Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2012

In Text I, Lu describes himself in a biology lab as

• A. methodic
• B. relaxed
• C. clumsy
• D. paranoid
• E. unconscious

In Text I, Lu explains that a biofilm is a

• A. mixture of different sorts of carbohydrates and proteins.
• B. three-dimensional cell community that is recorded in film.
• C. kind of environment that wraps up viruses so that they proliferate.
• D. highly dense kind of viral community or village.
• E. highly structured conglomerate of various types of cells that shelter bacteria.

In Text I, Lu reports that his method is successful in

• A. extracting phages that are infected by a virus that can destroy all enzymes in the bacteria.
• B. producing an enzyme that is inserted in a genetically marked bacteria to support viruses that live in the biofilm.
• C. triggering a bacterial infection to the viruses that in turn yield enzymes that potently destroy the biofilm.
• D. altering a special human-safe virus in order to produce an enzyme that penetrates the biofilm and destroys it.
• E. inserting a synthetic gene in the phages genome that will affect the production of virus that get organized into biofilms.

In Text I, Lu answers that if he was reduced to $10 for entertainment, he would

• A. spend it by having fun with his peers.
• B. go to his peer’s home to study.
• C. have fun by walking around the garden, observing all life forms that inhabit the plants.
• D. purchase a magnifying glass and would observe the tiny creatures on the ground.
• E. not buy anything with it, but would still have fun with his peers.

In Text I, the word in parentheses describes the idea expressed by the expression in boldface type in

• A. gooey – line 5 (sticky)
• B. layers – line 6 (fragments)
• C. designs – line 7 (controls)
• D. outbreaks – line 9 (clinics)
• E. overall – line 10 (on people)

Text II reports that

• A. although it is not certain yet, physicist Higgs Boson is planning to release news on the origin of all matter.
• B. the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has released the exciting news that the elementary particle Higgs was found.
• C. the origin of the mass of all matter is in a tantalizing frenzy.
• D. the news that has been widely expected about physicist Higgs Boson will probably be released in the near future.
• E. physicists are excited with the news that there might be an announcement that the hypothetical elementary particle Higgs might have been encountered.

The excerpt “Many physicists have already swung into action” (lines 8-9, Text II) could be properly completed in

• A. yesterday after they heard the rumors.
• B. before they heard the rumors.
• C. since they heard the rumors.
• D. if they hear the rumors.
• E. when they will hear the rumors.

The following fragment of Text II is NOT completed correctly in

• A. “using the cathedral-size ATLAS and CMS detectors,”– (lines 14-15) has as its subject “the spokespeople of the collaboration”.
• B. "and other phenomena”– (line 16) has a word whose plural form is phenomenon.
• C. “based on analyses of the data collected to date.”– (lines 19-20) means the analyses collected up to that time.
• D. “it does promise to be interesting”– (lines 20-21) has an auxiliary verb used for emphasis.
• E. 'have seen hints of the elusive Higgs boson”– (lines 22-23) has words whose synonyms are respectively cues and obscure.

In Text II, Joe Lykken states that

• A. Dr. Higgs is bond by the collaboration’s rules and therefore should keep quiet.
• B. even not knowing what will come, he believes science will reach a turning point with the Higgs news.
• C. he will be free to talk about the news after ATLAS releases it.
• D. he is doubtful about the real importance of the Higgs.
• E. the theoretical physicists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia will look back on the meeting about Dr. Higgs.

O texto afirma que o novo iPad é o gadget com melhor resolução de imagem no mercado. Esta asserção está descrita na seguinte alternativa:

• A. “it’s a very, very sharp screen”
• B. “it’s the sharpest ever on a mobile device”
• C. “It’s four times as sharp as the iPad 2”
• D. “1 million pixels more than on a highdefinition TV set”
• E. “This screen has 3.1 million pixels”