Prova de 2019: Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) — questões com gabarito

According to the text, due to the huge changes English has had since it first came from the north of Europe to the British land,

In order to accomplish its function as a means of international communication today, the English language

The text mentions one of the reasons for the changes that have happened in the English language over the years, which is the

The sentence “if the language becomes too diverse it will not remain mutually comprehensible across different social groups.” (lines 127-130) contains a

The sentence “When two languages come into contact, two communities who speak different languages engage with each other” (lines 54-57) is classified as

The sentence “It has changed in terms of its lexis (vocabulary), its orthography (spelling) and its semantics (meaning).” (lines 3-5) is classified as

The sentences “The dominant language often absorbs new items of vocabulary” (lines 23- 24) and “Some loanwords retain their ‘foreign’ appearance” (lines 29-30) contain a/an

The sentence “the nature of that engagement will determine how the languages influence one another.” (lines 58-60) contains a/an

The sentence “it is a politically charged social practice embedded in the histories of the people who use it.” (lines 100-102) contains a/an

In the sentences “Such statistics can never fully represent the diversity of experiences that speakers of the language have” (lines 71-74) and “…changes that have occurred in the populations of those who speak the language.” (lines 52-54), the underlined clauses are classified as

In terms of voice, the underlined verbs in the sentence “The term loanword, or borrowing, is used to refer to an item of vocabulary from one language which has been adopted into the vocabulary of another.” (lines 15-19) are respectively in the

In the sentence “The influence from this contact can be seen most clearly in the way that English is full of what are known as loanwords.” (lines 12-15), at least one of the verbs is in the

In terms of tense, the underlined verbs in the sentences “Other loanwords, however, have become completely naturalized” (lines 38-40) and “English has, over its lifetime, absorbed influences from countless sources” (lines 43-45) are respectively in the 

In terms of tense, the verbs in the sentence “The attitudes people have towards the language are a part of their own personal history.” (lines 78-80) are respectively in the

The sentence “It has changed dramatically over the centuries since it first arrived on the shores of Britain from the north of Europe” (lines 104-107) contains a conjunction that introduces a

Em um campeonato de futebol, como o Brasileiro, de 2019, bolas são chutadas e arremessadas milhares de vezes, quase todas como lançamentos oblíquos ou variações mais elaboradas. De modo simplificado, lances de longo alcance podem ser tratados como massas puntiformes lançadas sob a ação da gravidade e da força de atrito do ar. Essa força de atrito pode, dentro de certos limites, ser tratada como proporcional ao módulo da velocidade da bola. Dado isso, é correto afirmar que

Considere um objeto, que partiu do repouso e tem sua velocidade crescente, se deslocando sem atrito e sob a ação de uma única força. Suponha que sua energia cinética, após um tempo t desde sua partida, seja E, e no instante 2t seja 4E. Sobre o trabalho realizado pela força atuando no objeto, é correto afirmar que

Um elevador, de modo simplificado, pode ser descrito como um sistema composto por duas massas ligadas por uma corda inextensível e suspensas por uma polia de eixo fixo. Uma das massas é um contrapeso e a outra massa é a cabine com seus passageiros. Considerando uma situação em que a cabine executa uma viagem de subida, é correto afirmar que