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1. What is the correct option to complete the text 
below? 
The current smartphone market 
It’s __________ brand new year and already there 
have been __________ new smartphones released 
onto the market. 
Upgrading from your current device can be 
__________ exciting time, but it can also be 
__________ little confusing with all of __________ 
options available. 
http://www.news.com.au 
a) a/-/the/-/- 
b) the/a/an/the/an 
c) a/-/an/a/the 
d) an/the/-/the/an 
e) the/-/a/a/the 
 
2. Complete the sentences using an article when 
necessary. 
I. Is Mario __________ honest man? 
II. The students wear __________ uniform here. 
III. __________ Smiths live next to the supermarket. 
IV. __________ Brasilia was made the capital in 1960. 
Choose the correct option. 
a) a / an / - / - 
b) a / an / The / The 
c) an / a / The / The 
d) a / an / - / The 
e) an / a / The / - 
 
3. Select the alternative that best completes the 
extract below. 
Workplace Accident Statistics 
Every year, millions of people in _____ United States 
are hurt on the job. Each day workers die from 
injuries at work and more than are injured. 
Accidents also cause the companies to spend more. 
Last year, _____ total cost was more than 
billion. 
a) the – a 
b) a – the 
c) the – an 
d) the – the 
 
4. What is the correct option to complete the text 
below? 
Mosquito Screens to Be Used at Rio Games 
Even as athletes grow increasingly concerned 
about _____ outbreak of _____ Zika virus in Brazil, 
_____ organizing committee for the August Olympics 
in Rio de Janeiro said it would charge national 
delegations to have mosquito screens on athletes’ 
rooms. 
 _____ screens, one measure Brazilians are 
using to help ward off the mosquito that is the primary 
transmitter of Zika, will be installed in communal areas 
“where required,” but affixed to lodging only if national 
delegations decide to pay for it, said Philip Wilkinson, 
_____ spokesman for the Rio 2016 organizing 
committee. 
(http://www.nytimes.com) 
a) an / – / the / – / an 
b) the / the / the / the / a 
c) the / a / the / the / a 
d) an / the / – / the / a 
e) the / the / the / the / an 
 
5. Which sequence best completes the quotation 
below? 
“__________ Ebola outbreak in West Africa is already 
__________ global threat to __________ public health 
and it’s vital that __________ UK remains at 
__________ forefront of responding to __________ 
epidemic.” Michael Fallon, Defense Secretary, 2014. 
(Adapted from http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk) 
a) An/a/the/-/the/an 
b) -/the/-/the/-/an 
c) The/the/the/-/the/the 
d) An/-/-/the/-/- 
e) The/a/-/the/the/the 
 
6. Leia as sentenças abaixo e marque a opção 
correta de acordo com o uso dos artigos definido e 
indefinido: 
I. Can you play a guitar? 
II. I once played the guitar which had only five strings. 
III. She started learning the piano at the age of five. 
IV. I’ve always had a flute, ever since I was a child. 
V. I’m afraid the violin is an instrument I never 
mastered. 
a) Todas estão corretas. 
b) Todas estão incorretas. 
c) Apenas os itens I e II estão errados. 
d) Apenas os itens III, IV, e V estão errados. 
e) Apenas os itens I, III e V estão corretos. 
 
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO: 
“Fan” is 1__________ abbreviated form of 
“ fanat ic” , which has 2__________ roots in 
3__________ Latin word “fanaticus”, which simply 
meant “belonging to the temple, a devotee”. But these 
words quickly 5assumed negative connotations, to the 
point of becoming references to excessive religious 
belief and to any mistaken enthusiasm. 
Based on such connotations, news reports 
frequently characterize fans as psychopaths 
4__________ frustrated fantasies of intimate 
relationships with stars or unsatisfied desires to 
achieve stardom take violent and antisocial forms. 
Whether viewed as a religious fanatic, a psychopathic 
killer, a neurotic fantasist, or a lust-crazed groupie, the 
fan remains a “fanatic” with interests alien to the realm 
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of “normal” cultural experience and a mentality 
dangerously out of touch with reality. 
To understand the logic behind this discursive 
construction of fans, 6we must reconsider what we 
mean by taste. Concepts of “good taste,” appropriate 
conduct, or aesthetic merit are not natural or universal; 
7rather, they are rooted in social experience and reflect 
particular class interests. Taste becomes one of the 
important means by which social distinctions are 
maintained and class identities are forged. Those who 
“naturally” possess appropriate tastes “deserve” a 
privileged position, while the tastes of others are seen 
as underdeveloped. Taste distinctions determine 
desirable and 8undesirable ways of relating to cultural 
objects, strategies of interpretation and styles of 
consumption. 
The stereotypical conception of the fan reflects 
anxieties about the violation of dominant cultural 
hierarchies. 9The fans’ transgression of bourgeois taste 
disrupt dominant cultural hierarchies, insuring that their 
preferences be seen as abnormal and threatening by 
those who have an interest in the maintenance of 
these standards (even by those who may share similar 
tastes but express them in different ways). 
Adapted from: JENKINS, Henry. Textual Poachers: 
Television Fans and Participatory Culture. New York / 
London: Routledge, 1992. p. 12-16. 
7. Select the alternative which correctly fills in the 
gaps in references 1, 2 and 3, in the order they appear. 
a) the – the – a 
b) the – its – a 
c) the – it’s – the 
d) an – it’s – the 
e) an – its – the 
 
8. In which of the sentences we MUSTN'T use the 
article THE to complete the blanks? 
a) ____ Statue of Liberty is visited by thousands of 
tourists every year. 
b) Lots of people enjoy ____ amount of time they 
spend outdoors. 
c) Richard Claydermann will play____ piano for 
hundred people in the theatre tomorrow. 
d) Economically, ____ London is considered one of the 
most important cities in Europe. 
e) Who is ____ next to be interviewed? 
 
9. Which is the correct alternative about the use of 
the article "the" in the phrases below? 
I - You mustn't smoke in class. 
II- Marcos has all the right qualifications for 
__________ job. 
III - Sometimes there are shows in __________ 
Central Park. 
IV - ___________ Mercury is the smallest planet in 
__________ Solar System. 
V - __________ liberty and __________ democracy 
are idealized since __________ French Revolution. 
a) Only in sentences I and II it's necessary to use the 
article THE. 
b) It's correct to use THE in all blank spaces. 
c) In alternatives I, III, IV and V it's correct to complete 
the spaces with THE. 
d) About alternative V, it only needs the article in the 
third space. 
e) We have to use THE in the second space of phrase 
number IV. 
 
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO: 
It's a Miracle 
Tourists traveling to Israel to mark a certain 2,000th 
birthday will be able to celebrate in New Testament 
style. In September, the National Parks Authority is 
planning to open a 1$4.5 million submerged, crescent-
shaped bridge in the Sea of Galilee. On it, as many as 
280 pilgrims at a time will be able to walk on water - or 
at least wade in two inches of 3it. Bubbles rising at the 
edges of the 12-foot-wide transparent platform will be 
4the only markers preventing pilgrims from taking a 
5plunge. Is the structure sacrilegious? The Roman 
Catholic Church says no. "It will not improve faith, hope 
and love," ------says Pietro Sambi, 6the pope's 
ambassador to Jerusalem. "But from the touristic point 
of view, it could be just a nice idea." 
Newsweek, March 99. 
 
10. The indefinite article, as in "a $4.5 million (...) 
bridge" (ref.1), is usedINCORRECTLY in 
a) a $1.6 million house. 
b) a $5.9 million plan. 
c) a $7.2 million jet. 
d) a $10.1 million yacht. 
e) a $11.5 million project. 
 
11. Read this sentence: 
 "_________ good idea is _________ good 
idea, whether it's 
 done in ________ one, ________ three or 33 
countries." 
It is completed by the following sequence: 
a) A / no article / the / the 
b) no article / no article / a / a 
c) The / the / no article / no article 
d) A / a / no article / no article 
e) The / no article / a / no article 
 
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO: 
M E X I C O 
WHERE WAS GUTIÉRREZ? 
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 IF YOU BELIEVE THE LETTER HE SENT the 
Universal newspaper, Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios, 
Mexico's most knowledgeable intelligence expert, was 
"outside Mexico enjoying vacation." If you believe 
rumors that started circulating when he dropped out of 
public sight two weeks ago, he is one of the country's 
highest-ranking politicians ever kidnapped. That 
version goes like this: Gutiérrez was driving in the 
capital after lunch when two cars cut him off and eight 
heavily armed men whisked him away. By Friday 
Gutiérrez was reportedly back safe at home, but he 
had still not been seen in public, and his family 
remained mum. 
 It is common for families in Mexico to avoid 
publicity in kidnapping cases and simply pay whatever 
ransom is demanded. Police are notoriously inept at 
rescue attempts. As in Colombia and Brazil, 
kidnapping has become rampant in Mexico, with 
hundreds of cases a year, an American businessman 
help for eight days was released just last week after 
his family paid an undisclosed ransom. However, the 
abduction of Gutiérrez would be a new twist. It seems 
likely that he would be targeted not for his wealth but 
for what knows. For four decades he worked in 
Mexican intelligence, rising as high as minister of 
governing, the cabinet post in charge of internal 
security, under former president Carlos Salinas. In 
other words, he knew state secrets, the sort of 
information that would be of use to drug lords, 
politicians and guerrillas. Editorials are already 
referring to him as a "political kidnapee." 
NEWSWEEK, DECEMBER 29, 1997 
12. Indique a alternativa em que a tradução de "a" ou 
"an" difere do seu significado habitual de artigo 
indefinido (um, uma) em língua portuguesa. 
a) However, the abduction of Gutiérrez would be a 
new twist. 
b) ...after his family paid an undisclosed ransom. 
c) ...an American businessman help for eight days 
was released just last week... 
d) ...kidnapping has become rampant in Mexico with 
hundreds of cases a year;... 
e) Editorials are already referring to him as a "political 
kidnapee." 
 
13. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas. 
_______ excellent contribution for _______ survival of 
_______ mankind is that man stop destroying _______ 
Nature. 
a) The / the / the / the 
b) An / the / - / - 
c) An / the / the / a 
d) A / - / the / the 
e) The / a / a / the 
 
14. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas. 
For me, _______ sixties represented _______ 
incredible breakpoint in history. 
a) the / - 
b) the / a 
c) - / an 
d) a / the 
e) the / an 
 
15. Fill in the blanks with the definite article: 
______ Brazil is ______ most industrial country in 
______ South America, while ______ United States 
holds ______ same position in North America. 
Choose the correct alternative: 
a) the; the; the; the; the; the 
b) X; the; the; X; the; X 
c) X; the; X; the; the; X 
d) X; the; the; the; the; X 
e) the; X; X; X; the; the 
 
16. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas. 
_______ city guide we bought in _______ London was 
such _______ useful thing that we had no problems 
finding our way there. 
a) The / - / a 
b) The / the / an 
c) The / - / an 
d) - / - / - 
e) - / the / the 
 
17. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas. 
One of _________ most important causes of conflict is 
_______ way people see ________ sides of _______ 
question. 
a) the / the / a / the 
b) the / - / the / a 
c) - / the / the / a 
d) the / the / the / a 
e) - / - / the / a 
 
18. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas. 
I'm sure that ________ men and ________ women will 
always flight for. ________ their rights. 
a) - / - / the 
b) - / - / - 
c) the / - / the 
d) the / the / the 
e) - / the / - 
 
