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According to the part of the text that starts with “For some today the American Dream…”, how many different meanings can be related to the American Dream today?

Q946814 • Inglês • NC UFPR • UFPR • Conhecimentos Gerais • 2019

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How the American Dream has changed

The phrase ‘American Dream’ was officially coined just under 90 years ago in a book called The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams. He argued it was “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”

Today: No single American Dream?

For some today the American Dream means a chance for fame and celebrity, while for others it means succeeding through the old adage of family values and hard work. Still others believe that the American Dream just represents a world closed to all but the elite with their wealth and contacts […]. Meanwhile, surveys have found that almost half of all millennials believe the American Dream is dead. In an ever-changing country, the idea of what the American Dream means to different people is changing too.

(Disponível em: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born/ss-AABbxjy)

According to the part of the text that starts with “For some today the American Dream…”, how many different meanings can be related to the American Dream today?

a) 5
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2
e) 1

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Q1103479 • Inglês • Verbos Verbs • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
Some irregular verbs in English show a vowel change when forming the past tense. For example, the verb fight → fought illustrates a common pronunciation pattern in irregular verbs.
Identify the group of verbs whose past forms follow the same pronunciation pattern as the example above.
- a) make – build – keep
- b) sing – ring – drink
- c) go – see – take
- d) write – speak – come
- e) bring – buy – think
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Q1103478 • Inglês • Verbos Verbs • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
In English, some phrasal verbs express the idea of refusing or rejecting something.
The phrasal verb “turn down” may carry this meaning depending on the context. Which sentence correctly uses “turn down” with the meaning of refuse?
- a) She turned down the job offer yesterday.
- b) She turned down the volume of the radio.
- c) She turned down the street near the park.
- d) She turned down the pages of the book.
- e) She turned down the lights in the room.
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Q1103477 • Inglês • Preposições Prepositions • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
Complete the sentences with the correct time prepositions.
I. The meeting will start ___ 3:45 PM.
II. She was born ___ August.
III. The exam will take place ___ Tuesday.
Which alternative correctly completes the sentences?
- a) at – on – in
- b) in – at – on
- c) on – in – at
- d) at – in – on
- e) in – on – at
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Q1103369 • Inglês • Preposições Prepositions • PROMUN • Prefeitura de Areias SP • Professor Ensino Fundamental II Inglês • 2026
Which sentence is written incorrectly in relation to the use of Between and Among?
- a) My school is among several old houses.
- b) I found a photo of Fred among my papers.
- c) The bakery is between the church and the cinema.
- d) There is a difference among them. Paula is very thin and Pietra is a fat woman.
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Q1103368 • Inglês • Advérbios e Conjunções Adverbs And Conjunctions • PROMUN • Prefeitura de Areias SP • Professor Ensino Fundamental II Inglês • 2026
The word “finally” in “She finally finished her college degree” is a/an:
- a) Adjective of manner.
- b) Relative adverb.
- c) Pronoun.
- d) Adverb of time.
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Q1103367 • Inglês • Substantivos e Compostos Nouns And Compounds • PROMUN • Prefeitura de Areias SP • Professor Ensino Fundamental II Inglês • 2026
The plural of “that wise Englishman keeps his gold watch in a safe” is:
- a) Those wise Englishmen keep their gold watches in safes.
- b) Those wises Englishmen keeps theirs gold’s watches in safes.
- c) Those wise Englishman keep theirs gold watcher in saves.
- d) Those wise Englishman keep his gold watches in a saves.
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Q1103158 • Inglês • Interpretação de Texto Reading Comprehension • CESPE CEBRASPE • Câmara dos Deputados • Especialidade Policial Legislativo Federal • 2026
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The role of the police in a healthy democracy is radically different from their role in authoritarian societies. In autocratic regimes, the police serve mainly to protect not the people, but the regime. The police are therefore typically politicized, with appointments being part of the patronage system that rewards regime loyalists. Police officers spend a great deal of time spying on the populace to unmask political opposition; crime against citizens is less of a concern. Abuse and corruption are usually rife, because police are not held accountable for their actions. Rather, political leaders tolerate abuses by the police in return for police loyalty to the regime.

By contrast, in democratic societies the primary mission of the police is to protect citizens against crime and disorder, including illegal or corrupt behavior by officials. In democracies, police have carefully circumscribed roles that require close and positive relations with ordinary citizens. The use of arms and pursuit of criminals are rare and take up only a tiny fraction of police time. Instead, police officers spend the vast bulk of their time building relationships with the community through patrols, community-enhancing activities, and listening to citizens. The goal of democratic policing is to build a web of relationships between the community and the police that helps to control crime by making police aware of the persons and activities in the communities that they are assigned to protect and by inclining citizens to trust and cooperate with police. This also achieves the primary goal of making citizens feel secure in their daily activities, thereby fostering a climate that encourages increased legitimate business activity, investment, and planning for the future.

Michael D. Wiatrowski and Jack A. Goldstone. The ballot and the badge: democratic policing. In: Journal
of Democracy, Volume 21, Number 2. Internet: <muse.jhu.edu> (adapted).

Concerning the previous text, judge the following items.

In the fragment “police have carefully circumscribed roles that require close and positive relations with ordinary citizens” (second paragraph), “ordinary citizens” are people who represent the average citizen in a democratic society.
- a) Certo
- b) Errado
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Q1103157 • Inglês • Interpretação de Texto Reading Comprehension • CESPE CEBRASPE • Câmara dos Deputados • Especialidade Policial Legislativo Federal • 2026
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The role of the police in a healthy democracy is radically different from their role in authoritarian societies. In autocratic regimes, the police serve mainly to protect not the people, but the regime. The police are therefore typically politicized, with appointments being part of the patronage system that rewards regime loyalists. Police officers spend a great deal of time spying on the populace to unmask political opposition; crime against citizens is less of a concern. Abuse and corruption are usually rife, because police are not held accountable for their actions. Rather, political leaders tolerate abuses by the police in return for police loyalty to the regime.

By contrast, in democratic societies the primary mission of the police is to protect citizens against crime and disorder, including illegal or corrupt behavior by officials. In democracies, police have carefully circumscribed roles that require close and positive relations with ordinary citizens. The use of arms and pursuit of criminals are rare and take up only a tiny fraction of police time. Instead, police officers spend the vast bulk of their time building relationships with the community through patrols, community-enhancing activities, and listening to citizens. The goal of democratic policing is to build a web of relationships between the community and the police that helps to control crime by making police aware of the persons and activities in the communities that they are assigned to protect and by inclining citizens to trust and cooperate with police. This also achieves the primary goal of making citizens feel secure in their daily activities, thereby fostering a climate that encourages increased legitimate business activity, investment, and planning for the future.

Michael D. Wiatrowski and Jack A. Goldstone. The ballot and the badge: democratic policing. In: Journal
of Democracy, Volume 21, Number 2. Internet: <muse.jhu.edu> (adapted).

Concerning the previous text, judge the following items.

According to the text, the limitations imposed on police work in democratic societies are motivated by the fact that the use of arms almost never happens.
- a) Certo
- b) Errado
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Q1103156 • Inglês • Interpretação de Texto Reading Comprehension • CESPE CEBRASPE • Câmara dos Deputados • Especialidade Policial Legislativo Federal • 2026
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The role of the police in a healthy democracy is radically different from their role in authoritarian societies. In autocratic regimes, the police serve mainly to protect not the people, but the regime. The police are therefore typically politicized, with appointments being part of the patronage system that rewards regime loyalists. Police officers spend a great deal of time spying on the populace to unmask political opposition; crime against citizens is less of a concern. Abuse and corruption are usually rife, because police are not held accountable for their actions. Rather, political leaders tolerate abuses by the police in return for police loyalty to the regime.

By contrast, in democratic societies the primary mission of the police is to protect citizens against crime and disorder, including illegal or corrupt behavior by officials. In democracies, police have carefully circumscribed roles that require close and positive relations with ordinary citizens. The use of arms and pursuit of criminals are rare and take up only a tiny fraction of police time. Instead, police officers spend the vast bulk of their time building relationships with the community through patrols, community-enhancing activities, and listening to citizens. The goal of democratic policing is to build a web of relationships between the community and the police that helps to control crime by making police aware of the persons and activities in the communities that they are assigned to protect and by inclining citizens to trust and cooperate with police. This also achieves the primary goal of making citizens feel secure in their daily activities, thereby fostering a climate that encourages increased legitimate business activity, investment, and planning for the future.

Michael D. Wiatrowski and Jack A. Goldstone. The ballot and the badge: democratic policing. In: Journal
of Democracy, Volume 21, Number 2. Internet: <muse.jhu.edu> (adapted).

Concerning the previous text, judge the following items.

In the sentence “The police are therefore typically politicized, with appointments being part of the patronage system that rewards regime loyalists” (first paragraph), the authors imply that, in authoritarian societies, proper qualification may not suffice for someone to become a police officer.
- a) Certo
- b) Errado
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Q1103155 • Inglês • Interpretação de Texto Reading Comprehension • CESPE CEBRASPE • Câmara dos Deputados • Especialidade Policial Legislativo Federal • 2026
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The role of the police in a healthy democracy is radically different from their role in authoritarian societies. In autocratic regimes, the police serve mainly to protect not the people, but the regime. The police are therefore typically politicized, with appointments being part of the patronage system that rewards regime loyalists. Police officers spend a great deal of time spying on the populace to unmask political opposition; crime against citizens is less of a concern. Abuse and corruption are usually rife, because police are not held accountable for their actions. Rather, political leaders tolerate abuses by the police in return for police loyalty to the regime.

By contrast, in democratic societies the primary mission of the police is to protect citizens against crime and disorder, including illegal or corrupt behavior by officials. In democracies, police have carefully circumscribed roles that require close and positive relations with ordinary citizens. The use of arms and pursuit of criminals are rare and take up only a tiny fraction of police time. Instead, police officers spend the vast bulk of their time building relationships with the community through patrols, community-enhancing activities, and listening to citizens. The goal of democratic policing is to build a web of relationships between the community and the police that helps to control crime by making police aware of the persons and activities in the communities that they are assigned to protect and by inclining citizens to trust and cooperate with police. This also achieves the primary goal of making citizens feel secure in their daily activities, thereby fostering a climate that encourages increased legitimate business activity, investment, and planning for the future.

Michael D. Wiatrowski and Jack A. Goldstone. The ballot and the badge: democratic policing. In: Journal
of Democracy, Volume 21, Number 2. Internet: <muse.jhu.edu> (adapted).

Concerning the previous text, judge the following items.

The authors oppose two different roles of the police, each one related to a specific way political power can be exercised in a society.
- a) Certo
- b) Errado
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