Questões de Inglês

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Some artists were imprisoned during the dictatorship in Brazil. _____, some of them were exiled.

 

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NO DIFFERENCE

 

 

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.

 

Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We’re all worth the same
When we turn off the light

 

Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light

 

So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God just reach out
And turn off the light!

(Where the Sidewalk Ends, the poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein. New York, Harper Collins Publishers, 1974)

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NO DIFFERENCE

 

 

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.

 

Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We’re all worth the same
When we turn off the light

 

Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light

 

So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God just reach out
And turn off the light!

(Where the Sidewalk Ends, the poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein. New York, Harper Collins Publishers, 1974)

De acordo com o texto, assinale a alternativa incorreta na oposição de adjetivos.

No Time to Die: Daniel Craig's final Bond film gets five-star reviews

29 September 2021

 

    Daniel Craig's fifth and final James Bond film, No Time to Die, has received rave reviews from critics.
The movie premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday, following several delays prompted by the Covid
pandemic.
    In his five-star review of the film, Kevin Maher of The Times said: “It’s better than good. It’s magnificent.
[5]     Craig is a towering charismatic presence from opening frame to closing shot, and he bows out in terrific, soulful,
style.”
    But while most critics were positive, some suggested the film did not quite justify its 163-minute running time.
    In his own five-star review, The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described the film as an “epic barnstormer” which
delivers “pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned
[10] action”.
    “It is of course a festival of absurdity and complication, a head-spinning world of giant plot mechanisms,” he said,
but concluded the film as a whole is “very enjoyable and gleefully spectacular”.
    Stephanie Zacharek of Time was broadly positive about the film, but suggested Craig’s swansong didn’t warrant its
length.
[15]     “At two hours and 43 minutes, it’s too long and too overstuffed with plot - more isn’t always better,” she said. “And
it features one of the dullest villains in the series’ history, played by Rami Malek in mottled skin and dumb silky PJs”.
    “But forget all that. No Time to Die, its flaws notwithstanding, is perfectly tailored to the actor who is, to me, the
best Bond of all.”
    No Time to Die marks the culmination of an over-arching storyline that began with Craig's first Bond film Casino
[20] Royale, released in 2006.
    In another five-star review, Robbie Collin of The Telegraph said: “[Director] Cary Joji Fukunaga’s extravagantly
satisfying, bulgingly proportioned last chapter to the Craig era, throws almost everything there is left to throw at 007
the series can come up with.”
    “We’ve been expecting you, Mr Bond, for quite some time,” he added, “and what a joy and relief it is to have you
[25] back.”
    The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey was less enthusiastic, awarding the film three stars and describing the
premise as “generic spy nonsense”.
    “Cary Joji Fukunaga has made a smashing piece of action cinema with No Time to Die – it’s just a shame it had to
be a Bond film,” she said. “What’s most disappointing is how strangely anti-climatic the whole thing feels.”
[30]     She added: “Despite Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s much-publicised contributions to the film’s script, No Time to Die
hardly feels like the radical feminist rewrite we were promised.”
    There was a similarly lukewarm response from Screen Daily’s Jonathan Romney, who said: “It’s certainly a film
that breaks many of the canonical rules of the series, though not entirely to dazzling effect.”
    “There’s plenty to gawk at, and to argue over, in this episode,” he added, “yet No Time to Die is oddly lacking in
[35] pleasure or real wit.”
    Empire’s John Nugent agreed that the film was too long, writing that the middle third is “bogged down by plotting
and exposition doesn’t justify that heaving runtime”.
    However, he noted: “This film does things that no Bond film has ever done, and despite relying heavily on tropes
that feel not only familiar but comforting, it is the unfamiliar things it does that make this such an exciting entry.” [...]

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58718299. Accessed on: October 10, 2021. Adapted.

According to the text, it is CORRECT to state that:

