Question

1)
Read the following text:



Jordan went to a night club last weekend. John went to the same club, but they didn’t see each other there. He left the club at 1 o’clock and Jordan arrived at 2 o’clock. So, ...

Which alternative best completes the sentence, according to the text?

Alternativas:

a)
… Jordan haven’t met John at the club.

b)
... when Jordan arrived, John wasn’t there. He had gone home.

c)
... when Jordan arrived, John was waiting for her.

d)
… Jordan didn’t like the party.

e)
... John was there when Jordan arrived.

2)
Read the following sequence of events:



2 a.m.

Burglars broke into a bookstore in the city center.

8 a.m.

The store owners arrived to open the store.

8:10 a.m.

The owners called the police.

3 p.m.

Russel, one of the owners, called a friend to tell him what happened.



Now complete the following text according to the sequence of events:



Russel: Philip, you won’t believe what _________ last night. Claire and I_________ at work in the morning and found somebody ___________ the store during the night. So, we called the police. It ______ horrible. They stole everything we had!

Philip: I’m so sorry to hear that! Did you call the insurance?

Which option best completes the text?

Alternativas:

a)
happened – arrived – had broken into – was

b)
had broken into – was – arrived – happened

c)
happened – had broken into – arrived – was

d)
was – arrived – had broken into – happened

e)
had broken into – arrived – was – happened

3)
Read the following text:



A new health report says that having good friends in your old age helps you live longer. The report also says that having close friends may be more important than having close family ties. Researchers interviewed 1,500 Australians over the age of 70 about their social and family ties. The results suggest that people with close friendships were 22 per cent more likely to live longer. The researchers said this is because of the positive effects on the body of social activity and recreation.

The researchers analyzed data from an Australian study, which began in 1992. The 10-year-long study measured how behavioral, economic, environmental and social factors affected the health of 70-year-olds. The senior citizens were monitored annually for four years and then at three-yearly intervals. The team found that those with the strongest network of friends were less likely to die by the end of the ten-year period. This was true even when the senior citizen lost a spouse. The message is to keep in touch if you want to live longer.

(GILES, L. C.; Glonek, G. F. V.; LUSZCZ, M. A.; Gary R Andrews. The effect of social networks on 10-year survival in very old Australians: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2005, p. 574-579.)


Now judge the following sentences:

I. Friends are more important than family for a longer life.

II. The message is to keep in touch with friends for a longer life.

III. The group was monitored every year over the 10-year test period.

According to the text, which sentences are true?

Alternativas:

a)
I and II.

b)
Just I.

c)
II and III.

d)
Just II.

e)
I and III.

4)
Leia o texto a seguir:



Friction between adult siblings has traditionally not been of great interest to clinicians, or the culture at large. Nevertheless, societal changes have had an impact: As Americans have shifted from extended family units to nuclear family units, sibling relationships have been overshadowed by those between parents and children, or between spouses, says New York University sociologist Dalton Conley.

Without a cultural mandate to stick together or a therapeutic road map to reconciliation, many siblings in strained relationships see no reason to continue. Psychologist Joshua Coleman, co-chair of the Council on Contemporary Families, says that parents and grown children feel a strong moral imperative to stay in touch, even if the relationship is difficult. “But for siblings the ties are weaker, so there is less tolerance,” he says.



(ECKEL, Sara. Why Siblings Sever Ties. Psychology Today, 9 mar. 2015. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 20 jun. 2017.)



Vocabulary: overshadowed: ofuscado; stick: permanecer; strained: desgastado.

De acordo com o texto acima, podemos dizer que

Alternativas:

a)
os laços entre irmãos são mais fortes quando eles são adultos, pois são mais tolerantes.

b)
as mudanças na sociedade influenciam no formato da família, mas o relacionamento entre irmãos permanece o mesmo.

c)
pais e filhos crescidos sentem um grande imperativo moral para manterem contato, a não ser que a relação seja difícil.

d)
muitos irmãos não veem razão para continuar com seus relacionamentos desgastados por falta de um mandato cultural para isso.

e)
as famílias americanas se transformaram: de um formato de unidades nucleares para um de unidades estendidas.

Answer 1

1 - B) ... when Jordan arrived, John wasn’t there. He had gone home.

2 - A) happened – arrived – had broken into – was

3 - D) Just II.

4 - D) muitos irmãos não veem razão para continuar com seus relacionamentos desgastados por falta de um mandato cultural para isso.

Answer 2

Resposta:

1B-2A-3D-4D

Explicação:

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