Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2010

Google, Starbucks and PayPal are mentioned in paragraph 1 (lines 1-8) since they

• A.

  are the only well-known companies in America nowadays.

• B.

  represent companies which have never delivered high returns to the investors.

• C.

  are examples of companies which made significant alterations to their original business plans.

• D.

  illustrate the kind of businesses that remained loyal to their original plans and fought for results.

• E.

  have founders who have been on the cover of Fortune magazine and are the world’s richest men.

Mulins and Komisar, in paragraph 3 (lines 21-33), state that the typical business startup process is usually unsuccessful because it

• A.

  does not invest rich sums or waste years on precise planning to design an elaborate business model.

• B.

  shares common characteristics with traditional businesses that have survived crises.

• C.

  expects the business to grow rapidly and prosper faster than all other companies in the market.

• D.

  rejects venture capital funding and does not expect immediate returns.

• E.

  is based on inadequately designed business plans and on market hypothesis that are not previously tested.

Max Levchin, mentioned in paragraph 4 (lines 34-39), can be considered a(an)

• A.

  persistent businessman who fought for success.

• B.

  careless worker who didn’t take time to build a business model.

• C.

  foolish entrepreneur who insisted on opening his own company.

• D.

  expert in cryptography who failed as a businessman.

• E.

  impatient investor who did not believe PayPal would prosper.

The expression “...leaps of faith” (line 64) refers to

• A.

  a religious conviction that the business project is definitely going to prosper.

• B.

  confidence on the various concrete evidences that your business model will surely be successful.

• C.

  verything you do not know about the returns of your investment and should not worry about.

• D.

  knowledge about historical precedents that are applicable to your company’s current situation.

• E.

  assumptions about the aspects of the business you propose that are carefully thought of but not tested.

The pair of expressions that express opposing ideas is

• A.

  “...stuck to...” (line 2) – abandoned.

• B.

  “...grows out of... ” (line 31) – develops from.

• C.

  “...pursue.” (line 43) - follow.

• D.

  “...scupper...” (line 62) – ruin

• E.

  “...devising...” (line 75) – elaborating.

The sentence “It may mean trying different prices for your newly developed gadget to see which price makes sales pop.” (lines 72-74) implies that

• A.

  higher product pricing will certainly lead to more market sales.

• B.

  sales are determined solely by the characteristics of the gadget.

• C.

  the most appropriate price should be defined by the competitors.

• D.

  the cheaper the product is, the more profitable the company will be.

• E.

  previous testing of price ranges will help find the one which will boost sales.

From the text, it can inferred that

• A.

  second language learners can be victims of their own native language.

• B.

  the more you learn a foreign language the more interference you experience.

• C.

  interference is part of a natural process while learning a foreign language.

• D.

  native language influence is a handicap against learners of a second language.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

• A.

  Most foreign language learners make unusual mistakes.

• B.

  Second language interference can be particularly found at the beginner’s level.

• C.

  French and English are structurally different.

• D.

  Icebergs give you tips on how to teach a foreign language.

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

• A.

  culture must be taught as much as language.

• B.

  culture and language teaching should be kept apart to a certain extent.

• C.

  integrated cultural materials, as it were, are yet to be published.

• D.

  language teachers ought to be literature teachers as well.

According to the text, it can be said that

• A.

  activities which take a longer time can be coupled with culture portions.

• B.

  time devoted to culture teaching depends on the material available.

• C.

  students have to be entirely familiar with the foreign culture at the end of the course.

• D. everyday classes demand as much culture as linguistic knowledge.