Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

In the utterance " …) and regulate the reading as it occurs", taken from the 2^nd paragraph of the text, the underlined clause can be replaced by ____

• A. instead of decoding
• B. in a previous moment
• C. while it happens
• D. frequently

The ___ is the last paragraph of this test's text.

• A. first
• B. forth
• C. fourth
• D. fifth

In "This is helping to drive up global soy prices," (lines 33-34), "drive up" (line 33) could be replaced by

• A.

  alter

• B.

  control

• C.

  recuce

• D.

  raise

• E.

  manipulate

Read the text below entitled "The European Union Budget at a glance" in order to answer questions 68 to 70:

In paragraph 2, the text enumerates a wide range of activities funded in the Member States including employment and health. These two terms are respectively translated into Portuguese as

• A.

  políticas sociais and pesquisa.

• B.

  educação and emprego.

• C.

  pesquisa and infra-estrutura.

• D.

  políticas ambientais and treinamento.

• E.

  emprego and saúde.

In the text,

"availability" (l.5) means difficult to be obtained.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

threaten" (l.32) is synonymous with menace.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, it can be deduced that

"enormous" (L.15) is the same as large.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

“Although” (line 3) introduces an idea of contrast. The idea introduced by the discourse marker is correctly stated in

• A.

  “such as” (line 9) – cause

• B.

  “but” (line 10) – condition

• C.

  “thereby” (line 14) – opposition

• D.

  “as well as” (line 28) – addition

• E.

  “also” (line 29) – consequence

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

"In fact" (l.16) is the same as As a matter of fact.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

"source" (l.20) means fountain.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado