Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2002

Central processors operate on codes because

• A.

  spoken English cannot be written in binary digits

• B.

  natural languages have no meaning to computers

• C.

  some of the instructions are difficult to follow

• D.

  machine code is said to operate more rapidly

The function of an assembler is to

• A.

  pass instructions from code to language

• B.

  create the language of particular machines

• C.

  change programs into low-level languages

• D.

  translate basic languages into machine code

"Each instruction is given a line number" means that

• A.

  a line number indicates many instructions

• B.

  each instruction receives a line number

• C.

  each instruction determines the line number

• D.

  a line sends a number to all instructions

"The easier this communication can be made the wider the applications will be" means that applications

• A.

  decrease as communication is made in symbolic language

• B.

  are developed at a slower pace than that of communication

• C.

  increase in a degree equal to the facility of communication

• D. are devised regardless of the communication languages

The central idea of this text concerns

• A.

  basic languages

• B.

  assembly languages

• C.

  programming languages

• D.

  high-level languages

The biologist's statement functions as a:

• A.

  praise;

• B.

  support;

• C.

  comparison;

• D.

  warning;

• E.

  disclaimer.

The WCS believes it should:

• A.

  develop commercial ties;

• B.

  help invest in tourism;

• C.

  increase local trade;

• D.

  create international markets;

• E.

  plant more specimens.

The reason why the botanist decided to pay attention to the seeds was because they:

• A.

  were unusually round and big;

• B.

  were planted in 1958;

• C.

  became a tourist attraction;

• D.

  were hundreds of years old;

• E.

  came from mainland China.

The seeds drew interest due to their:

• A.

  capacity to survive in low temperature;

• B.

  religious and historical significance;

• C.

  singular mechanism of self-regeneration;

• D.

  usefulness for agriculture and economy;

• E.

  possibility of germinating in the surface.

"An incredibly tough protein" (l.24-25) is one that is:

• A.

  smooth;

• B.

  hard;

• C.

  tender;

• D.

  concentrated;

• E.

  rich.