Reading comprehension

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English
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12th Grade
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Hard
Kellen Cardeal
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Modise Phekonyane, poeta sul-africano, ficou preso por cinco anos em Robben Island (ilha onde também ficou o líder rebelde e ex-presidente da África do Sul Nelson Mandela) por lutar pela liberdade de sua nação. No poema, o eu-lírico
Não teve escolhas na vida: apenas sofreu e morreu sem ter desfrutado a tão desejada liberdade.
foi egoísta porque resolveu seguir um caminho contrário ao que a família esperava que ele tivesse seguido.
conquistou a liberdade, o que para ele significa mais que sucesso pessoal.
acredita que uma pessoa só se torna melhor se for livre.
Escolheu sofrer e morrer para que sua nação usufruísse da liberdade
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The headlines below are from the online version of the British newspaper The Guardian.
Red Squirrel population wiped out in northern Italy
Why is Labour so quiet on green issues?
Obama blocks Chinese firm's purchase of four US wind farms
Disponível em: <www.theguardian.co.uk/>. Acesso em: 20 set. 2012.
In which of the following sections can such headlines be found?
Environment
Business
Culture
Life & Style
Travel
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Disponível em: <www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/ artsandliving/
comic/king.html?name=zits&date=20120926>. Acesso em: 1° out. 2012.
According to the girl´s speech in each part of the cartoon, the list of verbs that represents her discursive intentions is:
regret – suppose – accuse – advise
apologize – emphasize – suggest – request.
excuse – declare – propose – demand.
blame – insinuate – recommend – invite.
state – imply – recriminate – insist.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The record industry
The record industry is undoubtedly in crisis, with labels laying off employees in continuation. This is because CD sales are plummeting as youngsters prefer to download their music from the Internet, usually free of charge.
And yet it´s not all gloom and doom. Some labels are in fact thriving. Putumayo World Music, for example, is growing, thanks to its catalogue of ethnic compilation albums, featuring work by largely unknown artists from around the planet.
Putumayo, which takes its name from a valley in Colombia, was founded in New York in 1993. It began life as an alternative clothing company, but soon decided to concentrate on music. Indeed its growth appears to have coincided with that of world music as a genre.
Speak Up. Ano XXIII, nº 275 (fragmento).
A indústria fonográfica passou por várias mudanças no século XX e, como consequência, as empresas enfrentaram crises. Entre as causas, o texto da revista Speak Up aponta
o baixo interesse dos jovens por alguns gêneros musicais.
o acesso a músicas, geralmente sem custo, pela Internet.
a compilação de álbuns com diferentes estilos musicais.
a ausência de artistas populares entre as pessoas mais jovens.
o aumento do número de cantores desconhecidos.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
1984 (excerpt)
'Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has real existence?' [...] O'Brien smiled faintly. 'I will put it more precisely. Does the past exist concretely, in space? Is there somewhere or other a place, a world of solid objects, where the past is still happening?'
'No.'
'Then where does the past exist, if at all?'
'In records. It is written down.'
'In records. And — —?'
'In the mind. In human memories.'
'In mernory. Very well, then. We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?'
ORWELL. G, Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Signet Classics, 1977
O romance 1984 descreve os perigos de um Estado totalitário. A ideia evidenciada nessa passagem é que o controle do Estado se dá por meio do(a)
boicote a ideais libertários.
veto ao culto das tradições.
poder sobre memórias e registros.
censura a produções orais e escritas.
manipulação de pensamentos individuais.
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