Questões de Inglês do ano 2022

#Questão 1020312 - Inglês, Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions, INSTITUTO AOCP, 2022, BANESE, Desenvolvimento

What is the Difference Between Checking and Savings Accounts?

The main difference between checking and savings accounts is that checking accounts are primarily for accessing your money for daily use while savings accounts are primarily for saving money. Checking accounts are considered “transactional,” meaning that they allow you to access your money when and where you need it. While both allow you to access your money, you may consider it easier to do so with checking accounts. Since these accounts are designed to give you easy access to your cash, they often come with debit cards, checks, and even offer digital payment options. In contrast, savings accounts have a limit on the number of withdrawals you can make each month.

While checking accounts are convenient for daily cash needs, it’s important to remember that they may be age restricted. Most banks won’t allow people under the age of 18 to open a checking account without a parent or legal guardian as a co-owner of the account. Before opening a checking account, make sure that its terms fit your financial needs and your lifestyle.

When it comes to setting aside money for a longterm need or goal, you should consider a savings account. Savings accounts are designed to hold money over a long period of time to help you save for larger goals (rather than everyday purchases). As your money stays in the account, it will accrue interest and grow over time. This means that you will need to visit your bank, set up a transfer online, or make an ATM withdrawal to access your money.

Keeping some of your money in a savings account is a great way to set it aside for emergencies or large purchases – its limited access will keep you from spending it on day-to-day necessities. There are also dedicated savings accounts for kids, though a parent or guardian is usually required as a joint owner.

(Adapted from: https://www.santanderbank.com/personal/resources/checkingsavings/difference-between-checking

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Pay close attention to the terms/idioms that are underlined in the five following sentences:
I. While both allow you to access your money, you may consider it easier to do so with checking accounts (1^st paragraph). II. In contrast, savings accounts have a limit on the number of withdrawals you can make each month (1^st paragraph). III. Most banks won’t allow people under the age of 18 to open a checking account without a parent or legal guardian as a co-owner of the account (2^nd paragraph). IV. When it comes to setting aside money for a long-term need or goal, you should consider a savings account (3^rd paragraph). V. There are also dedicated savings accounts for kids, though a parent or guardian is usually required as a joint owner (4^th paragraph).
Now, choose the alternative that classifies these terms correctly and matches them with an appropriate synonym.

A) In sentence I, the term “while” is used as a conjunction to connect two contrasting ideas and it could be replaced by “rather than” with no loss in meaning.

B) In sentence II, the idiom “in contrast” is being used to say that the following idea is very different from the previous one, and it could be replaced by “notwithstanding” with no loss in meaning.

C) In sentence III, the term “without” is used as a preposition and it could be replaced by “alongside” with no loss in meaning.

D) In sentence IV, the idiom “when it comes to” is being used to identify the topic that is being talked about, and it could be replaced by “regarding” with no loss in meaning.

E) In sentence V, the term “though” is used as a conjunction, and it could be replaced by “furthermore” with no loss in meaning.

#Questão 1020313 - Inglês, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, INSTITUTO AOCP, 2022, BANESE, Desenvolvimento

What is the Difference Between Checking and Savings Accounts?

The main difference between checking and savings accounts is that checking accounts are primarily for accessing your money for daily use while savings accounts are primarily for saving money. Checking accounts are considered “transactional,” meaning that they allow you to access your money when and where you need it. While both allow you to access your money, you may consider it easier to do so with checking accounts. Since these accounts are designed to give you easy access to your cash, they often come with debit cards, checks, and even offer digital payment options. In contrast, savings accounts have a limit on the number of withdrawals you can make each month.

While checking accounts are convenient for daily cash needs, it’s important to remember that they may be age restricted. Most banks won’t allow people under the age of 18 to open a checking account without a parent or legal guardian as a co-owner of the account. Before opening a checking account, make sure that its terms fit your financial needs and your lifestyle.

When it comes to setting aside money for a longterm need or goal, you should consider a savings account. Savings accounts are designed to hold money over a long period of time to help you save for larger goals (rather than everyday purchases). As your money stays in the account, it will accrue interest and grow over time. This means that you will need to visit your bank, set up a transfer online, or make an ATM withdrawal to access your money.

Keeping some of your money in a savings account is a great way to set it aside for emergencies or large purchases – its limited access will keep you from spending it on day-to-day necessities. There are also dedicated savings accounts for kids, though a parent or guardian is usually required as a joint owner.

(Adapted from: https://www.santanderbank.com/personal/resources/checkingsavings/difference-between-checking

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Choose the alternative that correctly describes the meaning of one of the following words which were taken from the text.

A) In the text, the word “cash” (1^st paragraph) is being used to refer to equivalent forms of money such as checks, vouchers, or debit cards, as opposed to using credit cards or digital payment options.

B) In the text, the word “parent” (2^nd paragraph) is being used to refer to a person who relates to a given user as a responsible companion in the absence of the father or mother.

C) In the text, the word “daily” (1^st paragraph) is being used to refer to something, usually a long task, which takes an entire day to be completed and thus can only be done once at a time.

D) In the text, the word “withdrawals” (1^st paragraph) is being used to refer to the act of taking out money from a bank account with the intention of returning it in the near future.

E) In the text, the word “interest” (3^rd paragraph) is being used to refer to the sum of money that a person earns as a percentage of their own deposit in their bank account.

#Questão 1020318 - Inglês, Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, AMAUC, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Lingua Inglesa

#Questão 1020319 - Inglês, Ensino da Língua Estrangeira Inglesa, AMAUC, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Lingua Inglesa

"No notável ensaio A Review of Skinner's Verbal Behavior , publicado em 1959, X argumenta(m) que a aquisição de uma língua não pode ser explicada simplesmente como resposta a estímulos, já que as crianças produzem palavras e sentenças que não constam em seu input linguístico, ou seja, que não pronunciadas por seus pais ou pelas pessoas de seu convívio. Dessa forma, o ser humano seria dotado de uma faculdade específica - a faculdade da linguagem -, situada na estrutura mente/cérebro, que possibilita a qualquer ser humano desenvolver linguagem, desde que exposto a um input linguístico. Essa faculdade é inata, hereditária, inerente ao seu humano e, também, o que o distingue dos demais seres vivos. Com a instauração da Y e o desenvolvimento de pesquisas em aquisição da linguagem, foram aprimorados os métodos de pesquisa e coleta de dados, e os estudos longitudinais, terceiro e atual momento dos estudos sobre aquisição da linguagem, passaram a ser os eleitos, já que, por meio desse tipo de pesquisa, é possível acompanhar o trajeto que a criança percorre até atingir o alvo - sua língua materna." Fonte (adaptada): LORANDI, Aline; CRUZ, Carina Rebello; SCHERER, Ana Paula Rigatti. Aquisição da linguagem. Verba Volant , v. 2, nº 1. Pelotas: Editora e Gráfica Universitária da UFPel, 2011, p. 146.

Marque a alternativa CORRETA que substitui respectivamente o X e o Y no texto acima.

A) Vygotsky - Teoria Construtivista.

B) Vygotsky - Teoria da Otimidade.

C) Chomsky - Teoria Gerativa.

D) Prince e Smolensky - Teoria Gerativa.

E) Prince e Smolensky - Teoria da Otimidade.

#Questão 1020320 - Inglês, Tradução | Translation, AMAUC, 2022, Prefeitura de Concórdia - SC, Professor - Lingua Inglesa

Read the sentences below.

I.The Novel was written by a Danish author.

II.The chest was full of flowers.

Considering the context of each sentence, mark the alternative that presents the translation of the words in bold.

A) I.Romance; II.Costas.

B) I.Novela; II.Baú.

C) I.Romance; II.Baú.

D) I.Novela; II.Costas.

E) I.Novela; II.Peito.

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