Questões de Concurso Público Prefeitura de Palmeira dos Índios - AL 2024 para Professor(a) de Inglês

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Q2357421 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. The text is an example of a news article, as it contains factual information and it is written in third person.
II. In the opening paragraph, by introducing a real example of a Spanglish speaker, the author of the text probably attempted to support the relevance of the topic.
III. The sentence above the text: “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish” is a headline.
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Q2357422 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. According to the text, Spanglish can be used when speakers change from English to Spanish completely in a conversation.
II. It can be inferred from the text that because there are more Hispanic speakers in the U.S now, Spanglish is also becoming more prominent.
III. It is said in the text that the political operatives are interested in the young Hispanic population only, since they want to meet the nation's changing demographics.
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Q2357423 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. In: ‘Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.’, the repetition of her is necessary, since ‘those around her’ occupies the place of the subject in the sentence, while the other ‘her’ is the indirect object.
II. In: ‘The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives.’, the ‘Md.’ inserted between The Silver Spring and resident breaks syntax order by separating its nominal group.
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Q2357424 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. Mishmash, as said in the text, means a smooth mix of things and can be changed to 'hodgepodge'.
II. Seamlessly, as used in the text, means with no sudden changes or interruptions, and can be changed to ‘smoothly’.
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Q2357425 Inglês
Text 1

In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish

¹ Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez is used to seamlessly toggling between Spanish and English in conversation. If she doesn’t know the Spanish version of a word, she’ll use the English, and vice versa. The mishmash, known as Spanglish, comes naturally. Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.

² The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives who advocate that campaigns use the blended language in advertising and other outreach as the 2024 election cycle accelerates.

³ The language — a portmanteau of English and Spanish that blends words, grammar and dialects from both tongues — is growing in popularity in the United States as the country’s Hispanic population grows. Currently, 19 percent of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic, a new high according to the Pew Research Center, which also found that 63 percent of Hispanics in the United States speak Spanglish at least sometimes in their day-to-day life. Forty percent say they speak it often.

4 Operatives who are urging campaigns to reach young voters in Spanglish argue that its use not only reflects the nation’s changing demographics, but is also a way to meet voters with a lingo that feels more familiar and approachable.


Source: Adapted from “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish”, by Mariana Alfaro, 2023. Available on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/spa nglish-campaigns-young-hispanic-voters/ 

Examine the following statements:
I. In: "Maria talked to her best friend in desperate need of a counsel", the use of the article is correct.
II. In: "Lucas went to a library in search of the Times Magazine", the use of articles is correct.
III. In: "Doctors recommend that children eat a bread every day.", the use of the article is incorrect.
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Respostas
1: B
2: D
3: B
4: C
5: C