Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2003

O texto 2, extraído de uma revista especializada, pode ser caracterizado como:

• A.

  artigo técnico

• B.

  carta ao editor

• C.

  nota informativa

• D.

  relatório científico

In the text, an adequate synonym for major is

• a.

  bigger.

• b.

  secure.

• c.

  efficient.

• d.

  compulsory.

• e.

  principal.

Os autores do texto sugerem que

• a.

  o nível de deságio nas ofertas públicas iniciais nunca foi objeto de um estudo sério.

• b.

  o baixo nível de deságio nas ofertas públicas iniciais na Nasdaq está relacionado à eficiência de seu método de negociação.

• c.

  os níveis de incerteza que precedem as negociações estão associados à eficiência dos métodos de informação das diferentes Bolsas.

• d.

  a Bolsa de Valores de Nova Iorque deveria adotar o sistema da Nasdaq para evitar altos níveis de incerteza pré-negociações.

• e.

  os níveis de incerteza que precedem as negociações não dependem dos métodos usados no pregão noturno.

Leia o texto abaixo para responder as questões de 58 a 70

Segundo o texto, a NeuroNova

• A.

  está enfrentando problemas para conduzir suas pesquisas com células-tronco devido ao seu reduzido quadro de funcionários e à falta de investimentos.

• B.

  tem conseguido, graças a sua idoneidade, angariar fundos e obter mais espaço na mídia do que suas concorrentes americanas.

• C.

  já vem atuando no lucrativo mercado de drogas que combatem problemas cardíacos.

• D.

  descobriu um processo denominado neurogênese para combater doenças como o mal de Parkinson, Alzheimer e até mesmo a esquizofrenia.

• E.

  poderá vir a ser a primeira empresa a desenvolver drogas para combater distúrbios do sistema nervoso central porque conseguiu o apoio da comunidade acadêmica, do governo e dos investidores.

Leia o texto abaixo para responder as questões de 58 a 70

According to the text,

• A.

  Sweden has only 40 private stem cell companies because of political and ethical problems it has experienced in the past.

• B.

  there are 32 research universities involved in stem cell work in Sweden as opposed to 35 in the U.S.

• C.

  Sweden has already surpassed the U.S. as the world's leading researcher in clinical stem cell research.

• D.

  while the number of private stem cell companies is growing in Sweden, it is diminishing dramatically in the U.S.

• E.

  Sweden has already captured the worldwide market for drugs derived from stem cell research.

Vygotsky considers two different levels in children's development. The first one is the complex psychological function which is the result of the development/learning process already done. And the second one represents the improvement in children's complex psychological function, which is given to them through mediation in the teaching/learning process.

These two levels of development are respectively:

• A.

  Learning Development and Children's Process Development.

• B.

  Learning Development Zone and Zone of Real Development.

• C.

  Real Development Level and Zone of Proximal Development.

• D.

  Zone of Proximal Development and Zone of Learning Development.

According to Silva (Silva, T. 1991) there are at least four central approaches in Second Language writing instruction. These approaches are:

• A.

  Controlled Composition, Current-Traditional Rhetoric, the Process Approach , and English for Specific Purposes.

• B.

  Writing Approach, Controlled Rhetoric, Comprehension Approach, and Current Traditional Approach.

• C.

  Writing Instruction Process, Writing Approach, the Process Approach, and the Discourse Process.

• D.

  Current-Traditional Rhetoric, Theoretical Writing Approach, the Process Approach, and the Writing Process.

The approach considers revision fundamental to the process of writing. It is recursive and consists of various changes performed in a written text while it is being written or after it. These are characteristics of:

• A.

  The Writing Instruction Process.

• B.

  Theoretical Writing Approach.

• C.

  The Process Approach

• D.

  Written Language Acquisition.

Write (1) for the actions with communicative characteristics, and (2) for the actions with non-communicative characteristics.

• A.

  1, 2, 1, 2, 1.

• B.

  2, 1, 1, 2, 1.

• C.

  2, 2, 1, 1, 2.

• D.

  1, 2, 2, 1, 1.

"The Western World gave its contribution to the learning process proposing that learning is first socially established and apprehended through social interaction by the individual learner" (in Bohn, H., 2001). Bohn is stating a proposition made by:

• A. Del Hymes.
• B. Vygotsky.
• C. Chomsky.
• D. Lenneberg