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GABARITO

PORTUGUÊS INGLÊS MATEMÁTICA FÍSICA

01 D 25 B 49 D 73 D

02 D 26 D 50 A 74 A

03 C 27 C 51 C 75 A

04 C 28 A 52 A 76 A

05 D 29 B 53 D 77 Anulada

06 C 30 B 54 D 78 C

07 B 31 D 55 A 79 D

08 B 32 D 56 C 80 D

09 A 33 B 57 B 81 A

10 C 34 D 58 A 82 C

11 A 35 Anulada 59 C 83 C

12 B 36 D 60 B 84 B

13 D 37 A 61 D 85 A

14 B 38 Anulada 62 D 86 D

15 B 39 C 63 B 87 A

16 Anulada 40 C 64 B 88 C

17 B 41 C 65 C 89 C

18 A 42 B 66 Anulada 90 Anulada

19 A 43 C 67 D 91 D

20 D 44 B 68 B 92 B

21 D 45 Anulada 69 B 93 D

22 C 46 C 70 C 94 B

23 A 47 C 71 B 95 Anulada

24 A 48 B 72 A 96 D
AS QUESTÕES DE 25 A 48 REFEREM-SE À 27 – According to the chart, we can affirm that ____________.
LÍNGUA INGLESA

Read the text and answer question 25.

Adapted from https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-social-media-effectsmostly-


negative-pew-research-2018-6
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445012006902522325/

a) it only has a negative effect


b) more than 1000 teens were interviewed
c) all the teens were between 13 and 17 years old
25 – In the first scene, the sentence “It’s a beautiful little tree, isn’t d) the survey was conducted in July and August 2020
it?” is an example of ____________.
a) passive voice
b) question tag
c) phrasal verb
d) past perfect
Read the text and answer question 28.

Read the text and answer question 26.

Dance Monkey
Tones And I
I’ve never seen anybody do the things you do before They
say
Move for me, move for me, move for me, ay-ay-ay
And when you’re done I’ll make you do it all again
I said: Oh my God, I see you walking by
Take my hands, my dear, and look me in my eyes
Just like a monkey, I’ve been dancing my whole life
And you just beg to see me dance just one more time
Ooh, I see you, see you, see you every time
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/06/15/bbdo-guerrero-and-the-national- Adapted from: https://www.letras.mus.br/tones-and-i/dance-monkey
unionjournalists-philippines-fight-fake-news-social.

26 – The modal verb CAN in “but we can stop sharing it” conveys
the idea of __________. 28 – The sentences underlined, in the text, are in the:
a) Present Perfect, Imperative, and Simple Present.
a) certainty b) Present Perfect, Simple Present, and Imperative.
b) obligation c) Simple Present, Imperative, and Present Perfect.
c) permission d) Simple Present, Present Perfect, and Imperative.
d) possibility

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Read the text and answer question 29. 31 – Which expression is usually used to tell stories in English?
a) There was a house with a man
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the b) Then the cat ate my breakfast
Wardrobe c) That sounds familiar
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, completed by the end d) Once upon a time
of March 1949 and published by Geoffrey Bles in the United
Kingdom on 16 October 1950, tells the story of four ordinary
children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who 32 – What is the main verb tense used in the comic strip?
______________ evacuated to the English countryside from
London following the outbreak of World War II. They discover a
wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke’s house that leads to the a) Present Perfect
magical land of Narnia. The Pevensie children help Aslan, a talking b) Simple Present
lion, save Narnia from the evil White Witch, who has reigned over c) Past Perfect
the land of Narnia for a century of perpetual winter with no d) Simple Past
Christmas. The children become kings and queens of this new-
found land and establish the Golden Age of Narnia, leaving a legacy
to be rediscovered in later books.
Adapted from www.en.wipedia.org/wiki/the_lion_the_witch_and_the_wardrobe
Read the text and answer question 33.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the


29 – Keeping in mind the structure of the Present Perfect Tense, fill pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
the blank in the text. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_franklin_141100

a) has been
b) have been
c) have to be
d) hasn’t been 33 – The word in bold, in the text, is an object pronoun. Which
word does it make reference to?
a) Constitution
Read the text and answer question 30. b) Happiness
c) The U. S.
d) Pursuit
Thinking Out Loud
Read the text and answer question 34.
Ed Sheeran
When my hair’s all but gone and my memory fades Being famous
And the crowds don’t remember my name
When my hands don’t play the strings the same way, mm Sandra is very beautiful, young, and successful. She’s a famous
I know you will still love me the same actress. She’s also very rich. Her house near the beach is big and
‘Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it’s evergreen beautiful, and her car is very expensive. Her fans love her. But is
Baby your smile’s forever in my mind and memory she happy?
I’m thinking ‘bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it’s all part of a plan Sandra says, “Yeah, I’m young, rich, beautiful, and famous.
I’ll just keep on making the same mistakes People think rich people are happy. That’s not always true!”
Hoping that you’ll understand
Adapted from: https://www.letras.mus.br
Sandra’s brother, Mike, is her manager. He says, “Sandra is
only 18. She enjoys acting and entertaining people. But she’s not
30 – Reading the text, you can infer that a man happy. She doesn’t like being famous.”

“It’s true,” Sandra says. “I’m never alone. Reporters are


a) doesn’t like to be in the middle of a crowd. everywhere. Wherever I go, they’re there. They’re outside my house
b) is talking about the time he’ll get old. all the time! That’s so annoying!”
c) will give up playing the guitar. Adapted from: https://www.inglesnapontadalingua.com.br/2008/10/texto-de-
d) wants to change his hairstyle.
inglsalunos-de-nvel-bsico.html

Read the text and answer questions 31 and 32. 34 – According to the text, Sandra is
a) very happy because she is never by herself.
b) very happy because she has a lot of money.
c) unhappy with her career because it is annoying.
d) unhappy because wherever she goes, the reporters are there.

Adapted from http://www.englishal

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The Adventures of Tintin is a series created by
Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote
under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of
the most popular European comics of the 20th
century. By 2007, a century after Hergé’s birth in
1907, Tintin had been published in more than
70 languages with sales of more than 200 million 37 – The words in bold are, respectively, _______________
copies, and had been adapted for radio, television, pronouns.
theatre, and film.
Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin. a) object, reflexive, object, and personal
b) reflexive, object, personal, and reflexive
c) reflexive, reflexive, object, and personal
d) object, reflexive, personal, and personal
35 – The two sentences, in bold, in the text are written in the
a) passive voice, but one of them is in the simple present and the
other in the past perfect. Read the text and answer questions 38 and 39.
b) active voice, but one of them is in the simple past and the other
in the past perfect. Beautiful Girls
c) passive voice and both of them are in the past perfect. Sean Kingston
d) active voice and both of them are in the simple past. Your way too beautiful girl
That’s why it’ll never work
You’ll have me suicidal, suicidal When
Read the text and answer question 36. you say it’s over
Damn all these beautiful girls
They only wanna do your dirt
Bobby’s World (originally __________ as They’ll have you suicidal, suicidal
The world According to Bobby) is an When they say it’s over
American animated television series, which See it started at the park
ran from September 8, 1990 to February 23, Used to chill after dark
1998, on FOX Kids. This Saturday-morning Oh when you took my heart
cartoon __________ the world from the point That’s when we fell apart
of view of a suburban 4-year-old named ‘Cause we both thought
Bobby Generic and his very overactive That love last forever (last forever)
imagination. The show __________ an They say we’re too young
Outstanding Animated Program Emmy To get ourselves sprung
nomination in 1991. Oh we didn’t care
We made it very clear
36 – Fill the blanks with the correct verb forms. And they also said
That we couldn’t last together (last together)
a) know - explores - earns See it’s very divine, girl
b) known - explore - earns You’re one of a kind
c) know - explored - earned But you mush up my mind
d) known - explores - earned You ought to get declined
Oh Lord
My baby is driving me crazy
Read the text and answer question 37. Adapted from: https://www.letras.mus.br/sean-kingston/1073265/

What a Wonderful World


Louis Armstrong I see trees of green, red roses too
39 – All the verbs in bold are
a) regular verbs.
I see them bloom for me and you
b) irregular verbs.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world c) in the simple past.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white d) in the simple present.
The bright blessed days, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Read the text and answer question 40.
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying: How do you do? I had a really terrible weekend. My boyfriend took me out to
They’re really saying: I love you! this really expensive restaurant. In the middle of our dinner, he gave
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow me a very beautiful ring and he asked me to marry him. I was really
They’ll learn much more, than I’ll never know surprised. I said no. I like him, but I knew I didn’t want to marry
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world him. He was quite angry and sad. It was awful.
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world https://www.inglesnapontadalingua.com.br/2016/02/textos-para-treinaringles.html.

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40 – Reading the text, you can infer that
a) the girl didn’t like the food at the restaurant because it was too
expensive.
b) the girl is very happy because she is going to get marriage.
c) the girl doesn’t like her boyfriend enough to marry him. 43 – Without changing the meaning of the sentence, which
d) the couple will marry soon. alternative can replace the word, in bold type, in the text?
a) Previously
Read the text and answer question 41.
It was my birthday. My boyfriend Daniel came to my house to b) Eventually
take me out for dinner. I opened the door, and he had a big bunch of c) Currently
flowers and a very nice car. He rented the car just to take me out. I d) Actually
was really surprised.
https://www.inglesnapontadalingua.com.br/2016/02/textos-para-treinar-ingles.html
44 – According to the text, we can affirm that __________.
41 – Reading the text, you can infer that
a) the couple had dinner at home.
b) Daniel gave his girlfriend a car. a) English is not the most commonly spoken language anymore
c) the couple probably went to a restaurant. b) many schools have English at their school syllabus
d) the couple celebrated their wedding anniversary. c) people who don’t speak English should not travel
d) people are studying English at an older age
Read the text and answer question 42.

Poverty Read the text and answer questions 45 and 46.


Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher
Baby Turtles
Approximately one-fifth of the world’s population, over one
billion people, earns less than US$ 1.00 a day. Each day, over a Thousands of baby turtles have hatched on a beach in eastern
billion people in the world lack basic food supplies. And each day, India. The name of this kind of turtle is Olive Ridley turtle. It is
35,000 children under the age of five die of starvation or preventable named after the color of its shell, which is olive-green. It is the
infectious disease. smallest sea turtle, and it lives in the tropical oceans.
Top Notch 3 - Pearson Longman 2006 In March, hundreds of turtles settled in the beach and they laid
42 – The written form of the number in bold is _____________. eggs in the sand. One and a half months later, the small baby turtles
started to come out from the sand. They knew where the sea was,
a) thirteen five thousand and they started to move towards it. This was a dangerous journey,
and not all turtles completed it.
b) thirty-five thousand https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/baby-turtles-level-2/
c) thirty-five hundred
d) three five hundred
46 – According to the text, choose the right alternative.
a) It is safe for baby turtles to go from the sand to the beach.
Read the text and answer questions 43 and 44. b) The Olive Ridley turtle is one of the biggest turtles.
c) The name of the turtle comes from its color.
d) Most of the turtles don’t reach the sea.
The Importance of the English Language
Nowadays, more and more people are dedicating time to
studying English as a second language. Many countries include
English in their school syllabus and children are starting to learn 47 – In the sentence “My teacher told us to read quietly”, “quietly”
English at a younger and younger age. Do you know why learning is an adverb of _________.
English is so important? Here are five good reasons to take an
a) time
English Language Course.
b) place
1. English is the most commonly spoken language
c) manner
in the world. One out of five people can speak or at least
d) frequency
understand English!
2. Studying English can help you get a job.
3. English is the language of the Internet. 48 – Choose the alternative that substitutes the phrasal verb in the
4. Travelling is a lot easier with a good knowledge
of English. following sentence without changing its meaning.
5. English gives you access to multiple cultures.
Adapted from https://www.british-study.com/en/importance-of-english-language/ “My mother asked me to look after my little sister”.
a) Carry on
b) Take care
c) Take over
d) Hold back

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GABARITO

PORTUGUÊS INGLÊS MATEMÁTICA FÍSICA

01 A 25 D 49 C 73 C

02 B 26 D 50 B 74 C

03 D 27 B 51 C 75 B

04 A 28 B 52 B 76 C

05 D 29 C 53 D 77 A

06 A 30 C 54 C 78 D

07 B 31 C 55 Anulada 79 C

08 D 32 A 56 D 80 C

09 A 33 C 57 B 81 A

10 C 34 D 58 D 82 C

11 B 35 C 59 A 83 C

12 C 36 D 60 B 84 D

13 C 37 B 61 A 85 A

14 D 38 D 62 D 86 A

15 C 39 Anulada 63 Anulada 87 B

16 B 40 A 64 D 88 B

17 B 41 B 65 B 89 C

18 C 42 B 66 C 90 D

19 Anulada 43 B 67 A 91 D

20 D 44 A 68 B 92 A

21 C 45 D 69 A 93 D

22 D 46 D 70 A 94 C

23 D 47 B 71 A 95 D

24 B 48 D 72 A 96 C
Read the text to answer questions 29, 30 and 31.
GIFT GIVING
Grounding
All over the world, people give gifts. But they give different
things in different ways. 1 Grounding is a common form of punishment for young people
In Japan, people often give gifts. But they never open _____ in who disobey their parents. Grounding means that they are not
front of the giver. allowed to go out, after school or on weekends, for a certain
In the United States and Canada, a man often gives _____ period of time. This could be from one day to 5 ____ month or
girlfriend flowers on Valentine’s Day (February 14). He sometimes more, depending upon the gravity of the offense. During that time,
gives her chocolate too. though, they must continue to go to school, to work if they have a
In Korea, older people give new money to children on New job, and do other errands approved by their parents.
Year’s Day. They give it to them for good luck. ____ term “grounding” is ____ aviation term. A plane is 10
In Peru, a man gives flowers to _____ girlfriend. But he doesn’t grounded when it is not allowed to fly for any reason. Similarly,
give _____ yellow flowers. They mean the relationship is finished. pilots or other flying personnel are grounded when they are not
https://www.aperianglobal.com/guide-gift-giving-around-world allowed to fly because of illness or for disobeying the rules.
Adapted from Life in the USA: A Simplified reader on American
25 – Choose the alternative to have the text completed correctly. 29 – Choose the best alternative to complete the text:
a) they / he / his / she a) the / the / an
b) them / he / he / her b) an / the / a
c) they / his / he / she c) a / the / an
d) them / his / his / her d) a / a / the

Read the text to answer questions 26, 27 and 28.


30 – The sentence “Grounding means that they are not allowed to
Back to School go out, after school or on weekends, for a certain period of time”, in
1 For generations in the United States, a nineteenth century bold in the text, is in the: a) Simple Past
invention known as the public school system was seen as the best b) Future Perfect
way to give students the knowledge and skills to become nice c) Simple Present
citizens. Around the 1960s, experts began 5 questioning the d) Present Perfect
system, citing the need for new types of schools to meet the
changing demands of the twentieth century. These reformers
eventually won for parents a much broader range of educational 31 – The word “must” (line 6), underlined in the text, is used to
choices – including religious, alternative, and charter schools and express:
home schooling – but they
10 also sparked a debate on teaching and learning that still divides a) advice
experts to this day. . b) possibility
c) obligation
26 – According to the text, the public school system was in need of d) lack of necessity
changes due to _______________. a) parents requirement
b) the invention of the nineteenth century 32– The sentence “There’s hardly anything in the refrigerator”.
c) the demands of the nineteenth century
d) experts concern about the twentieth century means that:
a) There’s very little food inside the refrigerator.
b) John has no idea how much food there is.
27 – The words “become” (line 4) and “meet” (line 6), in bold c) There’s a lot of food in the refrigerator.
type in the text, are
d) There’s nothing inside the refrigerator.
a) regular verbs in the infinitive.
b) irregular verbs in the infinitive. Read the cartoon and answer questions 33.
c) irregular verbs in the past tense.
d) regular verbs in the present tense.

28 – The adjective form “the best” (line 3) and “nice” (line 4),
underlined in the text, have as their comparative forms,
respectively:
a) good and nicer.
b) better and nicer. 33 – The word “easier”, in the text, is in the
c) best and the nicer.
a) base form
d) the better and the nicest.
b) superlative form
c) comparative form
d) past participle form

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Read the text to answer question 39.
34 – Choose the correct active form for the sentence: “The history
of humankind has been marked by patterns of growth and decline.” Paul: Mary, the party is tomorrow! Do we have everything we
a) The history of humankind marked patterns of growth and decline. need?
b) Patterns of growth and decline has marked the history of Mary: We have _____ juice, but we should buy more.
humankind. Pau: Do we need to buy bread?
c) The history of humankind has marked patterns of growth and Mary: Well, we have _____, I don’t know if it’s enough.
decline. Paul: So let’s talk to Jen and ask for ____ advice.
d) Patterns of growth and decline have marked the history of
humankind. 39 – Choose the alternative that best completes the
text: a) a lot of / some / some
b) many / some / an
Read the text to answer questions 35, 36, 37 and 38. c) many / a / some
d) a lot / a / an

The cost of a cigarette

A businesswoman’s desperate need for a cigarette on an 8-hour Read the text to answer questions 40, 41 and 42.
flight from American Airlines ________ in her being arrested and
handcuffed, after she was found lighting up in the toilet of a Boeing Selecting the Olympic Sports
747, not once but twice. She ___________ because she _______
violent when the plane landed in England, where the police 1 There are 28 sports permitted in the Summer Olympic Games.
subsequently arrested and handcuffed her. Joan Norrish, aged 33, The list of Olympic Sports has many of the world’s best-loved
yesterday ________ the first person to be prosecuted under new sports on it, such as baseball, judo, soccer, tennis, and volleyball.
laws for smoking on board a plane, when she was fined £440 at This list of sports hadn’t changed in 70 years, 5 and the process for
Uxbridge magistrates’ court. changing these sports is long and difficult.
Adapted from Innovations , by Hugh Dellar and Darryl Hocking.
That is why it was surprising news when the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) announced that it was studying new sports for
the list. At a meeting in Singapore in 2005, the IOC voted on each
of the 28 sports from the 2004 Olympic 10 Games in Athens,
Greece. Twenty-six of the 28 sports were selected for the 2012
Summer Olympic Games, which took place in London, England.
The two sports that did not receive 50 percent of the votes were
baseball and softball.
35 – Choose the best alternative to complete the text using verbs in Because these two sports were not selected, the IOC 15 started the
the Simple Past: process of voting for two new sports. The five sports to select from
were roller skating, golf, rugby, squash, and karate. After the first
a) result / were / turning / become vote, karate and squash were submitted to the IOC for the final
b) resulted / was / turned / become vote.
c) resulted / was / turned / became To become an Olympic sport, a sport must receive two20 thirds of
d) result / were / turning / became the votes of the IOC. When the final vote took place, squash
received 39 “yes” votes and 63 “no” votes. Karate received 38
“yes” votes and 63 “no” votes. It meant that neither squash nor
karate would feature in the 2012 Olympic Games. And sad fans
didn’t believe that their sports could be 25 selected for the 2016
36 – The words “violent” and “subsequently”, underlined in the Olympic Games. Adapted from Anderson, Neil J. - Active Skills for Reading -
text, are: second Edition
a) a noun and a pronoun
b) an adverb and an adjective
c) and adjective and a noun 40 – The numbers 28, 70, 2005 and 2016, in bold type in the text,
d) an adjective and an adverb are respectively expressed in words as _______.
a) twenty-eight, seventy, two thousand and five, two thousand and
sixteen
b) twenty-eight, seventy, two thousand and fifty, two hundred and
sixteen
c) twenty-eight, seventeen, two hundred and five, two thousand and
six
d) twenty-eight, seventeen, two thousand and five, two hundred and
six

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37 – Complete the sentence adapted from the text using the Passive
Voice: She ____________ when the plane landed in England.
a) is arrested
b) was arrested
c) was arresting
d) will be arrested

38 – According to the text, Joan Norrish:


a) had always been a violent person.
b) was arrested inside the airplane, where the police handcuffed her.
c) was arrested because she turned the lights inside the airplane’s
toilet.
d) had to pay an amount of money due to the new laws for smoking
inside an airplane.

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41 – “Sad” (line 24), underlined in the text, is the same as 46 – Choose the best alternative to explain the comic strip:
a) thrilled. a) Garfield is terrible at doing things.
b) gloomy. b) Garfield did nothing bad and is angry at his owner.
c) cheerful. c) John promised Garfield to keep a secret but couldn’t do it.
d) delighted. d) Garfield did something very bad but doesn’t know what it is.

42 – Choose the alternative that IS NOT correct, according to the


text.
Read the text to answer questions 47 and 48.
a) Baseball and softball didn’t receive more than half of the IOC
votes in Singapore.
TV addiction
b) Baseball and softball were selected in 2005 for the London
Olympics. 1 The amount of time people spend watching television is
c) Squash and Karate were not selected for the 2012 Olympics astonishing. On average, individuals in the industrialized world
Games. devote three hours a day to the pursuit, fully half of their leisure
d) Baseball and softball were part of the Athens Olympics. time, and more than on any single activity save 5 work and sleep.
Someone who lives to 75 would spend nine years in front of the
Read the text to answer question 43 and 44. tube. To some commentators, this devotion means simply that
people enjoy TV and make a conscious decision to watch it. But if
that is the whole story, why do so many people experience
Across the Atlantic! misgivings about how 10 much they view?
_____ Monday May 24, 1976, two Concorde jets crossed the www.sciam.com/article.cfm
Atlantic ocean _____ three hours and fifty minutes. The planes took
off and landed _____ the same time.
Source Bonner, Margaret – Grammar Express - Longman
47 – Write (T) True or (F) False, according to the text. Then choose
the correct alternative.
43 – Choose the best alternative to complete the text. ( ) The quality of TV programs in different countries determines
the amount of time people devote to TV watching.
a) in / on / at ( ) Some commentators believe people watch so much TV simply
because they enjoy it.
b) on / in / at ( ) People spend too much time watching TV.
c) at / on / in
d) on / from / in a) F – T – F
44 – According to the text the flights b) F – T – T
c) T – F – T
a) were less than four hours. d) F – T – F
b) were on a weekend.
c) took off at 3:50.
d) landed at 3:50. 48 – The word “astonishing”, underlined in the text, is a / an
Read the cartoon and answer questions 45 and 46. a) verb.
b) noun.
c) adverb.
d) adjective.

www.garfield.com

45 – The word “specific”, in the text, is NOT closest in meaning


to _______:
a) exact
b) precise
c) detailed
d) unclear

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GABARITO OFICIAL

PORTUGUÊS INGLÊS MATEMÁTICA FÍSICA

01 D 25 C 49 D 73 A

02 C 26 A 50 B 74 B

03 B 27 B 51 Anulada 75 C

04 A 28 A 52 Anulada 76 D

05 C 29 B 53 C 77 Anulada

06 B 30 B 54 C 78 A

07 D 31 B 55 A 79 A

08 A 32 C 56 A 80 C

09 A 33 A 57 C 81 C

10 C 34 C 58 C 82 C

11 B 35 A 59 Anulada 83 A

12 A 36 C 60 B 84 B

13 A 37 A 61 C 85 D

14 B 38 C 62 C 86 D

15 D 39 C 63 A 87 D

16 D 40 D 64 B 88 Anulada

17 A 41 A 65 D 89 D

18 C 42 A 66 A 90 C

19 B 43 D 67 A 91 B

20 D 44 A 68 C 92 B

21 C 45 D 69 D 93 B

22 B 46 D 70 B 94 C

23 C 47 B 71 B 95 B

24 A 48 A 72 D 96 C
Read the text and answer questions 28, 29 and 30.
Read the text to answer questions 25 and 26. Twenty-First Century Birdwatching
1 Our ancestors could spot natural predators from far by their
silhouettes. Are we equally aware of the predators in the present-
day? Drones are remote-controlled planes that can be used for
The Pilot Fatigue Problem anything from surveillance, to rescue operations and 5 scientific
research. Most drones are used today by military powers for
remote-controlled surveillance and attack, and their numbers are
1 For years, pilot fatigue has been a real issue. Airline pilots, as growing. The Federal Aviation
well as cargo, corporate and charter pilots can all face fatigue Administration (FAA) predicted in 2012 that within 20 years there
while on the job. While pilot fatigue can be common and could be as many as 30.000 drones flying over U.S. Soil
overlooked, it poses a very troubling threat to 5 aviation safety and 10 alone. As robotic birds will become commonplace in the near
should be taken seriously. future, we should be prepared to identify them.
Pilot fatigue has been a real problem since the beginning of air (Adapted from https://medium.com/looking-up/21st-century-birdwatching)
travel. Charles Lindbergh fought to stay awake on his record-
breaking 33.5-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Paris on
the Spirit of St. Louis. Long-haul pilots 10 have reported falling 28 – According to the text, the number of drones used by military
asleep at the controls. Cargo pilots that fly at night face fatigue powers is
from challenging the body's natural internal clock.
a) increasing in terms of surveillance and attack.
The Lindbergh flight provides a great example for the real issue
b) preventing remote – controlled surveillance.
today that fatigue is an acceptable risk and one 15 that isn't given
c) continuing the same as in 2012.
enough credit. Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris without
d) decreasing in terms of attack.
falling asleep. Similarly, pilots today get away with flying tired
all the time. If you ask an average pilot how much sleep he got
the night before a flight, it's probably on a par with the average
American, 20 which is about six and a half hours. 29 – “Their”, (line 7), underlined in the text, refers to
This might be an acceptable amount of sleep if you have a
desk job. a) powers.
(Source: www.thebalance.com/the-pilot-fatigue-problem)
b) drones.
c) numbers.
d) surveillance and attack.
25 – Write (T) for the true statements and (F) for the false
statements.
30 – In the text, all the nouns bellow refer to drones, except:
( ) Pilot fatigue is affecting only charter pilots.
( ) The Lindbergh flight shows that fatigue poses no risk for a) predators (line 2)
aviation.
( ) If pilots sleep about six and a half hours before a flight. He b) ancestors (line 1)
won’t face operational risks. c) robotic birds (line 10)
( ) There are accounts that pilots have falled asleep at the controls d) remote-controlled planes (line 3)
due to very long commute.
Choose the alternative that correspond to the right order.
a) T – F – T – F
b) F – T – T – F
Read the text and answer questions 31 and 32.
c) F – F – F – T
d) T – F – F – T Human's Best Friend
1 We know that dogs are human's best friends. They love us and
we love them. However, we're not so sure where they came from.
Many scientists think they came from wolves 15,000 years ago.
Although wolves are wild and 5 dogs are tame, they're still a lot
alike. Both wag their tails when happy and put their tails between
their legs when scared.
Dogs are easy to educate. Well-educated dogs are sometimes used
26 – “on a par with”, (line 19), in bold type, means as watchdogs. A watchdog can stop a
10 creature that is five to six times bigger. It is interesting, though,
a) at the same level. that these dogs, which can become terrifyingly wild in times
b) at the same local. of danger, pose no harm to their owners. In the face of a threat,
c) at different points. they put their lives in danger to save their owners.
d) at different standards. (Adapted from http://www.grammarbank.com)

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31 – Choose the correct alternative to have the passive voice from
the sentence, in bold type, in the text.
27 – Read the sentences and decide if they are Active (A) or
Their lives _______ in danger to save their owners.
Passive (P).
a) is put
( ) Magazines are sold at newsstands everywhere.
b) are put
( ) Many readers subscribe to the magazine.
c) was put
( ) A large type edition is also
d) were put
printed. ( ) They also recorded it.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
a) A – A – P – A
b) P – A – P – A
c) P – P – A – P
d) P – A – P – P

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32 – Write (T) for the True statements and (F) for the False Read the text to answer question 36.
statements, according to the text. 1 Your parents tell you to wear sunscreen when you're outside
( ) Dogs and wolves present features that make many scientists think in the summer. And they are certainly right. Sunscreen protects
that dogs came from wolves. your skin from ultraviolet light rays. Too much ultraviolet is bad
for your skin. If you spend a long 5 time outside without any
( ) Although dogs are human’s best friends. People don’t know their sunscreen on, you ____ a sunburn because of the ultraviolet rays.
origin, exactly. (Adapted from http://www.grammarbank.com)
( ) Watchdogs can put their owners in danger in times of
threatening.
( ) Well-educated dogs when in danger are always tame.
36 – Choose the alternative to have the text completed correctly.
a) would have got
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the correct order.
b) might have got
a) T – F – T – F c) might get
d) would get
b) T – T – T – F
c) T – T – F – F
d) T – F – F – T

Read the text and answer questions 37, 38 and 39.


The first man drew a small circle in the sand and told the second
man, “This is what you know”, and drawing a circle around the
Read the text and answer questions 33 and 34.
small one, “This is what I know”. The second man took the stick
and drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where both
1 Pilates is a unique combination of ____, ____ and ____. It of us know nothing”.
improves circulation and body alignment. It engages the (Adapted from Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), american poet)
powerhouse of the lower abs, hips and lower back in almost every
movement. Throughout the workout, practitioners try
5 to stay united from shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip, making
sure the neck and limbs are used in long, graceful movements.
37 – According to the passage
(Adapted fromhttp://www.grammarbank.com/paragraphs-fitness) The first man declared that he had more ____ than the second
man.
a) knowledge
33 – Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative, respectively: b) wisdom
c) circles
a) stretching – strengthening – breathing d) rings
b) stretched – strengthened – breathed
c) stretches – strengthens – breathes
d) stretch – strengthen – breathe

38 – The first man thought the second man knew __________.

a) more than he did

b) very much
34 – “workout”, (line 4), in bold type in the text, means a) c) very little
d) nothing
a period people rest.
b) a period of mental exercise.
c) a period of physical exercise. 39 – the word “one” in bold type refers to ________
d) a period people spend repairing things at work.
.a) First man
b) Second man
c) circle
d) sand

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40 – According to the extract, what is the alternative that contains
the right explanation about the gerund in bold type?
“Swimming is an amazing exercise. It’s healthy, fun, relaxing and
35 – Read the cartoon and choose the best response. a low-impact sport. I know this from personal experience. Last year
while I was jogging I injured my left knee. I don’t go jogging
anymore, now I’m considering joining a swimming competition.”
The gerund is:
a) The direct object of the sentence.
b) The progressive form of the verb.
c) The indirect object of the verb.
d) The subject of the sentence.

Adapted from www.englishblog.com

a) The students were supposed to tell what they did during the
summer.
b) During the summer all the students communicated through
twitter.
c) Every student knew what Kayla did on vacation.
d) Kayla follows all the students on social network.

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Read at the extract and answer questions 44 and 45.
41 – Read the text and choose the correct alternative. Some situation call for a lot of patience. We were going to call
In the film “The accountant”, a man on the autism spectrum is on some friends. But I had traveled to São Paulo and it was raining
a number cruncher by day, while involving himself in seedier hard.
activities at night. Because of the weather all flights to Rio were call off. So I couldn’t
This scene occurs in a conference room after the lead come. I called her up to explain, and then she called me down!
character, Christian (Ben Affleck), is hired to review a company’s
financial records. He spends an entire night writing out figures,
using whiteboards and eventually the room’s glass walls. 44 – “call for”, in bold type in the text, means
For the scene, Mr. O’Connor wanted to take the audience
inside the mind of the character. During an interview, he explained a) demand
how he used a real forensic accountant to get the numbers right and
also a creative approach to covering walls with tidy handwriting. b) cancel
www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/movies c) phone
d) visit
a) the director, Mr. O’Connor, wanted to show the viewer what
goes on in the head of the character. 45 – Choose the correct alternative to replace the phrasal verb,
b) the director. Mr. O’Connor, put the audience inside the mind of underlined in the text.
a real forensic accountant.
a) reprimand
c) the main character, Christian, spends the night studying for
presentation work. b) deprive
d) the main character, Christian, suffers from panic disorder. c) refuse
d) visit

46 – Complete the sentence with the correct response.


42 – Read the cartoon and choose the best response.
Frida Kahlo, a master ____the art of surrealism, is _____ icon
of Mexican popular culture. a) from – the
b) to – the
c) by – an
d) of – an
http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2010/04/snoopys-got-bead-on-chuck.html 47 – Write (T) for true and (F) for false according to the
According to the cartoon, explanation of the tenses in parenthesis.
a) the little boy suggests that the girl is bossy. ( ) When you are looking back from a point in past time, and you
b) the dog becomes forever the girl’s dog. are concerned with the effects of something which happened
c) the dog tries to teach the girl to jump. at an earlier time in the past. (Past perfect )
d) the girl wants to buy a dog for her. ( ) When you are concerned with the present effects of something
which happened at an indefinite time in the past. (past perfect
continuous)
( ) When you are talking about something which continued to
happen before and after a particular time. (past continuous)
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
43 – Read the cartoon and choose the best response.
a) T–F–F
b) T–F–T
c) F–T–F
d) F–F–T

48 – Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.

http://www.englishoutsidethebox.com/2014/04/10/cartoon_fri_food/pizza-is-salad/ “An archeologist is a man_____ work is the study of ancient


things.”
According to the cartoon, the man a) whose
a) convinces his companion on the nutritional composition of the b) which
mass. c) how
b) persuades her to choose the same dish and add a salad. d) who
c) describes technically and praises his favorite dish.
d) proves that pizza and salad are the same in theory.
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