Questões de Inglês

In this quote we find several vocabularies. Match them accordingly.

(1) Be depressed                              ( ) to fail
(2) Cheat                                         ( ) to accept willingly
(3) Flunk a class                               ( ) feeling down
(4) Fall in hate                                  ( ) decieve
(5) To embrace                                 ( ) opposite of to be head over heels for somebody

Mark the correct sequence from top to bottom.

It is true to say that:

TEXT 1

The Question

Is it possible that in the future we will live on another planet?

 

[1] It's hard to say whether in the future we will live on another planet. The Earth provides

for us the right balance of necessary conditions so that we can live in reasonable

comfort without artificial aid. Through advances in technology, we might certainly be able

to create an environment in which we could live on almost any other planet (e.g. a space

[5] suit is a miniature of such an environment). But whether another planet out in space

harbors conditions similar enough to earth that we would need little or no "artificial

environment" is unknown. We might think that such another planet ought to exist, but it

doesn't mean that it necessarily does.

The role of science is to take us from what we think might be true to what really is true

[10] and possible. In order for us to live on another planet, we must first find other planets

(this is an active field of research that astronomers are now making great progress in),

determine whether they are suitable for us, and then travel to them. All of these require

significant advances in our knowledge and technology. This is not to say that it is beyond

our capabilities, but rather to consider what would need to be done to do it.

[15] It is a question worth pondering, and by thinking about it we can certainly learn many

exciting things along the way.

 

I hope this helps,

Jim Lochner

for Imagine the Universe!

The Answer: www.imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Acessed on: march 24th, 2014.

The right sentence to substitute the one in bold (line 15) is:

TEXT 1

The Question

Is it possible that in the future we will live on another planet?

 

[1] It's hard to say whether in the future we will live on another planet. The Earth provides

for us the right balance of necessary conditions so that we can live in reasonable

comfort without artificial aid. Through advances in technology, we might certainly be able

to create an environment in which we could live on almost any other planet (e.g. a space

[5] suit is a miniature of such an environment). But whether another planet out in space

harbors conditions similar enough to earth that we would need little or no "artificial

environment" is unknown. We might think that such another planet ought to exist, but it

doesn't mean that it necessarily does.

The role of science is to take us from what we think might be true to what really is true

[10] and possible. In order for us to live on another planet, we must first find other planets

(this is an active field of research that astronomers are now making great progress in),

determine whether they are suitable for us, and then travel to them. All of these require

significant advances in our knowledge and technology. This is not to say that it is beyond

our capabilities, but rather to consider what would need to be done to do it.

[15] It is a question worth pondering, and by thinking about it we can certainly learn many

exciting things along the way.

 

I hope this helps,

Jim Lochner

for Imagine the Universe!

The Answer: www.imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Acessed on: march 24th, 2014.

The text says that:

TEXT 1

The Question

Is it possible that in the future we will live on another planet?

 

[1] It's hard to say whether in the future we will live on another planet. The Earth provides

for us the right balance of necessary conditions so that we can live in reasonable

comfort without artificial aid. Through advances in technology, we might certainly be able

to create an environment in which we could live on almost any other planet (e.g. a space

[5] suit is a miniature of such an environment). But whether another planet out in space

harbors conditions similar enough to earth that we would need little or no "artificial

environment" is unknown. We might think that such another planet ought to exist, but it

doesn't mean that it necessarily does.

The role of science is to take us from what we think might be true to what really is true

[10] and possible. In order for us to live on another planet, we must first find other planets

(this is an active field of research that astronomers are now making great progress in),

determine whether they are suitable for us, and then travel to them. All of these require

significant advances in our knowledge and technology. This is not to say that it is beyond

our capabilities, but rather to consider what would need to be done to do it.

[15] It is a question worth pondering, and by thinking about it we can certainly learn many

exciting things along the way.

 

I hope this helps,

Jim Lochner

for Imagine the Universe!

The Answer: www.imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Acessed on: march 24th, 2014.

The words: “beyond” (line 13) and “enough” ( line 6) mean, consecutively:

Elephant Crisis: The Largest Land Mammal Needs our Help

by Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick

 

1 Elephants have captured the imagination of

individuals across the world. Majestic beings, they have

fascinated even those who may never have enjoyed close

4 contact with them.

It’s this empathy that has led thousands of people

worldwide today to join the International March for Elephants

7 organized by iworry, a campaign by the David Sheldrick

Wildlife Trust, to publicize the warning that the future survival

of elephants is at serious risk.

10 Some may wonder why elephants matter. I have been

privileged to live amongst them and have nurtured a lifelong

passion to protect them for over 55 years. My team and I have

13 hand-reared more than 160 orphaned elephants to date, some

from the day they were born. It’s a long-term commitment, and

I have known them intimately throughout infancy and

16 childhood into their teenage years and beyond.

Scientific studies of elephants have now led to the

acceptance of abilities that we have observed on a daily basis

19 for many years. Elephants share the same emotions as humans,

with a strong sense of family and the same sense of death. Like

us, they suffer with the loss of loved ones. Each has an

22 individual personality just like us. They can be mischievous,

playful, feel offended or foolish.

In many ways they are better than us, and they have

25 attributes that we humans lack, such as the ability to

communicate over distance using low range sound hidden to

human ears. They have telepathic capabilities, as well as being

28 sensitive to seismic sound through their feet. Yet for all the

worldly reverence for elephants, they are today being hunted

and killed at a catastrophic rate for something as simple as a

31 tooth.

The phenomenon of poaching elephants for their tusks

is not new. It was only through awareness campaigns and

34 international pressure that a ban on the international sale of

ivory was enacted in 1989. This ban provided a brief relief for

elephants by stopping an increasing trade that in some regions

37 caused the loss of up to 80 percent of herds.

However, poaching has escalated in already

devastated populations recently. The interest in ivory

40 stimulated demand, and the result is that elephants are now

being poached at the highest rate since records of their numbers

began. Current estimates put the figure at 36,000 elephants

43 killed annually, which means one elephant dying every 15

minutes.

To date we’ve arrested 1,406 poachers, and our

46 veterinary teams have successfully treated over 500 wounded

elephants.

As long as any trade in ivory remains—legal or illegal,

49 global or domestic—elephants will continue to be cruelly killed

for their tusks.

Internet: <www.nationalgeographic.com> (adapted).

Based on the text, it is correct to say that Dr. Daphne believes