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Emergency Red List of Syrian Antiquities at Risk is launched in New York On Wednesday, 25th September, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova joined the President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, and United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Ms Anne Richard, to launch an Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk. Disponível em: www.unesco.org. Acesso em: 28 set. 2013 (adaptado).
Nos últimos tempos, a Síria tem sofrido muitos tipos de risco. O risco mencionado no texto diz respeito a seus

A) refugiados.

B) antiquários.

C) bens culturais.

D) hospitais de emergência.

A B C D E

cód. #10796

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GERMANY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

By Simon Winder

Adapted from Chapter 3 of the book Germania.

The information in the article most supports which of the following?

A) Disasters in the fourteenth century killed more people in Germany than at any other time in that country’s history.

B) What happened in Poland and the Soviet Union in the early 1940s is similar to what happened in those regions in the 1340s and the 1630s.

C) Unlike the destruction that took place in Central and Eastern Europe in the Second World War, the destruction that occurred in the first half of the fourteenth century was limited to German territory.

D) The disastrous period that began in the German territories after 1280 lasted longer than either the Thirty Years War or the Second World War.

E) It is likely that more Germans died in the disasters of the late Middle Ages than died in the Thirty Years War and the Second World War put together.

A B C D E

cód. #6445

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Machado thought that not only our circumstances form our identity and world contours, but also our

A) choice of books.

B) childhood memories.

C) school years.

D) habitual thoughts.

A B C D E

cód. #10797

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GERMANY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

By Simon Winder

Adapted from Chapter 3 of the book Germania.

With respect to the memorials that can still be found in many local churches in Germany, the information in the article most supports which of the following?

A) Before 1280, sculptured memorials were very common; after that date, painted memorials began to predominate.

B) Wealthy families placed such memorials in churches to commemorate important events such as births, weddings and funerals.

C) Almost no memorials remain from the period before 1280.

D) When times where bad, the subject matter of such memorials tended to be religious rather than non-religious.

E) When such memorials from a given historical period are absent, that period was probably marked by serious problems.

A B C D E

cód. #6446

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A curious thing about this fabulous Brazilian writer is the fact that he

A) was very fond of golf.

B) married twice.

C) loved playing chess.

D) adopted an orphan girl.

A B C D E

cód. #10798

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GERMANY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

By Simon Winder

Adapted from Chapter 3 of the book Germania.

According to the information in the article,

A) the history of Germany in the Middle Ages is one of war, famine, and plague.

B) during most of the 1200s, life in the several German regions was precarious at best.

C) the year 1280 is generally considered the year when the central Middle Ages ended in Germany.

D) it is undeniable that in Germany in the Middle Ages, date of birth determined important aspects of a person’s future.

E) no one has been able to explain why death and destruction were so widespread in Germany during the central Middle Age.

A B C D E

cód. #6447

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As to his characters, we can say

A) their shape comes from their reading.

B) they are usually round ones.

C) they resemble Edgar Allan Poe’s.

D) naive young girls are his favorite.

A B C D E

cód. #10799

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GERMANY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

By Simon Winder

Adapted from Chapter 3 of the book Germania.

The term “’high’ Middle Ages,” as cited in the first sentence, most likely indicates which of the following?

A) In that period, Germany as a whole reached a level of wealth and culture that it has never again equaled.

B) Soon after that moment in history, life in Germany became worse.

C) At that moment in history, the civilizing influence of the crusades and the Holy Roman Emperor began to evaporate.

D) The people of Germany were unprepared for the drastic changes that would soon come.

E) It was at that moment that religious faith began to collapse in Germany.

A B C D E

cód. #6448

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By saying that “ink ran in his veins” the author means that Machado

A) had two uncles who were writers.

B) was like a fictional character himself.

C) had the soul of a poet.

D) was fascinated by femininity.

A B C D E

cód. #10800

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THE PERILS OF POLYGAMY

Adapted from The Economist, December 23, 2017.

The last sentence of the article, “That’s a lot of milk,” most likely refers to which aspect of certain polygamous societies?

A) Making sure your daughters marry early and your sons marry late can be very lucrative.

B) Whatever money or goods a woman earns from her brideprice always goes to her father.

C) The younger a girl is, the more valuable she is on the marriage market.

D) Women older than 20 have a hard time finding husbands and thus earn very little money from their brideprice.

E) Cattle and single women are equally valuable as commodities in impoverished farming communities.

A B C D E