Selecionamos as questões mais relevantes da prova de vestibular URCA 2016/1. Confira! * Obs.: a ordem e número das questões aqui não são iguais às da prova original.
The complement of the verb depend is:
survival
children and grandchildren
world
lands and waters
Options ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct.
The words rising, changing and forcing (first paragraph) functions, respectively, as:
adjective – adjective – verb
adjective – adjective – noun
noun – noun – verb
verb – verb – adjective
adjective – noun – verb
The pronoun them (fourth paragraph) refers to:
animals
plant communities
other barriers
plants and animals
cooler areas
After reading the text, one can conclude that:
Polar bears will never be affected by the climate changes because the regions where they live won´t suffer with the temperature.
Animals and plants may migrate from one place to another in order to survive the climate changing.
Although we are suffering with climate changing, it is quite easy to protect and preserve the vegetation with technology.
Plants are strong enough to survive the climate changes without being extinct.
The human beings are the only ones to be blamed for the climate change.
The only expression that can be used as synonym for Such as (third paragraph) is:
like
alternatively
in place of
in preference
rather than
According to the text, it is right to say that:
Mosquitoes infected 150,000 people in India in 2003.
Mosquitoes that carry malaria usually survive in cold areas.
20,000 people died in Europe in 2003 because of infectious disease.
Extreme heat waves have caused the death of 1,500 people in Asia.
The World Health Organization foresees that more than 150,000 people will die in the future because of climate changes.
The relation between climate change and the increase of diseases may be found in:
Climate changes cause less rain and, consequently, force people to drink dirty water from polluted lakes.
Climate changes make temperatures increase and doesn´t allow people to leave their houses to go to hospitals. As a result, more people get infected.
Climate changes may expand the cold areas that are the natural habitat of infectious mosquitoes.
Climate changes can make mosquitoes travel to other parts of the globe, where they couldn´t survive before, and infect more people.
Climate changes affect mainly the low classes. With little money these people cannot take care of their health.
The verb to lessen (first paragraph) means:
to minimize
to become large
to prolong
to develop
to rise
Climate changes will affect just the coldest parts of the globe.
Ski resort will receive more and more people trying to escape from high temperatures.
People will have to build stronger houses to protect their families from hurricanes.
Fisherman don´t need to worry because there will be always great quantity of fish in the sea.
Drought provoked by high temperatures will damage agricultural output.
According to the text, symptoms of heat in the human bady can affect:
kidney and liver
heart and legs
skin and head
lungs and arms
skin and stomach