Questões de Língua Inglesa

Text VI, for questions from 34 through 38.

Choose the alternative which brings the correct conjugation of belie (line 6) and lie (line 10).

• A.

  to belie, belied, belied / to lie, lay, lain

• B.

  to bely, belied, belied / to lie, lied, lied

• C.

  to bely, belay, belain / to lay, laid, laid

• D.

  to belie, belied, belied / to lie, laid, laid

• E.

  to belie, belaid, belaid / to lie, lay, lain

According to the text, current British laws on working timetables are designed mainly for

• A. women who work as secretaries for the government.
• B. parents of young children and teenagers, as well as care workers.
• C. men who have been in their current jobs for some time.
• D. women extending their maternity leave with unpaid work.
• E. those who want a change in the cultural mentality of businesses.

Choose the alternative which is grammatically incorrect.

• A.

  The new doubts about teachers have led to a state-by-state demand from legislators and citizen groups that teachers take special examinations to prove they are competent.

• B.

  The push toward test teacher competency, however, depends less on Washington than on state and local governments. One of the most instructive battles fought over the issue occurred in Mobile.

• C.

  We have children whose needs are complicated: a child in the third grade who has already been in 16 schools, children who need love and attention and disrupt the classroom to get it.

• D.

  Teachers believe administrators tend to duck the subject of violence in the schools to avoid adverse publicity.

• E.

  But it is more damaging to the country than the jargon of law, say, or even government, because it sabotages the use of clear writing and clear thinking by tens of thousands of teachers, and through them, hundreds of thousands of students.

Text VII, for questions from 39 through 43.

After the class had covered subject-verb agreement in __________ teaching, I realized that the _________ teaching became __________.

After the experience presented in the third and fourth paragraphs of the text VII, Betty Azar would probably fill in the blanks above using alternative:

• A.

  reactive / proactive / easier

• B.

  proactive / reactive / easier

• C.

  reactive / proactive / unnecessary

• D.

  reactive / proactive / more difficult

• E.

  proactive / reactive / unnecessary

With regard to paternity leave, the government has given men the right to

• A. take six months’ paid leave as soon as their baby is born.
• B. care for a baby if the mother returns to work within three months.
• C. receive their full salary to look after the baby for three out of the first six months.
• D. take a three-month break receiving payment when the baby is six months old.
• E. stay at home with the baby’s mother on unpaid leave for six months.

Text VII, for questions from 39 through 43.

The word “worthwhile” (line 7) is close in meaning to

• A.

  hollow.

• B.

  invaluable.

• C.

  useless.

• D.

  rubbish.

• E.

  void.

The Work and Pensions Secretary

• A. a has been personally attacked by company bosses who dislike her plans.
• B. believes  exible working hours are a drawback for many workers.
• C. is seeking employers’ cooperation for new proposals on working hours.
• D. shows scant regard for the needs of parents wanting flexible timetables.
• E. wants pensions to be paid to fathers who care for their neonate infants.

Ms Cooper hopes her new proposals will give more flexible working hours

• A. from the outset, to workers of both genders.
• B. to fathers of babies, concurrently with mothers.
• C. after six months, to those established in their jobs.
• D. to senior staff who want to start a family.
• E. to parents and youth workers up to the age of sixteen.

The International Labour Organization seeks to

• A. encourage social equality at international level.
• B. foster workers’ rights and good working practices.
• C. stamp out protectionism and restrictive practices.
• D. promote national wealth through higher productivity.
• E. overturn protective practices in the workplace.

The founders of the ILO believed that

• A. the people must wake up again after a damaging war.
• B. decent social rights must be promoted by advanced countries.
• C. individuals’ mercenary aims reinforce community life.
• D. good working conditions are essential to maintain world peace.
• E. the ILO favours tripartite progress between men, women and the UN.