EXERCISE 1
A.C.L. - Art
Reference Bureau
EUROPE, LONDON - When Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio (1571-1610) arrived in Rome in 1592 to join the studio of celebrated
artist Cavaliere d'Arpino, the young apprentice was relegated to painting fruit
and vegetables. But the vivid realism of Caravaggio's early works laid the
foundations for a new genre - still life - and artistic style: Baroque.
The Royal Academy's exhibition of Baroque painting,
titled 'The Genius of Rome, 1592-1623' features 145 works produced by
Caravaggio and already established European artists like Peter Paul Rubens,
Adam Elsheimer and Annibale Carracci who flocked to the Eternal City at the
turn of the 16th century in pursuit of the lucrative commission offered by Pope
Clement VIII and his cardinals.
Through April 16.
TIME, FEBRUARY 12, 2001
TIME, FEBRUARY 12, 2001
1 - Which of the following statements regarding
Caravaggio is not correct?
He...
He...
q
died
at the age of 39
q
began
a new style in painting
q
only
painted vegetables and fruit.
q
was
very young when he arrived in Rome
q
is
known for an artistic style called Baroque
2 - According
to the text,
q the exhibition in London presents more than 145
paintings
q
Caravaggio
painted 145 still lifes during his lifetime.
q
Rubens,
Elsheimer and Carracci were strongly influenced by Caravaggio
q
Rubens,
Elsheimer and Carracci strongly influenced Caravaggio's works
q
Pope
Clement VIII paid Caravaggio to paint only still lifes
3 - The Eternal
City in the text refers to
q Royal Academy
q Merisi
q Arpino
q Rome.
q London
4 - According
to the text,
q
all
the painters mentioned were born in Italy in the 16th century,
q
d'Arpino
was never able to be so famous as his followers,
q
Pope
Clement's cardinals invited Caravaggio to visit Rome in 1592,
q
Rubens,
among others, came to Rome after Caravaggio's arrival,
q
the
exhibition is going to be presented from April 16 ording to the text.
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usando V(verdadeiro) ou F (falso)
Teenagers Do Their Talking Online
Jeff Palfini
Thursday, June
21, 2001
Today's teens communicate more using the Internet than
they do face-to-face. Their parents' generation fought to use the family phone.
Today's teens fight over the keyboard.
A new study by
the Pew Internet & American Life Project says teenagers have adopted the
Internet — and instant messaging — so completely that it has even replaced
face-to-face communication as the primary mode of interacting for some teens.
The study concluded that of the approximately 13 million American teenagers who
use the Net, 74 percent use instant messaging. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the
teens using IM say it is their primary means of communicating with friends. The
study extrapolated the results from a survey of 754 youngsters between the ages
of 12 and 17 and their parents.
Vocabulário
primary = principal, mais
importante
5 - The text
above is about:
q The results of a study conducted by Pew Internet &
American Life Project.
q Face-to-face communication,
q The findings of research about American teenagers' use
of the Internet.
q The results of a study about communication problems
between teenagers and their parents,
q The conclusions of a survey conducted among teenagers
and their parents.
6 - What information is in the text?
q Data related to a study conducted by Pew Internet
& American Life Project.
q The number of teenagers who use face-to-face
communication as their primary mode of interacting,
q The names of the people responsible for the survey,
q The percentage of American teenage adopters of the Net
who use instant messaging.
q The percentage of American teenagers who use the family
phone,
q The estimated number of American teenagers who use the
Net.
7 - According to
the text, it is correct to say:
q Teenagers’ communication preferences nowadays are
similar to those of their parents,
q The estimated number of American teens who use the
Internet is 13 million.
q More than half of the youngsters who have adopted the
Internet use IM.
q American teenagers do not use IM to communicate with
their friends,
q Thirteen million American teenagers were surveyed by
the project,
q Teenagers' parents' generation used the telephone as a
form of communication.
8 - According to
the text, it is correct to say:
q Some teenagers communicate with their friends more
often over the Internet than they do face-to-face.
q The total number of teenagers in America is 13 million,
q The youngsters reached by the survey were above
eighteen years of age,
q The study has extrapolated the results for American
teenagers to determine the communication habits of teenagers in many different
countries,
q Teenagers in several countries have been surveyed by
the Pew Internet & American Life Project,
q For more than one million American teenagers, instant
messaging is the most important means of communicating with friends.
q The survey investigated more than seven hundred and
fifty-four individuals.
9 - In the title "Teenagers do their
talking online", their
refers to teenagers. Considering the
text, in which of the alternatives are the references correct?
q "Today's teens communicate more using the Internet
than they do face-to-face." —do refers to communicate.
q "Their parents' generation fought to use the
family phone." — their refers to today's teens.
q "...so completely that it has even replaced
face-to-face communication..." — it refers to American Life Project,
q "...one-fifth of the teens using IM say it is
their primary means of communicating..." — it refers to IM.
q "...from a survey of 754 youngsters between the
ages of 12 and 17 and their parents." —their refers to results,
Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Paul R. Epstein
Computer models indicate that many diseases
will surge as the earth’s atmosphere heats up.
Today few scientists doubt the atmosphere is warming.
Most also agree that the rate of heating is accelerating and that the
consequences of this temperature change could become increasingly disruptive.
Even high school students can reel off some projected outcomes: the oceans will
warm, and glaciers will melt, causing sea levels to rise and salt water to
inundate settlements along many low-lying coasts. Meanwhile the regions
suitable for farming will shift.
Yet less familiar effects could be equally
detrimental. Notably, computer models predict that the greenhouse effect, and
other climate alterations it induces, will expand the incidence and distribution
of many serious medical disorders. In some places, the number of deaths related to heat waves
is projected to double by 2020. Prolonged heat can, moreover, enhance
production of smog and the dispersal of allergens. Both effects have been
linked to respiratory symptoms. Diseases relayed by mosquitoes — such as
malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and several kinds of encephalitis — are
among those eliciting the greatest concern as the world warms. Some models
project that by the end of the 21st century, ongoing warming will have enlarged
the zone of potential malaria transmission from an area containing 45 percent
of the world’s population to an area containing about 60 percent. That news is
bad indeed, considering that no vaccine is available and that the causative
parasites are becoming resistant to standard drugs. Further, global warming
will probably elevate the incidence of waterborne diseases, including cholera
(a cause of severe diarrhea).
The consequences of global warming may not all be bad.
Very high temperatures in hot regions may reduce snail populations, which have
a role in transmitting schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease. High winds may at
times disperse pollution.
Hotter winters in normally chilly areas may reduce
cold-related heart attacks and respiratory ailments. Yet overall, the
undesirable effects of more variable weather are likely to include new stresses
and nasty surprises that will overshadow any benefits.
(Adapted from Scientific American, Aug. 2001.)
10 - According to the first two paragraphs of the
text, it is correct to say:
q Most scientists are not sure that climate warming is a
fact,
q The consequences of global warming are highly
unpredictable nowadays,
q Salt water of the oceans may flood some coastal areas
if glaciers melt.
q Computers have been used to help predict the results
of climatic change.
q The greenhouse effect may be harmful to human health.
q By 2020 the number of deaths is expected to decrease,
11 - According to the last two paragraphs of the text,
it is correct to say:
q Both dengue fever and yellow fever are transmitted by
mosquitoes.
q It is necessary to vaccinate the population against
malaria,
q Global warming may have some positive consequences.
q Global warming may lead to the reduction of
schistosomiasis.
q No surprising consequences of global warming are
expected in the future,
q There are more benefits than harms associated with
global warming,
12 - What information is in the text?
q Some of the causes of global warming,
q Some negative consequences of global warming.
q The percentage of people who will have contracted
malaria by the end of this century,
q The number of people who will have died due to heat
waves by 2020,
q Some positive consequences of climate warming.
q Some of the projections made by computer models.
13 - Which consequences of global warming are
mentioned in the text?
q Warming of the oceans and melting of glaciers.
q Starvation,
q Lack of nighttime cooling,
q Overcrowding and tuberculosis,
q Food supply reduction and malnutrition,
q Reduction of heart attacks associated with cold
weather.
q Occasional dispersion of pollution.
14 - De acordo com a sentença "Some models
project that by the end of the 21st century, ongoing warming will have enlarged
the zone of potential malaria transmission from an area containing 45 percent
of the world´s population to an area containing about 60 percent", é
correto afirmar:
q As
projeções realizadas por computadores ainda não conseguem fornecer informações
relativas a um período de tempo superior a 80 anos,
q As
previsões indicam uma futura diminuição da zona potencial de transmissão de
malária,
q A
população mundial aumentará 15% até o final deste século,
q A
zona potencial de transmissão de malária tende a atingir até o final deste
século uma área contendo 60% da população mundial.
