Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

Read the Text 3 and choose the correct alternatives from number 23 to 30.

When the teacher says: "Correct all your mistakes! Wait till you learn to write!" she is giving the student

• A.

  a chance to change ideas with her.

• B.

  lots of arguments to convince him.

• C.

  the attention he needs.

• D.

  the answer he was waiting.

• E.

  reasons to frustrate himself on writing.

Read the Text 3 and choose the correct alternatives from number 23 to 30.

In the sentence "I would like to write..." the underlined expression indicates that the student is

• A.

  polite.

• B.

  rude.

• C.

  very intelligent.

• D.

  unpredictable

• E.

  easy-going.

According to text 1, the alternative that best describes professional excellence is:

• A. it is dependant on feedback of peers.
• B. it is achieved when you get a good job.
• C. it is identifying the goals of the team.
• D. it is developing oneself continuously.
• E. it is meeting managers’ expectations.

Based on text 1, the alternative which best contains some of the characteristics required for achieving professional excellence is:

• A. competence and readiness to respond.
• B. good personal conduct and ascendency.
• C. competence and ascendency.
• D. ascendency and accomodation.
• E. accomodation and competence.

In the fragment ¨Not only are you required to keep pace with ever-changing technology, you need to work with and through many people to meet deadlines (...)¡¬ the use of an inversion is made. According to Cambridge dictionary, ¨D[i]nversion happens when we reverse the normal word order of a structure¡¬. They are used in formal styles to give emphasis to the ideas communicated. The alternative that contains the same type of inversion is:

• A. Under no circumstances can we accept inappropriate behavior.
• B. Here comes the taxi!
• C. I opened the door and there stood Louis!
• D. He looked out and there was Patrick, walking hand in hand with Samantha.
• E. Beautiful day, isn’t it?

In the passage: ¨DFor the organization to break even, the assistant must make the executive 8% more productive than he or she would be working solo¡¬, the highlighted expression can be replaced ¨C without changing the original meaning ¨C by:

• A. turn a loss.
• B. turn a profit.
• C. balance books.
• D. make a profit.
• E. gain money.

Our office didn’t look like a newsroom that you’d imagine from movies or TV drama series. The underlined expression refers to:

• A. the assistant’s office.
• B. the assistant and the boss’s office.
• C. the boss’s office.
• D. all the employers’ office.
• E. all the employers’ and the boss’s offices.

When writing a correspondence, it is essential to be careful about the tone of the language to communicate the content. According to ASHLEY (2005:34), ¨D[i]t is important to try to get the right 'tone' in your letter. This means that, generally speaking, you should aim for a neutral tone, avoiding pompous language on the one hand and language which is too informal or colloquial on the other.¡¬ The best alternative to illustrate the appropriate tone for opening a commercial letter to Ron Barron, CEO of an educational startup, is:

• A. Dear Ron.
• B. Hi, Ron.
• C. Mr Ron.
• D. Ron.
• E. Dear Mr Barron.

Acronyms are used to shorten email messages. The alternative that stands for its correct definition is:

• A. FYI stands for For Your Information.
• B. bcc stands for Basic Common Copy.
• C. cc stands for Common Copy.
• D. ASAP stands for As Simple As Possible.
• E. NRN stands for No Report Necessary.

One of the trickiest gramar aspects in any language is subject-verb agreement. Considering subject-verb agreement, the only correct alternative is:

• A. Many leading researchers have published their findings in journals.
• B. The only excuse possible are the ones we invented together.
• C. To keep these students inside the classroom all the time are not healthy.
• D. The New York Times are the best newspaper in the USA.
• E. A number of documents is missing from the office since yesterday.