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IF-GO 2011 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

About the fragment “more than six in 10 also said the United States had not completed its mission in Afghanistan”, in the last paragraph, it is incorrect to affirm that:

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Text 2

For Obama, Big Rise in Poll Numbers After Bin Laden Raid 

    Support for President Obama has risen sharply following the killing of Osama bin Laden by American military forces in Pakistan. Support for the president rose significantly among both Republicans and independents.

    Among independents, his approval rating increased 11 points from last month, to 52 percent, while among Republicans it rose 15 points, to 24 percent. Among Democrats, 86 percent supported his job performance, compared with 79 percent in April.

    In all, 57 percent said they now approved of the president’s job performance, up from 46 percent last month. More than six in 10 Americans said that killing Bin Laden was likely to increase the threat of terrorism against the United States in the short term. Nearly half said the nation should decrease troop levels in Afghanistan, but more than six in 10 also said the United States had not completed its mission in Afghanistan.

Adapted from: The New York Times. Available in http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/us/politics/05poll.html ?hp. Access on: May 04, 2011. 

A
the expression “more than” indicates an inexact quantity.
B
the expression “six in 10” indicates a proportion.
C
the word “also” expresses an idea of addition.
D
the pronoun “its” refers to the United States.
E
the verbs “had” and “completed” have different subjects.
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IF-GO 2011 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

About the sentence “He’s going to the wildest, most magical place on Earth… home.”, it is incorrect to affirm that:

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Text 3  

Available in: http://rio.movie-trailer.com/2010/05/riomovie-poster.html. Access on: May 02, 2011. 

A
the pronoun “he” is the subject of the sentence.
B
the form “he’s” is a contraction of “he is”.
C
the suffix –ing in “going” indicates the verb is in the past.
D
the suffix –est in the word “wildest” has the same function as the word “most” in “most magical”.
E
the word “most” indicates a superlative form of the adjective “magical”.
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IF-GO 2011 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The sentence “Consider him gone.”, at the bottom of the second picture:

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Text 1  

Newsweek. Available in http://www.newsweek.com/photo/2008/12/18/cartoonsnewsweeks-best-of-2008.html. Access on: May 03, 2011. 

A
is a reply to the man’s statement in the previous picture.
B
does not refer to the polar bear.
C
is about the man in the previous picture.
D
was spoken by the woman.
E
cannot be considered a sentence.
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IF-GO 2012 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

About the sentence “help build more facilities adapted for disabled people”, it is correct to affirm that

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Text 03 

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A
the words “help” and “facilities” are false cognates.
B
the word “disabled” refers to “facilities”.
C
the word “adapted” is a cognate.
D
the prefix “di-” in the word “disabled” expresses the idea of two.
E
the word “build” is the subject of the sentence.
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IF-GO 2012 - Inglês - Prefixos e sufixos | Prefixes and suffixes, Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

About the first sentence, it is correct to affirm that

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Text 01


A
the prefix “i-“ expresses the same idea in the words “illegal” and “immigrant”.
B
the prefix “re-” expresses the idea of “again” in the word “reclaim”.
C
the expression “It’s” is a contraction of “it has”.
D
there is only one verb.
E
the words “to” and “from” are adverbs.
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IF-GO 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

The figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given the characteristics of a person, as we see in the poem, is:

The Wind
James Stephens

The wind stood up, and gave a shout:
He whistled on his fingers, and

Kicked the withered leaves about,
And thumped the branches with his hand,

And said he'd kill, and kill, and kill:
And so he will! And so he will! 

A
Methafore
B
Onomatopoeia
C
Antitype
D
Prosopopoeia
E
Antithesis
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IF-GO 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Adjetivos | Adjectives, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The words in “The Wind” that give human qualities to the wind are:

The Wind
James Stephens

The wind stood up, and gave a shout:
He whistled on his fingers, and

Kicked the withered leaves about,
And thumped the branches with his hand,

And said he'd kill, and kill, and kill:
And so he will! And so he will! 

A
whistled, kicked, withered.
B
withered, branches, hand.
C
whistled, said, fingers.
D
said, stood up, branches.
E
stood up, withered, leaves.
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IF-GO 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

Mark the correct alternative.

Text 3


What is a Computer?


           Nowadays, in most modern societies, almost everybody has idea about what a computer is. We depend on computers in every aspect of our lives whether we know how to use one or not. But does everyone really know how a computer works inside?

       A computer is an electronic machine which processes data and provides the results of the processing as information. There are three basic steps in the computing process. The first one is input, which consists of feeding data into the computer’s memory. Then comes the processing: the program is run and the computer processes the data by performing a set of instructions. The third and final step is the output furnished by the computer, which allows the user to see the results either in printed form or on the screen.

         The world of computers has created a specific language of its own. English words such as software and hardware are used worldwide and have been borrowed by many different languages. Software is information in the form of data and programs, and hardware refers to the electronic and mechanical parts that make up a computer system.

         Despite the constant presence of computers in most modern societies, it is a great mistake to believe that everybody in the world is computerliterate, i.e., is familiar with computers and knows how to use them properly. In some contemporary societies, many people still have no idea about the existence of computers, and even in the so-called developed countries, there are lots of people who do not know or do not care about what a computer is.


Inglês.com.textos para informática, p. 25, 2001

A
The sentence “We depend on computers in every aspect of our lives” (lines 3and 4) is in the present continuous.
B
“The first” (line 10), “then” (line 12) and “the third and final” (line 15) are not connectors, and so they do not make connections with previously used words.
C
“Input, “processing” and “output” compose the three basic processes of a computer.
D
“Software” and “hardware” are words used only in the United Sates.
E
In the sentence “Despite the constant presence of computers in most modern societies” (lines 27 and 28), the word “despite” means “embora”, in Portuguese.
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IF-GO 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Palavras conectivas | Connective words, Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions, Tradução | Translation

According to the text, it is correct to say about the linking words “and” (line 5), “because of” (line 1), “when” (line 2) and “but” (line 3), that they respectively:

Text 2

       Because of the bright lights of the modern cities, when we look up at the sky we can see no more than 100 stars. But from dark parts of the Earth, the naked eye can see more than 5,000! And modern telescopes tell a very different story.

         With the help of some of the world’s most powerful instruments to measure the brightness of all the galaxies in one sector of the cosmos, Australian astronomers say it is probable that there are 70 sextillion stars in the visible Universe. In other words and numbers, seven followed by 22 zeroes, a really astronomical figure.

       That is more than the total number of grains of sand in all the world’s beaches and deserts, and that is only the visible Universe within range of our telescopes.

       Dr. Simon Driver, of the Australian National University, has a theory that some of them probably have life. Dr. Driver’s theory is not exactly new, and those planets are so distant, he says, that there is no real possibility for us to see or contact anyone living on them. 

Retirado do livro “Inglês série Brasil”, p. 8, 2008

A
Mean in Portuguese: ‘e’, ‘assim’, ‘entretanto’ and ‘quando’.
B
Have the function to connect ideas, relate cause and effect, establish a time relation and relate opposite ideas.
C
Mean in Portuguese: ‘e’, ‘por causa de’, ‘quando’ and ‘quando’.
D
Have the function of addition, cause and effect, time and conclusion.
E
Have the function of contrast, addition, comparison and time.
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IF-GO 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Analyze the following statements:


I. “Catapulted from” (line 2) can be understood as “saiu de”.

II. The sentence “Paul has died” (line 3) is in the simple past.

III. In the expressions “Sea Life Center” (line 5 and 6) and “Germany's World Cup matches” (lines 7 and 8), the expressions “Sea Life” and “Germany’s World Cup” are modifiers.

IV. The words “inevitably” and “correctly” are formed by the suffix –ly, and are adjectives.



Mark the correct alternative:

Text 1


NEWSWEEK Remembers Paul the Octopus


      Less than six months ago, Paul the Octopus catapulted from a life of obscurity to worldwide fame. Now, Paul has died, at the ripe old octopus age of two.

      A common octopus living at the Sea Life Center in Oberhausen, Germany, Paul was able to correctly predict the winner of all Germany's World Cup matches. Prior to the matches, Paul was given two boxes of food, identical except for the flags of the competing teams. The team represented on the box Paul chose to eat from inevitably won the match. His picking prowess made him an international star.

       Here at NEWSWEEK, we were just as taken with Paul as was the rest of the news media, and in an attempt to get inside his cephalopodial head, we sought out prestigious pet psychic Catherine Ferguson. In honor of Paul, we present that video yet again. Rest in peace, Paul the Octopus.


Newsweek, October 28th, 2010 

A
Only statements II and IV.
B
Only statement II.
C
Only statements I, II and III.
D
Only statement III and IV.
E
Only statement I and III.