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Livro de 
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Língua Inglesa
Alexandre Batista
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B333 Batista, Alexandre.
 Língua inglesa : livro de atividades : livro do professor / Alexandre 
Batista. – Curitiba : Positivo, 2017.
 v. 1 : il.
 ISBN 978-85-467-1497-1
 1. Ensino médio. 2. Língua inglesa – Estudo e ensino. I. Lima, 
Fernanda M. O. II. Título.
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Verb be (simple present)
The verb be is used in the simple present to talk about facts and 
states. Its forms include am, are, and is.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I am I am not Am I...?
you are you are not Are you...?
he is he is not Is he...?
she is she is not Is she...?
it is it is not Is it...?
we are we are not Are we…? 
you are you are not Are you…?
they are they are not Are they…?
It is common to contract be forms with the subject pronouns and 
the word not. Look at the following table.
CONTRACTIONS
Affirmative Negative
I’m I’m not / –
you’re you’re not / you aren’t
he’s he’s not / he isn’t
she’s she’s not / she isn’t
it’s it’s not / it isn’t
we’re we’re not / we aren’t
you’re you’re not / you aren’t
they’re they’re not / they aren’t
Mary’s not/isn’t a photographer.
I’m not tired.
Short answers are formed with yes or no, the subject, and the 
correspondent form of be. Do not use contractions when the answer 
is affirmative. 
Is it a T-shirt? No, it isn’t.
Are my pencils on your desk? Yes, they are. (Yes, they’re.)
Subject pronouns
Subject pronouns are used to replace the subject (people or 
things) in a sentence. Subject pronouns are also used to avoid 
repetition of an already mentioned subject. The subject pronouns are: 
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they. 
My brother is named Flávio. He is 33 years old.
Look at this house. It is so big.
Maria and I are friends. We go to school together.
The pronoun you can be used for both singular and plural.
Jack, you are so nice!
Kids, you have homework to do.
Subject pronouns are almost never omitted. In cases when, in 
Portuguese, we would have an omission, in English, the subject 
pronouns it, they or we are used. See the following examples.
It is raining a lot.
They are showing the news on TV now. 
We respect the elderly in my country. 
Question words
Question words are used to ask for specific information. Some of 
them are what, when, how, who, where, and why.
What are you into? I’m into reading. 
When is the literature test? The test is next Tuesday.
How do you spell bureaucracy? I guess it’s spelled 
b-u-r-e-a-u-c-r-a-c-y.
Who is the author of the book you’re reading? It’s Charles 
Dickens. 
Where is the closest library in this neighborhood? It’s two 
blocks down the street.
Why are you so tired? Because it’s Friday and I’ve had too 
many tests this week. 
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Activities
 (UFAC) A tirinha abaixo serve de base para as questões 1 e 2. 
1. On the first square, the expression “getting on my nerves”, means:
a) Making me very happy.
b) Falling in Love.
X c) Making me very angry.
d) Making me very sad.
e) Insisting very much.
2. “Wanna” in the second square is used in informal language, during conversation. It is the short form of:
a) Want for.
b) Want up.
c) Want of.
X d) Want to.
e) Want off.
3. Choose the correct question for the answer that follows. 
 “Yes, they are. They are my friends.”
a) Are they his friends?
b) Who are they?
c) Are they friends?
d) Are they our friends?
X e) Are they your friends?
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4. (UFVJM – MG)
Working overtime increases heart risks, a study finds
People who regularly put in overtime and work 10 or 
11-hour days increase their heart disease risk by nearly 
two-thirds, research suggests.
The findings come from a study of 6,000 British civil 
servants, published online in the European Heart Journal. 
After accounting for known heart risk factors such as 
smoking, doctors found those who worked three to four 
hours of overtime a day ran a 60% higher risk. Experts 
said the findings highlighted the importance of work-
life balance. Overall, there were 369 cases where people 
suffered heart disease that caused death, had a heart 
attack or developed angina. And the number of hours 
spent working overtime appeared to be strongly linked in many cases. The researchers said there 
could be a number of explanations for this. People who spend more time at work have less time to 
exercise, relax and unwind.
They may also be more stressed, anxious, or have depression. A career-minded person will also 
tend to be a “Type A” personality who is highly driven, aggressive or irritable, they say. “Employees 
who work overtime may also be likely to work while ill – that is, be reluctant to be absent from 
work despite illness,” they add.
Lead researcher Mianna Virtanen, an epidemiologist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational 
Health in Helsinki and University College London, said: “More research is needed before we can 
be confident that overtime work would cause coronary heart disease.” Cathy Ross, senior cardiac 
nurse at the British Heart Foundation, which part-funded the research, said: “This study raises 
further questions about how our working lives can influence our risk of heart disease. “Although 
the researchers showed a link between working more than three hours overtime every day and 
heart problems, the reasons for the increased risk weren’t clear. “Until researchers understand how 
our working lives can affect the risk to our heart health, there are simple ways to look after your 
heart health at work, like taking a brisk walk at lunch, taking the stairs instead of the lift, or by 
swapping that biscuit for a piece of fruit.” Dr John Challenor, from the Society of Occupational 
Medicine, said: “In many ways it confirms what we as occupational health doctors already know 
– that work/life balance plays a vital role in well-being. “Employers and patients need to be aware 
of all of the risk factors for coronary heart disease and should consider overtime as one factor that 
may lead to a number of medical conditions.”
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8674372.stm
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Glossary
be aware: estar ciente. 
civil servants: funcionários públicos. 
confident: convencidos.
driven: compulsivo. 
highlighted: destacaram.
ill: doente. 
lift: elevador. 
stairs: escada. 
swapping: trocando. 
unwind: descansar.
well being: bem-estar.
 The word “they” in line 19 refers to
a) illness.
b) people.
c) employees.
X d) researchers.
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English: a world 
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Object pronouns
Object pronouns are used to replace the object of a verb or of a 
preposition. Each object pronoun corresponds to a subject pronoun. 
SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS
Singular
I me
you you
he him
she her
it it
Plural
we us
you you
they them
See these examples:
Look at this word and write it down.
Pedro, I need to talk to you.
Fran and I need help. Can you help us?
Note that the pronouns it and you do not change. That is, they 
take the same form as subject or object pronouns.
Possessive adjectives
Possessive adjectives are used to indicate possession. They are 
called adjectives because they are used before nouns.
Subject 
pronouns
Possessive 
adjectives
I my
you your
he his
she her
it its
we our
you your
they their
Take a look at these examples:
 possessive adjective
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Look at her sweater. Isn’t it cute?
 ↓
 noun
 possessive adjectives
 ↑ ↑
This is my mother. Her hair is brown.
 ↓ ↓
 noun noun
 possessive adjective↑
They live in a house. Their neighbors are very friendly.
 ↓
 noun
True and false cognates 
True cognates are words from different languages that look similar 
and have the same meaning. False cognates are words from different 
languages that look similar, but have different meanings. 
True cognates False cognates
similar, popular, contract, 
university, suspect, surprise, 
Portuguese, hospital, 
recapitulate
library, actually, pretend, 
idiom, fabric, push, legend, 
college, data, parents, 
agenda
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Activities
The incorrect part of the sentence is “we no like”. It should be “we don’t like”.
2. Choose the best option to complete the sentence: “The woman wants to take ____ computer home”.
a) theirs
b) its
c) hers
X d) her
e) yours
3. Match the questions with the answers.
a) Is reading important?
b) Are Ron and Cassie married?
c) Am I early?
d) Are we in trouble?
e) Is English the official language of Brazil?
f) Are you a teacher?
g) Are you Carmen?
h) Is Sandra tired?
( g ) No, I’m not. I’m Anne.
( c ) Yes, you are.
( e ) No, it isn’t.
( h ) No, she isn’t.
( a ) Yes, it is.
( f ) Yes, I am.
( d ) Yes, you are. No computer for a week.
( b ) No, they aren’t.
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1. The text in the cartoon below is not written following standard English. Write down the incorrect part of the sentence 
and rewrite it, according to standard grammar.
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 O cartum a seguir serve de base para as questões 4 e 5.
4. Which of the alternatives shows the question from the cartoon written in standard English?
a) Need you more work?
b) Work you more?
c) Does you need more work?
d) Do you needed more work?
X e) Do you need more work?
5. Look at the cartoon again. Write down a negative and an affirmative answer, in standard English, to the question.
a) Affirmative: Yes, I do. / Yes, I need more work. 
b) Negative: No, I don’t. / No, I don’t need more work. 
 (UNESP – SP) O texto a seguir serve de base para as questões 6 e 7.
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
In your mind you have capacities you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we’re about to sing
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary most extraordinary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
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You’ve been observing our earth
And we’d like to make a contact with you
We are your friends
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary ultra-emissaries
We’ve been observing your earth
And one night we’ll make a contact with you
We are your friends
Calling occupants of interplanetary quite extraordinary craft
And please come in peace we beseech you
Only a landing will teach them
Our earth may never survive
So do come, we beg you
Please interstellar policemen
Give us a sign give us a sign that we’ve reached you
With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes, you concentrate, 
Together that’s the way
To send the message 
We declare world contact day
Calling occupants 
Calling occupants 
Calling occupants of interplanetary, anti-adversary craft
We are your friends
(http://www.lyricsfreak.com)
6. O verso que melhor se alinha, em termos de sentido, com We are your friends é:
a) Please close your eyes and concentrate.
X b) And please come in peace, we beseech you.
c) We’ve been observing your earth.
d) Upon the recitation we’re about to sing.
e) We declare world contact day.
7. As palavras unknown, beseech, survive e interstellar podem ser entendidas, respectivamente, como 
a) desconhecido, benzer, sobrenatural e interestelar.
b) estranho, benzer, suplicar e interplanetário.
c) conhecido, suplicar, sobreviver e interplanetário.
d) estranho, benzer, sobrenatural e interplanetário.
X e) desconhecido, suplicar, sobreviver e interestelar.
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8. (URCA – CE)
Not Just Any Old Charlatan
Silvio Berlusconi embodies Italy’s greatest weaknesses and its worst instincts.
They are going to miss him when he’s gone. Though few Italians may admit it openly, Silvio 
Berlusconi is quintessentially one of them. For better or worse, his departure will leave a scar on the 
national psyche. It’s not so much his massive wealth or media influence that has kept him in power 
for the better part of 17 years. His edge lies in tempting the population to believe that they could live 
his dolce vita – an equivalent of the American Dream of prosperity with the addition of scantily clad 
women. 
The fact that it has taken a catastrophic near collapse of Italy’s (and Europe’s) economy for Italians 
to finally let him go is a testament to the country’s love of its rogue in office. Berlusconi is not any old 
charlatan. He is the great enabler who, for nearly two decades, has allowed Italians to feel they can 
cheat on anything from their taxes to their spouses because he does it himself. Berlusconi knows the 
Italian psyche well in part because he’s created it through his media influence. And he has succeeded 
both personally and politically by playing to Italian’s greatest weaknesses and worst instincts. “His 
passion is boundless and seems to have several strands: the idealization of youth, the commercial 
value of beauty, the appreciation of women, and male pride,” says Beppe Severgnini, journalist and 
author of Mamma Mia. “it fuels daydreams and provides justification for inexcusable yearnings.”
[…]
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/13/berlusconi-embodies-italy-s-greatest-weaknesses-worst-instincts.html
 In “Though few Italians may admit it openly […]”, the pronoun it refers to the fact that: 
X a) The Italians will miss Berlusconi.
b) Berlusconi is an old charlatan.
c) Berlusconi will leave scars on the national psyche.
d) The Ex-prime Minister is a wealthy and important man.
e) Silvio Berlusconi made the Italians believe in prosperity.
