Questões de Língua Inglesa

The title indicates that deforestation results from:

• A. soya farming;
• B. pasture expansion;
• C. heavy rainfalls;
• D. government policies;
• E. logging techniques.

In the previous text,

“significant” (l.3) means meaningful.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 31 a 35 considere o texto abaixo.

The clause the landscapes they call home

• A.

  is wrong because the relative pronoun who is missing.

• B.

  is correct but the relative pronoun that could be inserted.

• C.

  is correct because no relative pronoun can be inserted.

• D.

  is wrong because either that or which must be inserted.

• E.

  is correct, but could take both pronouns where and which.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

In “He stopped smoking” and in “He stopped to smoke”, the meaning is the same because the verb “to stop” accepts both the infinitive and the gerund forms.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

figures in "quoting Brazilian Government figures" (l. 3) can be replaced by:

• A. officials;
• B. forms;
• C. drawings;
• D. politicians
• E. numbers.

In the previous text,

“for example” (l.14-15) is synonymous with for instance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 31 a 35 considere o texto abaixo.

In indirect discourse, the correct continuation of this sentence is "Jim Richardson wrote that the thing

• A.

  he loves about the Scots was that...."

• B.

  he loved about the Scots was that...."

• C.

  he loved about the Scots is that...."

• D.

  I love about the Scots was that...."

• E.

  I loved about the Scots was that...."

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

The sentence “I have never met or spoke to your father” is gramatically correct.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

When the report says that "the escalation of European demand for beef" happens "amid fears of mad cow disease" (ll. 9/10), it means the escalation:

• A. happens before the disease;
• B. is concomitant with the disease;
• C. takes place after the disease;
• D. will follow the disease soon;
• E. is preceded by the disease.

In the previous text,

“In addition” (l.21) means moreover.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado