According to the text, it is correct to state that
Match the columns with words of opposite meanings:
a- Evil ( ) Generosity
b- Inside ( ) Kindness
c- Cruelty ( ) Truth
d- Hate ( ) Loser
e- Despair ( ) Outside
f- Anger ( ) Good
g- Greed ( ) Serenity
h- Lies ( ) Enemy
i- Winner ( ) Love
j- Friend ( ) Hope
Qual das alternativas abaixo é a correta para completar a frase: "They ______ from Canadá."?
Clues to How an Electric Treatment for Parkinson’s Work
In 1998, Dr. Philip A. Starr started putting electrodes in people’s brains. A neurosurgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Starr was treating people with Parkinson’s disease, which slowly destroys essential bits of brain tissue, robbing people of control of their bodies. At first, drugs had given his patients some relief, but now they needed more help. After the surgery, Dr. Starr closed up his patients’ skulls and switched on the electrodes, releasing a steady buzz of electric pulses in their brains. For many patients, the effect was immediate. “We have people who, when they’re not taking their meds, can be frozen,” said Dr. Starr. “When we turn on the stimulator, they start walking.” First developed in the early 1990s, deep brain stimulation, or D.B.S., was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating Parkinson’s disease in 2002. Since its invention, about 100,000 people have received implants. While D.B.S. doesn’t halt Parkinson’s, it can turn back the clock a few years for many patients. Yet despite its clear effectiveness, scientists like Dr. Starr have struggled to understand what D.B.S. actually does to the brain. “We do D.B.S. because it works,” said Dr. Starr, “but we don’t really know how.” In a recent experiment, Dr. Starr and his colleagues believe they found a clue. D.B.S. may counter Parkinson’s disease by liberating the brain from a devastating electrical lock-step.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/science/ (adapted)
In 1998, Dr. Philip A. Starr started putting electrodes in people’s brains. A neurosurgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Starr was treating people with Parkinson’s disease, which slowly destroys essential bits of brain tissue, robbing people of control of their bodies. At first, drugs had given his patients some relief, but now they needed more help. After the surgery, Dr. Starr closed up his patients’ skulls and switched on the electrodes, releasing a steady buzz of electric pulses in their brains. For many patients, the effect was immediate. “We have people who, when they’re not taking their meds, can be frozen,” said Dr. Starr. “When we turn on the stimulator, they start walking.” First developed in the early 1990s, deep brain stimulation, or D.B.S., was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating Parkinson’s disease in 2002. Since its invention, about 100,000 people have received implants. While D.B.S. doesn’t halt Parkinson’s, it can turn back the clock a few years for many patients. Yet despite its clear effectiveness, scientists like Dr. Starr have struggled to understand what D.B.S. actually does to the brain. “We do D.B.S. because it works,” said Dr. Starr, “but we don’t really know how.” In a recent experiment, Dr. Starr and his colleagues believe they found a clue. D.B.S. may counter Parkinson’s disease by liberating the brain from a devastating electrical lock-step.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/science/ (adapted)
According to the text, choose the correct alternative to answer the following question: “Who is Philip A. Starr?”
In the dialogues contained in the items below, judge whether the use of interrogative pronouns is correct.
— What did you meet last night?
— I met my boyfriend’s mother.
Choose the best alternative, according to the following situation described:
Situation: I left my bicycle here and now it’s gone.Considere a frase: "____ your friends from England?"
Escolha a alternativa correta para completá-la:
Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
__________ all know that Mr. Jones, the English teacher, is trying __________ best to make
__________ learn all the subjects __________ considers important.
No trecho do primeiro parágrafo – make the public sector more business-like as well as to improve the efficiency –, a expressão destacada indica
Analise a frase: "She is a teacher".
Qual é a alternativa correta para transformar a frase acima em interrogativa?
O que completa corretamente a lacuna da frase: "We ____ excited for the trip."
Read the text below and choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank: Anna and Robert are still married. They had a serious argument last year.
Now they _____ in separate houses.
Complete o texto a seguir com os pronomes mais adequados. This is Mark. ______ is a good friend of mine.
That is Paula, _____ is his girlfriend. Mark and Paula are from Germany. _____ are german. I live with my brother and ___ have a pet. ____ is a dog called Otto.
A sequência correta é:
That is Paula, _____ is his girlfriend. Mark and Paula are from Germany. _____ are german. I live with my brother and ___ have a pet. ____ is a dog called Otto.
A sequência correta é:
Mark the sentence which is grammatically correct.
Escolha a alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas.
To understand your parents` love you must raise children _____.
To understand your parents` love you must raise children _____.
Choose the alternative that correctly states the voice in the sentences below:
We have lost our keys. They were singing a song. The bike is being fixed.
(FIEB-SP/2016)
In the fragment from the second paragraph – These connections may allow access to the Internet, for example to show computers in a store…” – the word in bold indicates
(UNIFOR CE/2001)
Robotic Engineers:
Engineers [TO BE] needed to build robots that do everything from assembling machinery to caring for aging parents.
Tech Teachers:
As technology use increases in all industries, more adulteducation teachers are needed to give workers the skills to survive. About half of all adults are currently enrolled in an adult-education class.
Tech Support:
Technology isn’t infallible, and skilled workers who can fix frustrating problems are rarely needed. Estimates show a 222 percentage boost in computer-support jobs by 2008.
(Newsweek, April 30, 2001)
No texto, o pronome who
How fake images change our memory and behaviour
For decades, researchers have been exploring just how unreliable our own memories are. Not only is memory fickle when we access it, but it"s also quite easily subverted and rewritten. Combine this susceptibility with modem image-editing software at our fingertips like Photoshop, and it"s a recipe for disaster. In a world where we can witness news and world events as they unfold, fake images surround us, and our minds accept these pictures as real, and remember them later. These fake memories don"t just distort how we see our past, they affect our current and future behaviour too - from what we eat, to how we protest and vote. The problem is there"s virtually nothing we can do to stop it.
Old memories seem to be the easiest to manipulate. In one study, subjects were showed images from their childhood. Along with real images, researchers snuck in manipulated photographs of the subject taking a hotair balloon ride with his or her family. After seeing those images, 50% of subjects recalled some part of that hot-air balloon ride - though the event was entirely made up.
EVELETH, R. Disponível em: www.bbc.com. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2013 (adaptado).
A reportagem apresenta consequências do uso de novas tecnologias para a mente humana. Nesse contexto, a memória das pessoas é influenciada pelo(a)
For decades, researchers have been exploring just how unreliable our own memories are. Not only is memory fickle when we access it, but it"s also quite easily subverted and rewritten. Combine this susceptibility with modem image-editing software at our fingertips like Photoshop, and it"s a recipe for disaster. In a world where we can witness news and world events as they unfold, fake images surround us, and our minds accept these pictures as real, and remember them later. These fake memories don"t just distort how we see our past, they affect our current and future behaviour too - from what we eat, to how we protest and vote. The problem is there"s virtually nothing we can do to stop it.
Old memories seem to be the easiest to manipulate. In one study, subjects were showed images from their childhood. Along with real images, researchers snuck in manipulated photographs of the subject taking a hotair balloon ride with his or her family. After seeing those images, 50% of subjects recalled some part of that hot-air balloon ride - though the event was entirely made up.
EVELETH, R. Disponível em: www.bbc.com. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2013 (adaptado).
A reportagem apresenta consequências do uso de novas tecnologias para a mente humana. Nesse contexto, a memória das pessoas é influenciada pelo(a)
Vince Polk hopes for good weather every time he goes to work because: