Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

In order to save energy, the government in Chile has advised Chilean men

• A. to wear ties all year round.
• B. to button their shirts up to the neck.
• C. to get rid of their ties during the hot season.
• D. to always go to work wearing formal clothes.
• E. to wear long-sleeved shirts during the summer.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). The text has questions to the following answers:

( ) What benefits can the government’s advice bring to the Chilean community?

( ) How did the Chilean government announce its new measures?

( ) Why do the Chilean men insist on wearing formal clothes?

( ) Who took part in the official video advertisement?

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

• A. T T F T
• B. F T F T
• C. T T T F
• D. F T T F
• E. T T T T

The only piece of information not mentioned in the 4th paragraph of the text is in alternative

• A. Chile depends a lot on energy generated with the use of flowing water.
• B. Chile isn’t known as a producer of oil and gas.
• C. During the summer, the supply of hydro-electric power in Chile isn’t enough to cope with people’s demands.
• D. To compensate for its lack of oil and gas, the Chilean government plans to invest heavily in alternative energy.
• E. There are usually long periods without rainfall during the Chilean summers.

The expression “bone-dry” (l. 9) should be understood as

• A. completely free of moisture.
• B. slightly humid.
• C. extremely hot.
• D. soaking wet.
• E. very wet.

“So the government’s told the country’s menfolk to shed their ties” (l. 11-12)

The’ s in “government’s” is the

• A. contraction of is.
• B. contraction of was.
• C. contraction of has.
• D. plural ending.
• E. genitive case.

It’s stated in the text that, in Japan,

• A. the young population is on the rise.
• B. rural communities are getting very crowded.
• C. there’s a growing number of old people.
• D. most young people would like to go on living in the countryside.
• E. the elderly people who live in the rural area can’t wait to move to the city.

According to the text, the young Japanese are leaving the rural areas because they

• A. refuse to help with the household tasks.
• B. would like to have a more exciting life.
• C. can’t stand the countryside any more.
• D. don’t want to work hard.
• E. want to find a job.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). About the “Shunran-no-Sato’ project, it’s correct to say that it

( ) was started by a few number of young adults.

( ) aims at not letting their village disappear.

( ) gives people the chance to be in contact with nature.

( ) can house its guests in comfortable hotels.

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

• A. F T T F
• B. T F F T
• C. F T F T
• D. T F T F
• E. T T T T

According to this cartoon, the alternative that suitably completes the blank is

• A. hurt.
• B. contest.
• C. dismiss.
• D. encourage.
• E. disappoint.

Judge the following items according to text 5A5AAA.

Mesh topologies differ from others because the failure of the central element results in the failure of the whole network.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado