Many English verbs consist of two parts: a lexical verb followed by one or two particles. In this way the only two phrasal verbs as they appear in the text are:
Read the text below to answer questions 11–12.
Quality of School Lunches Questioned
The meat being provided to our nation’s students in their
lunches may not meet requirements by the fast–food industry,
according to a recent investigation.
Those pangs of guilt when biting into a fast–food
hamburger are one thing, but who would imagine that burger
could be made with higher–quality meat than what our students
are getting in school?
A recent USA Today investigation found that the nation’s
largest fast–food chains have higher quality and safety standards
for the meat they use than what the U.S. Department of
Agriculture has for the meat used for the National School Lunch
Program, which is served to 31 million students a day.
While the USDA rules for meat sent to schools maintain
government safety standards, the government rules have fallen
behind the stricter regulations of fast–food chains and other large
retailers. Fast–food chains test their meat five to ten times more
often than the USDA for bacteria and would reject meat that the
USDA deems safe for consumption.
The standards for meat sent to schools and retailers are so
disparate that ground beef from a plant with a salmonella
outbreak this past August was recalled by retailers, but ground
beef from the same plant produced during that outbreak was still
shipped to schools.
In addition to meat quality issues, school cafeterias are not
being inspected as rigorously required by the Child Nutrition Act.
USA Today found that 8,500 schools across the country did not
have their kitchens inspected at all in 2008, and another 18,000
schools did not complete the two required yearly inspections.
The USDA is responsible for inspecting every school
cafeteria twice a year, but the requirement is difficult to enforce.
For starters, the USDA requires that states simply provide the
number of schools that have been inspected, but don’t keep
record of school names. Also, these cafeteria inspections are
not free and the money is not automatically provided to meet the
mandate. With resources for schools scares across the country,
cafeteria needs are not often a top priority.
These quality control problems for school lunches are not
going unnoticed by NEA (National Education Association)
members. Education support professionals and educators know
the important role nutritious school lunches play in student
achievement. “While the lunches may, according to standards,
be a balanced lunch, it leaves a lot to be desired as far as the
standard applied to the contents of a school lunch”, said Bob
Munoz, a Nevada educator.
Quality of School Lunches Questioned. Available in: http://www.nea.org
According to the text, analyze the sentences below, write T
for true or F for false and choose the alternative that
presents the right sequence.
( ) The text reflects the obesity issue due to the careless
inspection of school food.
( ) Though the U.S. Department of Agriculture presents
deficiencies in the overhaul of meat’s quality, it
detected ground beef from a plant with a salmonella
outbreak and, in time, it precluded the shipping of the
product to schools.
( ) The NEA is one of the institutes in charge to
supervise the procedures of food maintenance
adopted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Read the text below to answer question 17–18.
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a form of dementia, which is a
brain disorder. It damages nerve cells in the brain. This affects
your ability to remember things, think clearly, and care for
yourself. AD begins slowly, and symptoms get worse with time.
Eventually, a person with AD might need help in many areas,
including eating and getting dressed. For some people in the
early or middle stages of the disease, medicine might help
symptoms, such as memory loss, from getting worse for a
limited time. Other drugs may help people feel less worried or
depressed. Dealing with Alzheimer's disease can be extremely
difficult, but planning ahead and getting support can lighten the
load. AD usually begins after age 60, and risk goes up with age.
The risk is also higher if a family member has had AD. Scientists
are working to better understand AD. Ongoing studies are
looking at whether some things can help prevent or delay the
disease. Areas that are being explored include exercise, eating
omega–3 fatty acids, and keeping your brain active.
Alzheimer´s disease.
Available in: http://www.womenshealth.gov
Read the sentence below.
“Dealing with Alzheimer's disease can be extremely difficult, but planning ahead and getting support can lighten the load."
It is correct to affirm that the underlined expression means that
By reading the cartoon, we can infer that if people don’t seek to update, they’ll get
Choose the alternative so as to have the text completed correctly.
We can infer from the poem that “all” and “anything”, both underlined in the poem, mean, respectively:
The Direct Speech for “people ask me if I prefer living in France or the USA” is:
Based on the text above, judge the items below.
A controlled experiment indicated that the idea presented by two chinese researchers might be able to reduce the waiting time of cars on red lights.
Based on the meanings in the text, the boldfaced verbal expression describes the same as the verb in:
In the text, the word in italics describes the idea expressed by the boldfaced word in
According to the text, all the reasons below are benefits that support the choice of a collaborative workplace, EXCEPT:
Choose the verb that completes the sentence correctly, according to the text:
If you __________ the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using, you should contact your local power company.
The alternative that brings the most comprehensive idea of the text is:
Read Text I and answer questions 01 to 10:
The verb in “ English language has clearly shifted from the historic centers
