Questões de Inglês

For many years, people believed that the brain, like the body, rested during sleep. After all, we are rendered unconscious by sleep. Perhaps, it was thought, the brain just needs to stop thinking for a few hours every day. Wrong. During sleep, our brain – the organ that directs us to sleep – is itself extraordinarily active. And much of that activity helps the brain to learn, to remember and to make connections.

 

It wasn’t so long ago that the rueful joke in research circles was that everyone knew sleep had something to do with memory – except for the people who study sleep and the people who study memory. Then, in 1994, Israeli researchers reported that the average performance for a group of people on a memory test improved when the test was repeated after a break of many hours – during which some subjects slept and others did not. In 2000, a Harvard team demonstrated that this improvement occurred only during sleep.

(Newsweek, May 4, 2009, p.33)

O trecho … we are rendered unconscious by sleep … é o mesmo que

For many years, people believed that the brain, like the body, rested during sleep. After all, we are rendered unconscious by sleep. Perhaps, it was thought, the brain just needs to stop thinking for a few hours every day. Wrong. During sleep, our brain – the organ that directs us to sleep – is itself extraordinarily active. And much of that activity helps the brain to learn, to remember and to make connections.

 

It wasn’t so long ago that the rueful joke in research circles was that everyone knew sleep had something to do with memory – except for the people who study sleep and the people who study memory. Then, in 1994, Israeli researchers reported that the average performance for a group of people on a memory test improved when the test was repeated after a break of many hours – during which some subjects slept and others did not. In 2000, a Harvard team demonstrated that this improvement occurred only during sleep.

(Newsweek, May 4, 2009, p.33)

Ainda conforme o texto, conclui-se que

"My little brother is really little, and he does have a

disability. Many, many people don\\'t have the heart to

realize that he didn’t choose to be disabled. I look up to

my little brother 100% and nobody deserves to be

mistreated or looked down on. He\\'s amazing, and I love

him dearly, and he will change the world one day. Stand

up for everyone who you know has been bullied,

because it really hurts."

Amanda, 15, AZ

Adapted from http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/

Observe as sentenças do texto:

“[`] I look up to my little brother” (linhas 3 e 4) “[`] nobody deserves to be mistreated or looked down on.” (linhas 4 e 5)

Os significados mais adequados das expressões “look up to” e “looked down on” no texto são, respectivamente:

"My little brother is really little, and he does have a

disability. Many, many people don\\'t have the heart to

realize that he didn’t choose to be disabled. I look up to

my little brother 100% and nobody deserves to be

mistreated or looked down on. He\\'s amazing, and I love

him dearly, and he will change the world one day. Stand

up for everyone who you know has been bullied,

because it really hurts."

Amanda, 15, AZ

Adapted from http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/

No fragmento do texto “he will change the world one day” Amanda (linha 6) demonstra:

"My little brother is really little, and he does have a

disability. Many, many people don\\'t have the heart to

realize that he didn’t choose to be disabled. I look up to

my little brother 100% and nobody deserves to be

mistreated or looked down on. He\\'s amazing, and I love

him dearly, and he will change the world one day. Stand

up for everyone who you know has been bullied,

because it really hurts."

Amanda, 15, AZ

Adapted from http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/

As expressões “him” (linha 6) e “it” (linha 8) no texto referem-se, respectivamente, a:

Transcrição do texto do cartaz:

On Earth Day, make one cup matter. One tumbler used in place of one disposable cupcan help reduce millions in paper and plastic consumption. Join us in this cause and we’ll take P40 off the price of your beverage when you use your tumbler at any Starbucks store in the Philippines on April 22 & 23.

 

acordo com a campanha, é correto afirmar: