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Inglês: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

2022 IADES SEDUC-GO

Professor Língua Inglesa

Texto da Questão: +

Text 4 to answer questions 41 and 42.

1____Goiás testifies to the occupation and colonization of

the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. It

was the first officially recognized urban core, the first

4 borough to be planned West of the demarcation line of the

Treaty of Tordesillas that defined the boundaries of the

Portuguese possessions. The origins of the town of Goiás

7 are closely related to the history of the expeditions

(bandeiras), which left from São Paulo to explore the

interior of the Brazilian territory. The town was established

10 in 1727 and flourished during the colonial-era gold rush

11 period.

UNESCO. Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/993/

Accessed in: Aug 10th 2022, with adaptations.

After reading the text, choose which one of the following items is correct.

A In line 1, the verb “testifies to” could be correctly replaced by “is testimony of”.

B The phrase “It was the first officially recognized urban core (lines 2 and 3) would be correct if the pronoun “it” were omitted.

C The word “borough” (line 4) refers to a “plantation”.

D In line 5, the relative clause “Tordesillas that defined could be correctly written as “Tordesillas, which defined”.

E In the phrase “The origins of the town of Goiás are, (lines 6 and 7), the verb “are” could be correctly changed to “is”.

IADES - 2022 - SEDUC-GO - Professor - Língua Inglesa