Questões de Língua Inglesa

Translate into English: A Lake Pontchartrain Causeway é a ponte mais larga do mundo.

• A.

  The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the bridge which is the largest of the world.

• B.

  The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the largest bridge of the world.

• C.

  The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the widest bridge in the world.

• D.

  The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the less narrow bridge of the world.

All the alternatives show the frequency adverbs. Except...

• A.

  seldom

• B.

  well

• C.

  never

• D.

  often

The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underline idiom in the passage “Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010” is

• A.

  turned out

• B.

  ran along

• C.

  ran in

• D.

  turned upon

• E.

  got down to

Read the following passages:

The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, who in 2004 paid $8.3 million for a painting attributed to Mark Rothko that they now say is a worthless fake.

The Rothko is one of approximately 40 works that Knoedler, which closed last year, obtained from Glafira Rosales, a littleknown dealer whose collection of works attributed to Modernist masters has no documented provenance and is the subject of an F.B.I. investigation.

The underlined bold words are

• A.

  relative pronouns

• B.

  subject pronouns

• C.

  object pronouns

• D.

  indefinite pronouns

• E.

  personal pronouns

Answer questions 26 – 28 according to the text:

“Once upon a time in a small town in the south of a tropical country, there was a little girl called Amanda. She lived in a very quiet and peaceful neighborhood. Amanda was the naughtiest girl in this neighborhood. She had a younger brother. His name was Arthur. He was as naughty as _____. They loved to do everything together. Their mother, Jill, used to call them lightning and thunder. One day, Jill looked at herself on the glass of the fish tank and noticed it was filthy. A couple of hours later, on the very same day, Amanda and Arthur took their toothbrushes and carefully cleaned all the fishes in the fish tank. Despite Amanda and her brother’s good will, they were grounded for a month.”

Which pronoun below is the missing word in the text:

• A.

  she.

• B.

  herself.

• C.

  her.

• D.

  hers.

In the passage “The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole” the meaning of the phrasal verb is

• A.

  denounced

• B.

  over swelled

• C.

  over swelled

• D.

  disposed differently

• E.

  overthrew

Choose the appropriate connectors to complete this sentence: “______ you are so excited about it, I won't persuade you to give up. ______ do check with the agent before you buy it.”

• A.

  Because of / so.

• B.

  If / in order to.

• C.

  As / however.

• D.

  Unless / though.

Based on the text above, it can be inferred that

Oxford University consists of 35 colleges which are located in different parts of the town.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

There’s a missing connective in each of the following sentences I, II and III:

I. Brooke Ellison is a quadriplegic girl. _________ her difficulty, she remains active.

II. You had better write down her phone, _________ you won’t be able to remember it.

III. You could attend the meeting _________ you don’t accuse anyone.

The alternative that respectively brings the correct connective for each one is

• A.

  Even though, otherwise, as far as

• B.

  Although, therefore, unlike

• C.

  Unlike, therefore, despite

• D.

  Since, with the mind, so that

• E.

  In spite of, otherwise, as long as

Complete the sentences with the correct words respectively: “___ apple a day keeps ___ doctor away. So I’m going to eat ___ green apple over here because it looks tastier than ___ red apples up there on the shelf.”

• A.

  An / the / this / those.

• B.

  A / an / the / a.

• C.

  This / an / an / these.

• D.

  A / the / that / these.