Questões sobre Gramática

Floating-point exponentiation under COBOL II can yield more accurate results than fixed-point exponentiation. In addition, both VS COBOL and COBOL II do computations of fixed-point data items with large exponents faster in floating-point. The floating-point computations should even be more accurate than fixed-point computations. According to the text, which is the correct answer?

• A.

  Floating-point computations should be even more accurate than fixed-point computations.

• B.

  Floating-point computations are more accurate than fixed-point computations.

• C.

  Floating-point computations are less accurate than fixed-point computations.

• D.

  Floating-point computations aren't more accurate than fixed-point computations.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 51 to 55:

According to the text, constitutional and legal reforms

• A.

  could have been included in the Brazilian Fiscal Stabilization Program

• B.

  have been included in the Brazilian Fiscal Stabilization Program

• C.

  would have to be formulated by the three branches of government

• D.

  have been imposed by the International Monetary Fund

• E.

  have been monitored by public and private servants

Based on the text, the only pair of opposites is in alternative

• A. “least” (l. 5) – most.
• B. “the latest” (l. 6) – the most recent.
• C. “big” (l. 8) – huge.
• D. “stringent” (l. 25) – strict.
• E. “new” (l. 27) – young.

Considering verb forms in the text, it’s correct to say:

• A. “infringe” (l. 27) is in the Infinitive form.
• B. “they’ve vowed” (l. 26) describes an action dissociated from the present time.
• C. “says” (l. 21) refers to an action completed in the past.
• D. “would appear” (l. 14-15) refers to a possible situation in the future.
• E. “sold” (l. 9) is in the Simple Past tense.

“So the government’s told the country’s menfolk to shed their ties” (l. 11-12)

The’ s in “government’s” is the

• A. contraction of is.
• B. contraction of was.
• C. contraction of has.
• D. plural ending.
• E. genitive case.