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Questão 60 11633269
APMBB 2015Leia o texto a seguir para responder à questão.
What do police officers do?
By Emma Woolley
The primary responsibility of police officers is to protect the public, or if commissioned, the person, group or organization to which they are assigned. Through detecting and preventing crime, police officers strive to maintain law and order in their respective jurisdictions.
Most new police officers work in general duty in patrol divisions, which provides a broad range of experiences and assignments. General duty policing involves patrolling assigned areas to enforce laws, protect public safety, and arrest criminal suspects – either by car, foot, bicycle, or in some cases, horse.
Police officers can also do some or all of the following: Investigate accidents and crime scenes; secure evidence and interview witnesses; testify in court; collect notes and reports; provide emergency assistance to victims of natural disasters, crime, and accidents; engage in crime prevention, safety, and public information programs; participate in media relations; and supervise and manage the work of other police officers.
Working as a police officer can be one of the most diverse career experiences, as specializations ranging in the hundreds are available. With a few years of service (usually four or more), he or she can move into areas such as criminal identification, drug investigations, sexual assault, fraud, major case and/or crime management, surveillance, aircraft security, explosives disposal, police dog services, and many more.
Police officers must be available for shift work at any time of day and any day of the week, including holidays. Shifts tend to be longer than the standard eight-hour office day. Even though many regular police duties are routine in nature, the job can also be dangerous, as well as physically and emotionally stressful.
(http://careerbear.com/police-officer/article/ what-do-police-officers-do. Adaptado)
In the last sentence from the text – Even though many regular police duties are routine in nature… – the phrase in bold expresses a relationship of
Questão 15 99190
FCM PB Medicina 2014/1Text 1
In the latest episode of the 2014 World Cup saga, Brazilian prosecutors are seeking an injunction to block the use of public funds for temporary infrastructure at World Cup stadiums located throughout Brazil. Structures like tents, cabling and communication equipment for broadcasters offer no long-term benefit to society, the prosecutors argue, and therefore they should be paid for by the FIFA, the world soccer governing body. If successful, the injunction could save Brazil almost 1.2 billion reals in taxpayer money, according to the statement released by the Procuradoria Geral da República. Brazil is not served by these expenditures for a private event, they argue, saying: "What is the public interest in paying for these services, if FIFA will be the only holder of their rights and sells them at millionaire prices?"
Brazil is spending about $3.5 billion to build or refurbish 12 stadiums for the tournament, which many Brazilians think should have been spent on other things, like health care and education. The public outrage propelled many to the streets in June and July, leading to the largest public demonstrations Brazil has ever seen. Since then, the financing of the World Cup has come under great scrutiny. Aside from the prosecutor’s lawsuit, the six cities that hosted the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June are also separately suing to get back 230 million reals ($105 million) spent on temporary structures for the event. The Brazilian Supreme Court has yet to rule on the lawsuit.
FIFA replied that “liabilities related to complementary structures were clearly stated in contracts” signed by the stadium owners in 2007. It added that the local organizing committees were responsible for several of the temporary structures, as well as hospitality, commercial display areas, food concessions and merchandising.
“In order to further reduce the investment made by the stadium owners in the complementary structures, the local organizing committees and FIFA are reviewing all of the requirements, as they did in February 2013 for the FIFA Confederations Cup, when there was a significant decrease in scope.”
Source: The International Business Times (Adapted from http://www.ibtimes.com/, November/2013)
Choose the item which best completes the sentence bellow:
“Exactly a year away from hosting its _____ sporting tournament ever, Brazil is _______ in disputes and delays over the preparations for the event.”
Questão 16 94682
Mackenzie 2014/2BREAKING BAD
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the __ ( I )__ story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with __ ( II )__ lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine, in order to secure his family’s financial future before he dies, teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). The series has been labeled a contemporary western by its creator.
The series premiered on January 20, 2008 in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, and the series finale aired on September 29, 2013. Breaking Bad received __ ( III )__ critical acclaim, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. By its end, the series was among the __ ( IV ) _ _ cable shows on American television, with audience numbers that doubled in the fifth season from the previous year’s episodes.
Breaking Bad was created by Vince Gilligan, who spent several years writing the Fox series The X-Files. Gilligan wanted to create a series in which the protagonist became the antagonist. “Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades,” he said. “When I realized this, the __ ( V )__ next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?” He added that his goal with Walter White was to turn him from Mr. Chips into Scarface.
While Gilligan defines the term “breaking bad” as “to raise hell”, it apparently means more than that. According to Lily Rothman, it is an old phrase which “connotes more violence than ‘raising hell’ does.... The words possess a wide variety of nuances: to ‘break bad’ can mean to ‘go __ ( VI )__ ‘, to ‘defy authority’ and break the law, to be verbally ‘combative, belligerent, or _ _ ( VII )__ or, followed by the preposition ‘on,’ to ‘completely dominate or humiliate.’”
The concept emerged as Gilligan talked with his fellow writer Thomas Schnauz regarding their _ _ ( VIII )__ unemployment and joked that the solution was for them to put a “meth lab in the back of an RV and drive around the country cooking meth and making money.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
The adjectives that properly fill in blanks I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, in the text, are
Questão 54 1030111
EsPCEx 2° Dia 2012Leia o texto a seguir e responda à questão.
“Hello”, said a quiet, musical voice.
I looked up, stunned that he was speaking to me. He was sitting as far away from me as the desk allowed, but his chair was angled toward me. His hair was dripping wet – he looked like someone in a commercial for hair gel. His dazzling face was friendly, open, a slight smile on his flawless lips. But his eyes were careful.
“My name is Edward Cullen,” he continued. “I didn’t have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan.”
My mind was spinning with confusion. He was perfectly polite now. I had to speak; he was waiting. But I couldn’t think of anything conventional to say.
“H-how do you know my name?” I stammered.
He laughed a soft laugh.
“Oh, I think everyone knows your name. The whole town was waiting for you to arrive.”
MEYER, S. Twilight. New York: Megan Tingley Books, 2006. Page 43.
According to Bella’s descriptions in the text, Edward was
Questão 48 3640619
EEAR 2019/2Read the text to answer the question.
TV addiction
The amount of time people spend watching television is
astonishing. On average, individuals in the industrialized
world devote three hours a day to the pursuit, fully half of
their leisure time, and more than on any single activity save
[05] work and sleep. Someone who lives to 75 would spend nine
years in front of the tube. To some commentators, this
devotion means simply that people enjoy TV and make a
conscious decision to watch it. But if that is the whole story,
why do so many people experience misgivings about how
[10] much they view?
www.sciam.com/article.cfm
The word “astonishing”, underlined in the text, is a / an
Questão 10 1363478
EFOMM 1° Dia 2019Which option is correct to complete the sentences below?
1- My sister heard him _______ down the stairs.
2- She heard the bomb _________.
3- The teacher saw the notebook __________ on the table.
4- Justice must not only be done, it must be to be done.
5 - I could see my nephew ______ on the bus.
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