Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

Read the text below in order to answer questions 26 to 30.

STOCK OPTIONS

Twenty years ago, the biggest component of executive compensation was cash, in the form of salaries and bonuses. Stock options were just a footnote. Now the reverse is true. With astounding speed, stock option grants have come to dominate the pay - and often the wealth - of top executives throughout the United States. Last year, Jack Welch's unexercised GE options were valued at more than $260 million. Intel CEO Craig Barrett's were worth more than $100 million. Michael Eisner exercised 22 million options on Disney stock in 1988 alone, netting more than a half-billion dollars. In total, U.S. executives hold unexercised options worth tens of billions of dollars.

Complete the sentence below with the correct option:

"_________ what critics say, stock option grants are _______ form of executive compensation ever devised".

• A. Although/ the less
• B. Even though/only
• C. Despite/ the most
• D. Despite/ the best
• E. Despite/ unique

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

A forma correta para preencher a lacuna I é

• A.

  anything.

• B.

  neither.

• C.

  nobody.

• D.

  anybody.

• E.

  none.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

No texto, os dois períodos I didn't think it was worth $500 e I made it in a week estabelecem uma relação que poderia ser expressa por

• A.

  therefore.

• B.

  however

• C.

  unless.

• D.

  because.

• E.

  although.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 16 to 20:

According to the Brazilian President, a small group of nations

• A.

  should get together in Doha.

• B.

  was supposed to meet in England

• C.

  should make the major decisions

• D.

  could be making the major decisions.

• E.

  has been making most decisions.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 26 to 30

According to the text, Presidents Bush and Cardoso

• A.

  might have met

• B.

  have already met.

• C.

  must have met

• D.

  could have met

• E.

  should have met.

TEXT I

Brazil's Northeast is attracting the most interest on part of national and international investors because it is undoubtedly one of the region's that has shown the greatest potential when it comes to development of new businesses. Over the last few years, a greater and greater number of investors have turned to the Northeast. This has been reflected in the region's growth rate. From 1990 to 1999, for example, the Northeast's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 3.1%, compared to the national average of 2.51%. Business groups from the most diverse sectors have been quick to set up office in the region with plans for expansion.

Adapted from: http://www.brazilnow.com/arquivos/bn20/coverstory.html

Answer questions 016 to 021 according to TEXT I.

The economic potential of Brazil's Northeast _______________ discovered.

• A.

  urges to be

• B.

  is yet to be

• C.

  has never been

• D.

  has already been

TEXT I

Brazil's Northeast is attracting the most interest on part of national and international investors because it is undoubtedly one of the region's that has shown the greatest potential when it comes to development of new businesses. Over the last few years, a greater and greater number of investors have turned to the Northeast. This has been reflected in the region's growth rate. From 1990 to 1999, for example, the Northeast's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 3.1%, compared to the national average of 2.51%. Business groups from the most diverse sectors have been quick to set up office in the region with plans for expansion.

Adapted from: http://www.brazilnow.com/arquivos/bn20/coverstory.html

Answer questions 016 to 021 according to TEXT I.

The Northeast's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded ___________ the national average during the 1990's.

• A.

  less than

• B.

  more than

• C.

  as much as

• D.

  much less than

Read the Text 1 and choose the correct alternatives from number 01 to 12.

The prepositions that complete the blanks in the text are:

• A.

  In / In / In / on / at

• B.

  On / In / On / in / in

• C.

  At / On / In / at / in

• D.

  At / At / In / at / on

• E.

  On / In / In / on / at

Read the Text 1 and choose the correct alternatives from number 01 to 12.

The words in black in the second paragraph refer respectively to

• A.

  students' parents / students' friends

• B.

  students / teachers

• C.

  schools / classrooms

• D.

  teachers / teacher

• E.

  family / friends

Read the Text 1 and choose the correct alternatives from number 01 to 12.

The reflexive pronoun presented in the second paragraph of the text is used

• A.

  non-emphatically

• B.

  metaphorically.

• C.

  emphatically.

• D.

  idiomatically.

• E.

  antagonistically.