Questões de Língua Inglesa

The sentence “It may mean trying different prices for your newly developed gadget to see which price makes sales pop.” (lines 72-74) implies that

• A.

  higher product pricing will certainly lead to more market sales.

• B.

  sales are determined solely by the characteristics of the gadget.

• C.

  the most appropriate price should be defined by the competitors.

• D.

  the cheaper the product is, the more profitable the company will be.

• E.

  previous testing of price ranges will help find the one which will boost sales.

According to the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Communitarian opponents make up the largest and most vocal group of Sen's critics.

• C.

• E.

According to the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Sen's work, although focused on the individual and on the idea of liberty, does not lose sight of the inherent dynamics of the different communities.

• C.

• E.

In “...and not have them end up on the beach,” (line 19), the pronoun them refers to

• A.

  renewable energy form(s) (line 15)

• B.

  waves of skepticism (lines 15-16)

• C.

  people (line 16)

• D.

  a lot of doubt(s) (line 17)

• E.

  buoys (line 18)

According to the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Sen dismisses out of hand the ideas advanced by English philosophers of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) the following items.

Communitarians' major objection against Sen is based on his vigorous defence of unmitigated individualism.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) the following items.

Sen finds the theses put forward by Ashoka and Kautilya to be more ground-breaking and insightful than those proposed by some major Western philosophers 14 or 15 centuries later.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) the following items.

Even Sen's followers resent the sheer lack of purism in his championing of freedom.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) the following items.

Despite having a usually gentle disposition, Sen often flies into a nasty temper whenever any of his ideas are challenged.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Of the three journalism students mentioned in the text, it can be said that the most self-effacing and reserved of them all turned out to be the one to deliver a most violent blow against the apartheid security apparatus.

• C.

• E.