Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2016

According to the text it is correct to say that:

• A. Dolphins are common in this area and there is no extinction risk at all.
• B. This kind of dolphin is rare and there must be not so much left in the wild.
• C. Dolphins are completely comfortable out of water and there is no risk of dehydration.
• D. None of the above.

At the age of 17, Galileo discovered isochronisms – the principle in which every oscillation of a pendulum takes the same period of time despite variation in amplitude. According to him the best meaning for isochronism is:

• A. A pendulum.
• B. A principle.
• C. An oscillation.
• D. None of the above.

Between the lates 1930s and 1940s, the Brown Calendar Company produced a series of calendars featuring trains of the California Railroad. Up to three hundred thousand of there, featuring large, colorful scenes of trains at work, were published every year to hang in depots and shippers officers along the lines of the famous company. The scenes, mostly painted by one artist, Graham Teller, are now valuable collectibles. According to the text above choose the right alternative: What is the subject of this passage?

• A. Trains at the railroad station.
• B. Calendars of the California railroad trains.
• C. Rentable calendars.
• D. None of the above.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC) fascinates people when they talk about the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses - his two greatest achievements.

As the first emperor of China, he indeed has a profound influence on Chinese history and culture. Complete the sentence below with the right alternative:

He was buried by 6,000 life-sized clay figures of soldiers standing in battle formation, along ________ life-sized ceramic chariots and horses.

• A. Behind.
• B. Next to.
• C. With.
• D. None of the above.

Born in Indiana in 1867, Wilbur Wright was the elder brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world's first successful airplane. ¨DThe desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who ... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space ... on the infinite highway of the air.¡¬ ¡ªWilbur Wright. The Wright brothers succeeded in making the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane. An extraordinary achievement, Wilbur flew the plane for 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. Today, the Wright brothers are regarded as the "fathers of modern aviation." Wilbur Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, on May 30, 1912.

Choose the right alternative:

Wilbur flew his airplane ______ France in 1909.

• A. On.
• B. Upon.
• C. Over.
• D. None of the above.

Born in Indiana in 1867, Wilbur Wright was the elder brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world's first successful airplane. ¨DThe desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who ... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space ... on the infinite highway of the air.¡¬ ¡ªWilbur Wright. The Wright brothers succeeded in making the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane. An extraordinary achievement, Wilbur flew the plane for 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. Today, the Wright brothers are regarded as the "fathers of modern aviation." Wilbur Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, on May 30, 1912. Choose the right alternative:

According to the biography above it is correct to assure that:

• A. The family Wright business was focused on succeeding in making the first modern ship.
• B. The Wright brothers business was based on an ancient family idea.
• C. The Wright brothers business was to succeed in making the first modern rocket.
• D. None of the above.

Ironically speaking about rural exodus Choose the right alternative: The many people _____ must be willing to commute a long distance to work.

• A. Wished to live in rural areas.
• B. Those wishing to live in rural areas.
• C. Who wish to live in rural areas.
• D. None of the above.

What is the name of the movie he was nominated best actor for?

• A. The wolf of wall street.
• B. Blood diamond.
• C. The Revenant.
• D. None of the above.

Com relação às ideias apresentadas sobre o tema, é INCORRETO afirmar que

• A. a aprendizagem de uma língua interfere na aprendizagem de outra, portanto os aprendizes devem considerar cada uma como uma nova experiência e completamente diferente da outra.
• B. cada língua tem características próprias para expressar as ideias dos falantes de acordo com as respectivas culturas.
• C. o inglês é uma das únicas línguas europeias que não atribui a noção de gênero a seres inanimados.
• D. o estudo de uma língua em que só há a noção de tempo presente pode tornar o aprendiz mais consciente de que precisa mudar alguns hábitos.
• E. uma das etapas mais fáceis na aprendizagem das línguas citadas é a compreensão e uso das formas verbais em um determinado contexto.

Mark Twain foi mencionado no texto porque

• A. foi um grande humorista americano que lutou pela igualdade de gêneros.
• B. estudou as línguas europeias que não tinham noções de gênero.
• C. comparou o inglês com o alemão em relação ao conceito de gênero.
• D. criticou alguns exemplos da expressão do gênero na língua alemã.
• E. apontou algumas dificuldades para a aquisição da noção de gênero no alemão.