Some adjectives are used only in the attributive position. Which sentence exemplifies that?
Questões de Concursos
selecione os filtros para encontrar suas questões de concursos e clique no botão abaixo para filtrar e resolver.
Publicidade
Judge the following items about the ideas and the linguistic
structures of the text above.
The word "rowdy" (
.5) is synonymous with quiet.
In the sentence “I hardly ever watch TV at night.”, the expression in bold type is an adverb of
Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
is having an impact on the way people think about
datacenters. Companies around the world are
announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5 buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
guidance on how you can take action to control energy
costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10 capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
Projects regarding performance optimization and
cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices
If you "push your ... initiative forward" (lines 49-50) you:
Based on the text, choose the correct option.
Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 65 a 70.
What is organized crime?
Organized crime was characterised by the United Nations, in 1994, as: " group organization to commit crime; hierarchical links or personal relationships which permit leaders to control the group: violence, intimidation and corruption used to earn profits or control territories or markets; laundering of illicit proceeds both in furtherance of criminal activity and to infiltrate the legitimate economy; the potential for expansion into any new activities and beyond national borders; and cooperation with other organized transnational criminal groups." It is increasingly global. Although links between, for example, mafia groups in Italy and the USA have existed for decades, new and rapid means of communication have facilitated the development of international networks. Some build on shared linguistic or cultural ties, such as a network trafficking drugs and human organs, which links criminal gangs in Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil, Pakistan, Dubai and South Africa. Others bring together much less likely groups, such as those trafficking arms, drugs and people between South Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan and Russia, or those linking the Russian mafia with Colombian cocaine cartels or North American criminal gangs with the Japanese Yakuza. Trafficked commodities may pass from group to group along the supply chain; for instance heroin in Italy has traditionally been produced in Afghanistan, transported by Turks, distributed by Albanians, and sold by Italians. Organized crime exploits profit opportunities wherever they arise. Globalization of financial markets, with free movement of goods and capital, has facilitated smuggling of counterfeit goods (in part a reflection of the creation of global brands), internet fraud, and money-laundering. On the other hand, organized crime also takes advantage of the barriers to free movement of people across national borders and the laws against non-medicinal use of narcotics: accordingly it earns vast profits in smuggling migrants and psychoactive drugs. Briquet and Favarel have identified deregulation and the " rolling back of the state" in some countries as creating lacunae that have been occupied by profiteers. The political changes in Europe in the late 1980s fuelled the growth in criminal networks, often involving former law enforcement officers. Failed states, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo or Sierra Leone, have provided further opportunities as criminal gangs smuggle arms in and commodities out, for example diamonds, gold, and rare earth metals, often generating violence against those involved in the trade and in the surrounding communities. Finally, there are a few states, such as the Democratic Republic of Korea and Burma and Guinea-Bissau (once described as a narco-state) where politicians have been alleged to have played an active role in international crime. Organized criminal gangs have strong incentives. Compared with legitimate producers, they have lower costs of production due to the ability to disregard quality and safety standards, tax obligations, minimum wages or employee benefits. Once established, they may threaten or use violence to eliminate competitors, and can obtain favourable treatment by regulatory authorities either through bribes or threats.
(www.globalizationandhealth.com. Adaptado)
No trecho do terceiro parágrafo The political changes in Europe in the late 1980s fuelled the growth in criminal networks, often involving former law enforcement officers. a palavra fuelled equivale, em português, a
According to their pronunciation, how many syllables do these words have respectively?
"Chocolate-passenger-officer":
THE COST OF BEING HAWAIIAN: DEFENDING OUR IDENTITY
A beautiful Polynesian woman moves her hips from side to side, a flower adorning her ear as her
hands glide across her body in harmony with the music. She looks like a photograph come to
life. Beside her is a dark and handsome man smiling and playing the ukulele*. He sings through
his gigantic smile a beautiful love song to the dancing girl. After a time, the man stops playing
5 and the woman stops dancing. The two stare lovingly into each other’s eyes and jump into their
canoe, disappearing into the sunset.
This misconception about the Hawaiian culture has always been around, and although I do not
profess to be an expert in Hawaiian studies by any means, I know that these ideas are only cheap
imitations and generic stereotypes created more to appeal to tourists than to perpetuate and
10 preserve the Hawaiian way of life. The more people are exposed to these misconceptions, the
less they understand the true beauty of the Hawaiian people and the richness of their culture
steeped in politics, agriculture, aquaculture, dance, storytelling and an oral tradition that include
both extensive genealogies and mythology.
Imagine the reaction of our Hawaiian forefathers if they were to view one of the many dinner/
15 cocktail shows that litter the pages of our tourist guides. What would they think? Would they
proudly applaud our efforts to preserve their contributions to history? Or would they laugh at
its absurdity? Is the need to be an economically viable state causing us to compromise our true
identity as Hawaiians in exchange for the luxuries that come with being a tourist destination?
As a boy, I took trips to the Big Island. Visiting there reminded me that Hawaiians had their own
20 place in history and a proper culture complete with its own form of government, its own form
of religion and its own legal system. These discoveries about my heritage filled me with equal
portions of pride and wonderment.
The most concerning thing to me as a Hawaiian is the growing commercialization of our culture
and its possible consequences. Simplifying the culture merely for financial gain may actually
25 cost Hawaiians more than they think. I do not dispute the fact that the tourism industry brings
in much needed revenue to the state, but how long can we tolerate the integrity of our culture
being violated simply to earn money? How much longer can we sell these fabricated ideas of the
islands before they imbue themselves upon the cultural consciousness of all Hawaiians?
I am not suggesting that we shut down every hula show that makes a profit off of reinforcing
30 stereotypes, but that Hawaiians as a people with a rich heritage and a long cultural history need
to be more active in understanding our cultural identity. As western influence grows, we need to
take steps to preserve our culture so that our children don’t grow up believing the stereotypes
that are so readily conditioned into the mind of every tourist. Tourism will not go away, but
we need to take steps as Hawaiians to ensure our traditions are not swallowed up by these
superficial shadows.
pupuaoewa.org
*ukulele - Hawaiian musical instrument
In the last paragraph, the author refers to the hula show to reinforce the following idea:
Judge the following items about the ideas and the linguistic structures
of the text above.
The word "ill-fated" (
.1) is synonymous with doomed.
Read the text below and answer the question:
Circles - By Carl Sandburg
The White man drew a small circle in the sand and told the Red man “This is what the Indian knows” and drawing a big circle around the small one, “This is what the White man knows.” The Indian took the stick and drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where the White man and the Red man know nothing”
Available at: https://quotationstreasury.wordpress.com Accessed on February, 20th 2021.
Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct.
Which of the processing mechanisms and categories of attention contribute to second language acquisition?
Which expression best completes the sentence?
The book you want is ________. We can order a copy for you.
Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
is having an impact on the way people think about
datacenters. Companies around the world are
announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5 buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
guidance on how you can take action to control energy
costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10 capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
Projects regarding performance optimization and
cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices
All the statements below refer to ideas expressed in the first paragraph, EXCEPT one. Mark it.
TEXT
WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY?
Slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century. Slavery continues today and harms people in every country in the world.
Women forced into prostitution. People forced to work in agriculture, domestic work and factories. Children in sweatshops1 producing goods sold globally. Entire families forced to work for nothing to pay off generational debts. Girls forced to marry older men.
There are estimated 40.3 million people in modern slavery around the world, including:
• 10 million children
• 24.9 million people in forced labour
• 15.4 million people in forced marriage
• 4.8 million people in forced sexual exploitation
Someone is in slavery if they are:
• forced to work – through coercion, or mental or physical threat;
• owned or controlled by an ’employer’, through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
• dehumanised, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as ‘property’;
• physically constrained or have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement.
Slavery has been a disgraceful aspect of human society for most of human history. However, Anti-Slavery International has refused to accept that this bloody status quo should be allowed to persist (Aidan McQuade, former director).
Forms of modern slavery
Purposes of exploitation2 can range from forced prostitution and forced labour to forced marriage and forced organ removal. Here are the most common forms of modern slavery.
• Forced labour – any work or services which people are forced to do against their will3 under the threat of some form of punishment.
• Debt bondage or bonded labour – the world’s most widespread form of slavery, when people borrow money they cannot repay and are required to work to pay off the debt, then losing control over the conditions of both their employment and the debt.
• Human trafficking– involves transporting, recruiting or harbouring people for the purpose of exploitation, using violence, threats or coercion.
• Descent-based slavery – where people are born into slavery because their ancestors were captured and enslaved; they remain in slavery by descent.
• Child slavery – many people often confuse child slavery with child labour, but it is much worse. Whilst4 child labour is harmful for children and hinders5 their education and development, child slavery occurs when a child is exploited for someone else’s gain. It can include child trafficking, child soldiers, child marriage and child domestic slavery.
• Forced and early marriage – when someone is married against their will and cannot leave the marriage. Most child marriages can be considered slavery.
Many forms of slavery have more than one element listed above. For example, human trafficking often involves advance payment for travel and a job abroad, using money often borrowed from the traffickers. Then, the debt contributes to control of the victims. Once they arrive, victims cannot leave until they pay off their debt.
Many people think that slavery happens only overseas, in developing countries. In fact, no country is free from modern slavery, even Britain. The Government estimates that there are tens of thousands people in modern slavery in the UK.
