There is ten times as much water on the Moon as
scientists thought and it may also be easier to collect.
Further analysis of data recorded by the Lunar
Prospector spacecraft reveals that the ice is
concentrated in smaller areas than had been assumed,
reports Bill Feldman of the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico. He says these areas "look like
they overlie permanently shaded regions at the north
and south poles."
Feldman estimates the total amount of water at three
billion tonnes, enough to fill a lake about 100 metres
deep and 6 kilometers across. If he's right, the water
could be in a series of icy layers, making it easier to
recover than if it was dispersed thinly through the lunar
surface layer.
Exercício 04
Questão 01
Complete as orações a seguir com os seguintes Falso
Cognatos:
ACCENT - STRESS - ACTUALLY - NOWADAYS - ADVICE
NOTICE - ADVISE - WARN
a) Take my __________: don't smoke.
b) __________ people prefer to buy CD's rather than LP's.
c) I'm __________. Don't do that again.
d) My uncle has lived in Brazil for 60 years, but he spoke
Portuguese with a strong __________.
e) They think he is very rich, but __________ he is poor.
f) In the word "teacher" the __________ is on the first
syllable.
g) What does that __________ say? It says "No Smoking".
h) The doctor __________ me to stay in bed for three days.
New Scientist, 12 September 1998, p. 23.
COM BASE NO TEXTO II, RESPONDA À QUESTÃO 03.
Questão 03
THAN HAD BEEN ASSUMED. Qual a melhor tradução
de "to assume"?
a) determinar
b) assumir
c) supor
d) resolver
e) sumir
TEXTO I
MADE FOR THE SHADE
Tall leafy trees clustered around a house can make a
big dent in residential air-conditioning bills. Now
researchers at Ohio State have developed a way to
speed up the growth of native shade trees - and the local
1
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utility plans to help promote these saplings to
TEXTO III
"After hundreds of years of tobacco use, smoking has
been condemned on a scientific basis as a serious
hazard to the health of the smoker. Future generations
may regard the scientific indictment of smoking as a
major contribution to preventive medicine and the
health of the western world. Statisticians, statistical
principles of scientific thought, and statistical methods
of scientific study played essential parts in evaluating
the effects of smoking."
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homeowners. The utility, American Electric Power,
claims that well-placed trees can cut a home's cooling
costs by as much as 50 percent.
The project focuses on native trees - oaks, bald
cypress, and black gum - that are difficult to propagate
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by conventional methods but, once established, are
likely to thrive.
The technique begins by sprouting tree seeds in a
greenhouse, which extends the growing season by
several months. Later, the shoots are replanted in a
container that is coated with a copper-based substance,
which inhibits root growth. It's like pruning," explains
researcher Daniel Struve. "It promotes a dense root
system" instead of stringy, weak roots. These sturdy
roots decrease the damage caused by "transplant
shock" when the tree is planted. As a result, Struve
claims, he can halve the time required to grow a 1.5-inch
diameter red oak.
(extraído de Statistics: A guide to the unknown)
COM BASE NO TEXTO III, RESPONDA À QUESTÃO 04.
Questão 04
Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à tradução
mais adequada da frase nominal, em destaque, a seguir:
Future generations may regard the scientific
indictment of smoking as A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION to
preventive medicine and the health of the western
world.
a) uma contribuição importante
b) uma contribuição do major
c) a maior contribuição
d) uma contribuição para o major
e) a importante contribuição
Popular Science - October, 1994, p. 39
COM BASE NO TEXTO I, RESPONDA À QUESTÃO 02.
TEXTO IV
POWER PAPER: ENERGY STORAGE BY THE SHEET
Questão 02
A palavra UTILITY (ref.:1) tem o significado de:
a) utilidade doméstica.
b) produto utilizado.
c) usuário temporário.
d) empresa de serviço público.
e) pesquisa de utilidade pública.
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Icy Moon
Could paper be the future of power in electronic
gadgetry? Just as plastics unleashed a revolution in the
manufacture of everyday materials, a new power source
composed of cellulose, carbon nanotubes and a dash of
liquid salts could revolutionize the energy behind
gadgets from iPhones to pacemakers.
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TEXTO II
Hence three main groups were selected for special
study, namely sportsmen, actors and scientists.
Astrological expectations had suggested a connection
between the competitive, assertive personality of the
sportsman and the "war-like" planet Mars. Similarly the
scientist, reserved and serious, had been connected with
the "grave" planet Saturn, and the social, expansive
nature of the actor was linked with the "jovial" planet
Jupiter.
Much to the surprise of everyone, the remarkable
conclusion of the research showed that people of a
certain group actually were born "under" a particular
planet: sportsmen under Mars, scientists under Saturn
and actors under Jupiter. By "under" is meant that they
were born just after the rise of the planet or just before
it set. To calculate these coincidences the place of birth
of the people concerned had to be known, as well as the
precise time of day when they were born.
One further fact emerged very clearly from this
research and that was that people who were born under
the "water signs" of Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio showed
a marked tendency to be very emotional - thus
confirming another claim made by astrologers.
COM BASE NO TEXTO V, RESPONDA ÀS QUESTÕES 06
E 07.
Questão 06
Based on the text, the word GRAVE in the sentence:
"Similarly the scientist, reserved and serious, had
been connected with the "GRAVE" planet Saturn, .... "
means the same as:
a) exciting.
b) solemn.
c) frivolous.
d) happy.
e) nervous.
Adapted from the article by David Biello
COM BASE NO TEXTO IV, RESPONDA À QUESTÃO 05.
Questão 05
Questão 07
The word "actual" in the last paragraph means:
a) current.
b) modern.
c) real.
d) present.
e) temporary.
Based on the text, the word PARTICULAR in the
sentence:
"Much to the surprise of everyone, the remarkable
conclusion of the research showed that people of a
certain group actually were born "under" a PARTICULAR
planet", means the same as:
a) private.
b) specific.
c) ordinary.
d) personal.
e) general.
TEXTO V
ASTROLOGY: Fact or Fiction?
Scientists have for many years denounced astrology
as unscientific, and there is no doubt that many so-called
astrological "facts" are nonsense. But the question still
remains, is there perhaps some truth in what astrologers
say?
Some years ago two French psychologists found
evidence for a marked relationship between people's
personality and the position of certain planets at the
moment of their birth.
Personality questionnaires were sent out to more
than 2000 men and women without prior selection; when
they were returned, the birth dates were noted and the
results were put through a computer. Many astrological
predictions about the relationship between personality
and birth dates did, in fact, begin to emerge very clearly.
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TEXTO VI
Your Time Their Future
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Frank could have been the average American teenager. But with profound family, drug and behavioral
problems, and almost completely without resources,
Frank was anything but average. He'd drifted into an
alternative school for troubled youths, where, despite
special classes, Frank's principal still considered him "the
worst kid of the whole lot." Clearly, Frank was in a
downward spiral with little hope of reversing the
direction.
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"We have a paper battery, supercapacitor and hybrid
depresidente vice-presidente that could be used in a
variety of energy storage applications", says biological
and chemical engineer Robert Linhardt of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I), who helped lead the team
that made the discovery. "These depresidente vicepresidentes are lightweight and flexible and are
primarily composed of cellulose paper - an
environmentally friendly and biocompatible material."
In addition to all the flexibility gained from creating
this thin dry sheet of "nanocomposite paper", the paper
battery can also be cut up or stacked and works at a
wide range of temperatures, from -100 degrees
Fahrenheit to 350 degrees F (without bursting into
flame). And, depending on how the paper is made, it can
function as a battery, a supercapacitor (an unusually
efficient energy storage depresidente vice-presidente
that can deliver a quick burst of power) or both. "The
nanotubes on which the cellulose is cast contact the
paper at the molecular level with an enormous surface
area, allowing the depresidente vice-presidente to
efficiently store and release power", Linhardt says.
The power paper could also absorb salty bodily fluids,
such as sweat or blood, to function as a supercapacitor.
"The use of these electrolytes based on bodily fluids
suggests the possibility of the depresidente vicepresidente being useful as a dry body implant," Linhardt
notes. "We are very interested in the possibility of
disposable paper defibrillators as a potential medical
application."
If the power sheets can be rolled off a printing press,
as scientists hope, the future of energy storage may be
in paper. "We are realistic enough to recognize that the
actual scale up of a process can be fraught with
unanticipated difficulties", Linhardt says. But "we do not
see any insurmountable challenges."
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However, Elizabeth Müller, program coordinator at
the Freeport Youth Outreach Center, refused to give up
on the teen-ager. She matched him with a mentor, Dr.
Lawrence Brennan, who found Frank an after-school job.
More importantly, Dr. Brennan promised to meet with
Frank for a few hours every week to talk and relax, and
eventually to become a friend and confidant.
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The results were powerful. In one semester, Frank
switched from the alternative school to a regular junior
high school and became an honor roll student. Since
then he has never missed a class, mentor meeting or
day of work.
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"All he needed was to be given some purpose and
direction," Brennan says.
The sad, sometimes ugly side of beauty: In a 1997
magazine survey, 15 percent of women and 11 percent
of men sampled said they'd sacrifice more than five
years of their life to be at their ideal weight. According to
one study, 80 percent of women are dissatisfied with
their bodies. In one of its worst manifestations,
discontent with one's body can wind up as an eating
disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia. Both can be fatal.
5
Today eating disorders, once mostly limited to wealthy
Western cultures, occur around the world, in countries as
different as Fiji, Japan and Argentina.
8
The preoccupation with beauty can be a neurosis,
and yet there is something therapeutic about paying
attention to how we look and feel. "People are so quick
to say beauty is superficial", says Ann Marie Gardner,
beauty director of "W" magazine. "They're fearful. They
say: 'It doesn't have substance.' What many don't
6realize is that it's fun to reinvent yourself, as long as
you don't take it too seriously".
Encarte do Reader's Digest, October 1998.
Questão 08
De acordo com
EVENTUALLY (par.2)?
a) possivelmente
b) eventualmente
c) finalmente
d) casualmente
e) certamente
o
texto,
como
você
traduz
COM BASE NO TEXTO V, RESPONDA ÀS QUESTÕES 09
E 10.
Questão 09
"Today" (ref.5) can be substituted by all the
alternatives EXCEPT:
a) these days.
b) nowadays.
c) currently.
d) presently.
e) actually.
TEXTO VII
1
What is beauty? Define beauty? One may as well
dissect a soap bubble. We know it when we see it - or so
we think.
2
1
Philosophers define it as a moral equation. What is
beautiful is good, said Plato. Poets look for high
standards. Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, wrote John
Keats.
3
Science examines beauty and pronounces it a
strategy. "Beauty is health", a psychologist tells me. "It's
a sign saying 'I'm healthy and fertile. I can pass on your
genes.'"
4
At its best, beauty celebrates. From the painted
Txikão Indian in Brazil to Madonna in her metal bra,
humanity likes to abandon its everyday look and
masquerade as a more powerful, romantic, or sexy
being.
5
At its worst, beauty discriminates. Studies suggest
attractive people make more money, get more attention
2
in class and are seen as friendlier. We do judge people
by their looks. In an era of feminist and politically correct
values, not to mention the belief that all men and
women are created equal, the fact that all men and
women are not - and that some are more beautiful than
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others - disturbs, confuses, even angers.
6
4
The search for beauty is costly. 7In the United
States last year people spent six billion dollars 8on
fragrance and another six billion on make up. In the
mania to lose weight 20 billions were spent on diet
products and serpresidente vice-presidentes - in addition
to the billions that were paid out for health club
memberships and cosmetic surgery.
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Questão 10
The word "realize" (ref.6) can be translated by:
a) realizam.
b) praticam.
c) percebem.
d) aplicam.
e) defendem.
GABARITO
Questão 01
a) advice
b) nowadays
c) warning
d) accent
e) actually
f) stress
g) notice
h) advised
Questão 02
Letra D.
Questão 03
Letra C.
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DOMUS_Apostila 01 - INGLÊS - Módulo 04 (Exercício 04)
Questão 04
Letra A.
Questão 05
Letra C.
Questão 06
Letra B.
Questão 07
Letra B.
Questão 08
Letra C.
Questão 09
Letra E.
Questão 10
Letra C.
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