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UFSC2026Prova 1Questao 16InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMedia‘The US system is being destroyed’: researchers talk about leaving America for a safer
place to do science in France
Almost 300 researchers have applied for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump
initiated his attack on academia
Ashifa Kassam. Sat 5 Jul 2025
In March, Brian Sandberg, a political scientist working at a top US university, realized it was
time to leave his home country. He had been watching how Trump’s administration had launched
devastating attacks on academia: cutting funding, targeting international students and forbidding
certain research fields and keywords. “Things have really changed … The entire system of research
and higher education in the United States is under attack,” he said.
Soon after, he became one of the many researchers to apply for a French
university’s groundbreaking offer of “scientific asylum”. The program, launched by Aix-Marseille
University, is one of Europe’s first initiatives to help US researchers. The program offers three years
of funding to around 20 scientists seeking escape from the academic repression in America. Three
months after they launched their program – named Safe Place for Science – the university said it
had received more than 500 applications from researchers in top US institutions.
In interviews, some of the applicants explained why they had applied for the program.
“There’s a lot of censorship now, it’s crazy,” said Carol Lee, an evolutionary biologist, “There are a
lot of words that we’re not allowed to use when applying for grants: diversity, women, LGBTQ.” Many
scientists don’t want to compromise their academic freedom. “People are moving, for sure,” said
Lee. “A lot of top people have already moved to China. And China is laying out the red carpet. If
people are getting an offer from Canada, people are moving to Canada.”
“It’s a very discouraging time to be a scientist,” said James, a climate researcher who asked
that his full name not be used. “I think America has always had some people who don’t trust
scientists—and right now, they have a lot of influence, even though they’re not the majority. I have
very mixed feelings about the move,” he said. “I’m very grateful that I’ll have the opportunity, but
really quite sad that I need the opportunity.”
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/05/academics-leaving-us-scientific-asylum-france-trump. [Adapted].
Select the proposition(s) which contains(contain) the correct translations for the underlined words as they are used in text 2.
- 01)asylum: auxílio
- 02)applicants: candidatos
- 04)researcher: pesquisa
- 08)compromise: compromisso
- 16)funding: financiamento
- 32)quite: livre de dívida
UFSC2026Prova 1Questao 18InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaAffirmative action changes “face of Brazil’s universities,” study says
Isabela Vieira, 18/06/2025
Brazil, a country with 112.7 million black and brown people (55.2% of the population) and over
1.6 million indigenous people, took a long time to recognize its ethno-racial diversity among
university students. But in the past 20 years, affirmative action has changed the profile of Brazilian
universities. These changes have helped to correct this limitation and positively transform the spaces
responsible for knowledge and the education of new generations, according to sociologists Luiz
Augusto Campos and Márcia Lima.
Campos and Lima are the editors of the book The Impact of Quotas: Two Decades of
Affirmative Action in Brazilian Higher Education, which offers a detailed assessment of the policy and
highlights ongoing challenges, such as student retention.
In the book, they compiled 35 chapters that review the policy from its origins, beginning with a
1987 bill introduced by then-Congressman Abdias Nascimento—shortly after his return from exile in
the United States—proposing the application of affirmative action in education.
Since then, a sector once dominated by young white students from the middle and upper
classes until the late 1990s has come to include a majority of black, brown, and indigenous students,
who made up 52.4 percent of public university enrollment in 2021, up from 31.5 percent in 2001.
Over the same period, the share of students from socioeconomic classes D and E rose from 20
percent to 52 percent, highlighting the economic dimension of the shift.
As Gomes observed, the quotas “have not only expanded access to universities but also
brought about changes in teaching and curricular practices, destabilizing exclusionary structures in
the educational system.”
Source: https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/educacao/noticia/2025-06/affirmative-action-changes-face-brazils-universities-study-says. [Adapted].
Select the proposition(s) which contains(contain) a correct synonym for the underlined words as they are used in text 3.
- 01)profile: line
- 02)knowledge: learn
- 04)ongoing: current
- 08)compiled: wrote
- 16)enrollment: registration
- 32)shift: change
UFSC2022Prova 1Questao 16InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaChico Buarque wins Camões Lifetime Achievement Award
This is the biggest accolade in Portuguese-language literature
Published in 22/5/2019 - 16:37
By Gilberto Costa – Brasília
Brazilian singer, songwriter, playwright, and writer Chico Buarque, 74, is the recipient of the 31st
Camões Award. The accolade was granted yesterday (May 21st) and took into account the artist’s
whole literary work. Along with it comes a prize of 100 thousand euros.
Regarded as the main decoration in Lusophone literature, the Camões Award was created in 1989
by Brazil and Portugal. Every year, an author is named “whose work contributes to the projection
and recognition of the language,” according to the Ministry of Culture of Portugal.
Buarque debuted as a fiction writer in 1974 with the novel Fazenda modelo. He is the 13th
Brazilian to receive the award, which has been bagged by writers Raduan Nassar (2016), Ferreira
Goulart (2010), Lygia Fagundes Telles (2005), and Jorge Amado (1994), among others.
Translation: Fabrício Ferreira - Edition: Lílian Beraldo / Augusto Queiroz
Source: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/geral/noticia/2019-05/chico-buarque-wins-camoes-lifetime-
achievement-award. [Adapted]. Accessed on: October 20th, 2021.
Select the proposition(s) that contain(s) an appropriate definition for the underlined words that appear in Text 2.
- 01)playwright: the act of writing a play
- 02)achievement: something difficult that you have succeeded in doing
- 04)accolade: award, honor
- 08)took into account: saved for future use
- 16)recognition: the acknowledgment of achievement, service or merit
- 32)bagged: a container of flexible material
UFSC2022Prova 1Questao 18InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMedia90% of people quit after 3 months of hitting the gym; here's how to be the exception
One of the main reasons people give up a sport is because it was not a good match for them. If you hate running, you're not likely to stick to it for long. Take a look below for three novelty workout ideas and be part of the 10%.
Pound
Pound is a full-body cardio-based class that mimics playing the drums. Armed with two sticks, you “pound” your way through the hour, slamming your arms to the beat alongside other choreography. No music actually plays from the speakers. Instead, the class makes the music. You'll jump, you'll dance, and you'll play – getting stronger all the while! As with any exercise, Pound classes offer exercisers a new option for relieving stress and keeping a bright outlook. If you enjoy high-energy, group fitness classes with rockin' music, add Pound to your weekly workout.
Aerial Yoga
This practice looks like a cross between a Cirque du Soleil show and gymnastics. But it turns out you don't need acrobatic moves to reap the benefits of this type of yoga, also called antigravity yoga. In an aerial yoga class, you perform the same poses you do on a yoga mat, except you use a silk hammock that's suspended from the ceiling as a prop to support you through the various flows. The purpose of the hammock is to help improve flexibility and build strength, while allowing you to do more challenging poses without added pressure on shoulders, spine, or head.
Plogging
A new Scandinavian trend encourages people to pick up litter while out running. So, it's not just good for your health, it's also good for the environment. It's called “plogging” – a portmanteau of jogging and the Swedish plocka upp, meaning 'pick up'. Plogging combines going for a run with intermittent squatting (to collect rubbish), which actually sounds like a pretty satisfying workout. According to Lifesum, a typical user will burn 288 calories in 30 minutes of plogging, which is more or less the same as what's burned off while jogging. Ploggers take plastic bags along with them so they can store the collected litter they find along their route.
Select the proposition(s) which contain(s) a correct definition or synonym for the words or expressions in bold as they are used in Text 3.
- 01)stick to: continue doing
- 02)outlook: webmail
- 04)to reap the benefits: to obtain the profits
- 08)spine: the backbone
- 16)litter: garbage
- 32)squatting: jumping
UFSC2020Prova 1Questao 14InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaCopenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
by Erik Kirschbaum August 8, 2019 Copenhagen
Soren Jensen sold his car six years ago and joined the rivers of rolling humanity who bicycle through Copenhagen every day. He quickly lost about 20 kilos on his hour-a-day bike commutes, while saving time and a small fortune. “I had a Mercedes but it sat in the garage all the time because it was so much easier to get everywhere by bike,” said Jensen, a 51- year-old who works in a downtown investment bank. Cycling has been a part of life in Copenhagen for decades despite windy and rainy conditions for much of the year. In recent years, cycling has enjoyed yet another surge in popularity – the result of constantly improving bike lanes coupled with fears of climate change. Copenhagen’s City Council reported in early July that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike. According to local reports, there are more bikes than people in Copenhagen, and five times as many bicycles as cars. To make commuting by bike even easier, faster and more comfortable, there has been a spate of activity in recent years to improve the already impressive biking infrastructure. Copenhagen has built 17 new bridges over the city’s canals for bicycles. Also, more than a dozen cycle superhighways have been set up to create higher-speed, traffic-light-free bike paths. Klaus Mygind, a member of Copenhagen’s City Council, believes that many more Danes are switching to cycling because they feel a responsibility to future generations. “I do think the climate change problem is what has been motivating even more people to take the bike,” he said. All walks of life can be seen pedaling against the wind during the morning and evening rush hours. It’s not unusual to see lawyers and business professionals in suits or dresses standing on their bikes at red lights next to butchers, bakers and clerks. Taken together, the efforts to bolster the cycling infrastructure while making driving and parking into the city prohibitively expensive and difficult send strong signals to commuters about where the priorities lie in the city that has pledged to become the world’s first carbonneutral capital by 2025.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/copenhagen-has-taken-bicycle-commuting-to-a-new-level. [Adapted].
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) correct definitions or synonyms for the words in bold as they are used in Text 1.
- 01)commutes: regular trips to school or work
- 02)despite: as a consequence of
- 04)surge: a sudden increase
- 08)spate: decrease
- 16)fears: scary
- 32)pledged: promised
UFSC2020Prova 1Questao 15InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaCopenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
by Erik Kirschbaum August 8, 2019 Copenhagen
Soren Jensen sold his car six years ago and joined the rivers of rolling humanity who bicycle through Copenhagen every day. He quickly lost about 20 kilos on his hour-a-day bike commutes, while saving time and a small fortune. “I had a Mercedes but it sat in the garage all the time because it was so much easier to get everywhere by bike,” said Jensen, a 51- year-old who works in a downtown investment bank. Cycling has been a part of life in Copenhagen for decades despite windy and rainy conditions for much of the year. In recent years, cycling has enjoyed yet another surge in popularity – the result of constantly improving bike lanes coupled with fears of climate change. Copenhagen’s City Council reported in early July that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike. According to local reports, there are more bikes than people in Copenhagen, and five times as many bicycles as cars. To make commuting by bike even easier, faster and more comfortable, there has been a spate of activity in recent years to improve the already impressive biking infrastructure. Copenhagen has built 17 new bridges over the city’s canals for bicycles. Also, more than a dozen cycle superhighways have been set up to create higher-speed, traffic-light-free bike paths. Klaus Mygind, a member of Copenhagen’s City Council, believes that many more Danes are switching to cycling because they feel a responsibility to future generations. “I do think the climate change problem is what has been motivating even more people to take the bike,” he said. All walks of life can be seen pedaling against the wind during the morning and evening rush hours. It’s not unusual to see lawyers and business professionals in suits or dresses standing on their bikes at red lights next to butchers, bakers and clerks. Taken together, the efforts to bolster the cycling infrastructure while making driving and parking into the city prohibitively expensive and difficult send strong signals to commuters about where the priorities lie in the city that has pledged to become the world’s first carbonneutral capital by 2025.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/copenhagen-has-taken-bicycle-commuting-to-a-new-level. [Adapted].
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) the correct translation for the underlined words as they are used in Text 1.
- 01)bicycle: bicicleta
- 02)climate change: mudança climática
- 04)walks of life: pedestres
- 08)coupled with: comparado com
- 16)butchers: contadores
- 32)Danes: burgueses
- 64)rush hours: horários de pico
UFSC2020Prova 1Questao 19InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaOn social media [Pet Shop Boys]
When you care about the issues of the day And check your facts on Wikipedia You can and get into an argument right away If you’re on social media
The world is changing everywhere With a speed that couldn’t be speedier But you feel so ahead of the curve When you’re on social media
When you’re on social media (4x)
You’re part of the conversation You’re there in every debate From football to religion to contemporary art You’re ready to pontificate
While democracy is losing its way And greed is getting greedier Console yourself with a selfie or two And post them on social media
Select the proposition(s) that contains (contain) a possible translation for the underlined expressions as they are used in Text 3.
- 01)care about: ignorar
- 02)get into an argument: construir um argumento
- 04)right away: imediatamente
- 08)console yourself: aconselhar-se
- 16)fuel the debate: evitar o debate
- 32)biting the hand that feeds you: sendo ingrato
UFSC2019Prova 1Questao 18InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaText 2
01 Some of the most ubiquitous Venezuelan foods are fried corn- or flour-based pancakes,
02 arepas. They can be filled with everything from eggs and tomatoes to shrimp and cheese.
03 Venezuelans snack on them throughout the day, and small arepas are served as side dishes
04 at most meals. Whether dining out or at home, some other common traditional menu items
05 are: cachitos, cachapas and hallaca. Cachitos are hot croissants filled with ham and cheese,
06 whereas cachapas are thick, sweet, maize pancakes served with a mozzarella-type cheese.
07 Hallaca is a dish of chopped beef, pork and chicken mixed with green peppers, onion, garlic,
08 tomatoes, raisins, olives and herbs, typically served at Christmas. Corn dough is wrapped
09 around the mixture and then steamed in banana leaves.
10 Venezuela grows a lot of coffee and has a strong coffee culture, thanks to the introduction of
11 espresso by Spaniards. Coffee is the most common beverage in the country and it is always
12 offered to guests. It’s considered rude to say no if you’re offered a cup of joe because it’s a
13 symbol of hospitality. Other typical drinks are fruit juices, milkshakes and chicha, a beverage
14 made of boiled rice, condensed milk, sugar, vanilla and ice. Chicha is most common in
15 Venezuela’s llanos, or grasslands.
Available on: <http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/national-traditions/venezuelan-tradition1.htm>. [Adapted]. Accessed on: August 26th, 2018.
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) correct definitions or synonyms for the words in bold as they are used in Text 2.
- 01)flour-based: made of sugar
- 02)dish: meal
- 04)thick: thin
- 08)dough: mixture of ingredients to be baked
- 16)cup of joe: Joe’s cup
- 32)beverage: drink
UFSC2018Prova 1Questao 15InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaText 1 — Council of Europe language education policy
The Council of Europe promotes policies which strengthen linguistic diversity and language rights, deepen mutual understanding, consolidate democratic citizenship and sustain social cohesion.
Council of Europe language education policies aim to promote:
- PLURILINGUALISM: all are entitled to develop a degree of communicative ability in a number of languages over their lifetime in accordance with their needs;
- LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY: Europe is multilingual and all its languages are equally valuable modes of communication and expressions of identity; the right to use and to learn one's language(s) is protected in Council of Europe Conventions;
- MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: the opportunity to learn other languages is an essential condition for intercultural communication and acceptance of cultural differences;
- DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP: participation in democratic and social processes in multilingual societies is facilitated by the plurilingual competence of individuals;
- SOCIAL COHESION: equality of opportunity for personal development, education, employment, mobility, access to information and cultural enrichment depends on access to language learning throughout life.
A plurilingual person has:
- a repertoire of languages and language varieties;
- competences of different kinds and levels within the repertoire.
Plurilingual education promotes:
- an awareness of why and how one learns the languages one has chosen;
- an awareness of and the ability to use transferable skills in language learning;
- a respect for the plurilingualism of others and the value of languages and varieties irrespective of their perceived status in society;
- a respect for the cultures embodied in languages and the cultural identities of others;
- an ability to perceive and mediate the relationships which exist among languages and cultures;
- a global integrated approach to language education in the curriculum.
Available: <http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Division_EN.asp>. [Adapted]. Accessed on: June 15th, 2017.
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) correct translations for the underlined words as they are used in Text 1.
- 01)understanding: compreensão
- 02)needs: precisa
- 04)citizenship: cidadania
- 08)individuals: individuais
- 16)irrespective of: depende de
- 32)perceive: perceptível
UFSC2018Prova 1Questao 19InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaText 2
Bob Dylan was born on May 24th, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in a Jewish middle-class family in the city of Hibbing. As a teenager he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. He was influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets.
Dylan moved to New York City in 1961 and began to perform in clubs and cafés in Greenwich Village. He met the record producer John Hammond with whom he signed a contract for his debut album, Bob Dylan (1962). In the following years he recorded a number of albums which have had a tremendous impact on popular music.
Dylan has recorded a large number of albums revolving around topics such as: the social conditions of man, religion, politics and love. The lyrics have continuously been published in new editions, under the title Lyrics. As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter.
Besides his large production of albums, Dylan has published experimental work like Tarantula (1971) and the collection Writings and Drawings (1973). He has written an autobiography, Chronicles (2004), which depicts memories from the early years in New York and which provides glimpses of his life at the center of popular culture.
Available: <https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2016/bio-bibl.html>. [Adapted]. Accessed on: June 22nd, 2017.
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) correct definitions or synonyms for the underlined words as they are used in Text 2.
- 01)as well as: correctly
- 02)in the following: in the next
- 04)which: that
- 08)such as: like
- 16)besides: next to
UFSC2017Prova 1Questao 16InglêsVocabulário e expressões idiomáticasMediaTop Issues Facing Our Youth in the New Millenium
a. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
01 There was a time in cinematic history where virtually every
02 actor/actress was portrayed on screen with a cigarette in hand.
03 Smoking, it was implied, was cool. As a result everyone was doing
04 it, including young people. As awareness to the danger of smoking
05 increased, “cool” images of smoking disappeared. Unfortunately,
06 the same can’t be said about drugs and alcohol. These vices are
07 staples in everyday media. Simply, drinking and using drugs is still
08 shown as being cool. The numbers bear the tale. 21% of high
09 school seniors say they get high and 41% of the same group report
10 drinking alcohol.
b. Materialism
01 We live in a society that promotes materialism and so we
02 perpetuate this particular malady by instilling bad habits into our
03 children. We teach them that the measure of success and
04 happiness in life is how much stuff you have. Kids naturally want
05 things – especially if their friends have something similar.
06 Unfortunately, there seems to be little restraint on guidance as we
07 go about this.
08 We have a mentality of getting what we want and when we want it
09 that has been ingrained in us since childhood. The unfortunate
10 result is that there are devastating consequences for such
11 continued behavior later in life.
c. Education Disparity
01 Education is important. Few people would dispute this well
02 regarded fact. A good education (in comparison with a bad one) will
03 provide a child with an increased chance of taking advantage of
04 opportunities to be successful in life. Unfortunately, some people
05 have it better than other. This is not an issue of just one school
06 being better than another. Rather we are talking about whole
07 classes of children being denied a proper education that will
08 prepare them to compete in a job market with their peers and have
09 the same access to their dreams.
Adapted from: <http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-issues-facing-our-youth-today.php>. Accessed on July 14th, 2016.
Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) a correct synonym for the following words as they are used in text 1b.
- 01)malady (line 02) – disease
- 02)measure (line 03) – degree
- 04)stuff (line 04) – money
- 08)restraint (line 06) – control
- 16)ingrained (line 09) – retrieved
- 32)unfortunate (line 09) – unreal