Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

English learned in Australia can be considered a foreign language.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In "...your job could be on the line if you indulge in the luxury of being offline?" (lines 32-33) the expressions 'on the line' and 'offline', respectively, mean

• A.

  at risk - disconnected

• B.

  not accessible - put off

• C.

  on the wire - linked to the internet

• D.

  in tune with new ideas - off the hook

• E.

  over the telephone - not connected to the internet

Based on the text, it can be said that

• A.

  America today imports more than three times as much the amount of oil it used to by the mid seventies.

• B.

  currently, the U.S. imports two-thirds of its consumption everyday.

• C.

  the Bush administration officially determined a slower exploitation of America's own oil reserves.

• D.

  ethanol from corn will reduce external dependence of the U.S. on foreign oil during the decades to come.

• E.

  the priorities of the nation may be mixed up with the priorities of the domestic oil industry.

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

a foreign language environment is that one found by a Brazilian learning English in the USA.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets, in Paragraph 5 (lines 38-44),

• A.

  society as a whole lacks experienced professionals capable of detaining the information growth.

• B.

  professionals feel burdened by the present data overflow because they have not learned how to deal with this new business scenario.

• C.

  future professionals are properly trained in college and are given enough practice in dealing with digital communication tools.

• D.

  businessmen are on the verge of a crisis as they have to learn to deal with an excess of tools and training methods to intensify the information burden.

• E.

  businessmen have avoided the information overload in order to stop working on weekends.

According to the text, it can be said that

I alternative fuels will be a substitute for petroleum.

 II Brazil was already doing what Nixon was pledging.

III Brazil succeeded in reducing its petroleum based fuel consumption by cars by around 50%.

IV Brazilian tremendous effort to produce ethanol is as salutary as it is announced.

V alcohol is neither suitable to replace diesel fuel nor heating oil.

The total number of true items is

• A.

  1.

• B.

  2.

• C.

  3.

• D.

  4.

• E.

  5.

In the text,

"much" (l.1) can be replaced by many.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on Ellen Kossek's analysis in Paragraph 6 (lines 45-53),

• A.

  multitasking has brought alarming consequences to modern society.

• B.

  widespread technology has only brought benefits to human beings.

• C.

  working on planes and coffee shops on weekends is a strategy of seduction.

• D.

  all technology workers have been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorders.

• E.

  excessive work makes professionals more effective in the age of 24-7 technology.

Based on the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  About 80% of the liquid fuels used in Brazil come from ethanol.

• B.

  No disadvantages can be found in the use of ethanol when compared with the use of petroleum.

• C.

  The use of great quantities of ethanol may also be harmful.

• D.

  Corn prices will become lower once the demand for it increases.

• E.

  There is no relation whatsoever between the price of corn and that of hamburgers.

In the text,

"readily" (l.14) is synonymous with promptly.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado