ordinal and cardinal numbers / directions

INGLÊS - 1o ANO
MÓDULO 14
ORDINAL AND
CARDINAL NUMBERS /
DIRECTIONS
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Fixação
(UERJ)
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I arrived in Rio’s busy central bus station late Thursday night. (...) I took a deep breath, stepped
off the bus and went to look for my bag. (...) The wiry baggage handler already had my backpack
in his arms and was looking for its rightful owner. He lifted it onto my back with a groan and told me
I was setting myself up for a very uncomfortable old age if I insisted on walking around with three
tons on my back. “Enjoy Rio!” he called after me as I pushed through the crowds. So far, so good.
I was feeling quite good until I realised that I hadn’t got a single Real to my name and had
to go to a cash point. “I am definitely going to be mugged now”, I thought as I wandered around
rather aimlessly looking for an ATM. Great! I found a friendly policeman (a common sight in Rio’s
bus terminals) and I asked him where the nearest ATM was. He smiled and laughed, “I am bored
standing here looking at all these beautiful girls, let me show you”. Cash safely tucked away, he
led me to the taxi rank and told me it was going to be the perfect night for a cold beer. Everything
in Rio eventually leads to a cold beer. It was, after all, going to be my kind of city.
Taxis have always been a problem for me and I seem to attract deranged taxi drivers like
moths to a flame. (...) My driver took my bags and locked them in the trunk of his battered
taxi. I showed him the address and he nodded, slipped the car into gear and took off so
fast I almost got whiplash (Cariocas seem unable to drive at anything less than break-neck
speed - it is perhaps the most dangerous aspect of Rio). As we rushed dangerously from
lane to lane the driver asked if it was my first time in Rio. “Yes”, I replied nervously with one
hand covering my eyes.
He eased his car across four lanes of oncoming traffic, handbrake-turned into a side street and
checked again the address I had given him. “It’s near Pão de Açúcar”, I told him, trying to sound
vaguely confident as we screeched up in front of a beautifully modern, glass fronted building.
“Here we are”, he smiled. “I don’t think this is the right place, my friend told me it was in front of
Pão de Açúcar and I don’t see the supermarket anywhere”.
The taxi driver took a long hard look at me and burst out laughing. He leant out of the
window and pointed with a chubby finger to the great craggy mountain opposite. “Know what
that is?” he asked almost choking with laughter. I blushed, “That’s Pão de Açúcar? The real
one? I thought I was looking for the supermarket of the same name”. This, the driver told me,
was the funniest thing he had ever heard and he almost let me have the ride for free. Almost...
(BLAZDELL, Philip. http://www.bootsnall.com)
O texto é um “travelog”, relato de viagem, veiculado na Internet.
1) Cite duas características do público-alvo deste relato.
Fixação
2) Da narrativa de Philip Blazdell, pode-se inferir que ele temia a violência no Rio de Janeiro.
Descreva o acontecimento que atenuou seus temores.
O autor utiliza recursos típicos de uma narrativa: discurso direto, indireto e marcadores
temporais de sequência de eventos.
Fixação
3) Aponte a função do discurso direto no texto.
Fixação
4) As we rushed dangerously from lane to lane the driver asked (l. 31 - 32)
The taxi driver took a long hard look at me and burst out laughing. (l. 44 - 45)
Indique a função de as e de and como marcadores temporais.
Fixação
Compreender as referências espaciais é fundamental para se entender o humor do fato
narrado neste texto.
5) Know what that is?
Indique a que se refere a palavra that na pergunta do motorista.
Fixação
6) This, (...), was the funniest thing he had ever heard.
Explique por que o mal-entendido tornou-se engraçado.
Fixação
7)
Solid Waste Disposal in U.S. 1990
Landfilled 80%
Incinerated 9%
Recycled 10%
Composited 1%
This graphic shows that the vast majority a the waste In the United States is landfilled. Since
1990, the numbers of recycled and composted waste have increased significantly.
(Disponlvel em http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/316solidwaste.html. Acesso em: 12.07.2011)
Segundo o texto, podemos afirmar que:
a) A eliminação dos residuos solidos nos Estados Unidos começou em 1990.
b) Apenas 10% do lixo reciclado foram eliminados nos Estados Unidos em 1990.
c) A partir de 1990, o percentual de lixo reciclado começou a declinar nos Estados Unidos.
d) 80% da eliminação dos resíduos sólidos aconteceram em aterros nos Estados Unidos em
1990.
e) Nos Estados Unidos, em 1990, a maior parte dos resíduos sólidos foi eliminada pela reciclagem e pela incineração.
Fixação
8) A expressão nominal “Solid Waste Disposal in U.S. 1990”, presente no texto, tem a seguinte
estrutura:
a) Modilicador + modilicador + núcleo + pós-modificador.
b) Determinante + modificador + núcleo + pós·modificador
c) Modificador + determinante + núcleo + pós-modificador.
d) Determinante + modificador + modificador + modificador + núcleo
e) Determinante + modificador + núcleo + preposição + determinante + modificador + núcleo
Proposto
Costly Cities
According to a recent analysis reported in The New York Times, Hong Kong is the most
expensive international business travel destination. Ratings were based on daily expenses,
such as meals and lodging in business-class hotels. New York is the most costly city in the
U.S. at $305 a day, but it lags behind the top ten, which includes São Paulo. Here is a complete
list of the top ten most expensive cities:
City
Per diem cost (in US $)
1) Hong Kong
474
2) Tokyo
440
3) Moscow392
4) Buenos Aires
381
5) Paris
377
6) London
375
7) Seoul
371
8) Prague
335
9) São Paulo
329
10) Taipei
328
1) (SFI) According to the text:
a) a trip to Paris is not as expensive as a trip to Tokyo.
b) daily expenses in São Paulo are cheaper than in Taipei.
c) the most costly city is not Hong Kong.
d) a trip to Buenos Aires is less expensive than a trip to Seoul.
e) Prague is the cheapest city of them all.