Questões de Inglês

TEXTO:

 

The Internet and education

    Until quite recently Silicon Valley and its innovations

had little effect on teaching and learning. But with the

rise of the Internet, information technology is now

beginning to have much more influence on education.

[5] Two areas that are becoming more and more significant

are “blogs” and “wiki.”

    The word “blog” is short for “weblog.” A blog is an

online diary or “log” of someone’s life, thoughts, or

opinions. Anyone can create their own blog and blogging

[10] is becoming extremely popular. Type “blog” into Google

and you’ll get over 500 million hits. For educational

purposes, scholars, teachers, and students create blogs

as personal online study sites: places to work together

and share information and ideas. Some universities even

[15] give their students and staff free space on a server to

start their own blogs.

    “Wikis” are websites where anyone can add content

and make changes so that the site becomes a group

creation. “Wiki” stands for ‘What I Know Is.” These sites

[20] can be a valuable source of information and opinion for

students. However, the information may not be totally

accurate and some scholars refuse to use them. Perhaps

the best-known wiki is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia,

which has more than one million entries in over 100

[25] languages. Wikipedia is working hard to make sure that

its information is completely accurate so that students

will be able to use it with confidence. There’s no doubt

that it is an incredible resource.

Oxenden, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File, Workbook 3, p.35 Oxford University Press

About Wikipedia, the text says that

TEXTO:

 

The Internet and education

    Until quite recently Silicon Valley and its innovations

had little effect on teaching and learning. But with the

rise of the Internet, information technology is now

beginning to have much more influence on education.

[5] Two areas that are becoming more and more significant

are “blogs” and “wiki.”

    The word “blog” is short for “weblog.” A blog is an

online diary or “log” of someone’s life, thoughts, or

opinions. Anyone can create their own blog and blogging

[10] is becoming extremely popular. Type “blog” into Google

and you’ll get over 500 million hits. For educational

purposes, scholars, teachers, and students create blogs

as personal online study sites: places to work together

and share information and ideas. Some universities even

[15] give their students and staff free space on a server to

start their own blogs.

    “Wikis” are websites where anyone can add content

and make changes so that the site becomes a group

creation. “Wiki” stands for ‘What I Know Is.” These sites

[20] can be a valuable source of information and opinion for

students. However, the information may not be totally

accurate and some scholars refuse to use them. Perhaps

the best-known wiki is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia,

which has more than one million entries in over 100

[25] languages. Wikipedia is working hard to make sure that

its information is completely accurate so that students

will be able to use it with confidence. There’s no doubt

that it is an incredible resource.

Oxenden, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File, Workbook 3, p.35 Oxford University Press

Considering the information contained in “Wikis”, it is correct to say that it is

TEXTO:

 

The Internet and education

    Until quite recently Silicon Valley and its innovations

had little effect on teaching and learning. But with the

rise of the Internet, information technology is now

beginning to have much more influence on education.

[5] Two areas that are becoming more and more significant

are “blogs” and “wiki.”

    The word “blog” is short for “weblog.” A blog is an

online diary or “log” of someone’s life, thoughts, or

opinions. Anyone can create their own blog and blogging

[10] is becoming extremely popular. Type “blog” into Google

and you’ll get over 500 million hits. For educational

purposes, scholars, teachers, and students create blogs

as personal online study sites: places to work together

and share information and ideas. Some universities even

[15] give their students and staff free space on a server to

start their own blogs.

    “Wikis” are websites where anyone can add content

and make changes so that the site becomes a group

creation. “Wiki” stands for ‘What I Know Is.” These sites

[20] can be a valuable source of information and opinion for

students. However, the information may not be totally

accurate and some scholars refuse to use them. Perhaps

the best-known wiki is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia,

which has more than one million entries in over 100

[25] languages. Wikipedia is working hard to make sure that

its information is completely accurate so that students

will be able to use it with confidence. There’s no doubt

that it is an incredible resource.

Oxenden, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File, Workbook 3, p.35 Oxford University Press

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

 

It’s stated in the text:

(  ) Information technology has lately played a relevant role in education.

(  ) Blogs are not commonly used for educational purposes.

(  ) Some universities encourage their students to create their own blogs.

(  ) Most universities usually forbid their staff to start blogs

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

TEXTO:

    New photos of a huge crater on Mars suggest water

may lurk in crevices under the planet’s surface, hinting

that life might have once lived there, and raising the

possibility that it may live there still, researchers say.

[5] Future research looking into the chances of life on Mars

could shed light on the origins of life on Earth, scientists

added. […]

    Space agencies have deployed many missions to

Mars over the decades to explore how habitable its

[10] surface may have been or is today. However, the Martian

surface has been extremely cold, arid and chemically

hostile to life as we know it for most of the history of

Mars. Instead of scanning the surface of Mars for life,

scientists have suggested the most viable habitat for

[15] ancient simple life may have been in Martian water hidden

underground.

