Questões UERJ 2013 sobre Inglês | Pratique com o Prisma

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the author, Chico Buarque de Holanda was an expert in the art of writing songs with double meanings.

He did that with the following aim:

A

inflict torture

B

resist change

C

overcome failure

D

avoid repression

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Tradução | Translation

The context often helps if one needs to guess the meaning of an unknown word. For example, the word lyrics appears in three sentences from the text:

although the lyrics didn't make much sense to me: (l. 10)

His clever lyrics were often approved by the censors, (l. 24-25)

Nowadays, the lyrics are explicit (l. 34)

Based on these examples, lyrics is translated as:

A

letras

B

poesias

C

músicas

D

melodias

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Palavras conectivas | Connective words

At first sight, it appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel. Actually, it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime (l. 27-28)

If the two sentences above are rewritten as one, the result is:

A

It appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel, therefore it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime.

B

As long as it appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel, it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime.

C

It appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel, because it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime.

D

Even though it appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel, it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime.

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

“Peace without a voice is no peace but fear" (title) is a line from the song A paz que eu não quero, by the Brazilian band O Rappa. This line is an example of intertextuality. The resource used by the author that signals this process of intertextuality is:

A

parody

B

summary

C

quotation

D

paraphrase

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Besides describing the effect of the Brazilian political situation on the media, the first paragraph also mentions that the author had no idea of this situation at the time.

The author's complete lack of knowledge is best established by means of the following sentence:

A

I was born a year after the military coup in Brazil. (l. 1)

B

I had no clue of what was going on in my country. (l. 2-3)

C

all the media were completely censored at that time. (l. 5)

D

a cake recipe in the middle of the news never really caught my attention. (l. 6-7)

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The first paragraph introduces the subject of the text by calling it unalloyed good news (l. 2). This expression refers to the following fact:

A

people are living longer

B

science is changing quickly

C

pollution is increasing slowly

D

medicine is developing faster

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

most men are surviving until the age of 85, while women are living four years longer. (l. 6-7)

According to the sentence above, women will probably reach the age of:

A

80

B

81

C

85

D

89

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Verbos modais | Modal verbs

most people should reach 80 or 90. (l. 31)

The function of should in the fragment above is to:

A

give advice

B

clear doubt

C

express possibility

D

impose obligation

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

From the third to the fifth paragraph, the author presents the advances that led to an increase in human longevity.

In the fourth paragraph, the pair of factors affected by those advances is:

A

diet and stress

B

society and lifespan

C

sanitation and infancy

D

lifestyle and environment

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Grau dos adjetivos | Adjective degrees, Adjetivos | Adjectives, Tradução | Translation

Words and expressions such as older (title), live longer (l. 4), longevity (l. 8), older person (l. 34) and the elderly (l. 36) belong to the same semantic field. The elderly is translated as:

A

antigos

B

idosos

C

obsoletos

D

longínquos

Questõesde UERJ 2013 sobre Inglês

According to the author, Chico Buarque de Holanda was an expert in the art of writing songs with double meanings. He did that with the following aim:

At first sight, it appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel. Actually, it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime (l. 27-28) If the two sentences above are rewritten as one, the result is:

“Peace without a voice is no peace but fear" (title) is a line from the song A paz que eu não quero, by the Brazilian band O Rappa. This line is an example of intertextuality. The resource used by the author that signals this process of intertextuality is:

Besides describing the effect of the Brazilian political situation on the media, the first paragraph also mentions that the author had no idea of this situation at the time. The author's complete lack of knowledge is best established by means of the following sentence:

The first paragraph introduces the subject of the text by calling it unalloyed good news (l. 2). This expression refers to the following fact:

most men are surviving until the age of 85, while women are living four years longer. (l. 6-7)According to the sentence above, women will probably reach the age of:

most people should reach 80 or 90. (l. 31) The function of should in the fragment above is to:

From the third to the fifth paragraph, the author presents the advances that led to an increase in human longevity. In the fourth paragraph, the pair of factors affected by those advances is:

Words and expressions such as older (title), live longer (l. 4), longevity (l. 8), older person (l. 34) and the elderly (l. 36) belong to the same semantic field. The elderly is translated as:

According to the author, Chico Buarque de Holanda was an expert in the art of writing songs with double meanings.

He did that with the following aim:

At first sight, it appears to be a samba about a lover's quarrel. Actually, it was a sharp critique of the authoritarian regime (l. 27-28)

If the two sentences above are rewritten as one, the result is:

Besides describing the effect of the Brazilian political situation on the media, the first paragraph also mentions that the author had no idea of this situation at the time.

The author's complete lack of knowledge is best established by means of the following sentence:

most men are surviving until the age of 85, while women are living four years longer. (l. 6-7)

According to the sentence above, women will probably reach the age of:

most people should reach 80 or 90. (l. 31)

The function of should in the fragment above is to:

From the third to the fifth paragraph, the author presents the advances that led to an increase in human longevity.

In the fourth paragraph, the pair of factors affected by those advances is: