Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Based on the text above, judge the next items.

Behavioral changes in music consumers, brought about by the new possibilities offered by the digital world, have considerably affected the music industry.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text , “wearable technology” can:

• A. medicate several diseases.
• B. make someone feel warmer.
• C. detect physiological information.
• D. be used only during working hours.
• E. change someone's blood sugar levels.

Questions 21 to 28 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – PCN. Read them and mark the right alternative: One teaching objective left out of the PCN is that the curriculum:

• A. ought to increase learners’ receptive and productive linguistic skills
• B. should promote learners’ critical reading ability as participating citizens
• C. needs to enlarge learners’ appreciation of the social role of language
• D. must advance learners’ comprehension of wider issues using ‘local’ contexts
• E. may, when relevant, deal with topics such as local culture

According to the text, the environmentalists’ dream is to:

• A. keep CO2 at acceptably low levels;
• B. produce even more generators and motors;
• C. reduce the number of wind turbines available;
• D. increase production of petrol-guzzling vehicles;
• E. subsidize as much research as possible at the MIT.

Judge the following items based on the text above.

In Brazil, as in the United State, for something to be considered patentable it must be original, like a new composition of matter, it must have industrial applicability, like a new and useful process, and it must be considered a creative activity, like a new abstract idea.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The expression " For instance" introduces a(n):

• A. definition.
• B. conclusion.
• C. alternative.
• D. illustration.
• E. comparison.

Questions 21 to 28 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – PCN. Read them and mark the right alternative: Among the numerous educational rights pertaining to the Brazilian citizen, the PCN stress one in particular, namely, that every learner:

• A. is obliged to learn at least a single foreign language
• B. must be encouraged to view the mother tongue as essential
• C. should insist on learning through his/her own mother tongue
• D. may, given the right conditions, be taught a second foreign language
• E. is entitled to be taught the mother tongue and at least one foreign language

In relation to the information the text offers, mark the statements below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F):

( ) The Chinese have been holding exports back.

( ) Replacing rare-earth metals is quite an easy task.

( ) Demand for rare earths depends on MIT findings.

The statements are, respectively:

• A. F –T – T
• B. F – T – F
• C. F – F – T
• D. T –T – F
• E. T– F – F

Judge the following items based on the text above.

Transgenic microorganisms are not considered patentable in Brazil unless they present a feature that is not found in the species in its natural state.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Questions 21 to 28 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – PCN. Read them and mark the right alternative: The development of a specific foreign language ability may be hindered by the:

• A. school´s insistence to focus on grammar alone
• B. teaching curriculum’s inadequate focus on a skill
• C. teacher´s restricted proficiency in the foreign language
• D. administration´s miscalculation of the real size of classes
• E. learner´s inability to choose a language skill to focus on