would have found

56 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) According to the text,

a) men do not respect their wives decisions.
b) only women take the lead to everything in the house.
c) there is a role confusion between husbands and wives.
d) men prefer when their wives control the domestic budget.

57 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

“...wives...” (line 2), 

have the same plural form as, except

a) life
b) shelf
c) thief
d) belief

58 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

“their and themselves”, 

underlined in the text, are respectively
a) relative pronoun / objective pronoun
b) possessive pronoun / reflexive pronoun
c) reflexive pronoun / possessive adjective
d) possessive adjective / reflexive pronoun

59 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) Based on the text, all the statements below are correct, except

a) women also decide where to go on holiday.
b) British men agree that their wives make the decisions in the home.
c) a small percentage of women help their husbands choose a new family car.
d) only ten percent of women involve themselves in
disciplining children.

60 – (EEAR-CFS-2011-BCT-MODALIDADE ESPECIAL) 

“regardless”, (line 11), 

is similar in meaning to

a) despite
b) besides
c) without
d) throughout