Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

• A.

  culture must be taught as much as language.

• B.

  culture and language teaching should be kept apart to a certain extent.

• C.

  integrated cultural materials, as it were, are yet to be published.

• D.

  language teachers ought to be literature teachers as well.

According to the text, it can be said that

• A.

  activities which take a longer time can be coupled with culture portions.

• B.

  time devoted to culture teaching depends on the material available.

• C.

  students have to be entirely familiar with the foreign culture at the end of the course.

• D. everyday classes demand as much culture as linguistic knowledge.

The text above makes clear that

• A.

  oral expression must be learned mechanically.

• B.

  listening activities should be postponed for a later stage.

• C.

  the students must listen to themselves.

• D. oral comprehension is a long as well as a continuous learning process.

As found in the text, it can be affirmed that

• A.

  the more listening and repeating drills the better the fixation becomes.

• B.

  it is advisable for the teacher to remain silent while the student is speaking.

• C.

  every single student may be asked to speak up.

• D.

  to repeat utterances is less boring than repeating student’s response or questions.

The main purpose of Text I is to

• A.

  praise a speaker on the presentation he gave recently in a large company.

• B.

  clarify why speakers should be able to start and finish their presentations on the time scheduled.

• C.

  identify all the linguistic problems that disturbed the listeners' comprehension of the speaker's message.

• D.

  criticize a speaker's poor presentation skills and inability in dealing with the questions posed by the audience.

• E.

  point out the qualities and drawbacks of a recent business presentation, according to a member of the audience.

According to paragraph 1, we may infer that the writer of the article

• A.

  wonders whether the presenter would care to hear the writer's own opinion on the talk.

• B.

  seems to be a very close friend of the speaker, given their frequent meetings in the cafeteria.

• C.

  would have considered the business talk a relevant one if more employees had been invited to attend it.

• D.

  believes that his comments on the presentation will not help the speaker improve his performance in public.

• E.

  deeply regrets the fact that the speaker was incapable of recalling who he was and where they had met before.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 21 a 25, considere o texto abaixo.

The underlined modal might (highlighted in the 3rd paragraph), as used in the text, indicates

• A.

  possibility.

• B.

  probability.

• C.

  capacity.

• D.

  condition.

• E.

  certainty.

The sentence "...I couldn't help rolling my eyes a couple of times." (lines 33-34) implies that the author was feeling

• A.

  enraged at the indifference of all the members of the audience to the jokes.

• B.

  sympathetic towards the speaker's excessive use of jokes in a serious business.

• C.

  upset with the laughs constantly coming from all the members of the audience.

• D.

  annoyed at the fact that the majority of the jokes told were not targeted to the average audience.

• E.

  depressed because he was the only person in the audience who did not understand the speaker's jokes.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 21 a 25, considere o texto abaixo.

De acordo com o texto,

• A.

  a falta de informações tem impedido os administradores das barragens de tomar medidas eficazes para reduzir os danos ambientais a jusante.

• B.

  os EUA estão ampliando os recursos a serem destinados à construção de barragens.

• C.

  o foco das pesquisas do USGS está sendo redirecionado para reduzir os efeitos negativos das barragens sobre o meio ambiente.

• D.

  um dos objetivos do USGS é monitorar todas as vias fluviais do país em que tenha sido construída uma barragem.

• E.

  ainda há falta de dados para avaliar o impacto ambiental das barragens construídas nos rios americanos.

In "It was interesting how you and the other bosses fell over yourselves…" (lines 41-42), the expression "fall over oneself" means

• A.

  display eagerness.

• B.

  express sadness.

• C.

  show sorrow for.

• D.

  convey deception.

• E.

  denote sympathy.