    On Earth, microbes up to 3 miles or more

underground make up perhaps half of all of the planet’s

living matter. Most of these organisms represent some

[20] of the most primitive kinds of microbes known, hinting

that life may actually have started underground, or at

least survived there during a series of devastating cosmic

impacts known as the Late Heavy Bombardment that

Earth and the rest of the inner solar system endured

[25] about 4.1 billion to 3.8 billion years ago.

    Since Mars has less gravity — a surface gravity of

a little more than one-third Earth’s — its crust is less

dense and more porous than that of our planet,

which means that more water can leak underground,

[30] researchers said. Wherever there is liquid water on Earth,

there is virtually always life, and microbes underground

on Mars could be sustained by energy sources

and chemical reactions similar to those that support

deep-dwelling organisms on Earth.

[35]    “The deep crust has always been the most habitable

place on Mars, and would be a wise place to search for

evidence for organic processes in the future,” Michalski

[of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz.] told

SPACE.com.

A wet Mars underground. Disponível em: <http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/21/giant-mars-crater-shows-evidence-lake-life/ #ixzz2IcWy5oCl>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2013.

The word or expression from the text is correctly defined in alternative

TEXTO:

    New photos of a huge crater on Mars suggest water

may lurk in crevices under the planet’s surface, hinting

that life might have once lived there, and raising the

possibility that it may live there still, researchers say.

[5] Future research looking into the chances of life on Mars

could shed light on the origins of life on Earth, scientists

added. […]

    Space agencies have deployed many missions to

Mars over the decades to explore how habitable its

[10] surface may have been or is today. However, the Martian

surface has been extremely cold, arid and chemically

hostile to life as we know it for most of the history of

Mars. Instead of scanning the surface of Mars for life,

scientists have suggested the most viable habitat for

[15] ancient simple life may have been in Martian water hidden

underground.

    On Earth, microbes up to 3 miles or more

underground make up perhaps half of all of the planet’s

living matter. Most of these organisms represent some

[20] of the most primitive kinds of microbes known, hinting

that life may actually have started underground, or at

least survived there during a series of devastating cosmic

impacts known as the Late Heavy Bombardment that

Earth and the rest of the inner solar system endured

[25] about 4.1 billion to 3.8 billion years ago.

    Since Mars has less gravity — a surface gravity of

a little more than one-third Earth’s — its crust is less

dense and more porous than that of our planet,

which means that more water can leak underground,

[30] researchers said. Wherever there is liquid water on Earth,

there is virtually always life, and microbes underground

on Mars could be sustained by energy sources

and chemical reactions similar to those that support

deep-dwelling organisms on Earth.

[35]    “The deep crust has always been the most habitable

place on Mars, and would be a wise place to search for

evidence for organic processes in the future,” Michalski

[of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz.] told

SPACE.com.

A wet Mars underground. Disponível em: <http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/21/giant-mars-crater-shows-evidence-lake-life/ #ixzz2IcWy5oCl>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2013.

About the Mars’ crater mentioned in the text, it’s correct to say that it is

TEXTO:

    New photos of a huge crater on Mars suggest water

may lurk in crevices under the planet’s surface, hinting

that life might have once lived there, and raising the

possibility that it may live there still, researchers say.

[5] Future research looking into the chances of life on Mars

could shed light on the origins of life on Earth, scientists

added. […]

    Space agencies have deployed many missions to

Mars over the decades to explore how habitable its

[10] surface may have been or is today. However, the Martian

surface has been extremely cold, arid and chemically

hostile to life as we know it for most of the history of

Mars. Instead of scanning the surface of Mars for life,

scientists have suggested the most viable habitat for

[15] ancient simple life may have been in Martian water hidden

underground.

    On Earth, microbes up to 3 miles or more

underground make up perhaps half of all of the planet’s

living matter. Most of these organisms represent some

[20] of the most primitive kinds of microbes known, hinting

that life may actually have started underground, or at

least survived there during a series of devastating cosmic

impacts known as the Late Heavy Bombardment that

Earth and the rest of the inner solar system endured

[25] about 4.1 billion to 3.8 billion years ago.

    Since Mars has less gravity — a surface gravity of

a little more than one-third Earth’s — its crust is less

dense and more porous than that of our planet,

which means that more water can leak underground,

[30] researchers said. Wherever there is liquid water on Earth,

there is virtually always life, and microbes underground

on Mars could be sustained by energy sources

and chemical reactions similar to those that support

deep-dwelling organisms on Earth.

[35]    “The deep crust has always been the most habitable

place on Mars, and would be a wise place to search for

evidence for organic processes in the future,” Michalski

[of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz.] told

SPACE.com.

A wet Mars underground. Disponível em: <http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/21/giant-mars-crater-shows-evidence-lake-life/ #ixzz2IcWy5oCl>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2013.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

 

Based on the new photos of the planet Mars, scientists think that

(  ) it seems very likely that there is water under Mars’ surface.

(  ) there wasn’t any kind of life in Mars in the past.

(  ) there might be some kind of life there at present.

(  ) there is certainly no water in the recently photographed crater.

 

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is