No Time to Die: Daniel Craig's final Bond film gets five-star reviews

29 September 2021

    Daniel Craig's fifth and final James Bond film, No Time to Die, has received rave reviews from critics.
    The movie premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday, following several delays prompted by the Covid
pandemic.
    In his five-star review of the film, Kevin Maher of The Times said: “It’s better than good. It’s magnificent.
[5]    Craig is a towering charismatic presence from opening frame to closing shot, and he bows out in terrific, soulful,
style.”
    But while most critics were positive, some suggested the film did not quite justify its 163-minute running time.
    In his own five-star review, The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described the film as an “epic barnstormer” which
delivers “pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned
[10] action”.
    “It is of course a festival of absurdity and complication, a head-spinning world of giant plot mechanisms,” he said,
but concluded the film as a whole is “very enjoyable and gleefully spectacular”.
    Stephanie Zacharek of Time was broadly positive about the film, but suggested Craig’s swansong didn’t warrant its
length.
[15]     “At two hours and 43 minutes, it’s too long and too overstuffed with plot - more isn’t always better,” she said. “And
it features one of the dullest villains in the series’ history, played by Rami Malek in mottled skin and dumb silky PJs”.
    “But forget all that. No Time to Die, its flaws notwithstanding, is perfectly tailored to the actor who is, to me, the
best Bond of all.”
    No Time to Die marks the culmination of an over-arching storyline that began with Craig's first Bond film Casino
[20] Royale, released in 2006.
    In another five-star review, Robbie Collin of The Telegraph said: “[Director] Cary Joji Fukunaga’s extravagantly
satisfying, bulgingly proportioned last chapter to the Craig era, throws almost everything there is left to throw at 007
the series can come up with.”
    “We’ve been expecting you, Mr Bond, for quite some time,” he added, “and what a joy and relief it is to have you
[25] back.”
    The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey was less enthusiastic, awarding the film three stars and describing the
premise as “generic spy nonsense”.
    “Cary Joji Fukunaga has made a smashing piece of action cinema with No Time to Die – it’s just a shame it had to
be a Bond film,” she said. “What’s most disappointing is how strangely anti-climatic the whole thing feels.”
[30]     She added: “Despite Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s much-publicised contributions to the film’s script, No Time to Die
hardly feels like the radical feminist rewrite we were promised.”
    There was a similarly lukewarm response from Screen Daily’s Jonathan Romney, who said: “It’s certainly a film
that breaks many of the canonical rules of the series, though not entirely to dazzling effect.”
    “There’s plenty to gawk at, and to argue over, in this episode,” he added, “yet No Time to Die is oddly lacking in
[35] pleasure or real wit.”
    Empire’s John Nugent agreed that the film was too long, writing that the middle third is “bogged down by plotting
and exposition doesn’t justify that heaving runtime”.
    However, he noted: “This film does things that no Bond film has ever done, and despite relying heavily on tropes
that feel not only familiar but comforting, it is the unfamiliar things it does that make this such an exciting entry.” [...]

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58718299. Accessed on: October 10, 2021. Adapted.

The passive voice can be found in the following sentence:

Text

 

The Carnival is celebrated ……………..Brazil every year, 46 days before the Easter
festival. Carnival is derived from the word carnelevare, which literally translates to
"removal of meat". The roots of the festival are believed to be in the tradition of Roman
Catholics when they abstained ……………meat and alcohol ……….certain days as a
[5] method to drive away bad things from their life.

 

The Carnival in Brazil as we know it today is believed to have originated during the
European dominated era. Back then, followers of the Roman Catholic Church would
indulge in last day of dance, fun, alcohol and sex just before the start of Lent, which is
a period of abstinence from alcohol and other sins. Back then, people would exchange
[10] clothes and indulge in wild dancing, and it also sometimes coincided with exchange of
slaves.

 

Carnivals are celebrated in many countries but the one in Brazil is most famous.
Different cities of Brazil have their own way of celebrating this week long festival of
revelry and fun. However, the most famous carnival is that …………Rio de Janeiro.
[15] Thousands of people throng the Sambodromo stadium in the city. Often wearing
masks and colorful costumes, they dance to the beats of drums and music, Samba
being the most prevalent form of dancing here.

 

A major parade with beautifully dressed samba dancers atop a decorated moving
vehicle goes through the stadium as hundreds of people keep joining the parade as
[20] the parade makes its way.

 

Another city which is famous for its Carnival in Brazil is Salvador de Bahia. The
original capital in Brazil, carnival is celebrated a little differently here. Street carnival is
celebrated in this city rather than having a stadium as a venue …………the parade.
Thousands of people throng the streets from early dawn and dance their way through
[25] the city till late evenings. Carnival in Salvador also lasts a little longer than in Rio.

 

Carnival in Brazil is a major holiday when people shut shops and come ……..on the
streets to celebrate life. The festival is organized by various samba schools in the
country which are also involved in various community services. Even people with two
left feet can be seen enjoying this festival in its full splendor.

Available at: www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/brazil/carnival. Accessed on March 25th, 2019.

Mark the alternative which contains the correct negative inversion of the sentence below, extracted from the text.

 

“Thousands of people throng the Sambodromo stadium in the city” (line 15)