Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2006

Read the text below which is entitled "Congress Caps another Disappointing Year" in order to answer questions 27 to 30.

The author points out that "Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase", which means it will

• A.

  significantly go up.

• B.

  hardly rise.

• C.

  surely grow.

• D.

  undoubtedly fall.

• E.

  sharply drop.

From the text, it can be deduced that

the industrial society was replaced by the information society.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text, the writer refers to “robots” using all the synonyms below, EXCEPT:

• A.

  mechanical men.

• B.

  artificial creations.

• C.

  humanoids.

• D.

  automatons.

• E.

  androids.

In “An Ishiguro made of circuitry and silicone might soon be answering his own questions.” (lines 64-66), “might” can be correctly substituted by:

• A.

  must

• B.

  shall.

• C.

  could.

• D.

  had to.

• E.

  ought to.

In the text,

a “porch” (l.13) is another word for garage.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

“all of” (l.18) can be correctly replaced by most of.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the expression “fly-on-the-wall” (l.7) means to be able to watch what people are doing without their noticing you.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the adjective “ordinary” (l.9) is synonymous with unusual.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the determiner “any” (l.1) means some.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the verb “to gel” (l.8) means to disrupt.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado