Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

When the text says that “The establishment of the police was a painful process” (lines 11 and 12), it implies that the process was

• A.

  easy.

• B.

  dangerous.

• C.

  simple.

• D.

  difficult.

• E.

  fantastic.

If “the police idea was fiercely contested” (lines 13 and 14), this indicates that the opposition to this idea was

• A.

  unsafe.

• B.

  strong.

• C.

  normal.

• D.

  mild.

• E.

  predictable.

In “how the police officers see the social world” (lines 18 and 19) see can be replaced by

• A.

  look for.

• B.

  perceive.

• C.

  neglect.

• D.

  look after.

• E.

  forecast.

The underlined word in “the core characteristic of cop culture” (line 20) means

• A.

  extraordinary.

• B.

  correct.

• C.

  peripheral.

• D.

  problematic.

• E.

  central.

The word that replaces profound in “profound changes” (lines 23 and 24) is

• A.

  wide.

• B.

  deep.

• C.

  large.

• D.

  main.

• E.

  narrow.

In “Their powers” (line 25), Their refers to

• A.

  police.

• B.

  culture.

• C.

  status.

• D.

  characteristics.

• E.

  changes.

In “a set of overt changes” (lines 25 and 26), the underlined word means

• A.

  hole.

• B.

  crowd.

• C.

  group.

• D.

  couple.

• E.

  detail.

The purpose of the first paragraph is to

• A.

  announce that world oil production capacity will soon increase to 4 million barrels per day.

• B.

  criticize both OPEC and non-OPEC countries for causing unexpected delays in production.

• C.

  discuss the prospects for global oil supply and demand until the end of the year 2009.

• D.

  predict increasing losses in the oil markets if the surplus production capacity remains unaltered.

• E.

  report what will certainly happen in the international oil market over the next two years.

According to Paragraph 2, oil consumption

• A.

  achieved a record-breaking increase in the world last year.

• B.

  fell sharply in Europe in 2007 due to weather factors.

• C.

  is likely to speed economic growth in a number of markets.

• D.

  may increase in 2008-2009 at a higher rate than in 2007.

• E.

  will certainly grow in OECD countries for the next 2 years.

Concerning the oil production of both OPEC and non-OPEC members the text informs that

• A.

  OPEC crude oil production is expected to grow steadily over the next two years.

• B.

  the oil output of Mexico and Norway, among other countries, decreased last year.

• C.

  non-OPEC countries’ daily production averaged six hundred thousand barrels of oil in 2007.

• D.

  an upward trend in oil production of non-OPEC nations is expected in 2008-2009.

• E.

  Angola, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq could not pump any oil in the first three quarters of 2007.