Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2010

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 26 a 30, considere o texto abaixo.

An adequate [TITLE] for the above text would be:

• A.

  Fish Don't Like Muddy Waters.

• B.

  Build Dams, Kill Fish.

• C.

  Clear Waters Improve the Ecosystem.

• D.

  Let's Clean Our Rivers.

• E.

  Dams: For and Against.

Read the text below to answer the questions 35 to 40.

According to the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are unavoidable.

• B.

  Fighting climate change is dangerous.

• C.

  Modifying the course for future climate change became a global issue.

• D.

  Living in a sustainable global carbon budget is unsuitable.

The main purpose of the text is to

• A.

  convince the reader that no one can fight against busy schedules.

• B.

  justify why employees never focus on their most important tasks.

• C.

  criticize the overload of activities people have to accomplish at work.

• D.

  explain the importance of following rituals when working from home.

• E.

  teach office workers how to make the best use of their daily business schedule.

According to paragraph 1, the author had problems at work because he

• A.

  had to fight for two hours against a fire in the office.

• B.

  was asked to answer phone calls and reply to e-mails.

• C.

  did not define his priorities before starting his working day.

• D.

  could not remember everything he was supposed to do early in the morning.

• E.

  decided to solve his co-workers' computer problems before solving his own.

The only adequate title to refer to STEP 1 is

• A.

  "Set a Plan for the Day".

• B.

  "Refocus Your Attention".

• C.

  "Review Your Weekly Schedule" .

• D.

  "Avoid Hard Decisions Early in the Day".

• E.

  "Make Good Use of Watch, Phone and Computer".

The only advice that is in line with STEP 2 is

• A.

  Plan deliberate actions to redo the finished tasks.

• B.

  Focus your attention on a different important activity every day.

• C.

  Manage your day hour by hour. Don't let the hours manage you.

• D.

  Teach yourself to breathe deeply to be more productive tomorrow.

• E.

  If your entire list does not fit into your calendar, reprioritize your phone calls.

According to STEP 3,

• A.

  success on the job depends on predicting the right outcomes.

• B.

  it is important to analyze if you have met your goals of the day.

• C.

  one should never shut off the computer before the end of the day.

• D.

  focusing on the right distractions may help us be more productive.

• E.

  distractions are essential to help one go through the responsibilities of the day.

In "But it may just help you leave the office feeling productive and successful." (lines 59-60) may just help could be correctly replaced, by

• A.

  can only aid.

• B.

  will probably help.

• C.

  should never help.

• D.

  might never assist.

• E.

  couldn't simply support.

The main purpose of the article is to

• A.

  criticize private companies that still do not calculate their own carbon footprints.

• B.

  report on some recent and future tendencies of environmentally correct businesses.

• C.

  justify why only large companies like Walmart and Apple can be considered truly green businesses.

• D.

  encourage new companies to reduce their environmental impact only by limiting their energy consumption.

• E.

  convince consumers to buy food products exclusively from green grocery stores, markets and restaurants.

According to the text, all the examples below are definable trends that will dictate the future of green business, EXCEPT

• A.

  building greener working environments.

• B.

  consuming items provided by local growers or producers.

• C.

  educating customers to adopt greener practices while shopping.

• D.

  paying financial dividends to loyal consumers of green companies.

• E.

  adopting a more standardized measurement of the company’s carbon footprint.