Questões de Inglês - AFA 2009 | Gabarito e resoluções

(AFA - 2009) Warning: Flying is bad for your health Flying is the safest way to travel - or is it? Some doctors think the airplane is a dangerous place, especially for the old or the unhealthy. Although the airplane is pressurized, there is less oxygen than on the ground. So anyone who has had a heart attack should not try for at least two weeks after the attack. After an operation, you should stay on the ground for at least ten days. Sitting on a plane for many hours especially in economy class where there isnt very much leg room gives everyone [10] aches and pain, so you should get some exercise, especially on long flights. Flying also causes dehydration. If you drink or eat too much, youll wake up feeling sick. Everyone needs to drink more in the air, but you shouldnt drink alcohol because it makes you even more thirsty. The most common problem is jet lag. You should change to your new time zone as soon as possible, and you shouldnt sleep if its still daylight. Crowded airports, long lines, and delays cause stress and high blood pressure. So, be careful! Flying is the safest way totravel, but is it the healthiest? (Move Up, Heinemann) Aches and pain (line 10)

(AFA - 2009) Warning: Flying is bad for your health Flying is the safest way to travel - or is it? Some doctors think the airplane is a dangerous place, especially for the old or the unhealthy. Although the airplane is pressurized, there is less oxygen than on the ground. So anyone who has had a heart attack should not try for at least two weeks after the attack. After an operation, you should stay on the ground for at least ten days. Sitting on a plane for many hours especially in economy class where there isnt very much leg room gives everyone aches and pain, so you should get some exercise, especially on long flights. Flying also causes dehydration. If you drink or eat too much, youll wake up feeling sick. Everyone needs to drink more in the air, but you shouldnt drink alcohol because it makes you even more thirsty. The most common problem is jet lag. You should change to your new time zone as soon as possible, and you shouldnt sleep if its still daylight. Crowded airports, long lines, and delays cause stress and high blood pressure. So, be careful! Flying is the safest way totravel, but is it the healthiest? (Move Up, Heinemann) From the text its also possible to get

(AFA - 2009) Americans are well-known for being friendly. If were [2] taking a walk in the park and we pass someone, we usually [3] say a few words to people in stores, bars and banks. But remember: friendliness is not friendship; its politeness. In the United States, its just as hard to make real friends as it is anywhere else. (Move Up - Heinemann ) In the statement, we usually say a few words to people in stores (lines 2 and 3) the underlined words may be understood as

(AFA - 2009) Americans are well-known for being friendly. If weretaking a walk in the park and we pass someone, we usually say a few words to people in stores, bars and banks. But remember: friendliness is not friendship; its [5] politeness. In the United States, its just as hard to make real [6] friends as it is anywhere else. ( Move Up - Heinemann ) The sentence, In the United States its just hard to make real friends as it is anywhere else (lines 5 and 6), means

QUESTO ANULADA!! (AFA - 2009) Read the following opinions from two children, Chelsea and Eryn (both aged 8) and then answer questions 20 and 21 related to them. Is there future for us? Chelsea: The biggest problem with the environment is the ozone layer theres a hole, and its getting bigger. Its made by cars and airplanes things which give off fumes. Eryn: The ozone layers like a piece of paper covering a rock. Its supposed to protect us. Im scared the hole will get bigger and move around the world and people will get cancer. Chelsea: We could get tandems, and longer bikes, so children could ride on the back. Cars should be very, very expensive. Eryn: You also get bad pollution from burning down the rainforest. We should give money to poor people in Africa and places. Chelsea: We should spread out the people evenly. We could say, Put your hands up all those who want to live in Africa. And then wecould spread out the food. Theres enough to go around. Eryn: We use up far more of the earth than people in Africa so its a good idea for the whole world to discuss the environment. (Move up Heinemann) Both Chelsea and Eryn think that we should a)not to burn a lot of fuel. b)let poor people spread out the food. c)burn down rain forests. d) clean rivers and farmlands. QUESTO ANULADA!!

(AFA - 2009) Read the following opinions from two children, Chelsea and Eryn (both aged 8) and then answer questions 20 and 21 related to them. Is there future for us? Chelsea: The biggest problem with the environment is the ozone layer theres a hole, and its getting bigger. Its made by cars and airplanes things which give off fumes. Eryn: The ozone layers like a piece of paper covering a rock. Its supposed to protect us. Im scared the hole will get bigger and move around the world and people will get cancer. Chelsea: We could get tandems, and longer bikes, so children could ride on the back. Cars should be very, very expensive. Eryn: You also get bad pollution from burning down the rainforest. We should give money to poor people in Africa and places. Chelsea: We should spread out the people evenly. We could say, Put your hands up all those who want to live in Africa. And then wecould spread out the food. Theres enough to go around. Eryn: We use up far more of the earth than people in Africa so its a good idea for the whole world to discuss the environment. (Move up Heinemann) Chelsea and Eryn want to show us that in the future

(AFA - 2009) The Reluctant Learner My friend Tom is one of those six-to-midnight, enthusiastic, determined, and well-mentioned studiers. At six oclock he approaches his desk, and carefully organizes everything in preparation for the study period to follow. Having everything in place, he next carefully adjusts each item again, giving him [6] time to think up the first excuse; he recalls that in the [7] morning he did not have quite enough time to read all the [8] items of interest in the newspaper. He also realizes distractions completely out of the way before setting down to the task at hand. (Skyline 5 Macmillan) The sentence, ... he recalls that in the morning he did not have quite enough time to read all the items of interest in the newspaper (lines 6, 7 and 8) shows us how Tom

(AFA - 2009) The Reluctant Learner My friend Tom is one of those six-to-midnight, enthusiastic, determined, and well-mentioned studiers. At six oclock he approaches his desk, and carefully organizes everything in preparation for the study period to follow. Having everything in place, he next carefully adjusts each item again, giving him time to think up the first excuse; he recalls that in themorning he did not have quite enough time to read all the [8] items of interest in the newspaper. He also realizes [9] distractions completely out of the way before setting down to the task at hand. [10] (Skyline 5 Macmillan) He also realizes that if he is going to study it is better to have such distractions completely out of the way before setting down to the taskat hand. (lines 8, 9 and 10) The underlined word can be replaced by

(AFA - 2009) Read the following paragraph and then answer questions 24 and 25 according to it. The Kremlin hoping a young strongman can preserve its brutal victory in Chechnya. (Newsweek, September, 2006) The underlined verbs is a (an)

QUESTO ANULADA!! (AFA - 2009) Read the following paragraph and then answer questions 24 and 25 according to it. The Kremlin hoping a young strongman can preserve its brutal victory in Chechnya. (Newsweek, September, 2006) Mark the alternative that completes the blanks of the statement below. The word its is a (an) pronoun and refers to . a)personal / young strong man. b)reflexive / Chechnya c)possessive adjective / The Kremlin hoping d)objective / victory QUESTO ANULADA!!  SHAPE  \* MERGEFORMAT