PUC/RS 2018 – LÍNGUA INGLESA – VESTIBULAR VERÃO

Welcome back to another post!

➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PUC/RS-2018-VESTIBULAR-VERÃO.

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 10 Questões do tipo (A,B,C,D).

➧ GABARITO:

01-C, 02-B, 03-D, 04-A, 05-E

06-B, 07-B, 08-E, 09-D, 10-C

➧ PROVA:

➧ TEXT I:

London: the city that ate itself

London is a city ruled by money. The things that make it special – the markets, pubs, high streets and communities – are becoming unrecognisable. The city is suffering a form of entropy whereby anything distinctive is converted into property value. Can the capital save itself?

London is without question the most popular city for investors,” says Gavin Sung of the international property agents Savills. “There is a trust factor. It has a strong government, a great legal system, the currency is relatively safe. It has a really nice lifestyle”. There are parks, museums and nice houses. Its arts of hedonism are reaching unprecedented levels: its restaurants get better or at least more ambitious and its bars offer cocktails previously unknown to man. In some ways, the city has never been better. It has a buzz. Its population keeps growing and investment keeps ______, both signs of its desirability. As its mayor likes to boast: “London is to the billionaire as the jungles of Sumatra are to the orangutans. It is their natural habitat.”

At the same time, to use a commonly heard phrase, the city is eating itself. Most obviously, its provision of housing is failing to ______ its popularity, with effects on price that breed bizarre reactions at the top end of the market and misery at the bottom. Thousands are being forced to leave London because their local authorities can’t find them homes and people on middle incomes can’t acquire a place where anyone would want to raise a family.

There are also effects beyond housing, although often driven by residential property prices. The spaces for work that are an essential part of the city’s economy are being squeezed, its high streets diminished, its pubs and other everyday places closing. It is suffering a form of entropy whereby the distinctive or special is converted into property values. Its essential qualities, which are that it was not polarised on the basis of income, and that its best places were common property, are being eroded. (…)

This would matter less if the city were making new places with the qualities of those now packaged up and commodified – if the supply of good stuff _____ expanding – but it _____ not. Although the cranes swing, much of the new living zones now _____ created range from the ho-hum to the outright catastrophic. The skyline _____ plundered for profit, but without creating towers to be proud of or making new neighbourhoods with any positive qualities whatsoever. If London is an enormous party, millions of people are on the wrong side of its velvet rope.

In the rest of Britain, a common view of London is that it is a parasitic monster or, as Alex Salmond put it, quoting Tony Travers of the London School of Economics: “The dark star of the economy, inexorably sucking in resources, people and energy. Nobody quite knows how to control it.” Both the SNP and Ukip can be seen as anti-London parties, as expressions of a feeling that national decisions are made in the capital, by the capital, for the capital. Those Scots who want independence are less concerned about being part of the same country as Middlesbrough or Ipswich than they are about London. But these views overlook the extent to which the city is feeding on its own.

Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/

jun/28/london-the-city-that-ate-itself-rowan-moore

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The phrasal verb forms that fill in the blanks in lines 18 and 24 are, respectively,

A) passing up – get back at
B) sorting out – grow out of
C) pouring in – keep up with
D) banking on – put up with

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The alternative that presents all the correct forms to fill in the blanks between lines 43 and 47 are, respectively,

A) is – was – have been – are
B) were – is – being – is being
C) was – is – to be – being
D) has been – was – are – to be

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The reading of the text allows us to say that the author _______ in the _________ paragraph.

I. states that one can make a profit in London – second

II. describes London’s thriving housing situation – third

III. tackles some of London’s crisis outcomes – fourth

IV. admits that the attempt to recover what London has been losing is failing – fifth

The correct statements are only

A) II and III.
B) II and IV.
C) I, II and III.
D) I, III and IV.

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The word “eroded” (line 40)

refers to

A) essential qualities.
B) basis of income.
C) property values.
D) best places.

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Which alternative below explains the idea underlined in the sentence

“This would matter less if the city were making new places with the qualities of those now packaged up and commodified...” (lines 41 to 43)?

A) The good places are being traded as goods.
B) The best places will be required for business.
C) The economic package is not favoring businesses.
D) The real estate market should invest in new quality places.

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The sentence that would end paragraph 4 is

A) Serious consideration of both problems should include such options.
B) It is becoming the case that delights and beauties are available only at a high price.
C) Industry is the forgotten part of London’s economy, denigrated and overlooked since long ago.
D) Yet it turns out to have been a prototype for similar operations across the capital.

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Read paragraph 6 and mark the following sentences T (true) or F (false).

(  ) Scots used to see Middlesbrough and Ipswich as Tony Travers did.

(  ) The SNP and Ukip despise London’s decision power.

(  ) Alex Salmond and Tony Travers do not share the same opinion.

(  ) The author thinks that not all views are concerned about how much London is eating itself.

Choose the alternative that presents the correct answers, from top to bottom, for the sentences above.

A) T – T – F – F
B) F – T – F – T
C) T – F – T – F
D) F – F – T – T

INSTRUÇÃO: Responder às questões 08 e 09 com base no texto 2, que apresenta comentários de especialistas sobre o gráfico.

Comment 1 – (…) the proportion of the population living in their own home has gone into decline. It peaked around the middle of the last decade, at just over 70 per cent.

Comment 2 – Owner occupiers spend an average of 18 per cent on their mortgage. That average may be misleading – those who’ve paid off their mortgage will be zilch. At least they’re building up an asset.

Comment 3 – The proportion in council homes has fallen too, thanks largely to Right to Buy. As a result, the proportion renting their own home has more than doubled in the last two decades, from under 10 per cent to over 20.

Comment 4 – (…) housing which costs more than 30 per cent of your income should count as unaffordable. This is a problem faced overwhelmingly by young renters.

Comment 5 – Soon, the rates of the population living in their own home will be back under 60 per cent, for the first time since the mid 1980s.
Adapted from: http://www.citymetric.com/politics/british-housing-crisis-five-charts

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The comments conveying ideas that have a representation on the graph are only

A) 1 and 4.
B) 2 and 5.
C) 1, 3 and 5.
D) 2, 3 and 4.

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Read these assertions.

I. The word “living”, in the context of comment 1, plays the same grammatical function as in How do young people make a living in London?

II. If the grammatical structure “may be misleading” (comment 2) were in reported speech, it would be: The expert said that average might mislead.

III. By reading comment 3, one can say that some people who had the opportunity to buy their houses from the council are now renting them to others.

IV. “(…) should count as unaffordable”. (comment 4) means are to be considered financially unfeasible.

V. By reading comment 5, one can say that the population living in their own home did not reach 60 per cent in 1980.

The correct assertions are only

A) I and III.
B) II and IV.
C) I, II and V.
D) III, IV and V.

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The alternatives below present groups of four verbs that belong to the same semantic field, EXCEPT:

A) stir – simmer – mince – season
B) overtake – divert – reverse – brake
C) trim – mow – utter – water
D) withdraw – owe – profit – bounce

PUC/SP 2018 – LÍNGUA INGLESA – VESTIBULAR VERÃO

Welcome back to another post!

➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO-2018-VESTIBULAR-VERÃO.

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 09 Questões do tipo (A,B,C,D).

➧ GABARITO:

01-C, 02-D, 03-D

04-C, 05-A, 06-B

07-B, 08-D, 09-C

➧ PROVA:

➧ TEXT I: Responda as questões 01 e 02 de acordo com o texto de Jonathan Wolfe e a figura que o ilustra.

New York Today: Goodbye, Subway Seats

By JONATHAN WOLFE OCT. 5, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/Acessado em 10/10/2017. Adaptado.

Good morning on this warming Thursday.

         

Subway riders: Have you noticed anything missing from your commute? Like, maybe a seat? On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority rolled out redesigned subway cars on the E line, with some of the seats removed.
         

The agency hopes that up to 10 more people will be able to squeeze into each new car — meaning 80 to 100 extra commuters per train — to help reduce overcrowding. In all, 100 cars will lose their seats in the pilot program. The L train and the 42nd Street Shuttle are next in line for the redesign, according to the authority.
          

Yesterday, we waited at the 34th Street station for a few trains to pass before one of the refurbished models, with its navy blue wrapping, pulled into the station.
          

With the seats removed at the front and back of the car, it felt roomy, even, dare we say, luxurious— though that likely won't be the case during rush hour. People were enthusiastic about the interiors, calling them "bright", "cheerful," even "beautiful."
          

As for the deleted seats, reviews were mixed.

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Assinale a alternativa CORRETA.

A) O plano piloto prevê que usuários do metrô evitem transportar mochilas, malas, carrinhos e outros itens que ocupem espaço de passageiros.
B) Os trens das linhas E e L do metrô estão participando dessa parte inicial do plano piloto.
C) Os trens redecorados em azul-marinho e modificados com redução de assentos mostraram-se espaçosos e atraentes.
D) Os usuários do metrô acham que mais espaço é fundamental para os horários de pico.

👍 Comentários e Gabarito - Questão  55(C) 
•Item (A) incorreto:
👦 O texto não faz menção que o plano piloto prevê que usuários do metrô EVITEM transportar mochilas, malas, carrinhos e outros itens.
•Item (B) incorreto:
👦 Somente os trens da linha L do metrô estão participando dessa parte inicial do plano piloto, veja no texto:
"[...] The L train and the 42nd Street Shuttle are next in line for the redesign, according to the authority."
(O trem L e o ônibus da 42nd Street são os próximos da fila para o redesenho, de acordo com a autoridade.)
•Item (C) CORRETO: Os trens redecorados em azul-marinho e modificados com redução de assentos mostraram-se espaçosos e atraentes.
👦 Veja no texto que as pessoas estavam entusiasmadas com os interiores, chamando-os de "brilhantes", "alegres", até "bonitos", veja:
"[...] With the seats removed at the front and back of the car, it felt roomy, even, dare we say, luxurious— though that likely won't be the case during rush hour. People were enthusiastic about the interiors, calling them "bright", "cheerful," even "beautiful."
(Com os assentos removidos na parte da frente e atrás do carro, sentiu-se espaçoso, até mesmo, ousamos dizer, luxuoso - embora isso provavelmente não será o caso durante a hora do rush. As pessoas estavam entusiasmadas com os interiores, chamando-os de "brilhantes", "alegres", até "bonitos".)
•Item (D) incorreto:
👩 Ao contrário, os usuários do metrô acham que mesmo como os assentos removido, provavelmente não haverá sensação de espaço grande para os horários de pico.
"[...] With the seats removed at the front and back of the car, it felt roomy, even, dare we say, luxurious— though that likely won't be the case during rush hour. People were enthusiastic about the interiors, calling them "bright", "cheerful," even "beautiful."
(Com os assentos removidos na parte da frente e atrás do carro, sentiu-se espaçoso, até mesmo, ousamos dizer, luxuoso - embora isso provavelmente não será o caso durante a hora do rush.)

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É CORRETO afirmar que o texto indica que há

A) sólido apoio da população à iniciativa da companhia do metrô de Nova Iorque, que prevê possibilidade de mais usuários com mais conforto.
B) descontentamento de usuários do metrô pela redução de assentos.
C) oposição do próprio autor com relação ao plano piloto de remoção dos assentos.
D) comentários favoráveis e desfavoráveis à retirada de assentos proposta pela companhia do metrô.

➧ TEXT II:

Children 'geo-fenced' as worried parents create summer surge in demand for GPS tracking devices

By Steve Bird and Flora Carr

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Acessado em 20/08/2017.

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As informações acima permitem compreender que

A) parentes preocupados têm procurado manter as crianças a uma distância rastreável por GPS.
B) a tecnologia é o mais novo aliado dos pais na busca por crianças desaparecidas.
C) o verão de 2017 trouxe uma busca desenfreada por um dispositivo que acaba com a preocupação dos pais quanto à localização dos seus filhos.
D) o dispositivo mais procurado no verão de 2017 é o que permite que pais localizem seus filhos por meio de smartphones.

➧ TEXT III: Leia o texto abaixo e responda as questões 03 e 04.

Hackers take control of US voting machines in less than 90 minutes

By Cara McGoogan      www.telegraph.co.uk/

Acessado em 05/08/2017.

People still have to vote manually in the UK Credit: PA

          

Hackers have managed to break into US voting systems and take control of them in minutes, raising fears that cyber criminals could easily tamper with elections results.
          

Security experts cracked the security of digital ballot boxes used in US elections within 90 minutes at the Def Con hacking summit in Las Vegas. The hackers successfully broke into the boxes through their hardware and through wireless signals.
          

Def Con staged the hack at its annual conference in Las Vegas to showcase the security of the US voting system. They purchased 30 different election machines from a US Government auction and timed how long it took them to break in.
          

The ethical hackers found voting machines running out-of-date and insecure software, which they were able to exploit to gain access to the devices. They also found hardware weaknesses that could have let cyber criminals tamper with the machines.

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De acordo com o texto é CORRETO afirmar que

A) os hackers têm regularmente invadido as urnas eletrônicas usadas nas eleições americanas.
B) o governo americano costuma desfazer-se das urnas eletrônicas após cada eleição.
C) as expressões "security experts", "hackers" e "ethical hackers" aplicam-se aos indivíduos que participaram desse experimento na Def Con.
D) a Def Con adquiriu 30 urnas eletrônicas para verificar qual hacker conseguiria invadir o sistema em menos de 90 minutos.

👍 Comentários e Gabarito - Questão  58(C) 
*Item A incorreto.
O texto não expressa que os hackers têm regularmente invadido as urnas eletrônicas usadas nas eleições americanas.
Veja o que o texto afirma: 
"Hackers have managed to break into US voting systems and take control of them in minutes, raising fears that cyber criminals could easily tamper with elections results."
(Os hackers TÊM CONSEGUIDO invadir os sistemas de votação dos EUA e assumir o controle deles em questão de minutos, aumentando os temores de que os criminosos virtuais pudessem adulterar facilmente os resultados das eleições.)
*Item B incorreto:
Segundo o texto, o governo americano NÃO costuma desfazer-se das urnas eletrônicas após cada eleição, veja no último parágrafo:
"[...] The ethical hackers found voting machines running out-of-date and insecure software, which they were able to exploit to gain access to the devices. They also found hardware weaknesses that could have let cyber criminals tamper with the machines."
(Os hackers éticos acharam as máquinas de votação com software desatualizado e inseguro, que puderam explorar para obter acesso aos dispositivos. Eles também encontraram falhas de hardware que poderiam permitir que criminosos cibernéticos adulterassem as máquinas.)
*Item C correto: 
As expressões "security experts", "hackers" e "ethical hackers" aplicam-se aos indivíduos que participaram desse experimento na Def Con.
*Item D incorreto pois segundo o texto, a Def Con comprou 30 máquinas eleitorais diferentes de um leilão do governo dos EUA e cronometraram quanto tempo levaram para invadir, veja no texto:
"Def Con staged the hack at its annual conference in Las Vegas to showcase the security of the US voting system. They purchased 30 different election machines from a US Government auction and timed how long it took them to break in."
(Def Con organizou o hack em sua conferência anual em Las Vegas para mostrar a segurança do sistema de votação dos EUA. Eles compraram 30 máquinas eleitorais diferentes de um leilão do governo dos EUA e cronometraram quanto tempo levaram para invadir.)

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Quanto à fragilidade das urnas eletrônicas, é possível afirmar que

A) possibilita interferência nos resultados.
B) impede o controle de votantes.
C) resulta do trabalho de hackers.
D) desestimula seu uso em eleições futuras.

➧ TEXT IV: Observe a figura abaixo, leia o texto e escolha a alternativa CORRETA.

Photo of the Week: great socks, eh?

          

British Columbia's new premier John Horgan dropped in to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Mr. Trudeau's Centre Block office on Parliament Hill for the first time July 25. They may not see eye to eye on the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion (Trudeau approved it, Horgan campaigned against it), but when it comes to wardrobe choices, these two are simpatico. They both wore summer blue suits, polka-dotted ties, striped socks, and brown shoes.

The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia.

http://www.hilltimes.com/ Acessado em 27/07/2017

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A) Horgan and Trudeau se encontraram para discutir a expansão do oleoduto.
B) O premier e o primeiro ministro notam que surpreendentemente estão vestidos de forma parecida.
C) Cinco itens são mencionados para ilustrar a semelhança na escolha do guarda-roupa dos dois políticos.
D) Horgan e Trudeau combinaram usar itens do vestuário parecidos para mostrar afinidade política.

➧ TEXT V: Responda as questões 07 e 08 de acordo com o texto abaixo.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By Lewis Carroll

Chapter 1 - Down the Rabbit-Hole
          

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
          

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy- chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
          

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoatpocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across
her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
          

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

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Assinale a alternativa CORRETA sobre o momento em que 

Alice e sua irmã estão juntas ao ar livre.

A) Alice pede algumas vezes que sua irmã lhe empreste o livro que está lendo.
B) Alice se pergunta que interesse podem despertar livros que não tenham diálogos nem figuras.
C) Alice pensa em convidar a irmã para colher margaridas, mas desiste por causa do calor.
D) Alice se surpreende e se encanta quando um coelho passa correndo por ela.

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No trecho acima, Alice decide seguir o coelho

A) quando percebe que, além de estar vestido, ele é um coelho falante.
B) porque se encanta com seus olhos vermelhos e sua rapidez e leveza.
C) porque se pergunta para onde vai um coelho branco vestido.
D) porque se surpreende ao vê-lo tirar um relógio do
bolso do colete.

➧ TEXT VI:

 Man in the mirror

Escrita por Siedah Garrett e Glen Ballard.

 Gravada por Michael Jackson.

I'm gonna make a change, for once in my life
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right...
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change…

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Esse trecho da música “Man in the Mirror” sugere que

A) qualquer pessoa consegue mudar, basta querer.
B) se queremos tornar o mundo um lugar melhor, devemos olhar para o próximo.
C) melhorar o mundo começa com nossa própria mudança.
D) fazer o bem ao próximo nos muda para melhor.

•Item (c) correto:
👦 Se você quer fazer do mundo um lugar melhor...Dê uma olhada em si mesmo e depois faça uma mudança, veja:
[...] I'm gonna make a change, for once in my life
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right...
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change…
(Eu vou fazer uma mudança, por uma vez na minha vida...Vai se sentir bem, vai fazer a diferença
Vou dar certo ...Estou começando com o homem no espelho...Estou pedindo que ele mude seus caminhos...E nenhuma mensagem poderia ter sido mais clara...Se você quer fazer do mundo um lugar melhor...(Se quiser fazer do mundo um lugar melhor)...Dê uma olhada em si mesmo e depois faça uma mudança ...)