UFRGS – 2024 – Língua Inglesa – Vestibular – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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🔹15 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

🔹Five-Option Question.

❑ TEXTO 1: Instrução: As questões 01 a 07 estão

relacionadas ao texto abaixo.

It’s funny that James and I turned out to be such great friends, considering that for the first two weeks of our friendship he thought I was someone else entirely.

(É engraçado que James e eu tenhamos acabado nos tornando tão grandes amigos, considerando que, nas duas primeiras semanas da nossa amizade, ele achava que eu era uma pessoa completamente diferente.)

🔹“It’s funny that” – “É engraçado que”. “Funny” aqui não tem sentido de “engraçado” no humor, mas de curioso, inesperado, irônico. Em português, a expressão “é engraçado que” transmite bem essa nuance.

🔹“Turned out” = “acabou acontecendo que / acabou se tornando”. “tenham acabado nos tornando” para dar o mesmo tom de surpresa/resultado inesperado.

🔹such = intensificador → “tão”, “tamanha(o)(s)”.

🔹great friends = “ótimos amigos”, “grandes amigos”.

I remember our first meeting like it’s a scene

from a movie about someone else. 

(Lembro do nosso primeiro encontro como se fosse uma cena de filme sobre alguém que não sou eu.)

It was a Thursday _____ November, and I was standing behind the counter _____ O’Connor Books. 

This was 2009. It was my final year _____ 

university, and there were twenty-nine days

until Christmas. 

Our manager, Ben, was already worried that it would be a disappointing season, and was always walking around saying things about “the industry”.

He talked about the book industry as if it were a dragon that was chained in the basement, and would tear us limb from limb at any moment.

He spoke about that year’s spate of stocking-

filler books – Dawn French and Julie Walters

had competing memoirs out, I believe – as if

they were charred corpses that we were flinging

into the dragon’s throat to keep it sated.

“This will keep the industry going”, Ben said,

with almost touching sincerity. He had more

faith ........ the memories of character

actresses than I imagine either Julie Walters or

Dawn French had when writing them down. I

lifted another stack out of the stockroom, the

book tower starting at my waist and sitting

under my chin.

James Devlin had started as a Christmas temp

the Thursday before, which I had taken as time

off so I could finish my end-of-year essays for

college. James had spent his first shift with

Sabrina. Later, he would say that he was so

inundated with new faces and names on his

first shift that they were a blur, and when I said

that was nonsense, he threw his hands up and

said straight women all looked the same to him.

The first shift with Sabrina must have been fun

– puzzling, considering how little craic Sabrina

was generally understood to be – because

when James opened the wooden flap to the

counter area, he was full of conspiracy.

“Someone here has scabies”, he said, “and

they left the lotion in the jacks”.

It feels strange now, setting that first

conversation down like this, because it does

nothing to communicate how James was. How

utterly charming this opener was to me.

“Someone here has scabies.” He said it like he

was Poirot investigating a country house

blighted by murder. Like someone who saw the

inherent prejudices of our polite society and

was prepared to unveil it. The second part of

the sentence was a whole different thing: “and

they left the lotion in the jacks.” He was from

Cork county, Fermoy to be exact, which was

strictly country to me. But he had grown up in

the UK – all over it, I would later learn – and

so his voice had a peculiar quality that was

hard to place. I was born in Douglas, a

suburban little village that was two miles south

of the city centre, and I was still living there.

🔗Adaptado de: O’DONOGHUE, C. The Rachel

Incident. New York: Knopf Publishing Group,

2023. p. 10-11.

01. Assinale a alternativa que preenche adequada-

mente as lacunas das linhas 07, 08, 09 e 25, nesta ordem.

(A) in – in – of – in

(B) in – at – at – in

(C) on – at – in – on

(D) in – at – on – in

(E) on – in – at – on

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🔎T

02. Assinale a alternativa correta em relação ao

texto.

(A) O texto revive o encontro entre a

narradora e James, no primeiro turno de

trabalho dele na livraria, enfatizando como

os muitos nomes e rostos apresentados

naquela ocasião tornaram a memória

desse evento difusa.

(B) James pressupôs que sua colega Sabrina

tivesse uma doença de pele, devido ao fato

de ele ter encontrado uma loção no

banheiro da livraria.

(C) A narradora deduziu que James havia

vivido em várias partes do Reino Unido,

devido ao modo como ele pronunciou

determinada frase.

(D) A primeira frase que a narradora ouviu de

James serviu como prenúncio do

temperamento arrogante do rapaz, o que

não impediu o desenvolvimento de uma

amizade posteriormente.

(E) Ben estava pessimista quanto ao

prognóstico das vendas para a temporada,

apesar de essa ser uma época em que as

pessoas compram livros para dar como

presentes de Natal.

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🔎TRECHOS COM LACUNAS NUMERADAS:

Assinale a alternativa correta em relação ao

texto.

(A) O texto revive o encontro entre a

narradora e James, no primeiro turno de

trabalho dele na livraria, enfatizando como

os muitos nomes e rostos apresentados

naquela ocasião tornaram a memória

desse evento difusa.

(B) James pressupôs que sua colega Sabrina

tivesse uma doença de pele, devido ao fato

de ele ter encontrado uma loção no

banheiro da livraria.

(C) A narradora deduziu que James havia

vivido em várias partes do Reino Unido,

devido ao modo como ele pronunciou

determinada frase.

(D) A primeira frase que a narradora ouviu de

James serviu como prenúncio do

temperamento arrogante do rapaz, o que

não impediu o desenvolvimento de uma

amizade posteriormente.

(E) Ben estava pessimista quanto ao

prognóstico das vendas para a temporada,

apesar de essa ser uma época em que as

pessoas compram livros para dar como

presentes de Natal.

03. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta termos

que, conforme empregados no texto, operam

como membros de uma mesma classe de

palavras.

(A) funny (l. 01) – entirely (l. 04) – utterly

(l. 50)

(B) tear (l. 17) – spate (l. 18) – stockroom

(l. 28)

(C) competing (l. 20) – flinging (l. 21) –

puzzling (l. 41)

(D) stack (l. 28) – blur (l. 37) – flap (l. 43)

(E) shift (l. 40) – flap (l. 43) – charming (l. 50)

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🔎MESMA CLASSE DE PALAVRAS:

(A) funny (l. 01) – entirely (l. 04) – utterly

(l. 50)

(B) tear (l. 17) – spate (l. 18) – stockroom

(l. 28)

(C) competing (l. 20) – flinging (l. 21) –

puzzling (l. 41)

(D) stack (l. 28) – blur (l. 37) – flap (l. 43)

(E) shift (l. 40) – flap (l. 43) – charming (l. 50)

04. Considere as seguintes propostas de alteração

de segmentos do texto.

I - Substituição de like it’s (l. 05) por as if it

were.

II - Substituição de he would say (l. 35) por

he used to saying.

III- Substituição de it (l. 55) por them.

Quais resultariam gramaticalmente corretas, se

aplicadas ao texto?

(A) Apenas I.

(B) Apenas II.

(C) Apenas III.

(D) Apenas I e III.

(E) I, II e III.

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🔎PROPOSTA DE ALTERAÇÃO:

I - Substituição de like it’s (l. 05) por as if it

were.

II - Substituição de he would say (l. 35) por

he used to saying.

III- Substituição de it (l. 55) por them.

05. Considere as seguintes afirmações em relação

ao texto.

I - O segmento Later, he would say that he

was so inundated with new faces and

names on his first shift (l. 35-37)

adiciona humor ao texto pelo claro exagero

empregado.

II - O segmento The first shift with Sabrina

must have been fun – puzzling,

considering how little craic Sabrina

was generally understood to be (l. 40-42)

confere um tom irônico à narrativa.

III - A comparação entre James e Poirot (l. 51-53)

deixa implícita a admiração da narradora pelo

colega.

Quais estão corretas?

(A) Apenas I.

(B) Apenas III.

(C) Apenas I e II.

(D) Apenas II e III.

(E) I, II e III.

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🔎PROPOSTA DE ALTERAÇÃO:

I - O segmento Later, he would say that he

was so inundated with new faces and

names on his first shift (l. 35-37)

adiciona humor ao texto pelo claro exagero

empregado.

II - O segmento The first shift with Sabrina

must have been fun – puzzling,

considering how little craic Sabrina

was generally understood to be (l. 40-42)

confere um tom irônico à narrativa.

III - A comparação entre James e Poirot (l. 51-53)

deixa implícita a admiração da narradora pelo

colega.

06. Associe as palavras da coluna da esquerda às

suas respectivas traduções, na coluna da

direita, de acordo com o sentido que têm no

texto, desconsiderando a concordância de

número e/ou gênero.

( ) charred (l. 21) 1. saciado

( ) sated (l. 22) 2. iluminado

( ) blighted (l. 53) 3. carbonizado

4. satisfeito

5. destruído

6. arruinado

A sequência correta de preenchimento dos

parênteses, de cima para baixo, é

(A) 3 – 1 – 6.

(B) 5 – 1 – 6.

(C) 6 – 4 – 5.

(D) 5 – 4 – 6.

(E) 3 – 4 – 2.

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07. Considere as seguintes afirmações acerca do

uso de pronomes no texto.

I - O pronome they (l. 21) refere-se a livros,

como os escritos pelas atrizes Dawn

French e Julie Walters.

II - O pronome they (l. 46) denota que James

supõe que mais de uma pessoa precisou

da loção que ele encontrou no banheiro.

III- As ocorrências do pronome it nas linhas

47, 48 e 51 têm o mesmo referente.

Quais estão corretas?

(A) Apenas I.

(B) Apenas III.

(C) Apenas I e II.

(D) Apenas II e III.

(E) I, II e III.

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Instrução: As questões 08 a 15 estão

relacionadas ao texto abaixo.

Is beauty truth, and truth beauty? The two are

intimately connected, possibly because our

minds react similarly to both. But what works

in mathematics need not work in physics, and

vice versa. The relationship between

mathematics and physics is deep, subtle, and

puzzling. It is a philosophical conundrum of the

highest order – how science has uncovered

apparent “laws” in nature, and why nature

seems to speak in the language of

mathematics.

Is the universe genuinely mathematical? Are its

apparent mathematical features mere human

inventions? Or does it seem mathematical to us

because mathematics is the deepest aspect of

its infinitely complex nature that we are able to

understand?

Mathematics is not some disembodied version

of ultimate truth, as many used to think. If

anything emerges from our tale, it is that

mathematics is created by people. ........

mathematicians are human and live ordinary

human lives, the creation of new mathematics

is partly a social process. But neither

mathematics nor science is wholly the result of

social processes, as social relativists often

claim. Both must respect external constraints:

logic, in the case of mathematics, and

experiment, in the case of science. However

desperately mathematicians might want to

trisect an angle by Euclidean methods, the

plain fact is that it is impossible. However

strongly physicists might want Newton's law of

gravity to be the ultimate description of the

universe, the motion of the perihelion of

Mercury proves that it's not. This is why

mathematicians are so stubbornly logical, and

obsessed by concerns that most people could

not care less about. Does it really matter

whether you can solve a quintic by radicals?

History's verdict on this question is

unequivocal. It does matter. It may not matter

directly for everyday life, but it surely matters

to humanity as a whole – not because anything

important rests on being able to solve quintic

equations, but because understanding why we

can't opens a secret doorway to a new

mathematical world. If Galois and his

predecessors had not been obsessed with

understanding the conditions under which an

equation can be solved by radicals, humanity's

discovery of group theory would have been

greatly delayed, and perhaps might not have

happened.

You may not encounter groups in your kitchen

or on your drive to work, but without them

today's science would be severely curtailed,

and our lives would be far different. Not so

much in gadgetry like jumbo jets or GPS

navigation or cell phones – though those are

part of the story too – but in insight into nature.

No one could have predicted that a pedantic

question about equations could reveal the deep

structure of the physical world, but that is what

happened.

The clear message of history is a simple one.

Research on deep mathematical issues should

not be rejected or besmirched merely because

those issues seem to have no direct practical

use. Good mathematics is more valuable than

gold, and where it comes from is mostly

irrelevant. What counts is where it leads.

Adapted from: STEWART, I. Why Beauty is Truth –

The History of Symmetry. Cambridge, MA: Basic

Books, 2007. p. 275-276.

08. Select the alternative in which all propositions

would suitably fill in the gap in line 21.

(A) Once – Since – Because

(B) Once – As – Because

(C) Due to – As – Since

(D) Owing to – Given that – Since

(E) As – Since – Because

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09. Select the alternative that adequately summarizes the text.

(A) While some might think that mathematics and physics contradict each other, they are inseparable

sciences whose value should not be undermined, as their association provides important insights

into nature.

(B) However stubbornly logical they attempt to be, mathematicians do not prove able to disentangle

mathematics from physics, as the inseparability of the two sciences poses challenges to

researchers in both fields.

(C) Unlike what many people may think, the undeniable value of mathematics is not limited to an

isolated equation or algorithm, but rather to how these findings may be used for our understanding

of nature along the history of society.

(D) Despite the fact that mathematics does not matter directly in our current everyday lives, the

discoveries made since Galois have shaped the constructs in the field so they can lead to great

future technological solutions that will allow us to acknowledge its importance in the long run.

(E) Regardless of whether many of the research questions brought up by mathematicians may sound

pedantic, history has shown that their hidden agendas justify their obsession with issues that most

people could not care less about.

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10. Mark the statements below T (true) or F (false), according to the text.

( ) Mathematics is not an area detached from human experience. Nevertheless, the text fails to provide practical examples of how it contributes to improve aspects of our daily life.

( ) The word could (l. 62) may be replaced by must, without causing changes to grammar accuracy or to the original meaning of the sentence.

( ) Mathematics unequivocally relates to social processes, history, logic, and philosophy.

( ) The segment Research on deep mathematical issues should not be rejected or besmirched (l. 67-68) may be rephrased as One should not reject or besmirch research on deep mathematical issues, without causing changes to grammar accuracy or to the original meaning of the sentence.

The correct sequence of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is

(A) F – T – T – T.

(B) F – F – T – T.

(C) F – F – T – F.

(D) T – T – F – T.

(E) T – F – F – F.

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11. Select the alternative that offers adequate synonyms to the words intimately (l. 02), genuinely

(l. 12) and stubbornly (l. 37).

(A) imperceptibly – indeed – clumsily

(B) closely – sincerely – astonishingly

(C) unnoticeably – candidly – astonishingly

(D) closely – indeed – resolutely

(E) unnoticeably – candidly – clumsily

💡 GABARITO  🄳  

Select the alternative that offers adequate synonyms to the words intimately (l. 02), genuinely

(l. 12) and stubbornly (l. 37).

(A) imperceptibly – indeed – clumsily

(B) closely – sincerely – astonishingly

(C) unnoticeably – candidly – astonishingly

(D) closely – indeed – resolutely

(E) unnoticeably – candidly – clumsily

12. Consider the statements below.

I - By using the phrase philosophical conundrum of the highest order

(l. 07-08), the author expresses ethical issues related to the relationship between mathematics and physics.

II - By stating that Mathematics is not some disembodied version of the ultimate truth (l. 18-19), the author states mathematics is fallible just like the

other social sciences.

III - By using the term unequivocal (l. 42), the author states that the importance of mathematics is not under question regardless of whether people agree on its importance.

Which ones are correct according to the text?

(A) Only I.

(B) Only II.

(C) Only III.

(D) Only II and III.

(E) I, II and III.

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13. If the segment the universe (l. 12) were replaced by universes, how many additional changes would be necessary for the paragraph from lines 12 to 17 to be grammatically correct?

(A) 2.

(B) 3.

(C) 4.

(D) 5.

(E) 6.

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14. Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the segment It may not matter directly for everyday life, but it surely matters to humanity as a whole (l. 42-44).

I - It surely matters to humanity as a whole, however it may not matter directly for everyday life.

II - Though it may not matter directly for everyday life, it surely matters to humanity as a whole.

III- Despite it may matter directly for everyday life, it surely matters to humanity as a whole.

If applied to the text, which ones would be correct and keep the original meaning?

(A) Only I.

(B) Only II.

(C) Only III.

(D) Only II and III.

(E) I, II and III.

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15. Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the sentence If Galois and his predecessors had not been obsessed with

understanding the conditions under which an equation can be solved by radicals, humanity’s discovery of group theory would have been greatly delayed (l. 48-53).

I - Had Galois and his predecessors not been obsessed with understanding the conditions under which an equation can be solved by radicals, humanity’s discovery of group theory would have been greatly delayed.

II - Humanity’s discovery of group theory would have been greatly delayed had Galois and his predecessors not been obsessed with understanding the conditions under which an equation can be solved by radicals.

III - Had Galois and his predecessors been obsessed with understanding the conditions under which an equation can be solved by radicals, humanity ́s discovery of group theory would not have been greatly delayed.

If applied to the text, which one(s) would be correct and keep the original meaning?

(A) Only I.

(B) Only III.

(C) Only I and II.

(D) Only II and III.

(E) I, II and III.

💡 GABARITO  🄲  

Consider the following propositions for rephrasing the sentence If Galois and his

predecessors had not been obsessed with

understanding the conditions under which

an equation can be solved by radicals,

humanity’s discovery of group theory

would have been greatly delayed (l. 48-53).

I - Had Galois and his predecessors not been

obsessed with understanding the conditions

under which an equation can be solved by

radicals, humanity’s discovery of group

theory would have been greatly delayed.

II - Humanity’s discovery of group theory

would have been greatly delayed had Galois

and his predecessors not been obsessed with

understanding the conditions under which

an equation can be solved by radicals.

III- Had Galois and his predecessors been

obsessed with understanding the conditions

under which an equation can be solved by

radicals, humanity ́s discovery of group

theory would not have been greatly delayed.

If applied to the text, which one(s) would be

correct and keep the original meaning?