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO: 
Up until now, Gates has largely controlled the unfolding 
of his remarkable story. At 39, he seems to have 
achieved the information age's equivalent of the 
American Dream. Through intelligence, ruthlessness 
and hard work he dominates a technology so central to 
modern life that it touches nearly every office, school 
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and desktop. 1He is very, very rich and so powerful that 
even his enemies are eager to cut deals with him. Now 
he wants more, a piece of all the action - the bills 
people pay, the phone calls they make, the news they 
read, the TV they watch. But he may have reached 
that point in the arc of success where the very qualities 
that raised him high could start to drag him down. 
If Gates is feeling a little cranky these days, he has 
good reason. The U.S. Justice Department derailed his 
$2 billion bid to acquire Intuit and its popular Quicken 
electronic check book program, a deal that ___(I)____ 
realize Microsoft's ambition to make money from 
almost every commercial transaction in cyberspace. 
Another team of U.S. government lawyers is snooping 
around asking questions about Microsoft Network, the 
new on-line service he plans to launch in August. And 
an antitrust suit that has been hanging over his head 
for nearly five years - and which he thought lie had 
settled last year - is in legal limbo, held hostage by an 
ornery federal judge. 
Despite the company's reputation as a juggernaut, 
Microsoft is running into some unexpected snags in the 
marketplace as well. Gates wants desperately to seize 
control of the so-called local area networks, where 
more and more corporate business is done. But 
___(II)___ company is having trouble developing 
___(III)___ product that can compete with Lotus Notes, 
which dominates the market for "groupware" (the 
software that helps people brainstorm over these 
networks) ___(IV)___ Novell's NetWare still controls 
two-thirds of the market for the software that runs the 
office systems, despite Microsoft's best efforts with 
Windows NT. And Microsoft's SQL Server is still 
struggling to win customers from Oracle, which owns 
almost half the market for ___(V)___ critical database 
software that stores the corporate word's most 
important information. 
19. As lacunas II, III, IV e V devem ser preenchidas, 
quando necessário, pelos artigos: 
a) the; a; the; the 
b) the; a; a; a 
c) a; the; the; a 
d) the; the 
e) the; a; the 
 
20. Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à 
sequência que completa as lacunas a seguir: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i n d i a n t h e e c o l o g i s t s a w , 
s t a r t e d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ h o r r i b l e f i r e b e c a u s e 
of___________ ordinary yellow bird ___________flew 
over his head. 
a) a; the; a; who 
b) an; the; a; whose 
c) the; a; an; which 
d) the; an; a; whom 
e) a; an; a; which 
 
21. Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à 
sequência na qual se inclui um uso inadequado do 
artigo em inglês: 
a) a watch; a pity; an orange 
b) an umbrella; a real effort; a year 
c) a small plane; an idea; a whale 
d) a one-man show; an university; a private 
investigator 
e) an egg; an uncle; a book. 
 
22. Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa que 
preenche corretamente a lacunas da fraseapresentada. 
Fred: I've been thinking of buying............. . 
Sam: Really? Which make are you considering? 
Fred: That doesn't matter as long as ........... is 
economical. 
a) a car - some car 
b) a car - the car 
c) some car - car 
d) the car - a car 
e) car - a car 
 
23. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente 
as lacunas da frase a seguir: 
It was......honor for us to see......Queen of......England. 
a) a - the - the 
b) ........- a -........ 
c) an - a - the 
d) the -........- an 
e) an - the -........ 
 
24. Which alternative is correct? 
a) I visited the United Kingdom and the Brazil two 
years ago. 
b) The Bahamas is a group of islands in the West 
Indies. 
c) Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world. 
d) The coast of the country is bathed by Atlantic 
Ocean. 
e) My brother likes seaside, but I prefer mountains. 
 
25. Which sentence are grammatically correct? 
I. He goes running in all weathers. 
II. I have difficulties in remembering faces. 
III. Do you think we have much chance of catching the 
train? 
IV. He speaks an excellent English. 
V. We’ve bought three groceries. 
a) Only I and IV. 
b) Only I and III. 
c) Only II and IV. 
d) Only III and V. 
e) Only II and V. 
 
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO: 
Leia atentamente o texto abaixo para responder à(s) 
questão(ões) a seguir. 
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História da pintura, história do mundo 
O homem nunca se contentou em apenas 
ocupar os espaços do mundo; sentiu logo a 
necessidade de representá-los, reproduzi-los em 
imagens, formas, cores, desenhá-los e pintá-los na 
parede de uma caverna, nos muros, numa peça de 
pano, de papel, numa tela de monitor. Acompanhar a 
história da pintura é acompanhar um pouco a história 
da humanidade. É, ainda, descortinar o espaço íntimo, 
o espaço da imaginação, onde podemos criar as 
formas que mais nos interessam, nem sempre 
disponíveis no mundo natural. Um guia notável para 
aprender a ler o mundo por meio das formas com que 
os artistas o conceberam é o livro História da Pintura, 
de uma arguta irmã religiosa, da ordem de Notre 
Dame, chamada Wendy Beckett. Ensina-nos a ver em 
profundidade tudo o que os pintores criaram, e a 
reconhecer personagens, objetos, fatos e ideias do 
período que testemunharam. 
A autora começa pela Pré-História, pela 
caverna subterrânea de Altamira, em cujas paredes, 
entre 15000 e 12000 a.C., toscos pincéis de caniços 
ou cerdas e pó de ocre e carvão deixaram imagens de 
bisões e outros animais. E dá um salto para o antigo 
Egito, para artistas que já obedeciam à chamada 
“regra de proporção”, pela qual se garantia que as 
figuras retratadas − como caçadores de aves e 
mulheres lamentosas no funeral de um faraó − se 
enquadrassem numa perfeita escala de medidas. Já 
na Grécia, a pintura de vasos costuma ter uma função 
narrativa: em alguns notam-se cenas da Ilíada e da 
Odisseia. A maior preocupação dos artistas 
helenísticos era a fidelidade com que procuravam 
representar o mundo real, sobretudo em seus lances 
mais dramáticos, como os das batalhas. 
A arte cristã primitiva e medieval teve altos 
momentos, desde os consagrados à figuração 
religiosa nas paredes dos templos, como as imagens 
da Virgem e do Menino, até as ilustrações de 
exemplares do Evangelho, as chamadas “iluminuras” 
artesanais. Na altura do século XII, o estilo gótico se 
impôs, tanto na arquitetura como na pintura. Nesta, o 
fascínio dos artistas estava em criar efeitos de 
perspectiva e a ilusão de espaços que parecem reais. 
Mas é na Renascença, sobretudo na italiana, que a 
pintura atinge certa emancipação artística, graças a 
obras de gênios como Leonardo, Michelangelo, 
Rafael. É o império da “perspectiva”, considerada por 
muitos artistas como mais importante do que a própria 
luz. Para além das representações de caráter 
religioso, as paisagens rurais e retratos de pessoas, 
sobretudo das diferentes aristocracias, apresentam-se 
num auge de realismo. 
Em passos assim instrutivos, o livro da irmã 
Wendy vai nos conduzindo por um roteiro histórico da 
arte da pintura e dos sucessivos feitos humanos. 
Desde um jogo de boliche numa estalagem até figuras 
femininas em atividades domésticas, de um ateliê de 
ourives até um campo de batalha, 1tudo vai se 
oferecendo a novas técnicas, como a da “câmara 
escura”, explorada pelo holandês Vermeer, pela qual 
se obtinha melhor controle da luminosidade adequada 
e do ângulo de visão. Entram em cena as novas 
criações da tecnologia humana: os navios a vapor, os 
trens, as máquinas e as indústrias podem estar no 
centro das telas, falando do progresso. Nem faltam, 
obviamente, os motivos violentos da história: a 
Revolução Francesa, a sanguinária invasão 
napoleônica da Espanha (num quadro inesquecível de 
Goya), escaramuças entre árabes. Em contraste, 
paisagens bucólicas e jardins harmoniosos desfilam 
ainda pelo desejo de realismo e fidedignidade na 
representação da natureza. 
2Mas sobrevém uma crise do 3realismo, da 
4submissão da pintura às formas dadas do mundo 
natural. Artistas como Manet, Degas, Monet e Renoir 
aplicam-se a um novo modo de ver, pelo qual a 
imagem externa se submete à visão íntima do artista, 
que a tudo projeta agora de modo sugestivo, numa luz 
mais ou menos difusa, apanhando uma realidade 
moldada mais pela impressão da imaginação criativa 
do que pe las formas n í t idas natura is . No 
Impressionismo, 5uma catedral pode ser pouco mais 
que 6uma grande massa luminosa, 7cujas formas 
arquitetônicas mais se 8adivinham do que se traçam. 
Associada à Belle Époque, a arte do final do século 
XIX e início do XX guardará ainda certa inocência da 
vida provinciana, no campo, ou na vida mundana dos 
cafés, na cidade. 
Desfazendo-se quase que inteiramente dos 
traços dos impressionistas, artistas como Van Gogh e 
Cézanne, explorando novas liberdades, fazem a arte 
ganhar novas técnicas e aproximar-se da abstração. A 
dimensão psicológica do artista transparece em seus 
quadros: o quarto modestíssimo de Van Gogh sugere 
um cotidiano angustiado, seus campos de trigo 
parecem um dourado a saltar da tela. A Primeira 
Grande Guerra eliminará compreensões mais 
inocentes do mundo, e o século XX em marcha 
acentuará as cores dramáticas, convulsionadas, as 
formas quase irreconhecíveis de uma realidade 
fraturada. O cubismo, o expressionismo e o 
abstracionismo (Picasso, Kandinsky e outros) 
interferem radicalmente na visão “natural” do mundo. 
9Por outro lado, 10menos libertário, 11doutrinas 
totalitaristas, como a stalinista e a nazifascista, 
pretenderão que os artistas se submetam às suas 
ideologias. Já Mondrian fará escola com a geometria 
das formas, Salvador Dalí expandirá o surrealismo dos 
sonhos, e muitas tendências contemporâneas passam 
a sofrer certa orientação do mercado da arte, agora 
especulada como mercadoria. 
Em suma, a história da pintura nos 12ensina a 
entender o que podemos ver do mundo e de nós 
mesmos. As peças de um museu parecem estar ali 
13paralisadas, 14mas basta um pouco da nossa 
atenção a cada uma delas para que a vida ali contida 
se manifeste. Com a arte da pintura aprenderam as 
artes e técnicas visuais do nosso tempo: a fotografia, o 
cinema, a televisão devem muito ao que o homem 
aprendeu pela força do olhar. Novos recursos ampliam 
ou restringem nosso campo de visão: atualmente 
muitos andam de cabeça baixa, apontando os olhos 
para a pequena tela de um celular. Ironicamente, 
alguém pode baixar nessa telinha “A criação do 
homem”, que Michelangelo produziu para eternizar a 
beleza do forro da Capela Sistina. 
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(BATISTA, Domenico, inédito) 
26. The best translation for O homem nunca se 
contentou em apenas ocupar os espaços do mundo, 
as it appears in the main text, is 
a) Man never contented himself in just occupying a 
space of the world. 
b) The men never were contentespaços do mundo, não se 
deve usar o artigo definido the (o, a, os, as). 
Resposta da questão 27: 
 [E] 
	V. I’m afraid the violin is an instrument I never mastered.espaços do mundo, não se 
deve usar o artigo definido the (o, a, os, as). 
Resposta da questão 27: 
 [E] 
	V. I’m afraid the violin is an instrument I never mastered.