Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2012

The connective meanwhile in the sentence “Meanwhile, the holiday home market also remains in the doldrums.” could be replaced, without changing meaning, by:

• A. albeit.
• B. indeed.
• C. throughout.
• D. at the same time.
• E. in the course of things.

In the following excerpts taken from the text – “many of which hold thousands of repossessed homes as assets”; “who have been jailed for accepting bungs”; “who have responded to the siren call of Spain's sun-kissed beaches” –, the relative pronouns refer, respectively, to:

• A. “thousands”; “developers”; “beaches”.
• B. “repossessed homes”; “powers”; “Spain”.
• C. “Spanish banks”; “politicians”; “Brits and other north Europeans”.
• D. “assets”; “bungs”; “sun-kisses”.
• E. “Spanish construction industry”; “compulsory purchase”; “Spaniards”.

The three words in bold in the following sentences – “There is an entire generation of young Spaniards with a millstone round their necks”; “They will have to work their whole lives to pay for houses now worth half what they bought them for” – make an explicit reference to:

• A. “an entire generation of young Spaniards”; “they”; “houses”.
• B. “millstone”; “lives to pay for houses”; “for”.
• C. “necks”; “whole lives”; “worth half what they bought”.
• D. “One to One Capital partners”; “have to work”; “bought”.
• E. “Estate agents”; “different parts of the country”; “home market”.

Choose the alternative that shows the correct form to use the Conditional:

Andrew is able to understand his France teacher, therefore he _____ answer his questions.

• A.

  cannot.

• B.

  could never.

• C.

  should.

• D.

  must to.

Indique a melhor alternativa para completar a sentença:

The Eiffel Tower in France _____ that one of building in Dubai.

• A.

  higher.

• B.

  as high as.

• C.

  higher as.

• D.

  more high than.

In the following excerpts taken from Text I – “who have poured billions of pounds into emerging market funds”; “Many companies command share price ratings which are a multiple of their equivalents in the west”; “which took more than £500m from UK investors into a China fund launched by its most high-profile manager” –, the relative pronouns refer, respectively, to:

• A. “small investors”; “price ratings”; “Fidelity”.
• B. “market bubble”; “equivalents”; “China fund”.
• C. “market funds”; “multiple”; “UK investors”.
• D. “emerging market”; “many companies”; “most high-profile manager”.
• E. “fund managers”; “command”; “£500m”.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The expression “For instance” (l.15-16) is used to introduce an example.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

• A.

  because

• B.

  although

• C.

  despite

• D.

  however

• E.

  still

A tradução para o português do trecho Everyone else will have five years to right past wrongs é:

• A.

  todos os outros terão cinco anos para corrigir erros do passado.

• B.

  todos os outros infratores que não regularizarem sua situação dentro de cinco anos serão severamente punidos.

• C.

  todos deverão reflorestar suas propriedades em até cinco anos.

• D.

  todos os outros terão de quitar seus débitos no prazo de cinco anos.

• E.

  todo mundo terá cinco anos para regularizar sua área desmatada.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The expression “strung up” (l.30) could be replaced by anxious without effecting a change in the original meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado