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• 13E937C5-DE

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  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFGV · 2014Muito difícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  LIBERALS AND ISLAMISTS

  By Shadi Hamid 

  

  Adapted from Time, August 12, 2013. 

  According to the information in the article, which of the following most likely happened in Algeria in 1992?

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 13e937c5-de

  A

  The Algerian military was unopposed when it annulled the country’s democratic elections.

  B

  A serious military intervention in Algerian politics encountered, in general, no liberal opposition.

  C

  Algeria’s military and liberal elite conspired to overthrow the country’s democratically elected Islamist government.

  D

  A civil war between Islamists and the Algerian military nearly destroyed the country.

  E

  Having lost the support of liberals, Islamists, and the Algerian military, Algeria’s democracy fell apart.

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• 13E52941-DE

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  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFGV · 2014FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  LIBERALS AND ISLAMISTS

  By Shadi Hamid 

  

  Adapted from Time, August 12, 2013. 

  In paragraph 2, “That” in the sentence “That is an old story” most likely refers to

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 13e52941-de

  A

  the perennial failure of democracy in Egypt.

  B

  military interference in Egyptian politics.

  C

  the idea that dictatorships are more efficient than democracies.

  D

  refusing to let democratically elected religious figures run a country.

  E

  dismantling a democracy in order to preserve it.

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• 13DF9383-DE

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  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFGV · 2014MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  LIBERALS AND ISLAMISTS

  By Shadi Hamid 

  

  Adapted from Time, August 12, 2013. 

  In paragraph 1, when Mohamed ElBaradei says, “It was a painful decision,” he most likely is referring to his

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 13df9383-de

  A

  refusal to accept a position in President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist government.

  B

  belief that democracy will never work in Egypt.

  C

  offer to support, in the beginning, President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist government.

  D

  approval of the military action that removed President Mohamed Morsi from power.

  E

  attempt to justify the massacre of Muslim radicals.

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• 13DB2843-DE

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  LIBERALS AND ISLAMISTS

  By Shadi Hamid 

  

  Adapted from Time, August 12, 2013. 

  According to the information in the article, Egypt’s liberals, in general,

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 13db2843-de

  A

  can win democratic political victories only with the support of Egypt’s military.

  B

  have lost most of the widespread support that the great mass of Egyptians had once given them.

  C

  chose not to set up a democratic opposition to President Mohamed Morsi.

  D

  have continued to support Egypt’s democratically elected parliament while, at the same time, being opposed to President Mohamed Morsi.

  E

  remained neutral when President Mohamed Morsi was removed from power by Egypt’s military.

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• 5DADE28A-DC

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  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  

  
  The sentence that does NOT make sense according to the comic strip is

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5dade28a-dc

  A

  Unlike Monica, Jimmy Five plays chess intelligently and differently.

  B

  Monica, as usual, is mad at Jimmy Five for something wrong he might have done.

  C

  “Have you thought about chess?” could replace “How about chess?”

  D

  Monica is so uptight that she can barely listen to Jimmy Five.

  E

  Jimmy Five’s difficulty in pronouncing certain words is obvious in the story.

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• 5DA22607-DC

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Female Prisoners Post Sexy Pictures of Themselves on Social Network

  ESTELITA HASS CARAZZAI
  FROM CURITIBA
  

  At least two detainees have taken pictures and published them on social networking sites from inside Guarapuava Public Jail, in the state of Paraná.
  The pictures, taken on a phone, were found by prison guards and posted online last April.
  The 30 year-old detainees are in jail after being accused of drug trafficking. Both are serving provisional sentences, and are yet to be convicted.
  One has been in jail since April, and the other for a year.
  Detainees are not granted possession of cell phones, and, due to this breach, they were awarded a disciplinary sanction and have since been prevented from receiving visits or food sent by family members for 30 days.
  Additionally, this occurrence may prevent them from shortening their sentences if they are eventually convicted.
  They appear posing in underwear on concrete beds in the female dormitory, which is decorated with animal print.
  After the prison guards discovered the images, they inspected the room the two women shared and found the cell phone used to take the pictures.
  “This unfortunately happens. Detainees can hide things very well”, the prison chief, Altemir Nascimento, said.
  According to Nascimento, 40 cell phones have been seized so far this year in the prison (which also houses men).
  CELL PHONE THROWING
  The location of the prison in downtown Guarapuava makes matters worse. According to the prison chief, during sunbathing, pedestrians toss cell phones over the wall.
  “Cell phones and drugs are thrown over the wall. This happens regularly. On every sunny day two or three items are thrown”, Nascimento said.
  At the beginning of the year, in order to bring the “deliveries” to a halt, the prison chief decided to install a protective net over the patio. Since then 77 cell phones have been caught on the net.
  

  
  http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/

  Detainees

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5da22607-dc

  A

  have been denied the right to see their family members since they broke the law in prison.

  B

  are not allowed to use their phones inside their prison cells for more than 30 days.

  C

  throw cell phones with sexy images and other kinds of pictures over the wall on sunny days.

  D

  who decorate their cells with pictures of animals are seriously punished by the prison guards.

  E

  usually hide the things they bring to jail in the female dormitory.

  Responder
• 5D99F29D-DC

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014Muito difícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Female Prisoners Post Sexy Pictures of Themselves on Social Network

  ESTELITA HASS CARAZZAI
  FROM CURITIBA
  

  At least two detainees have taken pictures and published them on social networking sites from inside Guarapuava Public Jail, in the state of Paraná.
  The pictures, taken on a phone, were found by prison guards and posted online last April.
  The 30 year-old detainees are in jail after being accused of drug trafficking. Both are serving provisional sentences, and are yet to be convicted.
  One has been in jail since April, and the other for a year.
  Detainees are not granted possession of cell phones, and, due to this breach, they were awarded a disciplinary sanction and have since been prevented from receiving visits or food sent by family members for 30 days.
  Additionally, this occurrence may prevent them from shortening their sentences if they are eventually convicted.
  They appear posing in underwear on concrete beds in the female dormitory, which is decorated with animal print.
  After the prison guards discovered the images, they inspected the room the two women shared and found the cell phone used to take the pictures.
  “This unfortunately happens. Detainees can hide things very well”, the prison chief, Altemir Nascimento, said.
  According to Nascimento, 40 cell phones have been seized so far this year in the prison (which also houses men).
  CELL PHONE THROWING
  The location of the prison in downtown Guarapuava makes matters worse. According to the prison chief, during sunbathing, pedestrians toss cell phones over the wall.
  “Cell phones and drugs are thrown over the wall. This happens regularly. On every sunny day two or three items are thrown”, Nascimento said.
  At the beginning of the year, in order to bring the “deliveries” to a halt, the prison chief decided to install a protective net over the patio. Since then 77 cell phones have been caught on the net.
  

  
  http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/

  According to the text,
  

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5d99f29d-dc

  A

  delivery of cell phones to prison has been good business nowadays.

  B

  recently not all cell phones coming from the outside of the prison building have reached the prisoners.

  C

  while women are left in prison cells, men are kept in houses inside the Guarapuava Public Jail.

  D

  when cell phones are found with prisoners, they are banned from sunbathing.

  E

  the pictures taken on the prisoners’ cell phones were posted on Facebook in the first semester of the year.

  Responder
• 5D968B4A-DC

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  The Rolling Stones Impose High Ticket Prices for U.S. Tour

  “Is that a lot?” says Mick Jagger
  

  By Jerry Hopkins November 15, 1969
  

  
  Mick Jagger performing on stage circa 1969.
  
  

  LOS ANGELES—The Rolling Stones have returned to the United States for their first tour in more than three years.
  

  
  It begins with two evening shows at the Forum in Los Angeles November 8th, with tickets priced from $5.50 to $8.50. (This compares to a $7.50 top price for a Blind Faith concert in the same arena, a $6.50 top for the Doors. And in both those concerts, tickets started at $3.50.) In arranging this show, a previously-set hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers was rescheduled – at the request of the man who owns both the Forum and the Kings.
  

  
  Acts appearing at the concerts here will include Terry Reid, who will appear on all the dates, and the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Negotiations were continuing to have Ike and Tina, B. B. King and Chuck Berry join the Stones in several other cities.
  

  
  Promoters of the L.A. concerts said the gross for the evening would exceed $275,000 if the Stones filled the 18,000 seats in the Forum both shows. Similar grosses, on a per show basis, were expected throughout the tour, with the Stones getting guarantees of $25,000 a concert and up, against take home percentages running close to $60,000.

  
  

  Although figures such as these are not unusual for tours by groups of this magnitude, they did bring strong criticism from, among others, Ralph Gleason in the San Francisco Chronicle.
  

  
  “Can the Rolling Stones actually need all that money?” Gleason asked. “If they really dig the black musicians as much as every note they play and every syllable they utter indicates, is it possible to take out a show with, say, Ike and Tina and some of the older men like Howlin’ Wolf and let them share in the loot? How much can the Stones take back to Merrie England after taxes, anyway? How much must the British manager and the American manager and the agency rake off the top?”
  

  
  “Paying five, six and seven dollars for a Stones concert at the Oakland Coliseum for, say, an hour of the Stones seen a quarter of a mile away because the artists demand such outrageous fees that they can only be obtained under these circumstances, says a very bad thing to me about the artists’ attitude towards the public. It says they despise their own audience.”
  

  
  When Mick Jagger was confronted by this criticism at a press conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, he left the door slightly open to giving a free concert sometime during the 13-city, 18-concert tour, but his tone didn’t seem too promising.
  

  
  “There has been talk of that,” he said. “I should think toward the end. We’ll have to see how things go. I don’t want to plan that right now, ‘cause we’re gonna be here some while. We’ve got time for all that. I don’t want to say that’s what we want to do or not do. I’m leaving it rather blurry. I’m not committing myself.”
  

  
  And about the ticket cost, he strongly indicated that if some people thought prices were high, they might have been a lot worse.
  

  
  “We were offered a lot of money to do some very good dates – money in front in Europe, before we left, really a lot of bread. We didn’t accept because we thought they’d be too expensive on the basis of the money we’d get. We didn’t say that unless we walk out of America with X dollars, we ain’t gonna come. We’re really not into that sort of economic scene. Either you’re gonna sing and all that crap, or you’re gonna be an economist. I really don’t know whether this is more expensive than recent tours by local bands. I don’t know how much people can afford. I’ve no idea. Is that a lot? You’ll have to tell me.”
  

  
  www.rollingstone.com

  The question that the promoters were asked and whose answer can be found in the phrase from $5.50 to $8.50 was probably:

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5d968b4a-dc

  A

  How much the ticket cost will be?

  B

  How much cost the tickets to the Stones’ next concert?

  C

  What is the ticket prices?

  D

  Will the ticket prices to be worse than the prices to see other bands?

  E

  What’s the price range for a concert ticket?

  Responder
• 5D929B9F-DC

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  The Rolling Stones Impose High Ticket Prices for U.S. Tour

  “Is that a lot?” says Mick Jagger
  

  By Jerry Hopkins November 15, 1969
  

  
  Mick Jagger performing on stage circa 1969.
  
  

  LOS ANGELES—The Rolling Stones have returned to the United States for their first tour in more than three years.
  

  
  It begins with two evening shows at the Forum in Los Angeles November 8th, with tickets priced from $5.50 to $8.50. (This compares to a $7.50 top price for a Blind Faith concert in the same arena, a $6.50 top for the Doors. And in both those concerts, tickets started at $3.50.) In arranging this show, a previously-set hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers was rescheduled – at the request of the man who owns both the Forum and the Kings.
  

  
  Acts appearing at the concerts here will include Terry Reid, who will appear on all the dates, and the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Negotiations were continuing to have Ike and Tina, B. B. King and Chuck Berry join the Stones in several other cities.
  

  
  Promoters of the L.A. concerts said the gross for the evening would exceed $275,000 if the Stones filled the 18,000 seats in the Forum both shows. Similar grosses, on a per show basis, were expected throughout the tour, with the Stones getting guarantees of $25,000 a concert and up, against take home percentages running close to $60,000.

  
  

  Although figures such as these are not unusual for tours by groups of this magnitude, they did bring strong criticism from, among others, Ralph Gleason in the San Francisco Chronicle.
  

  
  “Can the Rolling Stones actually need all that money?” Gleason asked. “If they really dig the black musicians as much as every note they play and every syllable they utter indicates, is it possible to take out a show with, say, Ike and Tina and some of the older men like Howlin’ Wolf and let them share in the loot? How much can the Stones take back to Merrie England after taxes, anyway? How much must the British manager and the American manager and the agency rake off the top?”
  

  
  “Paying five, six and seven dollars for a Stones concert at the Oakland Coliseum for, say, an hour of the Stones seen a quarter of a mile away because the artists demand such outrageous fees that they can only be obtained under these circumstances, says a very bad thing to me about the artists’ attitude towards the public. It says they despise their own audience.”
  

  
  When Mick Jagger was confronted by this criticism at a press conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, he left the door slightly open to giving a free concert sometime during the 13-city, 18-concert tour, but his tone didn’t seem too promising.
  

  
  “There has been talk of that,” he said. “I should think toward the end. We’ll have to see how things go. I don’t want to plan that right now, ‘cause we’re gonna be here some while. We’ve got time for all that. I don’t want to say that’s what we want to do or not do. I’m leaving it rather blurry. I’m not committing myself.”
  

  
  And about the ticket cost, he strongly indicated that if some people thought prices were high, they might have been a lot worse.
  

  
  “We were offered a lot of money to do some very good dates – money in front in Europe, before we left, really a lot of bread. We didn’t accept because we thought they’d be too expensive on the basis of the money we’d get. We didn’t say that unless we walk out of America with X dollars, we ain’t gonna come. We’re really not into that sort of economic scene. Either you’re gonna sing and all that crap, or you’re gonna be an economist. I really don’t know whether this is more expensive than recent tours by local bands. I don’t know how much people can afford. I’ve no idea. Is that a lot? You’ll have to tell me.”
  

  
  www.rollingstone.com

  The text explains that

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5d929b9f-dc

  A

  sports games are usually played before every concert of the Stones.

  B

  whether the Stones do need all the money mentioned for their concert tickets is debatable.

  C

  the Stones didn’t accept the bread offered them due to the fact that it would be too expensive to be paid back.

  D

  it is widely known that artists in general have been letting their audiences down for quite a while.

  E

  Mick Jagger doubts that other bands charge their concerts more than the Stones.

  Responder
• 5D8F94F3-DC

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  The Rolling Stones Impose High Ticket Prices for U.S. Tour

  “Is that a lot?” says Mick Jagger
  

  By Jerry Hopkins November 15, 1969
  

  
  Mick Jagger performing on stage circa 1969.
  
  

  LOS ANGELES—The Rolling Stones have returned to the United States for their first tour in more than three years.
  

  
  It begins with two evening shows at the Forum in Los Angeles November 8th, with tickets priced from $5.50 to $8.50. (This compares to a $7.50 top price for a Blind Faith concert in the same arena, a $6.50 top for the Doors. And in both those concerts, tickets started at $3.50.) In arranging this show, a previously-set hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers was rescheduled – at the request of the man who owns both the Forum and the Kings.
  

  
  Acts appearing at the concerts here will include Terry Reid, who will appear on all the dates, and the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Negotiations were continuing to have Ike and Tina, B. B. King and Chuck Berry join the Stones in several other cities.
  

  
  Promoters of the L.A. concerts said the gross for the evening would exceed $275,000 if the Stones filled the 18,000 seats in the Forum both shows. Similar grosses, on a per show basis, were expected throughout the tour, with the Stones getting guarantees of $25,000 a concert and up, against take home percentages running close to $60,000.

  
  

  Although figures such as these are not unusual for tours by groups of this magnitude, they did bring strong criticism from, among others, Ralph Gleason in the San Francisco Chronicle.
  

  
  “Can the Rolling Stones actually need all that money?” Gleason asked. “If they really dig the black musicians as much as every note they play and every syllable they utter indicates, is it possible to take out a show with, say, Ike and Tina and some of the older men like Howlin’ Wolf and let them share in the loot? How much can the Stones take back to Merrie England after taxes, anyway? How much must the British manager and the American manager and the agency rake off the top?”
  

  
  “Paying five, six and seven dollars for a Stones concert at the Oakland Coliseum for, say, an hour of the Stones seen a quarter of a mile away because the artists demand such outrageous fees that they can only be obtained under these circumstances, says a very bad thing to me about the artists’ attitude towards the public. It says they despise their own audience.”
  

  
  When Mick Jagger was confronted by this criticism at a press conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, he left the door slightly open to giving a free concert sometime during the 13-city, 18-concert tour, but his tone didn’t seem too promising.
  

  
  “There has been talk of that,” he said. “I should think toward the end. We’ll have to see how things go. I don’t want to plan that right now, ‘cause we’re gonna be here some while. We’ve got time for all that. I don’t want to say that’s what we want to do or not do. I’m leaving it rather blurry. I’m not committing myself.”
  

  
  And about the ticket cost, he strongly indicated that if some people thought prices were high, they might have been a lot worse.
  

  
  “We were offered a lot of money to do some very good dates – money in front in Europe, before we left, really a lot of bread. We didn’t accept because we thought they’d be too expensive on the basis of the money we’d get. We didn’t say that unless we walk out of America with X dollars, we ain’t gonna come. We’re really not into that sort of economic scene. Either you’re gonna sing and all that crap, or you’re gonna be an economist. I really don’t know whether this is more expensive than recent tours by local bands. I don’t know how much people can afford. I’ve no idea. Is that a lot? You’ll have to tell me.”
  

  
  www.rollingstone.com

  According to the text, the Rolling Stones

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 5d8f94f3-dc

  A

  have been selling more tickets to their concerts than bands like the Doors.

  B

  have been overcharging the tickets to their concerts in order to be able to make ends meet.

  C

  are considering giving a concert free of charge in the middle of the tour.

  D

  might have Howlin’ Wolf opening for them and being paid half the money cost of the tickets.

  E

  have been planning a brand new tour based on their latest Merrie England CD.

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• 6DB450DB-D9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Santa Marcelina · 2014FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Leia o infográfico para responder à questão.

  
  

  

  (www.medicalnewstoday.com. Adaptado.)
  

  No primeiro quadro, Breads & Rolls, a expressão even though pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 6db450db-d9

  A

  however.

  B

  but.

  C

  then.

  D

  so.

  E

  although.

  Responder
• 6DB1875E-D9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Santa Marcelina · 2014MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Leia o infográfico para responder à questão.

  
  

  

  (www.medicalnewstoday.com. Adaptado.)
  

  De acordo com o infográfico, é correto afirmar que

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 6db1875e-d9

  A

  o nível de sódio presente na carne de aves não muda de acordo com o método de preparação.

  B

  é possível consumir 100% da recomendação diária de sódio quando se toma uma sopa enlatada.

  C

  comer pão ao longo do dia distribui a concentração de sódio por refeição, sendo menos prejudicial à saúde.

  D

  um sanduíche ou hambúrguer de uma rede de fast food pode conter mais que 1500 miligramas de sódio.

  E

  seis fatias finas de frios e embutidos podem conter mais do que metade da dose de sódio recomendada diariamente.

  Responder
• 6DAB4BBF-D9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Santa Marcelina · 2014FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Leia o texto para responder à questão.

  
  

  Do fat people stay warmer than thin people?

  Pack on some extra pounds for winter

  By Daniel Engber

  01.02.2014

      At the yearly Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia, participants often smear their bodies with animal fat for insulation against the 70-degree water. But their own body fat also helps to keep them warm, like an extra layer of clothing beneath the skin. When scientists studied aspects of the event in 2006, they found that swimmers with a greater body mass index (BMI) appear to be at much lower risk of getting hypothermia.

      The same effect has been demonstrated in hospitals where patients who’ve suffered cardiac arrest are treated with “therapeutic hypothermia” to stave off brain injury and inflammation. Studies have shown that it takes longer to induce hypothermia in obese patients than in their leaner counterparts. The extra fat seems to insulate the body’s core.

      Under certain conditions, though, overweight people might feel colder than people of average weight. That’s because the brain combines two signals — the temperature inside the body and the temperature on the surface of the skin — to determine when it’s time to constrict blood vessels (which limits heat loss through the skin) and trigger shivering (which generates heat). And since subcutaneous fat traps heat, an obese person’s core will tend to remain warm while his or her skin cools down. According to Catherine O’Brien, a research physiologist with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, it’s possible that the lower skin temperature would give fatter people the sense of being colder overall.

