Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2013

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s researchers are working to

• A.

  achieve a safe sewage system for urban centers.

• B.

  find a way to decompose human waste without filtration.

• C.

  create new organisms to combat aerobic bacteria.

• D.

  block the filtration during the sewage contamination.

• E.

  accelerate the decomposition process in pit latrines.

De acordo com o segundo parágrafo, os organismos conhecidos como tiger worms

• A.

  aumentam a proliferação de bactérias.

• B.

  controlam a filtragem do processo.

• C.

  desaparecem com a presença de muito líquido.

• D.

  surgem após a decomposição estar completa.

• E.

  ajudam no processo de compostagem.

In the third paragraph, the extract – And if that sounds gross, well, get over it. – refers to

• A.

  the advantage of creating an end product.

• B. a possible mind-set on the fertilizer’s source.
• C.

  the possibility of increasing contamination levels.

• D.

  a skepticism about the process efficiency.

• E.

  the amount of solutions for better sewage treatment.

According to the text, carbon composites

• A.

  make projects heavier than conventional materials.

• B.

  demand more steel to be safer.

• C.

  have just been banned from the aircrafts.

• D.

  are unreliable due to their hybrid structure.

• E.

  require more accurate checks in aircraft parts.

According to the text, the durability of composites in aircrafts

• A.

  relies on several studies.

• B.

  may be easily determined.

• C.

  is similar to steel.

• D.

  lacks data to be established.

• E.

  may vary in some applications.

According to the text, the pursuit of technology improvements

• A.

  is not enough to avoid accidents.

• B.

  may rise the aviation fatality rate.

• C.

  faces restrictions due to new regulations.

• D.

  depends on the reduction of air crashes.

• E.

  will reduce human error possibilities.

A expressão phased out no primeiro parágrafo – But in another fuel-saving move, metal is being phased out in favor of carbon composites – plastic reinforced with carbon fibers – implica

• A.

  indecisão.

• B.

  ceticismo.

• C.

  ceticismo.

• D.

  ceticismo.

• E.

  previsão.

O termo it no último parágrafo – With air travel expected to grow sharply over the next few decades, the industry will need to be as aggressive about pilot training as it is about pursuing new technologies. – refere-se a

• A.

  air travel.

• B.

  decades.

• C.

  the industry.

• D.

  pilot training.

• E.

  new technologies.

According to the text, GOES supply

• A.

  pre-defined and vague information continuously.

• B.

  precise but unreliable data from the whole planet.

• C.

  conclusive elements only when above the equator.

• D.

  delayed environmental damage warnings.

• E.

  observations of the Earth at every thirty minutes.

GOES-8 and GOES-10

• A.

  have become obsolete in terms of technology.

• B.

  will be replaced by GOES-6 and GOES-7.

• C.

  along with other satellites cover the Earth.

• D.

  lack environmental approach coverage.

• E.

  are going to be launched soon.