Questões de Grammar

Questão 1CebraspeCBM/AL COMBATENTE2017

Learning a second language as an adult is difficult. 1 But the process may be eased if you exercise while learning. A new study reports that working out during a language class amplifies people’s ability to memorize, retain and understand 4 new vocabulary. The findings provide more evidence that to activate our minds, we should move our bodies. Many scientists suspect that exercise alters the biology 7 of the brain in ways that make it more malleable and receptive to new information, a process that scientists refer to as plasticity. 10 However, these studies do not suggest that schools or teachers should buy bicycles for students to exercise during class. A simpler message may be that instruction should be 13 alternated with physical activity. Sitting for hours and hours without moving is not the best way to learn. Internet: <www.nytimes.com> (adapted).

In the context, the word “However” ( R .11) expresses the idea of contrast.

1. C Certo
2. E Errado

Questão 2CebraspeCBM/AL COMBATENTE2017

As anyone who has begun an exercise program knows, the relationships between exercise, appetite, weight control and hunger are complex and often counterintuitive. The arithmetic involved seems straightforward. You burn calories during exercise and, over time, should drop kilos. Yet the reality is more annoying. In both scientific studies and the world inhabited by the rest of us, most people who start exercising lose fewer pounds than would be expected. The problem with exercise as a weight-loss strategy seems to be in large part that it can make you hungry, and many of us wind up consuming more calories after a workout than we torched during it. In any case, doctors point out that we should exercise, whether or not the activity makes us thin. There are many other reasons, irrespective of the effects on appetite, why exercise benefits health. Internet: <www.nytimes.com> (adapted).

The pronoun “You” ( R .4) refers specifically to the individuals who are reading the text.

1. C Certo
2. E Errado

Questão 3Cesgranrio

In the fragment of the text “It all comes down to the relationship between oil and gas production and the price of electricity, which directly affects the bottom line of technologies like wind and solar” (lines 14-17), the pronoun which refers to

1. A oil production
2. B gas production
3. C electricity
4. D the price of electricity
5. E the relationship between oil and gas production

Questão 4Cesgranrio

In Text I, the word do in the fragments: “when they do occur” (line 38); “they do not risk being faced” (lines 43-44) and “workers must do their job” (line 47) respectively, fulfill the role of

1. A emphasis, auxiliary verb and main verb
2. B auxiliary in the two first instances and modal in the third
3. C modal, main verb and auxiliary verb
4. D main verb, emphasis and modal
5. E auxiliary, modal and emphasis

Questão 5Cesgranrio

In Text I, the excerpt, “the world could face a future of “water wars” ” (lines 9-10), the verb form in bold expresses the idea of

1. A advice
2. B suggestion
3. C necessity
4. D obligation
5. E possibility

Questão 6Cesgranrio

Text I (da página anterior)

In Text I, the excerpt, “the world could face a future of “water wars” ” (lines 9-10), the verb form in bold expresses the idea of

1. A advice
2. B suggestion
3. C necessity
4. D obligation
5. E possibility