Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2009

Texto IV, para responder às questões de 10 a 12.

The text IV deals with

• A.

  the United Kingdom’s acceptance as a member of UNESCO.

• B.

  UNESCO’s budget difficulties.

• C.

  improvements in the field of heritage conservation.

• D.

  the dissolution of the World Heritage Committee.

• E.

  the nomination of Mr. Timothy Craddock to become the United Kingdom Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

• A.

  encourage middle class people to use air transportation more often in their daily routines.

• B.

  protest against the safety problems that have been disturbing air transportation worldwide.

• C.

  inform legislators and politicians about the necessary measures to make the aviation system safer.

• D.

  point out issues that have been affecting aviation and suggest ways of dealing with them.

• E.

  evaluate the role of aviation from a historical perspective since the invention of the airplane.

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

Voss is convinced that the new generation needs aviation because

• A.

  it is an essential service and a reasonably safe means of connecting people.

• B.

  it is the only way of integrating populations isolated by long-lasting war conflicts.

• C.

  there is no other reliable means of transportation available nowadays.

• D.

  the emerging middle class will soon be able to afford expensive air tickets.

• E.

  most people in isolated countries prefer fast airplanes to slow-moving trains.

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

Mark the only alternative that correctly expresses what the statistics refer to

• A.

  "...2 billion..." (line 16) – the actual number of middle class citizens around the world.

• B.

  "...70 million..." (line 17) – the number of citizens that become members of the middle class annually.

• C.

  "...90 million..." (line 19) – the number of citizens that will join the middle class in 2027.

• D.

  "...more than 2,500 percent." (line 39) – the share of Chinese workers who can pay for transportation and communication.

• E.

  "...one-in-a million..." (lines 61-62) – the percentage of tragedies not caused by a simple error.

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

Considering the fragment “...economics is an indicator of human activity. It does not necessarily drive human activity.” (lines 12-14), it is correct to infer that

• A.

  the future of a nation’s economy is defined by evidences of its current economic profile.

• B.

  knowing about problems in economy will certainly influence economic growth.

• C.

  economic indices reveal the past and will definitely trace the future.

• D.

  economic sectors might keep on growing, even though certain economically significant signs of crisis emerge.

• E.

  financial indices are signs of the current economic situation and therefore represent future economic growth.

William Voss’s main concern in Text 1 is to

"…those difficult issues that lie below the surface." (lines 73-74) refers to

• A.

  vague topics that may not be fully announced.

• B.

  forbidden subjects that will never be made public.

• C.

  challenging problems that are not easy to deal with.

• D.

  intricate questions that have been solved by experts.

• E.

  intricate questions that have been solved by experts.

According to Text 2, the main purpose of TEM is to

• A.

  enhance the safety of operations in aviation.

• B.

  bring about a radical change in air traffic control.

• C.

  improve commercial pilots’ training and performance.

• D.

  report on the vulnerabilities that caused single accidents.

• E.

  eliminate the need for operational audits with external experts.

All the options below describe a link between TEM and professional training, EXCEPT

• A.

  OJT sessions can be enhanced by applying TEM principles.

• B.

  Experts in quality management in operations should learn the TEM framework.

• C.

  The TEM framework can assist management in defining professional development needs for staff members.

• D.

  TEM is an appropriate analysis procedure to define personnel training programs.

• E.

  TEM will help operational auditors understand the systemic patterns of large scale accidents.

The main purpose of the research presented in the text is to

• A.

  compare the level of L2 proficiency of pilots to that of native language speakers.

• B.

  discuss the consequences of miscommunication between air traffic controllers and pilots.

• C.

  comment on the effects of high cognitive overload on air traffic professionals who are native speakers of English.

• D.

  investigate accentedness, comprehensibility and fluency in L2 controllers and pilots communicating among themselves.

• E.

  report on the effects of L2 proficiency and workload on speech production and retention of information in pilot-controller interaction.

Choose the option that contains a correct correspondence between the verb in bold form and the idea it transmits.

• A.

  “these learners appear to engage in a nonautomatic, effortful form of processing.” (lines 50-51) – endorsement

• B.

  “Clearly, the notion of L2 proficiency needs to be clarified…” (lines 59-60) – assertion

• C.

  “It may be important to continue fine-tuning this scale,” (lines 69-70) – permission

• D.

  “… under workload conditions similar to those they might face in the workplace.” (lines 78-79) – advice

• E.

  “This and other pedagogical interventions can often be accomplished…” (lines 79-80) – ability