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• ED36C5D8-F9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionPUC - RJ · 2017MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  

  

  

  By Dr. Joel Fuhrman

  Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health

  Access on April 26, 2017.

  The pronoun “it” in the fragment “and it contains cancer-promoting properties” (lines 10-11) refers to

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão ed36c5d8-f9

  A

  beans (line 8)

  B

  chicken (line 9)

  C

  satiety (line 10)

  D

  protein (line 10)

  E

  phytochemical content (line 10)

  Responder
• ED34163B-F9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionPUC - RJ · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  

  

  

  By Dr. Joel Fuhrman

  Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health

  Access on April 26, 2017.

  The writer implies in paragraph 2 (lines 5-14) that

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão ed34163b-f9

  A

  Beans and grilled chicken are nutritionally equivalent.

  B

  Grilled chicken contains a hormone linked to breast cancer.

  C

  Consuming a high proportion of animal protein is damaging for our health.

  D

  Grilled chicken is higher in protein and lower in calories compared to beans.

  E

  Weight Watchers advocates low-glycemic eating for people who have a health condition.

  Responder
• ED30AD41-F9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionPUC - RJ · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  

  

  

  By Dr. Joel Fuhrman

  Retrieved and adapted from https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/library/articles/46/weight-watchers-focuses-onweight-not-health

  Access on April 26, 2017.

  The main purpose of the text is to

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão ed30ad41-f9

  A

  promote the Weight Watchers program on healthy-eating styles.

  B

  present a range of formulas on how to lose weight.

  C

  educate the public on nutritional science.

  D

  show how the Weight Watchers diet works out for Americans.

  E

  argue how the Weight Watchers program fails to encompass nutritarian diets.

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• 22CECEAE-F9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the lyrics below.

  
  

  Don’t laugh at me

  Mark Wills

  
  

  I’m a little boy with glasses

  The one they call the geek

  A little girl who never smiles

  ’Cause I’ve got braces on my teeth

  And I know how it feels

  To cry myself to sleep

  
  

  I’m that kid on every playground

  Who’s always chosen last

  A single teenage mother

  Tryin’ to overcome my past

  You don’t have to be my friend

  But is it too much to ask

  
  

  Don’t laugh at me

  Don’t call me names

  Don’t get your pleasure from my pain

  In God’s eyes we’re all the same

  Someday we’ll all have perfect wings

  Don’t laugh at me (…)

  
  

  Disponível em:<https://www.vagalume.com.br|> . Acesso em: 15 Set. 2017.

  
  

  
  

  We can conclude that, as a whole, it is about:

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 22ceceae-f9

  A

  children in conflict with their body because they‘ve been diagnosed with palsy.

  B

  someone who might fall victim to bullying and is begging for understanding.

  C

  some friends who are always laughing and having fun in the playground.

  D

  the way severe disabilities affect all human beings and impact their lives.

  E

  the cure for several diseases that affect our bodies or minds.

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• 22CB969F-F9

  Inglês

  Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctionsInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais · 2017MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following article, ignoring the empty spaces (1-5) for the time being. Then, check the alternative in which all the spaces have been CORRECTLY filled:

  
  

  
  

  Will human beings ever live on other planets?

  
  

  
  

  (1) __________ we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems as tough space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than Mars, our nearest neighbor. No matter how many films we make about space travel, the fact is that it remains technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. (2) __________ the distances involved are immense, any voyage outside the solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology. Wherever human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their spaceship would have to carry vast amounts of fuel (3) __________ cover the distance. Even Mars is so far away that it would take about six months to get there. (4) __________ the distance between Earth and Mars varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years before they could return using the shortest journey time. (5) __________ it could cost as much as $ 100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned for sometime between 2010 and 2020.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, London. 2008. p. 165.

  
  

  
  

  Check the CORRECT alternative.
  

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 22cb969f-f9

  A

  (1) Because (2) Though (3) for (4) Since (5) That.

  B

  (1) However (2) Because (3) to (4) When (5) Why.

  C

  (1) Although (2) Since (3) in order to (4) As (5) Even though.

  D

  (1) Though (2) Providing (3) so that (4) Whenever (5) Although.

  E

  (1) Although (2) Because (3) for to (4) As (5) Although.

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• 22C75E78-F9

  Inglês

  Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspectsInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Leia o seguinte trecho de um artigo, ignorando os espaços vazios (1-5) por enquanto. Em seguida, verifique a alternativa que mostra a sequência em que todos os verbos foram usados CORRETAMENTE : 

  
  

  O envelhecimento da população

  
  

  
  

  
  O número de homens e mulheres nos EUA com 60 anos ou mais que ainda trabalham (1) __________ por mais de uma década. Economistas (2) __________ uma série de razões para essa tendência. Primeiro, desde 1985 a economia dos Estados Unidos (3) __________, portanto, tem havido um aumento da demanda por mão de obra. Ao mesmo tempo, o custo de alguns serviços, como cuidados de saúde, (4) __________, portanto, os trabalhadores precisam ganhar mais dinheiro mais tarde na vida. Além disso, as mudanças nas regras de benefícios da seguridade social (5) __________ um efeito considerável sobre os padrões de trabalho. (…)

  
  

  VINCE, M. Macmillan English grammar in context. Macmillan, Londres. 2008. p. 23

  
  

  
  

  Verifique a alternativa CORRETA .
  

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 22c75e78-f9

  A

  (1) have been rising (2) have given (3) is expanding (4) has been increasing (5) have had.

  B

  (1) has been rising (2) have been giving (3) has been expanding (4) are increasing (5) are having.

  C

  (1) are rising (2) are giving (3) have been expanding (4) have been increasing (5) has had.

  D

  (1) has been rising (2) are giving (3) had been expanding (4) has increased (5) has been having.

  E

  (1) has been rising (2) have given (3) has been expanding (4) has been increasing (5) have had.

  Responder
• 22C35D70-F9

  Inglês

  Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctionsInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following article, ignoring the empty spaces (1-5) for the time being. Then, check the alternative that shows the sequence of words that CORRECTLY fill in the gaps:

  
  

  
  

  Your gut, your emotions

  
  

  What controls our emotions? The same two people might see the same tragic newspaper headline, (1) __________ one is much more emotionally affected than the other. Why is that? According to an international team led by UCLA researchers, these emotions may be partially driven by an unlikely source: our gut bacteria. In fact, the bacteria that colonize our intestines may influence the architecture of the brain itself.

  
  

  The experiment examining the relationship between brain development and the gut microbiome was conducted with mice. Specific strains of mice, one that lacked a complete gut microbiome and one that had a normal microbiome, were compared in terms of their brain development and behavior. The influence of microorganisms is not limited to brain development.

  
  

  Interestingly, the mice with the ―normal‖ microbiome had more anxiety and moved less than the mice without the microbiome. (2) __________ exposed to a microbiome early in life, the active, calm mice began to act more anxious and reduced their movements. Microbiota evidently had this influence by affecting hormonal expression and building particular pathways in the brain associated with anxiety. The influence on brain development apparently occurred at a particular point early in the mouse‘s life, so it‘s possible early exposure to a proper microbiome is important for normal development. The researchers speculate that the microbiome helps the mice develop an appropriate sense of caution.

  
  

  The influence of microorganisms is not limited to brain development. (3) __________ no conclusive link has been established, a few studies have detected abnormalities in the gut microbiomes of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders compared to non-affected children. Nor is microorganism influence limited to gut bacteria. A separate study in hyenas (also awaiting conclusive proof) suggests that individual hyenas use a specific cocktail of stinky bacteria in their scent markers left as a message to other hyenas.

  
  

  (4) __________ some fungus can get in on the act, hijacking ants and forcing the unfortunate insects to relocate to a place favorable for a fungus to grow. The ant does not survive, but it makes great fungus food. (5) __________ a growing body of evidence from other animals, until the UCLA study there was not much direct research on how the microbiome affects humans. But given its potential importance, hopefully there will soon be more research along these lines. Going with your gut, indeed!

  
  

  Disponível em:< https://daily.jstor.org/your-gut-youremotions/?utm_term=YOUR%20GUT%2C%20YOUR%20EMOTIONS&utm_campaign=jstordaily_08032017&utm_content=e mail&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email>. Acesso em: 15 Set. 2017.

  
  

  
  

  Check the CORRECT alternative.
  

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 22c35d70-f9

  A

  (1) but - (2) When - (3) While - (4) Even - (5) Despite

  B

  (1) but - (2) While - (3) Actually - (4) Although - (5) Finally

  C

  (1) however - (2) When - (3) While - (4) Therefore - (5) So

  D

  (1) although - (2) While - (3) However - (4) Even - (5) Despite

  E

  (1) although - (2) Despite - (3) Actually - (4) Although - (5) So

  Responder
• 81A7661C-F8

  Inglês

  Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspectsUEG · 2017MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  The true potential of technology to change behavior

  
  

      Technology could successfully change behaviours where decades of campaigns and legislation have failed. With the quantified self already walking among us and the internet of things within easy reach, digital technology is creating unprecedented opportunities to encourage, enable and empower more sustainable behaviours.

       If we are to unlock the power of technology we must be more ambitious than simply digitising analogue strategies or creating another communications channel.

      The true potential of technology lies in its ability to do things that nothing else can do. In behaviour change terms, the potential to succeed where decades of education programmes, awareness campaigns and product innovation have failed; to make a difference where government policy and legislation has had limited impact.

      Using behavioural insights, it is possible to highlight the bottlenecks, drop out points and achilles heels of traditional behaviour change efforts — the reasons why we have failed in the past — and apply the unique possibilities of technology to these specific challenges.

      Overcoming our limitations

      Luckily, the history of the human race is almost defined by its ability to invent stuff that bolsters its feeble capabilities. That stuff is, of course, what we generically refer to as 'technology'. And in the same way that the internal combustion engine and the light bulb allow us to overcome our relatively feeble powers of motion and perception, so digital technology can be directed to overcoming our relatively feeble powers of reasoning, selfcontrol, motivation, self-awareness and agency—the factors that make behaviour change so difficult.

      Herein lies the true potential of technology: not in the laboratory or the workshop, but in an understanding of the behavioural dynamics that define the human condition, both generally and within the context of a specific user-group, market segment or community.

  Fonte: JOHNSON, Steven. Recognising the true potential of technology to change behaviour. Disponível em:<https://www.theguardian.com/sustainablebusiness/behavioural-insights/true-potential-technology-change-behaviour> . Acesso em: 23 ago. 2017. (Adaptado). 

  Analisando-se aspectos linguísticos e estruturais do texto, constata-se que

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 81a7661c-f8

  A

  os vocábulos successfully e unprecedented são ambos constituídos por prefixação em sua estrutura composional.

  B

  a sentence legislation has had limited impact na forma negativa apresenta-se como “legislation hasn´t had limited impact”.

  C

  a sentença campaigns and legislation have failed na forma interrogativa seria “Do campaigns and legislation has failed?”

  D

  o termo could, em Technology could successfully change behaviours, pode ser substituído por “should”, sem alteração de sentido.

  E

  o vocábulo that, na sentença the factors that make behaviour change so difficult, exerce a função de pronome demonstrativo.

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• 49F6DDA9-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  A questão referem-se à tirinha abaixo

  
  

  
  

  Disponível em: http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=87197. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
  

  O humor da tirinha consta na alternativa

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49f6dda9-f2

  A

  Na insinuação de que o consumidor sente-se satisfeito com a última versão de seus eletrônicos.

  B

  Ter a última versão de um eletrônico não irá fazer com que consumidores parem de comprar.

  C

  Ter a última versão de um eletrônico irá fazer com que consumidores parem de comprar.

  D

  A última versão de computadores e smartphones é o sinal de que o consumidor estará satisfeito.

  E

  A última versão de computadores e smartphones pode demonstrar que o consumidor estará satisfeito e terá vontade de parar de comprar.

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• 49F34FEA-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  A questão referem-se à tirinha abaixo

  
  

  
  

  Disponível em: http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=87197. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
  

  No primeiro quadrinho, o Coelho afirma que

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49f34fea-f2

  A

  o crescimento econômico ilimitado vai gerar contentamento nos consumidores.

  B

  o crescimento econômico ilimitado ficará insustentável ao ponto de consumidores ficarem satisfeitos.

  C

  é necessário haver um ponto em que os consumidores estejam satisfeitos com o que têm.

  D

  o crescimento econômico ilimitado é insustentável, pois uma hora os consumidores ficarão satisfeitos.

  E

  o crescimento econômico ilimitado é insustentável, pois os consumidores não ficarão satisfeitos nunca.

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• 49EF9B8C-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  A questão referem-se ao texto abaixo.

  
  

  When it comes to immigration, it helps if you’re white

  Lola Okolosie

  
  

  
  

  Bureaucracy. It’s a word laden with dark memories. We’ve all been caught up in it. Each will have a story of how once they were enmeshed in a paper-chain farce requiring merely a dash of common sense. But, as is typical of such scenarios, it’s usually missing. It would all be laughable if it weren’t threatening to engulf you in rage, or worse.

  
  

  By worse I mean the threat of being deported from the country in which you have chosen to make a life. This is where, until this week, Gregg and Kathryn Brain, found themselves. Having moved to Scotland in 2011 on Kathryn Brain’s student visa, the family had hoped to remain in the country by moving on to a post-study visa, but the government scrapped this scheme in 2012, potentially affecting tens of thousands. Deportation was imminent.

  
  

  An outpouring of support, not least from Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and 20 job offers saved the day. Mrs Brain is now employed by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Group as a curator for their Aviemore visitors’ centre.

  
  

  This is a feel-good immigration story. Lord knows we need one. And yet it’s hard not to look at this smiling family, relieved at what has been salvaged by the goodwill of others, and think of those we seem unwilling to welcome. No one wishes misfortune on any family. In fact, I’d like to think I share in this family’s happiness. They have overcome a system that otherwise would have treated them as merely numbers.[…]

  Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/immigration-helps-white-brain-family - adaptado. Acesso em: 23/09/16.
  

  Segundo o texto, a família Brain

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49ef9b8c-f2

  A

  mudou-se para a Escócia com intenção de permanecer no país com um visto pós-estudos.

  B

  mudou-se para a Escócia sem intenção de permanecer no país com um visto pós-estudos.

  C

  mudou-se para a Escócia para estudar e preparar-se para retornar ao seu país.

  D

  mudou-se para a Escócia, mas não tinha visto de estudante, que teve de ser pedido após os estudos.

  E

  mudou-se para outro país e procurava visto de estudante e emprego.

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• 49EBBE43-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  A questão referem-se ao texto abaixo.

  
  

  When it comes to immigration, it helps if you’re white

  Lola Okolosie

  
  

  
  

  Bureaucracy. It’s a word laden with dark memories. We’ve all been caught up in it. Each will have a story of how once they were enmeshed in a paper-chain farce requiring merely a dash of common sense. But, as is typical of such scenarios, it’s usually missing. It would all be laughable if it weren’t threatening to engulf you in rage, or worse.

  
  

  By worse I mean the threat of being deported from the country in which you have chosen to make a life. This is where, until this week, Gregg and Kathryn Brain, found themselves. Having moved to Scotland in 2011 on Kathryn Brain’s student visa, the family had hoped to remain in the country by moving on to a post-study visa, but the government scrapped this scheme in 2012, potentially affecting tens of thousands. Deportation was imminent.

  
  

  An outpouring of support, not least from Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and 20 job offers saved the day. Mrs Brain is now employed by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Group as a curator for their Aviemore visitors’ centre.

  
  

  This is a feel-good immigration story. Lord knows we need one. And yet it’s hard not to look at this smiling family, relieved at what has been salvaged by the goodwill of others, and think of those we seem unwilling to welcome. No one wishes misfortune on any family. In fact, I’d like to think I share in this family’s happiness. They have overcome a system that otherwise would have treated them as merely numbers.[…]

  Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/immigration-helps-white-brain-family - adaptado. Acesso em: 23/09/16.
  

  O texto acima trata

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49ebbe43-f2

  A

  de problemas de imigração de uma família escocesa.

  B

  da crueldade da burocracia e dificuldades enfrentadas por imigrantes em função dela.

  C

  do número de pessoas tratadas com violência.

  D

  de uma campanha de apoio à imigração, feita pelo primeiro ministro da Escócia.

  E

  de ofertas de emprego, feitas pelo Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Group, consideradas ilegais na Escócia.

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• 49E68AD8-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  O texto abaixo refere-se à questão.

  
  

  
  

  Disponível em: http://www.motivateamazebegreat. com/2016/04/30-friedrich-nietzsche-inspirational-quotes- -about-life.html. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
  

  A palavra “those”, em “those who could not hear the music...”, refere-se

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49e68ad8-f2

  A

  às pessoas que ouviam a música.

  B

  às pessoas que não conseguiam ouvir a música.

  C

  às pessoas que estavam pensando na música.

  D

  aos músicos que dançavam.

  E

  às pessoas que dançavam.

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• 49E28784-F2

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  O texto abaixo refere-se à questão.

  
  

  
  

  Disponível em: http://www.motivateamazebegreat. com/2016/04/30-friedrich-nietzsche-inspirational-quotes- -about-life.html. Acesso em: 09/12/2016.
  

  Da fala de Nietsche, pode-se inferir que

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 49e28784-f2

  A

  dançar faz com que as pessoas percam a razão.

  B

  aqueles que dançavam pensavam serem loucos os que não podiam ouvir a música.

  C

  as pessoas que dançavam achavam que os outros não podiam ouvir a música.

  D

  aqueles que não conseguiam ouvir a música consideravam loucos os que dançavam.

  E

  aqueles que dançavam eram loucos por aqueles que não conseguiam ouvir a música.

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• FFA17A34-EF

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Cásper Líbero · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Examine the following cartoon to answer question.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  According to the cartoon, the creation of a better world only makes sense if

  
  

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão ffa17a34-ef

  A

  Sustainability is one among the items mentioned.

  B

  Global warming is not a fraud.

  C

  People really care about climate summit.

  D

  Rainforests are preserved by all citizens.

  E

  There are not so many items on the hoax list.

  Responder
• FF9720E9-EF

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Cásper Líbero · 2017Muito difícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following interview to answer question.

  
  

  
  

  Giving Capitalism a Social Conscience

  David Bornstein

  
  

  
  

      For more than 40 years, Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has been asserting that the most powerful way to eradicate poverty is to unleash the untapped entrepreneurial capacity of people everywhere. “Poverty is not created by poor people,” he says. “It’s created by the system we built. Poor people are like a bonsai tree. You take the best seed from the tallest tree in the forest, but if you put it in a flower pot to grow, it grows only a meter high. There’s nothing wrong with the seed. The problem is the size of the pot. Society doesn’t give poor people the space to grow as tall as everybody else. This is the crux of the matter.”

      Yunus has recently written a new book, “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions,” in which he argues that capitalism is in crisis and remains moored in a flawed conception of human motivation. He proposes a far more robust role in the economy for “social businesses,” which he defines as “non-dividend” companies “dedicated to solving human problems.”

      At 77, Yunus shows no signs of slowing down. He reports on an astonishing array of work he has been involved in — supporting and codeveloping social businesses (often in partnership with large corporations) in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Haiti, India, Japan, Uganda and numerous other countries.

      “We need to abandon our unquestioning faith in the power of personal-profit-centered markets to solve all problems and confess that the problems of inequality are not going to be solved by the natural working of the economy as it is currently structured,” Yunus writes.

      “This is not a comfortable situation for anyone, including those who are on top of the social heap at any given time. Do the wealthy and powerful … like having to avert their eyes from the homeless and hungry people they pass on the street? Do they enjoy using the tools of the state — including its police powers and other forms of coercion — to suppress the inevitable protests mounted by those on the bottom? Do they really want their own children and grandchildren to inherit this kind of world?”

  Fonte: New York Times. Publicado em 10/10/2017. Disponível em: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/ opinion/giving-capitalism-a-social-conscience.html . Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Excerpt]

  It is correct to say that in the last paragraph, Yunus words are:

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão ff9720e9-ef

  A

  Amazing

  B

  Outrageous

  C

  Frightening

  D

  Surprising

  E

  Provocative

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• FF8AB7B6-EF

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Cásper Líbero · 2017FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following interview to answer question.

  
  

  
  

  Giving Capitalism a Social Conscience

  David Bornstein

  
  

  
  

      For more than 40 years, Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has been asserting that the most powerful way to eradicate poverty is to unleash the untapped entrepreneurial capacity of people everywhere. “Poverty is not created by poor people,” he says. “It’s created by the system we built. Poor people are like a bonsai tree. You take the best seed from the tallest tree in the forest, but if you put it in a flower pot to grow, it grows only a meter high. There’s nothing wrong with the seed. The problem is the size of the pot. Society doesn’t give poor people the space to grow as tall as everybody else. This is the crux of the matter.”

      Yunus has recently written a new book, “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions,” in which he argues that capitalism is in crisis and remains moored in a flawed conception of human motivation. He proposes a far more robust role in the economy for “social businesses,” which he defines as “non-dividend” companies “dedicated to solving human problems.”

      At 77, Yunus shows no signs of slowing down. He reports on an astonishing array of work he has been involved in — supporting and codeveloping social businesses (often in partnership with large corporations) in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Haiti, India, Japan, Uganda and numerous other countries.

      “We need to abandon our unquestioning faith in the power of personal-profit-centered markets to solve all problems and confess that the problems of inequality are not going to be solved by the natural working of the economy as it is currently structured,” Yunus writes.

      “This is not a comfortable situation for anyone, including those who are on top of the social heap at any given time. Do the wealthy and powerful … like having to avert their eyes from the homeless and hungry people they pass on the street? Do they enjoy using the tools of the state — including its police powers and other forms of coercion — to suppress the inevitable protests mounted by those on the bottom? Do they really want their own children and grandchildren to inherit this kind of world?”

  Fonte: New York Times. Publicado em 10/10/2017. Disponível em: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/ opinion/giving-capitalism-a-social-conscience.html . Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Excerpt]

  What does Yunus mean by “Poor people are like a bonsai tree”?

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  A

  Poor people do not get enough opportunities to improve in their lives.

  B

  People with lower incomes are likely to become smaller than the other citizens.

  C

  Rich and poor people should grow the same bonsai trees.

  D

  The bonsai seeds are all from good sources.

  E

  Society should offer larger rooms for poor people to live.

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  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Cásper Líbero · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following interview to answer question.

  
  

  
  

  Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro:

  Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security

  
  

  
  

  INTRODUCTION: Thinking about Social Violence in Brazil

  
  

  
  

      Recently, drug traffickers based in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have attacked government buildings, bombed buses, and successfully ordered widespread business closings. Over the past decade, murder rates have averaged 50 per 100,000, in line with the most violent U.S. cities, and overall rates may actually be even higher as a result of increasing rates of disappearances. In poor districts, murder rates can exceed 150 per 100,000 inhabitants. Indeed, riding this wave of criminal and police violence, human rights abuse has increased in Brazil since its transition to democracy two decades ago.

  Fonte: ARIAS, Enrique Desmond. Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Disponível em: www.jstor. org/stable/10.5149/9780807877371_arias. Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Introduction: p. 1-17]

  Which of the statements below is FALSE according to the text above?

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  A

  The book is about violence in Brazil.

  B

  Drug traffickers have done a lot of harm to the city of Rio de Janeiro.

  C

  The transition to Democracy started 20 years before 2006 in Brazil.

  D

  Government members were successful in closing business buildings.

  E

  Some public transport was destroyed by drug traffickers in Rio.

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  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Cásper Líbero · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Read the following interview to answer question.

  
  

  
  

  Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro:

  Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security

  
  

  
  

  INTRODUCTION: Thinking about Social Violence in Brazil

  
  

  
  

      Recently, drug traffickers based in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have attacked government buildings, bombed buses, and successfully ordered widespread business closings. Over the past decade, murder rates have averaged 50 per 100,000, in line with the most violent U.S. cities, and overall rates may actually be even higher as a result of increasing rates of disappearances. In poor districts, murder rates can exceed 150 per 100,000 inhabitants. Indeed, riding this wave of criminal and police violence, human rights abuse has increased in Brazil since its transition to democracy two decades ago.

  Fonte: ARIAS, Enrique Desmond. Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Disponível em: www.jstor. org/stable/10.5149/9780807877371_arias. Acesso em 06/11/2017. [Introduction: p. 1-17]

  According to the text, it is possible to imply that:

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  A

  More people have been killed in the USA than in Brazil.

  B

  The poorer the population is, the higher the murder rates get.

  C

  There is no comparison in terms of murder rates mentioned in this book.

  D

  The more people die in Rio, the more they are killed in the USA.

  E

  Fewer rates of disappearances have been reported in Rio de Janeiro.

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  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba · 2017DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  A questão referem-se ao quadrinho abaixo.
  

  
  

  
  

  Com a aparição de um navio pirata, Snoopy tem intenção de

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão e87aa7a9-eb

  A

  produzir sensação entre os leitores.

  B

  produzir uma reviravolta na história.

  C

  criar um clima de mistério na história.

  D

  criar um clima de romance na leitura.

  E

  produzir humor na história.

  Responder