PHRASAL VERBS

QUESTÕES COM GABARITO

Based on the cartoon above, judge itens 01 and 02.

⏩  Questão  01   Cespe/UnB–2º Vest 2013 
The humor of the cartoon lies in the fact that lasagna is a kind of woodworking.
( ) Certo
( ) Errado
👍 Gabarito  Errada 

⏩  Questão  02   Cespe/UnB–2.º Vest 2013 
"To take up" is a phrasal verb meaning "to start something as a hobby, for example".
( ) Certo
( ) Errado

👍 Gabarito   Correto 

⏩  Questão  03   UNESP  
He took _______ his hat.
(A) off 
(B) out 
(C) in 
(D) into 
(E) on
👍 Gabarito   A 

⏩  Questão  04   ITA-SP 

The girl got ____ the bus at the corner.
(A) out.
(B) off.
(C) over.
(D) of.
👍 Gabarito   B 

TEXT

THE MURDEROUS ACTIONS OF THE SERB nationalists in Kosovo against ethnic Albanians pose a threat to all Europe [April 12]. If we do not act, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania will be the next targets, leaving Europe with the same radical nationalism but on a larger scale.
It is imperative that the West act together to neutralize Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and his nationalist henchmen as quickly as possible. Again and again, we have witnessed the pattern of Milosevic’s talking peace while readying forces for another assault against innocents.
Attempts to negotiate only help the cause of Serb nationalism.
Walter G. Aiello. Durham, N. C
Time, Latin American Edition, May 3, 1999. p. 4.
⏩  Questão  05   UFSM 
O fragmento destacado em "The murderous actions of the Serb nationalists in Kosovo against ethnic Albanians pose a threat to all Europe [April 12]." pode ser substituído por:
(A) set standards for.
(B) bring peace to.
(C) put in danger.
(D) avoid any risk to.
(E) place responsibility on.

👍 Gabarito   C 

TEXTO

From Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked like a gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

McNamara, M. G. and Burns. C. J. Literature A close study. Australia. Mcmillan. 1995. pp. 54.

⏩  Questão  06   UEPI 
The expression "turned the tide of," means:
(A) he was discovered as being impolite;
(B) his popularity was aroused;
(C) his popularity vanished in the air;
(D) people got to know his real self;
(E) his behavior was distinguishing;
👍 Gabarito  C 

⏩  Questão  07   MACK-1996 
Choose the correct alternative which indicates the meaning of blow over in the following sentence: 
They're hoping that this crisis will BLOW OVER and be forgotten. 
(A) happen suddenly and make you able to accept a pleasant experience.
(B) explode.
(C) succeed in spite of difficulties.
(D) become stronger and cause trouble for other people.
(E) pass without doing harm.

👍 Gabarito   E 

⏩  Questão  08   UDESC-1996 

Find the correct alternative: 
(A) to put on – to remove
(B) to put out – to increase
(C) to put off – to dress
(D) to put on weight – to grow fat
(E) to put together – to keep

👍 Gabarito  D 

 
⏩  Questão  09   FUVEST-SP 
Assinale a alternativa que melhor traduz a seguinte frase:
"I have run out of vinegar."
(A) Corri para buscar vinagre.
(B) Derramei o vinagre.
(C) Preciso sair para pegar vinagre.
(D) Meu vinagre acabou.
(E) Joguei fora o vinagre.

