Questões de Inglês - ESPCEX 2020 | Gabarito e resoluções

(EsPCEx - 2020) Computer says no: Irish vet fails oral English test needed to stay in Australia Louise Kennedy is an Irish veterinarian with degrees in history and politics - both obtained in English. She is married to an Australian and has been working in Australia as an equine vet on a skilled worker visa for the past two years. As a native English speaker, shehasexcellent grammar and a broad vocabulary, but has been unable to convince a machine she can speak English well enough to stay in Australia. But she is now scrambling for other visa options after a computer-based English test - scored by a machine - essentiallyhandedher a fail in terms of convincing immigration officers she can fluently speak her own language. Earlier this year, Kennedydecidedshe would seek permanent residency in Australia. Sheknewshe would have to sit a mandatory English proficiency test but was shocked whengotthe results. While she passed all other components of the test including writing and reading, (...). She got 74 when the government requires 79. Theres obviously a flaw in their computer software, when a person with perfect oral fluency cannot get enough points, she said. The test providers have categorically denied there is anything wrong with is computer-based test or the scoring engine trained to analyse candidates responses. We do not offer a pass or a fail, simply a score and the immigration department set the bar very high for people seeking permanent residency, they say. Kennedy, who is due to have a baby in October, says she will now have to pursue a bridging visa, while she seeks a more expensive spouse visa so she can remain with her Australian husband. Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/computer-says-no-irish-vet-fails-oral-english-test-needed-to-stay-in-australia Which one from the underlined verbs in the text conveys a different verb tense?

(EsPCEx - 2020) Leia o texto a seguir e responda s questes 45, 46 e 47. Computer says no: Irish vet fails oral English teste needed to stay in Australia Louise Kennedy is an Irish veterinarian with degrees in history and politics - both obtained in English. She is married to an Australian and has been working in Australia as an equine vet on a skilled worker visa for the past two years. As a native English speaker, shehasexcellent grammar and a broad vocabulary, but has been unable to convince a machine she can speak English well enough to stay in Australia. But she is now scrambling for other visa options after a computer-based English test - scored by a machine - essentiallyhandedher a fail in terms of convincing immigration officers she can fluently speak her own language. Earlier this year, Kennedydecidedshe would seek permanent residency in Australia. Sheknewshe would have to sit a mandatory English proficiency test but was shocked whengotthe results. While she passed all other components of the test including writing and reading, (...). She got 74 when the government requires 79. Theres obviously a flaw in their computer software, when a person with perfect oral fluency cannot get enough points, she said. The test providers have categorically denied there is anything wrong with is computer-based test or the scoring engine trained to analyse candidates responses. We do not offer a pass or a fail, simply a score and the immigration department set the bar very high for people seeking permanent residency, they say. Kennedy, who is due to have a baby in October, says she will now have to pursue a bridging visa, while she seeks a more expensive spouse visa so she can remain with her Australian husband. Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/computer-says-no-irish-vet-fails-oral-english-test-needed-to-stay-in-australia Choose the alternative that has the same meaning as the wordmandatoryin the sentence Sheknewshe would have to sit a mandatory English proficiency test... (paragraph 3)

(EsPCEx - 2020) Leia o texto a seguir e responda s questes 45, 46 e 47. Computer says no: Irish vet fails oral English testneeded to stay in Australia Louise Kennedy is an Irish veterinarian with degrees in history and politics - both obtained in English. She is married to an Australian and has been working in Australia as an equine vet on a skilled worker visa for the past two years. As a native English speaker, shehasexcellent grammar and a broad vocabulary, but has been unable to convince a machine she can speak English well enough to stay in Australia. But she is now scrambling for other visa options after a computer-based English test - scored by a machine - essentiallyhandedher a fail in terms of convincing immigration officers she can fluently speak her own language. Earlier this year, Kennedydecidedshe would seek permanent residency in Australia. Sheknewshe would have to sit a mandatory English proficiency test but was shocked whengotthe results. While she passed all other components of the test including writing and reading, (...). She got 74 when the government requires 79. Theres obviously a flaw in their computer software, when a person with perfect oral fluency cannot get enough points, she said. The test providers have categorically denied there is anything wrong with its computer-based test or the scoring engine trained to analyse candidates responses. We do not offer a pass or a fail, simply a score and the immigration department set the bar very high for people seeking permanent residency, they say. Kennedy, who is due to have a baby in October, says she will now have to pursue a bridging visa, while she seeks a more expensive spouse visa so she can remain with her Australian husband. Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/computer-says-no-irish-vet-fails-oral-english-test-needed-to-stay-in-australia According to the context, the missing part of paragraph 3 is... While she passed all other components of the test including writing and reading, (...).

(EsPCEx - 2020) Are any foods safe to eat anymore? The fears and the facts Food was once seen as a source of sustenance and pleasure. Today, the dinner table can instead begin to feel like a minefield. Is bacon really a risk factor of cancer? Will coffee or eggs give you a heart attack? Does wheat contribute to Alzheimers disease? Will dairy products clog up arteries? Worse still, the advice changes continually. As TV-cook Nigella Lawson recently put it: You can guarantee that what people think will be good for you this year, they wont next year. This may be somewhat inevitable: evidence-based health advice should be constantly updated as new studies explore the nuances of what we eat and the effects the meals have on our bodies. But when the media(an ill-informed health gurus) exaggerate the results of a study without providing the context, it can lead to unnecessary fears that may, ironically, push you towards less healthy choices. The good news is that next year you may be pleased to learn that many of your favourite foods are not ticking time bomb you have been led to believe Adapted from: http://www.bbc.comfuturestory20151029-are-any-foods-safe-to-eat-anymore-heres-the-truth In the sentences ...ill-informed health gurus (paragraph 2), the prefix ill means

(EsPCEx - 2020) Are any foods safe to eat anymore? The fears and the facts Food was once seen as a source of sustenance and pleasure. Today, the dinner table can instead begin to feel like a minefield. Is bacon really a risk factor of cancer? Will coffee or eggs give you a heart attack? Does wheat contribute to Alzheimers disease? Will dairy products clog up arteries? Worse still, the advice changes continually. As TV-cook Nigella Lawson recently put it: You can guarantee that what people think will be good for you this year, they wont next year. This may be somewhat inevitable: evidence-based health advice should be constantly updated as new studies explore the nuances of what we eat and the effects the meals have on our bodies. But when the media(an ill-informed health gurus) exaggerate the results of a study without providing the context, it can lead to unnecessary fears that may, ironically, push you towards less healthy choices. The good news is that next year you may be pleased to learn that many of your favourite foods are not ticking time bomb you have been led to believe Adapted from: http://www.bbc.comfuturestory20151029-are-any-foods-safe-to-eat-anymore-heres-the-truth In the text, the word ironically (paragraph 2) introduces

(EsPCEx - 2020) OXFAM AMERICA Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942, in response to the European famine-related issues resulting from the Second World War. Ten other countries worldwide, including the United States and Australia, have started chapters of Oxfam. They make up what is known as Oxfam International. Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice, through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. As a privately fundaded organization, we can speak with conviction and integrity as we challenge the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit people from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient. Oxfam implements various global projects that target areas particularly affected by hunger. The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which they are based, as opposed to merely providing relief in the form of food aid. Oxfams projects operate on the communal level, and are developed by evaluating issues causing poverty and hunger in the community and subsequently the possible infrastructure that could end hunger and foster the attainment of self-sufficiency. Examples of projects in which Oxfam America has been or is involved range from a womens literacy program do Indya to providing microloans and agriculture education programs for small-scale organic farmers in California. Adapted from http://students.brown.edu/Hourglass_Cafe/Pages/about.htm In the sentences ...barriers that foster conflict and human suffering... (paragraph 2) and ...end hunger and foster the attainment of self-sufficiency. (paragraph 3), the word foster means

(EsPCEx - 2020) OXFAM AMERICA Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942, in response to the European famine-related issues resulting from the Second World War. Ten other countries worldwide, including the United States and Australia, have started chapters of Oxfam. They make up what is known as Oxfam International. Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice, through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. As a privately fundaded organization, we can speak with conviction and integrity as we challenge the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit peple from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient. Oxfam implements various global projects that target areas particularly affected by hunger. The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which they are based, as opposed to merely providing relief in the form of food aid. Oxfams projects operate on the communal level, and are developed by evaluating issues causing poverty and hunger in the community and subsequently the possible infrastructure that could end hunger and foster the attainment of self-sufficiency. Examples of projects in which Oxfam America has been or is involved range from a womens literacy program do Indya to providing microloans and agriculture education programs for small-scale organic farmers in California. Adapted from http://students.brown.edu/Hourglass_Cafe/Pages/about.htm In the sentence The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which they are based. (paragraph 3), the words in whichandthey consecutively refer to

(EsPCEx - 2020) OXFAM AMERICA Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942, in response to the European famine-related issues resulting from the Second World War. Ten other countries worldwide, including the United States and Australia, have started chapters of Oxfam. They make up what is known as Oxfam International. Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice, through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. As a privately fundaded organization, we can speak with conviction and integrity as we challenge the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit peple from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient. Oxfam implements various global projects that target areas particularly affected by hunger. The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which they are based, as opposed to merely providing relief in the form of food aid. Oxfams projects operate on the communal level, and are developed by evaluating issues causing poverty and hunger in the community and subsequently the possible infrastructure that could end hunger and foster the attainment of self-sufficiency. Examples of projects in which Oxfam America has been or is involved range from a womens literacy program do Indya to providing microloans and agriculture education programs for small-scale organic farmers in California. Adapted from http://students.brown.edu/Hourglass_Cafe/Pages/about.htm According to the text, choose the correct alternative.

(EsPCEx- 2020) Native English speakers are the worlds worst communicators It was just one word in one email, but it caused huge financial losses for a multinational company. The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one. Months later, senior management investigated why the project had failed, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. It all traced back to this one word, says Chia Suan Chong, a UK-based communications skills and intercultural trainer, who didnt reveal the tricky word because it is highly industry-specific and possibly identifiable. Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite. When such misunderstandings happen, its usually the native speakers who are to blame. Ironically, they are worse at delivering their message than people who speak English as a second or third language, according to Chong. A lot of native speakers are happy that English has become the worlds global language. They feel they dont have to spend time learning another language. The non-native speakers, it turns out, speak more purposefully and carefully, trying to communicate efficiently with limited, simple language, typical of someone speaking a second or third language. Anglophones, on the other hand, often talk too fast for other to follow, and use jokes, slang, abbreviations and references to their own culture, says Chong. The native English speaker is the only one who might not feel the need to adapt to the others, she adds. Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators Choose the alternative that correctly substitutes SPIRALLED OUT OF CONTROL in the sentence Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite. (paragraph 2).

(EsPCEx- 2020) Native English speakers are the worlds worst communicators It was just one word in one email, but it caused huge financial losses for a multinational company. The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one. Months later, senior management investigated why the project had failed, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. It all traced back to this one word, says Chia Suan Chong, a UK-based communications skills and intercultural trainer, who didnt reveal the tricky word because it is highly industry-specific and possibly identifiable. Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite. When such misunderstandings happen, its usually the native speakers who are to blame. Ironically, they are worse at delivering their message than people who speak English as a second or third language, according to Chong. A lot of native speakers are happy that English has become the worlds global language. They feel they dont have to spend time learning another language. The non-native speakers, it turns out, speak more purposefully and carefully, trying to communicate efficiently with limited, simple language, typical of someone speaking a second or third language. Anglophones, on the other hand, often talk too fast for other to follow, and use jokes, slang, abbreviations and references to their own culture, says Chong. The native English speaker is the only one who might not feel the need to adapt to the others, she adds. Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators About the words purposefully, carefully and efficiently (paragraph 4), it is correct to say that

(EsPCEx- 2020) Native English speakers are the worlds worst communicators It was just one word in one email, but it caused huge financial losses for a multinational company. The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one. Months later, senior management investigated why the project had failed, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. It all traced back to this one word, says Chia Suan Chong, a UK-based communications skills and intercultural trainer, who didnt reveal the tricky word because it is highly industry-specific and possibly identifiable. Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite. When such misunderstandings happen, its usually the native speakers who are to blame. Ironically, they are worse at delivering their message than people who speak English as a second or third language, according to Chong. A lot of native speakers are happy that English has become the worlds global language. They feel they dont have to spend time learning another language. The non-native speakers, it turns out, speak more purposefully and carefully, trying to communicate efficiently with limited, simple language, typical of someone speaking a second or third language. Anglophones, on the other hand, often talk too fast for other to follow, and use jokes, slang, abbreviations and references to their own culture, says Chong. The native English speaker is the only one who might not feel the need to adapt to the others, she adds. Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators According to the text, read the statements and choose the correct alternative. I - The company had a profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars. II - The tricky word that caused the problem isnt mentioned in the text. III - Native speakers dont usually think they should adapt in order to make themselves understood. IV - Using abbreviations in emails facilitates the communication. V - Non-native speakers choose language from a limited repertoire.

(EsPCEx - 2020) Are any foods safe to eat anymore? The fears and the facts Food was once seen as a source of sustenance and pleasure. Today, the dinner table can instead begin to feel like a minefield. Is bacon really a risk factor of cancer? Will coffee or eggs give you a heart attack? Does wheat contribute to Alzheimers disease? Will dairy products clog up arteries? Worse still, the advice changes continually. As TV-cook Nigella Lawson recently put it: You can guarantee that what people think will be good for you this year, they wont next year. This may be somewhat inevitable: evidence-based health advice should be constantly updated as new studies explore the nuances of what we eat and the effects the meals have on our bodies. But when the media(an ill-informed health gurus) exaggerate the results of a study without providing the context, it can lead to unnecessary fears that may, ironically, push you towards less healthy choices. The good news is that next year you may be pleased to learn that many of your favourite foods are not ticking time bomb you have been led to believe Adapted from: http://www.bbc.comfuturestory20151029-are-any-foods-safe-to-eat-anymore-heres-the-truth Choose the statement in which the word minefield has been used in a figurative way just like in paragraph 1.