Questões de Língua Inglesa

When addressing people in formal contexts, we it is appropriate to use a title. In the alternatives below, the one which indicates the correct relationship between title and status is:

• A. Mr. is used for married man only.
• B. Mr. is used for married and unmarried man.
• C. Mrs. is used for unmarried woman.
• D. Miss is used for married woman.
• E. Dr. is used for man only.

The text says that, as a minister, George Brown is becoming

• A.

  more and more impotent.

• B.

  increasingly pro-European.

• C.

  stronger and stronger.

• D.

  less and less influential.

• E.

  more and more tight-fisted.

Gordon Brown's plans for the National Health Service aims to

• A.

  provide more patients with low-cost free treatment.

• B.

  permit European countries to imitate Britain's health care system.

• C.

  help health services to reach the same standards as those of education.

• D.

  allow for progressive privatization of health care, on European lines.

• E.

  catch up with spending on health care in other European countries.

The pronoun one refers to:

• A.

  workweek.

• B.

  economy

• C.

  services

• D.

  industries

Improvements in the British National Health system are to be financed by

• A.

  European direct investment.

• B.

  increases in income tax.

• C.

  outsourcing of some services.

• D.

  higher national insurance contributions.

• E.

  Borrowing money from public coffers.

What option best completes the following sentence

: “If I had had a baby, _____________________________”

• A. I would have been happier.
• B. I wouldn´t have regretted playing cards.
• C. I would have worked hard.
• D. I would have felt disgusted.
• E. I will have happiness.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 11 to 13.

WEBSITE LEGAL CHECKUP

The explosive development of the Internet and electronic commerce has demonstrated that a corporate website can be extremely valuable. Although Internet exchanges of information and communications occur in cyberspace, they may have real, tangible consequences in the physical world. This means significant legal consequences can arise from the browsing or use of a corporate website.

As with any other interaction, website activities or information may be the basis for a damages claim against a company. Similarly, a company may wish to restrict what a user does with information obtained from a corporate website. In short, a company should view its website like any other communication channel. Therefore, we recommend that a corporate website include specific terms and conditions applicable to the browsing and use of the website.

• A. used to be sued by their users.
• B. require legal regulations
• C. will soon be implemented.
• D. have proved to be non-profitable.
• E. may be legally approved.

The writer of the article has reservations about whether increased spending on public services

• A.

  can be effective without first reforming them.

• B.

  is advisable in times of global recession.

• C.

  has ever been a viable economic target.

• D.

  can lead to more equality with Europe.

• E.

  can really be achieved before mid year.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate verbs:

I. Would you _____________________ a donut?

II. Who __________________ you yesterday? Chris.

III. Justin ___________________ his Chemistry exam.

• A. like; phone; wrote.
• B. like; phoned; passed.
• C. liked; phones; passed.
• D. want; called; wrote.
• E. wanted; call; read.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 11 to 13.

WEBSITE LEGAL CHECKUP

The explosive development of the Internet and electronic commerce has demonstrated that a corporate website can be extremely valuable. Although Internet exchanges of information and communications occur in cyberspace, they may have real, tangible consequences in the physical world. This means significant legal consequences can arise from the browsing or use of a corporate website.

As with any other interaction, website activities or information may be the basis for a damages claim against a company. Similarly, a company may wish to restrict what a user does with information obtained from a corporate website. In short, a company should view its website like any other communication channel. Therefore, we recommend that a corporate website include specific terms and conditions applicable to the browsing and use of the website.

• A.

  are entitled to impose certain legal limitations concerning the use of their websites.

• B.

  are likely to use the Internet for legal debates concerning their products

• C.

  do not rely on the Internet as an efficient and comprehensive communication tool.

• D.

  avoid selling their products via the Internet due to legal restrictions.

• E.

  are under the jurisdiction of an international court which regulates their sales.