Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2013

O pronome “It”, no início do texto, refere-se a

• A.

  bar code.

• B.

  young man.

• C.

  beach.

• D.

  sand.

• E.

  luggage.

“Once I brought her a gift…” can also be correctly written as

• A.

  once I brought to her a gift.

• B.

  once I brought a gift to her.

• C.

  once I brought for her a gift.

• D.

  I brought for her a gift once.

• A.

  don’t / did / do.

• B.

  do / doesn’t / did.

• C.

  did / does / didn’t.

• D.

  didn’t / did / don’t.

• A.

  doing / doing / doing .

• B.

  making / doing / doing.

• C.

  doing / making / making.

• D.

  making / making / making.

The word “for”, in “for warmth and light bring ecological renewal to what is now an icy desert” (l.16-17), is used to introduce

• A.

  an unexpected result.

• B.

  a consequence.

• C.

  a reason.

• D.

  a purpose.

• E.

  a contradiction.

The only correct grammar rule, using examples from the text, is

• A.

  adverbs of frequency are always used after verbs, as in it is often under-appreciated… (line 02).

• B.

  adjectives can be used in a noun position after verbs as in feel good (line 07).

• C.

  the use of whether and if is interchangeable, as in whether it is to teach or (line 08).

• D.

  abstract nouns like knowledge (line 01) and understanding (line 02) are not preceded by indefinite articles.

• E.

  the prefix out- , as in outweigh (line 10), always gives a verb the meaning of bigger.

The blanks in lines 04 and 07 can best be filled in, respectively, with the prepositions

• A.

  within – with

• B.

  in – at

• C.

  with – within

• D.

  for – inside

• E.

  at – in

O trecho do primeiro parágrafo – Since a database system is basically a software system (albeit complex), it too possesses an architecture. – pode ser reescrito, sem alteração de sentido, da seguinte forma:

• A.

  Any database system possesses a complex architecture such as its software system.

• B.

  Only complex systems are thought to have an architecture, which is the case of quite a few database softwares.

• C.

  No matter how complex it is, a database system provides software for basic architecture.

• D.

  Although complex architecture systems can be applied to software, this seldom describes a database system.

• E.

  A database system has an architecture because it is essentially a complex software system.

O trecho do quinto parágrafo – workers not actively seeking a job – pode ser reescrito, sem alteração de sentido, como

• A.

  employers that aren’t actively pursuing a job.

• B.

  workers whose job wasn’t active.

• C.

  workers which found an active employment.

• D.

  workers who weren’t actively looking for a job.

• E.

  active employees that have just found work.

In “who call themselves” (l.1), “who” is

• A.

  a conjunction.

• B.

  a relative pronoun.

• C.

  an object pronoun.

• D.

  an interrogative pronoun.

• E.

  a preposition.