Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

De acordo com o texto:

• A.

  Uma vitória de Dilma Rousseff nas eleições de 2010 a colocaria em um rol de mulheres de sucesso e líderes latino-americanas, ao lado de nomes como o da expresidente chilena Michelle Bachelet.

• B.

  Uma vitória feminina no Brasil provavelmente traria problemas econômicos como ocorreu com a Argentina na ocasião da vitória de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

• C.

  A filha de Alberto Fujimori pretende candidatar-se à presidência do Peru assim que sair da prisão, inspirada pela iminente vitória da então candidata brasileira Dilma Rousseff.

• D.

  O texto deixa claro o ponto em comum das quatro mulheres latino-americanas mencionadas no texto: tanto Dilma, quanto Keiko, Cristina e Michelle foram presas e torturadas durante as ditaduras em seus respectivos países.

• E.

  Atribui-se o sucesso de Dilma única e exclusivamente a questão do gênero.

The expression ¨Dthumbing her nose at¡¬ in the sentence ¨Dthumbing her nose at world lenders like the International Monetary Fund¡¬ could be replaced by:

• A.

  attempting to.

• B.

  accepting.

• C.

  respecting.

• D.

  solving.

• E.

  ignoring.

Consider: ¨DMs. Rousseff grew up in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte¡¬. The Phrasal Verb ¨Dto grow up¡¬ means:

• A.

  To become attached by or as if by the process of growth.

• B.

  To become gradually more pleasurable or acceptable.

• C.

  To become gradually more evident to.

• D.

  To become an adult.

• E.

  To develop a specified state of friendship.

According to the text, which of the following is the cause of her success?

• A.

  Lula.

• B.

  Her role in the armed underground resistance to the military dictatorship.

• C.

  The fact that she is a female.

• D.

  Her economics degree.

• E.

  Her upper middle class roots.

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In relation to the text III, it can be assumed that

• A.

  average tourists’ favourite activity is going reef-monitoring in Belize in the summer.

• B.

  scientists who go underwater swimming pay a sizeable sum to study the local flora and fauna of the Belizean reefs.

• C.

  Belizean tourist authorities are willing to engage in illegal activities, if considerable fees are offered to them.

• D.

  glass-bottomed boat trips are by far the favoured mode of scientific data collecting in Belize.

• E.

  Belizean tourist authorities regard gun-painting animals as exploitative and are planning to charge a lot of extra money to allow it.

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It can be concluded from the text III that

• A.

  government tourist authorities and environmentalists are extremely jealous of each other’s sphere of influence within particular countries, as far as ecotourism is concerned.

• B.

  gun-painting safari animals in Zimbabwe is a striking example of sensible ecotourism.

• C.

  foreign scientists usually choose Belizean beaches as their prime destination for conducting marine biology research.

• D.

  individuals who travel to a given place with the sole aim of quietly walking about and unintrusively watching its local wild fauna can be labelled low impact trekkers.

• E.

  its author’s explicit goal is to criticize publicly both Central American and African tourism authorities for their ultimate failure to stop ecologically incorrect behaviour.

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In terms of meaning, “gawp” (line 23) can be understood as

• A.

  staring at something stupidly.

• B.

  taking something for granted.

• C.

  spraying something with paint.

• D.

  enjoying something immensely.

• E.

  considering something as sacred.

It can be inferred from the text IV that

• A.

  ancient Romans escaped the heat of the eruptions of Pompeii and Herculaneum volcanoes taking trips to their villas in the suburbs of Rome.

• B.

  efficient and affordable means of transport have provided one of the basic requisites for the rise of modern tourism.

• C.

  middle class English people have always been passionate about international travel.

• D.

  the industry of tourism suffered a drastic decline during the Dark Ages.

• E.

  the Industrial Revolution increased the living standards of the working classes allowing them, for the first time in history, to take trips for pleasure abroad.

The expression “primitive man” (line 2), in this particular context, means

• A.

  a neolithic man.

• B.

  archaic men or women.

• C.

  pre-historic human beings.

• D.

  an aboriginal male or female individual.

• E.

  a primordial manly person.

The expression “the Dark Ages” (lines 11 and 12)

• A.

  can be also spelled as the dark ages, without resulting in any change in meaning in this context.

• B.

  alludes to a period in the tourist industry when business was rather slow and there was a general feeling of pessimism.

• C.

  means any period, real or imaginary, of great personal sadness and frustration.

• D.

  refers to human beings’ old age, when they are approaching their death.

• E.

  describes a particular chronological age in history.