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EXAME DE PROFICINCIA EM LEITURA EM LNGUA INGLESA

Passo Fundo, 15 de maio de 2012.

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April 06, 2012

Study: US College Students Advance Little Intellectually

After two years, 45 percent show no significant improvement

Ted Landphair

After two years in college, 45 percent of the students show little improvement in key

intellectual and creative skills, according to a recent study.

This is the time of year when millions of American high-school seniors and their parents

scramble to complete the process of finding, and getting accepted by a college to begin

the higher education process in September.

But theres some doubt about how high that level of learning will be.

The title of a new book tells the story. Based on a recent study by sociologists Richard

Arum of New York University and Josipa Roska of the University of Virginia, the title is:

"Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses."

The professors interviewed 2,300 U.S. college undergraduates and reviewed their

academic records.

Theyconcluded that after two years in college, 45 percent of the students showed no

significant improvement in key intellectual and creative skills such as critical thinking,

complex reasoning, and writing.
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These results come at a time when President Barack Obama, hiseducation department

and outside reformers are all saying that the United States had better start producing

smarter college graduates if itwants to remain competitive globally.

The study of students behavior during those first two years in college may provide a

clue as to whats breaking down.

The researchers found that freshmen and sophomores are more concerned with

socializing and communicating with friends than with what used to be called cracking

the books.

Their critical thinking would appear to involve choosing the right pizza joint or bar at

whichto meet those friends.

Its good to lead a monks existence [in college]," says Eric Gorski, an Associated

Press writer who reported on the study. "Students whostudy alone and have heavier

reading and writing loads do well.

Unfortunately for U.S. educational achievement, not many monastic types appear to be

applying to college these days.

From http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/only-in-america/Study-US-College-Students-Advance-Little-Intellectually---146441905.html

As questes 1 a 6 referem-se ao Texto 1.

1. O texto

a) um resumo de um estudo feito com estudantes do ensino mdio de colgios americanos.

b) um anncio de uma pesquisa que ser feita em universidades dos Estados Unidos.

c) uma entrevista com os pesquisadores que realizaram um estudo em colgios americanos

de ensino mdio.d) um relato de um estudo feito com estudantes universitrios dos Estados Unidos.

2. possvel afirmar que o texto

a) traz uma crtica e questiona o nvel do ensino superior nos EUA.

b) faz elogios ao sistema de ensino superior dos EUA e aos resultados apontados em

pesquisas.

c) faz uma crtica aos estudantes que saem despreparados dos colgios e no conseguem

se dar bem no ensino superior.d) traz questionamentos sobre o futuro do ensino superior nos EUA.


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3. Leia as afirmaes:

IMesmo aps dois anos de presena no ensino superior, um grande percentual de estudantes

dos Estados Unidos demonstrou pouca melhoria em suas habilidades intelectuais e criativas.

IISetembro o ms em que muitas pessoas ingressam no ensino superior, nos Estados Unidos.

IIISocilogos entrevistaram professores e estudantes que pretendiam entrar no ensino superior,

verificando suas habilidades intelectuais, por meio de testes especficos.

IV O desejo do governo americano que o ensino superior contribua com a formao de

pessoas mais inteligentes para que possam competir globalmente.

De acordo com o texto, so verdadeiras as afirmaes expressas em

a. III - III. b. IIIIIIV. c. IIIIV. d. I e III, apenas.

4. No trecho The researchers found that freshmen and sophomores are more concerned withsocializing and communicating with friends than with what used to be called cracking the

books. Their critical thinking would appear to involve choosing the right pizza joint or bar at

which to meet those friends.(linhas 2427)

a) So ressaltadas as qualidades dos estudantes, como o pensamento crtico, a vontade de

socializao e de comunicao.

b) ironizada posio dos estudantes universitrios iniciantes, pelo descomprometimento

com os estudos.c) So destacados os resultados que os estudantes universitrios vm obtendo nos primeiros

anos do ensino superior.

d) questionada a falta de apoio aos estudantes que ingressam no ensino superior e se

sentem desamparados em suas escolhas.

