Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2006

O texto abaixo é referência para as questões 37 a 40

According to the text, a landmark in engineering is:

• A.

  Galileo`s "Two New Sciences"

• B.

  structural analysis

• C.

  the Scientific Revolution

• D.

  design

• E.

  mathematical representation

O texto abaixo é referência para as questões 37 a 40

According to the text, an important change in the first phase of modern engineering was:

• A.

  Men started to be substituted by machines

• B.

  Steam engines became a thing of the past

• C.

  Craftsmen became more valued.

• D.

  Handmade production was increased.

• E.

  Most production was developed by skilled engineers

O texto abaixo é referência para as questões 37 a 40

Consider the following afirmatives:

 1. The French government supported higher education in engineering.

2. The British government`s attitude helped create autonomous professional societies.

 3. The French and the British governments had similar attitudes concerning the development of engineering.

4. The focus of engineering was more scientific in France than in Great Britain.

According to the text:

• A.

  Only 1 and 2 are correct.

• B.

  Only 1 and 3 are correct

• C.

  Only 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

• D.

  Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct

• E.

  Only 3 and 4 are correct.

O texto abaixo é referência para as questões 37 a 40

According to the text, during the Scientific Revolution:

• A.

  The British were the leaders of civil engineering.

• B.

  The first mechanical engineering universities were created in France.

• C.

  Practical thinking developed into a scientific view, without an intuitive component

• D.

  Technical training was achieved in universities

• E.

  Scientific thinking was neglected by the British

LEIA O TEXTO ABAIXO E RESPONDA ÀS PERGUNTAS 13 A 18:

Na última frase, o autor apresenta uma:

• A.

  solução;

• B.

  dúvida;

• C.

  hipótese;

• D.

  avaliação;

• E.

  proposta.

LEIA O TEXTO ABAIXO E RESPONDA ÀS PERGUNTAS 13 A 18:

A palavra shortages em "other shortages" (l.8) sugere:

• A.

  abundância;

• B.

  comprimento;

• C.

  escassez;

• D.

  altura;

• E.

  segurança.

Read the text below which is entitled "Infrastructure in Latin America" in order to answer questions 23 to 26.

According to the text, investment in infrastructure across Latin America

• a.

  is not the cause of its current economic growth.

• b.

  has lived up to foreign investors' expectations.

• c.

  has led to rapid population increases.

• d.

  received much government attention in the 1990s.

• e.

  has been described by pundits as high and effective.

Read the text below which is entitled "Infrastructure in Latin America" in order to answer questions 23 to 26.

The construction of El Cajón, in western Mexico,

• a.

  has been financed by private American investors.

• b.

  will put an end to the shortage of potable water in needy areas.

• c.

  reflects the growing investment in infrastructure in the region.

• d.

  aims to supply running water to remote households in Mexico.

• e.

  is described by the author as an unusual project.

Read the text below which is entitled "Infrastructure in Latin America" in order to answer questions 23 to 26.

In the last paragraph, the author defines the Latin American

• a.

  ports as blocked by unnecessary red tape.

• b.

  roads and highways as impeccable.

• c.

  electricity supply as in need of improvement.

• d.

  economic growth as unexpectedly low.

• e.

  exports as unpromising over the last decades.

In paragraph 1, the author reports a migrant's

• a.

  refusal to support a nationalization project.

• b.

  ambition to move to a promising farming area in southern Brazil.

• c.

  ight to promote the Brazilian rainforest reforestation.

• d.

  decision to invest in his own business in Brazil.

• e.

  attempt to invest in an international dam project.