EPCAR 2018

  

•    ESCOLA PREPARATÓRIA DE CADETES DO AR  

•    2018  

Prova de Inglês

Gabarito Final

• 16 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) / 4 Options Each Question.
• Text – | One of the internet's craziest conspiracy theories | www.shortlist.com |

❑ TEXTO: Read the text below and answer questions 01 to 16 according to it.

One of the internet's craziest conspiracy theories

Michael Jackson Is Still Alive

The advent of the internet hasn't just cooked up1 new conspiracy theories, it's also accelerated existing ones. If you refuse to believe that it was the Iranians that killed him, perhaps you'll be convinced that MJ is actually still alive. Proof? His own daughter Paris Jackson took a photo of him. Seriously. What do you mean you don't see him? He's right there in the back seat, stacked2 under that pile of clothes wearing his iconic hat. Believe, man. Thriller Vol.2 to drop next year.

The Moon Doesn't Exist

It's no good looking at it, night after night. The moon doesn't exist. It's a hologram, put there by persons unknown. Of course, serial conspiracy theorist David Icke has a theory. There are also countless YouTubers keeping an eye out, one of whom has gone as far as "looking at it regularly for a year".

Jay Z Is A Time-Travelling Vampire

There are vast regions of the internet devoted to explaining why Jay Z is part of the Illuminati. Hence3 when this photo, which was taken in New York in 1939, appeared last year, he was accused of being a time-traveller. And a vampire. This video lists other old-time celebrity lookalikes4 , as well as suggesting that Hollywood stars don't age because they're the immortal bloodsucking undead. Not because they're stuffed5 with botox, then?

The Earth Is Hollow

Don't give up, readers. We're halfway through this list. We can make it to the end. Dig6 deep. Well, not too deep. You see, the Earth is hollow7 and accessible via portals at the north and south poles. Luckily though, it's quite habitable down there, providing excellent living quarters8 for the lost Viking colonies of Greenland and the Nazis, while "aliens" are in fact just visitors from the subterranean areas.

Siri Can Predict The Apocalypse

Amazing as it may seem, given that it can't do anything else you actually ask it to do, Siri can predict the apocalypse. When asked "What day is 27th July 2014?", Apple's assistant replied, "The opening of the gate of Hades", aka9 The End Of The World. That date has now passed without issue10. Say what you like about the maligned MS Office paperclip, but at least he didn't scaremonger11 that the end was near.

We All Live In The Matrix And Billionaires Want To Break Us Out Of It

The New Yorker’s Tad Friend claims that many people in Silicone Valley are obsessed with the idea that we're all living in a Matrix-like simulation, and some are taking that obsession a stage further: “Two tech billionaires have gone so far as to secretly engage scientists to work on breaking us out of the simulation.”Here's hoping Mark Zuckerberg is 'The One', yeah?

Hitler Is Still Alive

"Hitler is still alive" rumours have circulated since the 1970s, fuelled by the fact that his crony Josef Mengele hid in South America. Stories like this one, however, speculate the 125-year-old Hitler has been responsible for various world disasters, including 9/11 and the 2010 Gulf oil spill, which happened on his birthday. Other theories say he died in 1984 in Brazil, aged 94. Or in Argentina, aged 73.

• (Adapted from http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/20-of-the-internets-craziestconspiracy-theories/Acesso em: 14 de fev 2017)

Glossary:

1 - cook up – to invent a story, a plan, etc.
2 - stacked – covered with things
3 - hence – the reason, the explanation for
4 - lookalikes – similar in appearance
5 - stuffed – filled with something
6 - dig – to make a hole in the ground
7 - hollow – a hole or empty space
8 - quarter – a place to live
9 - aka – abbreviation for also known as
10 - issue – problem
11 - scaremonger – a person that creates stories that cause public fear

01 – We can deduce from the first paragraph that

(A) the new conspiracy theories were created to reinforce
the advent of the internet.
(B) conspiracy theories are reliable speculations.
(C) technology spread the existence of conspiracy theories.
(D) the internet convinced people to be against conspiracy theories.

•    Gabarito C  

02 – "The advent of the internet hasn't [...] cooked up new conspiracy theories" (lines 2 and 3).

Mark the correct option to make the sentence above interrogative.

(A) Doesn’t the advent of the internet cook up new conspiracy theories?
(B) Hasn't the advent of the internet cooked up new conspiracy theories?
(C) Didn’t the advent of the internet cook up new conspiracy theories?
(D) Haven’t the advent of the internet cook up new conspiracy theories?

•    Gabarito B  

03 – "His own daughter Paris Jackson took a photo of him" (lines 6 and 7).

Mark the correct masculine type of the highlighted word.

(A) Niece.
(B) Sister.
(C) Brother.
(D) Son.

•    Gabarito D  

04 – Mark the option that shows the appropriate question tag for the sentence.

"He's right there in the back seat", ______? (line 8)

(A) isn't he
(B) hasn't he
(C) isn't there
(D) is he

•    Gabarito A  

05 – According to the second paragraph, the moon

(A) is not real.
(B) was created by YouTubers.
(C) is just one among countless moons.
(D) is an hologram created by David Icke.

•    Gabarito A  

06 – "Hollywood stars don't age"(line 25).

It means that

(A) famous actors don't celebrate their birth.
(B) stars' age is not countable.
(C) these people don't look older.
(D) some stars never die.

•    Gabarito C  

07 – According to paragraph 3, conspiracy theories DON’T consider that

a) Jay Z is a member of the Illuminati.
b) Hollywood stars are vampires.
c) The singer was alive in 1939.
d) Hollywood stars don't age because of botox.

•    Gabarito D  

08 – The sentence"Don't give up" (line 29)

in the affirmative form is

(A) giving up.
(B) I give up.
(C) I gave up.
(D) give up.

•    Gabarito D  

09 – Mark the alternative that CANNOT replace the word "too" (line 31) in the text.

(A) Extremely.

(B) Also.
(C) Very.
(D) So.

•    Gabarito B  

10 – Complete the fragment below with the grammatically correct verb tense.

• According to paragraph four, if the earth is hollow, you _____ it via portals at the north and south poles.

(A) accessed

(B) have entered
(C) will reach
(D) stays

•    Gabarito C  

11 – Mark the alternative that can answer the question below according to the text.

• Why can Siri predict the apocalypse? Because

(A) it mentions a date that has a specific meaning.

(B) the tool opened the gate of Hades.
(C) it is responsible for the end of the world.
(D) the tool created a new conspiracy theory.

•    Gabarito A  

12 – Mark the option that can replace the sentence below without changing its meaning.

"It can't do anything else" (lines 38 and 39).

(A) It cannot do nothing else.
(B) It can do nothing else.
(C) It can't do something else.
(D) It can do anything else.

•    Gabarito B  

13 – "We all live in the matrix and billionaires want to break us out of it" (lines 46 and 47) is

(A) an important governmental action to set us free.
(B) the new version of the movie Matrix starring Mark Zuckerberg.
(C) another conspiracy theory.
(D) the slogan of the new Matrix-like simulation.

•    Gabarito C  

14 – The expression "further" (line 51) introduces an idea of

(A) exemplification.
(B) contrast.
(C) conclusion.
(D) comparison.

•    Gabarito D  

15 – The sentence

• "Hitler is still alive rumours have circulated since the 1970s" (line 57 and 58)

means that

(A) some people still consider this hypothesis.
(B) it’s an old belief that is not accepted anymore.
(C) it was a rumour that occurred in 1970.
(D) Hitler has been alive since 1970.

•    Gabarito A  

16 – The main purpose of the text is to

(A) alert people to the possibility of unexpected events.
(B) inform about conspiracy theories.
(C) justify how dangerous conspiracy theories are.
(D) make people believe in true facts.

•    Gabarito B