Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2007

Listening is one of the four language skills and it involves understanding spoken language. Match the columns about some different ways of listening and their purpose:

1. What time does Liz get up? Listen and find out.

2. Listen to these words. Are they the same or different?

3. Listen to the advertisement and decide what is being advertised.

4. Draw a boy according to what you hear.

5. Listen and underline the word the speaker says most strongly.

a. Listening for individual sounds.

b. Listening for gist.

c. Listening for specific information.

d. Listening for sentence stress.

e. Listening for detail.

• A.

  1.e - 2.b - 3.c - 4.a - 5. d

• B.

  1.a - 2.b - 3.c - 4.d - 5.e

• C.

  1.d - 2.c - 3.b - 4.e - 5. a

• D.

  1.c - 2.a - 3.b - 4.e - 5. d

• E.

  1.b - 2.e - 3.d - 4.c - 5. a

Concerning reading strategies, "deducing the meaning and use of unfamiliar lexical items through contextual clues" is called:

• A.

  previewing

• B.

  skimming

• C.

  scanning

• D.

  prediction

• E.

  inference

The use of the present perfect in the above sentence suggests:

• A.

  a connection between a past event and the present

• B.

  a "background" action or situation

• C.

  a stress on the length of time of the action

• D.

  a finished action in the past

• E.

  a temporary situation in the past

The items listed below are examples of vocabulary testing techniques, EXCEPT:

• A.

  cloze texts

• B.

  gap-filling

• C.

  translation

• D.

  sentence completion

• E.

  reading aloud

Denotation, connotation and appropriateness are aspects of meaning that should be considered when dealing with:

• A.

  listening comprehension

• B.

  reading comprehension

• C.

  spelling

• D.

  vocabulary

• E.

  phonology

Tense consistency, pronoun reference, indirect repetition and conjuncts are some of the features related to:

• A.

  genre

• B.

  cohesion

• C.

  approach

• D.

  function

• E.

  text type

According to Scott Thornbury. in About Language: Tasks for Teachers of English, "a starting point in genre analysis is the identification of the communicative purpose of a text". Choose the correct relationship:

• A.

  directions - to persuade

• B.

  headline - to amuse

• C.

  news article - to request

• D.

  error message - to explain

• E.

  resumé - to summarise

Improving his learner's accuracy is one of the aims of a teacher. Which of the supplementary materials would be recommended?

• A.

  gap-filling and grammar exercises

• B.

  computer programme with multiple choice tests and answers

• C.

  flashcards with pictures

• D.

  a class library

• E.

  a website for short stories

It is possible to infer from the text that:

1. a reasonable intake of red wine tends to keep people healthy.

2. there are lots of benefits to those who drink more than two glasses of wine a day.

3 the antioxidants found in red wines may help prevent some diseases.

4. the antioxidants found in some red wines are responsible for the increase of some illnesses.

5. men and women can drink as much red wine as they please to avoid some diseases.

Based on the statements above, choose the correct alternative

• A.

  Only 3 and 5.

• B.

  Only 1, 2 and 4

• C.

  Only 1 and 3.

• D.

  Only 4 and 5

• E.

  Only 2, 4 and 5

What information is NOT in the text?

• A.

  The amount of red wine women should drink

• B.

  The kinds of antioxidants found in red wine

• C.

  The reason why French red wines are better than German ones

• D.

  Plato's statement exalting wine

• E.

  The benefits of moderate red wine intake