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Some desert animals do not wait for the water to come to them.
The water is miles away, but they go after it. Each morning, birds fly to water holes as far away as 50 miles. They drink. Then they wet their feathers to carry water back to their baby birds.
The underlined word, in the paragraph, means:
the birds’ .
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“Good morning, doctor!”, the man said.
“I’m here because my wife insists that I need professional help.”
“Why does she feel that way?”, the doctor asked.
“Because I prefer bow ties to long ties.”
“ I don’t understand”, the doctor said. Why would she see that as a problem? Many people prefer bow ties to long ties. In fact, I have the same preference myself.”
“Really?”, the patient said , smiling. “ How do you like yours – boiled, or sautéed with a little garlic?”
“I’m here because my wife insists that I need professional help”. In reported speech this becomes:
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EARPRINTS
First there were fingerprints, then came DNA profiling to aid the police in finding criminals. And now we’ve gone one step further still: earprints.
British police have begun putting together a database of criminals earprints.
Just like fingerprints, no two ear lobe prints are exactly the same, and earprints can be found with remarkable ease at many crimes sites.
Unwary burglars often leave an earprint when listening at windows and doors before they commit their crime.
Roger Summers, head of Derbyshire Police’s scientific support unit, admits that it is not foolproof.
“Nobody has been convicted purely on earprint evidence. It may be that earprints will not stand up in court in the same way as fingerprints, but they could be useful corroborative evidence,” he says.
(Taken from Speak Up # 134)
GLOSSARY:
lobe = lóbulo
remarkable = notável
unwary = descuidado
foolproof = infalível
corroborative = corroborativo
The modal verbs, underlined in the text, are expressing, respectively:
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Assinale a alternativa correta.
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THE LION AND THE MOUSE
One day, a lion was sleeping in the forest. A shy Mouse accidentally came upon the Lion. When she saw the Lion, the Mouse was so scared, she ran right across the Lion’s nose. The Lion woke up suddenly .
Angrily, he put his huge paw on the Mouse.
The poor Mouse begged, “ Please let me go.
Don’t kill me and some day I will repay your kindness!” The Lion laughed. How could a Mouse ever help a Lion? But he let the Mouse go.
Some days later, the Lion got caught in a hunter’s net. His angry roars filled the forest. The Mouse heard the Lion. She ran to the Lion and bit through the net with her teeth. In this way, the Mouse set the Lion free. “ Now you know: even a tiny Mouse can help a Lion,” she said.
GLOSSARY:
to run across = encontrar inesperadamente
paw = pata
In “... the net with her teeth ...” the underlined words are the same as
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SPRINGTIME ALLERGIES
Spring is about to, well, spring, and with those beautiful blooming trees and flowers come blowing noses, itchy eyes and sneezing – seasonal allergies.
It’s not just pollen that can create an irritation – dust, smoke and chemicals such as perfumes and dyes are culprits as well. Seasonal allergies can also heighten your sensitivity to these irritants, making for one miserable rite of spring.
Not surprisingly, cats can be sensitive, too – about 15 percent are intolerant to substances such as chemicals and dyes.
A few simple strategies can help minimize exposure and help you and your kitty.
(Adapted from Reader’s Digest, March 2007)
GLOSSARY:
rite = ritual
culprits = desencadeadores
heighten = intensificar
“Blowing noses, itchy eyes and sneezing” are
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WEATHER WATCHERS
If you want to know what the weather is going to be like, you should ask a plant. According to scientists, plants have the uncanny power to predict the weather.
Experiments at London’s Imperial College have shown that plant cells react to electric current.
Alerted by the charge in the atmosphere, they recognise that rain may soon be on the way and prepare their roots and leaves to take the maximum benefit.
These findings come six months after even more curious research which suggests that plants can talk – alerting each other to threats that are being posed by pests and viruses.
(Taken from Speak Up #131)
GLOSSARY:
uncanny = fantástico
charge = corrente elétrica
posed = apresentadas
According to the text, we conclude that
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MFLOPS, GFLOPS e TFLOPS são
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Assinale a alternativa que completa corretamente as lacunas da assertiva abaixo.
A Barra de Tarefas do Windows XP é dividida em quatro seções: botão “Inciar”, , e Relógio.
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WEATHER WATCHERS
If you want to know what the weather is going to be like, you should ask a plant. According to scientists, plants have the uncanny power to predict the weather.
Experiments at London’s Imperial College have shown that plant cells react to electric current.
Alerted by the charge in the atmosphere, they recognise that rain may soon be on the way and prepare their roots and leaves to take the maximum benefit.
These findings come six months after even more curious research which suggests that plants can talk – alerting each other to threats that are being posed by pests and viruses.
(Taken from Speak Up #131)
GLOSSARY:
uncanny = fantástico
charge = corrente elétrica
posed = apresentadas
The underlined verbs, in the text, are being used, respectively, in the:
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