VUNESP - 2022 - PM-SP - Aluno: Oficial

While plastic refuse littering beaches and oceans draws high-profile attention, the Food and
agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: a
call for action suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with even larger
quantities of plastic pollutants. “Soils are one of the main receptors of agricultural plastics and
are known to contain larger quantities of microplastics than oceans”, FAO Deputy Director-
General Maria Helena Semedo said in the report’s foreword.

According to data collated by FAO experts, agricultural value chains each year use 12.5 million
tonnes of plastic products while another 37.3 million are used in food packaging. Crop
production and livestock accounted for 10.2 million tonnes per year collectively, followed by
fisheries and aquaculture with 2.1 million, and forestry with 0.2 million tonnes. Asia was
estimated to be the largest user of plastics in agricultural production, accounting for almost
half of global usage. Moreover, without viable alternatives, plastic demand in agriculture is
only set to increase. As the demand for agricultural plastic continues surge, Ms. Semedo
underscored the need to better monitor the quantities that “leak into the environment from
agriculture”.

Since their widespread introduction in the 1950s, plastics have become ubiquitous. In
agriculture, plastic products greatly help productivity, such as in covering soil to reduce weeds;
nets to protect and boost plant growth, extend cropping seasons and increase yields; and tree
guards, which protect young plants and trees from animals and help provide a growth-
enhancing microclimate. However, of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastics produced
before 2015, almost 80 per cent had never been properly disposed of. While the effects of
large plastic items on marine fauna have been well documented, the impacts unleashed during
their disintegration potentially affect entire ecosystems.

(https://news.un.org, 07.12.2021. Adaptado.)

The text intends to

(A) identify innovative alternatives to the plastic used in agriculture.

(B) show that plastic pollution has become pervasive in agricultural soils.
(C) review existing knowledge about agricultural waste management.
(D) describe a set of good farm practices to reuse plastic used in agriculture.
(E) propose possible directions for further research on plastic use reduction.

No trecho do segundo parágrafo “Moreover, without viable alternatives, plastic demand

in agriculture is only set to increase”, o termo sublinhado pode ser substituído, sem
alteração de sentido, por
(A) again.
(B) even.
(C) instead.
(D) besides.
(E) otherwise.
The excerpt from the second paragraph “‘leak into the environment from agriculture’”
refers most specifically to:

(A) “forestry”.
(B) “Crop production and livestock”.
(C) “plastic products”.
(D) “fisheries and aquaculture”.
(E) “data collated”.
An idea of contrast may be found in the following excerpt from the text:

(A) “As the demand for agricultural plastic continues surge” (2nd paragraph)
(B) “However, of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastics produced before 2015” (3rd
paragraph)
(C) “Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: a call for action” (1st
paragraph)
(D) “Asia was estimated to be the largest user of plastics in agricultural production”
(2nd paragraph)
(E) “Since their widespread introduction in the 1950s” (3rd paragraph)

Leia a tirinha Pickles de Brian Crane.

No trecho do terceiro parágrafo “such as in covering soil to reduce weeds”, a

expressão sublinhada foi utilizada para introduzir
(A) uma condição.
(B) uma causa.
(C) uma objeção.
(D) um exemplo.
(E) uma conclusão

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Mark the option which completes the following sentences with the adequate pronouns:

I. Businessmen have __________ own priorities.

II. Everyone must feel happy with __________ working habits.
II. Working from home allows a mother to spend more time with __________ children.
IV. If you have never tried to work at home, you cannot discuss __________
disadvantages.

a) I. his, II. their, III. her, IV. their

b) I. their, II. its, III. their, IV. its
c) I. their, II. his, III. her, IV. its
d) I. its, II. your, III. its, IV. their
e) I. his, II. his, III. their, IV. Your

Assinale a alternativa correta: They saw men and women talking to __________ own hearts.

a) his
b) her
c) them
d) they
e) their
Portugal gave her people, her religion, her language, her building and decorative arts,
her culture and habits, to Brazil, to West and East Africa, to the Red Sea, to India and
Sri Lanka, to China and Japan, to the East Indies. (Highlife, London: British Airways. July
1997. p. 121-122)

No texto acima, o vocábulo "her" ocorre cinco vezes e, em todas essas situações,
refere-se a:

a) cultura.
b) povo.
c) China.
d) Portugal.

Dadas as sentenças:
I. THE TITANIC sank in the beginning of the XX century.
II. THE BABY OF OUR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS is crying aloud.
III. MY PET is the smartest of the neighborhood. Everybody enjoys seeing him.

A alternativa que possui os pronomes que substituem corretamente os termos em

destaque é:

a) It – She – It
b) It – She – He
c) He – She – He
d) She – He – He
e) She – It – He

That sports car is very expensive. The car dealer told me that __________ price is
10,000 dollars.

a) her
b) his
c) its
d) their
e) hers

I have met that girl before, but I can't remember __________ name.

a) her
b) his
c) your
d) its
e) yours

This dictionary is in __________ fourth edition.

a) his
b) her
c) its
d) it's
e) their

He said he was going to pass __________ exam.

a) his
b) her
c) its
d) their
e) our

Stars do it. Sports do it. Judges in the highest courts do it. Let's do it: that yoga thing.

Observe que o "it" se repete. A que se refere?

a) Stars.
b) Sports.
c) Judges.
d) India.
e) Yoga.