14 Questões de Língua Inglesa do MACKENZIE 2017

The word therefore in the text is closest in meaning to (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) even though, though.
2. B) inasmuch as.
3. C) for that reason; in this way.
4. D) furthermore, additionally.
5. E) nonetheless.

Many of Bowie’s songs focus on the subject of space, such as 1969 hit ‘Space Oddity’. ‘Space Oddity’ was covered from space by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013. Speaking at the time, Bowie called it “the most poignant version of the song ever created.” “Goodbye Starman,” Hadfield tweeted following Bowie’s passing. That tweet is beneath. The news that Bowie has lost an 18-month battle with cancer was announced this morning with his son, film director Duncan Jones, among the first to share his message of love for his late father. Twitter: “Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many.” @DavidBowieReal — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January 11, 2016 Twitter: “Ashes to ashes, dust to stardust. Your brilliance inspired us all. Goodbye Starman.” pic.twitter.com/FbcxlAzces — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2016 Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/90712#8WCKK1hRpy1uXsxF.99 According to the text above, (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) “Space Oddity” was written and performed in space for the first time.
2. B) Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted Duncan Jones a message of love after his dad’s death.
3. C) After his death, D.Bowie started to be called “Starman” by Hadfield.
4. D) David Bowie fought for a year and a half against his illness.
5. E) Duncan Jones sent messages about his father’s death to space.

Many of Bowie’s songs focus on the subject of space, such as 1969 hit ‘Space Oddity’. ‘Space Oddity’ was covered from space by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013. Speaking at the time, Bowie called it “the most poignant version of the song ever created.” “Goodbye Starman,” Hadfield tweeted following Bowie’s passing. That tweet is beneath. The news that Bowie has lost an 18-month battle with cancer was announced this morning with his son, film director Duncan Jones, among the first to share his message of love for his late father. Twitter: “Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many.” @DavidBowieReal — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January 11, 2016 Twitter: “Ashes to ashes, dust to stardust. Your brilliance inspired us all. Goodbye Starman.” pic.twitter.com/FbcxlAzces — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2016 Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/90712#8WCKK1hRpy1uXsxF.99 The word poignant in the text is closest in meaning to (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) pungent, moving.
2. B) exciting, exhilarating.
3. C) admiring, stimulating.
4. D) astonishing, surprising.
5. E) dreadful, unpleasant.

Imagem: Garfield de roupão, segurando uma caneca, com a frase: 'I'D LIKE MORNINGS BETTER IF THEY STARTED LATER' According to the comic strip above (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) Garfield likes it whenever mornings start later.
2. B) Had mornings started later, Garfield would have liked them.
3. C) Garfield doesn’t like mornings because they don’t start late.
4. D) Garfield would like it better if he could get up in the morning.
5. E) Garfield starts his day late because he feels better and has more energy.

THE ONLY THING COMPLAINING DOES IS CONVINCE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL. - UNKNOWN According to the saying above (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) People who complain a lot can convince other people that they are to control everything.
2. B) You can only convince other people that you are in control if you complain.
3. C) The more you complain, the less in control you are.
4. D) If you can convince other people that you are in control, you shouldn’t complain about that.
5. E) Complaining about other people can make you lose control.

The following text refers to questions 12 and 13. Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 90 By Ralph Ellis, Todd Leopold and Tony Marco, CNN Updated 0212 GMT (1012 HKT) March 19, 2017 (CNN) Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis, his verified Facebook page said. He was 90. A post on the St. Charles County police Facebook page said officers responded to a medical emergency at the residence around 12:40 p.m. (1:40 p.m. ET) Saturday and found an unresponsive man inside. Resuscitation efforts failed. “The St. Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry.” A musical legend Berry wrote and recorded “Johnny B. Goode” and “Sweet Little Sixteen” -- songs every garage band and fledgling guitarist had to learn if they wanted to enter the rock ‘n’ roll fellowship. Berry took all-night hamburger stands, brown-eyed handsome men and V-8 Fords and turned them into the stuff of American poetry. By doing so, he gave rise to followers beyond number, bar-band disciples of the electric guitar, who carried his musical message to the far corners of the Earth. Some of his most famous followers praised him on social media. Bruce Springsteen tweeted: “Chuck Berry was rock’s greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived.” Chuck Berry was rock’s greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived. The Rolling Stones posted on their website: “The Rolling Stones are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Chuck Berry. He was a true pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll and a massive influence on us. Chuck was not only a brilliant guitarist, singer and performer, but most importantly, he was a master craftsman as a songwriter. His songs will live forever.” But it was perhaps John Lennon -- who died in 1980 -- who put it most succinctly. “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” The list of Berry’s classics is as well-known as his distinctive, chiming “Chuck Berry riff”: “Maybellene.” “Around and Around.” “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man.” “School Days.” “Memphis.” “Nadine.” “No Particular Place to Go.” They were deceptively simple tunes, many constructed with simple chord progressions and classic verse-chorus-verse formats, but their hearts could be as big as teenage hopes on a Saturday night. His music even went into outer space. When the two Voyager spacecrafts were launched in 1977, each was accompanied on its journey to the outer reaches of the solar system by a phonograph record that contained sounds of Earth -- including “Johnny B. Goode.” The alternative which lists only words used as adjectives in the text is (Mackenzie 2017)

1. A) well-known, simple, phonograph, pure.
2. B) chord, massive, launched, unresponsive.
3. C) big, succinctly, saddened, handsome.
4. D) brown-eyed, perhaps, master, system.
5. E) followers, medical, Saturday, solar.