Questões de Língua Inglesa

According to Text 1, the fear of flying is

• A.

  the result of pleasant experiences in commercial flights.

• B.

  a typical reaction of people who also suffer from other phobias.

• C.

  an aversion caused by traditional beliefs of unsafe aircraft maintenance.

• D.

  an uncommon reaction in passengers who fly commercial jetliners.

• E.

  never found in individuals who usually feel comfortable in crowds.

Mark the alternative that contains an expression that is a correct replacement for the boldfaced item(s).

• A. "Yet getting them to assess intelligently what people mean from what they say…" (lines 3-5) – For that reason
• B. "(unless, that is, someone is talking about the healthy bacteria …)" (lines 13-14) – nevertheless
• C. "Words such as 'never', 'failed', and 'prevent' are tagged as 'changing' or 'reversive' words…" (lines 25-27) – Inasmuch as
• D. "...because they reverse the sentiment of the word they precede." (lines 27-28) – Since
• E. "Instead of simply adding up the number of positive and negative mentions for each concept," (lines 54-55) – While

Based on the text, judge the items below.

The elevator is made to work by the captain's control column by activating two other devices.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Mark the only alternative that correctly expresses what the statistics refer to.

• A.

  “... 40% of people...” (line 6) – percentage of people who feel uncomfortable traveling by plane.

• B.

  “more than 3 million people...” (line 11) – number of people who fly per year.

• C.

  “more than one billion people...” (line 13) – amount of people who died in plane crashes.

• D.

  “... 20 fatal accidents.” (line 14) – quantity of aviation accidents in the US in the last 60 years.

• E. “...115 people...” (line 18) – daily total of people injured in car crashes.

The only fragment in which 'it' refers to "software" is

• A. "To computers, however, it is trickier." (lines 2-3)
• B. "it would be bad." (line 15)
• C. "It uses so-called 'sentiment analysis' software to assess text." (lines 19-20)
• D. "…assigns emotional labels to the words it contains," (lines 22-23).
• E. "At each stage, it computes the changing sentiment of the sentence." (lines 51-52)

According to the text, it can be inferred that

both control columns components look alike.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Choose the alternative in which the idea introduced by the word in bold type is correctly described.

• A.

  “Contrary to popular belief,” (line 1) – condition.

• B.

  “Yet if you suffer from aviophobia...” (lines 2-3) – comparison.

• C.

  “such as the fear of heights, crowds, or …” (lines 8-9) – exemplification.

• D.

  “In fact, more than 3 million people...” (line 11) – contrast.

• E.

  “However, if the thought of flying …” (line 21) – result.

In the example given in paragraphs 5 and 6 (lines 39-63), the author explains that the

• A. emotional meanings are attributed to words in isolation and not to the sentence structure.c
• B. emotional scores of each word may change according to the topic discussed in the text.
• C. length of segments and emotional tags of each word are considered in scoring emotional concepts.
• D. word 'recession' is not analyzed because it is hard to identify its emotional meaning.
• E. mere arithmetic sum of the scores indicated for each word will reveal the emotional content of the text analysed.

According to the text, it can be inferred that

the interconnection of the two control columns normally avoids synchronic movements of both elevators.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The author of Text 2 intends to

• A.

  conquer his own fear of flying through drugs and professional help.

• B.

  list all the diseases that passengers on international trips frequently develop.

• C.

  give practical suggestions to help the reader control anxiety in traveling by plane.

• D.

  express his opinions on the importance of relaxation techniques for airline crews.

• E. remind the reader that only doctors are allowed to take medication to relax in long-distance flights.