Which alternative does not express the same idea as "Always do
right" in the sentence below?
"Always do right. This will gratify people and astonish the rest"
(Mark Twain)
Which sequence best completes the text below?
Mr Stephèns, (1) recently defended WikiLeaks boss Julian
Assange, said tn latest move has made a mockery of celebrity
super–injunctions. "It's becoming increasingly untenable (2)
super–injunctions can continue in the way they have, as there are
so many people (3) breaking the law and in contempt of
court .
(Adapted from http: //www.thisislondon.co.uk)
Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?
After the referee (1)the whistle, the match will start.
O texto a seguir é referência para as questões de 21 a 23.
We are accustomed to thinking of military success as determined by quality of weaponry, rather than by food supply. But a clear example of how improvements
in food supply may decisively increase military success comes from the history of Maori New Zealand. The Maori are the Polynesian people who were the first
to settle New Zealand. Traditionally, they fought frequent fierce wars against each other, but only against closely neighboring tribes. Those wars were
limited by the modest productivity of their agriculture, whose staple crop was sweet potatoes. It was not possible to grow enough sweet potatoes to feed an
army in the field for a long time or on distant marches. When Europeans arrived in New Zealand, they brought potatoes, which beginning around 1815
considerably increased Maori crop yields. Maori could now grow enough food to supply armies in the field for many weeks. The result was a 15year period in
Maori history, from 1818 until 1833, when Maori tribes that had acquired potatoes and guns from the English sent armies out on raids to attack tribes
hundreds of miles away that had not yet acquired potatoes and guns. Thus, the potato’s productivity relieved previous limitations on Maori warfare, similar
to the limitations that lowproductivity corn agriculture imposed on Maya warfare.
(Diamond, J. (2006). Collapse. London: Penguin.)
How did the arrival of Europeans change Maori warfare?
PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Based on the text below, answer questions 21, 22 and 23.
Inside The U.S. Navy's Leadership School
The top level of Navy leadership is its admirals . There are 238
of them. They have responsibility for more than 390, 000 members of
the Navy and control an annual budget of more than $130 billion.
They are the equivalent of a corporate C–suite. Of the more than
3,000 captains who serve in the Navy, roughly 38––barely 1% ––make
the cut to admiral each year.
In 2001 the chief of naval operations––the Navy's CEO––asked
retired Vice Admiral Phil Quast, who had spent 38 years in the Navy,
to establish the program that became the Executive Learning Office.
"Of 238 admiral positions, fewer than 40 are concerned with actual
war fighting, " Quast notes. "The vast majority is doing jobs
analogous to that of a CEO, CTO, CFO, COO or other functional
business areas. Our job is to help them develop the business acumen
they need to run the business of the Navy as excellent stewards of
the public's money and its trust."
(Adapted fromhttp:/ /www.forbes.com)
Which alternative below is NOT CORRECT, based on the text?
Based on the text below, answer questions 26 and 27.
THE INTERNET AND GUTEMBERG
In our age, everything is the newest New Thing or the biggest
Big Thing. Steve Case of America Online already calls the new
century "the Internet Century, " and some authorities whisper that
the Internet rivals the importance of Gutenberg' s invention of the
printing press in the 15th century.
We suffer from historical amnesia.
Suppose you were born in 1900. You wouldn't yet watch movies,
let alone global TV. Fewer than 10% of U.S. homes had phones, and
fewer than 8% had electricity. Antibiotics hadn't been discovered.
As yet the Internet isn't in the same league with these
developments .
Each changed lifestyles and popular beliefs. The automobile
suburbanized America and inaugurated mass travel. Antibiotics,
vaccines and public–health advances helped raise life expectancy
from 46 in 1900 to 77 today. The explosion of prosperity – a
consequence of electricity, other technologies and modern management
– shortened working hours and expanded leisure. Movies and TV
transformed popular culture. As a matter of fact, the Internet is
too young for anyone to foretell its ultimate significance.
(Adapted from http: // Newsweek, January 24, 2000)
The word "raise" in " (...) public–health advances helped raise life expectancy (...) ." means:
Based on the text below, answer questions 28 and 29.((
The turning tide for the turtles
With their exquisite shells, their smiling faces, their
deliberate movements, and their amazing sea–born agility, sea
turtles have always captured human imagination. Once severely
endangered, turtle populations are growing steadily thanks to
conservation projects worldwide. And with more than 8000 km of
coastline, large stretches of which are favorite nesting spots for
turtles, Brazil is one of the leaders in the race to protect them.
(Adapted from http//www.speakup.com.br)
The relative pronoun "which" in " (...) large stretches of which are favorite nesting spots for turtles." refers to:
Which alternative completes the sentence correctly?
Our teacher the homework assignments when he
remembered that Tuesday was a holiday.
Which is the correct option to complete the sentence below?
I don't mind paying to go to the dentist or my eyes _.
Which sequence best completes the text below?
Where the Jobs Are: Nurse Educator
Health care is one field that hasn't gotten (1) beaten in
the brutal economy, and nurses have fared (2) (3) . They had
an unemployment rate of (4) 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Nurse educators have (5) been faculty members of teaching
hospitals or nursing schools. Those positions still exist, but over
the past couple of decades, jobs at medical equipment makers, and at
staffing outfits that serve those companies, have enjoyed (6)
growth.
(Adapted from http://www.forbes.com)
Which sequence best completes the text below?
Almost everyone who studies, lives or works abroad experiences
some degree of culture shock. This period of cultural adjustment
involves everything from_(1) the food and language to (2) how
to use the telephone. No matter how patient and flexible you
are, (3) to a new culture can, at times, be difficult and
frustrating. It is easy (4)lost, depressed and homesick. You may
even want (5)back home!
According to the text, there will be a seamless network of Latin American stock exchanges, which means this network will
Read the text below entitled 10 Ways to Protect Your
Privacy Online in order to answer questions 17 to
20:
10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online
Source: www.newsweek.com (Adapted) Oct, 22nd 2010
Up to a couple of years ago, I used to say that
the average person could protect his or her privacy
on the Web. Even as the founder of an online
reputation-management company, I believed it was
possible so long as you were willing to commit some
time doing it. Today, I tell people this: the landscape
of personal data mining and exploitation is shifting
faster than ever; trying to protect your online privacy
is like trying to build your own antivirus software
really, really dif?cult. But whether or not you have the
time (or money) to invest in the pros, there are a few
simple steps we can all take to reduce the risk to our
private data.
1. Do not put your full birth date on your social-
networking pro?les.
Identity thieves use birth dates as cornerstones
of their craft. If you want your friends to know your
birthday, try just the month and day, and leave out
the year.
2. Use multiple usernames and passwords.
Keep your usernames and passwords for social
networks, online banking, e-mail, and online shopping
all separate. Having distinct passwords is not enough
nowadays: if you have the same username across
different Web sites, your entire life can be mapped
and re-created with simple algorithms.
3. Shred.
If you are going to throw away credit-card offers, bank
statements, or anything else that might come in hard
copy to your house, rip them up into tiny bits ?rst.
According to the author, when throwing away credit card offers or bank statements, one should
