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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the text,

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers.

    His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence.

    He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670.

    Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts.

    Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton.

    His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

    Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

                        (Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html) 



A
Leonardo first started painting when he was in primary school.
B
the “Renaissance Man” is known for being accomplished in both arts and science.
C
Leonardo’s annotations fostered scientific development in his days.
D
both the Creation of Man and the Mona Lisa are among the most parodied works of all time. 
E
although Leonardo tried his hand at sculpting, he never produced a sculpture.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Which of the paintings below was NOT authored by Leonardo da Vinci?

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers.

    His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence.

    He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670.

    Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts.

    Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton.

    His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

    Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

                        (Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html) 



A
IV.
B
I.
C
III.
D
II.
E
V.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

From the above text, one can infer that

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers.

    His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence.

    He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670.

    Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts.

    Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton.

    His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

    Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

                        (Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html) 



A
Leonardo’s father married several times.
B
although not living with his mother, she exerted great influence in Leonardo’s artistic life.
C
Leonardo developed his artistic skills because he was not very good at writing and mathematics.
D
Verrocchio did not play an important role in Leonardo’s life because the apprentice became an independent master at the age of 26.
E
Leonardo was the inventor of the airplane.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the text in Portuguese, História da pintura, história do mundo,

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A
many artists, in the Renaissance period, considered perspective to be more important than light.
B
Greek painters endeavored in dramatizing battles rather than portraying the real world.
C
Vermeer created the camera obscura, which allowed for a better control of light.
D
most artists were never interested in depicting machines or any progress-related topics in their paintings.
E
historical events, such as battles and revolutions, were one of the major themes in all and every period of the history of painting.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Tradução | Translation

The best translation for O homem nunca se contentou em apenas ocupar os espaços do mundo, as it appears in the main text, is

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A
Man never contented himself in just occupying a space of the world.
B
The men never were content only to occupy a space in the world.
C
The man never contented himself by just occupying a space in the world.
D
Man has never been content to just occupy spaces in the world.
E
Men have never been contented in only occupy the spaces of the world.
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PUC - Campinas 2010 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

English term or phrase: banana bender

I know what it means, ie Queenslander, but I don't understand if it really implies that the bananas grown in Queensland are straight and have therefore to be bent. I found this information in a couple of websites
(eg http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HAMPSHIRELIFE/2001-12)... yet I suspect it is a joke. Thanks a lot in advance.

Just a thought − John
Explanation:
Hi John, 

Since you already know that this is indeed a slang term for a Queenslander, and that it is in fact a joke and probably a racial slur, I was thinking it may be referring to a pointless act.
As far as I know all bananas are already bent, so to be a banana bender is foolish and unnecessary. 
Let's suppose that the bananas in Queensland do grow straight. Why on Earth would someone want to bend them? If the expression is meant to be an "insult" it's probably suggesting that a Queenslander is silly enough to attempt to bend a banana
This is just a simple guess.
Peter

(Adapted from http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/slang/ 1044842-banana_bender.html)

According to the above text,

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Banana, a fruta mais consumida e perigosa do mundo


(Adaptado de Sergio Augusto, O Estado de S. Paulo, 26/04/2008)

A
John was not happy with the information on the meaning of “banana bender” that he found in some websites.
B
Peter is more knowledgeable than John as to the origin of the expression “banana bender”.
C
John and Peter agree that bananas grow straight in Queensland.
D
Peter believes that a “banana bender’ actually refers to a racist. 
E
John is wondering why anyone would want to insult a Queenslander. 
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PUC - Campinas 2010 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Tradução | Translation

O trecho nem precisou ir em "Ele nem precisou ir a um country club hondurenho..." corresponde, em inglês, a

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Banana, a fruta mais consumida e perigosa do mundo


(Adaptado de Sergio Augusto, O Estado de S. Paulo, 26/04/2008)

A
needn’t have gone.
B
mustn’t go.
C
neither had to go.
D
didn’t even have to go.
E
nor didn’t need going.
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PUC - Campinas 2010 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the main text in Portuguese,

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Banana, a fruta mais consumida e perigosa do mundo


(Adaptado de Sergio Augusto, O Estado de S. Paulo, 26/04/2008)

A
Theodore Roosevelt helped United Fruits introduce the banana in several Central America countries.
B
United Fruits was also very influential in the political arena in the early 20th century due to its large investments in the production of bananas.
C
in a 1928 strike of Colombian landworkers, on United Fruits property, one thousand were shot to death.
D
a few American journalists visited Guatemala sponsored by United Fruits to support President Guzman.
E
United Fruits was eventually banished from the continent and a new military dictatorship was installed in Guatemala.
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PUC - Campinas 2010 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

O trecho Delícia exclusivamente tropical, a maioria dos europeus levou séculos para ver uma de perto pode ser traduzida para o inglês como:

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Banana, a fruta mais consumida e perigosa do mundo


(Adaptado de Sergio Augusto, O Estado de S. Paulo, 26/04/2008)

A
Delicacy exclusively tropical, the majority of Europeans got centuries to see one from near.
B
An exclusively tropical delicacy, most Europeans took ages to see one up close.
C
Exclusively tropical delicacy, the most of the Europeans took centuries to look at one from close-by.
D
An exclusively tropical delicacy, the most Europeans had ages before seeing one nearby.
E
A delicacy exclusively tropical, most Europeans spent ages to see one up close.
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PUC - Campinas 2010 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the main text in Portuguese,

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Banana, a fruta mais consumida e perigosa do mundo


(Adaptado de Sergio Augusto, O Estado de S. Paulo, 26/04/2008)

A
many people who tasted a banana for the first time did not enjoy its tropical taste.
B
banana production in the world ranks as high as rice, wheat and corn.
C
bananas were introduced in the United States in 1872.
D
a certain queen was raped by a foreigner who founded Bananaland in Brazil.
E
banana and crude oil have been responsible for many political changes around the world.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Which of the paintings below was NOT authored by Leonardo da Vinci?

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers. 

   His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. 

   He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670. 

  Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts. 

  Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton. 

   His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

   Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

(Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html)

A
IV.
B
I.
C
III.
D
II.
E
V.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

From the above text, one can infer that 

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers. 

   His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. 

   He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670. 

  Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts. 

  Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton. 

   His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

   Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

(Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html)

A
Leonardo’s father married several times.
B
although not living with his mother, she exerted great influence in Leonardo’s artistic life.
C
Leonardo developed his artistic skills because he was not very good at writing and mathematics.
D
Verrocchio did not play an important role in Leonardo’s life because the apprentice became an independent master at the age of 26.
E
Leonardo was the inventor of the airplane.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the text,

    Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. Born out of wedlock, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and several stepmothers. 

   His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. Beyond basic reading, writing and mathematical skills, da Vinci did not receive much of a formal education. Recognizing his potential as an artist, his father sent him at the age of 14 or 15 to apprentice with sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. 

   He spent six years honing his technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting, and became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke by the age of 20. He remained with Verrocchio until he became an independent master in 1478. Around that time, he took on his first commissioned work, The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670. 

  Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of The Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts. 

  Leonardo is also revered for his technological ingenuity. In the early 1490s, he began chronicling his thoughts about painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. These notebooks contained wide-ranging ideas, including plans for a “flying machine,” bicycle and drawings of a fetus in the womb and the human skeleton. 

   His interests and intellect traversed so many disciplines that he symbolized the term “Renaissance Man”. Unfortunately, these notebooks were not published and his ideas did not advance scientific understanding in the Renaissance period.

   Today, Leonardo is widely recognized as one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.

(Adapted form: http://www.livescience.com/39355-leonardo-da-vinci.html)

A
Leonardo first started painting when he was in primary school.
B
the “Renaissance Man” is known for being accomplished in both arts and science.
C
Leonardo’s annotations fostered scientific development in his days.
D
both the Creation of Man and the Mona Lisa are among the most parodied works of all time.
E
although Leonardo tried his hand at sculpting, he never produced a sculpture.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the text in Portuguese, História da pintura, história do mundo,

A
many artists, in the Renaissance period, considered perspective to be more important than light.
B
Greek painters endeavored in dramatizing battles rather than portraying the real world.
C

Vermeer created the camera obscura, which allowed for a better control of light.

D
most artists were never interested in depicting machines or any progress-related topics in their paintings.
E
historical events, such as battles and revolutions, were one of the major themes in all and every period of the history of painting.
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PUC - Campinas 2016 - Inglês - Tradução | Translation

The best translation for O homem nunca se contentou em apenas ocupar os espaços do mundo, as it appears in the main text, is

A
Man never contented himself in just occupying a space of the world.
B
The men never were content only to occupy a space in the world.
C
The man never contented himself by just occupying a space in the world.
D
Man has never been content to just occupy spaces in the world.
E
Men have never been contented in only occupy the spaces of the world.
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PUC - Campinas 2015 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary

Considere a descrição abaixo.

A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case.

Essa descrição corresponde a:


A


B


C


D


E


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PUC - Campinas 2015 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The word that correctly fills the blank ..I.. is

Atenção: Para responder à questão, considere o texto abaixo.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people passing .. I...

I see friends ..II.. hands

Saying, "how do you do?"

They're really saying,

I love you. 

A
good-bye.
B
away.
C
by
D
my.
E
early.
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PUC - Campinas 2015 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the author of the main text,


A
man has an ambiguous relationship with time.
B
modern gadgets have made man more aware of his mortality.
C
people write autobiographies because they hope to become immortal.
D
romantic writers recovered Brazil’s glorious past through stories about encounters between the Portuguese and Indians.
E
José Lins do Rego, Manuel Bandeira and Pedro Nava have all written successful autobiographies.
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PUC - Campinas 2015 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary

The word that correctly fills the blank ..II.. is

Atenção: Para responder à questão, considere o texto abaixo.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people passing .. I...

I see friends ..II.. hands

Saying, "how do you do?"

They're really saying,

I love you. 

A
waving.
B
shaking.
C
grabbing.
D
clapping.
E
raising.
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PUC - Campinas 2015 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Presente perfeito progressivo | Present perfect continuous, Tradução | Translation

A parte sublinhada em tudo teria começado com a haste vertical ao sol, conforme aparece no texto principal, é traduzida por:


A
everything should have started.
B
everything has started.
C
everything could have started.
D
everything has supposedly started.
E
everything has certainly started.