Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

According to the text, Thiel considers the “complacency of the western world”

• A. the weird mode of denial and acceptance found in the passive human behavior towards the inevitability of death.
• B. to approach aging as a disease in need of a cure through the development of an anti-aging scheme involving gene therapy.
• C. to see death as a terrible inconvenience that needs disrupting.
• D. the most natural, humane, and important thing we could possibly do.
• E. the craziest thing.

According to Ambrosia, Thiel’s opinion on receiving a blood transfusion from a teenager in the hope that it will restore some youthful vigour is

• A. a terrible inconvenience.
• B. something he has never done before but he could do in the future.
• C. something he has never done before and will never do.
• D. something he has done before but won’t do again.
• E. something he has done before and will be doing again.

Are examples of operating systems:

• A. Windows 10, OS X, Unix, Ios.
• B. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote.
• C. .exe, txt, .pdf, .jpeg.
• D. Hard Drive, memory, modem.
• E. Cache, data, driver, URL.

Choose the alternative with the INCORRECT plural.

• A. Jane is making a salad. She bought potatoes and tomatoes.
• B. The abandoned house is full of mice!
• C. The mayor is providing clean water for the people.
• D. John had to extract one teeth.
• E. Men usually think they are heroes.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

"even if" (line 7) can be replaced by even though without affecting the meaning of the sentence.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The idiom “to kill two birds with one stone” means:

• A. something you say when seeing the same people, events or situations in different places.
• B. to commit a crime.
• C. to hurt animals.
• D. accomplish two tasks with only one effort.
• E. to lose all of or most of your money.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

It can be correctly inferred from the text that there tends to be presently more female diplomats, as well as diplomats with more diverse social backgrounds, than in 1966.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

It can be correctly concluded from the text that the recruitment methods adopted in the past have fuelled suspicion against diplomats and created a fallacious idea about their work.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

For the author, the bad reputation diplomacy holds has to do with the frequent international negotiations in which diplomats deal with foreign officials.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

The woman mentioned in the first paragraph didn’t expect the author to reveal his true opinions.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado