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TEXT I
YES, TWITTER IS PUTTING TWEETS IN YOUR TIMELINE FROM PEOPLE YOU DON’T FOLLOW
[...]
It is no secret that Twitter has been experimenting with adding tweets into people’s timelines from
accounts that they don’t follow. Now the social network has confirmed that it’s no longer an experiment:
it’s a standard feature.
In a blog post, Trevor O’Brien from Twitter’s product team explained the rationale for moving
beyond the company’s historic focus on timelines populated by followed accounts and – more recently –
promoted tweets from advertisers.
“Choosing who to follow is a great first step – in many cases, the best Tweets come from people
you already know, or know of. But there are times when you might miss out on tweets we think you’d
enjoy”, wrote O’Brien.
“To help you keep up with what’s happening, we’ve been testing ways to include these tweets in
your timeline – ones we think you’ll find interesting or entertaining.”
In August, some Twitter users noticed that tweets were appearing in their timelines from accounts
that they didn’t follow, simply because they’d been favourited by someone they did follow.
It was a controversial experiment, because there’s already a feature for doing this manually –
retweeting – with many people using the “favourite” option to mark tweets for later reference, or simply
to approve something a friend had tweeted, without intending that to push it out to a wider audience.
[...]
01. De acordo com o excerto extraído do jornal The Guardian, o Twitter está adicionando na linha do
tempo de seus usuários tweets de pessoas que eles nem conhecem. Segundo Trevor O’Brien, o intuito
desse procedimento é que o usuário: (01 score)
Eu não acho a ideia interessante√, porque já existe uma ferramenta para fazer isso
manualmente√, Eu acho que essa escolha deveria ser pessoal √._(Resposta Pessoal)_____
TEXT II
WEB CONSUMPTION
The population explosion that is occurring in many areas of the developing world is putting
pressures on local environments. It has created the need for more natural resources, including land,
water, food, and other basic necessities of life.
The statistics on development and economic growth are also especially revealing about the
environment. Historically, economic development has been one of the principal factors in environmental
change. In the modern world as well, development and industrialization are having major environmental
effects.
[…] One of the most important things these statistics show is that the environment is a global
issue, and that problems in one region of the world affect every country. Furthermore, as the regions of
the world begin to interact more, their futures will become even more interdependent.
05. (CEFET-SP) A alternativa que completa o segundo parágrafo do texto, correta e adequadamente, é:
(01 score)
( A ) All these statistics say great deal on the environment over the world.
( B ) Every statistics says much deal in the environment of the world.
( C ) Each of these statistics say a good deal at the environment of the world.
( D ) Every statistics say many a good deal of the environment about the world.
( E ) All of these statistics say a great deal about the environment around the world.
06. According to what is described in TEXT II, match the ideas in COLUMN A with the concepts described
in COLUMN B. Put a dash ( ─ ) when there is no correspondence. (06 scores)
IDEAS: DEFINITIONS:
TEXT III
I HAVE A DREAM
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for
freedom in the history of our nation.
In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not
seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever
conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to
degenerate into physical violence. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community
must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom
is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We
hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that my four little
children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the
content of their character.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. When we allow freedom to ring,
when we let it ring from every state and every city, we will speed up that day when all of God’s children,
black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will join hands and sing the old
Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
(Disponível em:<http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dreampeech.pdf>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2016.)
07. (UFRGS-RS) O texto apresenta trechos de um famoso discurso do pastor Martin Luther King Jr.,
proferido em Washington, D.C. , em 1963, por ocasião de uma das maiores manifestações pelos
direitos civis já registradas no mundo. Valendo-se de referências políticas e religiosas, pode-se dizer
que o texto: (01 score)
( A ) incita à desobediência civil não violenta e pede, por tratar-se de uma manifestação da
militância negra, o afastamento dos irmãos brancos.
( B ) celebra a conquista da liberdade negra, mas afirma que ainda há sentimentos de amargura e
de ódio a serem aplacados.
( C ) conclama negros e brancos, judeus e gentios, protestantes e católicos a sonhar por uma nação
livre.
( D ) revela a revolta do pastor contra o racismo, a margura e o ódio que imperam em uma nação
que não põe em prática a máxima de que “todos os homens são iguais.”
( E ) exorta os negros a não se entregarem à violência nos protestos e a não desconfiarem
de todos os brancos, pois muitos estão irmanados na luta pelos direitos civis.
08. Reflecting on the reading of this text and the text about Nelson Mandela we’ve studied in the
classroom, what can you tell about them? What do they have in common? What were they fighting
for? (03 scores)
They were both black √. White people discriminated them. √ They were fighting for human
rights.√_(Answers may vary) _______________________________________ __
09. How much do you think things changed for the black people since Luther King stated this? (03 scores)
I think things changed a lot for black people since 1963,√ racism and discrimination still
exist in our society. √ Even with the election of Obama for president of the USA, which was
something significant, there is a long way to go for getting racial equality.√_ (Answers
may vary)________________________________________ _______________
TEXT IV
11. Por que tal fenômeno ocorre em nossa sociedade? Responda em Português. (03 scores)
TEXT V
Dear Sir,
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber
last month. By my calculations, three ‘nanoseconds’ must have elapsed between his presenting the
cheque and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer, of course, to the automatic
monthly deposit of my Pension, an arrangement, which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years.
You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my
account to the tune of £30 by way of a penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My
thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial
ways.
I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact
you, I am confronted by that impersonal, overcharging, prerecorded, faceless entity, which your bank has
become.
From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan
payment will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank by cheque,
addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware
that it is an offence under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find
attached an Application Contact Status, which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it
runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me,
there is no alternative. Please note that a Solicitor must countersign all copies of his or her medical
history, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must
be accompanied by documented proof.
(Disponível em: <http://www.forums.film.com. Acesso em: 12 jun. 2016.)
( A ) Trata-se de uma carta de agradecimento escrita por uma senhora que, por contar com o
sistema automático de depósito mensal de sua aposentadoria, teve um cheque de 30 libras
pago ao seu encanador.
( B ) Trata-se de uma carta escrita para uma senhora que, por não contar com o sistema
automático de depósito de sua aposentadoria, vem tendo seus cheques devolvidos há oito
anos e, mensalmente, vem pagando multas de 30 libras.
( C ) Trata-se de uma reclamação feita por uma senhora que, apesar de contar com o sistema
automático de depósito mensal de sua aposentadoria, teve um cheque devolvido ao
encanador, ao qual pagou uma multa de 30 libras.
( D ) Trata-se de uma carta escrita por uma senhora que, apesar de contar com o sistema
automático de depósito de sua aposentadoria há oito anos, teve um cheque
devolvido e pagou 30 libras como multa.
( E ) Trata-se de uma carta escrita por uma senhora a um encanador, exigindo que ele pagasse
uma multa de 30 libras pela devolução de um cheque, e que ele se cadastrasse no sistema
automático de depósito de aposentadoria.
13. De acordo com as informações contidas no texto V, assinale a alternativa correta para cada uma das
seguintes questões. Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo significado de: Solicitor must
countersign all copies of his/her medical history and financial situation. (01 score)
( A ) All copies of his/her medical history and financial situation must be countersigned
by a Solicitor.
( B ) All copies of his/her medical history and financial situation must countersign a Solicitor.
( C ) All copies must be countersigned by a Solicitor of his/her medical history and financial
situation.
( D ) A Solicitor of his/her medical history and financial situation must countersign all copies.
( E ) All copies of his/her medical history and financial situation must be countersigning by a
Solicitor.
14. Indique a alternativa que completa a sentença: The lady was sorry the Application ___________ to
eight pages, but she____________ it to get the information she _____________. (01 score)
15. Indique a alternativa que preenche corretamente a sentença: If the pension deposit __________
earlier, the lady ___________ in trouble. (01 score)
TEXT VI
16. Answer TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) according to text VI. (05 scores)
17. Look at text VI again and relate the dialogue as you complete the following sentences. Use the
Indirect Speech. (10 scores)
b) Calvin said√ somebody had filled his sandbox with quicksand.√ __________ _ _________
e) Calvin said√ her gender would be a lot more tolerable if she hadn’t been so darn cynical. √_
18. Lembrando o que foi estudado em sala de aula, o que você poderia comentar sobre o autor ou o
personagem Calvin? (03 scores)
O criador das tirinhas encerrou as historinhas de Calvin & Dobbes in 1995 √. Dobbes é um
tigre de pelúcia. √ As histórias versam aspectos típicos da faixa etária dos
personagens.√_(Resposta Pessoal)__________________________________ _________
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