Questões de Língua Inglesa

Bottom-up and top-down are ____ cognitive strategies.

• A. divided into
• B. divisors to
• C. divided by
• D. divisions of

Based on the text above, judge the items 16 through 30.

"boosted" (l.36) means increased.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Mark the only alternative that does NOT express a characteristic of the 21st century, according to the text.

• A. Educators need to prepare students for a kind of life in the future that is unpredictable.
• B. Schools will deal with a new generation of students that are motivated to ask questions and find their own answers.
• C. Future generations of learners will be more familiar with technology than older generations of educators.
• D. Students of the new century will need to create solutions for problems that will certainly become more dramatic in the near future.
• E. Students will have to learn in an environment where education is textbook-driven, teacher-centered, and paper and pencil–based.

In the sentence “…while power dams were left behind with a 14.7 percent share.” (lines 10-11), the word “while”

• A.

  anticipates a conclusion.

• B.

  presents an example.

• C.

  imposes a condition.

• D.

  expresses a contrast.

• E.

  introduces a reason.

In the utterance " …) and self-evaluation of learning after the language activity is completed", taken

from the 2nd paragraph of the text, the underlined word functions as a ____.

• A.

  pronoun

• B.

  noun

• C.

  verb

• D.

  conjunction

Based on the discussion presented in the text, a "culture of inquiry" (line 65) should

• A. focus on learning about different nationalities.
• B. reduce the large amount of time students spend multitasking.
• C. restrict the young learners' use of different digital sources to access information.
• D. develop an investigative attitude motivating students to construct knowledge, not just repeat information.
• E. create new teaching methodologies focused on delivering information and following a pre-defined curriculum.

Based on the meanings in the text, mark the only option in which the two words are antonymous.

• A.

  “combination” (line 8) - mixture

• B.

  “irreversible” (line 14) – changeable

• C.

  “valuable” (line 20) – worthy

• D.

  “trend” (line 23) – tendency

• E.

  “rose” (line 29) – increased

The authors have insisted ___ explaining about reading strategies.

• A. for
• B. to
• C. on
• D. about

In the text,

"altogether" (l.2) is the same as all together.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

We must use reading strategies ____ text we face.

• A. whatever
• B. whenever
• C. however
• D. wherever