Questões de Língua Inglesa

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

In paragraph 3, corruption is mentioned as

• A. a tool to fi ght money laundering.
• B. a weapon to combat a number of crimes.
• C. prompting a number of crimes.
• D. the main cause of drug traffi cking.
• E. a tool against illegal acts.

In “Yet the sentences do not flow” (line 27) Yet can be considered equivalent to

• A.

  In spite of.

• B.

  For.

• C.

  Although.

• D.

  Thus.

• E.

  Nevertheless.

Paragraph 4 (lines 24-31) informs that UMass researchers produce green gasoline by

• A. creating a hot liquid from standard gasoline adding catalysts.
• B. using cellulose with liquids that catalyze gasoline in less than two minutes.
• C. applying moderate heat to compounds found in gasoline to produce a solid catalyst.
• D. slowly cooling the product of solid catalystic reactions which will produce cellulose.
• E. heating cellulose with specific catalysts and then cooling the product so it transforms into a liquid.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are about to have a greater participation in the global market.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The adverb in “may be unduly influenced” (line 29) implies:

• A.

  time.

• B.

  space.

• C.

  intensity;

• D.

  absence;

• E.

  limitation.

According to this text, it might be said that corn ethanol and soy biodiesel have

• A. contributed to the greenhouse gas problem.
• B. increased consumption in cars by 30 percent.
• C. produced residues such as wood chips or corn stover.
• D. produced residues such as wood chips or corn stover.
• E. generated a smaller carbon footprint than green gasoline.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

International markets rather than critical mass now require the necessary budgeting.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The underlined word in “They are not particularly effective” (line 30) can be replaced by

• A.

  methodically.

• B.

  privately.

• C.

  overly.

• D.

  specifically.

• E.

  precisely.

The text says that research on green gasoline has

• A. had no printed space in scientific journals.
• B. not received support from scientific foundations.
• C. found no interest among the military and the businessmen.
• D. been neglected by academic laboratories and graduate research programs.
• E. had to overcome problems to discover an efficient means of producing and marketing this fuel.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

Markets all over the world demand clever business strategies.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado