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(FUVEST - 2005 - 1 FASE)Texto para as questes LOS ANGELES Come summer 2006, Warner Brothers Pictures hopes to usher Superman into thousands of theaters after a 19-year absence. But given the tortured history surrounding that studios attempts to revive Superman, the forerunner of Hollywoods now-ubiquitous comic-book blockbusters, the Man of Steels arrival would be nothing short of a miracle. Since Warner began developing a remake of the successful comic-book franchise in 1993, it has spent nearly $10 million in development, employed no fewer than 10 writers, hired four directors and met with scores of Clark Kent hopefuls without settling on one. The latest director Bryan Singer, who directed X-Men and its sequel, was named on July 18 to replace Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, who left the project after refusing to board a plane to Australia, where the studio was determined to make the film. (THE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 22, 2004) According to the passage, Supermans arrival

(FUVEST - 2005 - 1 FASE)Texto para as questes LOS ANGELES Come summer 2006, Warner Brothers Pictures hopes to usher Superman into thousands of theaters after a 19-year absence. But given the tortured history surrounding that studios attempts to revive Superman, the forerunner of Hollywoods now-ubiquitous comic-book blockbusters, the Man of Steels arrival would be nothing short of a miracle. Since Warner began developing a remake of the successful comic-book franchise in 1993, it has spent nearly $10 million in development, employed no fewer than 10 writers, hired four directors and met with scores of Clark Kent hopefuls without settling on one. The latest director Bryan Singer, who directed X-Men and its sequel, was named on July 18 to replace Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, who left the project after refusing to board a plane to Australia, where the studio was determined to make the film. (THE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 22, 2004) The passage suggests that, for its new movie, Warner Brothers Pictures still needs to

(FUVEST - 2005 - 1 FASE)Texto para as questes LOS ANGELES Come summer 2006, Warner Brothers Pictures hopes to usher Superman into thousands of theaters after a 19-year absence. But given the tortured history surrounding that studios attempts to revive Superman, the forerunner of Hollywoods now-ubiquitous comic-book blockbusters, the Man of Steels arrival would be nothing short of a miracle. Since Warner began developing a remake of the successful comic-book franchise in 1993, it has spent nearly $10 million in development, employed no fewer than 10 writers, hired four directors and met with scores of Clark Kent hopefuls without settling on one. The latest director Bryan Singer, who directed X-Men and its sequel, was named on July 18 to replace Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, who left the project after refusing to board a plane to Australia, where the studio was determined to make the film. (THE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 22, 2004) According to the passage, Joseph McGinty Nichol

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) From Susan Blackmore In his article on computers and consciousness, Igor Aleksander was quite wrong to say that Susan Blackmore...implies that constructing a machine that is conscious like us would be impossible (19 July, p 40). I do indeed claim that consciousness is an illusion. This is because it feels to us humans as though there is a continuous flow of experiences happening to an inner self, when in act, there is no such inner self. Computers have no inner self either, but if ever they start thinking they do they will become deluded like us, and hence conscious like us. And that day is surely not far off. We humans can sometimes wake up from our delusion, through intellectual insight or through practices like meditation. Maybe future computers will teach us a thing or two about waking up from illusion. Bristol, UK English (New Scientist, August 9, 2003) The author of the text criticizes

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) From Susan Blackmore In his article on computers and consciousness, Igor Aleksander was quite wrong to say that Susan Blackmore...implies that constructing a machine that is conscious like us would be impossible (19 July, p 40). I do indeed claim that consciousness is an illusion. This is because it feels to us humans as though there is a continuous flow of experiences happening to an inner self, when in act, there is no such inner self. Computers have no inner self either, but if ever they start thinking they do they will become deluded like us, and hence conscious like us. And that day is surely not far off. We humans can sometimes wake up from our delusion, through intellectual insight or through practices like meditation. Maybe future computers will teach us a thing or two about waking up from illusion. Bristol, UK English (New Scientist, August 9, 2003) In her letter to the editor, Susan Blackmore claims that

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) From Susan Blackmore In his article on computers and consciousness, Igor Aleksander was quite wrong to say that Susan Blackmore...implies that constructing a machine that is conscious like us would be impossible (19 July, p 40). I do indeed claim that consciousness is an illusion. This is because it feels to us humans as though there is a continuous flow of experiences happening to an inner self, when in act, there is no such inner self. Computers have no inner self either, but if ever they start thinking they do they will become deluded like us, and hence conscious like us. And that day is surely not far off. We humans can sometimes wake up from our delusion, through intellectual insight or through practices like meditation. Maybe future computers will teach us a thing or two about waking up from illusion. Bristol, UK English (New Scientist, August 9, 2003) Susan Blackmore says that

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) From Susan Blackmore In his article on computers and consciousness, Igor Aleksander was quite wrong to say that Susan Blackmore...implies that constructing a machine that is conscious like us would be impossible (19 July, p 40). I do indeed claim that consciousness is an illusion. This is because it feels to us humans as though there is a continuous flow of experiences happening to an inner self, when in act, there is no such inner self. Computers have no inner self either, but if ever they start thinking they do they will become deluded like us, and hence conscious like us. And that day is surely not far off. We humans can sometimes wake up from our delusion, through intellectual insight or through practices like meditation. Maybe future computers will teach us a thing or two about waking up from illusion. Bristol, UK English (New Scientist, August 9, 2003) According to the text, one day

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) English is a colonial language that continued to be the official language after independence in virtually all African countries that were under British rule. In some cases it was retained to avoid ethnic tensions. But in all cases it was retained because of its prestige and association with power. In contrast, the vernaculars were viewed as backward and inferior, and so were not developed. Students were made to feel ashamed of their mother tongue and punished for speaking it. In Kenya, for example, speaking in vernacular was forbidden and sanctioned in schools. One popular method of punishment was to make pupils carry around a skull of some dead animal the whole day as a way of embarrassing the pupil who dared speak in his mother tongue. Today it is difficult to use indigenous languages because they have not developed, been codified and standardised. Hence there is a shortage of teaching materials and trained teachers in the vernaculars. And this has often been used as an excuse for not adopting the vernaculars in schools. (The Guardian Weekly, August 2003) Which of these statements is true according to the text?

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) English is a colonial language that continued to be the official language after independence in virtually all African countries that were under British rule. In some cases it was retained to avoid ethnic tensions. But in all cases it was retained because of its prestige and association with power. In contrast, the vernaculars were viewed as backward and inferior, and so were not developed. Students were made to feel ashamed of their mother tongue and punished for speaking it. In Kenya, for example, speaking in vernacular was forbidden and sanctioned in schools. One popular method of punishment was to make pupils carry around a skull of some dead animal the whole day as a way of embarrassing the pupil who dared speak in his mother tongue. Today it is difficult to use indigenous languages because they have not developed, been codified and standardised. Hence there is a shortage of teaching materials and trained teachers in the vernaculars. And this has often been used as an excuse for not adopting the vernaculars in schools. (The Guardian Weekly, August 2003) According to the text, in Kenya, students who spoke their native language at school

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) English is a colonial language that continued to be the official language after independence in virtually all African countries that were under British rule. In some cases it was retained to avoid ethnic tensions. But in all cases it was retained because of its prestige and association with power. In contrast, the vernaculars were viewed as backward and inferior, and so were not developed. Students were made to feel ashamed of their mother tongue and punished for speaking it. In Kenya, for example, speaking in vernacular was forbidden and sanctioned in schools. One popular method of punishment was to make pupils carry around a skull of some dead animal the whole day as a way of embarrassing the pupil who dared speak in his mother tongue. Today it is difficult to use indigenous languages because they have not developed, been codified and standardised. Hence there is a shortage of teaching materials and trained teachers in the vernaculars. And this has often been used as an excuse for not adopting the vernaculars in schools. (The Guardian Weekly, August 2003) According to the text, adopting the vernaculars in African schools today is

(FUVEST - 2004 - 1a fase) English is a colonial language that continued to be the official language after independence in virtually all African countries that were under British rule. In some cases it was retained to avoid ethnic tensions. But in all cases it was retained because of its prestige and association with power. In contrast, the vernaculars were viewed as backward and inferior, and so were not developed. Students were made to feel ashamed of their mother tongue and punished for speaking it. In Kenya, for example, speaking in vernacular was forbidden and sanctioned in schools. One popular method of punishment was to make pupils carry around a skull of some dead animal the whole day as a way of embarrassing the pupil who dared speak in his mother tongue. Today it is difficult to use indigenous languages because they have not developed, been codified and standardised. Hence there is a shortage of teaching materials and trained teachers in the vernaculars. And this has often been used as an excuse for not adopting the vernaculars in schools. (The Guardian Weekly, August 2003) We can say that the author of the passage is

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 The passage tells us that the writer

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, 1whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 Choose the correct translation for ...whole hours can go missing. (ref. 1)

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 What did the writers friend find when she was able to check her e-mail, according to the passage?

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 According to the passage, the writers friend