Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2012

Taking this text into consideration, it is correct to deduce that

an Englishman can easily identify the specific region where a certain variety of English is spoken.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking this text into consideration, it is correct to deduce that

it is a senseless task to try to define how many dialects of a language there may be.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking this text into consideration, it is correct to deduce that

the older a particular country is the more dialects are to be found.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking this text into consideration, it is correct to deduce that

within North America, Americans would be capable of distinguishing Canadian from New England, or Midland and southern varieties of English.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to paragraph 1,

• A.

  infrastructure has been privatized.

• B.

  tough spending choices have been made.

• C.

  faster economic growth might come about this year.

• D.

  tax evasion has been decreasing.

• E.

  tax revenues could have risen.

According to paragraph 2, the strikers´demands

• A.

  have been met.

• B.

  might shrink the government's salary bill.

• C.

  would increase the government's salary bill.

• D.

  must slash the government´s salary bill.

• E.

  may be promptly met by the current administration.

In paragraph 3, the author respectively defines the social reforms and the cash transfer implemented by the Lula administration, in the first term, as

• A.

  advanced and cautious.

• B.

  marginal and ineffective.

• C.

  unimportant and purposeless.

• D.

  purposeful and traditional.

• E.

  pivotal and original.

In paragraph 4, the author claims that Brazil's economic growth

• A.

  suddenly stopped making progress.

• B.

  is likely to begin slowing down.

• C.

  might remain high through the current year.

• D.

  may henceforth be resumed.

• E.

  was not accurately forecast.

Text A is an adapted excerpt from the only novel written by the English novelist and poet Emily Brontë (1818-1848). Text B is the lyrics of a song by British singer and songwriter Kate Bush (b. 1958). That said, it is possible to affirm that both texts are first-person narratives of the same scene, though

• A.

  text A, with a ghost only seen in a dream, reads like a horror story; text B, told from a ghost’s point of view, shows a convoluted love story.

• B.

  both texts read like horror stories, given the ghost’s presence.

• C.

  text A seems to be a love story with the subtle aspects of a horror tale; text B is clearly a love story in which feelings are openly stated.

• D.

  both texts are love stories, given Heathcliff’s and Cathy’s words.

Considering only text B, choose the alternative that first hints to Cathy’s death.

• A.

  Bad dreams in the night.

• B.

  On the other side from you.

• C.

  Too long I roam in the night.

• D.

  I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window.