Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

"She was invited to the home of an Australian friend" (l.2-3) is the same as

• A.

  an Australian friend had invited her.

• B.

  an Australian friend invited her.

• C.

  an Australian friend has invited her.

• D.

  an Australian friend was going to invite her.

Based on the text, it is correct to affirm that

• A.

  the Chinese woman put the gift aside because she was not particularly fond of it.

• B.

  birthday gifts must always be opened in the privacy of one's own home.

• C.

  in China, people are not supposed to open up gifts.

• D.

  the Chinese woman was expected to unwrap the present in front of her Australian friend.

According to the text, it can be deduced that

• A.

  teaching-learning a foreign language should come together with becoming acquainted with its culture.

• B.

  culture should be a universal dogma so as to avoid misunderstandings among people.

• C.

  peoples from Asia and from the New Continent share the same cultural background.

• D.

  Chinese and Australian people may make similar mistakes concerning gift giving.

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

• A.

  gift giving is one of the key items to be taught only in China.

• B.

  the nature of the gift is the most crucial concern one ought to consider while choosing a present to be given to someone.

• C.

  at first, the Chinese woman did not recognize she was making a mistake.

• D.

  it is important to avoid giving umbrellas in Australia.

According to the picture, mark the correct option.

• A.

  The scene takes place in a western country.

• B.

  The clock was given by a Chinese.

• C.

  Six dark-haired people can be seen in the picture.

• D.

  People are standing up.

"did" (l.11) indicates

• A.

  an interrogative-negative form.

• B.

  a negative form.

• C.

  an interrogative form.

• D.

  an inversion after a negative adverb.

In the text, "to be concerned" (l.28) is the same as

• A.

  to be afraid.

• B.

  to be conscious.

• C.

  to be worried.

• D.

  to be used to.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

• A.

  As to gift giving, practices in Japan and China are entirely similar.

• B.

  In China and in Japan, to give presents is something rather important.

• C.

  If you are invited to a Japanese home, you'd better take a gift sometimes.

• D.

  In China and in Japan, to give gifts used to be a way to provide a convenient excuse.

"have just seen" (l.26) is the same as

• A.

  is yet to be seen.

• B.

  haven't seen yet.

• C.

  have already seen.

• D.

  have seen a moment ago.

According to the text, mark the correct option.

• A.

  What we dreamt about computers in the past will be a reality in the future.

• B.

  Gregory Dudek teaches computer science at the high school level.

• C.

  The first computers were rather convenient.

• D.

  Nowadays, computers are not as small as they used to be in the past.