Questões de Inglês

Dr.: But sir, if you don‘t comply with your maintenance medication your symptoms may recur!

Patient: Whatever! I feel fine!

Dr.: Your illness will return!

Patient: Meh…

Dr.: In the long run, your medical bills will be more expensive …

Patient: Oh no!

 

This comic strip suggests that

 

I. the doctor believes the patient can interrupt his medication.

II. the patient seems to be really concerned about his health.

III. the patient worries about the cost of his medical treatment.

IV. the doctor uses different strategies to convince the patient.

V. the patient will probably not follow the doctor's orientation.

 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta apenas afirmativas corretas.

Teen Texting: Girls versus Boys

 

By Victoria Stern

 

A new study from the American Psychological Association evaluated how 211 girls and 192 boys communicated via text and found notable gender differences in overall behavior and compulsive use:

• Teenage girls use texting for social connection, whereas boys mostly use it to convey information.

• Boys and girls send about the same number of texts every day, but girls are more likely to become compulsive texters.

• Teenage girls who compulsively text see a steeper decline in their grades than their compulsive male counterparts. The researchers suggest the social content of girls' messages may be more likely to distract them from their academic tasks.

• Compulsive texting also appears to affect girls' mental health more than boys', perhaps because girls are more prone to text about negative feelings and to ruminate on those feelings.

 

Disponível em: <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/teen-texting-girls-versus-boys/>. Acesso em: jan. 2016 (fragmento).

 

According to the text,

 

I. gender does play a role in texting behaviors of teenagers.

II.males tend to become as compulsive texters as females.

III. females seem to share more personal feelings than males.

IV. texting affects academic success of both boys and girls.

V. females send more texts than their male counterparts.

 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta apenas afirmativas corretas.

By Martin Gee, Alexander Ho and Josh Raab

 

Normal-looking earrings will track your heart rate, body temperature and blood oxygen levels, providing you with vital health statistics. If you thought Bluetooth headsets made businessmen talking to themselves in public look strange, these earrings will take that to the next level.

 

Shoes will convert movement into energy, powering internal sensors and other wearable devices. The sensors will help the shoes cool and heat your feet as necessary, as well as track your exercise and any weight changes.

 

Buttons haven‘t changed in decades, but they‘re about to get a big overhaul. Soon, they‘ll have embedded GPS, tracking your movements and learning your habits. That will let all your wearables react in real-time to your location, predicting where you‘re about to go or making suggestions on what‘s next. Getting lost will be a challenge, but if you somehow manage to end up in an unknown or dangerous place, your buttons will be able to contact your family or call 911 for help.

 

Disponível em: <http://time.com/see-the-wearable-tech-of-the-future/>. Acesso em: dez. 2015 (fragmento).

De acordo com o texto, considere as afirmativas a seguir.

 

I. Brincos poderão ser usados para monitorar a saúde de seus usuários.

II. Brincos terão função semelhante aos fones com technologia Bluetooth.

III. Calçados servirão como geradores de energia.

IV. Botões funcionarão como sensores de temperatura corporal.

V. Botões terão influência sobre outras tecnologias portáteis.

 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta apenas afirmativas corretas.

    He is ridiculed for his mendacity and ostracized by his
peers. He presides over a free-falling currency and a rapidly
shrinking economy. International sanctions stop his
kleptocratic friends from holidaying in their ill-gotten
[5] Mediterranean villas. Judged against the objectives Vladimir
Putin purported to set on inheriting Russia´s presidency 15
years ago – prosperity, the rule of law, westward integration –
regarding him as a success might seem bleakly comical

    But those are no longer his goals, if they ever really were.
[10] Look at the world form his perspective, and Mr. Putin is
winning. He remains the Kremlin´s undisputed master. He has
a throttlehold on Ukraine and domesticating Ukraine through
his routine tactics of threats and bribery was his first
preference, but the invasion has had its benefits. It has
[15] demonstrated the costs of insubordination to Russians. The
conflict has usefully shown who is boss in Russia. Best of all,
discord has been sown among Mr. Putin´s adversaries: among
Europeans and between them and America.

