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ID: 1024511•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Sete Barras SP•
Língua Inglesa•
2024

Read the news article to answer question.


Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave


South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.

A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted the region over the past week, sending the mercury as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing thousands of schools to tell students to stay home.

The Philippines announced on Sunday the suspension of in-person classes at all public schools for two days after a record-shattering day of heat in the capital Manila.

In Thailand, where at least 30 people have died of heatstroke so far this year, the meteorological department warned of "severe conditions" after temperatures in a northern province exceeded 44.1C (111.4F) on Saturday.

And in Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh, forecasters warned that temperatures could exceed 40C in the coming days as people endured searing heat and stifling humidity.

"I dare not go out in the daytime. I am worried we would get heatstroke," said a 39 year-old cashier in Myanmar’s Yangon who gave her name as San Yin.

She said she has been going to a park with her husband and four-year-old son at night to escape the heat of their fourth-floor apartment.

"This is the only spot we can stay to avoid the heat in our neighbourhood," she said.

Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the United Nations weather and climate agency said Tuesday that Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace.


France24. (2024, April 28). Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave. Retrieved from: https://www.france24.com
The term "heatstroke" is mentioned more than once in the news article. Which of the following is the most accurate definition of heatstroke?

ID: 1023053•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caçapava SP•
Inglês•
2024

In the realm of educational psychology, consider the following statements about learning theories.

I. Constructivism posits that learners construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
II. Behaviorism asserts that learning is largely invisible, focusing on internal thought processes, and emphasizes how students think and feel about the learning process.
III. Social Learning Theory suggests that people learn from one another, via observation, imitation, and modeling.

Which of the statements above is(are) correctly described?

ID: 1023154•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caconde SP•
Professor de Inglês•
2024

Match the reading strategies to their corresponding descriptions.

1 - Pre-reading:

2 - Active reading

3 - Rereading

4 - Summarizing

5 - Questioning

( ) This strategy involves restating the main points of the text in your own words. Summarizing helps you to understand the text and to remember it better.

( ) This strategy involves actively engaging with the text as you read. You can do this by asking yourself questions, making notes, or highlighting key points. Active reading helps you to understand the text more deeply and to remember it better.

( ) This strategy involves making predictions about the text before you start reading. You can do this by looking at the title, headings, and illustrations, or by thinking about your own knowledge and experience. Pre-reading helps you to focus your attention and to be more engaged in the text.

( ) This strategy involves reading the text again after you have finished the first time. This can help you to catch anything you missed the first time around, or to understand the text in a new way.

( ) This strategy involves asking questions about the text as you read. You can ask questions about the meaning of the text, the author's purpose, or your own understanding of the text. Questioning helps you to think critically about the text and to understand it more deeply.

The correct association is, respectively:

ID: 1024990•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Águas de Lindóia SP•
Inglês•
2024

The old man sat on the bench, watching the children play. He smiled as he remembered his own childhood, when he would spend hours playing in the park. He thought about how much had changed in the world since then.

Select the correct alternative.

ID: 1024992•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Águas de Lindóia SP•
Inglês•
2024

Consider the following excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock":

"And how should I presume?
And how should I begin?
Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
And watched the smoke that rises from the chimneys,
Or bowed to shadows in the public square?"

The speaker's use of rhetorical questions in this passage suggests that he is feeling:

ID: 1024998•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Águas de Lindóia SP•
Inglês•
2024

The Old Man and the Sea

Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish. His young apprentice, Manolin, is forbidden by his parents to fish with him anymore because they believe that Santiago is bringing bad luck. One day, Santiago sets out alone in his skiff to fish off the coast of Cuba. He casts his line and waits patiently for a bite.
After two days, Santiago finally feels a fish on his line. He struggles to land the fish, which is much larger than he is. The fish pulls the skiff far out to sea, and Santiago is forced to fight for two days and nights to land it.
Finally, Santiago lands the fish, but it is so large that he cannot bring it into the skiff. The fish dies, and Santiago ties it to the side of the skiff. He is exhausted, but he is also proud of his accomplishment.
That night, a school of sharks attacks the fish. Santiago fights them off with a harpoon, but they eventually eat most of the fish. By the time Santiago reaches shore, he is left with only the skeleton of the fish.
Manolin is waiting for Santiago when he arrives. He helps Santiago carry the skeleton of the fish to his shack. Santiago is disappointed, but he is also grateful for the experience. He knows that he has faced his greatest challenge and has emerged victorious.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

The story's narrative is told from Santiago's perspective, allowing readers to experience his thoughts, feelings, and motivations. What effect does this narrative technique have on the story?

ID: 1021680•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Juquitiba SP•
Professor de Educação Básica I•
2024

How will future climate change affect the world?

Scientists say limiting temperature rise to 1.5C is crucial to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change - although these increase with every extra increment of warming.

The 1.5C warming limit was partly designed to avoid crossing so-called "tipping points".

These are thresholds beyond which changes could accelerate and become irreversible in different parts of the Earth's climate system, such as the collapse of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

But it's not clear precisely where these thresholds sit. Some may have already been crossed; some may be further away than first thought.

Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24021772

Based on the passage, what is one of the main purposes of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C in the context of climate change?

ID: 1021686•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Juquitiba SP•
Professor de Educação Básica I•
2024

What concept is George Carlin's quote, "If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?" attempting to convey? Choose the correct alternative.

ID: 1023074•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caçapava SP•
Inglês•
2024

How does the concept of English as a lingua franca challenge traditional views on language learning?

ID: 1024620•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caconde SP•
Professor de Inglês•
2024

Read the excerpt to answer the question.