5. Escreva em portugus a quem ou a que se referem as expresses, no texto:

a) their (linha 12) -

b) they (linha 14) -c) it (linha 19) -

d) which (linha 27) -

e) who (linha 29) -

6. Escreva em portugus os significados no texto, dos seguintes grupos nominais:

a) 2,300 U.S. college undergraduates -

b) academic records -

c) a monks existence -

d) limited learning -


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Texto 2

Argentina, Britain mark Falklands War's30th anniversary

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decries Britishcontrol of the Falklands Islands but also criticizes

Argentine military rulers who launched the war.April 03, 2012|By Andres D'Alessandro, Henry Chu and ChrisKraul, Los Angeles Times

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnercasts flowers to sea (Juan Mabromata/AFP/GettyImages)

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BUENOS AIRES Separated by an ocean and an ongoing dispute, Argentina and Britain

commemorated the 30th anniversary Monday of the outbreak of war between them over the

Falkland Islands, a tiny territory that Buenos Aires still wants back but London refuses to

give up.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner dedicated a cenotaph with the names

of 649 fallen soldiers in Ushuaia. Her country's ill-fated forces were launched from thesouthern port city in 1982, only to be beaten 74 days later. She railed against the British for

holding on to the islands, which lie about 300 miles east of Argentina's Patagonia region

and about 7,900 miles from London.

"It's absurd, this control from 9,000 miles away," said Fernandez, with slight exaggeration.

Argentina has long claimed the islands it calls the Malvinas, which have been under British

control since 1833.

But Fernandez also launched a broadside against the military junta in Buenos Aires that

took the country to war. She said she recently declassified a secret government study

called the Rattenbach Report, which found that the brief but bloody conflict was "a military

adventure" undertaken unwisely by the leaders who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

"We Argentineans are owed the truth over what happened in the war," Fernandez said. "It

was not a decision of the people, but by the dictatorship."

The war also claimed the lives of 255 British troops, part of a force that then-Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher quickly cobbled together to respond to Argentina's unexpected invasion

of the Falklands. Government documents show that Thatcher faced the possibility of having

to resign over the incident because Britain had been caught so unprepared.

In central England, British veterans of the war and relatives of the dead gathered for a

memorial service and lighted a single candle that will be kept burning for 74 days. A priest

prayed for remembrance and peace.

"Britain remains staunchly committed to upholding the right of the Falkland Islanders, and

of the Falkland Islanders alone, to determine their own future," Prime Minister David

Cameron said in a statement. "That was the fundamental principle that was at stake 30

years ago, and that is the principle which we solemnly reaffirm today."

About 3,200 people live on the Falklands; nearly all are British citizens.From http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/03/world/la-fg-falklands-anniversary-20120403.


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As questes 7 a 12 referem-se ao Texto 2.

7. Por que o autor do texto sugere que houve slight exaggeration (linha 10) na declarao de

Cristina Kirchner?

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8. O que o Rattenbach Report, e porque Cristina Kirchner ordenou sua abertura?

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9. Na poca do conflito das Ilhas Falklands/Malvinas, a Primeira Ministra Britnica temeu a

possibilidade de precisar deixar o cargo. A que se deveu esse temor?

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10. Qual o principal argumento apresentado pelo atual Primeiro Ministro Britnico para a

manuteno das ilhas Falklands/Malvinas sob domnio britnico?

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11. Indique a que se referem os seguintes nmeros.

a. 74 (linha 07): ________________________________________________________________

b. 7,900 (linha 09): ______________________________________________________________

12. Leia as afirmaes:

IA presidente argentina criticou seus predecessores por terem levado o pas guerra.

IIQuando a Argentina invadiu as ilhas em 1982, as tropas britnicas j estavam preparadas.

III O nmero de soldados argentinos mortos no conflito das Falklands/Malvinas foi superior ao

dobro de soldados britnicos mortos.

IV Em memria aos mortos na guerra, a Inglaterra acendeu uma vela para cada soldado

perdido.

De acordo com o texto, so verdadeiras as afirmaes expressas em

e. IIIIII. f. IIIIIIV. g. IIIIV. h. I e III, apenas.

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