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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA:
UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS-DIVINÓPOLIS-VESTIBULAR--2015.
❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:
- 06 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) / 4 Options Each Question.
PROVA, TRADUÇÃO, GABARITO & MUITO VOCABULÁRIO
❑ TEXTO:
MAN AND DOLPHIN: MUTUAL FASCINATION OR ANTHROPOMORPHISM?
Stories describing the mutual fascination between dolphins and humans have existed throughout history and across cultures. As research into dolphin intelligence continues, scientists learn more about dolphins and their levels of self-awareness. Most researchers agree that dolphins exhibit a level of intelligence – which is not the same thing as self-awareness – greater than that of a dog and even comparable to that of some primates, but not humans.
While not denying dolphins’ intelligence, there is a fundamental question to consider: who gets the most out of the relationship between humans and dolphins? Is it us or them? It seems that dolphins adapt well to human companionship and are easily trained to perform complex tricks and tasks, leading us to assume that dolphins enjoy being around us as much as we enjoy being with them. So, is it possible that dolphins share our company simply for their own amusement? Do dolphins, or other animal species, in fact become bored with their own kind? The truth may be that the relationship is more one-sided than we like to think.
A few years ago, a pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark. The swimmers, including a lifeguard and his family, were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach near Whangarei on the New Zealand ́s North Island when the dolphins started rounding them up, apparently to protect them from the huge shark. One of the swimmers said: ‘The dolphins started to herd us up; they pushed all of us together by swimming in tight circles around us’.
The group of swimmers spent approximately 40 minutes surrounded by the dolphins before
the shark left and they could safely swim back to shore. A marine mammal research scientist at
Auckland University said that dolphins were normally vigilant in the presence of sharks. This
altruistic response of the dolphins is normal dolphin behavior: ‘They like helping the helpless’.
- Adapted from Framework Advanced (p. 39), Richmond Publishing, 2005.
49 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) What is the text mainly about?
(A) There are different types of dolphins.
(B) Dolphins are humans’ favorite creatures.
(C) Sharks and dolphins are deadly enemies.
(D) Dolphins are selfless marine animals.
Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO :
What is the text mainly about?
Sobre o que o texto aborda principalmente?
(A) There are different types of dolphins.
Existem diferentes tipos de golfinhos.
(B) Dolphins are humans’ favorite creatures.
Golfinhos são as criaturas favoritas dos humanos.
(C) Sharks and dolphins are deadly enemies.
Tubarões e golfinhos são inimigos mortais.
(D) Dolphins are selfless marine animals.
Golfinhos são animais marinhos altruístas.
50 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) What does the author mean with anthropomorphism in the title of the text?
A) Dolphins are physically similar to humans.
B) Dolphins have human characteristics.
C) Dolphins are more intelligent than humans.
D) Dolphins are narcissistic animals.
Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO :
What does the author mean with anthropomorphism in the title of the text?
O que o autor quer dizer com antropomorfismo no título do texto?
(A) Dolphins are physically similar to humans.
Os golfinhos são fisicamente semelhantes aos humanos.
(B) Dolphins have human characteristics.
Os golfinhos têm características humanas.
(C) Dolphins are more intelligent than humans.
Os golfinhos são mais inteligentes que os humanos.
(D) Dolphins are narcissistic animals.
Os golfinhos são animais narcisistas.
51 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) In the sentence
- “So, is it possible that dolphins share our company simply for their own amusement?” (3rd paragraph),
what does "amusement" mean?
(A) Pleasure
(B) Loneliness
(C) Sadness
(D) Boredom
Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO :
- “So, is it possible that dolphins share our company simply for their own amusement?
- Então, é possível que os golfinhos compartilhem nossa companhia simplesmente para sua própria diversão?
what does "amusement" mean?
(A) Pleasure Prazer
(B) Loneliness Solidão
(C) Sadness Tristeza
(D) Boredom Tédio
52 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) Which alternative has the CORRECT sequence to complete the gaps below?
- If the swimmers ____ saved by the dolphins, they ____ die.
(A) mustn’t, will
(B) aren’t, would
(C) weren’t, would
(D) couldn’t, shall
Comentários e Gabarito C
TÓPICOS - VOCABULÁRIO & RELAÇÃO SEMÂNTICA COM TRECHO DO TEXTO :
- If the swimmers weren’t saved by the dolphins, they would die.
- Se os nadadores não fossem salvos pelos golfinhos, eles morreriam.
A) mustn’t, will
B) aren’t, would
C) weren’t, would
D) couldn’t, shall
53 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) Read the passage below to complete the gaps (1-4):
- The dolphins, ___ are marine animals, and ___ intelligence is considered high, have saved a group of people ___ were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach, ___ there was a great white shark.
1. whose
2. where
3. which
4. who
The CORRECT sequence is
A) (1), (3), (2), (4).
B) (3), (1), (4), (2).
C) (4), (3), (2), (1).
D) (3), (4), (1), (2).
Comentários e Gabarito B
TÓPICO - RELATIVE PRONOUNS :
- The dolphins, which are marine animals, and whose intelligence is considered high, have saved a group of people who were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach, where there was a great white shark.
- Os golfinhos, que são animais marinhos e cuja inteligência é considerada elevada, salvaram um grupo de pessoas que nadava a 300 metros de Ocean Beach, onde se encontrava um tubarão-branco.
54 – (UEMG-VESTIBULAR-DIVINÓPOLIS/PASSOS-2015) What is the synonym of the expression underlined below?
- "They carried out the experiment successfully".
A) Described
B) Learned
C) Exhibited
D) Performed
Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICOS - "CARRIED OUT " & "PERFORMED" :
- "They carried out the experiment successfully".
- “Eles realizaram a experiência com sucesso”.
A) Described Descreveram
B) Learned Aprenderam
C) Exhibited Exibiram
D) Performed Realizaram