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3812498 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Read the sentences below and the functions of the word "as" in bold:

I.You can't be seen as a hero all the time. = to refer to the role or purpose of a person or thing.
II.As she finished her lunch break, the new clients arrived. = to talk about something that happens when something else takes place.
III.You shouldn't move in here, as this neighborhood is very far from the city center. = give a reason for a particular situation.
IV.You had the same idea as I did for this project. = to indicate simultaneous changes.
V.He is as nice as his younger brother. = to introduce an explanation.

Which alternatives are correct?
 

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3812497 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
The University of Cambridge provides the following definition for a certain syntactic construction: "Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of consecutive syntactic units". What is the name of this syntactic construction?
 

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3812496 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Choose the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks of the text:

"For the first time, according ___ a preliminary study by scientists ____ the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the arrival of an intense gust of solar wind ___ low Earth orbit (LEO) triggered the migration ___ half ___ all active satellites" (Doménech, 2024).

DOMÉNECH, F. Latest solar superstorm blinded the systems that prevent satellites from crashing in space. El País, 2024. Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-07-27/latest-solar-supersto rm-blinded-the-systems-that-prevent-satellites-from-crashing-in-space.h tml. Acesso em 25 de julho de 2024
 

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3812495 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Read the following quotes from "The Song of Achilles", by Madeline Miller (2011):

"He is known now only because of how his story touches yours. If you go to Troy, your fame will be so great that a man will be written into eternal legend just for having passed a cup to you".
"Nine months later, her womb yielded two sets of twins: Clytemnestra and Castor, children of her mortal husband; Helen and Polydeuces, the shining cygnets of the god. But gods were known to be notoriously poor parents; it was expected that Tyndareus would offer patrimony to all".
"I sat again on the grass, and he resumed his stretches. I watched the breeze stir his hair; I watched the sun fall on his golden skin. I leaned back and let it fall on me as well".
In every quote, a false cognate can be found. Which ones are they?
 

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3812494 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Which of the sentences below express the correct use of the words "can" and/or "can't"?
 

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3812493 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Which of the alternatives expresses the verbs in past simple form correctly?
 

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3812492 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
Read the words and look at the stress patterns for each group:

I. reservation - language - wardrobe = o0o
II. tendency - sugary - wonderful = 0oo
III. translate - anticipate - challenge = 0oo

Check the correct alternative:
 

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3812491 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying were known to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
Read the sentence again: "This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found" (5º§). The word which, in bold, refers to:
 

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3812490 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying were known to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
The text mentions the initial investigation into the disappearance of 14 U.S. Navy men in the Bermuda Triangle region in 1945 and its subsequent conclusion. According to what was released by the U.S. Navy, the disappearance was due to:
 

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3812489 Ano: 2024
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: FURB
Orgão: SED-SC
Provas:
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying were known to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
According to the text, there is still a connection between the functioning of the aircraft and the disappearance of the pilots in the incident involving the trainees and Lieutenant Taylor. Choose the alternative that correctly explains why:
 

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