Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2013

Judge the following items according to the text above.

The author uses engineering as an instance of specialization of a field of knowledge in order to support his argument.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

Even though the verbs “should” (l.6) and “must” (l.8) have different meanings, they can be used interchangeably in the text without invalidating the author’s plea.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

The risks to safety and health mentioned in “reducing risks posed to society” (l.1-2) are caused by the work of engineers in their “procedures and design decisions” (l.10-11).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

The text claims that engineers are as much responsible for the reduction of risks in modern society as any other professional, because they “cannot bear the total blame” (l.3).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text it is true that

• A.

  King Arthur was an idealized Middle Age sovereign.

• B.

  The real King Arthur was an Anglo-Saxon war leader.

• C.

  French is the original language of the arthurian stories.

• D.

  Morte d’Arthur by Malory was originally written in prose.

It is true about the text that

• A.

  a woman on the bus was questioned about her haircut.

• B.

  Ralph Lauren has looked for inspiration in racial identity.

• C.

  the writer does not really know how to accessorize well.

• D.

  the writer had been discouraged by Susan Hammerstein.

The writer is planning on spending

• A.

  up to $1,000.

• B.

  around $1,000.

• C.

  at least $5,000.

• D.

  more than $1,000.

In “That’s just the way I’ve always wanted mine to look.”, the Possessive Pronoun refers to my

• A.

  hair.

• B.

  coat.

• C.

  shoulder.

• D.

  appearence.

Kathy didn’t use to put any decorative piece

• A.

  on the card table.

• B.

  above her fireplace.

• C.

  on top of her dresser.

• D.

  on her kitchen counter.

In “I really appreciate your thinking of me, but I try not to keep things around here.”, it is true that

• A.

  a Simple Present expresses future idea.

• B.

  there is an ING form was used as a noun.

• C.

  there is the presence of a sequence idea.

• D.

  a gerund was required after a preposition.