👍 Gabarito  D 

⏩  Questão  10   MACKENZIE-SP 

Choose the correct alternative.
Indicate the meaning of CATCH ON TO in the following sentence: 
We didn't quite CATCH ON TO what the teacher said. 
(A) reach the same standard or level
(B) hear
(C) confirm
(D) believe
(E) understand
👍 Gabarito Comentado   E 

⏩  Questão  11   UECE  
SPLIT UP in "After getting stores and various other commodities together in Mamfe, John and I decided to split up" means that: 
(A) they decided to separate.
(B) they decided to end their relationship.
(C) they decided to stay together.
(D) they decided to talk over their plans.
(E) they decided to sleep together.
👍 Gabarito   A 

⏩  Questão  12   CESGRANRIO  

The verb TO GO may be followed by many adverbial particles and prepositions that add different meanings to it. 
Match the two columns and then mark the correct alternative: 

I – go up
II – go on
III – go away
IV – go by 

R. continue
S. leave
T. rise
U. move
V. pass 

Mark the correct match. 
(A) I – T; II – U; III – S; IV – R
(B) I – T; II – R; III – S; IV – V
(C) I – T; II – V; III – U; IV – R
(D) I – U; II – R; III – S; IV – V
(E) I – U; II – V; III – S; IV – R

👍 Gabarito  B 

⏩  Questão  13   UDESC 
Choose the CORRECT answer: 
The woman is TAKING CARE of her baby. 
– She is: 
(A) looking back on her baby.
(B) looking for her baby.
(C) looking after her baby.
(D) looking down on her baby.
(E) looking over her baby.

👍 Gabarito   C 

⏩  Questão  14   AFA 

Qual alternativa possui os três verbos na ordem natural de seu uso?
(A) wake up / sleep / get up
(B) sleep / get up / wake up
(C) get up / wake up /sleep
(D) sleep / wake up /get up

👍 Gabarito   D 

 ⏩  Questão  15   PUC-RIO 
The only option in which MAKE UP has the same meaning as immigrants make up only 12% of today's workforce is:
(A) The committee is made up of representatives from all the university.
(B) You must make up what you owe before the end of the month.
(C) She never goes without making herself up first.
(D) I can make up a bed for you on the floor..
(E) He made up an incredible story about his holiday.

👍 Gabarito   A 

⏩  Questão  16   EFOMM 

"Is that my new TV in that package?"
"Yes, just __________."
(A) open it up, take it out, plug it in and turn it on.
(B) open it up, take it off, plug it on and turn it on.
(C) take it out, open it on, plug it off and turn it up.
(D) take it in, plug it out, turn  it down and open it up.
(E) open it out, take it up, turn it on and plug it on.

👍 Gabarito   A 

⏩  Questão  17   FUVEST 
Assinale a alternativa que traduz melhor a seguinte sentença: 
"I can't tell one from the other."
(A) Não distingo uma da outra.
(B) Não conto com nenhuma outra.
(C) Não falo com nenhuma outra.
(D) Não posso falar de uma para outra.
(E) Não posso dizer para a outra.

👍 Gabarito   A 

⏩  Questão  18   ITA 

A expressão BREAK OUT em 
"During a poker match, an argument breaks out between Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington when they both play an Ace of Spades, and the animals realize how they cannot tell the difference between the pigs and the humans" significa: 
(A) to make a sudden, quick advance.
(B) to bring or come to an end.
(C) to develop suddenly.
(D) to force or make a way through.
(E) to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently.

👍 Gabarito   C 

⏩  Questão  19   EFOMM 

The initials V.I.P. __________ Very Important Person.
(A) means
(B) stand for
(C) are about
(D) describe
(E) accounts for

👍 Gabarito   B 

⏩  Questão  20   JFS 

Fill in the gaps in the sentences below meaningfully:
1. _______ the computer _______ and let's go.
2. Her new boyfriend _____ her _______ on their second date.
3. She _______ the flu after being sick for a week. 
a) 1. Shut … down – 2. stood … up – 3. got over
b) 1. Shut … down – 2. stood … down – 3. got down c) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … over – 3. got over
d) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … down – 3. got down
e) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … up – 3. got on

👍 Gabarito   A 

UECE – 2017 / 2 – VESTIBULAR – 1ª FASE – LÍNGUA INGLESA – UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CEARÁ – PROVA COM GABARITO.

Welcome back to another post!

➧ A pauta aqui é MILITARY ENGLISH.

