Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2005

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Safety considerations have nothing to do with quality assurance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Serious failure consequences can be a combination of external factors and hardware/software failures.6

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text above

“to find out” (l.25) means to obtain knowledge of something.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 25:

In relation to Favela-Bairro, the survey indicated that city dwellers have shown to be:

• A.

  indifferent ;

• B.

  disdainful;

• C.

  supportive;

• D.

  defensive;

• E.

  resentful.

In the text above,

"In addition" (l..7) means furthermore.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Atenção: As questões de números 16 a 20 referem-se ao texto abaixo.

No texto, downplayed significa

• A.

  exagerou.

• B.

  enfatizou.

• C.

  minimizou.

• D.

  abordou.

• E.

  criticou.

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 15 AND 16:

The results Terry Semel got at Yahoo! were:

• A.

  unintended;

• B.

  incidental;

• C.

  unexpected;

• D.

  unwanted;

• E.

  ineffective.

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 16 AND 17:

California rules on gas emission have left automakers:

• A.

  happy;

• B.

  angry.

• C.

  indifferent.

• D.

  exultant;

• E.

  depressed.

In the text, chilly (line 4) means

• A.

  quite warm.

• B.

  very gloomy.

• C.

  rather unfriendly.

• D.

  bleary.

• E.

  rather cold.

In the text, harbinger (line 13) means

• A.

  a forerunner.

• B.

  a legend.

• C.

  a résumé.

• D.

  a summary.

• E.

  an overview.