Questões de Vestibular de Inglês - Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...)

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Q1263923
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | Comparative and superlative , Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...)
Ano: 2010 Banca: FATEC Órgão: FATEC Prova: FATEC - 2010 - FATEC - Vestibular - Prova 01 |
Q1263923 Inglês
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FOOTBALL'S RED CARD 

THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE SPORTS TEAM IS drowning in debt. English football powerhouse Manchester United (Forbes estimates its worth at $1.8 billion) had to raise some $800 million in a bond issue last month, which is still $340 million shy of its total debts. Man U needed the bond to pay off the millions that American businessman 
Malcolm Glazer borrowed to purchase the team in 2005. But in the first three weeks since the bond was issued it lost nearly 10 percent of its value, a sign that, even though Man U's revenues reached a record $444 million last year, the market is growing wary of debt, particularly the European variety
Man U isn't alone. Debt levels have also skyrocketed among rivals like liverpool, calling into question the business model of English Premier League football. Each year the three worst teams are banished to a lower league, where vital broadcasting revenues are dramatically reduced. This puts huge pressure on clubs to compete for the best players, who now regularly fetch more than $50 million a year. Unlike in the U.S., there's no system of collective bargaining to restrain wages. As a result, the total salary bill for the Premier League has risen more than 20 percent since 2008. This has created a vicious cycle of rising debt among clubs that must spend extravagantly on players to ensure increased revenue. Any team attempting to be frugal becomes more likely to end up with lower revenue. It's become a game of who can spend the most, and it probably won't end well. 

(BY WILLIAM UNDERHILL - Newsweek)
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Q1263482
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects
Ano: 2013 Banca: PUC-MINAS Órgão: PUC-MINAS Prova: PUC-MINAS - 2013 - PUC-MINAS - Prova - Medicina |
Q1263482 Inglês
Why the Internet is so addictive
    "Checking Facebook should only take a minute." Those are the famous last words of countless people every day, right before getting sucked into several hours of watching cat videos or commenting on Instagrammed sushi lunches. That behavior is natural, given how the Internet is structured, experts say. The Internet’s omnipresence and lack of limits encourage people to lose track of time, making it hard to exercise the self-control to turn it off.
    "The Internet is not addictive in the same way as pharmacological substances are," said Tom Stafford, a cognitive scientist at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. "But it's compulsive; it's compelling; it's distracting." Humans are social creatures. Therefore, people enjoy the social information available via email and the Web.     
    The main reason the Internet is so addictive is that it lacks boundaries between tasks, Stafford said. Someone may set out to "research something, and then accidentally go to Wikipedia, and then wind up trying to find out what ever happened to Depeche Mode," Stafford said, referring to the music band. Studies suggest willpower is like a muscle: It can be strengthened, but can also become exhausted. Because the Internet is always "on," staying on task requires constantly flexing that willpower muscle, which can exhaust a person's self-control.
    For those who want to loosen the grip of the Web on their lives, a few simple techniques may do the trick. Web-blocking tools that limit surfing time can help people regain control over their time. Another method is to plan ahead, committing to work for 20 minutes, or until a certain task is complete, and then allowing five minutes of Web surfing, Stafford said.
(Adapted from: http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/computers/stories/why-the-internet-is-so-addictive) 
The word Therefore in: “Therefore, people enjoy the social information…” (paragraph 2) indicates
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Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) ,
Ano: 2010 Banca: UNICENTRO Órgão: UNICENTRO Prova: UNICENTRO - 2010 - UNICENTRO - Vestibular - Inglês 1 |
Q1262854 Inglês

COLLYNS, Dan. Peruvian mummy found. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090916_witn_peru_mummy.shtm>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2010.

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Q970791
Inglês Adjetivos | Adjectives , Uso dos adjetivos | Use of adjectives , Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Ano: 2018 Banca: COPS-UEL Órgão: UEL Prova: COPS-UEL - 2018 - UEL - Vestibular - 2º Fase |
Q970791 Inglês

                                


IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th century, a relatively unknown author named Pedro Carolino rapidly gained intercontinental popularity over a small Portuguese-to-English phrasebook. English as She Is Spoke (or O novo guia da conversação em portuguez e inglez) was originally intended to help Portuguese speakers dabble in the English tongue, but was penned by a man who spoke little to no English himself. And, instead of helping Portuguese speakers learn a second language, it became a cult classic for fans of inept and unintentional humor.

It quickly gained notoriety among English speakers, including author Mark Twain, who wrote the introduction for the first English edition, published in 1883. Twain expressed his approval of the book, saying “Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect.” 

It is presumed that Carolino wrote the book through the aid of a Portuguese-to-French dictionary and a French-to-English dictionary, using the former for an initial translation of a word or phrase from Portuguese, and the latter to convert it from French into English. The result, of course, is a mishmash of cloudy gibberish.

Perhaps the most notorious section of the book is an appropriately named chapter entitled “Idiotisms and Proverbs,” which again features phrases that vary between barely understandable and completely nonsensical. Examples of Carolino’s twice-translated proverbs include: “it is better be single as a bad company”; “there is no better sauce who the appetite”; and simply “That not says a word, consent”.

The book opens with a preface written in a peculiar style of English. It details the book’s intended audience, stating that it “may be worth the acceptation of the studious persons, and especially of the Youth, of which we dedicate him particularly.” Perhaps predictably, English as She Is Spoke did not become popular among Portuguese-speaking students. In fact, it was never published in Portugal, although it did find an audience 133 years later in Brazil, when it was released as a comedy title.

Adaptado de LEIGHTY-PHILLIPS, Tucker. How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook became a cult comedy sensation. In: Atlas Obscura (online). 29 jun. 2016. Disponível em www.atlasobscura.com 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, a opinião do autor em relação ao livro de Pedro Carolino.
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5: B
6: D
7: D
8: A
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