Questões de Inglês - AFA 2008 | Gabarito e resoluções

(AFA - 2008) Finally due to our disastrous sales figures Ive decided to award myself a stress related bonus. Taken from www.cartoonstock.com According to the cartoon the businessman

(AFA - 2008) Read the text and answer the following questions 17 to 19 according to it. Get Ready You will go directly to the labor market after high school, or you will prepare yourself to the university. No matter what you do, there is one very important thing to remember: you have to get ready for what is coming. And you have to do it right, otherwise people will not hire you. They will only pay you a salary when they recognize that your work has value. If you want a higher salary, you have to provide more value. Consider your experience and your knowledge today. What can you do today at work? What are your skills? What are the things that you can do that meet the needs of other people? Taken from Challenge, Richmond After graduating from high school it is highly important to

(AFA - 2008) Read the text and answer the following questions 17 to 19 according to it. Get Ready You will go directly to the labor market after high school, or you will prepare yourself to the university. No matter what you do, there is one very important thing to remember: you have to get ready for what is coming. And you have to do it right, otherwise people will not hire you. They will only pay you a salary when they recognize that your work has value. If you want a higher salary, you have to provide more value. Consider your experience and your knowledge today. What can you do today at work? What are your skills? What are the things that you can do that meet the needs of other people? Taken from Challenge, Richmond Considering the ideas expressed by the text, mark the INCORRECT statement.

(AFA - 2008) Read the text and answer the following questions 17 to 19 according to it. Get Ready You will go directly to the labor market after high school, or you will prepare yourself to the university. No matter what you do, there is one very important thing to remember: you have to get ready for what is coming. And you have to do it right, otherwise people will not hire you. They will only pay you a salary when they recognize that your work has value. If you want a higher salary, you have to provide more value. Consider your experience and your knowledge today. What can you do today at work? What are your skills? What are the things that you can do that meet the needs of other people? Taken from Challenge, Richmond The fragment meet the needs of other people taken from the text means

(AFA - 2008) Lucy Van Pelt works hard at being bossy, crabby andselfish. She is loud and yells a lot. Her smiles and motives are rarely pure. Shes a know-it-all who dispenses advice whether you want it or not and for Charlie Brown, theres a charge. (...) The absence of logic in her arguments holds a kind of shining lunacy. When it comes to compliments, Lucy only likes receiving them. If shes paying one or even smiling shes probably up to something devious. According to the paragraph above, mark the correct option about Lucy Van Pelt.

(AFA - 2008) Lucy Van Pelt works hard at being bossy, crabby andselfish. She is loud and yells a lot. Her smiles and motives are rarely pure. Shes a know-it-all who dispenses advice whether you want it or not and for Charlie Brown, theres a charge. (...) The absence of logic in her arguments holds a kind of shining lunacy. When it comes to compliments, Lucy only likes receiving them. If shes paying one or even smiling shes probably up to something devious. Choose the alternative that has the best sequence of antonyms to the boldfaced words from the text respectively.

(AFA - 2008) Read the following headlines and answer questions 22 and 23. 1. Many simple actions have wider impacts than we realize. 2. Minimizing paper waste is an easy way to start. 3. Use energy-efficient appliances, fewer harsh chemicals. 4. Keep water sources clean; make good use of local farms. www.nationalgeographic.com Mark the alternative which has a sentence with a DIFFERENT meaning from the headlines 1 to 4, respectively.

(AFA - 2008) Read the following headlines and answer questions 22 and 23. 1. Many simple actions have wider impacts than we realize. 2. Minimizing paper waste is an easy way to start. 3. Use energy-efficient appliances, fewer harsh chemicals. 4. Keep water sources clean; make good use of local farms. www.nationalgeographic.com Mark the alternative that has the best title to the group of sentences above.

(AFA - 2008) Read the text bellow and answer questions 24 and 25 according to it. Child Labor An estimated 246 million children are engaged in child labor worldwide. Of those, approximately three-quarters (171 million) work in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working with pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but they are invisible, working in homes, shops and plantations. Millions of girls who work as unpaid domestic servants are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Millions of others work under horrific circumstances: they are trafficked (12 million), forced into several forms of slavery (57 million), into prostitution and pornography(18 million), into participating in armed conflict (0,3 million) or other illicit activities (0,6 million). However, the vast majority of child laborers 70 per cent or more work in agriculture. The Brazilian Household Survey ( Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domiclios PNAD) which was published in October 2002 confirmed that 2.9 million children between the ages of 5 and 15 still worked in Brazil. In 1992 there were about 8 million laboring children and in 1995 that number dropped to about 4.5 million. Challenge, Richmond Publishing Child labor in agriculture is considered hazardous because (of)

(AFA - 2008) Read the text bellow and answer questions 24 and 25 according to it. Child Labor An estimated 246 million children are engaged in child labor worldwide. Of those, approximately three-quarters (171 million) work in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working with pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but they are invisible, working in homes, shops and plantations. Millions of girls who work as unpaid domestic servants are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Millions of others work under horrific circumstances: they are trafficked (12 million), forced into several forms of slavery (57 million), into prostitution and pornography(18 million), into participating in armed conflict (0,3 million) or other illicit activities (0,6 million). However, the vast majority of child laborers 70 per cent or more work in agriculture. The Brazilian Household Survey ( Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domiclios PNAD) which was published in October 2002 confirmed that 2.9 million children between the ages of 5 and 15 still worked in Brazil. In 1992 there were about 8 million laboring children and in 1995 that number dropped to about 4.5 million. Challenge, Richmond Publishing The sentence, They are everywhere but are invisible, means that these children in fact

(AFA - 2008) Culture Shock Adjusting to a new culture and way of life is both exciting and challenging you will experience some highs and lows during your time abroad. During these times of difficulty, just remind yourself that these cultural differences are the reason we all love to travel to experience the unknown! Remember its just a phase! As you adjust to the routine of daily life, that initial sense of adventure will wear off. During this phase you may start to miss your friends and families. During this time, you may find it hard to keep a positive attitude. You may be tempted to withdraw from people around you or even become hostile. At this point it is helpful to know that for most people this phase doesnt last too long. Challenge, Richmond Publishing One of the statements from the text shows different moments lived by people who are abroad. Mark it, according to the text.

(AFA - 2008) Culture Shock Adjusting to a new culture and way of life is both exciting and challenging you will experience some highs and lows during your time abroad. During these times of difficulty, just remind yourself that these cultural differences are the reason we all love to travel to experience the unknown! Remember its just a phase! As you adjust to the routine of daily life, that initial sense of adventure will wear off. During this phase you may start to miss your friends and families. During this time, you may find it hard to keep a positive attitude. You may be tempted to withdraw from people around you or even become hostile. At this point it is helpful to know that for most people this phase doesnt last too long. Challenge, Richmond Publishing De acordo com o texto, correto afirmar que

(AFA - 2008) Culture Shock Adjusting to a new culture and way of life is both exciting and challenging you will experience some highs and lows during your time abroad. During these times of difficulty, just remind yourself that these cultural differences are the reason we all love to travel to experience the unknown! Remember its just a phase! As you adjust to the routine of daily life, that initial sense of adventure will wear off. During this phase you may start to miss your friends and families. During this time, you may find it hard to keep a positive attitude. You may be tempted to withdraw from people around you or even become hostile. At this point it is helpful to know that for most people this phase doesnt last too long. Challenge, Richmond Publishing The fragment from the text, As you adjust to the routine of daily life, that initial sense of adventure will wear off. means that

(AFA - 2008) Read the text and answer questions 29 to 30. Before I came to America I had dreams of life here. I thought about tall Anglos, big buildings, and houses with lawns. I was surprised when I arrived to see so many kinds of people Black people, Asians. I found people from Korea and Cambodia and Mexico. In California I found not just America, I found the world. Olsen Voices from the Language Classroom by M. Bailey and Nunan, 1996. The author affirms in the text that he

(AFA - 2008) Read the text and answer questions 29 to 30. Before I came to America I had dreams of life here. I thought about tall Anglos, big buildings, and houses with lawns. I was surprised when I arrived to see so many kinds of people Black people, Asians. I found people from Korea and Cambodia and Mexico. In California I found not just America, I found the world. Olsen Voices from the Language Classroom by M. Bailey and Nunan, 1996. The boldfaced words in the text mean that it is a(an)