❑ Read the following text and answer questions 1 to 5.
Who Painted the Meidum Geese?
ENNA, SICILY – Francesco Tiradritti of Kore University of Enna and director of the Italian archaeological
mission to Egypt thinks that the Meidum Geese, a painting supposedly found in a tomb near the Meidum
Pyramid in 1871 by Luigi Vassalli, may be a forgery. Vassalli is credited with removing the painting, now
housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and putting it in the Museum Bulaq, where he was a curator.
The painting depicts three kinds of geese: white-fronted geese, bean geese, and red-breasted geese.
Tiradritti told Live Science that when he realized that the bean goose and the red-breasted goose were
unlikely to have been seen in Egypt, he took a more critical look at the painting, considered by many to be
a masterpiece of Egyptian art. He found that some of the colors in the painting are unique, and the way
that the geese are drawn, so that they appear to be the same size, is also unusual. The ancient Egyptians
drew animals and people in different sizes, sometimes in order to convey their importance. Tiradritti adds
that the cracks in the painting “are not compatible with the supposed ripping of the painting from the wall.”
He thinks the geese were painted by Vassalli, who was a trained artist. “The only thing that, in my opinion,
still remains to ascertain is what was (or ‘is’) painted under them. But that can be only established through
a noninvasive analysis,” he said.
- (Adapted from: <www.archaeology.org/3135-150401-egypt-meidu>. Accessed on: April 1st 2015.)
01 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) The Meidum Geese is
a) a famous Egyptian painting which was found in a tomb in 1871.
b) an 1871 Egyptian famous painting which is being taken back to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
c) an important Sicilian painting which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
d) an ancient parchment found in 1871 which is now being exposed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
e) an ancient sacred Egyptian painting which is being restored by Vassali.
Comentários e Gabarito A
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02 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) What first called Francesco Tiradritti’s attention concerning the originality of the painting?
a) The cracks in the painting which are not compatible with the wall ripping where it was removed from.
b) The date the painting was removed from the Meidum Pyramid is questionable.
c) The fact that two of the geese in the picture were not usual in Egypt at that time.
d) The fact that the geese painted are the same size, which was not common in ancient Egyptian painting at that
time.
e) Some colors used in the painting which were unusual at that time.
Comentários e Gabarito C
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03 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) At the end of the text, Francesco Tiradritti suggests that a noninvasive analysis should be made in the
Meidum Geese painting. Why?
a) Because it is an ancient painting and it needs to be restored.
b) Because he is in doubt concerning the date the Meidum Geese was painted.
c) Because he thinks the original painting is painted under the Meidum Geese.
d) Because he thinks the original painting was stolen from the tomb.
e) Because he thinks it was not Vassali who painted the Meidum Geese.
Comentários e Gabarito C
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04 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) Pronouns are elements of reference, avoiding repetition of words. Reread the following sentences
extracted from the text.
- ...so that they appear to be the same size, is also unusual.
- The ancient Egyptians drew animals and people in different sizes, sometimes in order to convey their
importance.
- The only thing that, in my opinion, still remains to ascertain is what was (or ‘is’) painted under them.
Identify the words the pronouns underlined refer to.
a) colors; sizes; geese.
b) cracks; ancient Egyptians; analysis.
c) cracks; animals and people; analysis.
d) geese; animals and people; geese.
e) geese; sizes; painting.
Comentários e Gabarito D
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05 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) Reread the following sentences extracted from the text.
- The painting depicts three kinds of geese:...
- ...
The ancient Egyptians drew animals and people in different sizes, sometimes in order to convey their
importance.
Choose the equivalent to the words underlined.
a) hides; conduct
b) mixes up; receive
c) portrays; take
d) reproduces; transmit
e) suppresses; keep
Comentários e Gabarito D
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❑ Read the following text and answer questions 6 to 9.
Southern Europe’s Immigration Test
Immigrants have been making their way to Europe for tens of thousands of years. The first modern
humans – the first real immigrants – came north from Africa through the Middle East. Since then,
periodic waves of migrants have helped redefine Europe’s population, its food, its knowledge. After
World War II, most migrants headed to northern Europe but as the south has prospered over the past
20 years, it has drawn in growing numbers of people looking for a better life. By the mid-2000s, migrants
headed for southern Europe accounted for more than 60% of the continent’s new arrivals. They swung
the hammers during Spain’s construction boom, changed diapers in Greece and worked Italy’s fields.
European immigration policy has become more bureaucratic over the years. In south, where
enforcement of rules has been more lax and informal economies are large, working illegally is often
easier than getting proper permits. The economic crisis will slow the flow but is unlikely to undo the
demographic shift, not least because the birthrate among immigrants is much higher than the general
population’s. “If there’s a lesson that can be learned from the northern European experience, it’s that
temporary migrants tend to remain,” says Joaquín Arango, professor of sociology at the Complutense
University of Madrid. Here’s another: when a society marginalizes its newest members, trouble ensues.
Southern Europe needed its immigrants. Now it needs to find a place for them.
- (Adapted from: <www.content.time.com/article/0,28804,1964957_1964>. Accessed on: April 1st 2015.)
06 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) The main objective of the text is to
a) emphasize that, in the past, immigrants helped develop some countries in Europe and now these countries are
rejecting them.
b) criticize the way some countries are treating immigrants offering them undervalued jobs instead of formal jobs.
c) inform how easy it is to work illegally and get proper permits in some South European countries.
d) alert to the increase of the birthrate among immigrants which is rising the population in Europe significantly.
e) provide historical information on immigration in some European countries over the past few years.
Comentários e Gabarito A
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07 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) According to the text, consider the following statements about Joaquin Arango.
I. Society should not marginalize immigrants to avoid serious social problems.
II. The economic crisis will not stop the flow of new immigrants.
III. The migrants population tends to decrease because they are not welcome in Southern Europe.
IV. Historically, migrants usually do not go back to their countries of origin.
Choose the correct alternative.
a) Only statements I and II are correct.
b) Only statements I and IV are correct.
c) Only statements III and IV are correct.
d) Only statements I, II and III are correct.
e) Only statements II, III and IV are correct.
Comentários e Gabarito B
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08 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) Choose the alternative in which the information about the words underlined is correct.
a) In “Immigrants have been making their way to Europe for tens of thousands of years”, the present perfect
continuous tense underlined is used to describe an action that happened in a distant past.
b) In “for southern Europe accounted for more than 60% of the continent’s new arrivals”, the number underlined
refers to the percentage of the continent occupied by new migrants.
c) In “working illegally is often easier than getting proper permits”, the comparative underlined is related to
“enforcement of rules”.
d) In “The economic crisis will slow the flow but is unlikely to undo the demographic shift”, the word underlined is
formed by a prefix meaning “less”.
e) In “If there’s a lesson that can be learned from the northern European experience”, the passive voice underlined
is being used to focus the fact, not who performed it.
Comentários e Gabarito E
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09 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) In
- “By the mid-2000s, migrants headed for southern Europe accounted for more than 60% of the continent’s
new arrivals”,
the expression underlined is in meaning equivalent to
a) made acceptable.
b) put out of action.
c) took care of.
d) took into account.
e) were responsible for.
Comentários e Gabarito E
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10 – (UNICENTRO-PARANÁ-VESTIBULAR-2016.1) Read the following advertisement.
- (Adapted from: <www.innovativeads.tumblr.com/bmw-spareparts-spare->. Accessed on: April 1st 2015.)
Based on the advertisement, assign T (true) or F (false) to the following statements.
( ) The ad intends to raise awareness of the severe consequences of making use of alcohol and driving.
( ) It is possible to infer that both body parts and car parts are easily replaceable items.
( ) Despite advances in technology, prostheses will never compare to real body parts.
( ) We may conclude that prostheses have developed so much that they look just like real body parts.
( ) The ad implies that, in car crashes, the most frequently injured body parts are the feet and legs.
Choose the alternative that shows, top-down, the correct sequence.
a) T, T, F, T, F.
b) T, F, T, F, F.
c) T, F, F, T, T.
d) F, T, F, F, T.
e) F, F, T, T, T
Comentários e Gabarito B
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