Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Based on the text, judge the items below.

Seldom are flight data recorders — popularly known as “black boxes” — painted orange.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The main aim of the third paragraph is to report on

• A. the views of a well-known environmentalist on how change occurs.
• B. the failure of the UN to achieve any signifi cant results in 1992.
• C. the life and work of a late-lamented UN environmental activist.
• D. he author's despondent mood in 1992 and the reasons for it.
• E. the similarities between the conference results in 2012 and 1992.

The idea expressed in the sentence from the last paragraph – Hidden armies of copy editors ensured only standard forms reached print. – is that

• A.

  copy editors had to work in secret so that authors never knew that their writing would be adapted to what the publishers wished.

• B.

  publishers did not want the public at large to realize that some well-know writers needed to have their work revised.

• C.

  due to the formality of the English used at the time, most authors resorted to ghost-writers to help them with their work.

• D.

  the language used in books and magazines was always revised to make sure it represented the ideal of acceptable English.

• E.

  only standard English was adopted by writers and broadcasters, who all belonged to the higher levels of society.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

Flight data recorders register about 30 minutes of conversation in the cockpit.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The expression "scream blue murder" in paragraph 3 line 7 means

• A. feel severely threatened.
• B. call out for protection.
• C. commit environnemental crimes.
• D. shout about their mistreatment.
• E. raise an indignant outcry.

According to the ideas developed in the second paragraph, one could say that an emphasis in the teaching of English pronunciation according to native-like models in a class in the public school system of a country like Brazil would be

• A.

  important.

• B.

  difficult.

• C.

  irrelevant.

• D.

  desirable.

• E.

  impossible.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

Every train, ship and lorry in the U.S. is now equipped with data recording systems similar to the ones used in aircrafts.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the third paragraph, the sentence – The myth of a pedagogically tidy model is much more difficult to sustain now that many dictionaries and grammars are based on corpus research. – clearly implies that

• A.

  new grammars and dictionaries now provide better pedagogical tools for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL).

• B.

  dictionaries and grammars which are based on corpus research tend to include the many mistakes that native speakers make.

• C.

  new pedagogical models are much better organized nowadays due to the use of computerized language corpora.

• D.

  many traditional dictionaries and grammars for learners of English have been revised with the help of computer corpora.

• E.

  corpus research has shown that real language use does not always follow the rules traditionally prescribed in traditional course books.

According to the text, it can be concluded that

it is mostly the use of pure nitrogen that can help reduce the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from coal plants.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The excerpt from the last sentence in the text – the myth of a standard language becomes more difficult to maintain – states that

• A.

  whether it is British or American English, EFL teachers have to choose a standard.

• B.

  there is no one better model of English to be followed in EFL.

• C.

  with the increase of non-native EFL teachers, nativelike models are disappearing.

• D.

  new democracies refuse to follow British or American models in EFL.

• E.

  formal language usage has all but disappeared in EFL teaching.