➧ PROVA : UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA-11/06/2017.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: COMISSÃO EXECUTIVA DO VESTIBULAR - CEV.

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA:  08 (Oito) questões do tipo (A,B,C,D).

➧ GABARITO:

01-D,  02-A,  03-B,  04-A

05-C,  06-B,  07-D,  08-A

➧ PROVA:

➧ TEXT I:

If all of the children who currently are sedentary started exercising every day, societies could save enormous amounts of money in the coming decades and have healthier citizens as a whole, according to a remarkable new study. In the United States alone, we could expect to save more than $120 billion every year in health care and associated expenses. The study is the first to use sophisticated computer simulations to arrive at a literal and sobering societal price tag for allowing our children to be sedentary.

Inactivity is, of course, widespread among young people today. Recent research shows that in the United States and Europe, physical activity tends to peak at about age 7 for both boys and girls and tail off continually throughout adolescence. More than two-thirds of children in the United States rarely exercise at all.

The immediate health consequences for inactive children and their families are worrisome. Childhood obesity, which is linked to lack of exercise, is common, as is the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and other health problems related to being overweight among children as young as 6.

But the long-term financial costs of inactivity in the young, both for them and society as a whole, have never been quantified. So for the new study, which was published this week in Health Affairs, researchers with the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and other institutions decided to create a bogglingly complex computer model of what the future could look like if we do or do not get more of our children moving.

The researchers began by gathering as much public data as is currently available about the health, weight and physical activity patterns of all 31.7 million American children now aged 8 to 11, using large-scale databases from the Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other groups.

The researchers fed this information into a computerized modeling program that created an electronic avatar for every American child today. In line with reality, two-thirds of these children were programmed to rarely exercise and many were overweight or obese.

The scientists then had the simulated children grow up. Using estimations about how calorie intake and activity patterns affect body weight, the program changed each virtual child’s body day-by-day and year-by-year into adulthood. Most became increasingly overweight.

As the simulated children became adults, the scientists then modeled each one’s health, based on obesity-associated risks for heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer, and also the probable financial price of dealing with those diseases (adjusted for future inflation), both in terms of direct expenses for hospitalizations, drugs and so on, and lost productivity because of someone’s being ill.

The results were staggering. According to the computer model, the costs of today’s 8- to 11-year-olds being inactive and consequently overweight would be almost $3 trillion in medical expenses and lost productivity every year once the children reached adulthood and for decades until their deaths.

But when the researchers tweaked children’s activity levels within their model, the numbers began to look quite different. If they presumed that, in an imaginary America, half of all children exercised vigorously for about 25 minutes three times a week, such as during active recess or sports or, more ambitiously, ran around and moved for at least an hour every day, which is the amount of youth exercise recommended by the C.D.C., their virtual lives were transformed.

Most obviously, the incidence of childhood obesity fell by more than 4 percent, a change that resonated throughout the simulated children’s lives and society. There were about half a million fewer cases of adult-onset heart disease, diabetes, cancer and strokes in this simulation, and the society-wide costs associated with these illnesses dropped by about $32 billion every year if the children romped about for 25 minutes three times per week and by almost $37 billion if they moved for an hour every day.

The impacts were even more substantial when the researchers assumed that 100 percent of the children who are now sedentary got regular exercise. In this scenario, the annual total costs during adulthood from obesity-associated medical expenses and lost productivity plummeted by about $62 billion when children were active three times a week and by more than $120 billion every year when all of the virtual children played and moved for at least an hour each day.

From: https://www.nytimes.com May 3, 2017

01 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

As to how physically active American and European children are, recent studies show that 

A) they are usually involved in more physical activities from age 7 on.
B) most of them only become interested in physical exercise in their late adolescence.
C) boys and girls have a significantly different behavior when it comes to physical activities.
D) both boys and girls seem to have the maximum of physical activities around age seven.

