Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2007

A possible title for the text can be

• A. Where to correct.
• B. Error correction.
• C. Why to correct.
• D. How to correct.

In the text, "favors" (L.9) is used as a

• A. plural verbal form.
• B. singular verbal form.
• C. plural noun form.
• D. singular noun form.

The suffix -al forms the word entrepreneurial. It may also be added to the following words, except:

• A.

  transition

• B.

  education

• C.

  compliment

• D.

  environment

• E.

  portray

The sentence "The chronometer was invented to win an 18th-century" (p. 2) is in the passive voice. Choose the sentence that does not have a passive structure:

• A.

  It was said that the money was given away by tycoons.

• B.

  It was thought that philanthropy would .change the world.

• C.

  He is believed to have spent $10m on prize-giving last week.

• D.

  The desired goal may not be reached in spite of the clear rules.

• E.

  A Roman god is resembled by the statue he got as a prize.

As far as phonology is concerned, main and secondary stress are usually on content words rather than structural words. By structural words we mean:

• A.

  nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs

• B.

  auxiliary and anomalous verbs

• C.

  parts of speech

• D.

  articles, prepositions, determiners and pronouns

• E.

  lexical sets

In the text,

"which" (L.25) can be correctly replaced by what.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Choose the right alternative to complete the spaces in the text.

• A.

  which- whose- when

• B.

  what -whom -where

• C.

  who -which -where

• D.

  whom -that -where

The active form of the underlined verbal form in the four-star, 247-bedroom hotel was opened by a Swiss-Brazilian industrialist (first paragraph) is

• A.

  has opened.

• B.

  opens

• C.

  have opened.

• D.

  opened.

Read the following statements carefully.

I. The use of ing is the same in mystifying (second paragraph) and in kayaking (second paragraph). 
II. The use of ing is not the same in insisting (first paragraph) and in training (second paragraph). 
III. The words providing (first paragraph) and branding (third paragraph) are both nouns.

Which of them are correct?

• A.

  Only I.

• B.

  Only II.

• C.

  Only I and II.

• D.

  Only II and III.

The verbal form might (third paragraph) expresses an idea of

• A.

  permission.

• B.

  probability.

• C.

  certainty.

• D.

  necessity.