❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: SME/RJ-2010-PM/RJ-PROFESSOR-02/05/2010.
❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:
➭ 29 Multiple Choice Questions / 4 Options Each Question.
➭ Text (1) – http://news.bbc.co.uk |
➭ Text (2) – A fictional blog |
❑ PROVA:
❑ TRADUÇÃO - TEXTO 1:
At least 200 people have died in the Brazilian state of Rio de
Janeiro after another storm. This is arguably the worst torrential
rain for decades, causing flooding and landslides. Our website
readers in Rio de Janeiro have been sharing their experiences.
Pelo menos 200 pessoas morreram no estado brasileiro do Rio de Janeiro na sequência de uma nova tempestade. Esta é, sem dúvida, a pior chuva torrencial das últimas décadas, causando inundações e deslizamentos de terras. Os leitores do nosso sítio Web no Rio de Janeiro têm partilhado as suas experiências.
Comment 1 - I've never seen such chaos. We weren’t prepared for this, even though we were warned that a big storm was about to come. Newspapers are saying that the reason for the catastrophe is the garbage. Well it may have been. We need to teach recycling at schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters like this. (Lia, Niterói)
Comentário 1 - Nunca vi um caos tão grande. Não estávamos preparados para isto, apesar de termos sido avisados de que estava para vir uma grande tempestade. Os jornais estão a dizer que a razão da catástrofe é o lixo. Bem, pode ter sido. É preciso ensinar reciclagem nas escolas e nos grupos comunitários, senão teremos mais desastres como esse. (Lia, Niterói)
Comment 2 - Today I witnessed Rio de Janeiro on the brink of collapse. I ventured out around midday, just as the electric power blacked out in my neighbourhood. Three hours later, looking out of my office window, the city still reminded me of a war zone. "What've we done to deserve this?", I thought. It's night time now and I haven’t been able to return home. I might do so tomorrow. (José, Rio)
Comentário 2 - Hoje presenciei o Rio de Janeiro à beira do colapso. Saí de casa por volta do meio-dia, no momento em que a energia elétrica foi cortada no meu bairro. Três horas depois, olhando pela janela do meu escritório, a cidade ainda me lembrava uma zona de guerra. "O que é que fizemos para merecer isto?", pensava eu. Já é de noite e ainda não consegui regressar a casa. Talvez o faça amanhã. (José, Rio)
Comment 3 - Worldwide, we are seeing more and more climate instability. The deserts of central Asia are growing, while areas of the US (and now Rio) are drenched. The lakes in Minnesota have never thawed this early, at any time in the recorded record. The icecaps will be history, and islands around the world are disappearing under the surf. The oceans are warming, the coral reefs are dying. How much more evidence do we need of global warming? (João, Brasília)
Comment 1 - I've never seen such chaos. We weren’t prepared for this, even though we were warned that a big storm was about to come. Newspapers are saying that the reason for the catastrophe is the garbage. Well it may have been. We need to teach recycling at schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters like this. (Lia, Niterói)
Comentário 1 - Nunca vi um caos tão grande. Não estávamos preparados para isto, apesar de termos sido avisados de que estava para vir uma grande tempestade. Os jornais estão a dizer que a razão da catástrofe é o lixo. Bem, pode ter sido. É preciso ensinar reciclagem nas escolas e nos grupos comunitários, senão teremos mais desastres como esse. (Lia, Niterói)
Comment 2 - Today I witnessed Rio de Janeiro on the brink of collapse. I ventured out around midday, just as the electric power blacked out in my neighbourhood. Three hours later, looking out of my office window, the city still reminded me of a war zone. "What've we done to deserve this?", I thought. It's night time now and I haven’t been able to return home. I might do so tomorrow. (José, Rio)
Comentário 2 - Hoje presenciei o Rio de Janeiro à beira do colapso. Saí de casa por volta do meio-dia, no momento em que a energia elétrica foi cortada no meu bairro. Três horas depois, olhando pela janela do meu escritório, a cidade ainda me lembrava uma zona de guerra. "O que é que fizemos para merecer isto?", pensava eu. Já é de noite e ainda não consegui regressar a casa. Talvez o faça amanhã. (José, Rio)
Comment 3 - Worldwide, we are seeing more and more climate instability. The deserts of central Asia are growing, while areas of the US (and now Rio) are drenched. The lakes in Minnesota have never thawed this early, at any time in the recorded record. The icecaps will be history, and islands around the world are disappearing under the surf. The oceans are warming, the coral reefs are dying. How much more evidence do we need of global warming? (João, Brasília)
Comentário 3 - A nível mundial, estamos a assistir a uma instabilidade climática cada vez maior. Os desertos da Ásia Central estão a crescer, enquanto áreas dos EUA (e agora do Rio) estão encharcadas. Os lagos do Minnesota nunca descongelaram tão cedo, em qualquer altura, nos registos históricos. As calotas polares vão passar à história e as ilhas de todo o mundo estão a desaparecer debaixo da água. Os oceanos estão a aquecer, os recifes de coral estão a morrer. De quanto mais provas precisamos para provar o aquecimento global? (João, Brasília)
👉 Questão 01 :
According to the text, at the time of publication, the number of people who had died was:
(A) less than 200
(B) no more than 200
(C) approximately 200
(D) nothing like 200
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
Segundo o texto, no momento da publicação, o número de pessoas que haviam morrido era:
(A) menos de 200
(B) não mais que 200
(C) aproximadamente 200
(D) nada como 200
👉 Questão 01 :
According to the text, at the time of publication, the number of people who had died was:
(A) less than 200
(B) no more than 200
(C) approximately 200
(D) nothing like 200
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
Segundo o texto, no momento da publicação, o número de pessoas que haviam morrido era:
(A) menos de 200
(B) não mais que 200
(C) aproximadamente 200
(D) nada como 200
👉 Questão 02 :
The word arguably in the clause "This is arguably the worst torrential rain for decades" signals a/an:
(A) argument
(B) viewpoint
(C) disagreement
(D) conflict
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
(A) argument(bate boca)(-)
(B) viewpoint(ponto de vista)(+)
(C) disagreement(bate boca)(-)
(D) conflict(conflito)(-)
"[...] This is arguably the worst torrential rain for decades, causing flooding and landslides."
(Esta é sem dúvida a pior chuva torrencial em décadas, causando inundações e deslizamentos de terra.)
👉 Questão 03 :
The only grammatically adequate quantifier which can be inserted before the phrase "flooding and landslides" is:
(A) several
(B) many
(C) a lot of
(D) a large number of
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
O único quantificador gramaticalmente adequado que pode ser inserido antes da frase "inundações e deslizamentos de terra" é:
(A) several
(B) many
(C) a lot of
(D) a large number of
👉 Questão 04 :
The pronoun “this” in the excerpt “We weren’t prepared for this” refers back to:
(A) 200 victims and reports
(B) preparation and catastrophe
(C) light rain and experiences
(D) flooding and landslides
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 05 :
A synonym for “saying” in “Newspapers are saying that the reason…” is:
(A) insinuating
(B) claiming
(C) revealing
(D) disclosing
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
👉 Questão 06 :
The correct paraphrase for “We need to teach recycling at schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters like this” is:
(A) Unless we teach recycling at schools …, we will have more disasters like this.
(B) Less we taught recycling at schools…, we would have more disasters like this.
(C) If we don´t teach recycling at schools…, we will have had more disasters like this.
(D) Should we not teach recycling at schools…, we will not have more disasters like this.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
👉 Questão 07 :
The expression “on the brink of collapse” in “Today I witnessed Rio de Janeiro on the brink of collapse” means to:
(A) look as if it is falling apart
(B) simulate disruption
(C) be nearing total catastrophe
(D) have reached rock bottom
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 08 :
The connective “just as” in “I ventured out around midday, just as the electric power blacked out in my neighbourhood” entails:
(A) simultaneity
(B) causality
(C) sequentiality
(D) synchrony
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
👉 Questão 09 :
The modals may in “Well it may have been” (Comment 1) and might in “I might do so tomorrow” (Comment 2) suggest that the writer is:
(A) implying volition
(B) voicing suspicion
(C) exercising discretion
(D) making a prediction
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 10 :
The sentence “The city reminded me of a war zone” can be paraphrased as:
(A) The city reminded me of an urban war which I had seen.
(B) The city reminded me of a previous war zone.
(C) I was reminded of a war zone by looking at the city.
(D) I remembered seeing a city war zone.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 11 :
José’s last comment, “What´ve we done to deserve this?, I thought”, could be written in reported speech as:
(A) He wondered why they had done the things to deserve that.
(B) He wondered whether they had done anything to deserve that.
(C) He hadn’t thought that he had done something to deserve that.
(D) What had he done to deserve what he had been thinking about.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
👉 Questão 12 :
The main function of the sentence beginning “The deserts of Central Asia are growing…” is to:
(A) contradict
(B) contrast
(C) exemplify
(D) explain
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 13 :
According to the sentence “The lakes in Minnesota have never thawed this early, at any time in the recorded record”, the lakes have:
(A) rarely melted before
(B) seldom experienced such low temperatures in early spring
(C) never set such a high recorded record
(D) always remained frozen further into the year
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 14 :
The text claims that “The icecaps will be history”, suggesting that they will be:
(A) extinct in the future
(B) included in history books
(C) forgotten
(D) described only in stories
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
👉 Questão 15 :
The primary communicative purpose of José and João’s comments are respectively to:
(A) react and persuade
(B) complain and point out
(C) argue and describe
(D) narrate and warn
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 16 :
The most suitable headline for the whole of TEXT 1 is:
(A) “Rio de Janeiro landslides: people react to disaster”
(B) “Rio de Janeiro landslides: a picture of tragedy “
(C) “Rio de Janeiro landslides: Cariocas voice their anger”
(D) “Rio de Janeiro landslides: why and how, present and future”
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
(D) “Rio de Janeiro landslides: why and how, present and future”
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
❑ TRADUÇÃO - TEXTO 2:
I do realize that in the world of technology there are early and late
adopters. I’m not the earliest of cutting-edge early TESL adopters,
but I do like to try out new technology and incorporate it into my
teaching. This list is a handful of technologies that are established
enough not to be too problematic, user-friendly enough that just
about anyone can start using them quickly, and useful enough that
you’ll soon wonder how you got along without them. In short, this
is a list of tech that just about everyone can (and maybe even
should) be using in 2010.
Sei que no mundo da tecnologia há quem adopte cedo e quem adopte tarde. Não sou o primeiro dos primeiros a adotar a TESL, mas gosto de experimentar novas tecnologias e incorporá-las no meu ensino. Esta lista é um punhado de tecnologias que estão suficientemente estabelecidas para não serem demasiado problemáticas, suficientemente fáceis de utilizar para que qualquer pessoa possa começar a usá-las rapidamente e suficientemente úteis para que em breve se pergunte como é que passou sem elas. Resumindo, esta é uma lista de tecnologias que quase toda a gente pode (e talvez até deva) utilizar em 2010.
1. Wikipedia – It has become popular to question its
accuracy. Wikipedia has become a real knowledge
bank on the internet. Once we figure out what it is
(a compilation of all referenced knowledge) many of
these criticisms fall down. Access to all this information
means a reorganization of learning.
1. Wikipédia - Tornou-se popular questionar a sua exatidão. A Wikipédia tornou-se um verdadeiro banco de conhecimentos na Internet. Quando se percebe o que é (uma compilação de todo o conhecimento referenciado), muitas destas críticas caem por terra. O acesso a toda esta informação implica uma reorganização da aprendizagem.
2. Google – No, I don’t just mean search, but all the other
stuff: maps, docs, calendar, etc. It’s never been so easy
to collaborate with other people.
2. Google - Não, não me refiro apenas à pesquisa, mas a todas as outras coisas: mapas, documentos, calendário, etc. Nunca foi tão fácil colaborar com outras pessoas.
3. Twitter – A year ago, I taught a course through Twitter
with mixed results. This microblog is almost exclusively
interactive, but my ESL students found it tough to
collaborate within Twitter because of its constraints on
length. The email by contrast, is very simple – it is
equally interactive but it is constraint free. So, you should
use it and you should see interesting results !
3. Twitter - Há um ano, dei um curso através do Twitter com resultados mistos. Este microblog é quase exclusivamente interativo, mas os meus alunos de ESL acharam difícil colaborar no Twitter devido às suas limitações de comprimento. O correio eletrónico, pelo contrário, é muito simples - é igualmente interativo, mas não tem restrições. Por isso, deve usá-lo e verá resultados interessantes!
Can you learn the language by using the above alone? Of course
not! But they are a good springboard and I hope they lead you to
discover all other media available out there (ebooks, blogs,
YouTube videos, music, movies, etc.).
More web in the pipeline. Please post a comment.
É possível aprender a língua apenas com o que foi dito acima? Claro que não! Mas são um bom ponto de partida e espero que o levem a descobrir todos os outros meios de comunicação disponíveis (livros electrónicos, blogues, vídeos do YouTube, música, filmes, etc.). Mais web na calha. Por favor, comente.
👉 Questão 17 :
The group of teachers included in “I’m not the earliest of cutting-edge early TESL adopters” can be defined as English as a second language (ESL) teachers who:
(A) get up early in order to find the latest technology to adopt to their classrooms
(B) really do like to use technology in their lessons and try it out regularly
(C) had used technology since the beginning and are up-todate tech users
(D) are early adapters of state-of-the-art technology in their classes
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 18 :
The sentence “ In short, this is a list of tech that just about everyone can (and maybe even should) be using in 2010” has two main functions, namely to:
(A) argue and command
(B) paraphrase and motivate
(C) reword and influence
(D) summarize and recommend
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 19 :
The word “Once” in the clause “Once we figure out what it is” is being used as an adverb and may be substituted for:
(A) soon afterwards
(B) as soon as
(C) shortly
(D) instantly
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 20 :
The verb phrase has become in “It has become popular…” and in “Wikipedia has become...” depicts a/an:
(A) unfinished past event
(B) past event at an unspecific time
(C) past event which is still relevant now
(D) event taking place at the present time
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 21 :
The phrasal verbs ‘figure out’ in “Once we figure out what it is” and ‘fall down’ in “many of these criticisms fall down” mean, respectively:
(A) understand and fail
(B) crack and descend
(C) ensure and collapse
(D) grasp and disappear
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 22 :
The rewrite of the sentence “No, I don´t just mean search, but all the other stuff” is:
(A) Yes, I just mean search, among other things.
(B) Yes, I know it doesn´t mean search, but all everything else.
(C) Yes, I do know about searching, but that is its main function.
(D) Yes, I mean the wider possibilities, not only searching.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 23 :
One of the reasons why the vague word “stuff” is being used in “No, I don’t just mean search, but all the other stuff” is that the writer:
(A) cannot affirm anything
(B) does not know what the ´stuff´ is
(C) uses informal language
(D) knows the readers closely
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 24 :
The function of the sentence beginning “ It´s never been so easy to collaborate with other people” is to:
É possível aprender a língua apenas com o que foi dito acima? Claro que não! Mas são um bom ponto de partida e espero que o levem a descobrir todos os outros meios de comunicação disponíveis (livros electrónicos, blogues, vídeos do YouTube, música, filmes, etc.). Mais web na calha. Por favor, comente.
👉 Questão 17 :
The group of teachers included in “I’m not the earliest of cutting-edge early TESL adopters” can be defined as English as a second language (ESL) teachers who:
(A) get up early in order to find the latest technology to adopt to their classrooms
(B) really do like to use technology in their lessons and try it out regularly
(C) had used technology since the beginning and are up-todate tech users
(D) are early adapters of state-of-the-art technology in their classes
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 18 :
The sentence “ In short, this is a list of tech that just about everyone can (and maybe even should) be using in 2010” has two main functions, namely to:
(A) argue and command
(B) paraphrase and motivate
(C) reword and influence
(D) summarize and recommend
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 19 :
The word “Once” in the clause “Once we figure out what it is” is being used as an adverb and may be substituted for:
(A) soon afterwards
(B) as soon as
(C) shortly
(D) instantly
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
👉 Questão 20 :
The verb phrase has become in “It has become popular…” and in “Wikipedia has become...” depicts a/an:
(A) unfinished past event
(B) past event at an unspecific time
(C) past event which is still relevant now
(D) event taking place at the present time
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 21 :
The phrasal verbs ‘figure out’ in “Once we figure out what it is” and ‘fall down’ in “many of these criticisms fall down” mean, respectively:
(A) understand and fail
(B) crack and descend
(C) ensure and collapse
(D) grasp and disappear
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
👉 Questão 22 :
The rewrite of the sentence “No, I don´t just mean search, but all the other stuff” is:
(A) Yes, I just mean search, among other things.
(B) Yes, I know it doesn´t mean search, but all everything else.
(C) Yes, I do know about searching, but that is its main function.
(D) Yes, I mean the wider possibilities, not only searching.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 23 :
One of the reasons why the vague word “stuff” is being used in “No, I don’t just mean search, but all the other stuff” is that the writer:
(A) cannot affirm anything
(B) does not know what the ´stuff´ is
(C) uses informal language
(D) knows the readers closely
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 24 :
The function of the sentence beginning “ It´s never been so easy to collaborate with other people” is to:
(A) explain
(B) affirm
(C) narrate
(D) exemplify
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 25 :
The adverb in the clause “It is exclusively interactive” functions as a marker of:
(A) degree
(B) space
(C) time
(D) manner
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
👉 Questão 26 :
The author claims that ´Twitter‘ was unsuitable for his ESL (English as a second language) learners because it:
(A) involved too much new knowledge
(B) imposed strict limitations
(C) failed to help with their learning of English
(D) was too hard to understand
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
(B) affirm
(C) narrate
(D) exemplify
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
👉 Questão 25 :
The adverb in the clause “It is exclusively interactive” functions as a marker of:
(A) degree
(B) space
(C) time
(D) manner
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
👉 Questão 26 :
The author claims that ´Twitter‘ was unsuitable for his ESL (English as a second language) learners because it:
(A) involved too much new knowledge
(B) imposed strict limitations
(C) failed to help with their learning of English
(D) was too hard to understand
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
👉 Questão 27 :
The functions of the modal verb “should” in “So, you should use it and you should see interesting results” are:
(A) exactly the same
(B) obligation and intention
(C) recommendation and possibility
(D) advice and certainty
_____________________________________________________________________________
👍 Comentários e Gabarito C
👉 Questão 28 :
In “I hope they lead you to discover all other media available out there” the writer uses the expression “out there” to point to:
(A) a virtual place
(B) a place outdoors
(C) the teaching world
(D) a site of opportunities
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A
👉 Questão 29 :
There seems to be a contradiction in the overall blog when the writer claims that technologies are so user-friendly that anyone can use them. This is because
:(A) he does not show any numerical evidence of student
success
(B) his students couldn’t cope with the demands of one particular tool
(C) his experience with technology dates back only to last year
(D) he only focuses on well-established and thus uncomplicated tools
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO :
(B) his students couldn’t cope with the demands of one particular tool
(C) his experience with technology dates back only to last year
(D) he only focuses on well-established and thus uncomplicated tools
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B