Numa visão bakhtiniana de linguagem, entende-se que hesitações (Well... Humm...) e pausas
Read the following passage and choose the option that best answers the questions 01 to 05.
"Learners" (line 20):A 4 poles pairs synchronous machine operates as a motor inside an industrial electrical network, with nominal frequency of 50,0 [Hz]. The synchronous machine rotor is equipped with short-circuited bars, creating a squirrel-cage auxiliary winding, dedicated for dumping effects during transients and also to allow the startup of the motor, when the machine is directly connected to the mains power source.
É apresentada no texto uma máquina elétrica A deep freeze this week in the Lone Star state, which relies on electricity to heat many homes, is causing power demand to skyrocket. At the same time, natural gas, coal, wind and nuclear facilities in Texas have been knocked offline by the unthinkably low temperatures.
The extreme cold is causing the entire system to freeze up, said Jason Bordoff, director of Columbia Universitys Center on Global Energy Policy. All sources of energy are underperforming in the extreme cold because theyre not designed to handle these unusual conditions.
The ripple effects are being felt around the nation as Texas prolific oil-and-gas industry stumbles.
Its striking that these power outages are happening in a state with abundant energy resources. Texas produces more electricity than any other US state generating almost twice as much as Florida, the next-closest, according to federal statistics.
Wind power is also booming in Texas, which produced about 28% of all the US wind-powered electricity in 2019, the EIA said. But the problem is that not only is Texas an energy superpower, it tends to be an above-average temperature state. That means its infrastructure is ill-prepared for the cold spell currently wreaking havoc. And the consequences are being felt by millions.
Critics of renewable energy have pointed out that wind turbines have frozen or needed to be shut down due to the extreme weather.
Even though other places with colder weather (like Iowa and Denmark) rely on wind for even larger shares of power, experts said the turbines in Texas were not winterized for the unexpected freeze.
But this is not just about wind turbines going down. Natural gas and coal-fired power plants need water to stay online. Yet those water facilities froze in the cold temperatures and others lost access to the electricity they require to operate.
Its too early to definitively say what went wrong in Texas and how to prevent similar outages. More information will need to be released by state authorities. Still, some experts say the criticism of wind power appears overdone already. In terms of the blame game, the focus on wind is a red herring. Its more of a political issue than what is causing the power problems on the grid, said Dan Cohan, associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University.
The energy crisis in Texas raises also questions about the nature of the states deregulated and decentralized electric grid. Unlike other states, Texas has made a conscious decision to isolate its grid from the rest of the country.
That means that when things are running smoothly, Texas cant export excess power to neighboring states. And in the current crisis, it cant import power either.
Internet: <www.cnn.com> (adapted).
About ideas stated in the text above and the words used in it, judge the following item.
Extremely cold temperatures in Texas created problems for the distribution of energy in the state.
According to the text, Bitcoin is
1. a typical currency.
2. a crypto currency.
3. a currency like dollar or euro.
4. the only one crypto currency.
5. the engine of cybercrime.
It is CORRECT
Rankine notes that adhesion is useful in helping ground stand up in temporary work but plays no part in his design, which is consistent with Coulomb s law. Adhesive or cemented strength may arise as small creep strains occur and as bonds develop in undisturbed sedimentary soils, but any such bonds are, in Rankine s view, destroyed by weathering, and in Coulomb s view destroyed by remoulding. These two founders of soil mechanics are in agreement.
Adaptado de: Andrew N.Schofield Disponível em: http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ans/habibx.html Acessado em: 13/04/2007.
According to the passage, Rankine and Coulomb
Fill in the blanks with the best degrees of comparison: “That yellow car is not __________ this red one. You should buy the red one. It is __________ and __________.”
Criado em 29 de março de 2001, por iniciativa da organização não-governamental Comitê para a Democratização da Informática (CDI), o Dia da Inclusão Digital tem objetivo ambicioso: fazer com que cidadãos de todo o país aprendam a usar as novas tecnologias, principalmente, o computador. E, mais do que isso, tenham acesso a elas. Os dados mais recentes do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), referentes a 2002, atestam que dos 170 milhões de habitantes do país, apenas 3,3% - o equivalente a 6,8 milhões de pessoas - dispõem de computadores em casa. Um número ínfimo, segundo especialistas. Sobre a "exclusão digital", podemos afirmar que:
The author comments that the TBLT approach is an offshoot of CLT. In another section of his full article, he comments that “CLT was a principled response to the perceived failure of [previous methods].” Read the following claims on ELT methodology/approaches.
I - The Audiolingual method’s proclaimed goal of fostering communicative capability in the learner was based on the presentation-practice-production sequence.
II - CLT emphasizes language competence in terms of social interaction, considering the main linguistic principles of speech act theory, functional grammar, communicative competence, introduced by Austin, Halliday and Dell Hymes, respectively.
III - CLT was a theoretically based approach that reinforced the emphasis on the linguistic structures of the target language, as supported by the Audiolingual method.
IV - The Audiolingual method conveyed a largely structural orientation that relied on a rendering of pattern practices with pseudo-meaningful exchanges of scripted dialogues.
V - The Grammar-Translation method was grounded on the principles of American structuralist linguistics and behaviorist psychology in language teaching methods and materials.
Mark the alternative that contains only correct claims.
With the exception of business owners and investors, most Brazilians looked for candidates who prioritized job creation and income generation, in the 2018 elections. According to a Brazilian Economic Outlook from the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), the economy sustained growth (albeit slow) for a while since the end of 2017, industrial production increased, and unemployment rates declined. Nevertheless, 13.4 million people remained jobless, particularly women, youth, and people of color; and growth rates were disappointing. A poll by Datafolha showed at the time that Brazilians perceptions of the economy were pessimistic: 72 percent of those surveyed felt the economic scenario had worsened in the last months. Similar to the reaction to corruption, this extremely negative perception of the socioeconomic environment could potentially further distance voters from the traditional government and their allies, turning voters toward unconventional candidates instead, who could represent a change in the status quo.
Idem. Ibidem (adapted).
Concerning the text presented above, judge the following items.
The authors claim that voters attitudes towards the economic situation at the time would lead to them identifying with candidates from traditional political parties.
Answer questions 26 – 28 according to the text:
“Once upon a time in a small town in the south of a tropical country, there was a little girl called Amanda. She lived in a very quiet and peaceful neighborhood. Amanda was the naughtiest girl in this neighborhood. She had a younger brother. His name was Arthur. He was as naughty as _____. They loved to do everything together. Their mother, Jill, used to call them lightning and thunder. One day, Jill looked at herself on the glass of the fish tank and noticed it was filthy. A couple of hours later, on the very same day, Amanda and Arthur took their toothbrushes and carefully cleaned all the fishes in the fish tank. Despite Amanda and her brother’s good will, they were grounded for a month.”
What is the underlined word in the text related to?
Suitable titles for text LI include
The present use of classical speech structure.
In his article, Kumaravadivelo also mentions that TESOLers have now reached a state of consciousness about the central issues that must govern teaching practices. Yet, he says that:
“Admirable intentions need to be translated into attainable goals, which, in turn, need to be supported by actionable plans. I hope that the person who will be writing a state-ofthe- art essay for the golden jubilee volume of TESOL Quarterly in 2016 will be able to narrate a possible transition from awakening to attainment. After all, the end of all awakening must be the beginning of attainment.”
The expression “from awakening to attainment” can be appropriately paraphrased as
Read the text below in order to answer questions 19 to 21.
Urban Insurance Issues
Underwriting, the task of deciding what risks to insure, allows insurers to discriminate between good and bad risks. Differences in prices for insurance must reflect expected differences in losses and expenses. When the risk of future losses increases or when rates are inadequate, insurers become more selective about the degree of risk they will assume in an effort to preserve their profit margin. However, redlining, defined as refusal to issue or renew, or cancel an insurance policy based on the geographic location of the structure or individual to be insured, is illegal in every state.
Because losses tend to be higher in urban areas, rates for auto and home insurance are often higher than average in inner cities. This has raised questions about the availability and affordability of insurance in urban communities. Responding to these concerns, the insurance industry is redoubling its efforts to enhance the insurability of inner city properties and to push for changes in auto insurance that would enable drivers to have more coverage options.
According to the author, the insurance industry
“Summer sea ice is expected to decrease by 50-100%.”
Read the text below.
Many years ago, when I ___ a college student, I ___ very interesting people and ___ good friends then! Today we ___ busy professionals, but, from time to time, we ___ together to talk about the good old days!
Regarding verb tenses and verb forms, choose the option that completes the text correctly.
Questions 36 to 42 relate to teaching skills and abilities: In her book “Teaching Community” (2003), bell hooks claims that educators must work “so that the classroom is not a site where domination (on the basis of race, class, gender, nationality, sexual preference, religion) is perpetuated” and that it should be “a place that is life-sustaining and mind-expanding, a place of liberating mutuality where teacher and students together work in partnership”. This is in agreement with the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) because it promotes the classroom as:
Alguns resultados de levantamentos concluem que boa parte dos professores de inglês estrutura seu programa de ensino a partir de exercícios que ensinam os alunos sobre a gramática normativa. Este tipo de programa
The best translation to the sentence “The challenge remains that large enterprises aren’t nearly as agile as their attackers” (last paragraph) is:
1. Continua o desafio de que as grandes empresas não são tão ágeis quanto os agressores.
2. O desafio é de que as grandes empresas não têm atacantes tão ágeis.
3. A mudança permanece, e as grandes empresas estão quase tão ágeis quanto os seus agressores.
4. O desafio da mudança é fazer as empresas tão ágeis quanto os agressores.
5. As empresas mudaram e estão atualmente tão ágeis quanto os seus agressores.
It is CORRECT just
A deep freeze this week in the Lone Star state, which relies on electricity to heat many homes, is causing power demand to skyrocket. At the same time, natural gas, coal, wind and nuclear facilities in Texas have been knocked offline by the unthinkably low temperatures.
“The extreme cold is causing the entire system to freeze up,” said Jason Bordoff, director of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. “All sources of energy are underperforming in the extreme cold because they’re not designed to handle these unusual conditions.”
The ripple effects are being felt around the nation as Texas’ prolific oil-and-gas industry stumbles.
It’s striking that these power outages are happening in a state with abundant energy resources. Texas produces more electricity than any other US state — generating almost twice as much as Florida, the next-closest, according to federal statistics.
Wind power is also booming in Texas, which produced about 28% of all the US wind-powered electricity in 2019, the EIA said. But the problem is that not only is Texas an energy superpower, it tends to be an above-average temperature state. That means its infrastructure is ill-prepared for the cold spell currently wreaking havoc. And the consequences are being felt by millions.
Critics of renewable energy have pointed out that wind turbines have frozen or needed to be shut down due to the extreme weather.
Even though other places with colder weather (like Iowa and Denmark) rely on wind for even larger shares of power, experts said the turbines in Texas were not winterized for the unexpected freeze.
But this is not just about wind turbines going down. Natural gas and coal-fired power plants need water to stay online. Yet those water facilities froze in the cold temperatures and others lost access to the electricity they require to operate.
It’s too early to definitively say what went wrong in Texas and how to prevent similar outages. More information will need to be released by state authorities. Still, some experts say the criticism of wind power appears overdone already. “In terms of the blame game, the focus on wind is a red herring. It’s more of a political issue than what is causing the power problems on the grid,” said Dan Cohan, associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University.
The energy crisis in Texas raises also questions about the nature of the state’s deregulated and decentralized electric grid. Unlike other states, Texas has made a conscious decision to isolate its grid from the rest of the country.
That means that when things are running smoothly, Texas can’t export excess power to neighboring states. And in the current crisis, it can’t import power either.
Internet: <www.cnn.com> (adapted).
About ideas stated in the text above and the words used in it, judge the following item.
There are other states, like Florida, that produce energy on a level similar to that of Texas.