Questões de Língua Inglesa

In the text,

"those" (l.13) refers to "contexts" (l.13).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Read the text below entitled "Tackling Corruption for Growth and Development" in order to answer questions 57 - 60:

In paragraph 1, tackling corruption and the increase of national incomes are described as

• A. minor governmental concerns.
• B. dissociated matters.
• C. major private initiatives.
• D. unrelated issues.
• E. closely linked.

The modal verb in “that may not carry….” (line12) indicates a

• A.

  probability.

• B.

  warning.

• C.

  consequence.

• D.

  condition.

• E.

  prohibition.

The item “themselves” (line 27) refers to

• A. “researchers” (line 24).
• B. “materials” (line 26).
• C. “reactions” (line 26).
• D. “compounds” (line 29).
• E. “amounts” (line 31).

Read the text below entitled "Tackling Corruption for Growth and Development" in order to answer questions 57 - 60:

In paragraph 2, institutions are said to be weakened by corruption. In other words, they

• A. seem to be immune to this practice.
• B. have the legal means to prevent it.
• C. remain unaffected by this practice.
• D. are undoubtedly affected by it.
• E. are in charge of legally handling it.

When the text states that translators “resort to cumbersome wordplay and workaround” (lines 13-14), it implies that translators ultimately

• A.

  get rid of them.

• B.

  make use of them.

• C.

  look down on them.

• D.

  get tired of them.

• E.

  run out of them.

Which alternative contains a correct correspondence of meaning?

• A. “speed up” (line 26) means accelerate.
• B. “rapidly” (line 27) is the opposite of quickly.
• C. "entire” (line 29) could not be replaced by whole.
• D. “residues” (line 43) and leftovers are antonyms.
• E. “surfaced” (line 45) and emerged are not synonyms.

Read the text below entitled "Tackling Corruption for Growth and Development" in order to answer questions 57 - 60:

According to the text, the effect of corruption on the decisions made by democratically elected governments is that these decisions

• A. become more legitimate and effective.
• B. gradually become less effective
• C. are implemented in a shorter period of time.
• D. gain both credibility and morale.
• E. may lose legitimacy and credibility.

The underlined expression in “putting the UK economy on a sound footing” (lines 16-17) can be replaced by

• A.

  solid base.

• B.

  predictable path.

• C.

  unstable position.

• D.

  hectic pace.

• E.

  frail structure.

Mark the sentence in which the idea introduced by the word in bold type is correctly described.

• A. “Even though it may be 5 to 10 years before green gasoline arrives at the pump or finds its way into a jet airplane,” (lines 12-14) – comparison
• B. “…while fitting into the existing infrastructure today.” (lines 22-23) – consequence
• C. “…then rapidly cooled the products to create a liquid that contains many of the compounds found in gasoline.” (lines 27-29) – contrast
• D. “‘Green gasoline is an attractive alternative to bioethanol since it can be used in existing engines…’” (lines 32- 33) – reason
• E. “‘Making it from cellulose sources such as switchgrass or poplar trees grown as energy crops,” (lines 40-42) – addition