Questões de Inglês para Vestibular

COMVEST - UNICAMP - Inglês - 2020 - Provas: Vestibular - Engenharia Química Vestibular - Ciências Biológicas e Saúde Vestibular - Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Vestibular - Ciências Humanas e Artes

(Adaptado de The Burnout Society 1st edition - Customer reviews. Disponível em https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Society-Byung-ChulHan. Acessado em 05/08/2020.)

Sobre as resenhas acima, publicadas por leitores do livro The Burnout Society, de Byung-Chul Han, é correto afirmar que:

A) Daniel e Gamez concordam sobre o grau de dificuldade na leitura do livro.

B) Customer e AAO concordam sobre a qualidade das ideias no livro, embora o tenham achado curto.

C) Albert e Max, embora tenham feito resenhas com diferentes níveis de detalhamento, recomendam o livro enfaticamente.

D) No seu conjunto, as sete resenhas exibidas não refletem a média de estrelas obtidas pelo livro quando se consideram as 52 resenhas que recebeu.

A B C D E

cód. #957

COMVEST - UNICAMP - Inglês - 2020 - Provas: Vestibular - Engenharia Química Vestibular - Ciências Biológicas e Saúde Vestibular - Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Vestibular - Ciências Humanas e Artes

TEXTO 1

(Gemma Danks. Science jokes for kids - with explanations and fun facts. Disponível em https://www.palebluemarbles.com/science-jokesfor-kids/. Acessado em 5/8/2020.)

TEXTO 2

Gemma Danks. Science jokes for kids - with explanations and fun facts. Disponível em https://www.palebluemarbles.com/science-jokesfor-kids/. Acessado em 5/8/2020.)

Os textos 1 e 2 são piadas criadas para despertar o interesse de crianças em ciência e divulgadas na Internet para pais e professores. Qual das afirmações abaixo explica o efeito humorístico obtido em cada texto?

A) No texto 1, a palavra “space” corresponde a espaço sideral, visitado por astronautas, e a palavra “key” (chave) corresponde a um conjunto de teclas com espaços entre elas.

B) No texto 2, a expressão “traveling light” tanto pode significar “viajando sem bagagem” como se referir a uma partícula luminosa que viaja no espaço, um fóton.

C) No texto 1, as palavras “bar” e “board” são sinônimas.

D) No texto 2, a palavra “photon” lembra a palavra “phantom”, que pode significar “fantasma”.

A B C D E

cód. #998

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

Since its founding, UNESCO has sought to collaborate with NGOs, which are fundamental civil society partners for the implementation of the Organization’s activities and programs. Over the years, UNESCO has built up a valuable network of cooperation with NGOs having an expertise in education, science, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information. Currently, UNESCO is enjoying official partnerships with 390 NGOs and 33 foundations and similar institutions. Adapted from https://en.unesco.org/partnerships/non-governmental-organizations
Which are the fields of competence mentioned in the text that UNESCO looks for in NonGovernmental Organizations?

A) Education, global competence, human sciences, cognition, literacy, information technology.

B) Political expertise, culture, communication, gender, information technology, engineering.

C) Science, human science, culture, language, biliteracy, technology, diversity and health.

D) Science, social sciences and philosophy, arts, cultural awareness, political expertise.

E) Education, science, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information.

A B C D E

cód. #999

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

The bar chart shows the number of men and women studying engineering at Australian universities from 1992 and 2012 at 10-year intervals.
Which alternative shows the best summary of the graph?

Adapted from https://preply.com/en/blog/2018/08/17/charts-graphs-and-diagrams-in-the-presentation/

A) Although men continue to make up the majority of students, the proportion of female students decreased from 1992 to 2002.

B) In spite of the growing numbers of female students, there are still three times more men than women at engineering courses in 2012.

C) We can see a clear upward trend in the number of female engineering students, while the number of male students seems to have levelled off.

D) Although the number of female students has steadily grown, the number of male students has dropped abruptly from 2002 to 2012.

E) There has been skyrocketing growth in the number of engineering students in Australia during this 20-year study.

A B C D E

cód. #1000

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame
The fourth installment in the Avengers saga is the culmination of 22 interconnected Marvel films and the climax of an epic journey. The world's greatest heroes will finally understand just how fragile our reality is – and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it – in a story of friendship, teamwork and setting aside differences to overcome an impossible obstacle.

https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Marvel_Studios_Avengers
What is necessary for the heroes to do in order to win in the end of the saga?

A) It is necessary that they face sacrifices, work as a friendly team, putting differences aside for a bigger goal.

B) It is important that they understand their own fragile lives, make sacrifices and behavior to help each other move on.

C) It is necessary that they remember the connections from the other sequels and keep faithful to them.

D) It is important that all of them make sacrifices for their friendship to last after the end of the epic journey.

E) It is essential that they believe in their differences in order to build up a team and face the impossible enemy.

A B C D E

cód. #1001

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

Escolha a alternativa que registra a tradução mais adequada para a citação:
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
Oscar Wilde (Ireland, 1854 – 1900)

Extracted from https://americanliterature.com/author/oscar-wilde

A) Os idosos acreditam em muitas coisas; as pessoas na meia-idade não; os jovens, sabem de quase tudo.

B) Os idosos acreditam em tudo; as pessoas na meia-idade suspeitam de tudo; os jovens, sabem tudo.

C) Os idosos acreditam em todos; as pessoas na meia-idade suspeitam de todos; os jovens, conhecem todos.

D) Os idosos têm crenças totalizantes; as pessoas na meia-idade creem menos; os jovens, não creem.

E) Os idosos acreditam em tudo; as pessoas na meia-idade, desacreditam de quase tudo; os jovens, negam tudo.

A B C D E

cód. #1002

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

De acordo com a tirinha, qual o significado de WANDER?

A) run fast, develop speed.

B) dramatize, move with stress.

C) travel, go far distances fast.

D) reflect, move inwards dramatically.

E) roam, move with no specific destination.

A B C D E

cód. #1003

IMT - SP - Inglês - 2020 - 2ª Aplicação - 01/12/2020

What are the main ideas of the text?

A) The giants in entertainment have been in open war for more power but haven’t been looking at Netflix as a competitor.

B) All of the big entertainment companies have made offers to purchase Netflix, who is leaning towards Disney.

C) None of the entertainment giants has approached Reed Hastings yet in order to understand is market views.

D) The biggest entertainment companies are fighting to reach more audiences and targeting Netflix, which does not mean becoming part of neither of them.

E) None of the entertainment giants is planning any great moves for 2020.

A B C D E

cód. #3584

PUC - RJ - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Inglês - 1º Dia - Tarde - Grupos 1, 3, 4 e 5

The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice — a startling sign of what’s to come

By Chris Mooney

December 11, 2018

Available at: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/energyenvironment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-thanyou-realize/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.508085a17318>. Retrieved on: July 2, 2019. Adapted.

In the fragment “Young and thin ice can regrow relatively quickly once the dark and cold winter sets in.” (lines 55-57), sets in can be replaced, without change in meaning, by

A) gets under way

B) reaches its peak

C) comes to an end

D) is shorter than usual

E) unexpectedly finishes

A B C D E

cód. #3585

PUC - RJ - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Inglês - 1º Dia - Tarde - Grupos 1, 3, 4 e 5

The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice — a startling sign of what’s to come

By Chris Mooney

December 11, 2018

Available at: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/energyenvironment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-thanyou-realize/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.508085a17318>. Retrieved on: July 2, 2019. Adapted.

The expression in boldface conveys an idea of contrast in

A) “with major implications not only for creatures such as walruses and polar bears…” (lines 7-8)

B) “so it’s unclear whether it is directly linked to climate change.” (lines 41-42)

C) “Still the breakup could be just one more sign of the growing fragility of the oldest ice.” (lines 42-44)

D) “That’s easily visible – it can be glimpsed directly by satellite – and the areas is, indeed, in clear decline.” (lines 50-52)

E) “But it may not add much stability or permanence to the Arctic sea ice system if it just melts out again the next summer.” (lines 57-59)

A B C D E