Questõesde UFGD 2011 sobre Inglês

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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Dado o contexto deste artigo, a interpretação mais plausível para a oração “the investors welcomed strong earnings from Google and geared up an onslaught of fresh economic data” é

O texto a seguir é a reprodução da parte inicial de um artigo publicado pela rede CNN. Você irá usá-lo para responder à questão. 



(Disponível em:<http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/14/markets/premarket/index.html>. Acesso em: 14 out. 2011).
A
Os investidores deram boas-vindas aos ganhos da Google e se envolveram numa luta por dados econômicos recentes.
B
Os investidores comemoraram os fortes ganhos da Google e motivaram um ataque de novos dados econômicos.
C
Os investidores dão boas-vindas aos lucros da Google e entram na batalha por novos dados econômicos.
D
Os investidores dão boas-vindas à Google e motivam novos empreendimentos econômicos.
E
Os investidores da Google dão boas-vindas aos lucros fortes e procuram novos dados econômicos do mercado.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Relacionando as informações oferecidas pelo excerto acima, pode-se afirmar que

O texto a seguir é a reprodução da parte inicial de um artigo publicado pela rede CNN. Você irá usá-lo para responder à questão. 



(Disponível em:<http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/14/markets/premarket/index.html>. Acesso em: 14 out. 2011).
A
o gráfico representa visualmente as informações contidas no texto, refletindo a demanda dos investidores da Google, mesmo antes das 9h30, quando a bolsa de valores de Nova York é aberta oficialmente.
B
as informações do gráfico não se referem especificamente à Google, apesar de o texto mencionar, por duas vezes, o nome da empresa, relacionando-o a lucros que chegam a 6% no pré-mercado.
C
o gráfico mostra as oscilações das ações da Google no mercado de ações ocorridas da meia-noite às 8 horas da manhã, período chamado de pré-mercado. As boas notícias chegam, porém, após a abertura do mercado, quando são reportados lucros, o que gera o aumento do preço das ações da Google.
D
as informações apresentadas pelo gráfico representam visualmente as tendências que o mercado de ações pode seguir naquele dia, tendo como base as operações que ocorrem antes mesmo da abertura da bolsa de valores em Nova York. O texto acrescenta informações a respeito de alguns índices econômicos em destaque em 14 de outubro.
E
na sexta-feira, os investidores da empresa Google tiveram lucros no mercado, como se pode notar na linha ascendente do gráfico, que volta a subir mesmo após uma ligeira queda. Tal tendência deve se manter após a abertura da bolsa de valores.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

According to the subject of the text, which pair of words summarize it?

Jobs‘s Unorthodox Treatment
By SHARON BEGLEY
Published: Oct 5, 2011

     Steve Jobs was right to be optimistic when, in 2004, he announced that he had cancer in his pancreas. Although cancer of the pancreas has a terrible prognosis—half of all patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer die within 10 months of the diagnosis; half of those in whom it has metastasized die within six months—cancer in the pancreas is not necessarily a death sentence. 
     The difference is that pancreatic cancers arise from the pancreatic cells themselves; this is the kind that killed actor Patrick Swayze in 2009. But cancers in the pancreas, called neuroendocrine tumors, arise from islands of hormone-producing cells that happen to be in that organ. Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor. As the name implies, it arises from islet cells, the specialized factories within the pancreas that produce and secrete insulin, which cells need in order to take in glucose from the food we eat. Unlike pancreatic cancer, with neuroendocrine cancer ''if you catch it early, there is a real potential for cure,'' says cancer surgeon Joseph Kim of City of Hope, a comprehensive cancer center in Duarte, California.
     But although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life and may have shortened it. [...] Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on ―alternative therapies,‖ including what Fortune called ―a special diet.‖ But when a scan showed that the original tumor had grown, he finally had it removed on July 31, 2004, at Stanford University Medical Clinic. In emails to Apple employees immediately after, Jobs said his form of cancer ―can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was),'' and told his colleagues, ―I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September.'' 

(Disponível em: <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dies-his-unorthodox-treatment-for-neuroendocrine-cancer.html?obref=obinsite>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
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hormone / cells
B
cancer / disease
C
pancreas / cells
D
choices / treatment
E
orthodox / treatment
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In 2009, Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant due to the progression of his neuroendocrine tumor. This information as well as the title of the text above imply that

Jobs‘s Unorthodox Treatment
By SHARON BEGLEY
Published: Oct 5, 2011

     Steve Jobs was right to be optimistic when, in 2004, he announced that he had cancer in his pancreas. Although cancer of the pancreas has a terrible prognosis—half of all patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer die within 10 months of the diagnosis; half of those in whom it has metastasized die within six months—cancer in the pancreas is not necessarily a death sentence. 
     The difference is that pancreatic cancers arise from the pancreatic cells themselves; this is the kind that killed actor Patrick Swayze in 2009. But cancers in the pancreas, called neuroendocrine tumors, arise from islands of hormone-producing cells that happen to be in that organ. Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor. As the name implies, it arises from islet cells, the specialized factories within the pancreas that produce and secrete insulin, which cells need in order to take in glucose from the food we eat. Unlike pancreatic cancer, with neuroendocrine cancer ''if you catch it early, there is a real potential for cure,'' says cancer surgeon Joseph Kim of City of Hope, a comprehensive cancer center in Duarte, California.
     But although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life and may have shortened it. [...] Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on ―alternative therapies,‖ including what Fortune called ―a special diet.‖ But when a scan showed that the original tumor had grown, he finally had it removed on July 31, 2004, at Stanford University Medical Clinic. In emails to Apple employees immediately after, Jobs said his form of cancer ―can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was),'' and told his colleagues, ―I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September.'' 

