Questões de Inglês

 

[1] As people try to use less energy, and find alternatives

to cars, more and more people are buying, and riding,

bicycles. But where did the bicycle come from? Who

invented this "velocipede"?

[5] You may be surprised to learn that the humble

bicycle was invented several years later than the

railway locomotive! But the two-wheeler has come a

long way since the day it was invented by a Scottish

blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, back (it is said) in

[10] 1839. MacMillan developed his bike from an older

wheeled vehicle, called a "hobby horse". This was a

wooden horse with two wheels. The rider sat on the

horse, and pushed the vehicle along with his feet. It

was not a very fast or safe vehicle, since it had no

[15] steering and no brakes.

MacMillan, nicknamed Mad Pate, modified the hobby

horse, by adding a system of articulated bars. The

rider could push the bars back and forwards with his

feet, and make the back wheel go round. He could

[20] also steer the bike, as the front wheel could be

turned.

To demonstrate his invention, he cycled 60 miles to

Glasgow! It must have been a terrible journey, on the

roads of the day! Pate's bike did not have rubber tires

[25] or springs. Mad Pate was not recognized in his time,

but other people became interested in bicycles.

Twenty-five years later, a Frenchman called Pierre

Lallemant designed and patented the first bicycle

with rotary pedals; and in 1876, H.].Lawson added

[30] another basic feature, "chain-drive".

Other features, such as rubber tires and gears, have

appeared since then; but the basic bicycle has not

changed.

Since then the bicycle has had a magnificent fortune.

[35] Today, it is probably the most common form of

transport in the world, especially in the Third World;

and non-polluting and easy to ride, it has a big future

as the town vehicle of tomorrow. Thanks Pate!

Fonte: http: / /linguapress.com/ intermediate/bike-story.htm

Leia as assertivas.

I. MacMillan adicionou ao cavalo-de-pau um sistema de barras articuladas que eram movidas para trás e para frente, através dos pés, fazendo girar a roda traseira.
II. MacMillan morava em Glasgow e tinha 60 anos quando fez as modificações no cavalo-de-pau.
III. A criação de MacMillan foi um sucesso e ele ganhou muito dinheiro com o invento
IV. Em 1844, um francês de 25 anos, Pierre Lallemant, projetou e patenteou a primeira bicicleta com pedais rotativos.
V. H. J. Lawson, em 1876, adicionou à bicicleta a corrente.

Assinale a alternativa correta. 

 

[1] As people try to use less energy, and find alternatives

to cars, more and more people are buying, and riding,

bicycles. But where did the bicycle come from? Who

invented this "velocipede"?

[5] You may be surprised to learn that the humble

bicycle was invented several years later than the

railway locomotive! But the two-wheeler has come a

long way since the day it was invented by a Scottish

blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, back (it is said) in

[10] 1839. MacMillan developed his bike from an older

wheeled vehicle, called a "hobby horse". This was a

wooden horse with two wheels. The rider sat on the

horse, and pushed the vehicle along with his feet. It

was not a very fast or safe vehicle, since it had no

[15] steering and no brakes.

MacMillan, nicknamed Mad Pate, modified the hobby

horse, by adding a system of articulated bars. The

rider could push the bars back and forwards with his

feet, and make the back wheel go round. He could

[20] also steer the bike, as the front wheel could be

turned.

To demonstrate his invention, he cycled 60 miles to

Glasgow! It must have been a terrible journey, on the

roads of the day! Pate's bike did not have rubber tires

[25] or springs. Mad Pate was not recognized in his time,

but other people became interested in bicycles.

Twenty-five years later, a Frenchman called Pierre

Lallemant designed and patented the first bicycle

with rotary pedals; and in 1876, H.].Lawson added

[30] another basic feature, "chain-drive".

Other features, such as rubber tires and gears, have

appeared since then; but the basic bicycle has not

changed.

Since then the bicycle has had a magnificent fortune.

[35] Today, it is probably the most common form of

transport in the world, especially in the Third World;

and non-polluting and easy to ride, it has a big future

as the town vehicle of tomorrow. Thanks Pate!

Fonte: http: / /linguapress.com/ intermediate/bike-story.htm

De acordo com o texto,

 

[1] As people try to use less energy, and find alternatives

to cars, more and more people are buying, and riding,

bicycles. But where did the bicycle come from? Who

invented this "velocipede"?

[5] You may be surprised to learn that the humble

bicycle was invented several years later than the

railway locomotive! But the two-wheeler has come a

long way since the day it was invented by a Scottish

blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, back (it is said) in

[10] 1839. MacMillan developed his bike from an older

wheeled vehicle, called a "hobby horse". This was a

wooden horse with two wheels. The rider sat on the

horse, and pushed the vehicle along with his feet. It

was not a very fast or safe vehicle, since it had no

[15] steering and no brakes.

MacMillan, nicknamed Mad Pate, modified the hobby

horse, by adding a system of articulated bars. The

rider could push the bars back and forwards with his

feet, and make the back wheel go round. He could

[20] also steer the bike, as the front wheel could be

turned.

To demonstrate his invention, he cycled 60 miles to

Glasgow! It must have been a terrible journey, on the

roads of the day! Pate's bike did not have rubber tires

[25] or springs. Mad Pate was not recognized in his time,

but other people became interested in bicycles.

Twenty-five years later, a Frenchman called Pierre

Lallemant designed and patented the first bicycle

with rotary pedals; and in 1876, H.].Lawson added

[30] another basic feature, "chain-drive".

Other features, such as rubber tires and gears, have

appeared since then; but the basic bicycle has not

changed.

Since then the bicycle has had a magnificent fortune.

[35] Today, it is probably the most common form of

transport in the world, especially in the Third World;

and non-polluting and easy to ride, it has a big future

as the town vehicle of tomorrow. Thanks Pate!

Fonte: http: / /linguapress.com/ intermediate/bike-story.htm

De acordo com o texto,

Texto 1

OBAMA’S VISIT TO BRRELATIONS

By Juan Forero and Perry Bacon Jr.

 

 

[1] Shortly after taking office, President Obama

declared Brazil's charismatic president Luiz Inacio

Lula da Silva "the most popular politician on Earth."

And Lula said he was "a fan" of Obama.

[5] The relationship held the promise of a closer

alliance between Washington and Brasilia. But it

soon soured, with Lula saying at the end of his term

that the United States behaved as an "empire" and

that "nothing had changed" under Obama.

[10] Now, Obama and Brazil's new president, Dilma

Rousseff, will try to repair at times strained

relations between the two countries as the

American president arrives for a two-day state visit

before flying to Chile, a close U.S. ally, and El

[15] Salvador, where drug-related violence is rising.

There's positive interest on both sides in starting

over," said ]ulia Sweig, a scholar at the Council on

Foreign Relations who recently met with officials in

the new government in Brazil. "Now they have to

[20] translate that optimism and goodwill to figure out

what they can do together that's in both of their

interests, and how to mitigate the tensions that will

naturally arise."

The trip will be Obama's first to South America as

[25] president. Even as the crisis in ]apan and unrest in

the Middle East dominate Obama's national

security briefings, administration officials decided

not to cancel the president's trip but instead cast it

as a way to renew relations with a region that is an

[30] emerging market for U.S.-made goods.

The trip is in part a kind of box-checking exercise,

as the Obama administration wanted to make a

major trip to this region of the world in Obama's

first term. White House officials said they would

[35] use Obama's visit to the three countries, but

particularly Brazil, to emphasize economic issues,

in a nod to an American electorate concerned about

high unemployment.

This trip fundamentally is about the U.S. recovery,

[40] U.S. exports and the critical relationship that Latin

America plays in our economic future and jobs here

in the United States," said Michael Froman, deputy

national security adviser for international

economic affairs.

[45] Brazil is the most influential country in this region,

and American officials, while playing down any

tensions with Lula, have expressed optimism about

establishing close ties With Rousseff.

Fonte: WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE 

A viagem do Presidente Obama:

The following sentences were taken from the site www.livingin-canada.com. Which one is intended to persuade the reader to go there?

The Newsweek magazine brings on the cover:

 

MAN UP! The Traditional Male Is an Endangered Species. It's Time to Rethink Masculinity.

ROMANO, A.; DOKOUPIL, T. Men's Lib. Newsweek, New York, Sept. 27, 2010.

This traditional male is usually seen as someone who