English text interpretation with feedback (Enem)

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THE Enem's English test it consists of 5 questions that require knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and, of course, excellent interpretation skills.

So, check out 10 English questions from previous exams below that will help you prepare.

question 1

(Enem/2018)

ene 2018 — ^{GRASBERGEN, R. Available at www.glasbergen.com. Accessed on: July 3 2015 (adapted).}

In the cartoon, the criticism lies in the fact that society demands that adolescents

a) retire prematurely.
b) ripen early.
c) study diligently.
d) graduate quickly.
e) listen carefully

See Answer

Correct alternative: b) ripen early.

In the sentence, the interlocutor talks about the comments and opinions he was receiving at different times in his life.

When he was 5 years old, everyone said he should be a boy, a big boy.

At 10, people said he should be more mature.

Currently, they say he should act like an adult.

With all these criticisms, the boy says (ironically) that, because of this carriage ride, he will be eligible for social security before finishing high school.

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question 2

(Enem/2018)

TEXT I

A Free World-class Education for Anyone Anywhere

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission.
We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

^{Available at www.khanacademy.org. Accessed on: Feb 24 2012 (adapted)}

TEXT II

I didn't have a problem with Khan Academy site until very recently. For me, the problem is the way Khan Academy is being promoted. The way the media sees it as “revolutionizing education”. The way people with power and money view education as simply sit-and-get, i.e., teaching is telling and learning is listening, then Khan Academy is way more efficient than lecturing. Khan Academy does it better. But TRUE progressive educators, TRUE education visionaries and revolutionaries don't want to do these things better. We want to DO BETTER THINGS.

^{Available in http://fnoschese.wordpress.com. Accessed on: 2 mar. 2012}

With the impact of technologies and the expansion of social networks, consumers find on the internet possibilities to express their opinion about the services offered. In this sense, the second text, which is a commentary on the website published in the first, presents the intention of the author of

a) praise the work proposed for education in this
b) it was technological. B reinforce how the media can contribute to revolutionizing education.
c) draw the attention of influential people to the meaning of education.
d) highlight that the site has better results than traditional education.
e) criticize the conception of education on which the organization is based.

See Answer

Correct alternative: e) criticize the conception of education on which the organization is based.

The author of the opinion expressed in text II states that the way in which Khan Academy is being promoted is a problem.

The media considers Khan Academy to have a revolutionary education, but the author claims that true innovative educators and true education visionaries and revolutionaries don't want to do certain things better (which is what Khan does Academy); they do want to do better things (through education).

This statement is present in the following excerpt:

Khan Academy does it better. But TRUE progressive educators, TRUE education visionaries and revolutionaries don't want to do these things better. We want to DO BETTER THINGS.

question 3

(Enem/2018)

Lava Mae: Creating Showers on Wheels for the Homeless

San Francisco, according to recent city numbers, has 4,300 people living on the streets. Among the many problems the homeless face is little or no access to showers. San Francisco only has about 16 to 20 shower stalls to accommodate them.

But Doniece Sandoval has made it her mission to change that. The 51-year-old former marketing executive started Lava Mae, the sort of showers on wheels, the new project that aims to turn decommissioned city buses into shower stations for the homeless. Each bus will have two shower stations and Sandoval expects that they will be able to provide 2,000 showers a week.

^{ANDREANO, C. Available at: abcnews.go.com. Access: June 26 2015 (adapted).}

The relationship of words shower, bus and homeless, in the text, refers to

a) employ homeless people in jet washing for buses.
b) create access to free baths for homeless people.
c) commission homeless to drive city buses.
d) require the authorities that municipal buses have toilets.
e) shelter two thousand homeless people in buses that were adapted.

See Answer

Correct alternative: b) create access to free baths for homeless people.

The text talks about a project called Lava Mae, which consists of transforming buses into bathing stations for homeless people.

shower means shower, bus means bus and homeless means homeless.

question 4

(Enem/2018)

1984 (excerpt)

'Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has real existence?' [...] O'Brien smiled faintly. 'I will put it more precisely. Does the past exist concretely, in space? Is there somewhere or another place, a world of solid objects, where the past is still happening?'
'At the.'
'Then where does the past exist, if at all?'
'In records. It is written down.'
'In records. And — —?'
'In the mind. In human memories.'
'In memory. Very well, then. We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?'

^{ORWELL. G, Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Signet Classics, 1977}

The novel 1984 describes the dangers of a totalitarian state. The idea evidenced in this passage is that State control takes place through (a)

a) boycott of libertarian ideals.
b) veto of the cult of traditions.
c) power over memories and records.
d) censorship of oral and written productions.
e) manipulation of individual thoughts.

