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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:
- UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DA PARAÍBA-COMVEST-VESTIBULAR-2008.
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❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:
- 15 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question.
❑ PROVA:
❑ TEXTO A:
Salad Poem
(for Henri Rousseau le Douanier)
Poema Salada
The sun is shining outside
O sol está brilhando lá fora
Henri Rousseau (Gentil Rousseau)
The sky is blue
like your skies
O céu é azul como o teu céu.
I want to paint the salad
on the table
Quero pintar a salada na mesa
bright crisp green red purple
brilhante nítido verde vermelho roxo
lettuce and radishes, ham and tomatoes
alface e rabanete, fiambre e tomates
Paint them like your jungles
Pinte-os como as suas selvas
Gentle Rousseau
I want to paint
Quero pintar
All things bright and beautiful
Todas as coisas brilhantes e belas
All salads great and small
Todas as saladas grandes e pequenas
I want to make
Quero fazer
Blue skies bluer
Céu azul mais azul
Green grass greener
Relva verde mais verde
Pink flowers brighter
Flores rosa mais brilhantes
Like you
Henri Rousseau
Adrian Henri
26ª QUESTION
According to TEXT A, Henri Rousseau is:
a) a sculptor.
b) a philosopher.
c) a painter.
d) a writer.
e) a poet.
27ª QUESTION
Which of the following groups of words from TEXT A only represents
colours:
a) purple, crisp, shining, blue, green.
b) red, skies, purple, pink, green.
c) green, red, skies, shining, pink.
d) blue, green, red, purple, pink.
e) bright, blue, red, small, purple.
28ª QUESTION
Which of the following groups of words from TEXT A consists only
of nouns:
a) make, grass, sun, lettuce, crisp.
b) outside, sun, lettuce, grass, jungles.
c) sun, radish, beautiful, outside, grass.
d) jungles, bright, crisp, radish, lettuce.
e) sun, lettuce, radish, grass, jungles.
29ª QUESTION
The speaker in TEXT A expresses:
a) his desire to make a tasty dish.
b) his contempt for the simple things of life.
c) an appreciation of the beauty of simple things.
d) his love of cooking.
e) his hatred for Henri Rousseau.
❑ TEXTO B:
Cambridge, 13th June 2007
Carpenter’s Cottages
Fleet Street
Holt, Norfolk WC IPP
Dear Sir,
I saw your advertisement in today’s newspaper and I am interested in a holiday letting at Carpenter’s Cottages. Please send me some
information about the cottages, including the cost for a family of five, with two children, for a fortnight. Is there a price reduction for children
under five?
Yours faithfully,
Samantha Burton
30ª QUESTION
TEXT B is:
a) an invitation.
b) a job application.
c) a letter asking for information.
d) a thank-you note.
e) a letter of complaint.
31ª QUESTION
The family mentioned in TEXT B wishes to stay at Carpenter’s Cottages for:
a) two weeks.
b) a month.
c) one week.
d) ten days.
e) less than a week.
❑ TEXTO C:
A year of fear
Um ano de medo
The attacks of September 11th 2001 in America inspired
extremists to commit mass murder in Bali, Riyadh, Madrid
and London.
Os ataques de 11 de Setembro de 2001 na América inspiraram os extremistas a cometerem assassinatos em massa em Bali, Riade, Madrid e Londres.
The avian-flu scare in South-East Asia sent
governments worldwide scrambling to buy vaccines.
O susto da gripe aviária no Sudeste Asiático fez com que os governos de todo o mundo se esforçassem para comprar vacinas.
Religious tensions in oil-rich Nigeria routinely push
energy prices higher in America.
As tensões religiosas na Nigéria, rica em petróleo, fazem subir regularmente os preços da energia na América.
Hurricanes in the United
States cost European insurance companies billions. […]
Os furacões nos Estados Unidos custaram milhares de milhões às companhias de seguros europeias.
Among the potential man-made disasters, terrorism
remains one of the world’s big worries for 2007.
Entre as potenciais catástrofes provocadas pelo homem, o terrorismo continua a ser uma das grandes preocupações mundiais em 2007.
There is
the familiar nightmare of a massively destructive attack
that kills thousands and shocks the global economy.
[…]
Existe o pesadelo familiar de um ataque massivamente destrutivo que mata milhares de pessoas e choca a economia global.
And terrorism thrives on innovation.
E o terrorismo prospera com base na inovação.
An attack on shipping in the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, for example, could send the price of oil
to $100 a barrel or more.
Um ataque ao transporte marítimo no Estreito de Ormuz, no Golfo Pérsico, por exemplo, poderia elevar o preço do petróleo para 100 dólares por barril ou mais.
Sharpening geopolitical tensions add to the worries.
[…]
O agravamento das tensões geopolíticas aumenta as preocupações.
So far, globalisation has proved remarkably resilient.
Até agora, a globalização tem-se revelado extraordinariamente resiliente.
It has marched on in recent years, despite natural disasters, terrorist attacks,
bloody regional conflicts, trade tensions, various economic shocks and the concerted efforts of anti-globalists.
Tem prosseguido nos últimos anos, apesar das catástrofes naturais, dos ataques terroristas, dos conflitos regionais sangrentos, das tensões comerciais, dos vários choques económicos e dos esforços concertados dos anti-globalistas.
But that is no cause for
complacency in what promises to be a risk-laden 2007.
Mas isso não é motivo para complacência naquele que promete ser um 2007 repleto de riscos.
Leo Abruzzese, The World in 2007
32ª QUESTION
According to TEXT C, one of the biggest problems faced by the world today is:
a) terrorism.
b) avian-flu.
c) religious tensions.
d) higher energy prices.
e) hurricanes
33ª QUESTION
TEXT C affirms that:
a) the resilience of globalisation is a guarantee against risk.
b) the resilience of globalisation should not lead to complacency.
c) globalisation is strong enough to overcome terrorist attacks.
d) globalisation prevents religious conflicts.
e) globalisation protects nations against economic shocks.
34ª QUESTION
Which of the following groups of words in TEXT C consists only of
irregular verbs:
a) buy, is, push, scare, cost.
b) attacks, buy, cost, flown, send.
c) flown, scare, is, buy, attacks.
d) is, send, cost, flown, buy.
e) kills, shocks, flown, buy, is.
TEXT D
What is gender anyway? […]
Afinal, o que é o gênero?
History and science suggest that gender
is more subtle and complicated than anatomy.
A história e a ciência sugerem que o gênero é mais subtil e complicado do que a anatomia.
(It’s separate from
sexual orientation, too, which determines which sex we’re attracted
to.)
(Também está separado da orientação sexual, que determina o sexo pelo qual nos sentimos atraídos.)
Gender helps us organize the world into two boxes, his and hers,
and gives us a way of quickly sizing up every person we see on the
street.
O gênero ajuda-nos a organizar o mundo em duas caixas, a dele e a dela, e dá-nos uma forma de avaliar rapidamente cada pessoa que vemos na rua.
“Gender is a way of making the world secure,” says feminist
scholar Judith Butler.
“O gênero é uma forma de tornar o mundo seguro”, afirma a acadêmica feminista Judith Butler.
Though some scholars like Butler consider
gender largely a social construct, others increasingly see it as a
complex interplay of biology, genes, hormones and culture.
Embora alguns estudiosos como Butler considerem o género em grande parte uma construção social, outros vêem-no cada vez mais como uma interação complexa de biologia, genes, hormonas e cultura.
Genesis
set up the initial dichotomy: “Male and female he created them.”
O Gênesis estabeleceu a dicotomia inicial: “Homem e mulher os criou”.
And
historically, the differences between men and women were thought
to be distinct. […]
E historicamente, as diferenças entre homens e mulheres eram consideradas distintas.
But, as society changed, the stereotypes faded.
[…]
Mas, à medida que a sociedade mudou, os estereótipos desapareceram.
Still, even the most diehard feminist would likely agree that we
are not exactly alike.
Ainda assim, mesmo a feminista mais obstinada provavelmente concordaria que não somos exatamente iguais.
In many cases, our habits, our posture, and
even cultural identifiers like the way we dress set us apart. Now as
transgender people become more visible and challenge the old
boundaries, they’ve given voice to another debate–whether gender
comes in just two flavors. […] “Transgender” is an umbrella term
that includes anyone whose gender identity or expression differs
from the sex of their birth–whether they have surgery or not. [...]
However, male or female, we all start life looking pretty much the
same.
- Newsweek, May 21st, 2007.
35ª QUESTION
TEXT D suggests that gender is:
a) solely a historical construct.
b) dependent only on biology.
c) merely genetic.
d) just a consequence of hormones.
e) a combination of various factors.
36ª QUESTION
According to TEXT D, gender dichotomy was first set up:
a) in the Bible.
b) by scientists.
c) by feminist scholars like Judith Butler.
d) by historians.
e) by society.
37ª QUESTION
“Transgender” in TEXT D refers to people:
a) who undergo surgery to change the sex of their birth.
b) whose gender expression is different from the sex of their birth.
c) who are heterosexual.
d) who are repelled by sexuality.
e) who respect gender dichotomy.