Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2009

Calling Brazil “the “B” part of the BRIC group of emerging nations” [paragraph 1 line 4], indicates that

• A. compared to Russia, India and China, Brazil’s growth is second-rate.
• B. the acronym BRIC contains an explicit reference to Brazil.
• C. Brazil’s economy is till only grade B for investors.
• D. Brazil lags behind the A-rated industrialized countries.
• E. emerging nations are now only slightly behind developed countries.

Judge the following items about the ideas and the linguistic structures of the text above.

The verb to plunge in "Airbus A330 plunged mysteriously into the southern Atlantic Ocean" (l.1-2) means to thrust or throw (something or oneself) forcibly or suddenly downwards.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

"wooden-hulled" (l.1) and "three-masted" (l.1), related to "USS Constitution", are examples of modifying compounds that are often hyphenated when preceding a noun.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

"that" (l.6) can be correctly replaced by whose.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 11 a 17, considere o texto abaixo.

A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna [CONJUNCTION], no início do texto, é

• A.

  as.

• B.

  yet.

• C.

  while.

• D.

  therefore.

• E.

  although.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 11 a 17, considere o texto abaixo.

O verbo que preenche corretamente a lacuna [MODAL], no 1º parágrafo, é

• A.

  May.

• B.

  Will.

• C.

  Must.

• D.

  Could.

• E.

  Should.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 91 a 95, considere o texto a seguir.

Considerando tão-somente o texto, a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna [VERB] é

• A.

  waited.

• B.

  hoped for.

• C.

  wanted.

• D.

  longed for.

• E.

  expected.

Check the only item in which the boldfaced item introduces a consequence.

• A.

  “What do you say to critics, such as Jim Hansen…” (line 6)

• B.

  “If you project forward the predicted growth in renewable energy,” (lines 17-19)

• C.

  “So we’re going to need a broad mix of conventional and alternative energy sources.” (lines 22-23)

• D.

  “We need to be working very hard on those now, but we shouldn’t kid ourselves…” (lines 36-38)

• E.

  “... we ... are on track to invest $8 billion by 2015, as we said we were going to.” (lines 60-62)

The words “undue” (line 22) and “unaccented” (line 32) are formed by the prefix “un”. In which of the words below would it be possible to add the same prefix to express an opposing idea in Standard English?

• A.

  Stable

• B.

  Different

• C.

  Cognitive

• D.

  Adequate

• E.

  Compatible

Mark the only alternative where the word ‘one’ functions as an indefinite personal pronoun.

• A.

  “I highlight two major ones.” (line 14)

• B.

  “One of the central claims of CLT as well as TBLT is that it can be contextualized…” (lines 25-26)

• C.

  “It also provides one possible way to be responsive….” (lines 55-56)

• D.

  “One should at the same time remember,” (lines 82-83)

• E.

  “ ‘…but an interpretive one in search of meaning.’ ” (line 85)