See Answer

Correct alternative: c) power over memories and records.

In dialogue, the interlocutors speak of the past.

When asked if the past exists, one of the interlocutors responds affirmatively saying that the past exists in records and in the mind, in memory.

At that moment, the second interlocutor says that the party controls all records and all memories and, consequently, controls the past.

This statement appears in the following excerpt:

'In memory. Very well, then. We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?'

question 5

(Enem/2018)

Don't write in English, they said,
English is not your mother tongue…
...The language I speak
Becomes mine, its distortions, its queerness
All mine, mine alone, it is half English, half
Indian, funny perhaps, but it is honest,
It is as human as I am human…
...It voices my joys, my longings my
Hopes...

(Kamala Das, 1965:10)

^{GARGESH, R. South Asian English. In: KACHRU, B.B.; KACHRU, Y.; NELSON, C.L. (Eds.). The Handbook of World English. Singapore: Blackwell, 2006}

Poet Kamala Das, like many Indian writers, writes her works in English, although this is not her first language. In these verses, she

a) uses the English language as a humorous effect.
b) uses the voices of several English writers.
c) it warns about the distorted use of the English language.
d) she demonstrates awareness of her linguistic identity.
e) she recognizes the incomprehension in her way of speaking English.

See Answer

Correct alternative: d) demonstrates awareness of their linguistic identity.

Despite opinions that Kamala Das should not write in English because it is not her mother tongue, the poetess asserts that the language she speaks becomes her own.

Kamala says that her language is a mixture of English and Indian, which is perhaps funny, but that she is honest and that she gives voice to her joys, her desires and her hopes.

question 6

(Enem/2017)

Israel Travel Guide

Israel has always been a standout destination. From the days of prophets to the modern day nomad this tiny slice of land on the eastern Mediteranean has long visiting visitors. While some arrive in the Holy Land on a spiritual quest, many others are on cultural tours, beach holidays and eco-tourism trips. Weeding through Israel’s convoluted history is both exhilarating and exhausting. There are crumbling temples, ruined cities, abandoned forts and hundreds of places associated with the Bible. And while a sense of adventure is required, most sites are safe and easily accessible. Most of all, Israel is about its incredibly diverse population. Jews come from all over the world to live here, while about 20% of the population is Muslim. Politics is hard to get away from in Israel as everyone has an opinion on how to move the country forward — with a ready ear you're sure to hear opinions from every side of the political spectrum.

^{Available at: www.worldtravelguide.net. Accessed on: June 15 2012.}

Before traveling, tourists often look for information about where they intend to go. The excerpt from the Israel travel guide

a) describes the history of this place so that tourists can appreciate its ancient customs.
b) informs religious habits to help tourists understand cultural differences.
c) publicizes the main tourist attractions to help tourists plan their trip.
d) recommends security measures to alert tourists to possible local risks.
e) presents general aspects of the country's culture to continue to attract foreign tourists.

See Answer

Correct alternative: e) presents general aspects of the country's culture to continue to attract foreign tourists.

In describing Israel, the travel guide claims that there are crumbling temples, ruined cities, abandoned forts, and hundreds of Bible-related sites.

In addition, the fact that the country has a very diverse population, made up of Jews from all over the world and Muslims, is also addressed.

The text also says that it is difficult to escape politics as everyone has opinions on how to move the country forward.

See too:

Simple Past
Simple Past Exercises

question 7

(Enem/2017)

British Government to Recruit Teens as Next Generation of Spies

In the 50 years since the first James Bond movie created a lasting impression of a British secret agent, a completely different character is about to emerge. Britain's intelligence agencies are to recruit their next generation of cyber spies by harnessing the talents of the “Xbox generation”.

In an expansion of a pilot program, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Thursday that up to 100 18-year-olds will be given the chance to train for a career in Britain's secret services. The move to recruit school-leavers marks a break with the past, when agencies mainly drew their staff from among university graduates.

"Young people are the key to our country's future success, just as they were during the War," Hague said. "Today we are not at war, but I see evidence every day of deliberate, organized attacks against intellectual property and government networks in the United Kingdom."

The new recruitment program, called the Single Intelligence Account apprenticeship scheme will enable students with suitable qualifications in science, technology or engineering, to spend two years learning about communications, security and engineering through formal education, technical training and work placements.

^{JEARY, P. Available in: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com. Accessed on: Nov. 19 2012.}

According to information provided by NBC News, the digital generation has already conquered its space in British intelligence agencies. The British government decided that

a) will face the ongoing and deliberate war against intellectual property in the UK.
b) will abandon the policy of hiring university students as secret agents.
c) recruit young Xbox gamers as cyberspy for intelligence agencies.
d) implement a scheme to train teenagers to act as secret agents.
e) announce the names of young people to be hired by intelligence agencies.

See Answer

Correct alternative: d) will implement a scheme to train teenagers to act as secret agents.

British intelligence agencies will recruit 100 18-year-olds to participate in a pilot program where they will be trained to pursue a career in the British secret services.

This information is contained in the following excerpt:

In an expansion of a pilot program, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Thursday that up to 100 18-year-olds will be given the chance to train for a career in Britain's secret services.

Secretary William Hague believes that young people are the key to the success of the country's future.

question 8

(Enem 2017)

One of the things that made an incredible impression on me in the film was Frida's comfort in and celebration of her own unique beauty. She didn’t try to fit into conventional ideas or images about womanhood or what makes someone or something beautiful. Instead, she fully inhabited her own unique gifts, not particularly caring what other people thought. She was magnetic and beautiful in her own right. She painted for years, not to be a commercial success or to be discovered, but to express her own inner pain, joy, family, love and culture. She absolutely and resolutely was who she was. The trueness of her own unique vision of her and her ability to firmly stand in her own truth was what made her successful in the end.

^{HUTZLER, L. Available at: www.etbscreenwriting.com. Accessed on: May 6, 2013}

The author of this comment on the film Frida is impressed by the fact that the painter

a) have an exotic appearance.
b) sell her image well.
c) have great power of seduction.
d) assume its unique beauty.
e) recreate oneself through painting.

See Answer

Correct alternative: d) assume its unique beauty.

Early in the text, the author states that one of the things that made her have an incredible impression of the film was Frida's well-being and celebration of her unique beauty.

Frida didn't try to fit into conventional ideas or images about femininity or what makes someone or something beautiful.

This information is in the excerpt below:

One of the things that made an incredible impression on me in the film was Frida's comfort in and celebration of her own unique beauty.

She didn’t try to fit into conventional ideas or images about womanhood or what makes someone or something beautiful.

question 9

(Enem/2017)

In this advertising text, verbal and non-verbal resources are used to convey the message. By associating the terms anywhere and regret to the image of the text, it appears that the theme of the advertisement is the importance of

a) preservation of the environment.
b) engine maintenance.
c) choosing the right company.
d) product consistency.
e) car conservation.

See Answer

Correct alternative: c) choosing the right company.

The words anywhere and regret, mean respectively anywhere/anywhere and repentance.

By associating them with the image, we can see that it is a service that was performed somewhere and that generated repentance.

Taking into account the image and the verbal resources used, it is possible to know that this is an advertisement about an oil change.

The idea of the message is to make people aware that an oil change done in any place can cause regret on the road.

question 10

(Enem/2017)

Letters

Children and Guns
Published: May 7, 2013
To the Editor: Re "Girl's Death by Gunshot Is Rejected as Symbol" (news article, May 6):

I find it abhorrent that the people of Burkesville, Ky., are not willing to learn a lesson from the tragic shooting of a 2-year-old girl by her 5-year-old brother. I am not judging their lifestyle of introducing guns to children at a young age, but I do feel that it's irresponsible not to practice basic safety with anything potentially lethal — guns, knives, fire and so on. How can anyone justify leaving guns lying around, unlocked and possibly loaded, in a home with two young children? I wish the family of the victim comfort during this difficult time, but to dismiss this as a simple accident leaves open the potential for many more such “accidents” to occur. I hope this doesn’t have to happen several more times for legislators to realize that something needs to be changed.

EMILY LOUBATON
Brooklyn, May 6, 2013

^{Available at: www.nytimes.com. Accessed on: May 10, 2013.}

With regard to the tragedy that took place in Burkesville, the author of the letter sent to The New York Times seeks

a) recognize the reported accident as an isolated fact.
b) hold the victim's brother responsible for the incident that occurred.
c) present a different version of the news published by the newspaper.
d) expose their indignation at the negligence of gun bearers.
e) reinforce the need to prohibit the use of weapons by children.

See Answer

Correct alternative: d) expose their indignation at the negligence of gun bearers.

The text states that it is irresponsible that there are no basic security practices with anything that is potentially lethal and questions how can anyone justify the fact that guns are available, unlocked and possibly loaded in a house with two children young.

This information is contained in the following excerpt:

I am not judging their lifestyle of introducing guns to children at a young age, but I do feel that it's irresponsible not to practice basic safety with anything potentially lethal — guns, knives, fire and so on. How can anyone justify leaving guns lying around, unlocked and possibly loaded, in a home with two young children?