Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2004

As regards language teaching methods, judge the following items.

There is student-to-student interaction in drilling exercises or when students take different roles in dialogs, but this interaction is teacher-centered. Also, students are not allowed to initiate interaction. This describes the nature of student-student interaction in Suggestopedia.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

As regards language teaching methods, judge the following items.

One of the basic assumptions of the Grammar-Translation Method is that by learning to communicate students will be more motivated to study a foreign language since they will feel they are learning to do something useful with the language.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence "Shades of peach adorn America's recently redesigned $20 note, but currency traders care little for pretty colours." (lines 1-3), the author means that:

• A.

  currency traders are not really concerned about aesthetic changes in dollar notes.

• B.

  currency traders are very worried about the recent changes in some dollar bills.

• C.

  currency traders prefer the traditional green dollar notes to the newly designed ones.

• D.

  the exchange market is totally against the use of pretty colours in currency notes.

• E.

  the attractive new colours in most dollar notes are totally unimportant in the trade market.

And (line 9) introduces an idea of addition. Check the option in which the idea introduced by the word in the first column is correctly stated.

• A.

  Since (line 5) – cause.

• B.

  But (line 17) – condition.

• C.

  Even (line 40) – conclusion.

• D.

  Thus (line 47) – consequence.

• E.

  So (line 64) – opposition.

According to line 16, "the euro area's economies are on the mend," which means that they are:

• A.

  improving.

• B.

  stagnant.

• C.

  perfectly health.

• D.

  getting worse.

• E.

  in trouble.

The fragment "Tax cuts, spending on the war in Iraq and (...) are dragging the government's books into disarray." (lines 28-31) suggests that such books will soon be:

• A.

  under control.

• B.

  under severe investigation.

• C.

  fully inaccurate.

• D.

  absolutely useless.

• E.

  in a state of disorder.

In the 1980s, according to lines 50-54, a weaker dollar:

• A.

  forced American consumers to stop buying foreign cars and watches.

• B.

  made the United States discontinue imports from Japan and Switzerland.

• C.

  contributed to the decrease of sales of Japanese cars and Swiss watches in the U.S.

• D.

  caused a rise in prices of cars and watches in Japan and in Switzerland, respectively.

• E.

  was the result of an agreement between car makers and the U.S. government.

Mark the only true statement concerning the ideas presented in paragraphs 4 to 7.

• A.

  Although it is difficult to guess the future price of a currency, it can be safely predicted that the dollar will soon drop slightly against other currencies.

• B.

  European firms may benefit from a stronger euro, since their exports will cost more than those from America.

• C.

  The employees of European companies cannot spend their holidays in Florida because the whole trip is too expensive for them.

• D.

  The present current-account deficit relative to the GDP is the first the United States has since the eighties.

• E.

  The report mentioned in the text insists that a devaluation of the dollar will bring U.S. economy into balance.

Mark the option that best reflects the rhetorical structure of the last paragraph of the text.

• A.

  Problem-solution.

• B.

  Time sequence.

• C.

  Definition and exemplification.

• D.

  Listing and classification.

• E.

  Cause and effect.

Mark the correct statement concerning reference.

• A.

  Its (line 7) refers to euro.

• B.

  Those (line 23) refers to investors.

• C.

  Their (line 25) refers to investors.

• D.

  Ones (line 43) refers to European firms.

• E.

  It (line 64) refers to European car company.