Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2003

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 26:

One of the reasons pointed out for the lack of water is:

• A. poverty;
• B. hunger;
• C. drought;
• D. disease;
• E. overpopulation.

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 26:

The last line in the text functions as a:

• A. condition;
• B. summary;
• C. solution;
• D. generalization;
• E. hypothesis.

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 26:

drinking in "drinking water" (l.12) belongs to the same word class as the underlined word in:

• A. He is addicted to drinking;
• B. He stopped drinking when she arrived;
• C. It is drinking that has ruined his health;
• D. The park had no drinking fountain at all;
• E. After drinking wine, she never drives.

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 27 TO 30:

The new system favors:

• A. uniqueness;
• B. interfacing;
• C. uniformity;
• D. speed;
• E. continuity.

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 27 TO 30:

The advantage of Open GIS is its:

• A. extensive application;
• B. overpriced cost;
• C. reduced accessibility;
• D. information limit;
• E. model replication.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 and 22:

According to the text, the effects of globalization in its various aspects

• A.

  ought to be analyzed and discussed.

• B.

  have been defined by social researchers.

• C.

  have been positive within the poor nations.

• D.

  have been undoubtedly harmful.

• E.

  are too irrelevant to be taken into account.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 and 22:

In relation to unemployment and poverty, globalization

• A.

  surely makes these problems worse.

• B.

  generates opposing interpretations.

• C.

  is their ultimate solution.

• D.

  is their primary cause.

• E.

  plays no role in their understanding.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 23 to 25:

The aim of the Youth Employment Network is to

• A.

  offer precarious short-term jobs to young women and men.

• B.

  bring developed and developing countries to the same level

• C.

  help the Brazilian Government to write an action plan.

• D.

  find ways of tackling joblessness among young people.

• E.

  solve labor and employment problems once and for all.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 23 to 25: In July 2003, the YEN

• A.

  established a High Level Panel to create more youth jobs.

• B.

  communicated privately with President Lula of Brazil.

• C.

  made a political decision to create Lead Countries.

• D.

  solved a problem of international cooperation.

• E.

  backed a UN appeal for action on youth unemployment.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 to 23:

According to the text, Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

• A.

  pretends to have revoked an amendment proposed by the former Brazilian president.

• B.

  might submit a controversial amendment that revamps the nation's pension policy.

• C.

  has postponed a major political battle related to the nation's pension policy.

• D.

  conceals his feeling of pride in relation to his accomplishments.

• E.

  did not conceal his elation concerning a political accomplishment.