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Which of the following alternative translations of the text below is the correct one?
Mighty Edinburgh Castle dominates its city as no other in Europe… In the Middle Ages Edinburgh became Scotland's chief royal castle, enduring siege after siege, during the long wars with England. By the time of King James VI's birth here in 1566, the castle was effectively little more than a garrison fortress.
(Edinburgh Castle: The official Souvenir Guide, 2003.)
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Which of the following alternative translations of the text below is the correct one?
Eye-in-sky helps count penguins
There are nearly 600,000 emperor penguins in Antarctica – twice as many as was previously thought – according to a new satellite survey.
(In: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - BBC News, 14 de abril de 2012.)
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Read Text below and choose the correct alternative.
Bizarre Beauty
Cleopatra bathed in donkey’s milk, Mary Queen of Scots bathed in wine, George Sands bathed in cow’s milk with honey, and Isabeau of France (12th century) bathed in asses’ milk and followed it up by rubbing her skin with crocodile glands and the brains of boars. For thousands of years women slowly poisoned themselves by wearing face makeup called ceruse, which was a lead powder which was deadly. To top it off they used rouge which contained mercury, leading to birth defects and miscarriages. But, before we criticize, it should be remembered that millions of people every year have their faces injected with botulism toxin to remove wrinkles. History may be bizarre, but sometimes we are too!
(In: http://listverse.com/2011/01/17/10-curious-tales-or-oddities-from-history.)
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Read Text and choose the alternative that best summarizes the text.
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee (staff writer at Science).
SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. […]
In a recent study of 44 elderly Spanish-English bilinguals, scientists led by the neuropsychologist Tamar Gollan of the University of California, San Diego, found that individuals with a higher degree of bilingualism — measured through a comparative evaluation of proficiency in each language — were more resistant than others to the onset of dementia and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: the higher the degree of bilingualism, the later the age of onset.
Nobody ever doubted the power of language. But who would have imagined that the words we hear and the sentences we speak might be leaving such a deep imprint?
(In: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-
bilingualism.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB – March 17, 2012.)
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Acesso em 15/03/2012.)
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Read Text below and choose the right prepositions to fill in the blank spaces.
The Gatehouse
(…) It replaced a plainer, more functional seventeenth-century gate. Within the entrance passage, high up ______ the walls ______ either side, you’ll see two carved stone panels; these were taken from that earlier gate […]
(Edinburgh Castle: The official Souvenir Guide, 2003.)
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Read Text 12 below and choose the correct alternative for the use of the verb tense in italics and boldface in the following sentence: His wife Julie, had voiced her disapproval.
Mayday!: One Man’s Story of Surviving a Plane Crash
Could you survive a plane crash for 18 hours treading water without a life vest? Michael Trapp did. Here's how.
By Derek Burnett
Michael Trapp was doing just fine, thank you very much, as he guided his 1966 Cessna 150 out over the waters of Lake Huron. It was midafternoon on July 26, 2011. He was cruising along at an easy 3,000 feet, on his way to a family reunion in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from his home in Gouverneur, New York, in the northern part of the state. His wife, Julie, had voiced her disapproval — even asked him to make out a will if he insisted on going — but he had brushed her off. True, it was his longest trip to date, and yes, the plane was older than he was, and sure, he had never before had to cross “big water,” and OK, he had only 130 hours of flying under his belt — but, really, what could go wrong? He had made hundreds of takeoffs and landings, had mapped out his route carefully, and had even left a day ahead of schedule to avoid bad weather.
(In: http://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/mayday/ - Reader's Digest - February 2012)
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Read Text and choose the title which best expresses the general idea.
Brazil, or the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America in area and population, with about 200 million people. Over the last decade it has also become one of the world’s fastest-growing economic powerhouses.
But the boom appears to have fizzled, at least for now. The country’s economy sputtered in the third quarter of 2011, officials said in early December, ending a long stretch of growth and pointing to some of the headwinds now facing Brazil and big economies in Asia, notably India and China.
A decline in consumer spending contributed to the slight contraction. Economists now see Brazil’s growth in 2011 slowing to 3 percent or lower, a sharp reversal from a booming 2010 in which the economy surged 7.5 percent, the country’s highest growth rate in two decades. Fearing a deeper slowdown, Brazilian authorities introduced a fiscal stimulus package, including tax cuts on some appliances and food, intended to get consumers to spend again.
Brazil still boasts indicators that suggest the economy is far from a crisis. Unemployment fell in October 2011 to 5.8 percent, a historic low, from 6 percent the previous month. The country also maintains $352 billion in foreign currency reserves, compared with just $54 billion at the end of 2005.
Brazil’s success over the last decade has been the result of a lucky confluence of global economic trends, with countries like China hungry for its commodities that include iron ore and soybeans, not to mention the oil recently found in abundance offshore. A surge in deal-making and the resilience of Brazil’s currency, the real, has attracted foreign investment bankers, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists. Well-educated Brazilians are returning from abroad. Compensation in some executive suites now rivals the pay on Wall Street.
(In: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/ countriesandterritories/brazil/index.html.)
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No que se refere ao programa Windows Explorer, assinale a alternativa correta sobre operações realizadas com o mouse.
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According to the information provided in Text below, what does the word powerhouse mean?
What does Brazil have that the UK doesn't?
Brazil has now officially overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy. Here's how to tell the two nations apart
Economy: Well that's the point, obviously. According to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), Brazil has now overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy. Despite growing at a mere 3.5% last year (against 7.5% over the previous few years) the Latin American powerhouse has seen its GDP reach a record £1.6tn. And it's not about to hit the buffers any time soon.
(In: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/shortcuts/2012/ mar/06/brazil-uk-sixth-
largest-economy - The Guardian, Tuesday 6 March, 2012.)
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