10 Questões de Língua Inglesa do MACKENZIE 2011

The following text refers to questions 12 to 14. Newsweek In The Beginning Was the Word … Now Come the Drawings By Malcolm Jones For the better part of the Christian era in Western civilization, illustrating scenes from the Bible was not a job for artists. It was the job. As late as the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and their wannabes spent their days illustrating ceilings and altarpieces, painting frescoes, and chiseling images of Moses, David, and Madonna and child out of every scrap of available marble. But as the church lost some of its hold on the Western imagination, artists felt free to look elsewhere for inspiration. Now and then an artist would undertake a religious theme (Chagall, Rouault), but excepting the English painter Stanley Spencer or outsider artist Howard Finster, it’s hard to think of a major modern artist who’s spent much time on holy ground. It’s even harder to think of an artist who could significantly alter our perceptions of the events, previously illustrated or not, in the Bible. But then, who could have foreseen that R. Crumb would tackle the Book of Genesis? Yes, this is the man a publisher has entrusted with the task of illustrating the first book of the Bible. Unlikely as it might seem, this was trust well repaid. Without a trace of irony, and certainly no mockery, Crumb delivers a literal—one might even say traditional—rendition of the events in the Judeo-Christian account of Creation and its aftermath. Frame by frame, comic-book fashion, The Book of Genesis shows a white-bearded, patriarchal God creating the heavens and the earth and all that walk upon it. We see Adam and Eve exiled from the Garden of Eden. We observe the first murder, as Cain kills his brother, and then Noah and the Flood, the travails of Abraham—every verse of every chapter carefully rendered, right through to the story of Joseph and the Israelite migration to Egypt. The word mockery in the text means (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) comments or actions that are intended to make somebody or something seem ridiculous.
2. B) the ability to understand the true nature of something.
3. C) a feeling or an opinion, especially one based on emotions.
4. D) an event, an action or a fact that shows that something exists, is happening or may happen in the future.
5. E) a feeling of pain or unhappiness which strikes a person who does not trust his/her peers.

The following text refers to questions 12 to 14. Newsweek In The Beginning Was the Word … Now Come the Drawings By Malcolm Jones For the better part of the Christian era in Western civilization, illustrating scenes from the Bible was not a job for artists. It was the job. As late as the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and their wannabes spent their days illustrating ceilings and altarpieces, painting frescoes, and chiseling images of Moses, David, and Madonna and child out of every scrap of available marble. But as the church lost some of its hold on the Western imagination, artists felt free to look elsewhere for inspiration. Now and then an artist would undertake a religious theme (Chagall, Rouault), but excepting the English painter Stanley Spencer or outsider artist Howard Finster, it’s hard to think of a major modern artist who’s spent much time on holy ground. It’s even harder to think of an artist who could significantly alter our perceptions of the events, previously illustrated or not, in the Bible. But then, who could have foreseen that R. Crumb would tackle the Book of Genesis? Yes, this is the man a publisher has entrusted with the task of illustrating the first book of the Bible. Unlikely as it might seem, this was trust well repaid. Without a trace of irony, and certainly no mockery, Crumb delivers a literal—one might even say traditional—rendition of the events in the Judeo-Christian account of Creation and its aftermath. Frame by frame, comic-book fashion, The Book of Genesis shows a white-bearded, patriarchal God creating the heavens and the earth and all that walk upon it. We see Adam and Eve exiled from the Garden of Eden. We observe the first murder, as Cain kills his brother, and then Noah and the Flood, the travails of Abraham—every verse of every chapter carefully rendered, right through to the story of Joseph and the Israelite migration to Egypt. In the text, it’s UNCLEAR (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) if illustrating scenes from the Bible was an ordinary job.
2. B) whether R. Crumb was the one chosen to perform the illustrating job.
3. C) how much the events in the Bible have been altered.
4. D) how God is portrayed in the story.
5. E) when the book was or will be released.

The following advertisement refers to questions 17 and 18. SAVING SIGHT WORLDWIDE 80% of those who are blind ___(1)___ Millions could be cured – right now – if they had access to proper eye care Your awareness of the problem and support for ORBIS can make a difference to millions of lives. Enquiry: (852)2595 0263 Website: www.orbis.org.hk The message conveyed by the advertisement states that (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) you are to blame for blindness in the world.
2. B) millions of blind people can be cured immediately.
3. C) a different kind of treatment for blindness is being supported now.
4. D) eyesight treatment is unavailable to some presently.
5. E) being aware of the problem is enough to make a difference in the world nowadays.

The following advertisement refers to questions 17 and 18. SAVING SIGHT WORLDWIDE 80% of those who are blind ___(1)___ Millions could be cured – right now – if they had access to proper eye care Your awareness of the problem and support for ORBIS can make a difference to millions of lives. Enquiry: (852)2595 0263 Website: www.orbis.org.hk The verb that properly fills in blank I in the advertisement is (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) are meant to be.
2. B) would rather be.
3. C) don’t have to be.
4. D) are supposed to be.
5. E) will never be.

Which of the questions below WOULD NOT make sense in the text above? (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) Do I meet the deadlines I set myself? If not, why not? How can I ensure that I do?
2. B) Would it help me to change the sequence in which I do things?
3. C) Am I allowing sufficient spare time to deal with the unexpected in my planning? How can I make provision for it?
4. D) How able are you to share your concerns with others?
5. E) Are there times of day when I accomplish nothing very much? Could I insert alternative activities in those times, for example going to the gym or for a walk?

"Kind words do not cost much. ___________________________." (Blaise Pascal) Choose the alternative that has the most logical continuation to the quotation below. (Mackenzie 2011)

1. A) So that they accomplish much.
2. B) Accordingly, they accomplish much.
3. C) Despite they accomplish much.
4. D) Therefore, they accomplish much.
5. E) Yet they accomplish much.