 (UEA – AM) Leia o texto para responder às questões 9 e 10.
Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually went to France or 
Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays, and he spoke French and German quite well.
But one year Mr. Day said to one of his friends, “I’m going to have a holiday in Athens. But I don’t 
speak Greek, so I’ll go to evening classes and have Greek lessons for a month before I go.”
He studied very hard for a month, and then __________ holidays began and he went to Greece.
When he came back a few weeks later, his friend said to him, “Did you have any trouble with your 
Greek when you were in Athens, Dick?” 
“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,” answered Mr. Day. “But the Greeks did!”
(L. A. Hill. Elementary Stories for Reproduction, 1977.)
9. A palavra que completa corretamente a lacuna numerada no texto é
a) its.
X b) his.
c) their.
d) your.
e) her.
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10. A primeira frase do texto poderia ser expressa no presente, sem alterar o sentido do texto, como
X a) Mr. Day is a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England.
b) Mr. Day were a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England.
c) Mr. Day has a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England.
d) Mr. Day had a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England.
e) Mr. Day is going to be a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England.
11. (UNIMONTES – MG)
What is fashion?
Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say 
they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a 
lot about them and how they feel that day.
One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly 
being bombarded with new fashion ideasfrom music, videos, 
books, and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people 
wear. Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses after the movie Men In Black. 
Sometimes a trend is world-wide. Back in the 1950s, teenagers 
everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley.
Clothes separate people into groups.
Clothes reveal what groups people are in. In high school, groups 
have names: “goths, skaters, preps, herbs.” Styles show who you are, 
but they also create stereotypes and distance between groups. For 
instance, a businessman might look at a boy with green hair and 
multiple piercings as a freak and outsider. But to another person, 
the boy is a strict conformist. He dresses a certain way to deliver 
the message of rebellion and separation, but within that group, the 
look is uniform. Acceptance or rejection of a style is a reaction to the 
society we live in.
Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who 
wears it. “Clothes create a wordless means of communication that 
we all understand,” according to Katherine Hamnett, a top British 
fashion designer. Hamnett became popular when her t-shirts with large 
messages like “Choose Life” were worn by several rock bands.
Fashion is big business. More people are involved in the buying, 
selling and production of clothing than any other business in the 
world. Everyday, millions of workers design, sew, glue, dye, and 
transport clothing to stores. Ads on buses, billboards and magazines 
give us ideas about what to wear, consciously, or subconsciously.
Clothing can be used as a political weapon. In nineteenth century 
England, laws prohibited people from wearing clothes produced in 
France. During twentieth century communist revolutions, uniforms were used to abolish class 
and race distinctions.
*freak = excêntrico
*billboards = outdoors (no Brasil)
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/1999/10/what-is-fashion.html. 2/10/2009)
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 “Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and 
how they feel that day.” (linhas 1-3).
 A que fazem referência as palavras sublinhadas nesse trecho, de acordo com as alternativas apresentadas a seguir?
a) “people” e “clothes”, respectivamente.
b) A “clothes” e “people”, respectivamente.
c) Ambas referem-se a “clothes”.
X d) Ambas referem-se a “people”.
12. (UDESC) 
Touched By An Angel
By Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness 
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight 
to liberate us into life. 
Love arrives 
and in its train come ecstasies 
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain. 
Yet if we are bold, 
love strikes away the chains of fear 
from our souls. 
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light 
we dare be brave 
And suddenly we see 
that love costs all we are 
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love 
which sets us free.
 The words “We” (line 1), “our” (line 5), “us” (line 6), are consecutively:
a) personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, object pronoun
b) object pronoun, possessive adjective, personal pronoun
c) object pronoun, personal pronoun, possessive adjective
d) personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, possessive adjective
X e) personal pronoun, possessive adjective, object pronoun
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 (UFSM – RS) O texto a seguir serve como base para as questões de 13 a 16.
Smart Jocks: Sport Helps Kids Classroom Performance
When kids exercise, they boost brainpower as well as brawn
By Steve Ayan / September 9, 2010
Despite frequent reports that regular exercise benefits the adult 
brain, when it comes to schoolchildren, the concept of the dumb 
jock persists. The star quarterback stands in stark contrast to the 
math-team champion. After all, the two types require seemingly 
disparate talents: physical prowess versus intellect. Letting kids run 
around or throw a ball seems, at best, tangential to the real work of 
learning and, at worst, a distraction from it. 
Parents, teachers and education policy makers have pitted athletics 
against academics even as they trumpet exercise as an antidote 
to obesity and poor health. From preschool onward, teachers 
encourage children to sit still rather than scamper. Many schools 
have cut back on physical education to make room for the three R’s. And when student scores on 
standardized tests become of primary importance to parents, politicians or other stakeholders in 
the education system, educators may feel pressured to direct students toward academic pursuits 
and away from athletic ones. 
In Brief
Students who are fit – based on their high aerobic capacity and low body fat – also tend to 
perform well in school and on standardized tests. 
In addition to regular exercise, brief periods of movement such as jumping or stretching can 
help improve children’s concentration. 
Exercise may turbo charge the brain by raising levels of neuronal growth factors, which foster 
the formation of new connections between brain cells. 
Fonte: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=smart-jocks
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Glossário
Brawn: força física.
Growth: crescimento.
Jock: esportista, atleta.
Prowness: talento, habilidade. 
To pit sb/sth against sth: testar, pôr à prova.
To scamper: mexer-se, agitar-se, mover-se.
To stretch: alongar-se.
13. A palavra “it” (l. 7) refere-se a 
a) “disparate talents”.
b) “a ball”.
X c) “the real work of learning”.
d) “physical prowess”.
e) “Letting kids run around”.
14. Em síntese, o texto trata da relação entre
a) o desenvolvimento intelectual de atletas e o desenvolvimento de crianças em idade escolar.
b) universidade e escola.
c) educação física e matemática.
X d) a prática de atividade física e o desenvolvimento intelectual.
e) esportes em nível profissional e brincadeiras escolares.
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15. Tendo como base o conteúdo e pistas, como a fonte de publicação, o layout, a estrutura do fragmento do texto 
apresentado, pode-se inferir que a função comunicativa primordial do texto é
a) anunciar um produto.
b) noticiar um fato recente.
c) fazer previsões sobre o futuro.
X d) expor posicionamento sobre crenças estabelecidas.
e) guiar a montagem de um equipamento.
16. Considere as seguintes afirmações:
 I. Um provável efeito intelectual do exercício físico é a formação de novas conexões entre células cerebrais.
 II. Períodos breves de alongamento físico podem contribuir para o aumento da capacidade de concentração das 
crianças.
 III. Pais e professores são os principais responsáveis pela eliminação da Educação Física do currículo escolar.
 Está(ão) correta(s)
a) apenas I.
b) apenas II.
X c) apenas I e II.
d) apenas III.
e) I, II, e III.
 O poema a seguir serve de base para as questões 17 e 18. 
 To a Daughter Leaving Home
 by Linda Pastan
 1 When I taught you 
 2 at eight to ride 
 3 a bicycle, loping along 
 4 beside you 
 5 as you wobbled away 
 6 on two round wheels, 
 7 my own mouth rounding 
 8 in surprise when you pulled 
 9 ahead down the curved 
 10 path of the park, 
 [...] 
 11 the hair flapping 
 12 behind you like a 
 13 handkerchief waving 
 14 goodbye.
PASTAN, Linda. To a daughter leaving home. Available at: <http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/05/24>. Accessed 
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17. In line 1 “I” and “you” are 
a) both subject pronouns.
b) both object pronouns.
c) respectively an object pronoun and a subject pronoun.
X d) respectively a subject pronoun and an object pronoun.
e) both possessive adjectives.
18. What is true about Pastan’s poem excerpt? Check all that apply.
a) There are no true cognates in the poem excerpt.
b) “Hair” is a true cognate.
c) There is only one true cognate in the poem excerpt.
d) “Surprise” and “park” are false cognates.
X e) “Surprise” and “park” are true cognates.
 (PUC-Rio – RJ) O texto a seguir serve como base para as questões 19 e20.
WHY I HATE 3D (AND YOU SHOULD TOO)
3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it 
is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying 
distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches. It is driven largely to sell expensive 
projection equipment and add a $5 to $7.50 surcharge on already expensive movie tickets. 
Its image is noticeably darker than standard 2-D. It is unsuitable for grown-up films of any 
seriousness. It limits the freedom of directors to make films as they choose. 
That’s my position. I know it’s heresy to the biz side of show business. After all, 3-D has not 
only given Hollywood its biggest payday ($2.7 billion and counting for Avatar), but a slew of 
other hits. The year’s top three films — Alice in Wonderland, How to Train Your Dragon, and Clash 
of the Titans — were all projected in 3-D, and they’re only the beginning. But many directors, 
editors, and cinematographers agree with me about the shortcomings of 3-D. So do many 
movie lovers — even executives who feel stampeded by another Hollywood infatuation with a 
technology that was already pointless when their grandfathers played with stereoscopes. The 
heretics’ case, point by point: 
IT’S THE WASTE OF A DIMENSION. When you look at a 2-D movie, it’s already in 3-D 
as far as your mind is concerned. When you see Lawrence of Arabia growing from a speck as 
he rides toward you across the desert, are you thinking, “Look how slowly he grows against the 
horizon”? Our minds use the principle of perspective to provide the third dimension. Adding one 
artificially can make the illusion less convincing.
IT ADDS NOTHING TO THE EXPERIENCE. Recall the greatest moviegoing experiences 
of your lifetime. Did they “need” 3-D? A great film completely engages our imaginations. What 
would Fargo gain in 3-D? Precious? Casablanca?
IT CAN CREATE NAUSEA AND HEADACHES. As 3-D TV sets were being introduced 
at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Reuters interviewed two leading 
ophthalmologists. “There are a lot of people walking around with very minor eye problems — 
for example, a muscle imbalance — which under normal circumstances the brain deals with 
naturally,” said Dr. Michael Rosenberg, a professor at Northwestern University. 3-D provides 
an unfamiliar visual experience, and “that translates into greater mental effort, making it easier 
to get a headache.” Dr. Deborah Friedman, a professor of ophthalmology and neurology at the 
University of Rochester Medical Center, said that in normal vision, each eye sees things at a 
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slightly different angle. “When that gets processed in the brain, that creates the perception of 
depth. The illusions that you see in three dimensions in the movies are not calibrated the same 
way that your eyes and your brain are.” In a just-published article, Consumer Reports says about 
15 percent of the moviegoing audience experiences headache and eyestrain during 3-D movies.
WHENEVER HOLLYWOOD HAS FELT THREATENED, IT HAS TURNED TO 
TECHNOLOGY: SOUND, COLOR, WIDESCREEN, CINERAMA, 3-D, STEREOPHONIC 
SOUND, AND NOW 3-D AGAIN. In marketing terms, this means offering an experience that 
can’t be had at home. With the advent of Blu-ray discs, HD cable, and home digital projectors, 
the gap between the theater and home experiences has been narrowed. 3-D widened it again. 
Now home 3-D TV sets may narrow that gap as well.
By Roger Ebert
Newsweek.com, May 10, 2010
Fonte: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/30/why-i-hate-3-d-andyou-should-too.html (with slight adaptations)
19. Check the correct statement concerning reference.
a) In “Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal.” (lines 1-2), “it” refers to “stampede”.
b) In “For some, it is an annoying distraction.” (lines 2-3), “it” refers to “moviegoing experience”.
c) In ““Look how slowly he grows against the horizon”?” (lines 17-18), “he” refers to “the actor”.
d) In “Did they “need” 3-D?” (line 21), “they” refers to “movies”.
X e) In “3-D widened it again.” (line 39), “it” refers to “gap”.
20. In paragraph 1, the author presents his reasons for being against 3-D. Mark the statement that DOES NOT express 
the author’s idea.
X a) 3-D is the worst development in movie making. 
b) This technique restricts the way films are directed. 
c) A 3-D movie creates physical discomfort for viewers. 
d) This kind of movie is more expensive for movie goers. 
e) The 3-D image is not as bright as in two dimension movies.
21. (UNCISAL)
Threatened tribes
Movie star Julie Christie and NGO Survival International, both from England, have just launched 
a campaign to save from extinction tribes that do not have contact with civilization. The central part 
is a documentary narrated by her, on some of the most ancient and threatened tribes of the world. 
“Over 100 tribes in the world keep refusing any contact. They are among the most vulnerable people 
on Earth and can be devastated in the next 20 years, unless their rights to land are recognized and 
defended”, declared Julie to Survival. “The world is certainly big enough for everyone, including those 
whose lifestyle is different from ours.” 
According to Survival, there are tribes in Brazil today with only two or three survivors. The other 
members died in the hands of cattle raisers or due to diseases transmitted by white people.
(EcoSpyBrazil Magazine, October, 2007)
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 No trecho – “‘They are among the most vulnerable people on Earth and can be devastated in the next 20 years, 
unless their rights to land are recognized and defended’, declared Julie to Survival.” – o termo their refere-se a
a) Julie Christie and NGO International Survival.
b) in the next 20 years.
c) campaign.
d) civilization.
X e) threatened tribes.
22. (UFPB)
While scientific progress on molecular biology has 
a great potential to increase our understanding of 
nature and provide new medical tools, it should not 
be used as justification to turn the environment into 
a giant genetic experiment by commercial interests. 
The biodiversity and environmental integrity of the 
world’s food supply is too important to our survival 
to be put at risk. 
Genetic engineering (GE) enables scientists to 
create plants, animals and micro-organisms by 
manipulating genes in a way that does not occur 
naturally. These genetically modified organisms 
(GMOs) can spread through nature and interbreed 
with natural organisms, thereby contaminating non ‘GE’ environments and future generations in 
an unforeseeable and uncontrollable way. Their release is ‘genetic pollution’ and is a major threat 
because GMOs cannot be recalled once released into the environment. 
Because of commercial interests, the public is being denied the right to know about GE 
ingredients in the food chain, and therefore losing the right to avoid them despite the presence of 
labelling laws in certain countries. 
Biological diversity must be protected and respected as the global heritage of humankind, and 
one of our world’s fundamental keys to survival. Governments are attempting to address the 
threat of GE with international regulations such as the Biosafety Protocol. 
GMOs should not be released into the environment since there is not an adequate scientific 
understanding of their impact on the environment and human health. 
Greenpeace advocate immediate interim measures such as labelling of GE ingredients, and the 
segregation of genetically engineered crops and seeds from conventional ones. Greenpeace also 
oppose all patents on plants, animals and humans, as well as patents on their genes. Life is not 
an industrial commodity. When we force life forms and our world’s food supply to conform to 
human economic models rather than their natural ones, we do so at our own peril.
Disponível em: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/problem/genetic-engineering/.Acesso em: 11 ago. 2010. 
(texto adaptado). 
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Glossary
interbreed: cruzar. 
peril: risco. 
release: liberação. 
spread: espalhar. 
threat: ameaça. 
Take action: Stand up for your rice!
 In paragraph 2, the word “Their” (line 15) refers to 
a) natural organisms
b) micro-organisms
d) future generations
X e) genetically modified organisms
c) non ‘GE’ environments
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