Questões de Língua Inglesa

The fragment “to the advantage of both.” (line 72) indicates that there will be

• A.

  advantages for customers exclusively.

• B.

  benefits for customers and green businesses alike.

• C.

  gains for the customers and loss for the businesses.

• D.

  positive results for clients and more environmental impact.

• E.

  further development of green matters regardless of customers.

In “you may be surprised at how fast they can become a standard accepted business process in 2010 and beyond.” (lines 77-79) the verb form “may” expresses

• A.

  necessity.

• B.

  certainty.

• C.

  obligation.

• D.

  capability.

• E.

  possibility.

Atenção: As questões de números 53 a 60 referem-se ao texto abaixo.

Qual dos verbos abaixo não pertence ao mesmo grupo semântico?

• A.

  Grow.

• B.

  Increase.

• C.

  Augment.

• D.

  Research.

• E.

  Proliferate.

The term in parentheses expresses the idea introduced by the term in bold in

• A.

  “Instead, they made radical changes to their initial models,” – lines 3-4 (replacement).

• B.

  “Unfortunately, they are usually wrong.” – line 15 (reason).

• C.

  “Alternatively, some good ideas take something in customers’ lives that’s pretty boring…” – lines 45-47 (cause).

• D.

  “Next, you’ll need to identify some analogs,” – line 50 (exemplification).

• E.

  “beliefs you hold about the answers to your questions despite having no real evidence…” – lines 64-66 (consequence).

The word “might” in “… you have a solution that might work.” (lines 44-45) can be replaced without change in meaning by

• A.

  must surely.

• B.

  will certainly.

• C.

  may probably.

• D.

  can eventually.

• E.

  should definitely.

In the text, a cinch means

• A. easy.
• B. nice.
• C. hard.
• D. annoying.
• E. cumbersome.

The wordplay in the title refers to the fact that the

• A.

  IMF has not dared to open its reserved archives in Washington to the public in general.

• B.

  IMF has been adopting a transparency policy so as to enhance its credibility and legitimacy.

• C.

  IMF must be freed from the impositions of the world leaders on its financial decisions.

• D.

  once secret information kept by the IMF is not freely discussed nor is it easily negotiable.

• E.

  world economies are trying to get rid of the excessive control of the IMF over their financial systems.

The verb “depends” (R.23) can also be collocated with

• A.

  of.

• B.

  upon.

• C.

  with.

• D.

  for.

The only argument that CANNOT be considered supportive of publishing the IMF documents is that the

• A.

  public must be made aware of what the IMF has been doing and the support it is giving to economic policy issues.

• B.

  IMF will be regarded as a more trustworthy institution if it releases its documents and financial decisions to the public at large.

• C.

  language used in documents that circulate publicly is usually more controlled and therefore less frank and direct in exposing opinions and facts.

• D.

  lack of access of external stakeholders to the issues the IMF supports and the actions it takes makes the institution more vulnerable and less effective.

• E.

  relevant changes made to the financing structure of the institution were only effected in recognition of the IMF as a reputable and candid organization.

The relative pronoun “who”(R.8) can be correctly replaced by

• A.

  which.

• B.

  that.

• C.

  whose.

• D.

  what.