Questões de EFAF Inglês

TEXT 1

 

    Most museums lead visitors through a series of rooms. But the Guggenheim Museum, in New York City,
is round. Spaces flow smoothly from one area to another. In place of steps, a ramp goes round and round past
the art on the different levels. The center of the museum is open, so people can look up toward the roof or down
toward the ground floor.
[5]    The Guggenheim opened in October of 1959. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. He died six months
before it opened. Not everyone liked the unusual design. But it produced one of the most recognizable museums
in the world.
    A fiftieth anniversary exhibition will honor the architect and his work. The exhibition will show sixty-four
projects that he designed, including homes, public buildings and religious spaces. More than two hundred of his
[10] original drawings will be shown. The Guggenheim says the aim is to celebrate the basic idea behind Wright's
architecture -- the sense of freedom in interior space.

 

TEXT 2
    This year is the fiftieth birthday of Barbie. The doll first appeared at the toy fair in New York on March
ninth, 1959.
    Its creator was Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman. She named the new doll after herr daughter
[15] Barbara. She based the design on a German doll named Bild Lilli.
    The first Barbie wore a black and white swimsuit and had her hair in a ponytail. She looked and seemed
very grown up. But any concerns that parents would not want to buy it for little girls were soon proved wrong.
    The company sold 3,000,000 Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of U$3.00. Today, a fifty-year-old
Barbie in good condition might cost more than U$27,000.00.
[20]    Barbies have represented fifty different nationalities and are sold in one hundred fifty countries. The
company says 99% of girls in the United States between the ages of three and ten own at least one Barbie doll.
It says girls between the ages of three and six own an average of about twelve.
    Barbie has also faced her share of critics. Saudi Arabia has banned Barbie dolls. And a lawmaker in the
American state of West Virginia would like to do the same. Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and
[25] other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty. Robin Gerber wrote a book about
Barbie. She says Ruth Handler wanted the dolls to help girls think about what they wanted to do with their lives.

(Adapted from http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-04-voa5.cfm)

The underlined words it (line 6), that (line 25) and their (line 26) refer respectively to:

Choose the alternative with the following sentence in direct speech:

He said the car was a safe, affordable and all weather transport.

Recursos não-verbais complementam os recursos verbais e podem-nos auxiliar a compreender mensagens em língua estrangeira. 

 

Considerando-se as palavras, os desenhos e símbolos nas figuras acima, pode-se concluir que divulgam

TEXT 2

Once upon a time there was a man called Mwananchi. Now this guy had one talent. As a youngster, he would stand on a street corner at Booroo housing estate and tell stories. Booroo estate was the newest and largest estate in Nairobi, built to house the new generation of forward-moving Kenyans.

Kids from one to four of the housing estate would pass by his “joint” ${}^1$when sent to the shops by their parents. His joint was an abandoned old car, which sat next to a lampshade he had decorated himself in Manchester United football team’s colours. He told his stories sometimes in Sheng, the version of Swahili that all the cool people spoke, or sometimes in that hip Nairobi English teachers laughed at.

Parents hated him. They wanted him to be exiled to some small village somewhere: whatever it took to get him away from their children, who would come home with all sorts of crazy ideas, funny new slang. Some ${}^2$ tried to get hold of his parents to complain about him, but his parents seemed elusive - promising to come to meetings and never showing up, or sometimes not picking up the telephone.

(Source: WAINAINA, B. According to Mwangi. In: New Writing. Picador, 2003. p.120.)

The alternative that best completes the italicized sentence, which summarizes the third paragraph, is:

The kids’parents didn’t like Mwananchibecause they thought he

TEXT 2

What is a prepaid water meter?

There are several types of prepaid water meters but the idea behind them is the same. If you cannot pay upfront, (01) you are unable to access water. Water from prepaid water meters typically costs more than water billed from the utility. (02). As a result, those in most need are denied access to water.

In the United States, the typical prepaid water meter is used in areas without access to water infrastructure. The users are poor, often immigrant workers, who travel long distances to collect water from the meters. (03) To get water you drop quarters into the slot (04) and place your bucket (01) at the faucet.

A similar type of meter has been used in South Africa where prepaid water meters replaced previous free communal standpipes in rural townships. The meter worked by inserting a plastic card with a chip that could be bought for R60 (US$9). In order to get more water, money can be added to the card at a store.

Other types of prepaid water meters are used in individual homes - this system was used in the United Kingdom some time ago.

(Source: <www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/humanright/ meter/index.cfm>)

The alternative which contains the correct translations for the underlined words is:

1. If you cannot pay upfront, you are unable (...) (01)

2. Water from prepaid water meters cost more than water billed from the utility. (02)

3. The users (...) travel long distances to collect water from the meters. (03)

4. To get water you drop quarters into the slot (...) (04)

TEXT 2

What is a prepaid water meter?

There are several types of prepaid water meters but the idea behind them is the same. If you cannot pay upfront, (01) you are unable to access water. Water from prepaid water meters typically costs more than water billed from the utility. (02). As a result, those in most need are denied access to water.

In the United States, the typical prepaid water meter is used in areas without access to water infrastructure. The users are poor, often immigrant workers, who travel long distances to collect water from the meters. (03) To get water you drop quarters into the slot (04) and place your bucket (01) at the faucet.

A similar type of meter has been used in South Africa where prepaid water meters replaced previous free communal standpipes in rural townships. The meter worked by inserting a plastic card with a chip that could be bought for R60 (US$9). In order to get more water, money can be added to the card at a store.

Other types of prepaid water meters are used in individual homes - this system was used in the United Kingdom some time ago.

(Source: <www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/humanright/ meter/index.cfm>)

The alternative which contains the prepositions that best complete the sentences below is:

Prepaid meters have been launched with the aim_________ improving water service; however, they might be a problem________ those who cannot afford paying___________ water services.