“JACK: We must get married at once. There is no time to be lost.

GWENDOLEN: Married, Mr. Worthing?

JACK: Well... surely. You know that I love you, and you let me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not absolutely indifferent to me.

GWENDOLEN: I adore you. But you haven't proposed to me yet. Nothing has been said at all about marriage. The subject has not even been touched on.

JACK: Well... may I propose to you now?

GWENDOLEN: I think it would be an admirable opportunity. And to spare you any possible disappointment, Mr. Worthing, I think it only fair to tell you quite frankly beforehand that I am fully determined to accept you.”

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

What word could replace "indifferent" in Jack's statement about Gwendolen's feelings?

ID: 1025000•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Águas de Lindóia SP•
Inglês•
2024

"The Lighthouse stood on a tongue of land that ran out into the sea. The living-rooms were on the ground floor, opening on to a terrace. The bedrooms were up a flight of stone steps. The kitchen was tucked away under the stairs."

Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1927.

In the passage from "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf, Lily Briscoe is describing the:

ID: 1024562•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caçapava SP•
Inglês•
2024

Read the text to answer question.


"I’m not a naturally wrathful person. I don’t like to (and usually don’t) lose my temper. The exception is when drivers ignore pedestrian right of way. I will, whether I’m a few steps or a few miles into my walk, admonish them — loudly and none too gently. (They, of course, cannot hear me inside their cars.)

It’s hard to shake the impression that New York City’s drivers have become more aggressive. They run reds, viciously honk and yell at pedestrians who clearly have the right of way and generally endanger the lives of those on foot.

From 2009 to 2022, an average of 136 pedestrians were killed each year by traffic in the city. The numbers have gone down slightly — to 99 in 2023 — but cyclist deaths have climbed, though they remain a small fraction of pedestrian deaths. (The city’s decision to give pedestrians a head start at many intersections, where walk signals turn white before streetlights go green, may be helping.)

In the United States generally, walking has become far more dangerous. The number of pedestrian fatalities nationally has climbed more than 80 percent in the past 15 years, largely because of increasingly hazardous automotive design. Some police departments effectively no longer punish drivers for any traffic infractions. San Francisco’s police officers “have almost entirely abandoned enforcement of traffic laws,” The Times’s Heather Knight reported.

All of this calls not just for policy changes such as automobile regulation, improved policing and better urban planning but also for a more assertive pedestrian culture. Aggressive drivers have exacerbated this problem; aggressive pedestrians can help solve it."


Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/27/opinion/thepoint#pedestrian-safetyassertiveness
According to the text, which factor has significantly contributed to the rise in pedestrian fatalities over the past 15 years in the United States?

ID: 1024563•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caçapava SP•
Inglês•
2024

Read the text to answer question.


"I’m not a naturally wrathful person. I don’t like to (and usually don’t) lose my temper. The exception is when drivers ignore pedestrian right of way. I will, whether I’m a few steps or a few miles into my walk, admonish them — loudly and none too gently. (They, of course, cannot hear me inside their cars.)

It’s hard to shake the impression that New York City’s drivers have become more aggressive. They run reds, viciously honk and yell at pedestrians who clearly have the right of way and generally endanger the lives of those on foot.

From 2009 to 2022, an average of 136 pedestrians were killed each year by traffic in the city. The numbers have gone down slightly — to 99 in 2023 — but cyclist deaths have climbed, though they remain a small fraction of pedestrian deaths. (The city’s decision to give pedestrians a head start at many intersections, where walk signals turn white before streetlights go green, may be helping.)

In the United States generally, walking has become far more dangerous. The number of pedestrian fatalities nationally has climbed more than 80 percent in the past 15 years, largely because of increasingly hazardous automotive design. Some police departments effectively no longer punish drivers for any traffic infractions. San Francisco’s police officers “have almost entirely abandoned enforcement of traffic laws,” The Times’s Heather Knight reported.

All of this calls not just for policy changes such as automobile regulation, improved policing and better urban planning but also for a more assertive pedestrian culture. Aggressive drivers have exacerbated this problem; aggressive pedestrians can help solve it."


Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/27/opinion/thepoint#pedestrian-safetyassertiveness
In the context of the passage, how does the author view the role of law enforcement in improving pedestrian safety?

ID: 1021679•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Juquitiba SP•
Professor de Educação Básica I•
2024

Read the excerpt to answer questions 26 to 28.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

― Charles Dickens

Which of the following elements is NOT part of the contrasting pairs mentioned in the quote?

ID: 1024582•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Lorena SP•
Inglês•
2024

“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things about her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”


— Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
How do the younger fishermen refer to the sea?

ID: 1023067•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Caçapava SP•
Inglês•
2024

In the context of reading strategies, which of the following best exemplifies the approach of "scanning" a text?

ID: 1024999•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Águas de Lindóia SP•
Inglês•
2024

"It was the day of the funeral. In the midst of the mournful silence, the only sound to be heard was the occasional muffled sobs of the relatives. The coffin was carried slowly through the streets, followed by a long procession of mourners. As the coffin passed, people stopped to stare and bow their heads in respect."

Joyce, James. "The Dead." In Dubliners, pp. 153-174. Penguin Books, 2002.

The mood of the passage is best described as:

ID: 1023103•
Inglês•
Interpretação de texto Reading comprehension•
Avança SP•
Prefeitura de Lorena SP•
Inglês•
2024

After reading a challenging academic article in English, a student summarizes the main points and reflects on how the information can be applied in his own field of study. This practice primarily demonstrates which reading strategy?
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