Prova de 2010: Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO) — questões com gabarito

Não é de hoje que o mundo está de olho nas riquezas africanas. Desde o século XV, quando os europeus iniciaram a ocupação da África, o continente vem sendo pilhado. Afinal, lá estão 75% do cobalto, dois terços dos diamantes, mais da metade do ouro e um terço do urânio de todo o planeta. Estima-se que possam ser extraídos do continente africano 125 bilhões de barris de petróleo, o que representa cerca de 10% das reservas mundiais.

(ÁFRICA..., 2010, p. 34).

Neste começo de século XXI, está se tornando difícil viver sem internet, em razão do avanço da oferta de lazer, de recursos de trabalho e emprego e de serviços públicos e privados, como pagar contas e tirar documentos. Até, por isso, muita gente usa a internet sem ter computador nem serviços de provedor contratado, utilizando as lan houses, estabelecimentos que vendem o acesso por tempo de uso.

(ODORISSI, 2010, p. 128-129).

Os benefícios advindos do uso da internet, na sociedade brasileira, embora extensos, ainda não são compartilhados pela maioria da população, em consequência

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

About the mummified woman, it’s correct to say:

( ) She was rather short.

( ) She was an elderly lady when she died.

( ) Her legs had been tied with a rope.

( ) She was much younger than most Peruvian mummies.

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

__________ the mummy was very old, the dead body _______

Based on the text, the alternative that completes the blanks correctly is

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

“The woman, named the ‘Lady of Pacopampa’ after the site in the northern highlands” (l. 5-7)

The expression in bold should be understood as

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

“contemporary with the better-known Chavin and Cupisnique cultures.” (l. 24-25)

The word “better” in this sentence is the irregular degree of

BLACK, Richard. Arctic warmest in two millennia. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/ worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090904_witn_arctic.shtml>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

The text has answers to the following questions:

( ) Where was the present research published?

( ) How many scientists took part in the present expedition?

( ) What are Arctic high temperatures an indication of?

( ) When did the scientists produce evidence of the warming phenomenon in the Arctic?

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom,

BLACK, Richard. Arctic warmest in two millennia. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/ worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090904_witn_arctic.shtml>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

BLACK, Richard. Arctic warmest in two millennia. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/ worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090904_witn_arctic.shtml>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

Disponível em: <http://commontragedies.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/mad-as-hell.jpg>Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

The man in this cartoon is angry because