This week we will work with cartoons;

                      the first shows a little of our reality.    
                      Click for the first cartoon.

1) The word "taxpayer" refers to
(A) the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
(B) the people who live in Rio de Janeiro.
(C) the Brazilian laws.
(D) the Brazilians who pay taxes.
(E) the type of orange used.

2) Who does the hand in the cartoon represent?
(A) the Brazilian government.
(B) the Olympic Athletes.
(C) the Olympic Legacy.
(D) the Brazilians people.
(E) the hand of someone who likes orange juice.      

                      this second cartoon shows the political dilemma during the elections.
                      Click for the first cartoon.


3) On the cartoon Mitt Romney gives his press conference over a diplomats grave, the author wanted to show:

I - how disrespectful Romney is.
II - that Romney is using the death of the diplomats to campaign.
III - one of Romney's criticism of Obama's administration.
IV - how where Romney wants Obama to be in October.
 
(A) only I is correct.
(B) I and II are incorrect.
(C) I and IV are incorrect.
(D) II and III are incorrect.
(E) all alternatives are incorrect.


4) The author tries to show that Romney:
(A) believes Obama slayed the US Diplomats.
(B) has press conferences over graves.
(C) frequently goes to cemeteries walk over graves.  
(D) thinks Obama's administration has been a slayed US Diplomat.
(E) blames Obama's administration for the death of the US Diplomats.

"Junk" DNA Holds Clues to Common Diseases
With the new annotation of the human genome, researchers are finding that most of the code between genes is controlling crucial functions for life and health

Click here for the article. 

1 According to the text, the ‘blueprint’ is/was:
(A) the name of the group ahead of the experiments.
(B) is very complicated but fully comprehended by scientists.
(C) a newly catalogued switches not activate and only de-activate genes.
(D) the mixture of human DNA with mice DNA.
(E) a project to put together a set of letters that make it up.


2 The group known as ENCODE are trying to
(A) comprehend the elements of genome and how they act in union.
(B) not to understand the elements of genome and how they work together.
(C) publish a project about the draft of human genome.
(D) find how bad the “junk” DNA could be for humans.
(E) decipher what genetic switches and functions have to be common within and among these diseases.


3 According to the text:
(A) John Stamatoyannopoulos is a doctor at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine.
(B) Richard Myers has autoimmune disease.
(C) junk DNA are not bad at all.
(D) Blueprint is has not been put together.
(E) junk DNA are very bad for humans. 

This week we find out we've lost one of the greatest. 
This tragedy will be the Critical Reading Text of the week.  

Click here for the NEWS. 

Questions

According to the text: 

(A) Neil Armstrong died in his home town. 

(B) Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. was the commander of the mission to the moon. 

(C) Six hours and a half after landing on the moon, Mr. Armstrong opened Apollo's gate.

(D) Armstrong was 58 years old when he first landed on the moon. 

(E) The doctors announced his death. 

In the sentence by Neil Armstrong, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here... The Eagle has landed." the word "Eagle" is referring to: 

(A) The spacecraft, "Apollo 11."

(B) The American symbol, "a bird."

(C) An aircraft, "X-15." 

(D) A Navy ship . 

(E) The spacecraft, "Gemini 8." 

In which war did Neil Armstrong fight? 

(A) The war in Iraq 

(B) The Korean War

(C) The Vietnam War

(D) The Civil War

(E) World War II

Vocabulary: 

Underwent- (Past of Undergo)  To experience or to go through something. [submeter-se a]

Indelibly - Something the lasts forever, permanently. [indelevelmente, permanentemente]  

Unscathed - With out injuries or harm. [ileso, incólume, são e salvo]

Achievement - To have completed one's goal. [realização]  

Outpouring - to overflow, to exceed its' limits. [efusão, derramamento]

Remarkable - something that catches the attention. [notável, estraordinário] 

Scholarship - a free contract to study. [bolsa de estudos] 

Resolve - (NOUN) the will to accomplish something, determination. [resolução, determinação] 

Ingenuity - the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful. [engenho, talento]

Though - (Conjunction) although, however, yet, and nevertheless. [embora, no entanto, entretanto e não obstante]    

My dear students, 

Here is the fisrt post for this blog.

I'm sorry, because I'm learning how to use this blog and there might be a few mistakes on this first post.   

Click here for the text!

Questions 

(The questions are being elaborated.) 

Thank you for your patience.