UEA-SIS-2 2025: Inglês

Leia o texto para responder às questões de 09 a 11.

There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the rest of the world. This remote city in the Amazon is 369 kilometres away from Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. Parintins is home to thousands of Indigenous Brazilians and can only be reached by plane or boat. Its position along the Amazon River makes it dependent on resources that arrive from far away cities.

Despite these isolated conditions, the community of Parintins has developed a novel strategy that celebrates its folk and Indigenous traditions: the Festival do Boi-Bumbá. This annual event is the second most important festival in Brazil, after Rio de Janeiro’s globally renowned carnival.

Boi-Bumbá, which takes place at the end of June, fuels the local economy by attracting investment as well as thousands of visitors and artists. Over the years, the festival has become the city’s bridge from the deep Amazon to the outside world, reducing political and physical isolation while reinforcing its social capital and cultural assets.

(Mauro Cossu et al. https://theconversation.com, 18.10.2022. Adaptado.)

09. (UEA-SIS-2 2025) The main purpose of the text is to

1. explain why Parintins festival is better than Rio de Janeiro’s carnival.
2. show how a remote community in Brazil is overcoming isolation.
3. warn readers about the environmental degradation in the Amazon.
4. criticize the exploitation of natural resources in the Amazon River.
5. point out the challenges of a sustainable economy in Parintins.

10. (UEA-SIS-2 2025) No trecho do primeiro parágrafo “Its position along the Amazon River makes it dependent on resources”, o termo sublinhado refere-se a

1. “boat”.
2. “Amazon”.
3. “city-island of Parintins”.
4. “capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state”.
5. “plane”.

11. (UEA-SIS-2 2025) No trecho do segundo parágrafo “Despite these isolated conditions, the community of Parintins has developed a novel strategy”, o termo sublinhado equivale, em português, a:

1. por causa de.
2. além de.
3. antes de.
4. apesar de.
5. em vez de.

12. (UEA-SIS-2 2025) Read the comic strip by Jim Davis

The excerpt “What am I saying?!”, in the last panel, indicates that the cat is

1. regretful.
2. motivated.
3. proud.
4. tired.
5. calm.