Quanto ao quão ativo fisicamente crianças americanas e europeias são, estudos recentes mostram que

•Afirmativa (A): eles geralmente estão envolvidos em mais atividades físicas a partir dos 7 anos de idade.
•Afirmativa (B): a maioria deles só se interessa pelo exercício físico no final da adolescência.
•Afirmativa (C): meninos e meninas têm um comportamento significativamente diferente quando se trata de atividades físicas.
•Afirmativa (D): meninos e meninas parecem ter o máximo de atividades físicas por volta dos sete anos.

02 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

According to the text, the lack of exercise in childhood years is associated with very early health problems such as

A) obesity and type 2 diabetes.
B) heart conditions and respiratory diseases.
C) cancer and depression.
D) diabetes and lungs conditions.

De acordo com o texto, a falta de exercício nos anos da infância está associada a problemas de saúde muito precoces, como

•Afirmativa (A): obesidade e diabetes tipo 2.
•Afirmativa (B): condições cardíacas e doenças respiratórias.
•Afirmativa (C): câncer e depressão.
•Afirmativa (D): diabetes e condições pulmonares.

03 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

In terms of the future financial costs for individuals and the society as a result of inactivity in young people, it is mentioned that they

A) have been the subject of many studies and public policies.
B) had not been calculated before this new study mentioned in the text.
C) have always been a concern in the academic world.
D) were carefully analyzed by some European countries.

Em termos dos custos financeiros futuros para os indivíduos e para a sociedade, como resultado da inatividade nos jovens, é mencionado que eles

•Afirmativa (A): tem sido objeto de muitos estudos e políticas públicas.
•Afirmativa (B): não havia sido calculado antes deste novo estudo mencionado no texto.
•Afirmativa (C): sempre foram uma preocupação no mundo acadêmico.
•Afirmativa (D): foram cuidadosamente analisados por alguns países europeus.

04 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

The new study conducted in the US linking the lack of children’s physical activity and the huge expenses in the coming years was carried out with data about children

A) who are in the age group 8 to 11.
B) whose parents are overweight.
C) whose families lead sedentary lives.
D) who never take part in sports.

O novo estudo realizado nos EUA, relacionando a falta de atividade física das crianças e as enormes despesas nos próximos anos, foi realizado com dados sobre crianças

•Afirmativa (A): que estão na faixa etária de 8 a 11 anos.
•Afirmativa (B): cujos pais estão acima do peso.
•Afirmativa (C): cujas famílias levam vidas sedentárias.
•Afirmativa (D): que nunca participam de esportes.

05 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

In terms of how the study was conducted, the text mentions that researchers used a computer program that made it possible for every child to be

A) analyzed according to different sets of influential factors.
B) isolated from their family context.
C) represented by an electronic avatar to simulate their growth.
D) grouped according to geographical criteria.

Em termos de como o estudo foi conduzido, o texto menciona que os pesquisadores usaram um programa de computador que tornou possível para cada criança ser

•Afirmativa (A): analisados de acordo com diferentes conjuntos de fatores influentes.
•Afirmativa (B): isolados do contexto familiar.
•Afirmativa (C): representado por um avatar eletrônico para simular seu crescimento.
•Afirmativa (D): agrupados segundo critérios geográficos.

06 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

According to the article, the researchers, taking into account the current reality of children in the US, fed the computer program with the information about the lack of exercising and the calorie intaking patterns and made the computer model go through the growing process year by year, thus revealing that these children

A) maintained quite a slow pace of development.
B) grew more and more overweight.
C) became adults who are healthy.
D) grew too fast in relation to other groups.

De acordo com o artigo, os pesquisadores, levando em conta a realidade atual das crianças nos EUA, alimentaram o programa de computador com informações sobre a falta de exercício e os padrões de consumo de calorias e fizeram o modelo computadorizado passar pelo processo de crescimento ano a ano. , revelando assim que essas crianças

•Afirmativa (A): mantiveram um ritmo bastante lento de desenvolvimento.
•Afirmativa (B): cresceram mais e mais com excesso de peso.
•Afirmativa (C): tornaram-se adultos saudáveis.
•Afirmativa (D): cresceram muito rápido em relação a outros grupos.

07 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

Still in terms of the electronic avatar research, the text mentions that, when scientists analyzed the grown up models (once the sedentary children), they got to the conclusion that they would

A) manage to lead quite a low profile lifestyle.
B) seldom have the chance to change their lifestyle.
C) probably die too soon.
D) cost some trillions of dollars to society.

Ainda em termos da pesquisa de avatar eletrônico, o texto menciona que, quando os cientistas analisaram os modelos adultos (outrora as crianças sedentárias), chegaram à conclusão de que ELES(modelos adultos)...

•Afirmativa (A): conseguem levar um estilo de vida bastante baixo perfil.
•Afirmativa (B): raramente têm a chance de mudar seu estilo de vida.
•Afirmativa (C): provavelmente morrerá cedo demais.
•Afirmativa (D): custaram alguns trilhões de dólares para a sociedade.

08 – (UECE-2017/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE)

According to the findings of the research, another aspect related to the consequences of children’s sedentary lifestyle is the fact that when becoming adults they would also

A) lose productivity yearly until they die.
B) lose their jobs more frequently.
C) influence other relatives to keep inactive.
D) travel less than the once active children.

De acordo com os resultados da pesquisa, outro aspecto relacionado às conseqüências do estilo de vida sedentário das crianças é o fato de que, quando se tornam adultos, elas também

•Afirmativa (A): perdem a produtividade anualmente até morrerem.
•Afirmativa (B): perdem seus empregos com mais freqüência.
•Afirmativa (C): influenciam outros parentes a manterem-se inativos.
•Afirmativa (D): viajam menos que as crianças uma vez ativas.

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❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

• 8 MCQs (Multiple Choice Question) / 4 Options Each Question.

• Texto –  | Workers Flee and Thieves Loot Venezuela’s Reeling Oil Giant | www.nytimes.com |

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❑ FONTE DO TEXTO:

* The New York Times é um jornal diário estadunidense. A versão impressa do jornal tem a segunda maior circulação, atrás do The Wall Street Journal. Apelidado de "The Lady Gray", o New York Times há muito tempo tem sido considerado um "jornal de referência" nacional. 

❑ TEXTO:

01-B,  02-A,  03-B,  04-D

05-C,  06-D,  07-B,  08-A

❑ TEXT:

❑ TRADUÇÃO DO TEXTO:

EL TIGRE, Venezuela — Thousands of workers are fleeing Venezuela's state-owned oil company, abandoning once-coveted jobs made worthless by the worst inflation in the world. And now the hemorrhaging is threatening the nation’s chances of overcoming its long economic collapse.

(EL TIGRE, Venezuela - Milhares de trabalhadores estão  fugindo da companhia petrolífera estatal da Venezuela, abandonando empregos outrora cobiçados que se tornaram inúteis devido à pior inflação do mundo. E agora a hemorragia está a ameaçar as hipóteses de o país ultrapassar o seu longo colapso econômico.)

Desperate oil workers and criminals are also stripping the oil company of vital equipment, vehicles, pumps and copper wiring, carrying off whatever they can to make money. The double drain — of people and hardware — is further crippling a company that has been teetering for years yet remains the country's most important source of income.

(Trabalhadores petrolíferos desesperados e criminosos estão também a despojando a companhia petrolífera de equipamento vital, veículos, bombas e cabos de cobre, levando tudo o que podem para ganhar dinheiro. A dupla fuga - de pessoas e de equipamento - está a paralisar ainda mais uma empresa que tem vindo a vacilar há anos, mas que continua a ser a mais importante fonte de rendimento do país.)

The timing could not be worse for Venezuela's increasingly authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, who was re-elected last month in a vote that has been widely condemned by leaders across the hemisphere. Prominent opposition politicians were either barred from competing in the election, imprisoned or in exile.

(O momento não poderia ser pior para o presidente cada vez mais autoritário da Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, que foi reeleito no mês passado numa votação que foi amplamente condenada pelos líderes de todo o hemisfério. Políticos proeminentes da oposição foram impedidos de concorrer às eleições, presos ou exilados.)

But while Mr. Maduro has firm control over the country, Venezuela is on its knees economically, buckled by hyperinflation and a history of mismanagement. Widespread hunger, political strife, devastating shortages of medicine and an exodus of well over a million people in recent years have turned this country, once the economic envy of many of its neighbors, into a crisis that is spilling over international borders.

(Mas, embora Maduro tenha um controlo firme sobre o país, a Venezuela está economicamente de rastos, afundada pela hiperinflação e por um historial de má gestão. A fome generalizada, os conflitos políticos, a escassez devastadora de medicamentos e o êxodo de mais de um milhão de pessoas nos últimos anos transformaram este país, outrora a inveja econômica de muitos dos seus vizinhos, numa crise que está a ultrapassar as fronteiras internacionais.)

If Mr. Maduro is going to find a way out of the mess, the key will be oil: virtually the only source of hard currency for a nation with the world’s largest estimated petroleum reserves. But each month Venezuela produces less of it. Offices at the state oil company are emptying out, crews in the field are at half strength, pickup trucks are stolen and vital materials vanish. All of this is adding to the severe problems at the company that were already acute because of corruption, poor maintenance, crippling debts, the loss of professionals and even a lack of spare parts.

(Se o Sr. Maduro vai encontrar uma maneira de sair da confusão, a chave será o petróleo: praticamente a única fonte de moeda forte para uma nação com as maiores reservas de petróleo estimadas do mundo. Mas todos os meses a Venezuela produz menos. Os escritórios da companhia petrolífera estatal estão a esvaziar-se, as equipas no terreno estão com metade da força, as camionetas são roubadas e os materiais vitais desaparecem. Tudo isto vem juntar-se aos graves problemas da empresa, que já eram graves devido à corrupção, à manutenção deficiente, às dívidas incapacitantes, à perda de profissionais e até à falta de peças sobresselentes.)

Now workers at all levels are walking away in large numbers, sometimes literally taking pieces of the company with them, union leaders, oil executives and workers say.

(Agora, os trabalhadores de todos os níveis estão a afastando-se em grande número, por vezes levando literalmente pedaços da empresa com eles, dizem os líderes sindicais, os executivos da petrolífera e os trabalhadores.)

A job with Petróleos de Venezuela, known as Pdvsa, used to be a ticket to the Venezuelan Dream. No more.

(Um emprego na Petróleos de Venezuela, conhecida como PDVSA, costumava ser um bilhete para o sonho venezuelano. Agora não é mais.)

Inflation in Venezuela is projected to reach an astounding 13,000 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. When The New York Times interviewed Mr. Navas in May, the monthly salary for a worker like him was barely enough to buy a whole chicken or two pounds of beef. But with prices going up so quickly, it buys even less now.

(De acordo com o Fundo Monetário Internacional, a inflação na Venezuela deverá atingir uns espantosos 13.000% este ano. Quando o The New York Times entrevistou o Sr. Navas em maio, o salário mensal de um trabalhador como ele mal dava para comprar um frango inteiro ou dois quilos de carne de vaca. Mas com a subida tão rápida dos preços, agora dá para comprar ainda menos.)

Junior Martínez, 28, who has worked in the oil industry for eight years, is assembling papers, including his diploma as a chemical engineer. His wife and her daughter left three months ago to earn money in Brazil. “I get 1,400,000 bolívars a week and it isn’t even enough to buy a carton of eggs or a tube of toothpaste,” Mr. Martínez said of his salary in bolívars, Venezuela’s currency.

(Junior Martínez, 28 anos, que trabalha na indústria petrolífera há oito anos, está a reunir documentos, incluindo o seu diploma de engenheiro químico. A mulher e a filha partiram há três meses para ganhar dinheiro no Brasil. "Recebo 1.400.000 bolívares por semana e não dá nem para comprar uma caixa de ovos ou um tubo de pasta de dentes", disse o Sr. Martínez sobre o seu salário em bolívares, a moeda da Venezuela.)

Mr. Martínez's father, Ovidio Martínez, 55, recalled growing up here when the oil boom began. He cried as he spoke of his son’s determination to leave the country. “You watch your children leave and you can’t stop them,” the elder Mr. Martínez said, fighting back tears. “In this country, they don’t have a future.”

(O pai do Sr. Martínez, Ovidio Martínez, 55 anos, lembra-se de ter crescido aqui quando o boom do petróleo começou. Chorou ao falar da determinação do filho em deixar o país. "Vemos os nossos filhos partir e não os podemos impedir", disse o Sr. Martínez, lutando contra as lágrimas. "Neste país, eles não têm futuro.")

In El Tigre, hundreds of people stood in line one recent morning outside a supermarket, many waiting since the evening before to buy whatever food they could.

(Em El Tigre, numa manhã recente, centenas de pessoas faziam fila à porta de um supermercado, muitas delas à espera desde a noite anterior para comprar qualquer alimento que pudessem.)

From: www.nytimes.com/June 14, 2018. Adapted

❑ QUESTIONÁRIO:

01 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

According to the text, despite all the problems that Venezuela's state-owned oil company is going through, it is still

A) the greatest oil company in the world.
B) the main source of revenue for the country.
C) only surpassed by the Brazilian oil company.
D) the company paying the best wages in Venezuela.

De acordo com o texto, apesar de todos os problemas que a petroleira estatal da Venezuela está passando, ainda é
*Alternativa (A): a maior companhia de petróleo do mundo.
*Alternativa (B): a principal fonte de receita para o país.
*Alternativa (C): superado apenas pela petroleira brasileira.
*Alternativa (D): a empresa pagando os melhores salários na Venezuela.

02 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

The text mentions a twofold draining that is affecting Venezuela's oil company, which includes

A) loss of workers and equipment.
B) lack of trust home and abroad.
C) high wages and too many workers.
D) low investment and high spending.

EXPRESSÕES EQUIVALENTES ("workers and equipment" = "people and hardware"):

O texto menciona uma drenagem dupla que afeta a companhia petrolífera da Venezuela, que inclui
*Alternativa (A): perda de trabalhadores e equipamentos.
*Alternativa (B): falta de confiança em casa e no exterior.
*Alternativa (C): altos salários e muitos trabalhadores.
*Alternativa (D): baixo investimento e altos gastos.
➽ O texto relata:
"[...] Desperate oil workers and criminals are also stripping the oil company of vital equipment, vehicles, pumps and copper wiring, carrying off whatever they can to make money. The double drain — of people and hardware — is further crippling a company that has been teetering for years yet remains the country’s most important source of income."
(Operários de petróleo e criminosos desesperados também estão desnudando a companhia de petróleo de equipamentos vitais, veículos, bombas e fiação de cobre, carregando o que podem para ganhar dinheiro. O duplo escoamento - de pessoas e hardware - está prejudicando ainda mais uma empresa que vem oscilando há anos, mas continua a ser a fonte de renda mais importante do país.)

03 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

Because of the crisis Venezuela is going through, the text states that

A) almost a million people have gone to neighboring countries.
B) more than a million people have fled the country.
C) almost a million and a half people have moved to Brazil.
D) millions of people have managed to escape to Colombia.

Por causa da crise pela qual a Venezuela está passando, o texto afirma que
*Alternativa (A): quase um milhão de pessoas foram para países vizinhos.
*Alternativa (B): mais de um milhão de pessoas fugiram do país.
*Alternativa (C): quase um milhão e meio de pessoas se mudaram para o Brasil.
*Alternativa (D): milhões de pessoas conseguiram escapar para a Colômbia.
➽ O texto relata:
"[...] and an exodus of well over a million people in recent years have turned this country,"
(e um êxodo de mais de um milhão de pessoas nos últimos anos transformou este país,)

04 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

The wages received by workers are becoming worthless in Venezuela mainly because of the

A) tight regulation by the government.
B) excess of products available.
C) many job opportunities.
D) worst inflation in the world.

Os salários recebidos pelos trabalhadores estão se tornando INÚTEIS na Venezuela, principalmente
*Alternativa (A): regulamentação rígida pelo governo.
*Alternativa (B): excesso de produtos disponíveis.
*Alternativa (C): muitas oportunidades de emprego.
*Alternativa (D): pior inflação do mundo.
"[...] Thousands of workers are fleeing Venezuela's state-owned oil company, abandoning once-coveted jobs made worthless by the worst inflation in the world."
(Milhares de trabalhadores estão fugindo da companhia estatal de petróleo da Venezuela, abandonando os empregos antes cobiçados, sem valor pela pior inflação do mundo.)

05 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

When commenting on the recent re-election of the Venezuelan president, the text mentions how it was

A) received with acclaim across the hemisphere.
B) hailed by the Venezuelan population.
C) disapproved by leaders of other nations.
D) considered as a very democratic act.

Ao comentar a recente reeleição do presidente venezuelano, o texto menciona como foi
*Alternativa (A): recebeu com aclamação em todo o hemisfério.
*Alternativa (B): saudado pela população venezuelana.
*Alternativa (C): desaprovado por líderes de outras nações.
*Alternativa (D): considerado como um ato muito democrático.
"[...] The timing could not be worse for Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, who was re-elected last month in a vote that has been widely condemned by leaders across the hemisphere."
(O momento não poderia ser pior para o presidente cada vez mais autoritário da Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, que foi reeleito no mês passado em uma votação que TEM SIDO AMPLAMENTE CONDENADA por líderes em todo o hemisfério.)

06 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

Among other critical problems that Venezuelans are facing, the text mentions the shortage of

A) fuel for vehicles.
B) working tools.
C) clothing items.
D) food and medicine.

Entre outros problemas críticos que os venezuelanos enfrentam, o texto menciona a escassez de
*Alternativa (A): combustível para veículos.
*Alternativa (B): ferramentas de trabalho.
*Alternativa (C): itens de vestuário.
*Alternativa (D): alimentos e medicamentos.

07 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

To show how worthless wages have become in Venezuela, the text mentions the case of a week's earnings of a chemical engineer that is not enough to buy a

A) pack of diapers.
B) tube of toothpaste.
C) pound of beef.
D) roast chicken.

Para mostrar como os salários sem valor se tornaram na Venezuela, o texto menciona o caso dos ganhos de uma semana de um engenheiro químico que não é suficiente para comprar
*Alternativa (A): pacote de fraldas.
*Alternativa (B): tubo de creme dental.
*Alternativa (C): libra (peso) de carne bovina.
*Alternativa (D): frango assado.

08 – (UECE-2018/2-VESTIBULAR-1ª FASE-LÍNGUA INGLESA)

Ovidio Martinez statement when commenting on his son's decision to leave the country, as his wife and her daughter have already done, reveals the

A) lack of perspective for the future.
B) belief that soon things will improve.
C) optimism that does not go away in spite of the economic collapse.
D) hope that his son will return in a near future.

A declaração de Ovídio Martinez ao comentar a decisão de seu filho de deixar o país, como sua esposa e sua filha já fizeram, revela a...
*Alternativa (A): falta de perspectiva para o futuro.
*Alternativa (B): crença de que logo as coisas vão melhorar.
*Alternativa (C): otimismo que não desaparece apesar do colapso econômico.
*Alternativa (D): espero que seu filho volte em um futuro próximo.