Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

In relation to the text above, judge the items from 11 through 20.

All known prion diseases, collectively called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are untreatable and fatal.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In relation to the text above, judge the items from 11 through 20.

Prusiner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1997 due to his studies in the detections of prion infection, its transmission track, and type the different strains.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In relation to the text above, judge the items from 11 through 20.

Some accounts of the pathogenic prion disease seem to bear out a basic tenet that any agent that increases in titer must involve replication of nucleic acid.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In relation to the text above, judge the items from 11 through 20.

Although kuru has been controlled by a change in cultural habits, humans contamination runs down cattle disease pattern causing deterioration of the brain.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In relation to the text above, judge the items from 11 through 20.

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are a family of uncommon progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and are caused by a prion which typically infects cattle and is transmitted through infected meat.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Texto IV, para responder às questões de 10 a 12.

According to the text IV, mark the correct alternative.

• A.

  The three officials mentioned in the text presented their point of view about the MoU in the first person.

• B.

  The Minister for Media and Heritage for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is responsible for the World Heritage Sites.

• C.

  The whole MoU thing is to update the Caribbean Islands’ heritage.

• D.

  One of the officials stated that the local communities must avoid using heritage conservation as a way of making their living.

• E.

  Developing countries will benefit from the MoU as well as the United Kingdom’s experts.

Texto IV, para responder às questões de 10 a 12.

Based on the text IV, mark the correct alternative.

• A.

  The current World Heritage List lacks of updating.

• B.

  More than cooperation between governments, abundant resources are required to protect heritages at risk.

• C.

  The United Kingdom’s conservation knowledge can barely contribute to the recognition of potential World Heritage Sites.

• D.

  The conservation and maintenance of natural heritage will be prioritized by UNESCO.

• E.

  Lord McIntosh shows some pessimism about the Memorandum of Understanding.

Texto IV, para responder às questões de 10 a 12.

The text IV deals with

• A.

  the United Kingdom’s acceptance as a member of UNESCO.

• B.

  UNESCO’s budget difficulties.

• C.

  improvements in the field of heritage conservation.

• D.

  the dissolution of the World Heritage Committee.

• E.

  the nomination of Mr. Timothy Craddock to become the United Kingdom Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

Vernon Gibson believes that

• A.

  there are no new alternatives for energy generating plants.

• B.

  all power stations using coal as fuel should be closed down.

• C.

  petroleum-powered energy stations are the only substitute for dirty coal plants.

• D.

  wind, nuclear and CCS are poor alternatives for immediate and large scale use.

• E.

  a wide range of energy sources, conventional or not, will be necessary in the future.

Mark the only alternative that correctly expresses what the statistics refer to.

• A.

  45% (line 17) – the rise of world energy demand in 2007.

• B.

  17% (line 19) – the increase of energetic demands predicted for 2030.

• C.

  US$8 billion over 10 years (line 41) – the sum of investments in coal-fired power stations until 2015.

• D.

  20 gigawatts (line 44) – the energy that can be generated from wind power in 24 American states.

• E.

  $3 billion (line 61) – the amount of investments in conventional energies until the present time.