Questões de Inglês

#Questão 1022761 - Inglês, Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions, FEPESE, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Inglês

Comics: Trash or Treasure

In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’. But no matter what you call them, comics are a favorite source of reading pleasure in many parts of the world.

In case you are wondering how popular comics are, the best-selling comic title in the U.S. sells about 5 million copies a year. All of Mexico’s comic titles together sell over 7,5 million copies a week. But Japan is far the leading publisher of comics the world.

Manga account_______. nearly fifty percent of all the books and magazines published in Japan each year. And few magazines of any kind in the world can match this number: Shonen Jump, the leading comic title, has a circulation of 6.5 million copies week!

Ever since comics first appeared, there have been people who have criticized them. In the 1940s and 50s, many people believed that comics were immoral and that they caused bad behavior among young people. Even today, many question whether young people should read them at all. They argue that reading comics encourages bad reading habits.

But some educators see comics as a way to get teenagers to choose reading instead of television and video games. And because of the art, a number of educators have argued that comics are a great way to get children to think creatively. More recent research has suggested that the combination of visuals and text in comics may be one reason young people handle computers and related software so easily.

In Japan, the Education Ministry calls comics ‘a part of Japan’s national culture, recognized and highly regarded abroad’. Comics are increasingly being used for educational purposes, and many publishers there see them as a useful way of teaching history and other subjects.

No matter how you view them, comics remain a guilty pleasure for millions worldwide.

The underlined word in “Even today, many question whether young people should read them at all”, can be correctly classified as a(n):

A) interrogative pronoun

B) noun

C) adverb

D) verb

E) relative pronoun

#Questão 1022776 - Inglês, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, CESGRANRIO, 2022, ELETROBRAS-ELETRONUCLEAR, Especialista em Proteção Radiológica

In the sentence of paragraph 5, “The heaviest air conditioning use with the greatest risk for overcharging the transmission lines comes during heat waves, which also present the highest risk to health”, the word which makes reference to

A) risk to health

B) air conditioning use

C) heat waves

D) the transmission lines

E) risk for overcharging

#Questão 1022763 - Inglês, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, FEPESE, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Inglês

Comics: Trash or Treasure

In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’. But no matter what you call them, comics are a favorite source of reading pleasure in many parts of the world.

In case you are wondering how popular comics are, the best-selling comic title in the U.S. sells about 5 million copies a year. All of Mexico’s comic titles together sell over 7,5 million copies a week. But Japan is far the leading publisher of comics the world.

Manga account_______. nearly fifty percent of all the books and magazines published in Japan each year. And few magazines of any kind in the world can match this number: Shonen Jump, the leading comic title, has a circulation of 6.5 million copies week!

Ever since comics first appeared, there have been people who have criticized them. In the 1940s and 50s, many people believed that comics were immoral and that they caused bad behavior among young people. Even today, many question whether young people should read them at all. They argue that reading comics encourages bad reading habits.

But some educators see comics as a way to get teenagers to choose reading instead of television and video games. And because of the art, a number of educators have argued that comics are a great way to get children to think creatively. More recent research has suggested that the combination of visuals and text in comics may be one reason young people handle computers and related software so easily.

In Japan, the Education Ministry calls comics ‘a part of Japan’s national culture, recognized and highly regarded abroad’. Comics are increasingly being used for educational purposes, and many publishers there see them as a useful way of teaching history and other subjects.

No matter how you view them, comics remain a guilty pleasure for millions worldwide.

According to the text, it’s correct to infer that:

A) Mangas encourage young teenagers to play video games.

B) Comic strips do not provide useful way to teach academic subjects.

C) Manga strips do not prepare young people to handle TVs easily.

D) Comics don’t get children to think creatively.

E) Comics don’t encourage teenagers to play video games.

#Questão 1022777 - Inglês, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, CESGRANRIO, 2022, ELETROBRAS-ELETRONUCLEAR, Especialista em Proteção Radiológica

The fragment in paragraph 5 “Electricity generation tends to be below peak” means that

A) there is usually no electricity left by that time of year.

B) electricity generation is not at its maximum capacity.

C) the quality of electricity generation is not acceptable.

D) excess electricity is being generated.

E) the electricity companies easily satisfy the increased demand.

#Questão 1022764 - Inglês, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, FEPESE, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Inglês

Comics: Trash or Treasure

In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’. But no matter what you call them, comics are a favorite source of reading pleasure in many parts of the world.

In case you are wondering how popular comics are, the best-selling comic title in the U.S. sells about 5 million copies a year. All of Mexico’s comic titles together sell over 7,5 million copies a week. But Japan is far the leading publisher of comics the world.

Manga account_______. nearly fifty percent of all the books and magazines published in Japan each year. And few magazines of any kind in the world can match this number: Shonen Jump, the leading comic title, has a circulation of 6.5 million copies week!

Ever since comics first appeared, there have been people who have criticized them. In the 1940s and 50s, many people believed that comics were immoral and that they caused bad behavior among young people. Even today, many question whether young people should read them at all. They argue that reading comics encourages bad reading habits.

But some educators see comics as a way to get teenagers to choose reading instead of television and video games. And because of the art, a number of educators have argued that comics are a great way to get children to think creatively. More recent research has suggested that the combination of visuals and text in comics may be one reason young people handle computers and related software so easily.

In Japan, the Education Ministry calls comics ‘a part of Japan’s national culture, recognized and highly regarded abroad’. Comics are increasingly being used for educational purposes, and many publishers there see them as a useful way of teaching history and other subjects.

No matter how you view them, comics remain a guilty pleasure for millions worldwide.

The reason why people criticized comics is because they:

A) encouraged teenagers to choose TV and video games instead of reading.

B) caused bad behavior among young people.

C) provides good behavior among young people.

D) made people who read them feel guilty.

E) weren’t a pleasure to read.

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