Questões de Inglês

All the sentences below are correct, EXCEPT:

Choose the option that correctly completes the text below, respectively.

 

  “______ half-past twelve next day Lord Henry Wotton strolled from Curzon Street over to the Albany to call on his uncle, Lord Fermor, a genial if somewhat rough-mannered old bachelor, ______ the outside world called selfish, ______ it derived no particular benefit from him, but ______ was considered generous by Society as he fed the people who amused him.”

(WILDE, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Collins Classics.)

Choose the correct option.

Which option is correct?

 

She was afflicted ______ severe asthma.

Leia o texto para responder à questão.

 

Amazon deforestation, once reduced, comes back

 

  Forest loss is detrimental to the earth’s climate. The clearing of woodlands and the fires that accompany it generate one-tenth of all global warming emissions, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, making the loss of forests one of the biggest single contributors to climate change.

  Only about 15 percent of the world’s forest cover remains intact, according to the World Resources Institute. The rest has been cleared, degraded or is in fragments, eliminating ecosystems and dislocating indigenous communities, scientists say.

  Behind the rise in deforestation is a strategy by multinational food companies to source their agricultural commodities from ever more remote areas around the world. These areas tend to be where legal protections of forests are weakest.

(Hiroco Tabuchi et al. www.nytimes.com, 24.02.2017. Adaptado.)

No trecho do primeiro parágrafo “the earth’s climate”, os termos em negrito podem ser corretamente substituídos por

INSTRUÇÃO: Considere os textos 1 e 2 para resolver a questão.

 

TEXT 1

 

As an athlete who has been involved in doping procedures
for years – and who came close to ______ tests – I feel
compelled to defend cyclist Lizzie Armitstead. It might not
be an ideal moment to speak up in support of an athlete
[5] who has been viewed suspiciously by her fellow Olympians
but I’ve been spurred into action after reading so many
people, many of whom love to sensationalise, offering
their opinions on Lizzie Armitstead’s missed drugs tests. A
depressingly dark cloud lingers over the sporting world at
[10] present – and many athletes and associations are cheating
more than ever – but it’s worth ______ another side of the
story before reaching a suspicious conclusion.

 

My own hunch is that she is not a doping cheat and that
she made a mistake. Something that has not often been
[15] noted in reflections of commentators over the past weeks
is that in 2016 alone Armitstead faced 16 tests and all of
them were clean. I have been tested in all sorts of situations
over the years, some more intrusive than others. Every
athlete has their favourite ______ story. One of mine that
[20] springs to mind was after a last-eight match in Delhi in
2010. We finished gone midnight after two hours of play
and I was whisked off as high as a kite (not on drugs I
should add) and exhausted to sit and wait. Luckily for me,
England physio Phil Newton generously stayed with me
[25] for support. Time was crucial and every minute that ticked
by made a dent in the recovery and preparation for the
medal match the following day. I finally put my head on a
pillow just after 5am.

 

Without that test I would have benefitted from two more vital
[30] hours in the sack. It’s part of the deal though and, if that’s
the biggest of my issues in life then I’m OK. I had worked
so hard for the event for many months and years, and the
early hours of that morning were a mess. During my career
I have also intermittently been on the same “whereabouts”
[35] programme as Armitstead and it is hard to keep tabs on.
We give our availability at an address for one hour every
day and the testers can knock on that door whenever
they want outside of that. If they arrive outside the given
hour and you’re not there that’s OK. But if they arrive on
[40] your given hour, you must be there and proceed to give
a sample – sometimes blood and urine, but always urine.

 

I’m painting this picture from my own experience not to self-

indulge but to give you a snapshot of a fairly strange and
surreal aspect of an athlete’s life. Strangers have to come
[45] into our private homes to watch us exposing ourselves
during the procedures of the test because some people
are willing to cheat. This must be done, but perhaps it’s
important to consider this information before you make
conclusions about Armitstead’s case.
Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/willstrop-sworld/2016/aug/18/rio-2016-olympics-cycling-drugs-lizzie-armitstead

 

TEXT 2

Read the statements below and write

 

1. for text 1 only
2. for text 2 only
3. for both texts

 

( ) The text warns against hasty assertions.
( ) The text is conceived in a persuasive style.
( ) The text makes someone’s annoyance explicit.
( ) The text involves the concept of brainwashing.
( ) The text resorts to illustration to enhance the arguments.

 

The correct top-down sequence to fill in the brackets is