Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2013

 

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

It can be deduced from the text that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not choose Tokyo as the host of the 2016 Olympics because the city’s residents were not enthusiastic about the event.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The percentage of Tokyo residents who supported the Olympics in the city increased after the earthquake/tsunami of 2011.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The possibility of hosting the Olympic Games made the government invest more on controlling Fukushima’s nuclear crisis.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The findings of the research corroborate with the belief that pills cannot replace healthy eating habits.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The Physician’s Health Study II was unique because it involved more than 14,000 researchers.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The results of the studies of vitamin E are yet inconclusive, as it is indicated by the use of the verb form “have found” (l.27).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The text’s title and subtitle present conflicting information.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the above text, it is true that

• A. urban gentrification is a process which is happening only in the cities of Tallinn, New York City and London.
• B. urban gentrification can be seen as a bad process if one considers only the drawback of having poorer inhabitants being driven out of their neighborhoods due to unaffordable housing prices.
• C. urban gentrification is happening because of rise in crime rates and poor educational systems in urban centers.
• D. urban gentrification is an advantageous process since suburban areas tend to have bigger and more comfortable houses and less pollution than urban areas.
• E. urban gentrification has lowered the crime rates in New York City, where murder rates decreased considerably from 1990 to 2012.

In “While many cities depended on factories and railways some time ago, today’s fastest-growing industries are finance, technology and business services, which help revive urban economies.”, “while” can be substituted for one of the following items (without any punctuation) with no change in meaning. Which one is it?

• A. Whereas.
• B. Also.
• C. In spite of.
• D. Since.
• E. Before.

Keeping the same meaning as conveyed by the text, the sentence “For instance, New York City’s murder rate went from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to figures published by The Economist.” can be best rewritten as

• A. For example, New York City’s murder rate increased from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to figures published by The Economist.
• B. For a moment, New York City’s murder criminals went from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to figures published by The Economist.
• C. For example, New York City’s murder incidence decreased from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to figures published by The Economist.
• D. For instance, New York City’s murder rate went from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to interviews done by The Economist.
• E. For instance, New York City’s murder rate went up from 2,200 per year in 1990 to 414 last year, according to numbers published by The Economist.