Questões de Inglês

A questão corresponde ao seguinte texto:

 

The hold-up

 

The gunman, is useless.
I know it.
He knows it.
The whole bank knows it.
[5] Even my best mate Marvin knows it and he’s more useless than the gunman.
The worst part about the whole thing is that Marv’s car is standing outside in a fifteen-minute parking zone. We’re all face-down
on the floor and the car’s only got a few minutes left on it.
‘I wish this bloke’d hurry up,’ I mention.
‘I know,’ Marv whispers back. ‘This is outrageous.’ His voice rises from the depths of the floor. ‘I’ll be getting a fine because of
[10] this useless bastard. I can’t afford another fine, Ed.’
‘The car’s not even worth it.’
‘What?’
Marv looks over at me now. I can sense he’s getting uptight.
Offended. If there’s one thing Marv doesn’t tolerate, it’s someone putting shit on his car. He repeats the question.
[15] ‘What did you say, Ed?’
‘I said,’ I whisper, ‘it isn’t even worth the fine, Marv.’
‘Look,’ he says, ‘I’ll take a lot of things, Ed, but…’
I tune out of what he’s saying, because quite frankly, once Marv gets going about his car, it’s downright pain in the arse material.
He goes on and on, like a kid, and he’s just turned twenty, for Jesus sake.
[20] He goes on for another minute or so, until I have to cut him off.
‘Marv,’ I point out, ‘the car’s an embarrassment, okay? It doesn’t even have a handbrake – it’s sitting out there with two bricks
behind the back wheels.’ I’m trying to keep my voice as quiet as possible. ‘Half the time you don’t even bother locking it. You’re
probably hoping someone’ll flog it so you can collect the insurance.’
‘It isn’t insured.’ (…)
[25] That’s when the gunman turns around and shouts, ‘Who’s talkin’ back there?!’
Marv doesn’t care. He’s worked up about the car. (…) 

Zusak, M. The Messenger,
 Austrália: Ed. Picador, 2002 p. 3-4

A partir da leitura do texto, é possível depreender que

I. o diálogo no texto se passa entre reféns de um assalto a banco.
II. Marvin está mais preocupado com uma possível multa por estacionamento irregular do que com o atirador.
III. Marvin adora conversar sobre o seu carro.

 

Está(ão) correta(s) 

[1] According to archeologists and anthropologists, the earliest clothing probably 1 consisted of fur, leather, leaves or grass, draped,

wrapped or tied about the body for protection from the elements. Knowledge of such clothing remains inferential, since clothing

materials deteriorate quickly compared to stone, bone, shell and metal artifacts. Archeologists have identified very early sewing

needles of bone and ivory from about 30,000 BC, found near Kostenki, Russia, in 1988.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/clothing)

Consider the following information:
 
1. The history of clothing from its beginning until recent years.
2. The reason it is difficult to know about earliest clothing.
3. The materials used in artifacts that made clothes deteriorate.
4. A place where archeologists found ancient sewing needles.
5. The different ways our ancestors used to put on their garments.
 
What information is in the text?

Cabin Environment

 

There is an erroneous perception that the cabin environment of a pressurized aircraft 1 is bad. That is not true. Treated by

HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance) filters – similar to those used in organ transplanting and burn hospital units – the air

in airplane cabins is climatized and dehydrated, which makes the environment free from fungi and bacteria and - because the air

relative humidity becomes very low – even protects the existing airborne electronic equipment (avionics). The air flow is directed

[5] downwards, thus reducing the rate of contamination between seats. Additionally, all of the cabin air is replaced every three minutes.

This will keep the oxygen rates throughout the aircraft at much higher levels than those required by human consumption, and

carbon dioxide and particulate matter at acceptable levels with respect to passenger safety, health and comfort.

(Adaptado de: TAM magazine, ano 3, nº 34, dez. 2006.)

Consider the following information:
 
1. The level of oxygen rates required by human consumption.
2. The time it takes for air to be replaced inside an aircraft cabin.
3. The company that makes the filters used in aircrafts.
4. The direction of the airflow inside pressurized cabins.
 
What information is in the text?

According to the text 2 answer the question.

 

Biomedical research

(www.wikipedia.org)

 

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical

research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of

knowledge in the field of medicine. Medical research can be divided into two general

categories: the evaluation of new treatments for both safety and efficacy in what are

[5]  termed clinical trials, and all other research that contributes to the development of new

treatments. The latter is termed preclinical research if its goal is specifically to elaborate

knowledge for the development of new therapeutic strategies.The increased longevity of

humans over the past century can be significantly attributed to advances resulting from

medical research. Among the major benefits have been vaccines for measles and polio,

[10]  insulin treatment for diabetes, classes of antibiotics for treating a host of maladies,

medication for high blood pressure, improved treaments for AIDS, statins and other

treatments for atherosclerosis, new surgical techniques such as microsurgery, and

increasingly successful treatments for cancer. New, beneficial tests and treatments are

expected as a result of the human genome project. Many challenges remain, however,

[15]  including the appearance of antibiotic resistance and the obesity epidemic.

Most of the research in the field is pursued by biomedical scientists in cooperation with

molecular biologists.

When they say that: "The increased longevity of humans over the past century..." (in lines 7-8), they mean that: 

According to the text 2 answer the question.

 

Biomedical research

(www.wikipedia.org)

 

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical

research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of

knowledge in the field of medicine. Medical research can be divided into two general

categories: the evaluation of new treatments for both safety and efficacy in what are

[5]  termed clinical trials, and all other research that contributes to the development of new

treatments. The latter is termed preclinical research if its goal is specifically to elaborate

knowledge for the development of new therapeutic strategies.The increased longevity of

humans over the past century can be significantly attributed to advances resulting from

medical research. Among the major benefits have been vaccines for measles and polio,

[10]  insulin treatment for diabetes, classes of antibiotics for treating a host of maladies,

medication for high blood pressure, improved treaments for AIDS, statins and other

treatments for atherosclerosis, new surgical techniques such as microsurgery, and

increasingly successful treatments for cancer. New, beneficial tests and treatments are

expected as a result of the human genome project. Many challenges remain, however,

[15]  including the appearance of antibiotic resistance and the obesity epidemic.

Most of the research in the field is pursued by biomedical scientists in cooperation with

molecular biologists.

The word "...field...", in line 3, is the same that: 

According to the text 1 answer the question.

 

Ancient Greek Gods

(www.history for kids.org)

 

[1]  The Greeks believed in many gods: they were polytheistic. It is impossible to say how

many Greek gods there were, because different Greeks worshipped different gods.

Certainly there were hundreds. The most famous of them, and the ones which the most

people sacrificed to, were Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena,

[5]  Demeter, Hermes, Ares, and Hades. But there were many others: Asclepius, the god of

medicine, Persephone, Demeter's daughter, Gaia the earth goddess, Hecate, and so

forth.

In addition, every little village had its own gods. The local stream, an especial big tree, an

oddly shaped rock, all were thought to have their own god inside them, who had to be

[10]  worshipped or he or she would get mad. It was, as Keith Hopkins has said,

"a world full of gods."

Greek people also worshipped foreign gods, if for some reason they thought this might

help them somehow. The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athens in the

Hellenistic period, for instance. And many Hellenistic Greeks worshipped Astarte, too.

[15]  To keep their gods happy, most Greek people sacrificed to their gods. Most people in

Greece also asked the gods to tell them about the future through oracles.

The expression: "...would get mad...", in line 10, means: