Questões de Língua Inglesa

In Text 3, you find “The ice-cream maker's “Cleaner Greener Freezer” uses Hydrocarbons as the refrigerant instead of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)”. What is the function developed by the connector INSTEAD OF?

• A.

  To introduce examples.

• B.

  To add ideas or elements.

• C.

  To make inferences.

• D.

  To contrast ideas or elements.

• E.

  To reinforce an idea.

Read the following text to answer the questions related to it:

The top-down model understands reading as ____.

• A.

  a decoding activity

• B.

  the identification theory

• C.

  a guessing game

• D.

  the common sense theory

It can be inferred from the text that

• A.

  robots will substitute for men as companions.

• B.

  a robotic dog can do the same actions as an ordinary dog.

• C.

  a robotic dog is an example of how future pets can be.

• D.

  robotic dogs can answer back to human talking.

Read Text 4 to grasp its main idea/message. According to the text, its main idea is described in:

• A.

  Seafood is good for our health, but it can be sometimes harmful.

• B.

  It is important to eat seafood to avoid health problems.

• C.

  Seafood consumption may help people lose weight.

• D.

  People should eat seafood twice a week only.

• E.

  Seafood is free of chemicals nowadays.

The text leads us to deduce that

• A.

  Pepe stands for mobile personal pet.

• B.

  in due course of time, Pepe will replace peoples parents.

• C.

  robotic pets can do some of the things you want them to do.

• D.

  robotic pets need the same kind of care as ordinary dogs.

In Text 4, in the second paragraph, you find “(...) many species are full of Omega 3's that have been found to help (...)”. The underlined verb form is in the passive voice. Which of the following sentences is also in the passive voice?

• A.

  I have been eating.

• B.

  They were eating.

• C.

  It has been eaten.

• D.

  He had eaten.

• E.

  I will have been eating.

Taking the text into consideration, it can be concluded that

• A.

  it is not believed that robots might be used as servants.

• B.

  there is a restaurant in London where robots can utter a sentence.

• C.

  robots won't ever replace human beings.

• D.

  robots will be up to any kind of job.

In the text, "looking for" (l.10) means

• A.

  waiting.

• B.

  watching.

• C.

  waving.

• D.

  hoping.

In the text, "do" (l.17) refers to

• A.

  "robots" (l.15).

• B.

  "as much as" (l.16-17).

• C.

  "humans" (l.16).

• D.

  "resemble" (l.16).

In the text, "drudgery" (l.40) means

• A.

  hard boring job.

• B.

  difficult specialised work.

• C.

  easy pleasant task.

• D.

  interesting dynamic activity.