Simulado inglês – 2

(ENEM MEC/2024)

I remember being caught speaking Spanish at recess […] I remember being sent to the corner of the classroom for “talking back” to the Anglo teacher when all I was trying to do was tell her how to pronounce my name. “If you want to be American, speak ‘American’. If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong”. “I want you to speak English […]”, my mother would say, mortified that I spoke English like a Mexican. At Pan American University, I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents.
ANZALDÚA, G. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza.
San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1987.

O problema abordado nesse texto sobre imigrantes residentes nos Estados Unidos diz respeito aos prejuízos gerados pelo(a)

(ENEM MEC/2024)

My father speaks Urdu
language of dancing peacocks
rosewater fountains
even its curses are beautiful.
He speaks Hindi
suave and melodic
earthy Punjabi
salty rich as saag paneer
coastal Kiswahili
laced with Arabic,
he speaks Gujarati
solid ancestral pride.
Five languages
five different worlds
yet English
shrinks
him
down
before white men
who think their flat cold spiky words
make the only reality.
PATEL, S. Migritude. San Francisco: Kaya Books, 2010.

O poema aborda a trajetória familiar do eu lírico para ressaltar a questão

(ENEM MEC/2024)

The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is moving towards unbearable temperatures.
With the mercury topping 53°C, three Kuwaiti citizens — an influencer, a weather forecaster and a retired civil servant — raised the alarm.
They urged that Kuwait must not be allowed to get any hotter — and none of them had a solution to offer.
The Global Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow was seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries were asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.
Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com. Acesso em: 26 out. 2021 (adaptado).

Nesse texto, o vocábulo “unbearable” enfatiza a

(ENEM MEC/2024)

Holy War

Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other
We can build these walls between each other
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in
[…]
Oh, maybe we should love somebody
Oh, maybe we could care a little more
So maybe we should love somebody
Instead of polishing the bombs of holy war
KEYS, A. Here. Estados Unidos: RCA Records, 2016.

Nessa letra de canção, que aborda um contexto de ódio e intolerância, o marcador “instead of ” introduz a ideia de

(UFU MG/2023)

Choose the alternative which indicates the best order of sentences to complete the following text.

The Power of Music. Many people think of music as a source of entertainment, while others feel it’s just a tune playing in the background. […]
Disponível em: https://www.cliffsnotes.com. Acesso em: 23 abr. 2023.

1. As a result, people tend to feel an increase in energy and a decrease in stress levels.
2. When you listen to music, the brain releases dopamine, prolactin, and serotonin, which are chemicals that boost your mood.
3. Engagement with music can improve memory and focus, especially in children, by stimulating the brain.
4. Finally, tuning out and turning on your tunes can shift your brain waves from beta to more relaxed alpha and theta states.
5. It also engages parts of the brain that control our emotions.
6. However, active listening of anything from a Mozart symphony to a Beatles song has an enormous, positive effect on the brain.