    His aim is to divide and neuter that alliance. From his
[20] tantrums over the Middle East to his invasion of Georgia and
Ukraine, Mr. Putin has sometimes seemed to stumble into
accidental disputes with the West, driven by a paranoid fear of
encirclement. In hindsight it seems that, given his outlook,
confrontation may have been inevitable. Either way, the
[25] contest he insists on cannot be dodged. It did not begin in poor
Ukraine and will not end there. Prevailing will require far more
resolve than Western leaders have so far mustered. 

(from The Economist, February 14^th, 2015.)

In the passage, “prevailing” (line 26) means

TEXT

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS AND TYPES OF FRIENDSHIP

 

Everyone has at least one best friend, some

maybe even more. There are also those people who are

just friends and also arch-enemies. People may think

that just because they are your friends it means that they

[5]  are your best friend. The thing is, even though they are

your friend, the relationship between a best friend and a

friend is different. Either way regardless of archenemies,

friends or best friends, there are not many

ways to compare any of these different types of friends,

[10]  but you can easily contrast them from one another.

Arch-enemies often know more about each

other than two friends. In a comparison of personal

relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than

association, although a wide range of degrees of

[15]  intimacy exists in friendships, arch-enemies, and

associations. Friendship and association can be thought

of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of

friendship is included in the fields of sociology, social

psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology.

[20]   Even animals have familiars! Various academic theories

of friendship have been proposed, among which are

social exchange theory, equity theory, relational

dialectics, and attachment styles. In Russia, one typically

bestows very few people the status of “friend”.

[25]  These friendships, however, make up in

intensity what they lack in number. Friends are entitled

to call each other by their first names alone, and to use

diminutives. A customary example of polite behavior is

addressing "acquaintances" by full first name plus their

[30]  patronymic. These could include relationships which

elsewhere would be qualified as real friendships, such

as workplace relationships of long standing, or neighbors

with whom one shares an occasional meal or a social

drink with.

[35]  Also in the Middle East and Central Asia, male

friendships, while less restricted than in Russia, tend to

be reserved and respectable in nature. They may use

nicknames and diminutive forms of their first names. In

countries like India, it is believed in some parts that

[40]  friendship is a form of respect, not born out of fear or

superiority. Friends are people who are equal in most

standards, but still respect each other regardless of their

attributes or shortcomings. Most of the countries

previously mentioned (Russia, Asia, and even the Middle

[45]  East) and even our own nation are suffering a decline in

genuine friendships.

According to a study documented in the June

2006 issue of the Journal American Sociological Review,

Americans are thought to be suffering a loss in the

[50]  quality and quantity of close friendships since at least

1985. The study’s results state that twenty-five percent

of Americans have no close confidants, and the average

total number of confidants per citizen has dropped from

four to two. According to the study, Americans'

[55]  dependence on family as a safety net went up from fiftyseven

percent to eighty percent; Americans dependence

on a partner or spouse went up from five percent to nine

percent.

Recent studies have found a link between fewer

[60]  friendships, especially in quality, and psychological and

physiological regression. In the sequence of the

emotional development of the individual, friendships

come after parental bonding and before the pair bonding

engaged in at the approach of maturity. In the

[65]  intervening period between the end of early childhood

and the onset of full adulthood, friendships are often the

most important relationships in the emotional life of the

adolescent, and are often more intense than

relationships experienced later in life.

[70]  Unfortunately, making friends seems to trouble

many of people. Having no friends can be emotionally

damaging for all ages, from young children to full grown

adults. A study performed by researchers from Purdue

University found that post-secondary-education

[75]  friendships, college and university last longer than the

friendships before it. Children with Asperger syndrome

and autism usually have some difficulty forming

friendships. Socially crippling conditions like these are

just one way that the social world is so difficult to thrive

[80]  in. This does not mean that they are not able to form

friendships, however. With time, moderation and proper

instruction, they are able to form friendships after

realizing their own strengths and weaknesses.

There is a number of theories that attempt to

[85]  explain the link, including that; Good friends encourage

their friends to lead more healthy lifestyles; Good friends

encourage their friends to seek help and access

services, when needed; Good friends enhance their

friend’s coping skills in dealing with illness and other

[90]  health problems; and/or Good friends actually affect

physiological pathways that are protective of health.

Regardless of what we think, we can clearly see that

there are some ways that friends, best friends and archenemies

are the same, but in the end they are clearly

[95]  more different. Nonetheless we all have every single

type in our lives.

 

(Adapted from: http://www.ukessays.com/essays/philosophy/therelationship- between-friends-and-types-of-friendship-philosophyessay. php)

In the sentence “there is a number of theories that attempt to explain the link” (lines 84-85), it is possible to find an option to substitute the pronoun accordingly in

TEXT

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS AND TYPES OF FRIENDSHIP

 

Everyone has at least one best friend, some

maybe even more. There are also those people who are

just friends and also arch-enemies. People may think

that just because they are your friends it means that they

[5]  are your best friend. The thing is, even though they are

your friend, the relationship between a best friend and a

friend is different. Either way regardless of archenemies,

friends or best friends, there are not many

ways to compare any of these different types of friends,

[10]  but you can easily contrast them from one another.

Arch-enemies often know more about each

other than two friends. In a comparison of personal

relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than

association, although a wide range of degrees of

[15]  intimacy exists in friendships, arch-enemies, and

associations. Friendship and association can be thought

of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of

friendship is included in the fields of sociology, social

psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology.

[20]   Even animals have familiars! Various academic theories

of friendship have been proposed, among which are

social exchange theory, equity theory, relational

dialectics, and attachment styles. In Russia, one typically

bestows very few people the status of “friend”.

[25]  These friendships, however, make up in

intensity what they lack in number. Friends are entitled

to call each other by their first names alone, and to use

diminutives. A customary example of polite behavior is

addressing "acquaintances" by full first name plus their

[30]  patronymic. These could include relationships which

elsewhere would be qualified as real friendships, such

as workplace relationships of long standing, or neighbors

with whom one shares an occasional meal or a social

drink with.

[35]  Also in the Middle East and Central Asia, male

friendships, while less restricted than in Russia, tend to

be reserved and respectable in nature. They may use

nicknames and diminutive forms of their first names. In

countries like India, it is believed in some parts that

[40]  friendship is a form of respect, not born out of fear or

superiority. Friends are people who are equal in most

standards, but still respect each other regardless of their

attributes or shortcomings. Most of the countries

previously mentioned (Russia, Asia, and even the Middle

[45]  East) and even our own nation are suffering a decline in

genuine friendships.

According to a study documented in the June

2006 issue of the Journal American Sociological Review,

Americans are thought to be suffering a loss in the

[50]  quality and quantity of close friendships since at least

1985. The study’s results state that twenty-five percent

of Americans have no close confidants, and the average

total number of confidants per citizen has dropped from

four to two. According to the study, Americans'

[55]  dependence on family as a safety net went up from fiftyseven

percent to eighty percent; Americans dependence

on a partner or spouse went up from five percent to nine

percent.

Recent studies have found a link between fewer

[60]  friendships, especially in quality, and psychological and

physiological regression. In the sequence of the

emotional development of the individual, friendships

come after parental bonding and before the pair bonding

engaged in at the approach of maturity. In the

[65]  intervening period between the end of early childhood

and the onset of full adulthood, friendships are often the

most important relationships in the emotional life of the

adolescent, and are often more intense than

relationships experienced later in life.

[70]  Unfortunately, making friends seems to trouble

many of people. Having no friends can be emotionally

damaging for all ages, from young children to full grown

adults. A study performed by researchers from Purdue

University found that post-secondary-education

[75]  friendships, college and university last longer than the

friendships before it. Children with Asperger syndrome

and autism usually have some difficulty forming

friendships. Socially crippling conditions like these are

just one way that the social world is so difficult to thrive

[80]  in. This does not mean that they are not able to form

friendships, however. With time, moderation and proper

instruction, they are able to form friendships after

realizing their own strengths and weaknesses.

There is a number of theories that attempt to

[85]  explain the link, including that; Good friends encourage

their friends to lead more healthy lifestyles; Good friends

encourage their friends to seek help and access

services, when needed; Good friends enhance their

friend’s coping skills in dealing with illness and other

[90]  health problems; and/or Good friends actually affect

physiological pathways that are protective of health.

Regardless of what we think, we can clearly see that

there are some ways that friends, best friends and archenemies

are the same, but in the end they are clearly

[95]  more different. Nonetheless we all have every single

type in our lives.

 

(Adapted from: http://www.ukessays.com/essays/philosophy/therelationship- between-friends-and-types-of-friendship-philosophyessay. php)

The expression “coping skills” (line 89) is closest in meaning to