Questões de Língua Inglesa

In the text,

“undertaken” (l.18) is the same as carried out.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

This text refers to items from 41 to 50

According to the text, judge the following items.

"compounded" (l.9) is synonymous with improved.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

“procedures” (l.24) means a set of actions which is the accepted way of doing something.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

This text refers to items from 41 to 50

According to the text, judge the following items.

"confidential" (l.8) is the same as secret.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

threaten" (l.32) is synonymous with menace.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The sentence in which “should” is used in the same sense as in “…planned additions to OPEC capacity should more than offset...” (lines 4-5) is:

• A.

  I should say that the salaries make up very nearly two thirds of the budget

• B.

  If you should be fired, your health benefits will not be automatically cut off.

• C.

  In such cases the officer should first give notice to those in the house.

• D.

  Should he go back to the office and wait for you to telephone?

• E.

  This year’s treasury deficit should be six billion dollars or more.

The main purpose of Text I is to

• A.

  criticize the increasing price of ethanol and flex fuel cars.

• B.

  condemn the excessive use of renewable energy sources in Brazil.

• C.

  announce a recent and relevant change in Brazil’s energy complex.

• D.

  report on the excessive use of cane and ethanol for electricity generation in Brazil.

• E.

  explain why gasoline consumption has suddenly dropped in Latin American countries.

Based on Paragraph 1, it is correct to say that

• A.

  petroleum and oil products are the most significant energy sources in Brazil, followed by sugar-cane ethanol and hydroelectric power.

• B.

  petroleum and oil products must be the top priority of the Brazilian government.

• C.

  ethanol derived from sugar-cane has surpassed all other forms of power generation in Brazil.

• D.

  hydroelectric plants have always been the most efficient source of energy in Brazil.

• E.

  hydroelectric plants and cane-based ethanol are, nowadays, the most productive sources of energy in Brazil.

According to EPE President, Mauricio Tomalsquim,

• A.

  oil and derivatives will always remain the only energy source to be used in motors.

• B.

  sugar-cane based ethanol is efficient as fuel for cars, but cannot be used to generate electricity.

• C.

  the consumption of ethanol is expected to drop in the future – 2006 was a historical exception in energy demands.

• D.

  the production of oil has boomed after 2006, as a result of the historical tendency for the manufacture of exclusive petroleum-driven motors.

• E.

  it was important that Brazil be able to supply all its needs in generating energy, with renewable fuels like ethanol, hydroelectric power and petroleum.