Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2009

Based on the text, judge the items from 29 through 38.

Common accreditation and testing of measuring standards and laboratories must be met so as to create a trustworthy international system.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the verb “carved” (l.22) means to make something by dividing it into parts, especially wood or stone.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  Petroleum price has reached a lot over $ 100 a barrel.

• B.

  Never before has Brazil found such a deep-water well oil as large as the one in the southeastern coast.

• C.

  Brazil will certainly become an international energy powerhouse.

• D.

  South American continent has plenty of energy available.

• E.

  Only people in the Brazilian southeastern coast came to know about PETROBRAS’ new discovery.

According to the text, it is possible to conclude that

• A.

  PETROBRAS took less than a month to find out the full potential of this deep-water field.

• B.

  PETROBRAS made public the new field contained five to eight billion barrels of crude oil.

• C.

  PETROBRAS’ new discovery will cause the end of Brazilian diplomatic relations with Venezuela.

• D.

  Brazil will soon surpass Mexico and Canada in terms of oil reserves.

• E.

  Brazil could move to the third position in the so called “energy pecking order of the Americas” (l.18) in less than a decade.

Based on the text, it can be deduced that

• A.

  Brazil has turned out to be rather aggressive against the use of alternative energy.

• B.

  suddenly Brazil became an energy power.

• C.

  Brazil is a lucky country, to the extent that whatever it plants it becomes a success.

• D.

  Brazil will get a new influence against energy players beyond a shadow of a doubt.

• E.

  Brazil as well as Venezuela and Bolivia are energy players.

From the text, it is possible to infer that

• A.

  Lula is supposed to follow the approach to oil wealth as that of Mr. Chávez.

• B.

  Mr. Chávez spoke seriously when he called president Lula an “oil magnate” (l.47).

• C.

  Mr. Chávez praised the joint effort they had made to create an Amazonian energy region.

• D.

  Mr. Chávez is taking strong action to try to promote the Caribbean and Andean integration.

• E.

  Brazil new deep-water oil field will disturb the present position of South America energy producers.

“abroad” (l.36) refers to

• A.

  strange countries.

• B.

  on board.

• C.

  aboard.

• D.

  one’s country.

• E.

  foreign countries.

The excerpt below that best explains the title of the article is:

• A.

  “Mr. Davis strode from his vehicle, stopping just feet from the wide traffic median where Kieran Clarke was clearly breaking the law. “Sorry, sir,” he said, “I need to inform you that this area is for walking and jogging only.” Mr. Clarke, who had been working his abdominals, stood up and quietly walked away.” (p. 2);

• B.

  “The target is increasingly loud, littering and generally intrusive groups of exercisers who gather from dawn until dusk along the Fourth Street median. The ocean view, the air and for some the architectural spectacle have transformed the area into a huge outdoor gym rimmed by multimillion-dollar homes.” (p. 4);

• C.

  “Since the patrols began, the city has issued eight citations for the flouting of the median law — the fine is $158 — and has given warnings, which are generally heeded, to about 600 people a month.” (p. 6);

• D.

  “Now a community meeting to address median use is set for Jan. 8, “just to see if we can’t get some commonsense solutions,” said Kate Vernez, assistant to the city manager.´ (p. 9);

• E.

  “Though he was arrested, he said, the officers did not handcuff him, to his chagrin. “I asked them to,” he said. “But they found out they could only do what was procedurally appropriate.” (p.13)

One inference that can be made from the text is:

• A.

  crowds exercise throughout the day;

• B.

  exercises have always been banned from public places;

• C.

  the park rangers are against the huge outdoor gym;

• D.

  the local community is sure the law is fair;

• E.

  local exercisers are happy with the new enforcement.

“False friends” are pairs of words that look and sound similar but have different meanings. The option that contains an example of a false friend is

• A.

  extended (p. 1);

• B.

  tumultuous (p.3);

• C.

  margin (p.5);

• D.

  council (p. 8);

• E.

  appropriate (p.13);