Questõesde UNB sobre Inglês

Cultural variations in conceptions of death have profound implications for how people act in life, how they approach death and dying, whether or not they fear death, and for their funeral and bereavement practices.

Infants begin smiling very early in life.

The knowledge of what man is in his real nature is what explains his desire to live.

Laughter unites people.

Laughing is solely a pause for relaxation from pains one may suffer.

Laughing can be a means to overcome problems.

The word “straightforward” in the fragment “This appears straightforward enough” (L.31) is synonymous with clear-cut.

Irrespective of how death is defined in each culture, all of them understand it as a total cessation of life.

The actual meaning and conceptualization of death differ widely across cultures.

For the majority of people in the world, death involves different conditions such as sleep, illness and age.

In the first paragraph, “developing young” (L.3) and “offspring” (L.4) refer basically to the same idea.

What is the teacher saying to the pupil? Choose the most appropriate sentence in accordance with the picture.

Jander’s study investigated six species overall.

The absence of contractions, such as in “wasps do not always pollinate the fig” (L.3-4), is one of the features which characterize this text as colloquial.

Even though the wasps that establish a pollinator relationship with fig trees belong to different species, they utilize the same method of pollination.

Even though the fig tree and the wasp belong to different natural kingdoms, they cooperate in each other’s reproductive cycle.

The relation between fig trees and wasps bears similarities with that between members of society and its laws.

The ecological relation between the wasp and the fig tree which is referred to in the text can be described as mutualism and reduces the genetic variability in fig tree populations.

The central theme of the text is the need for each of the parties involved in a given relationship to perform its role.

There is not much the fig tree can do against wasps if they do not perform their role as pollinators.