Questões UERJ 2012 sobre Inglês | Pratique com o Prisma

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Presente simples | Simple present

The ideas expressed in a text might be perceived as true because of the choice and repetition of a specific tense.
The verb tense that makes the ideas in the text seem true is:

A

future perfect

B

simple present

C

present perfect

D

present progressive

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Writers use different strategies in order to try to form more effective alliances with readers.
The resource used in the last paragraph to establish this alliance is in the use of:

A

nouns in the plural

B

rhetorical questions

C

quotation by authority

D

first person plural pronouns

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The author criticizes the first vision of negotiation of difference in society.
This criticism is related to ideologies having the following characteristic:

A

private

B

serious

C

unwelcome

D

undemocratic

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Palavras conectivas | Connective words

A vision based on ideologies solves both challenges of sharing _ the interpretation of the past and the projections of the future. (l. 4-5)
The punctuation mark called dash, in the fragment above, signals the introduction of an explanation.
The dash is equivalent to the following connective:

A

that is

B

above all

C

in addition

D

for example

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Prefixos e sufixos | Prefixes and suffixes

and non‑conformist doubts produce suspicion. (l. 11-12)
Two words whose prefixes are semantically similar to the prefix in non-conformist are present in:

A

impossible (l. 22) / unlikely (l. 24)

B

recall (l. 26) / unseen (l. 33)

C

enlightened (l. 32) / unexpected (l. 33)

D

unimagined (l. 35) / intercultural (l. 37)

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Palavras conectivas | Connective words

We have learned, though, that this social engineering is a phantasm, (l. 17)
Nevertheless, despite this, and maybe even because of it, we cannot give up trying the impossible: (l. 21-22)
The connectives underlined express the same notion.
They could be replaced by:

A

so

B

thus

C

however

D

therefore

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Which brings up another subject. (l. 21)

A new subject is introduced by the sentence above. The subject can be best summarized by the following word from the text:

A

results

B

criteria

C

prejudices

D

accomplishments

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In the last paragraph, the author advises his readers to follow certain procedures so that they can come to their own conclusions.

One of these conclusions, however, may decrease the number of visitors to his blog because readers might consider his criticism as:

A

fair

B

faulty

C

severe

D

partial

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

The language used in blogs can often be characterized as informal.

Two examples of informal use of language, present in the text, can be identified in:

A

raves (l. 10) / to steer (l. 12)

B

major (l. 12) / lousy (l. 17)

C

guys (l. 14) / So what? (l. 17)

D

first of all (l. 25) / in that case (l. 28-29)

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

This made me wonder why I bother being critical of anything. (l. 3)

The fragment above points to what motivated the blog writer to develop his reflection. His motivation is related to the:

A

criticism raised by the blog readers

B

reviews written by the other critics

C

album recorded by the jazz master Mingus

D

comments posted by the Amazon.com users

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The author not only states that readers like positive reviews, but also gives reasons for their preference. The paragraph where these reasons can be found is the:

A

second

B

fourth

C

sixth

D

eighth

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UERJ 2012 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In the third paragraph, the author explains why he prefers to write positive reviews, but one of these explanations is strictly related to his aim in writing raves.

The author’s main goal can be identified in the following alternative:

A

write texts about good music

B

read the comments about his opinion

C

increase the number of links to his site

D

direct his readers to his musical preference

Questõesde UERJ 2012 sobre Inglês

The ideas expressed in a text might be perceived as true because of the choice and repetition of a specific tense. The verb tense that makes the ideas in the text seem true is:

Writers use different strategies in order to try to form more effective alliances with readers. The resource used in the last paragraph to establish this alliance is in the use of:

The author criticizes the first vision of negotiation of difference in society. This criticism is related to ideologies having the following characteristic:

A vision based on ideologies solves both challenges of sharing _ the interpretation of the past and the projections of the future. (l. 4-5) The punctuation mark called dash, in the fragment above, signals the introduction of an explanation. The dash is equivalent to the following connective:

and non‑conformist doubts produce suspicion. (l. 11-12) Two words whose prefixes are semantically similar to the prefix in non-conformist are present in:

We have learned, though, that this social engineering is a phantasm, (l. 17)Nevertheless, despite this, and maybe even because of it, we cannot give up trying the impossible: (l. 21-22) The connectives underlined express the same notion. They could be replaced by:

Which brings up another subject. (l. 21)A new subject is introduced by the sentence above. The subject can be best summarized by the following word from the text:

In the last paragraph, the author advises his readers to follow certain procedures so that they can come to their own conclusions.One of these conclusions, however, may decrease the number of visitors to his blog because readers might consider his criticism as:

The language used in blogs can often be characterized as informal.Two examples of informal use of language, present in the text, can be identified in:

This made me wonder why I bother being critical of anything. (l. 3)The fragment above points to what motivated the blog writer to develop his reflection. His motivation is related to the:

The author not only states that readers like positive reviews, but also gives reasons for their preference. The paragraph where these reasons can be found is the:

In the third paragraph, the author explains why he prefers to write positive reviews, but one of these explanations is strictly related to his aim in writing raves.The author’s main goal can be identified in the following alternative:

The ideas expressed in a text might be perceived as true because of the choice and repetition of a specific tense.
The verb tense that makes the ideas in the text seem true is:

Writers use different strategies in order to try to form more effective alliances with readers.
The resource used in the last paragraph to establish this alliance is in the use of:

The author criticizes the first vision of negotiation of difference in society.
This criticism is related to ideologies having the following characteristic:

A vision based on ideologies solves both challenges of sharing _ the interpretation of the past and the projections of the future. (l. 4-5)
The punctuation mark called dash, in the fragment above, signals the introduction of an explanation.
The dash is equivalent to the following connective:

and non‑conformist doubts produce suspicion. (l. 11-12)
Two words whose prefixes are semantically similar to the prefix in non-conformist are present in:

We have learned, though, that this social engineering is a phantasm, (l. 17)
Nevertheless, despite this, and maybe even because of it, we cannot give up trying the impossible: (l. 21-22)
The connectives underlined express the same notion.
They could be replaced by:

Which brings up another subject. (l. 21)

A new subject is introduced by the sentence above. The subject can be best summarized by the following word from the text:

In the last paragraph, the author advises his readers to follow certain procedures so that they can come to their own conclusions.

One of these conclusions, however, may decrease the number of visitors to his blog because readers might consider his criticism as:

The language used in blogs can often be characterized as informal.

Two examples of informal use of language, present in the text, can be identified in:

This made me wonder why I bother being critical of anything. (l. 3)

The fragment above points to what motivated the blog writer to develop his reflection. His motivation is related to the:

In the third paragraph, the author explains why he prefers to write positive reviews, but one of these explanations is strictly related to his aim in writing raves.

The author’s main goal can be identified in the following alternative: