Questões sobre Gramática

A expressão As a result em – As a result, sweeteners have been very widely tested and reviewed for safety and the ones on the market have an excellent safety track record. – é substituída, sem alterar o sentido do trecho, por

• A. Although.
• B. Therefore.
• C. Instead of.
• D. Nevertheless
• E. But.

A expressão due to em – … largely due to competition with the elements imported from China. – é substituída, sem alterar o sentido do trecho, por

• A. regardless.
• B. consequently.
• C. because of.
• D. even though.
• E. apart from.

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.

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

• A.

  bar code.

• B.

  young man.

• C.

  beach.

• D.

  sand.

• E.

  luggage.

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

In the excerpt of Text I: “other estimates find that immigration raises the wages of all US workers, regardless of education” (lines 23-25), regardless of, is substituted, without change in meaning, by

• A. as a result of
• B. because of
• C. except for
• D. despite
• E. due to

In the excerpts of Text II: “The US economic and social systems are set up to provide opportunity for immigrants to prosper” (lines 10-12) and “if immigrants are instead brought in as low-wage replacements for American workers” (lines 60-61) set up and brought in mean, respectively,

• A. established – introduced
• B. ignored – incorporated
• C. organized – discarded
• D. forbidden – eliminated
• E. created – returned