(Disponível em: <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dies-his-unorthodox-treatment-for-neuroendocrine-cancer.html?obref=obinsite>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
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he decided to stop his treatment because of his liver.
B
he had a more complex disease in his liver by the time.
C
he tried to remove the sick cells from the liver in the surgery.
D
he had to remove all organs which were with cancer in 2009.
E
he tried nonstandard and hard forms of procedures to be cured.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Analyze the editorial cartoon and answer question.


(Disponível em:<http://www.gocomics.com/mattwuerker>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011.)

Which current social episode is the editorial cartoon an allusion to? 

A
It is an allusion to the power of Wall Street over New York city.
B
It shows how unhappy the immigrants are in the United States.
C
It refers to the population approval to the government‘s strategy.
D
It is a connection to the working class strike in front of Wall Street.
E
It is allusive to the protest where people have occupied Wall Street.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Adjetivos | Adjectives, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Which is the best option to replace the adjective „akin to‟ in the article?

Read the New York Times article and answer question.

Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: October 13, 2011

     People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses. 
     Through claims and court cases, those with severe cases of anorexia or bulimia are fighting insurers to pay for stays in residential treatment centers, arguing that the centers offer around-the-clock monitoring so that patients do not forgo eating or purge their meals.
     But in the last few years, some insurance companies have re-emphasized that they do not cover residential treatment for eating disorders or other mental or emotional conditions. The insurers consider residential treatments not only costly — sometimes reaching more than $1,000 a day — but unproven and more akin to education than to medicine. Even some doctors who treat eating disorders concede there are few studies proving that residential care is effective, although they believe it has value. 

(Disponível em: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/ruling-offers-hope-to-eating-disorder-sufferers.html?hp>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
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closely different from.
B
deep and far away.
C
controversial to.
D
closely similar to.
E
problematic.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

What is the meaning of the verb underlined in the following sentence? 

... so that patients do not forgo eating or purge their meals.

Read the New York Times article and answer question.

Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: October 13, 2011

     People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses. 
     Through claims and court cases, those with severe cases of anorexia or bulimia are fighting insurers to pay for stays in residential treatment centers, arguing that the centers offer around-the-clock monitoring so that patients do not forgo eating or purge their meals.
     But in the last few years, some insurance companies have re-emphasized that they do not cover residential treatment for eating disorders or other mental or emotional conditions. The insurers consider residential treatments not only costly — sometimes reaching more than $1,000 a day — but unproven and more akin to education than to medicine. Even some doctors who treat eating disorders concede there are few studies proving that residential care is effective, although they believe it has value. 

(Disponível em: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/ruling-offers-hope-to-eating-disorder-sufferers.html?hp>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
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To give up breakfast and lunch in order to have small meals instead.
B
To decide to not drink during meals because it is unhealthy.
C
To decide to not do or have something, especially something enjoyable.
D
To forget eating all the meals during the day while in residential treatment.
E
To decide to not forget any one of the daily meals.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

It is correct to say that the main idea of the newspaper article deals with

Read the New York Times article and answer question.

Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: October 13, 2011

     People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses. 
     Through claims and court cases, those with severe cases of anorexia or bulimia are fighting insurers to pay for stays in residential treatment centers, arguing that the centers offer around-the-clock monitoring so that patients do not forgo eating or purge their meals.
     But in the last few years, some insurance companies have re-emphasized that they do not cover residential treatment for eating disorders or other mental or emotional conditions. The insurers consider residential treatments not only costly — sometimes reaching more than $1,000 a day — but unproven and more akin to education than to medicine. Even some doctors who treat eating disorders concede there are few studies proving that residential care is effective, although they believe it has value. 

(Disponível em: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/ruling-offers-hope-to-eating-disorder-sufferers.html?hp>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
A
eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia and depression which are treated by residential care.
B
people with eating problems who are struggling for insurance coverage to residential care.
C
people with eating problems who are fighting against depression and loneliness.
D
eating disorders treatments that receive complete support from insurance companies.
E
patients with eating disorders who receive educational treatment in the insurance company.
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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Considere a charge a seguir e responda à questão.


First Trader: “I’ve got a stock here that could really excel.”
Crowd: “Really excel?” – “Excel?” – “Sell?” – “Sell, sell, sell!”
Second Trader: “This is madness! I can’t take this any more! Good bye!”
Crowd: “Good bye?” – “Bye?” – “Buy, buy, buy!“ 

(Disponível em: <www.cartoonstock.com>. Acesso em 04 out. 2011)


De acordo com a charge, a oscilação de preços, oferta e procura no mercado de ações tem origem

A
no efeito cascata causado por rumores ou mal entendidos, o que faz demandas e preços oscilarem.
B
nas informações colhidas na fase de pré-mercado, que são repassadas aos investidores por telefone.
C
em rumores surgidos a partir da má compreensão de mensagens, que se espalham gerando outras mensagens, bem diferentes das originais.
D
nas conversas entre corretores e investidores, que passam a vender e comprar de acordo com as demandas.
E
em informações sigilosas que são repassadas aos corretores de ações, influenciando o fechamento de negócios.