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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu (ITAIPU BINACIONAL) - Diversos Cargos - NC-UFPR (2015)

Consider the following statements about Ingeborg Rapoport:

1. Her maiden name was Syllm.

2. She emigrated to the USA without her PhD degree.

3. She wrote her thesis on diphtheria, a disease that needed attention back in the late thirties.

4. She wasn´t allowed to defend her doctoral thesis under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish.

5. She married an Austrian refugee before travelling to the USA.

Mark the correct alternative.

A Only 1 and 4 are correct.
B Only 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
C Only 2, 3 and 5 are correct.
D Only 2, 3, 4 and 5 are correct
E Only 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu (ITAIPU BINACIONAL) - Diversos Cargos - NC-UFPR (2015)

After almost eight decades, Ingeborg Rapoport:

A was awarded with the honorary title “Doctor Honoris Causa" of the Hamburg University.
B had to postpone her plans of defending her thesis on diphtheria.
C wrote a letter to Hamburg University mentioning the importance of her doctoral thesis.
D was able to accomplish her PhD project.
E underwent an oral exam at Hamburg University's medical faculty.

Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu (ITAIPU BINACIONAL) - Diversos Cargos - NC-UFPR (2015)

In order to prepare for her exam, Ingeborg Rapoport:

A had to review everything she had written in her doctoral thesis.
B presented her project at a conference while living in the USA.
C attended some rehearsal sessions with a supervisor.
D carried out some investigation into the topic on the Internet.
E gathered friends she had made during the last 80 years to give her some moral support.

Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu (ITAIPU BINACIONAL) - Diversos Cargos - NC-UFPR (2015)

One of the reasons Ingeborg Rapoport decided to leave Germany, go to the USA and after a time go back to Germany was due to the fact that:

A she wanted to face new challenges in her life.
B her mother was a pianist and wanted to try success in the USA.
C she received unwanted attention from the U.S. government for her communist views.
D she wanted to work in East Berlin as a paediatrician.
E she aimed at continuing her research on diphtheria in her country of origin.

Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu (ITAIPU BINACIONAL) - Diversos Cargos - NC-UFPR (2015)

According to the text, Ingeborg Rapoport was not awarded her PhD back in 1937 because:

A she supported liberal and socialist ideas and policies.
B she was married to a Jewish refugee from Viena.
C she did not feel prepared for the oral exam.
D she did not get confirmation from Hamburg University.
E she had become closely acquainted with members of the Nazi hierarchy.