Prova de Inglês do PAS UnB da 1a Etapa de 2005, com o gabarito.

“I want to know God’s thoughts... the rest are details.”

Based on the quotation above, it can be said that

16 God’s thought is all one needs to know.
17 if you know God’s thoughts, you can forget the rest.
18 God’s thoughts were unknown to Einstein.


Text for items 19 through 26.
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The nature of science and scientific theories

1 Science is a method of explaining the natural world.
It assumes that if you can observe or measure anything, it is
amenable(1)  to scientific investigation. Science also assumes that
4 the universe operates according to regularities which scientific
investigations can discover and explain. The testing of various
explanations of natural phenomena for their consistency with
7 empirical(2)  data is an essential part of the methodology of science.
Explanations that are not consistent with empirical
evidence or cannot be tested empirically are not a part of
10 science. As a result, explanations of natural phenomena that
are not based on evidence but on myths, personal beliefs,
religious values, and superstitions are not scientific.
13 Furthermore, because science is limited to explanations of
natural phenomena through the use of empirical evidence, it
cannot provide religious or ultimate explanations.
1 amenable: that can be tested by something.
2 empirical: based on what is experienced or seen, rather than on theory.
Adapted from Internet: (with adaptations).

According to the text above, it can be deduced that

19 science is particularly concerned with abstract ideas.
20 explanations of the natural world must be consistent with empirical evidence so that they can be considered scientific.
21 everything in the natural world can be measured by scientific method.
22 science and religion take into consideration the universe.

In the text,

23 “also” (Linha 3) means in addition.
24 “assumes” (L.3) can be correctly replaced by proves.
25 “their” (L.6) refers to “The testing” (L.5).
26 “phenomena” (L.10) is a plural form.

Eureka! – the birth of science

That man ever managed to develop a ‘scientific’
attitude to the natural world is one of the true wonders of
human thought. And answering the question of where and
how this attitude began to be noticed can help us better
understand the world we live in and the science that
governs it.
Eureka! shows that science proper began with the
Greeks. Disciplines as diverse as Medicine, Biology,
Engineering, Mathematics and Cosmology all have their
roots in ancient Greece. Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras,
Archimedes and Hippocrates were among its stars — master
architects all of modern, as well as ancient, science. But
what lay behind this colossal eruption of scientific activity?
Free from intellectual and religious dogma, the
Greeks rejected explanation in terms of myths and
capricious gods, and, in distinguishing between the natural
and the supernatural, they were the first to discover nature.
They began to develop and test new theories, leading to a
rapid increase in the sophistication of knowledge, and
ultimately to an awareness of the distinction between science
and technology.
Adapted from Internet: (with adaptations).

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

27 It is correct to say that the fundamentals of science started with the Greeks.
28 Modern science has nothing to do with the classical scientific tradition.
29 Some ancient people believed in myths.
30 The Greeks kept science and religion apart.

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Prova de Inglês do PAS. 1a etapa de 2004, com gabarito

Disabled Olympics

           A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish(1) to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled(2) on the asphalt, tumbled (3) over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back…every one of them. One girl with Down’s Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, “This will make it better.” Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.
Internet: (with adaptations).
Glossary:
1relish: enjoyment you get from doing something.
2to stumble: to put a foot down awkwardly while walking or running, and because of this to fall or begin to fall.
3to tumble: to fall or make sb sth fall, esp. in a sudden helpless way, often without serious injury.

Judge the following items based on the text above.

16 The author believes that people should not expect much from disabled contestants.
17 Considering that 1 yard corresponds to 0,914 meter, it is correct to state that the race had less than 100 meters.
18 The little boy who fell down was ahead of the others.
19 All the nine contestants ran together, arm in arm, to the finish line.
20 The disabled contestants taught a lesson on solidarity to everyone in the stadium.
21 The proverb A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle expresses the idea of solidarity.
22 Nobody remembered the incident after the Special Olympics ended.

Global Youth Service Day

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1 From Argentina to Zimbabwe to India and from Russia
to the United States, around the world, millions of young
people are getting organized and becoming involved in
4 voluntary projects. Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the
largest event in the world, involving over three million young
volunteers in more than ninety-five countries. On this day,
7 young people carry out hundreds of thousands of community
improvement projects and celebration events.
In Costa Rica – 250 youth volunteers built eighteen homes
10 in two towns.
In Guyana – volunteers cleaned schools, fed the poor, painted road signs, and visited the elderly and disabled.
13 In Russia – volunteers helped in local children’s homes and picked up litter in forests. In the United States – 400 volunteers built playgrounds in
16 poor areas of Washington, D.C.
This day is a way for local, national, and international
organizations to:
recognize the important contributions of                                                 millions of young people worldwide; recruit a new generation                          of global volunteers, willing to
22 help serve their community; promote young people as resources in their communities.
Craven Mike. Extending reading keys. Macmillan, 2003 (with adaptations)

It can be deduced from the text above that

23 exactly three million young volunteers participate in GYSD.
24 250 young people received no money to build homes in Costa Rica.
25 the voluntary projects include building homes.
26 on average, it took more than twelve volunteers to build each house in Costa Rica.
27 not many youngsters are interested in serving their community.
28 “fed” (l.11) means gave food.
29 there was no need to clean Russian forests.
30 “worldwide” (l.20) means everywhere in the world.

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