Questões de Inglês

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    Tablets have been steadily catching up on PCs in

recent years as the more fashionable way to get work

done, and according to one analyst they’re perhaps even

about to overtake the PC in sales. Due to falling sales of

5 PCs and the continuing popularity of tablets, analyst

Sameer Singh believes we’re going to see tablets

overtake PCs in sales before the end of 2013.

    Despite this piece of news, tablets are far from the

all-in-one replacements for PCs as some would expect.

10 While the things we do on our PC are more and more

Web-focused, important tools including Microsoft Office

and Adobe products are quick to remind us that no tablet

is a true replacement to the laptop or desktop we’ve

relied on for years since. While some devices like the

15 convertible tablet have tried to offer a mix between the

tablet and laptop experience, these devices are still new

to the market and have very limited hardware. As a result,

convertibles have yet to prove their worth as a potential

middle-of-the-road option for consumers and instead. This

20 piece of news is also affected by the fact that people

are not adopting them as quickly as they used to, and

that most PC owners are happy with their current

desktops or laptops, but want to supplement it with a

tablet.

25   Either way, tablets are going to continue to be

popular upgrade options, and PCs are still going to remain

as tried and true workstations for the more work-intensive

tasks out there. While some feel a revolution is on the

brink, the fact remains that there is still the potential

30 that both devices can exist in some sort of harmony.

TABLETS have been... Disponível em: . Acesso em: 12 out. 2013. 

The author of this article thinks that tablets

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    Tablets have been steadily catching up on PCs in

recent years as the more fashionable way to get work

done, and according to one analyst they’re perhaps even

about to overtake the PC in sales. Due to falling sales of

5 PCs and the continuing popularity of tablets, analyst

Sameer Singh believes we’re going to see tablets

overtake PCs in sales before the end of 2013.

    Despite this piece of news, tablets are far from the

all-in-one replacements for PCs as some would expect.

10 While the things we do on our PC are more and more

Web-focused, important tools including Microsoft Office

and Adobe products are quick to remind us that no tablet

is a true replacement to the laptop or desktop we’ve

relied on for years since. While some devices like the

15 convertible tablet have tried to offer a mix between the

tablet and laptop experience, these devices are still new

to the market and have very limited hardware. As a result,

convertibles have yet to prove their worth as a potential

middle-of-the-road option for consumers and instead. This

20 piece of news is also affected by the fact that people

are not adopting them as quickly as they used to, and

that most PC owners are happy with their current

desktops or laptops, but want to supplement it with a

tablet.

25   Either way, tablets are going to continue to be

popular upgrade options, and PCs are still going to remain

as tried and true workstations for the more work-intensive

tasks out there. While some feel a revolution is on the

brink, the fact remains that there is still the potential

30 that both devices can exist in some sort of harmony.

TABLETS have been... Disponível em: . Acesso em: 12 out. 2013. 

The suitable title for this text is in alternative

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Globish: the new international language? 

 

    A French author and ex-vice president of IBM has

come up with a new reduced form of English to help

non-English speakers get by when they are abroad. In

his books Don’t Speak English, Parlez Globish and

5 Découvrez le Globish, Jean Paul Nerrière advocates the

use of Globish as the common language of international

communication.

    Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500

words. Other features include short sentences, an

10 absence of idiomatic expressions, and extensive hand

gestures to get the point across. It is not aimed at cultural

eloquence, Mr. Nerrière points out, but at “linguistic

efficiency, always, everywhere, with everyone.”

    Mr. Nerrière originally started his investigations into

15 Globish in an effort to help other French men and women

sitting in business meetings held in English. He advised

them to content themselves with Globish instead of trying

to master the intricacies of formal English. Now his

globalized version of English is so common, he says,

20 that Americans, Britons, and other English speakers

should learn it, too.

    Mr Nerrière says that native speakers of English

tend to stand out as strange in international business

meetings. This is due to their refusal to use the

25 elementary English adopted by colleagues from other

countries. He suggests they should make an effort to

speak like everybody else to appear less arrogant and

more open to doing business. He warns that commercial

ventures could depend upon the mastery of Globish: “If

30 you lose a contract to a rival because you’re speaking

an English that no one except another Anglophone

understands, then you’ve got a problem.”

    Quick to dispel fears that Globish will mean the

end of other languages, Mr. Nerrière recommends that it

35 should only be used in international exchanges. It should

not, he insists, be used as a vehicle of culture. In other

words, he believes we should keep on learning languages

to read the great literary works of Molière, Shakespeare,

and Cervantes. He claims, however, that the best

40 language to talk about the price of steel in China is

Globish.

OXENDEN, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File ,Workbook 4 p.71 Oxford University Press 

The phrase “due to” (l. 24) should be understood as

TEXTO:

 

Globish: the new international language? 

 

    A French author and ex-vice president of IBM has

come up with a new reduced form of English to help

non-English speakers get by when they are abroad. In

his books Don’t Speak English, Parlez Globish and

5 Découvrez le Globish, Jean Paul Nerrière advocates the

use of Globish as the common language of international

communication.

    Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500

words. Other features include short sentences, an

10 absence of idiomatic expressions, and extensive hand

gestures to get the point across. It is not aimed at cultural

eloquence, Mr. Nerrière points out, but at “linguistic

efficiency, always, everywhere, with everyone.”

    Mr. Nerrière originally started his investigations into

15 Globish in an effort to help other French men and women

sitting in business meetings held in English. He advised

them to content themselves with Globish instead of trying

to master the intricacies of formal English. Now his

globalized version of English is so common, he says,

20 that Americans, Britons, and other English speakers

should learn it, too.

    Mr Nerrière says that native speakers of English

tend to stand out as strange in international business

meetings. This is due to their refusal to use the

25 elementary English adopted by colleagues from other

countries. He suggests they should make an effort to

speak like everybody else to appear less arrogant and

more open to doing business. He warns that commercial

ventures could depend upon the mastery of Globish: “If

30 you lose a contract to a rival because you’re speaking

an English that no one except another Anglophone

understands, then you’ve got a problem.”

    Quick to dispel fears that Globish will mean the

end of other languages, Mr. Nerrière recommends that it

35 should only be used in international exchanges. It should

not, he insists, be used as a vehicle of culture. In other

words, he believes we should keep on learning languages

to read the great literary works of Molière, Shakespeare,

and Cervantes. He claims, however, that the best

40 language to talk about the price of steel in China is

Globish.

OXENDEN, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File ,Workbook 4 p.71 Oxford University Press 

Considering its main objective, Globish should be seen as

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Globish: the new international language? 

 

    A French author and ex-vice president of IBM has

come up with a new reduced form of English to help

non-English speakers get by when they are abroad. In

his books Don’t Speak English, Parlez Globish and

5 Découvrez le Globish, Jean Paul Nerrière advocates the

use of Globish as the common language of international

communication.

    Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500

words. Other features include short sentences, an

10 absence of idiomatic expressions, and extensive hand

gestures to get the point across. It is not aimed at cultural

eloquence, Mr. Nerrière points out, but at “linguistic

efficiency, always, everywhere, with everyone.”

    Mr. Nerrière originally started his investigations into

15 Globish in an effort to help other French men and women

sitting in business meetings held in English. He advised

them to content themselves with Globish instead of trying

to master the intricacies of formal English. Now his

globalized version of English is so common, he says,

20 that Americans, Britons, and other English speakers

should learn it, too.

    Mr Nerrière says that native speakers of English

tend to stand out as strange in international business

meetings. This is due to their refusal to use the

25 elementary English adopted by colleagues from other

countries. He suggests they should make an effort to

speak like everybody else to appear less arrogant and

more open to doing business. He warns that commercial

ventures could depend upon the mastery of Globish: “If

30 you lose a contract to a rival because you’re speaking

an English that no one except another Anglophone

understands, then you’ve got a problem.”

    Quick to dispel fears that Globish will mean the

end of other languages, Mr. Nerrière recommends that it

35 should only be used in international exchanges. It should

not, he insists, be used as a vehicle of culture. In other

words, he believes we should keep on learning languages

to read the great literary works of Molière, Shakespeare,

and Cervantes. He claims, however, that the best

40 language to talk about the price of steel in China is

Globish.

OXENDEN, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File ,Workbook 4 p.71 Oxford University Press 

According to the text, the only feature that is NOT TRUE about Globish is that it

Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education

 

Brazil, like many developing countries, faces wide-ranging economic and social inequities and major challenges in education. Its constitution provides for mandatory free elementary education and sets a minimum to be spent on education of 25% of state and municipal revenues and 18% at the federal level. But high rates of grade repetition and dropout mean that many children make only limited progress. In PISA 2000, Brazil was the lowest performing country. More than half of its students ranked at Level One or below. Fewer than 1% scored at the top level.

 

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