Modern slavery can affect people of any age, gender or race. However, contrary to a common misconception6 that everyone can be a victim of
slavery, some groups of people are much more vulnerable to slavery than others.
People who live in poverty7 and have limited opportunities for decent work are more vulnerable to accepting deceptive job offers that can turn exploitative. People who are discriminated against on the basis of race, caste, or gender are also more likely to be enslaved. Slavery is also more likely to occur where the rule of law is weaker and corruption is rife. Anti-Slavery International believes that we have to tackle8 the root causes of slavery in order to end slavery for good. That’s why wepublished our Anti- Slavery Charter, listing comprehensive measures that need to be taken to end slavery across the world.
(Adapted from https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/)
Glossary:
1. sweatshop – a factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions
2. exploitation – abuse, manipulation
3. will – wish, desire
4. whilst – while
5. to hinder – obstruct, stop
6. misconception – wrong idea/ impression
7. poverty – the condition of being extremely poor
8. to tackle – attack
Anti-Slavery International
Let’s keep the lights on when she’s your age. What sort of world will this little girl grow up in? Many experts agree that it will be a considerably more energyhungry one. There are already seven billion people on our planet. And the forecast is that there will be around two billion more by 2050. So if we’re going to keep the lights on for her, we will need to look at every possible energy source. At Shell we’re exploring a broad mix of energies. We’re making our fuels and lubricants more advanced and more efficient than before. With our partner in Brazil, we’re also producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. And we’re delivering natural gas to more countries than any other energy company. When used to generate electricity, natural gas emits around half the CO2 of coal. Let’s broaden the world’s energy mix. (Newsweek. June 25, 2012. Cover. Adapted.)
In the excerpts The promise of a lunch break could make for a more productive morning: (lines 39-40) and whether its going to the gym or sneaking out to your car to read,(lines 49-50), the verb phrases make for and sneaking out to mean, respectively
In the passage intersect (line 22) means
Mark the alternative that doesn’t have a prepositional verb:
Instruction: Answer questions 31 to 40 based on the following text.
This Chrome extension lets you learn a new language by watching Netflix
01 Learning a new language through immersion doesn’t mean you have to pack your bags and
02 move to Europe for three months. Now, you just need to turn __ Netflix. Language Learning with
03 Netflix is a Chrome extension that lets you watch shows with two subtitles on __ the same time
04 so you can visually pair translations with dialogue and learn some new vocabulary in the process.
05 Its a clever service that makes use of Netflix’s massive catalogue and all of the major languages
06 in which it already offers subtitles, including Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
07 Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
08 The extension was created by developers David Wilkinson and Ognjen Apic who experimented
09 with making their own language learning software before collaborating on Language Learning with
10 Netflix. “For some languages (Farsi, for example), there’s only a limited amount of learning
11 materials available”, Wilkinson said in an email. “I think a lot of people would enjoy studying a
12 language with material they are already familiar with”.
13 The tool works best as a supplement for people who already have some basic understanding
14 of the language they’re learning. There’s a vocabulary-highlighting feature that greys out less
15 common words, which is adjustable to match your vocabulary level. Hovering over a word
16 produces a pop-up dictionary, and clicking the word lets you hear it. You can also slow down the
17 dialogue or automatically pause playback at the end of every subtitle, so you can learn line by
18 line. There’s even a catalogue of recommendations for movies and shows that are good to study.
19 The Chrome extension is free to use, but Wilkinson and Apic’s product is expected to have
20 more features, like additional subtitles __ dubbed dialogue, which would only be available for paid
21 users. “Netflix has alternative audio tracks for many well-known series, but the subtitles in other
22 languages don’t match the audio”, Wilkinson said. “We’re considering creating new subtitles for
23 these alternative audio tracks, so you could study German, for example, with Breaking Bad with
24 matching German audio and subtitles”.
25 One of the few downsides is that the tool only works on Google Chrome, so you can’t use it
26 with your Netflix app on tablets or streaming services like Roku or Apple TV. Hopefully, the service
27 can make it’s way beyond browsers soon because it’s obvious that the potential __ language
28 learning through media is huge. Viki, a streaming service for Asian dramas, implemented a “Learn
29 Mode” in 2017 that essentially does the same thing by showing two subtitles at once. The
30 developers say they haven’t contacted Netflix yet, but “the project could likely go faster and
31 further with their support”.
(Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/12/18220289/language-learning-netflix-chrome-extension-two-subtitles – Adapted)
Connect the first column to the second, associating the uses of apostrophe in context to its function.
Column 1
1. To show possession.
2. To indicate an omission.
Column 2
( ) Line 01.
( ) Line 05.
( ) Line 10.
( ) Line 19.
The correct order of filling in the parenthesis, from the top to the bottom, is:
Publicidade