      But O’Brien points out that many other factors beyond subcutaneous fat help determine the rate at which we chill. Smaller people, who have more surface area compared to the total volume of their bodies, lose heat more quickly. (It’s often said that women feel colder than men; average body size may play a part.) A more muscular physique may also offer some protection against hypothermia, partly because muscle tissue generates lots of heat. “We have a joke around here that the person who’s best-suited for cold is fit and fat,” says O’Brien.

  (www.popsci.com)

  No trecho do segundo parágrafo – The same effect has been demonstrated in hospitals where patients who’ve suffered cardiac arrest are treated with “therapeutic hypothermia” to stave off brain injury and inflammation. –, a expressão em destaque pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 6dab4bbf-d9

  A

  take off.

  B

  prevent.

  C

  study

  D

  replace.

  E

  trigger.

  Responder
• 6DA879C1-D9

  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Santa Marcelina · 2014MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  Leia o texto para responder à questão.

  
  

  Do fat people stay warmer than thin people?

  Pack on some extra pounds for winter

  By Daniel Engber

  01.02.2014

      At the yearly Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia, participants often smear their bodies with animal fat for insulation against the 70-degree water. But their own body fat also helps to keep them warm, like an extra layer of clothing beneath the skin. When scientists studied aspects of the event in 2006, they found that swimmers with a greater body mass index (BMI) appear to be at much lower risk of getting hypothermia.

      The same effect has been demonstrated in hospitals where patients who’ve suffered cardiac arrest are treated with “therapeutic hypothermia” to stave off brain injury and inflammation. Studies have shown that it takes longer to induce hypothermia in obese patients than in their leaner counterparts. The extra fat seems to insulate the body’s core.

      Under certain conditions, though, overweight people might feel colder than people of average weight. That’s because the brain combines two signals — the temperature inside the body and the temperature on the surface of the skin — to determine when it’s time to constrict blood vessels (which limits heat loss through the skin) and trigger shivering (which generates heat). And since subcutaneous fat traps heat, an obese person’s core will tend to remain warm while his or her skin cools down. According to Catherine O’Brien, a research physiologist with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, it’s possible that the lower skin temperature would give fatter people the sense of being colder overall.

      But O’Brien points out that many other factors beyond subcutaneous fat help determine the rate at which we chill. Smaller people, who have more surface area compared to the total volume of their bodies, lose heat more quickly. (It’s often said that women feel colder than men; average body size may play a part.) A more muscular physique may also offer some protection against hypothermia, partly because muscle tissue generates lots of heat. “We have a joke around here that the person who’s best-suited for cold is fit and fat,” says O’Brien.

  (www.popsci.com)

  Em relação ao primeiro parágrafo, é correto afirmar que

  Escolha uma alternativa para a questão 6da879c1-d9

  A

  a gordura corporal funciona como uma espécie de camada extra de roupa debaixo da pele.

  B

  os nadadores com maior índice de massa corporal corriam maior risco de sofrer de hipotermia.

  C

  a gordura animal usada pelos participantes funciona como uma camada extra de roupa debaixo da pele.

  D

  os nadadores precisaram ingerir gordura animal para suportar as baixas temperaturas das águas.

  E

  os participantes de uma prova de natação passaram gordura animal no corpo para se protegerem da insolação.

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  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFaculdade Santa Marcelina · 2014FácilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

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  Do fat people stay warmer than thin people?

  Pack on some extra pounds for winter

  By Daniel Engber

  01.02.2014

      At the yearly Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia, participants often smear their bodies with animal fat for insulation against the 70-degree water. But their own body fat also helps to keep them warm, like an extra layer of clothing beneath the skin. When scientists studied aspects of the event in 2006, they found that swimmers with a greater body mass index (BMI) appear to be at much lower risk of getting hypothermia.

      The same effect has been demonstrated in hospitals where patients who’ve suffered cardiac arrest are treated with “therapeutic hypothermia” to stave off brain injury and inflammation. Studies have shown that it takes longer to induce hypothermia in obese patients than in their leaner counterparts. The extra fat seems to insulate the body’s core.

      Under certain conditions, though, overweight people might feel colder than people of average weight. That’s because the brain combines two signals — the temperature inside the body and the temperature on the surface of the skin — to determine when it’s time to constrict blood vessels (which limits heat loss through the skin) and trigger shivering (which generates heat). And since subcutaneous fat traps heat, an obese person’s core will tend to remain warm while his or her skin cools down. According to Catherine O’Brien, a research physiologist with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, it’s possible that the lower skin temperature would give fatter people the sense of being colder overall.

      But O’Brien points out that many other factors beyond subcutaneous fat help determine the rate at which we chill. Smaller people, who have more surface area compared to the total volume of their bodies, lose heat more quickly. (It’s often said that women feel colder than men; average body size may play a part.) A more muscular physique may also offer some protection against hypothermia, partly because muscle tissue generates lots of heat. “We have a joke around here that the person who’s best-suited for cold is fit and fat,” says O’Brien.

  (www.popsci.com)

  Sobre o texto, é correto afirmar que

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  A

  a obesidade é alvo de crítica por ser uma forma não saudável de se manter aquecido.

  B

  o subtítulo sugere que as pessoas emagreçam para enfrentar o inverno.

  C

  a pergunta feita no título induz o leitor a ter uma opinião negativa sobre a obesidade.

  D

  os resultados obtidos nas pesquisas se aplicam apenas ao contexto do inverno na Austrália.

  E

  o subtítulo sugere uma resposta positiva para a pergunta feita no título.

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  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFGV · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  
  

  As mentioned in the last paragraph, which of the following probably best explains why English juries “used to throw tied-up defendants into a body of water”?

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  It was considered an appropriate punishment for certain crimes.

  B

  It was an effective way to get defendants to admit their guilt.

  C

  If a defendant got out of the water, the jury would accept this as an indication of that person’s innocence.

  D

  The English believed it was the only way to prove innocence or guilt.

  E

  The strong punitive instinct of the English caused them to seek vengeance instead of justice.

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  Inglês

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  With respect to punishment, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

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  A

  Because killing a human being disturbs public order and co-operation, it must always be punished severely.

  B

  Deciding how to punish often depends more on why a person committed an illegal act than on the result of that illegal act.

  C

  Certain serious crimes must be severely punished without exception, regardless of why those crimes were committed.

  D

  A sad personal history should not be used as a way to avoid punishment for a serious crime.

  E

  Punishing premeditated criminal activity severely is the most effective way to deter other premeditated criminal activity.

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  Inglês

  Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionFGV · 2014DifícilEntre para guardar nos favoritos

  
  

  Which of the following questions most likely expresses the “simple but eternal problem” mentioned in paragraph 3?

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  A

  How should society deal with a person when his or her illegal act upsets public order and co-operation?

  B

  How can a legal system be designed to punish criminals in a way that will deter others from practicing illegal acts?
  

  C

  Should a society that puts a high value on co-operation tolerate the presence of criminals and psychopaths?

  D

  Since it is so advantageous to live in a co-operative society, why do some people engage in illegal or anti-social behavior?

  E

  What criteria should determine whether or not a person is truly responsible for the crime he or she commits?

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  Which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

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  A

  In general, it is easier to discover who committed a crime than to understand why that crime was committed.

  B

  If laws dealing with punishments are not clear and specific, judges and juries will tend to be too lenient with criminals.

  C

  In every society, the idea of what constitutes any crime is always evolving.

  D

  Abstract legal philosophy has nothing to do with the way the law really works.

  E

  In their essence, criminal law systems share a fundamental purpose.

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  Inglês

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  With respect to Freddie Hall, which of the following is most supported by the information in the article?

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  A

  No prisoner on death row in the U.S is older than he is.

  B

  The U.S. Supreme Court can find no reason not to execute him.

  C

  Because of his precarious mental condition, he cannot be considered guilty of murdering Karol Hurst and Lonnie Coburn.

  D

  A certain Florida State rule determining who may or may not be executed no longer applies to him.

  E

  Because he is retarded and suffered many years of child abuse, he will not be executed for committing the crime of murder.

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