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It’s not news to most of us that our environment can

have an impact on our mood. A cloudy day. Working in a

cubicle farm. Growing up in poverty.

But can it also impact our health? There’s a growing

[5] body of research that suggests the beneficial effects of

picking and hanging the “right” artwork in hospitals, to

help healing and improve patients’ mood:

Upali Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with

a specialization in health-care systems and design, says

[10] scientific studies show that art can aid in the recovery of

patients, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain.

But she says it has to be the right art – vivid paintings of

landscapes, friendly faces and familiar objects can lower

blood pressure and heart rate, while abstract pictures can

[15] have the opposite effect.

Nanda and two university professors did a study at

Houston’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital using two types

of art. In the first group were images that had been proved

to calm patients, including green landscapes, water

[20] scenes, cultural artifacts and emotionally expressive

pictures of people. The second group contained abstract

pieces. When asked which they preferred, most patients

chose images from the first group.

Not surprising, since that opinion reflects most

[25] people’s opinion about those two groups of artwork in the

real world. Ambiguous artwork, such as many abstract

paintings, provokes anxiety in many people, while familiar

scenes of people and the outdoors are more serene

and something most people can identify with. The article

[30] theorizes that people feel more at ease with paintings

of trees, flowers and fields, allowing them to project their

own feelings of uneasiness or anxiety onto them.

Can you imagine how simple and inexpensive

making hospitals look, well, hospitable is, compared

[35] to all the fancy imaging equipment and latest

micro-surgery tools? And yet, these components can be

just as important to a patient’s recovery as taking the right

pills at the right time. Sterile white hallways might make

for a clean environment, but it does nothing for the needs

[40] of being human in such places. After all, hospitals aren’t

technology clean-rooms — they are where we treat

people. And people are emotional and social creatures

who value the familiar.

Of course artwork isn’t going to heal anybody’s

[45] wounds, but it can help speed the healing process

after-the-fact.

GROHOL, J. (2009). Pode Art melhorar sua saúde? Psych Central. Disponível em: <http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/01/can_art_melhorar_seu_health/>. Acesso em:10 out. 2014.

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

It’s not news to most of us that our environment can

have an impact on our mood. A cloudy day. Working in a

cubicle farm. Growing up in poverty.

But can it also impact our health? There’s a growing

[5] body of research that suggests the beneficial effects of

picking and hanging the “right” artwork in hospitals, to

help healing and improve patients’ mood:

Upali Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with

a specialization in health-care systems and design, says

[10] scientific studies show that art can aid in the recovery of

patients, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain.

But she says it has to be the right art – vivid paintings of

landscapes, friendly faces and familiar objects can lower

blood pressure and heart rate, while abstract pictures can

[15] have the opposite effect.

Nanda and two university professors did a study at

Houston’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital using two types

of art. In the first group were images that had been proved

to calm patients, including green landscapes, water

[20] scenes, cultural artifacts and emotionally expressive

pictures of people. The second group contained abstract

pieces. When asked which they preferred, most patients

chose images from the first group.

Not surprising, since that opinion reflects most

[25] people’s opinion about those two groups of artwork in the

real world. Ambiguous artwork, such as many abstract

paintings, provokes anxiety in many people, while familiar

scenes of people and the outdoors are more serene

and something most people can identify with. The article

[30] theorizes that people feel more at ease with paintings

of trees, flowers and fields, allowing them to project their

own feelings of uneasiness or anxiety onto them.

Can you imagine how simple and inexpensive

making hospitals look, well, hospitable is, compared

[35] to all the fancy imaging equipment and latest

micro-surgery tools? And yet, these components can be

just as important to a patient’s recovery as taking the right

pills at the right time. Sterile white hallways might make

for a clean environment, but it does nothing for the needs

[40] of being human in such places. After all, hospitals aren’t

technology clean-rooms — they are where we treat

people. And people are emotional and social creatures

who value the familiar.

Of course artwork isn’t going to heal anybody’s

[45] wounds, but it can help speed the healing process

after-the-fact.

GROHOL, J. (2009). Pode Art melhorar sua saúde? Psych Central. Disponível em: <http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/01/can_art_melhorar_seu_health/>. Acesso em:10 out. 2014.

The only alternative in which the word or expression from the text has not been correctly defined is

It’s not news to most of us that our environment can

have an impact on our mood. A cloudy day. Working in a

cubicle farm. Growing up in poverty.

But can it also impact our health? There’s a growing

[5] body of research that suggests the beneficial effects of

picking and hanging the “right” artwork in hospitals, to

help healing and improve patients’ mood:

Upali Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with

a specialization in health-care systems and design, says

[10] scientific studies show that art can aid in the recovery of

patients, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain.

But she says it has to be the right art – vivid paintings of

landscapes, friendly faces and familiar objects can lower

blood pressure and heart rate, while abstract pictures can

[15] have the opposite effect.

Nanda and two university professors did a study at

Houston’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital using two types

of art. In the first group were images that had been proved

to calm patients, including green landscapes, water

[20] scenes, cultural artifacts and emotionally expressive

pictures of people. The second group contained abstract

pieces. When asked which they preferred, most patients

chose images from the first group.

Not surprising, since that opinion reflects most

[25] people’s opinion about those two groups of artwork in the

real world. Ambiguous artwork, such as many abstract

paintings, provokes anxiety in many people, while familiar

scenes of people and the outdoors are more serene

and something most people can identify with. The article

[30] theorizes that people feel more at ease with paintings

of trees, flowers and fields, allowing them to project their

own feelings of uneasiness or anxiety onto them.

Can you imagine how simple and inexpensive

making hospitals look, well, hospitable is, compared

[35] to all the fancy imaging equipment and latest

micro-surgery tools? And yet, these components can be

just as important to a patient’s recovery as taking the right

pills at the right time. Sterile white hallways might make

for a clean environment, but it does nothing for the needs

[40] of being human in such places. After all, hospitals aren’t

technology clean-rooms — they are where we treat

people. And people are emotional and social creatures

who value the familiar.

Of course artwork isn’t going to heal anybody’s

[45] wounds, but it can help speed the healing process

after-the-fact.

GROHOL, J. (2009). Pode Art melhorar sua saúde? Psych Central. Disponível em: <http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/01/can_art_melhorar_seu_health/>. Acesso em:10 out. 2014.

Scientific study has shown that the right art can

It’s not news to most of us that our environment can

have an impact on our mood. A cloudy day. Working in a

cubicle farm. Growing up in poverty.

But can it also impact our health? There’s a growing

[5] body of research that suggests the beneficial effects of

picking and hanging the “right” artwork in hospitals, to

help healing and improve patients’ mood:

Upali Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with

a specialization in health-care systems and design, says

[10] scientific studies show that art can aid in the recovery of

patients, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain.

But she says it has to be the right art – vivid paintings of

landscapes, friendly faces and familiar objects can lower

blood pressure and heart rate, while abstract pictures can

[15] have the opposite effect.

Nanda and two university professors did a study at

Houston’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital using two types

of art. In the first group were images that had been proved

to calm patients, including green landscapes, water

[20] scenes, cultural artifacts and emotionally expressive

pictures of people. The second group contained abstract

pieces. When asked which they preferred, most patients

chose images from the first group.

Not surprising, since that opinion reflects most

[25] people’s opinion about those two groups of artwork in the

real world. Ambiguous artwork, such as many abstract

paintings, provokes anxiety in many people, while familiar

scenes of people and the outdoors are more serene

and something most people can identify with. The article

[30] theorizes that people feel more at ease with paintings

of trees, flowers and fields, allowing them to project their

own feelings of uneasiness or anxiety onto them.

Can you imagine how simple and inexpensive

making hospitals look, well, hospitable is, compared

[35] to all the fancy imaging equipment and latest

micro-surgery tools? And yet, these components can be

just as important to a patient’s recovery as taking the right

pills at the right time. Sterile white hallways might make

for a clean environment, but it does nothing for the needs

[40] of being human in such places. After all, hospitals aren’t

technology clean-rooms — they are where we treat

people. And people are emotional and social creatures

who value the familiar.

Of course artwork isn’t going to heal anybody’s

[45] wounds, but it can help speed the healing process

after-the-fact.

GROHOL, J. (2009). Pode Art melhorar sua saúde? Psych Central. Disponível em: <http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/01/can_art_melhorar_seu_health/>. Acesso em:10 out. 2014.

According to the text, fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

( ) People’s feelings may be significantly influenced by their surroundings.
( ) Such artwork as paintings of landscapes have been recognized as a powerful tool for speeding up a patient’s healing process.
( ) It has been noticed that patients in hospitals can benefit from any kind of artwork.
( ) Unpleasant and gloomy hospital hallways can cause physical distress and affect patients’ health.

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From what the doctor is saying, it is correct to say that the patient in this cartoon

[1] How tall you are is strongly related to the genes you

inherit, and previous studies suggested that as much as

80% of the variance in height among people is due to their

DNA. And in the largest genetic study of height-related

[5] genes to date, scientists have identified 423 genetic

regions connected to height – which could explain as

much as 60% of that genetic component.

Dr. Joel Hirschhorn, leader of the GIANT consortium

at Harvard Medical School says that for a trait like height,

[10] which isn’t determined by a single gene but likely the

combined effects of multiple genes involved in multiple

different processes from bone growth to cell growth, the

new findings are like finding biggest nuggets of gold in

a riverbed. The latest analysis, published in the journal

[15] Nature Genetics, describes the gene variants most

commonly shared among people that likely contribute to

height.

They emerged from a sweep of the genomes of

more than 250,000 people of various heights, and from

[20] correlating their stature with their genetics. Many of the

known and familiar factors related to height, including

those dealing with skeletal growth and collagen that

are mutated in people with medically short stature, for

example, appeared in the study, confirming their role in

[25] determining how tall people get.

But there were also some surprises ‒ genetic regions

that previously had never been thought to be related

to height, including a gene known to be involved in cell

growth but not in skeletal functions. “It’s a mix ranging

[30] from completely known things, to those that make sense

to things that are completely surprising and things we don’t

even know what to think about them,” says Hirschhorn.

What the group has identified are gene regions of

interest, and a new round of studies will have to delve

[35] deeper into those areas to isolate specific genes that

are actually responsible for determining height. But it’s a

critical first step, and could lead to potential new ways of

treating medical conditions of short stature or gigantism

that can have negative health effects on the heart and

[40] joints.

PARK, Alice. New genes found that determine your height. Disponível em: <http://www.time.com/3462490/nev-gines-found-that-determine-your-height>. Acesso em: 14 abr. 2015. Adaptado.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

( ) The pronoun “their” (l. 3) refers to "people" (l. 3).
( ) The word “that (l. 16) is functioning as a conjunction.
( ) The word “actually” (l. 36) is the same as “currently”.
( ) The modal “could” (l. 37) expresses possibility.

The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is