Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2010

Read the text below entitled “10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online” in order to answer questions 17 to 20:

According to the author, when throwing away credit card offers or bank statements, one should

• A.

  inform the bank in advance.

• B.

  store a copy of both documents.

• C.

  tear them into thin pieces.

• D.

  delete the identification number first.

• E.

  not cut any of these documents.

This text refers to questions 40 to 43.

From the previous text, it can be inferred that Oriana Fallaci

• A.

  seemed at times defenceless, vulnerable, and child-like.

• B.

  had just quit smoking cigarettes.

• C.

  tried deliberately to use the music-like quality of her mother tongue to lure her interviewers.

• D.

  grew tired of the Vietnam War.

• E.

  had become a close friend of the Italian Ambassador in Hanoi at the time of the war.

This text refers to questions 44 to 47.

Based on the text above, it can be said that the relationship established between the ideas of "unfailingly courteous" (l
.9) and "cross" (l
.10) is one of

• A.

  contrast.

• B.

  reiteration.

• C.

  inclusion.

• D.

  result.

• E.

  addition.

This text refers to questions 44 to 47.

In the fragment, "even capabilities cannot always trump other values" (l
.18-19), the verb "trump" means

• A.

  to be bracketed with.

• B.

  to foster.

• C.

  to vie against.

• D.

  to prevail over.

• E.

  to hold on to.

The author creates in the reader's mind the distinct impression that her father was

• A.

  an overprotective and controlling individual who wanted to be an integral part in all aspects of his daughter's life.

• B.

  prudish parent who persistently demanded that his daughter be or appear to be very prim, proper, modest and righteous at all times.

• C.

  a paranoid father who refused to let go, and clamped her down with hard and fast rules and strict discipline.

• D.

  a doting father whose motto could very well be "Spare the rod, spoil the child".

• E.

  a caring parent who was well-aware of the peculiar atmosphere that pervaded college campuses in the late '70s: permissive, in a state of constant political unrest, and overindulgent in terms of drinking.

The overall view the author outlines of late '70s South Africa is

• A.

  unduly optimistic, coloured by the typically unattainable idealism of young people.

• B.

  predictably hopelessly distorted by the author's white middle-class background and petit bourgeois values.

• C.

  inherently flawed and, therefore, pointless for it fails to place the country in a broader regional, African, or world context.

• D.

  basically descriptive and provides information about a politically, socially, and racially unequal and unfair society poised on the verge of momentous changes.

• E.

  oddly detached and unemotional due, perhaps, to the fact that she can only sympathize with the oppressed black population's plight up to a point.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

The highly professional sense of Fallaci as a journalist in search of truth made her avoid any sort of tricks in approaching her interviewees, both powerful figures and common people.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Fallaci had either been a heavy smoker or had smoked for a long time.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Fallaci exploited Kissinger's somewhat big ego to trick him into making some public statements he would later regret.

• C.

• E.

Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.

Kissinger seems to suggest that Fallaci was not entirely professionally ethical or honest when dealing with the interview he had granted her.

• C.

• E.